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Bowie council to receive 2021 budget draft on Monday
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The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. July 13 and begin what is expected to be a difficult preparation of the 2020-21 city budget.
As per the city charter, City Manager Bert Cunningham will present a draft of the budget proposal based on requests from the department heads and compilations of budget and revenue projections. A public hearing will be set for the budget on Aug. 10.
In other financial action the city will consider the proposed 2021 budget for the Montague County Tax Appraisal District. The district appraises and collects taxes for Bowie.
Following the process set forth by Senate Bill 2 last year a resolution will be offered to designate Kim Haralson, chief appraiser of the MCTAD, to calculate the no-new revenue tax rate and the voter approval tax rate in accordance with the Texas Tax Code. The bill changed up the method by which the tax rates are calculated and set.
The council will call a general election for November with three places on the ballot. Filing begins July 20 for place one, Laura Hefley; place two, Chuck Malone and place three, Tami Buckmaster.
Other agenda items include the possible sale of .0444 acres in the Lake Bowie subdivision; the public hearing for water qualitt.
In the city manager’s report the following topics will be updated: Charter commission progress, refunding community center bonds, giving away land tract one; draft budget; Texas Department of Agriculture and Community Development Block Grant Zoom meeting; Traylor and Association on grant writing and airport grant.
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Bowie Council meeting cancelled
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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.
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City staff examines new generators for water plant
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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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