NEWS
Annual agreements fill county agenda for Monday
A public hearing on the naming of two private roads in precinct four will take place at 8:45 a.m. on July 26, prior to the 9 a.m. regular meeting of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court.
In the hearing two roads off of Farm-to-Market Road, 677 south of Saint Jo on the Ranches at Elm Fork Subdivision will be discussed. Official naming will occur in the regular meeting.
The regular court agenda is filled with numerous annual approvals. The 2022 interlocal agreement with the Helen Farabee Center will be examined, along with the re-appointment of Verner Hayhurst to the board of directors of the center.
The interlocal agreement with the Nortex Regional Planning Commission for 911 public safety answering point in the county is up for approval. A map endorsement agreement with Liberty Marketing is up for approval.
Improvements to the county poor farm fence will be discussed.
Precinct four will seek authority to enter the Glenna Clay property on Dixie School Road and the Linda Thompson property on Parker Road, both to clear a fence line.
The court will consider using the Justice of the Peace Technology Fund to purchase 50% of the sheriff’s office ticket writers.
A budget workshop concludes the regular agenda.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
Montague County Judge Kevin Benton has signed an order lifting the outdoor burn ban effective Oct. 7.
Persons are still urged to be cautious when they are out working in the countryside to avoid any spark that could cause a wildfire.
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