NEWS
Bowie Council stays with outside auditor, approve opioid settlement resolution
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Members of the Bowie City Council selected an outside auditing firm, approved several planning and zoning commissioner replat requests and learned the city may be receiving more than $83,000 in the opioid lawsuit settlement.
The council met Monday night with a lengthy agenda of business.
Mathis, West & Huffines Group will continue to serve as the city’s outside auditor. City Manager Bert Cunningham said two proposals were received including one from MWH the present auditor and Edgin, Parkman, Fleming & Fleming, PC.
Cunningham recommended they remain with MWH as they make the transition to a new finance director after Carrie Moore left the post for a new job. He said both were good firms, but he felt a change might not be the best thing for now. Estimated cost of services also were very close.
Several finance director candidates have been interviewed and two were offered the position, but they both declined for various reasons which they said did not include salary. The CM will be scheduling additional interviews in an effort to “find the right person” for the job.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on May 12 in the council chambers.
The agenda opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
In the city manager’s report, Bert Cunningham will discuss the Rock and Pillar Street project and the Texas Water Development Board grant application.
In new business, Brittany Barnes will be considered as an appointment to the Bowie Community Development Board.
A resolution requesting financial assistance from the TWDB authorizing the filing of an application for assistance will be reviewed.
The master parks plan also will be presented by staff from Public Management.
The consent agenda and public comments round out the meeting.
Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on May 11.
After the consent agenda and public comments, the court will discuss an interlocal agreement between precinct two and the Bowie Sports Association for the baseball complex.
Precinct three will ask for a line-time budget adjustment of $15,000 from operating expenses to part-time.
The court will open and consider accepting sealed bids for emulsified asphalt and prime oil, all on a 90-day contract.
The consent agenda of minutes, bills and reports also is slated.
A 44-year-old Bowie man was arrested Monday morning at the lake next to Bowie High School after he was acting suspiciously and ran from police.
At 7:28 a.m. May 4 Lt. Bob Blackburn saw a man trespassing at the school lake. Nearby there was a vehicle parked on the service road belonging to the suspect, Zane Huntley. The license plate on the vehicle had been concealed using tape.
“My immediate first thought was someone was here to hurt my kids. Covering up your plates is something criminals do,” said the officer.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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