NEWS
County gets exemption; three active cases added
Even as Montague County was granted a mask exemption due to less than 20 active COVID-19 cases, three new active cases were reported Tuesday.
The county total went up to 25 Tuesday with four cases added since last Thursday. County Health Authority Dr. Delbert McCaig reported three are active: Female, 21, Bowie; male, 25, Bowie and male, 22, Sunset.
The case of a 16-year-old female was added, but she completed the quarantine period on July 5. McCaig anticipates more after the July 4th holiday.
As of 3 p.m. Tuesday Montague County had only three active cases.
According to the Texas Division of Emergency Management and the governor’s order, Montague County is exempt from the governor’s requirement to wear face coverings in public.
Montague County Judge Kevin Benton applied for the exemption on July 2.
Other nearby mask-exempt counties are Archer, Clay and Jack.
The regular meeting of the Bowie City Council for July 22 has been cancelled. City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris will be attending the Texas Public Power Association conference.
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)
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