NEWS
Bowie charter revisions go before voters
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
For the first time in 37 years, City of Bowie voters are being asked to consider a total of 15 amendments to its home rule charter.
In a May 1984 election, voters overwhelmingly approved the city charter proposal which had been prepared by a panel of 17 people appointed by the mayor. They included business owners, bankers, realtors and many other interested citizens.
The goal was to prepare a local self-governance document that provided the citizens more local control of their government, unlike the general law city that operated under the state code. With a charter in place, citizens could decide what size of government they wanted, method of election, process to create ordinances and many other aspects of how their city functioned.
On Nov. 2 voters will decide on a series of 15 charter amendment proposals. Many of them bring the charter up to date with changes in state law and eliminate items still in place connected with the original presentation of the charter such as how it was to be filed and an interim government.
In the Oct. 20 Bowie News, the first eight amendments were examined. In this edition, The News looks at the remaining charter propositions. Due to space limitations, the proposition on Richwood Park will be examined in the mid-week News. We apologize for the delay in getting this information out.
Sample ballots for the city election are available on the county website at:co.montague.tx.us.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
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.
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