NEWS
Nocona City Council faces lengthy agenda in two sessions Sept. 8 and Sept. 9
The Nocona City Council will meet at 5 p.m. on Sept. 8 for a lengthy agenda of business.
A public hearing on the proposed 2026-27 budget. An ordinance adopting those budget will be considered later in the regular agenda.
The general fund budget is offered at $3,323,216, golf fund at $339,271, utility fund at $2,673,323 and both Nocona Economic Development Board type A and B budgets totaling $490,448.70.
A property tax rate of .3487 cents per $100 in property value will be considered, up from the .3287 rate in 2025.
Other financial topics include the setting of new water and sewer rates, amendments tot he 2025-26 budget, dispersing of the hotel/motel tax funds for fiscal 2025-26 and the annual review of the public funds investment policy.
Councilors will reconsider the recently approve registration program for golf carts and utility vehicles, possibly removing the $50 fee, but retaining the registration process.
Three requests from the NEDC Type B board will be considered providing a grant for Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum for the sidewalk project at $12,000; grant to Friends of Indian Oaks for renovation and updating the clubhouse and new out building at $190,000 and participate in the downtown lighting project at $20,000.
Other topics on the agenda will include: Cancelling the uncontested council election on Nov. 3, lease agreement with the Montague County Youth Fair Committee for use of the show bar, hear from Jonathan Fenoglio regarding parking along the 200 block of West Cherry and memorandum of understanding with the Helen Farabee Center for services in the county.
Two items are on tap with the council acting as the building commission: Review hearing on 310 Bowie after owner was given 90 days for clean-up and repair, fire marshal to give report and hear from Chris Smith on 309 Katy Street regarding lot size and a new house he is building.
As a final wrap-up on the budget the council will meet in called session at 8 a.m. on Sept. 9 for a public hearing on the proposed tax rate and adoption of the tax rate for maintenance and operation at .3487 cents per $100 in property value.
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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