NEWS
Public turnout slim for first BISD bond meeting
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
With less than two weeks before early voting starts for the Nov. 7 general election, less than 10 citizens attended the first public meeting on Oct. 2 for the Bowie Independent School District proposed $65.8 million bond issue.
A second meeting is planned for Oct. 12 and the final one on Oct. 23 at the junior high at 6 p.m. The audience consisted of about eight citizens, with the remainder school board members and ISD staff.
Those who attended came into the session after taking a tour of the junior high school, which is one of the buildings that will be impacted if the bond plan is approved by voters.
It has been 10 years since the district voters had a bond issue, which was approved and funded athletic fields and other improvements. The present high school was built with bonds approved in 2007.
Things have been quiet on the street with little talk heard about the bond issue and with such low attendance at the first meeting, it is unclear what that means. Superintendent Blake Enlow said he would love to have seen more people, but he is unsure what that means for the bond.
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A crew from Scarborough Engineering was working on control termination wiring in the control room of the Bowie Substation last week. They were integrating additional equipment including the new transformer. Once everything is connected it will go through a testing phase. The transformer project has been stalled during the past year awaiting the arrival of various parts. (News photo by Barbara Green
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
After more than a year of turmoil and upheaval it appears the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply Corporation is back on its feet with a slate of new board members and plans to review by-laws and operations.
Last August all the board members resigned in the wake of a lawsuit by a resident who could not obtain water for a small housing development despite being in the district. The property owner also accused the board of not following open meetings or open records laws, or its own by-laws.
After the board resigned a receivership was requested from the court and was named in December 2025. The receiver or temporary manager was Nocona attorney Zach Renfro, who was directed by the court to seek out possible directors to rehabilitate the association and assure it meets the obligation of continuing to provide water to more than 300 members.
The corporation board conducted its first general membership meeting on March 27 where a state of the corporation was given and new directors
named. They are Kevin McShan, president; Josh Swint, vice president; Carla Swofford, secretary; Wesley Kelly, treasurer; Zach Gunter, Rob Hankins and Chase Thomas, all directors.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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