NEWS
Commissioners to consider how to fill JP 1 position
Montague County Commissioners will consider how to fill the position of Justice of the Peace One in a 9 a.m. Feb. 8 meeting following the Jan. 30 death of Judge David Allen.
The three-term JP succumbed to his battle with COVID-19. The court last week had appointed attorney Tim Cole to serve temporarily while Allen was ill. An executive session is scheduled the panel will return in open court for any action.
Other topics include a pair of agreements with County Information Resource Agency.
The court will review a contract to convert from LGS to ECourt (Journal Technologies) with costs to be split between Archer, Clay and Montague Counties. This software is used within the 97th District Court. The office holders have been studying different program options for the past year.
Precinct one will askto enter the Russell Fenoglio property on Catholic Cemetery Road to address drainage issues. A replat in precinct two at Top-O-Lakes Estates also will be presented.
Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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