NEWS
City of Bowie accepts offer for highway property
While budgetary items dominated Monday’s Bowie City Council session, there also was unanimous action on the sale of nearly 10 acres of land along U.S. 287 and employee evaluations.
Last month, Mayor Gaylynn Burris was directed to negotiate an offer on the 9.59 acres at U.S. Highway 287 and Farm-to-Market Road 1125.
Monday night after a brief seven minute executive session the council voted to accept the offer of $339,500 from Aradi Holdings. That acceptance will now be forwarded to the company for its consideration.
The city purchased the land in the summer of 2014 for $178,840 with thoughts of building a new city complex, but the idea could never gain traction with citizens or city finances.
A third and final executive session addressed the annual evaluations of the city manager, city secretary and municipal judge, which are the positions filled by the council. Back in open session the council approved a motion to approve a pay increase for the three employees similar to what was budgeted for the others.
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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