NEWS
Bowie Council approves resolutions for grant applications
In a brief 10-minute called Bowie City Council session Monday, councilors approved four resolutions required for grant applications to the State Homeland Security program.
Grant request applications were prepared by Kirk Higgins, emergency management coordinator and Police Chief Guy Green. The four applications seek a total of $99,750 in funding for a variety of equipment. All of these grants are 100 % and don’t require any local match. These grant awards will be announced in September.
Resolution one is for an all-hazards emergency management response/recovery trailer at an estimated $29,250. Higgins stated this could be a regional asset for a variety of needs including mobile communications, incident command post, hazardous material incident, firefighter rehab, mass casualty incident, point of distribution and many other needs. This trailer could contain things like a portable generator, lighting, heaters and fans, pop-up awnings or tarps, folding tables and chairs, cots and blankets, traffic cones, water coolers or ice chests among other items, which could quickly be placed into service for area incidents.
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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