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Bowie 2020 tax rate proposed at .5445 cents per $100 in value
By BARBARA GREEN
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The Bowie City Council approved the third draft of its 2019-20 budget during a brief workshop Monday night, and then presented it to the public during a public hearing at the regular meeting that evening.
Council members met last week for a budget workshop attempting to finalize the figures, and while the budget was approved so it could go forward in the public hearing, it still has several outstanding issues. The budget will not be “officially” adopted until it goes forward in the form of an ordinance with two readings before the council.
Budget draft
The Monday afternoon budget workshop was brief with only a few questions prior to the vote. Councilors Tami Buckmaster and Arlene Bishop did not attend the workshop or Monday night’s regular meeting.
This third budget draft proposed utility fund expenses at $9,471,000 with revenues at $11,336,430.
The general fund is proposed at $8,251,643 in expenses and $7,021,168 in revenue. The transfer from the utility fund into the general fund to help float it has been increased from this year’s budget of $1,150,000 to $1,250,000.
Some of the major items in this budget include a small increase in the tax rate, which City Manager Bert Cunningham says is being offset by a small reduction in the small business commercial electric rate.
Read the full story of the meeting in the mid-week Bowie News.
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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