NEWS
Road issues top commissioner’s agenda
Montague County Commissioners will discuss several road issues when they meet Dec. 28.
The discussion begins at 8:45 a.m. with a pair of public hearings.
The first will consider a request from the Nortex Regional Planning Commission to name a private road in precinct one Sunset Ridge Lane for 911 purposes. It is located on the U.S. Highway 287 service road and State Highway 101.
However, the hearing may be for naught as the regular agenda requests to rescind the order from Nov. 23 to name the road Sunset Ridge lane. There has been a change to Twilight Ridge Lane.
The second hearing is a request also from Nortex to name a private road in precinct one Gardner Way. It is located on the southbound service road of U.S. Highway 287 between State Highway 101 and Bryan Road.
The court will canvass the Dec. 19 Senate District 30 runoff election results.
Bonds for Kim Jones, Montague County clerk, Jerry DeMoss, constable two and Robin Woods, district clerk will be approved.
Commissioner’s meetings are available via a videoconference link at co.montague.tx.us.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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