COUNTY LIFE
Commissioners meet on Aug. 26
Montague County Commissioners will meet early on Aug. 26 to finalize their work on the tax rate and budget for 2024-25.
At 8:30 a.m. the public hearing on the budget proposal will be conducted followed by the 8:45 a.m. hearing on the proposed tax rate.
Approval for both items will be considered in the third meeting at 9 a.m. following a budget workshop. The proposed tax rate is .4961 cents per $100 in property value. The 2023 rate is .50170. The budget proposal can be seen on the county website.
Also on Monday’s agenda the court will open bids for the wastewater treatment plant that would serve the courthouse complex and jail.
Bond for Katie A. Boggeman, appointed district attorney during the present DA’s suspension, will be presented. Commissioners also will consider transferring individual bonds to a blanket bond program in the district clerk’s office.
Other topics up for discussion Monday include the county investment policy, 2025 agreement with the Helen Farabee Center for mental health services, review the Big Sandy Creek Watershed agreement, budget adjustment in the jail for $25,000 in food and accept the online compliance for cybersecurity training for county staff.
The court also will review a replat in Silver Lake Estates and a final plat in the McCann, Weatherly and Durham Addition.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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