NEWS
City of Bowie begins advertising for new city manager
The City of Bowie began advertising this week for a new city manager, following the resignation of Ricky Tow last Friday.
The job was posted Monday on the Texas Municipal League website, as well as with local publications. Tow’s resignation is effective Nov. 17.
Mayor Scott Davis received the letter of resignation on Friday and said he expects it will be considered at the next meeting on Nov. 7.
Tow has been city manager since April 2013. He was selected by the Gladewater City Council at its Oct. 19 meeting.
The ad for city manager publishing in The Bowie News this week states preference will be given to candidates with a bachelor or master’s degree in business, public administration or a related field. Preferred experience would include working in a city with its own electric utility.
A compensation package will be determined by experience and qualifications.
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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