NEWS
Bowie City Council may adopt new budget on Aug. 18
The first reading of an ordinance to adopt the 2015-16 City of Bowie budget will be on the Aug. 18 agenda of the city council.
Following the recent public hearing to review the $18,681,158 proposal, the council will consider adoption with the first reading of the ordinance. A second reading would be scheduled for Sept. 1 if it is approved.
Also on Tuesday’s agenda will be the first of two public hearings on the proposed tax rate of .4945 cents per $100 in property value. This is 2.15 cents higher than the 2014 rate of .4730. A second hearing will take place on Sept. 1.
Other items on the regular agenda include the annual reports from Main Street Bowie and the Bowie Economic Development Corporation.
Appointments also will be made to the 4A and 4B Economic Development Boards.
Tuesday’s meeting opens at 6 p.m. with a workshop. That agenda includes monthly reports, the city manager’s report and public comments.
There will be no council action taken in the workshop.
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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