NEWS
Bowie Hospital Authority files for receivership; new hospital is getting closer
By BARBARA GREEN
Directors for the Bowie Hospital Authority have filed a petition and application for appointment of a receiver in an effort to dissolve the entity.
Interim Chief Executive Officer Lynn Heller said the filing was made on Dec. 1 in 97th District Court. He anticipates a receiver could be named and the process completed by the end of December.
That dissolution could come just as the new Central Hospital of Bowie makes plans to open once its final laboratory license is approved.
In late October, the board learned it would be unable to dissolve through regular channels due to debt requirements in the original legislation that formed the authority.
Before dissolution, the entity must be debt-free. While the board has paid the majority of its debt, there remains several large bills.
In November, legal counsel began exploring other options and discovered the receivership could apply to the authority.
Regarding the opening of the new Central Hospital of Bowie, owners say it could be any day now.
Faraz Hashmi, chief executive officer of Central Hospital, said Monday they are “So close I am on the edge of my seat.”
“We are waiting on the lab license. The most hopeful thing was they finally said last week they are reviewing our application and responses we sent to their questions. I don’t expect it to take long, it could happen any day now,” said Hashmi.
Read the full story in the mid-week 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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