NEWS
Bowie ISD Trustees to consider calling bond election at Monday meeting
Trustees of the Bowie Independent School District will meet with their financial advisors on Aug. 21 to consider calling a possible $65.8 million bond election for Nov. 7.
The board meets at 5:30 p.m. in the board room. The community facilities committee presented its recommendation at the last meeting which centers on building a new intermediate school on the lot next to the junior high and moving the junior high students to the present intermediate school with some renovations. The present junior high would then be used for administration or other activities.
A weight room would be added at the high
school, a restroom at the baseball field and parking area updates and expansion at the elementary.
Lewis Wilks, financial advisor and Tom Sage, bond counsel, will meet with the board Monday to offer possible funding scenarios and their costs. The agenda lists an action item to call an election.
The board faces a lengthy item of other topics including notification of the local revenue level in excess of entitlement for the 2023-24 school year.
This is known as recapture and when a certain level of revenue is reached by the district the state takes part of the funding back in the form of the district possibly buying attendance credits or other actions. Superintendent Blake Enlow told the board at its last meeting the district has been on the verge of recapture the last couple of years.
He also will report of enrollment for the new school year, and the other administrators will report on their activities.
Finance Director Paula Peterson will guide a budget workshop as the district hammers out the final figures for the 2023-24 school year.
Other action items include the student transfer list, annual memorandums of understanding with the Helen Farabee Substance Abuse Services and North Central Texas College for P-tech, dual credit and Red River Promise, 4-H extracurricular status, approval of District of Innovation plan and any updates to the professional development plan and meeting requirements in district policy.
The Department of Public Safety has provided information on an auto vs. motorcycle accident that reportedly occurred on July 4.
James Lee Hilton, Nocona, was driving a 2019 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Daniel Parra, Chico, was driving a 2018 Ford Fiesta. Both vehicles were north on State Highway 101 outside Sunset with the motorcycle behind the car.
Parra was attempting to turn left on Farm-to-Market Road 2265 when the motorcyclist attempted to unsafely pass to the left states the report. The bike struck the left side of the Fiesta. Both vehicles came to rest off the roadway on the northwest corner of SH 101 and FM 2265.
Hilton was transported to Denton Medical City with
A major crash on East Wise in front of the Second Monday parking on July 11 shut down traffic for several hours in the morning and sent two people to the Bowie emergency room.
The accident occurred at 9:53 a.m. Thursday at 1616 E. Wise involving a large sign installation truck and an SUV.
Briana Rollison, Bowie, was driving a 2001 Ford Expedition east in the 1600 block of E. Wise and the large truck from Turner Signs System of Richland Hills was traveling west on East Wise driven by Joshua Thompson.
The preliminary accident report states Thompson lost control of the vehicle crossing the double yellow line striking the SUV in front of the Parker Properties and Farm Services Building. The SUV was knocked into the ditch and later made it back on the roadway.
The truck rolled on the passenger side and slid about 50-100 feet west of the incident location. Skid marks from the truck were observed to start approximately 300-350 feet east of the crash location.
See the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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Bowie City Councilors this week got their first look at the 2024-25 proposed budget seeing a balanced plan with a total operational budget of $23,296,885 in expenses, which is a little more than $1.4 million above the previous year’s budget.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris said Monday night the budget looks “eerily familiar” to last year, despite adding a few equipment purchases. City Manager Bert Cunningham said he had already slashed more than $300,000 from the department requests in order to get a balanced budget.
The utility fund is balanced with expenses of $12,595,995 and revenues projected at $12,601,000. In the general fund revenues are projected at $10,705,568 with expenses at $10,700,890. Total budget expenses are $23,296,885 and overall revenue projected at $23,306,568. Cunningham said it leaves a small margin to set forth a balanced budget.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Top photo: New chip and seal was laid on Elba and Lamb this week repairing well-worn roads near the Nelson/Mill drainage project. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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