COUNTY LIFE
Commissioner’s move Monday meet to Tuesday
Montague County Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. on Nov. 12 instead of Nov. 11 due to the Veteran’s Day holiday.
A lengthy agenda of business faces the court including several items from the sheriff’s office.
Sheriff Marshall Thomas will present the monthly report of activity and the state jail inspection report. Staff from the Texas Commission on Jails Standards conducted the inspection in October with the jail passing all elements of the review.
The court will consider increasing the maximum compensatory time for law enforcement from 100 hours to 250 hours and consider a new pay scale for sheriff office employees, new hires only.
A pair of appointments will be offered for the Montague County Child Welfare Board, and two bids will be examined for tax sale properties.
In other topics a deed for Union Cemetery from Montague County to the board of directors of Union Cemetery will be discussed.
A donation of $4,000 to precinct two for chip seal on Picket Run Road will be offered.
Scheduling for the county employee Christmas party will be discussed and the monthly report from veteran’s service will be presented.
A request to enter the Phil Fandel property on Allison Road to clear a fence row also will be made by precinct four. The court also will review the general liability questionnaire.
The 22nd annual July Jam returns on July 27 to the Bowie Community Center West Hall, 413 Pelham Street in Bowie.
There will be a “chickin’ pickin’ fiddling fun time” as guests will be entertained by amazing fiddling tunes and enjoying a chicken meal with delicious homemade jams because it wouldn’t be July Jam without it.
Tickets are just $15 with the event starting at 6 p.m. The funds raised help provide awards for the Championship Fiddler Competition during Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Oct. 5.
This attracts talented musicians from all over to visit downtown Bowie to test their fiddling skills on stage in the Bowie Fire Hall on Oct. 5.
Along with the live fiddling entertainment, come hungry and be ready to outbid your neighbors at the silent auction or just stop by for a great meal, fellowship and soak in the air conditioning.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The Nocona City Council met this past week making plans for budget and tax rate hearings.
Councilors received a brief update on the 2024-25 budget preparations. City Secretary Revell Hardison said the final proposal is almost complete and they now await the arrival of the no-new revenue tax rate that will be reviewed by the council after it is calculated by the tax collector.
The proposal includes a tax rate increase of about 3% similar to last year and there will be a small increase in water and sewer rates, but Hardison said the final crunch on those will come after the tax rate projections arrive.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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