NEWS
Hospital district petitions circulating; Gold-Burg ISD added to proposal
Petitions are now being circulated that support a request from Bowie Memorial Hospital for the county commissioners to call a tax district election.
Lynn Heller, interim chief executive officer for Bowie Memorial, completed the petitions and made them available to the public Wednesday.
The petition requires at least 100 qualified signatures of registered voters in either Bowie or Gold-Burg School Districts, which are the boundaries of the proposed hospital district.
Heller said this petition does not state a specific tax rate, but does state the district shall impose a property tax that shall not exceed .40 cents per $100 in property value. No sales or use tax shall be imposed.
Heller said he would like to have them back to the hospital by July 8 so they can be put together for submission to the county judgeto begin the verification process. BMH would like to get the hearing before the commissioners as soon as possible.
Read full story on the petition and the proposed hospital district boundaries that now include Gold-Burg ISD and Bowie ISD in the weekend News.
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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