NEWS
Bowie City Council votes to try and get back in out-of-city limits ambulance business
Following less than a half hour in executive session tonight the Bowie City Council returned to open session and voted to talk with Montague County officials about possibly offering a proposal to operate ambulance service in the southern half of the county.
Back in March the council informed the commissioner’s it was opting out of running service outside the city limits, at which point the court began talking to other providers such as Nocona General Hospital EMS. City Manager Ricky Tow said they have been working on a proposal for the past week and city officials hoped to meet with the committee to see if it might be submitted and considered before a decision is made.
During the May 8 court meeting, the majority of the court indicated they were not inclined to include Bowie when the city took the original action that caused the county to begin looking for a new service. Court members said the county could not solve Bowie’s budget problems and they had not been contacted about any such a proposal.
Read the full story on tonight’s council meeting in the Saturday News.
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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