NEWS
Bowie mayor elected to TPPA board of directors
The Texas Public Power Association announced the election of new officers to lead the organization in the year ahead and presented public service and industry excellence awards at its 41st annual meeting last week in San Antonio.
Bowie mayor Gaylynn Burris was elected to the board, as she attended the meeting along with City Manager Bert Cunningham and Jay Evans, head of the city electric department.
The state trade association has a membership composed of municipally-owned electric utilities, electric cooperatives, river authorities and joint action agencies responsible for the generation and delivery of electricity to more than five million Texans.
TPPA also honored three Texas legislators for their contributions to energy public policy benefitting the state’s citizens, local economies and the environment including Senator Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville), Senator Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) and Representative Drew Springer (R-Muenster).
Read the full story in your mid-week Bowie News.
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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