NEWS
Energy appraisers review wind farms value impact
Clay County Judge Kenneth Liggett and several members of the commissioner’s court attended the Tuesday meeting that featured (standing) John Rutledge, assistant district manager with Pritchard & Abbott, valuation consultants. (News photo by Dani Blackburn)
By DANI BLACKBURN
As wind farm developers consider Montague County for potential sites, officials from several counties gathered in the courthouse annex Tuesday for a presentation by Pritchard & Abbott in an attempt to further understand the business and its impact on property values.
Officials attending included six Montague County school district superintendents, the full county commissioner’s court, Clay County Judge Kenneth Liggett, several Clay County commissioners, visitors from Baylor and Seymour Counties, and school board members from Bowie and Forestburg.
“Most of us are dependent on energy in our tax bases. I know I’m brand new in this business, as are a couple others of us, and recently with the interest in the wind farms coming in people ask questions I can’t answer. I thought it was in our best interest to sit down and try to learn as much of this stuff as we possibly can,” explained Montague County Judge Rick Lewis.
Read the full story on valuations for wind farms in the weekend News.
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.
Montague County Judge Kevin Benton has signed an order lifting the outdoor burn ban effective Oct. 7.
Persons are still urged to be cautious when they are out working in the countryside to avoid any spark that could cause a wildfire.
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