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Saint Jo City Council to review 4A Board position
During the April Saint Jo City Council meeting, the Saint Jo Economic Development Corporation Type A Board came under fire.
The board was essentially given a public reprimand for allowing money to be given, in the form of a $5,495 grant, to Curtis and Kathryn Goff to purchase a smoker for the soon-to-be Red River Station Barbecue restaurant in Saint Jo.
The council will convene in executive session over the matter during this Wednesday’s regularly scheduled council meeting set for 6 p.m. at the Saint Jo Civic Center.
The leadership group may take action on the matter once it reconvenes in open session.
Saint Jo Chamber of Commerce President Dick Crist personally took responsibility for the gaffe at the April meeting.
In other matters, alderpersons will discuss options for maintenance vehicle and there will be discussions on setting up a safety council.
The meeting also will feature discussion and possible action on assigning asset numbers to all city equipment and implementing a purchase order system.
Mayor Danny Steadham, since voted into the position last fall, has wanted a better tracking system for assets.
There will be discussion and possible action on Easy Street Animal Shelter’s request to explore redoing the lease on the shelter property.
In addition, there will be a citizen comment period, minutes from the April meeting and financial statements will be approved and bills paid.
Department heads for police, fire and public works also will give reports to board.
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.
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