NEWS
Bowie Council to sell COs for projects
Numerous infrastructure and development topics face the Bowie City Council when it convenes at 6 p.m. on Oct. 23.
The city is expected to move forward with financing the Nelson Street drainage project and a new ambulance when councilors take action on the second reading of the ordinance to sell certificates of obligation to the tune of $2,750,000.
During the process of the sale the Bowie attained an A+ credit rating which should help attain the best interest rate possible. The COs will finance an ambulance at and estimated price of $380,000 and the rest for the Nelson repairs.
There will be a public hearing on a rezone request for 9.55 acres on U.S. Highway 287 and State Highway 59 South from commercial to light industrial for a proposed development that requires light industrial zoning for truck traffic.
City Manager Bert Cunningham said a developer would like to create a gas station at the corner property, which previously had a station and for former Jim Bowie Restaurant. Action on the request is on the agenda.
Officials from Bowie 4B Sales Tax Corporation will discuss an expenditure for a park enhancement project that could bring a pickleball court to the community.
Other topics will be audit proposals for the outside audit, approval of the 2023 tax roll, cash ballots for the Montague County Tax Appraisal Board of Director, ordinance changing variable speed limits to 6:45 a.m.. to 4:30 p.m., and city manager’s report on the due diligence call, solid waste grant, investment training and a report on Texas Department of Transportation work.
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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