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Nelson Street repairs top council agenda
The Bowie City Council will consider an engineering firm to design repairs for Nelson Street.
An agreement with Hayter Engineering for professional services on the Nelson Street culvert replacement will be examined in the 6 p.m. Sept. 26 meeting.
A block of Nelson Street at Mill was closed on Aug. 21 as a section of the street collapsed. This occurred after more than five inches of rain fell.
The problem of drainage at Nelson and Mill is not new and has been an ongoing problem that only has continued to grow. The large culverts going under Nelson from the park have rusted out and the street is sinking without any support.
Preliminary estimates put the repairs to this area of Nelson at nearly $2 million.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will report on the grant writing training program, information from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, electric vehicle charging, electric grant application and the Ussery Street sewer line.
The remainder of the agenda is old business: Second reading for the tax rate, cancelling the election and a final 2021-22 budget amendment.
The jury was seated on Monday and the opening day of testimony Tuesday only lasted four hours, before the panel went into deliberations about 2 p.m.
Two hours later the jury returned a guilty verdict on both charges. Wednesday morning the jury was set to begin discussion on Hall’s punishment at 8:30 a.m. with both sides offering evidence and testimony. Hall faces up to 10 years in prison.
The trial was moved to Denton County on a change of venue requested by Hall in March. After 16th District Judge Sherry Shipman read the verdict, it was reported Hall hung her head in disappointment and was later seen crying and emotional as she left the courtroom.
Members of the Bowie City Council will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. on May 13 in council chambers.
The meeting opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will report on recent rainfall problems, Smythe Street sidewalk project and the substation work.
There is only one item of new business an ordinance related to speed limits on specific streets. Public comments and approval of minutes wrap up the agenda.
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