NEWS
Commissioners to meet Sept. 11
Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Sept. 11 facing a brief agenda of mostly routine items.
County Clerk Kim Jones will present her records management and archive plans for the year.
A resolution for joint elections with the City of Bowie, plus Bowie and Nocona Independent School Districts will be reviewed, along with the retiree medical program renewal. A budget adjustment for $10,000 to election judges/clerks and supplies will be offered.
Commissioners will consider a budget adjustment for the county’s contribution to the employee retirement system. In recent years the court has increased its payment to further reduce county liability in this area.
The court will discuss a budget adjustment for additional funding to the fire departments in the county due to the increased number of grass fires.
Precinct three will ask to transfer $17,780 from the sale of property to operating expense.
Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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