NEWS
New radio repeater approved; citizen asks for action on road repairs
By BARBARA GREEN
Montague County Commissioners on Monday approved upgrades to the current radio repeater system that serves county firefighters.
The court also heard from a group of citizens who live on Starr Mann Road asking when repairs will be made to their half-mile stretch of road.
Randall Preuninger, president of the Montague County Firefighters Association, presented the commissioners with a quote for new repeater. Last year the court allocated $50,000 to go toward the repeater upgrades, but it appears the quote is much less than expected.
Self Radio provided a quote of $48,219 for the system. The new repeater will add a fourth one within the county and will replace all the current units.
Terry Fender, a resident in precinct one on Star Mann Road, spoke to the commissioners Monday asking for action on repairing the road he and three other families live on.
Terry Fender, a resident in precinct one on Star Mann Road, spoke to the court in public comments asking for action on repairs to the half-mile section of the road where they live. Precinct One Commissioner Herman Conway was absent from Monday’s meeting. He said despite state money being available for repairs nothing has been done. Read the full story in the mid-week News.
Pictured: Miles Dabovich, district administrator for Texas AgriLife Extension Service, spoke to the Montague County Commissioner’s Court Monday providing the service’s annual update. Agents Elsie Lacey and Justin Hansard look on. (Photo by Barbara Green)
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
The Department of Public Safety has provided information on an auto vs. motorcycle accident that reportedly occurred on July 4.
James Lee Hilton, Nocona, was driving a 2019 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Daniel Parra, Chico, was driving a 2018 Ford Fiesta. Both vehicles were north on State Highway 101 outside Sunset with the motorcycle behind the car.
Parra was attempting to turn left on Farm-to-Market Road 2265 when the motorcyclist attempted to unsafely pass to the left states the report. The bike struck the left side of the Fiesta. Both vehicles came to rest off the roadway on the northwest corner of SH 101 and FM 2265.
Hilton was transported to Denton Medical City with
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