Members of the Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on Sept. 9 facing several items of new business and project updates.
The ordinance setting the 2024 ad valorem tax rate will be considered at .5430 cents per $100 in property value. This is the third year for this same tax rate.
A joint election and equipment lease rental agreement will be presented related to the Nov. 5 council election.
A collection services contract and contingent fee contract with Perdue Brandon Law Firm will be examined for the collection of court fines and fees owed to the city. An ordinance providing a fee to defray the costs of that collection also will be considered.
There is only one item of old business, the second reading of the ordinance adopting the 2024-25 budget. The general fund is set at $10,714,390 and utility fund at $12,595,995 for a total operational budget of $23,310,385.
In the city manager’s monthly report Bert Cunningham will discuss the Downtown Revitalization project for Smythe Street, the Nelson Street drainage project and the addition of a raw water pump at the water treatment plant.