NEWS
Longer city airport hangar lease debated
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Could privately built airport hangars be in the future for Bowie Municipal Airport?
It was an idea broached by an area business man and supported by a council member, who asked for a discussion on Monday’s agenda.
The city council also received what is expected to be the final change order for the Nelson Street project and delayed making a final contractor payment as the punch list has not been completed.
It has been one month since Nelson Street opened as a through street after nearly two years of being closed due to a collapsed section then under repair. This change order is an overall reduction in the contract amount of $49,923.25.
It includes a reduction of $11,935.59 in a contingency allocation, plus liquidated damages of $6,650 to the contractor, MX Construction, who was fined $700 a day for nine and a half days when the company did not attain “substantial completion” by the required date.
It also includes additional engineering fees of $29,337.66 associated with the reinforcing required for the deficient bridge deck on the new culvert bridge. The change order explains the contractor did not build the bridge deck as required by the contract documents. In lieu of tearing out the deck and starting over, the owner allowed the existing deck to remain only if it was adequately reinforced.
Airport hangars
David Cassel, a builder and developer out of the Metroplex, made a pitch to the council about a 50-year lease on land at the city airport where he would like to build airport hangars, which he would in turn lease.
He explained while he knew there had been 25 and 30 year leases, he believes there is no way to get a successful return in today’s market with interest rates and material and labors costs without a longer lease.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News. Also in your weekend News read the public comments made at Monday’s council meeting
Top photo – (Left) This private hangar was build about two years and the property has a 30-year lease at $1,200 a year. Any future hangars would have to be built on this side of the airport just past these buildings. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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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