NEWS
Bowie City Council to review tax rate, first reading of budget
The Bowie City Council will conduct a public hearing on the proposed tax rate of .5430 cents at its 6 p.m. Aug. 22 meeting and will hear the first reading for the 2022-23 budget ordinance.
This proposed tax rate for 2022 is .0017 cents lower than the 2021 rate of .54470 cents per $100 in property value. It will have its first reading at the Sept. 12 meeting.
The budget ordinance lists utility fund expenses proposed at $11,516,160 and general fund at $9546,160. Councilors must approve two readings before it is finally adopted on Sept. 12.
Other new business for the council will be a discussion of the proposed 2022-23 budgets for Bowie Economic Development Corporation 4A and Bowie 4B Sales Tax Corporation. Two reappointments to the 4A board and three for the 4B board also will be reviewed.
The termination of an interlocal governmental corporation contract for application and administrative services Texas Community Development Program between the city and Nortex Regional Planning Commission as recommended and requested by Nortex will be presented.
The one item of old business is the ordinance setting new rates for solid waste collection. Last month, Waste Connections exercised its contractual option to increase rates based on the consumer price index. The single family residential polycart will go from $14.32 to $15.63. The basic commercial polycart will go from $19.50 to $21.28. This is separate from the fuel adjustment cost. Other categories for services for various size containers also will be adjusted.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will make his monthly report on the community development block grant program, service with PCNet, the solid waste grant and Waste Connections.
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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