NEWS
Bowie City Council to receive budget proposal
Members of the Bowie City Council face a July 8 agenda filled with lots of big topics including the 2024-25 budget proposal, the drinking water quality water report, call the November election, along with updates on all the infrastructure projects.
The council will meet at 6 p.m. July 8. This will be the only meeting for July.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will present the budget proposal per the city charter. The CM has been working with department heads on their needs and requests, and the finance director examining revenue.
The council will set the public hearing on the budget and is expected to schedule a budget workshop date.
The meeting will open with a public hearing on the 2023 annual drinking water quality consumer confidence report.
In the city manager’s report there will be updates on Nelson Street drainage, electric rate, sewer line replacement, Downtown Revitalization grant project, paving, substation transformer and budget.
There are numerous items of new business on the agenda. The first reading of the ordinance calling the Nov. 5 election will be presented.
Council places on the ballot and their present officers will include Precinct One TJay McEwen, Precinct Two Kristi Bates and Precinct Three Terry Gunter.
The parks board has a trio of expenditure requests for council action: Purchase of $11,126.70 to install flags at the veteran’s park located next to the senior citizens center; $11,358.61 for resurfacing Pelham Park pickleball court and $1,400 to buy a washer and dryer for the community center.
The body of Bowie man was found in off the point of Selma Park on Lake Amon G. Carter after he went missing while swimming out to help his children who appeared to have gotten too far from shore due to the winds.
The search for Randall Carpenter began around 1 p.m. Sunday following a 911 call. He was reportedly swimming out to get his two children ages eight and 13, who had drifted too far from shore and could not get back. A 911 call about swimmers in danger went to the Montague County Sheriff’s office and Bowie Police also responded. First responders were able to get the attention of some two boaters who assisted and got the children out of the water and back to shore. They were taken by ambulance to Decatur Medical City and were treated for inhaling water.
An afternoon search for the father continued with high winds creating large white caps and dangerous boating conditions. Boats were pulled out around around 4 p.m. due to those concerns, however, Police Chief Guy Green said they continued to search the shoreline and the sheriff’s staff sent up a drone to search. At dark the search was halted, but resumed Monday morning around 8 a.m. with a Wise EMS rescue boat and two parks and wildlife boats with sonar searching for the missing man.
Sonar found the man on the bottom of the lake and divers from the Wichita Falls Police Department recovered Carpenter around 10 a.m. Monday.
(Pictured at top) Wise EMS and Texas Parks and Wildlife boats were on Lake Amon Carter Monday morning continuing the search for a missing swimming that began Sunday afternoon. (Photo by Barbara Green)
In the City of Bowie, East Pecan St. between Cooper St. and Lindsey St. will be closed Thursday and Friday while Atmos makes repairs. Please plan accordingly.
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By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The Bowie City Council was told the city is in “solid financial shape with no irregularities,” when the 2024-25 outside audit was presented Tuesday night.
Valerie Halverson of MWH Group of Wichita Falls presented the annual audit report.
During the year the city’s total net position increased by $3,015,149. The fund balance was $5,882,361, which is a decrease of $376,670 from the prior year. Of this amount, $4,898,701 is available for spending at the government’s discretion (unassigned fund balance) and $766,945 is restricted by outside agencies for specific purposes.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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