NEWS
Bowie councilors to discuss new city attorney, closed session with finance dir.
The Bowie City Council will swear in its three members during the 6 p.m. Nov. 14 meeting after the election was canceled due to no contested races.
Incumbent Councilors Kristi Bates, precinct two, Terry Gunter, precinct three return to the panel, and former Council member Laura Sproles joins from precinct one. A mayor pro tem also will be elected.
A pair of personnel topics are on the agenda. City Manager Bert Cunningham will ask the council how it wants to proceed with selecting a new city attorney. Che Rotramble was elected Wise County Attorney and will work through the end of December.
An executive session for personnel matters related to the finance director is scheduled. The agenda lists discuss appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline and dismissal. Pamela Woods was named finance director in November 2021
On Thursday when asked if Woods was leaving her job, Cunningham said no, and he would not elaborate.
In new business, a resolution for a grant on the portable radio communications project will be presented.
Recommendations from the planning and zoning commission on replat requests for lots at 700 N. Mason and 211 E. Riley will be reviewed.
A interlocal agreement for Fire Chief Doug Page to participate in the North Texas Tri-County Child Fatality Review team will be offered, along with a resolution approving a general warranty deed on a .23 acre tract.
In the city manager’s report Cunningham will discuss an emergency operations center exercise, the Enterprise Fleet program, grant applications and report on the Association of Rural Communities in Texas meeting.
Monday a team from Brazos Electric arrived from Tolar, TX hauling with it a 22 Mva portable transformer and related unit that will provide power for the city’s substation while the new 20 Mva transformer is connected to the Bowie grid as well as the present pair of 12.5 Mva units.
Thanks to the soggy ground it was an up and down start as they got stuck, but they were finally able to get the trailer leveled. Nearby another trailer holds the series of connectors that will join that unit to the city’s transmission lines.
On Monday afternoon there were multiple brief power outages due to some issues with switches said City Manager Bert Cunningham, but it was all resolved by late afternoon.
Unfortunately the outages caused major problems for Comcell internet service which went off around 4 p.m. and did not resume until after 9 p.m.
The Saint Jo City Council last week accepted a request from its only full-time police patrol officer to leave active duty to be a reserve and named a new council member to fill a vacancy.
Councilors met on Jan. 8 to start the new year. Earlier in December longtime council member Carla Hennessey submitted her resignation after serving seven years. Michael Dennis was named to fill the position until the term ends in October when it will be on the ballot.
Dennis has served on the Saint Jo school board, as well a previous unexpired term on the council several years ago.
The city lost its full-time patrol officer as she asked to go to being a reserve. The Saint Jo Fire Department also got approval to buy a new pumper truck.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie New.
By BARBARA GREEN
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Montague County is having to spend more money to assist the new 97th District Attorney to clean up the mess left by her predecessor who reportedly refused to use the case management software purchased for the district.
Almost two years later the former system, LGS, was cancelled for the county, but the DA’s office still needs to access some cases on that system. The new company, Tyler Technology, has quoted a six-figure price to transfer the files over, but DA Katie Boggeman told the commissioner’s court Monday they have got a solution but it will cost.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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