NEWS
Nocona EMS asks for more funds
By DANI BLACKBURN
Montague County Commissioners will face tough decisions in the coming weeks as they whittle down more than one million dollars in expenses from the proposed budget presented in Monday’s meeting.
The proposed 2018 expenses total $12,858,000 with projected income of $11,786,303, creating a budget shortfall of $1,071,697.
The process of completing the budget will begin in a called meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday as Montague County Tax Assessor Sydney Nowell presents the certified appraisal values for 2017. The public budget hearings are set for Aug. 14 and Aug. 20.
The court had its fourth budget workshop Monday debating more funding for Nocona ambulance and possibly new state mandates.
Representatives from Nocona General Hospital attended Monday’s workshop to request the same percentage increase Bowie received in its recent negotiations. This request comes on the heels of Saint Jo EMS asking for an increase two weeks ago.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
The regular meeting of the Bowie City Council for July 22 has been cancelled. City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris will be attending the Texas Public Power Association conference.
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)
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