NEWS
Commissioners to begin preliminary budget work
Montague County Commissioners are expected to begin some preliminary budget planning when the court meets at 9 a.m. on April 26.
A budget workshop is slated at the end of the agenda. Next week the preliminary property values are expected to be released one of the first steps in planning the budget.
The District Attorney’s Chapter 59 forfeiture fund report will be offered, along with an application to apply for Office of the Attorney General grants for victim assistance coordinator positions.
The receipt and distribution of a Coronavirus Relief Fund grant reimbursement will be presented, along with action on the Nationwide 475b plan agreement.
Other topics for the agenda include: Permission for the Justice of the Peace One to purchase a laptop out of the technology fund; change the name of Walnut Road to Walnut Lane in precinct two; vacating a declaration for lot 572R Silver Lakes Ranch phase seven in precinct two; accept donations from Silver Lake’s Association to pave Sandy lane and part of Turkey Creek Road in precinct two and approve the bond of Constable One Harvey Johnson.
A public hearing on the Walnut Road name change is scheduled for 8:45 a.m. prior to the 9 a.m. meeting.
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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