NEWS
Bowie City Council moves its meeting to Thursday
The Bowie City Council has once again moved its recently implemented Monday meeting dates to a called session at noon July 12.
A hefty agenda is scheduled including City Manager Bert Cunningham’s first presentation of a budget proposal for 2018-19. As per the city charter the budget presentation must be made in July.
In the past the program has included an overview of revenues and expenses as the council begins to consider anychanges. Certified property values are expected around July 25.
A public hearing on the proposed budget will be set for Aug. 14.
The city may soon be closing on the purchase of the former Legend Bank Motorbank at the corner of Tarrant and Mason Streets. The real estate sales contract will be presented for a council vote.
The purchase was approved in March and includes a $75,000 cash payment and a portion of the city property located at State Highway 59 and Orchard Street. Legend officials have indicated they want to build a storage facility on the back portion of the property.
In new business an agreement with D&S Engineering for a geotechnical investigation of potential solar array sites will be presented. City officials met with several possible developers two weeks ago to tour sites and discuss options. Testing of the sites will have be conducted to determine the best location.
Other topics include an update from Comcell on the installation of fiberoptic lines; update on the hazard mitigation plan for the county launched through Nortex and consider library printing charges for copies and hours of operation.
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.
The Department of Public Safety has provided information on an auto vs. motorcycle accident that reportedly occurred on July 4.
James Lee Hilton, Nocona, was driving a 2019 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Daniel Parra, Chico, was driving a 2018 Ford Fiesta. Both vehicles were north on State Highway 101 outside Sunset with the motorcycle behind the car.
Parra was attempting to turn left on Farm-to-Market Road 2265 when the motorcyclist attempted to unsafely pass to the left states the report. The bike struck the left side of the Fiesta. Both vehicles came to rest off the roadway on the northwest corner of SH 101 and FM 2265.
Hilton was transported to Denton Medical City with
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