NEWS
2023-24 budget draft goes before Bowie City Council
The Bowie City Council faces a hefty agenda of business when it meets at 6 p.m. on July 10.
This session opens with a proclamation for a Texas Treasures Business Award honoring a local firm. A public hearing for the 2022 annual drinking water quality consumer confidence report follows.
An executive session is slated early in the meeting for deliberation regarding an economic development negotiation with the Bowie Economic Development Corporation and the 4B Sales Tax Corporation. Any action would be back in public session.
City Manager Bert Cunningham is expected to present the 2023-24 budget draft per the city ordinance.
A public hearing also will be set for the proposed budget. The council will schedule a budget workshop.
An ordinance calling the November election and the second reading of the updated mobile food vendors ordinance is scheduled.
In his city manager’s report Cunningham will provide an update on the Old Bowie Lake dam, the Community Development Block Grant, Waste Connections, a loan for the Nelson Street repair project and the RAISE grant.
The Saint Jo City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on May 13 in regular session.
Items on the agenda include:
Appointment and approval of a fire marshal for the city.
Discuss support for Councilman Jack Dunn’s proposition to petition for additional sales tax revenue from the state for infrastructure purposes.
Consider dates for the 2026-27 budget workshop and ordinance workshop.
Approve minutes and monthly financials.
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The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on May 12 in the council chambers.
The agenda opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
In the city manager’s report, Bert Cunningham will discuss the Rock and Pillar Street project and the Texas Water Development Board grant application.
In new business, Brittany Barnes will be considered as an appointment to the Bowie Community Development Board.
A resolution requesting financial assistance from the TWDB authorizing the filing of an application for assistance will be reviewed.
The master parks plan also will be presented by staff from Public Management.
The consent agenda and public comments round out the meeting.
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