NEWS
Bowie Fire Department approved to fill two vacancies; changes billing company
By BARBARA GREEN
A trio of requests spanning billing and staffing for the Bowie Emergency Medical Service were approved Tuesday night by the Bowie City Council.
With a hiring freeze in place since early March, Fire Chief Doug Page asked to fill two vacant, budgeted positions and to utilize part-time staff to aid in reducing some overtime expenses.
When the freeze was implemented, the EMS was in the midst of interviewing candidates for on vacancy. Previously the council rejected the request to fill the vacancy.
Page explained at this time they have 10 full-time people working three shifts with four/three/three on the schedule. The chief is filling a half-shift on C shift. It takes two people to man the ambulance.
The department posts 608 total overtime hours during the 28 days that end on May 15. Page said 444 of those were used to cover just two shifts. There was $12,483.48 spent in OT for that cycle and when the crew is full they spend on average $5,986.94. On average there is about 12 hours of overtime over three months.
Read the full story on the council meeting in the weekend 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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