NEWS
Commissioners approve updated subdivision rules
By BARBARA GREEN
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Updated subdivision regulations for Montague County were approved Friday afternoon following a contentious public hearing where many local developers expressed their disagreement on test well requirementss.
Friday was the second public hearing, following a July 8 hearing. This draft of rules has been in the works since December updating rules done 10 years ago.
The hot topic has been the proposed change to require three acres instead of two when placing a water well. However, the requirement for a water availability study that would provide a monitoring and test well for any development of 100 acres came under fire. To help calm those concerns the rules were changed to allow those two wells remain with the developer and can be sold with their respective lots.
During Friday’s meeting there were about 15 people in attendance including many realtors, surveyors and land men. All who spoke from the audience were against the test wells.
After almost 90 minutes the court closed the hearing and voted 3-2 to approve the new regulations.
Commissioners Mike Mayfield and Roy Darden voted no, with the rest of the court voting yes. Both Mayfield and Darden have adamantly voiced their opposition to requiring the water study. County Judge Rick Lewis broke the tie. A separate set of rules for manufactured home rental communities also was approved on a 3-1 vote with Mayfield also voting no. Read the full story 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.
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