By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Bowie City Councilors took care of a brief 15-minute agenda of business Monday night including resolutions related to a state grant and the ATMOS Cities Steering Committee, plus announcing the annual city-wide garage sale.
The popular garage sale takes place the last full weekend in April per previous council action and this year it will be April 28-30.
There were two resolutions approved related to the Texas Community Development grant the city will be receiving to replace a water line.
City Manager Bert Cunningham offered his monthly reporting touching on multiple topics. He noted the city has paid off the five-year note used to purchase the Vac truck, large excavator, a police department patrol unit, the newer ambulance that was in a wreck last year, fire department tools, a smaller dump truck and a tree chipper.
This was a five-year note for $1,157,357.00 including interest. The yearly payments were $231,471.00 The CM said the goal now is not to acquire new debt unless we have too.

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