NEWS
Commissioners may fill veteran’s service position
Montague County Commissioners will consider filling the vacancy in the veteran’s service officer position when they meet at 9 a.m. on July 25.
The VSO has been vacant since July 7 the last day for longtime county employee Colm Murphy who submitted a letter of resignation on Jun 24. Murphy had served as VSO for the past 10 years.
While no specific reason was cited in the letter, Murphy stated, “Over the last few weeks events have unfolded where I feel the veteran’s office can no longer prosper with me at the helm.” Murphy recommended his assistant, Angela Uselton, fill the vacancy.
An executive session is slated to discuss the personnel topic.
The court will consider accepting the proposed 2022-23 budget. Certified property values arrived late this past week and they could move forward with projecting taxes and calculating a possible rate.
Several property issues related to subdivisions are on Monday’s agenda. They include: Releasing the construction bond on Bonita Oaks Subdivision, approving a replat in Silver Lakes Ranch phase three; final plat for lots 1-30 Carter Heights 63.82 acres; final plat for lots one-five Kingdom Heights 30 acres; final plat lots one-two Kingdom Heights II, 10.03 acres and approve clearing a fence row on Alamo Road in precinct two.
Commissioners will discuss making Aflac available to county employees as supplemental insurance; accept the county attorney’s chapter 59 asset and forfeiture report; accept unanticipated revenue of $3,652 from the Texas Association of Counties Health and Employees Benefits Pool surplus distributions and memorandum of understanding between the county judge justice of the peace one and two and the Helen Farabee Centers Substance Abuse Services.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
The Department of Public Safety has provided information on an auto vs. motorcycle accident that reportedly occurred on July 4.
James Lee Hilton, Nocona, was driving a 2019 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Daniel Parra, Chico, was driving a 2018 Ford Fiesta. Both vehicles were north on State Highway 101 outside Sunset with the motorcycle behind the car.
Parra was attempting to turn left on Farm-to-Market Road 2265 when the motorcyclist attempted to unsafely pass to the left states the report. The bike struck the left side of the Fiesta. Both vehicles came to rest off the roadway on the northwest corner of SH 101 and FM 2265.
Hilton was transported to Denton Medical City with
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