NEWS
Bowie City Council meets Aug. 11
The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on Aug. 11 with a public hearing on the proposed city budget opening the meeting.
In new business the council will consider the proposed 2026-27 budgets for the Bowie Economic Development and the Bowie 4B Sales Tax Corporation. Re-appointments to the BEDC and 4B boards for two-year terms will be presented along with an appointment to an unexpired term to the BEDC.
A bid award will be made for the Glenn Hills lift station and sludge pump replacement which are part of the Texas Water Development Board funded city sewer replacement project.
A resolution related to setting the 2026 tax rate will be presented and a public hearing will be set. The council also will vote on the new rate which is offered at .573 cents per $100 in property value. The present rate is .5430 cents.
A resolution with the Atmos Cities Steering Committee for the 2026 rate review mechanism will be reviewed.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss employment, evaluation and duties of the city manager.
The agenda also includes public comments, city manager’s report and the consent agenda.
As of Thursday, the Lake Amon Carter water level has dropped below an elevation of 917.0 msl. This triggers the activation of the City of Bowie, TX Drought Contingency Plan. Therefore, the City of Bowie, TX and their water customers are now under Drought Stage 1 restrictions, which are considered voluntary. If Lake Amon Carter were to drop below 913.0 feet, the City of Bowie would enter Stage 2 mandatory restrictions.
Customers are asked to voluntarily comply with watering on Wednesday and Saturday if you live at an odd-numbered address and Thursday and Sunday if you live at an even-numbered address.
The board of directors for the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply District also ask its customers to follow the city’s restrictions since the district’s water comes through the Bowie system.
Bowie Independent School District Trustees will meet in a pair of meetings on Aug. 31 to finalize the budget and tax rate.
At 7 a.m. a public hearing on the budget and tax rate will be conducted.
At 7:10 a.m. action items include amending the 2025-26 budget as the fiscal year concludes Aug. 31. The board will designate any committed fund balanced for potential or future projects.
Trustees will adopt the budget for fund 199, 24 and 599 for 2026-27 school year, followed by the 2026 tax rate.
Also on the agenda is cancellation of the Nov. 3 election since there are no contested races.
An executive session is listed related to personnel, security, real property and legal counsel consultation.
The August session of the Montague County Grand Jury saw 15 cases presented, with all but one receive a no-bill. Four are sealed awaiting the arrest of a suspect.
The 97th District Attorney’s office reported the follow indictments out of this session. The no bill, which is a case jury felt did not warrant an indictment, was for possession of a controlled substance 1-4 grams.
The four sealed indictments are for: Professional failed to make required child abuse report intent to conceal, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, tamper/fabricate physical evidence with intent to impair and injury to a child/elderly/disabled person with intent of bodily injury (changed from previous case).
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