NEWS
Filing for city, school races ends
The ballots are now set for three of the four Nov. 5 city and school elections across Montague County as filing came to an end on Monday.
Elections were planned for the Cities of Bowie and Saint Jo, plus the school districts in those cities. Early voting begins Oct. 21 and ends on Nov. 1.
The Saint Jo Independent School District may cancel its election due to no contested races. Incumbent Trustees Mike Martin and Rodney Swircynski drew no challengers.
The Bowie City Council election will place a mayor and three councilors.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris is challenged for that seat by retired businessman Bill Miller.
Precinct one (north) council seat has Diana Higgins and Michael Christmas running for the seat. Incumbent Councilor Arlene Bishop declined to run.
Precinct two (south) Councilman Jason Love is facing Jason Johnson, while Precinct three (east) Councilor Wayne Bell is running unopposed.
For the Bowie ISD election, there will be one contested race as both incumbents declined to file. Jases Brown and Jeff Jackson are running for place three, presently filled by Shea Brown. Daniel Deweber is unopposed for place four, presently filled by Warren Price.
The Saint Jo City Council has three council positions up for election presently filled by Carla Hennessey, Brad Bugg and Shaden Clark. No information was available from the City of Saint Jo on their filings Tuesday.
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.
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