NEWS
BISD may stop new administration building, 5% pay increase proposed
By BARBARA GREEN
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Following an expansive budget workshop Monday night, Bowie Independent School District Trustees directed the staff to plug in a 5% salary increase for employees and debated facility needs including putting the pending construction of a new administrative building on hold.
Finance Director Paula Peterson reviewed budget figures, which she said had been refined further with Superintendent Blake Enlow and staff from the Region 9 Education Service Center as they helped calculate state revenue.
For 2022 the district’s certified values went up $134,648,554 to $1,185,002,092. Projecting taxes collected at $10,143,022, Peterson estimates the district will see an increase of $461,540 in tax revenue.
However, with higher local revenue state revenue will go down by $357,532, going from $5,418,385 in 2021-22 to $5,060,853 in 2022-23. This produces a net addition of overall revenue at $104,008. Peterson noted this is a conservative estimate based on state projections and she expects to receive more state money from COVID absence adjustments.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
This hay hauler had some trouble as the made the curve on Mason Street near Orchard Friday afternoon as multiple round bales fell off. Someone was back on the scene quickly to get the hay out of the street and away from its edge. (Photo by Barbara Green)
After a handful of days with rain chances, this upcoming work week will be dry and hot. Afternoon temperatures will rise back into the 90s and 100s, with heat indices between 100-110 by midweek. (U.S. National Weather Service)
By BARBARA GREEN
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Judges have been named for the two cases involving 97th District Attorney Casey Hall, including the indictment for theft and a petition for removal as DA.
On July 11, Judge David L. Evans, presiding judge for the Eighth Administration Region of Texas, assigned E. Lee Gabriel to handle the indictment case against Hall. The judge then named Bruce McFarling for the removal petition case.
The two-term DA Hall was indicted by the Montague County Grand Jury July 15 on a charge of theft of property $2,500 to $30,000, a state jail felony. The allegations stem from reported misappropriation of state grant funds.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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