NEWS
Revised ambulance contracts up for final county approval
Formal interlocal agreements between Montague County and the City of Bowie Emergency Medical Services and Saint Jo Volunteer Fire Department will be considered when the commissioner’s court meets at 9 a.m. on Sept. 25.
These contracts for ambulance services in their respective areas were hammered out earlier this year as the stipends were increased for both entities.
Bowie will receive $75,000 on a three-year contract and Saint Jo will receive $35,000.
This was the first increase in the stipend in about 20 years after Bowie came to the court last year asking for a change.
In early 2016 Bowie said it would stop service outside the city limits as of Oct. 1, but later the city changed direction and said it would continue service.
Read more about Monday’s agenda in the weekend 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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