NEWS
Rock/Pillar repairs updated, budget in the works
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Tuesday night’s Bowie City Council meeting lasted only 15 minutes as the city officials handled a brief agenda of business.
The meeting opened with Mayor Gaylynn Burris announcing dates for upcoming budget-focused sessions. There will be budget discussions at the June 24 regular meeting, followed by a budget workshop on July1 and on July 8 the budget will be presented to the public. Per law it would need to be submitted for final council action by July 18.
In his regular report, City Manager Bert Cunningham discussed the pressing drainage problem at Rock and Pillar.
He and Public Works Director Stony Lowrance have had meetings with two engineering firms, one from Wichita Falls and one from Fort Worth. Both firms have experience with drainage issues, as the city staffers shared their opinions on how repairs should move forward as the engineers offered their own suggestions.
“We do not yet have final cost estimates but we now have a pretty good idea of how we will proceed. We are evaluating both engineers by hearing their ideas and the probable costs of the project. We will have one more round of meetings with them and then decide on which firm to hire to design the project,” explained Cunningham.
In public comments a citizen expressed concerns about stray dogs running in the streets.
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By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Nocona has been nominated as a rural Opportunity Zone by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Mayor Christopher Nunneley said they will begin “pitching” this federal tax angle to potential businesses.”
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference Nunneley, Donna Culpepper, executive director for the Nocona Economic Development Corporation and Michelle Page of the Nocona Chamber of Commerce announced the nomination and offered a brief overview of the federal tax incentives that can become available.
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Remember Sept. 11 2001, 25 years later
While history will remember Sept. 11, 2001 among the darkest days in America’s history, it also is a day marked not only by tremendous heroism and bravery by first responders, but also every day Americans from all walks of life who showed the world our country would not be intimidated by terrorism.
There were 2,996 people killed during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York city police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers. Tens of thousands more suffered in the aftermath due to exposure to chemicals and industrial debris.
The Bowie News editor asked some local lawmen, firefighters, a pilot and two retired FBI agents their memories of this tragic day and how their jobs were impacted by the events. We thank them for sharing their reflections.
Read the full feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Looking toward the future, the Bowie City Council Tuesday night voted to add an assistant city manager position promoting Public Works Director Stony Lowrance to the job.
The agenda listed an executive session to discuss evaluation of the city manager. Councilors went to closed session at 6:30 p.m. and 15 minutes later asked City Manager Bert Cunningham and Lowrance to come in. After 15 minutes they left the session and a few minutes later the full council came back to open session.
Councilor Brent Shaw, in making the motion for the assistant city manager, pointed to expanded duties the manager has undertaken. Councilor Boyd Hulstine made the second as the vote received unanimous approval.
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