NEWS
First draft of Bowie budget goes to council
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The first draft of the City of Bowie 2021-22 municipal budget was presented to the city council Monday night, with plans to dive into the figures at the July 19 budget workshop.
City Manager Bert Cunningham briefly reviewed the basic assumptions used in developing the budget and touched on some of the capital purchases being considered.
The proposal includes a three percent salary increase, where Cunningham said he will allow the department heads discretion where the raise is used.
Finance Director Carrie Moore said she used a 10 percent health insurance increase, but she anticipates it will be more. The budget was calculated using the present tax rate of .5447 cents per $100 in property value. Cunningham said based on the increase in property values the city may see an additional $140,000 in taxes.
This budget also includes the first payments on the $9.7 million loan for sewer line replacements from the Texas Water Development Board. Recently approved sewer rate schedules include increases to help fund the loan across the next five years.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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