NEWS
County commissioners hear hefty budget requests
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Montague County Commissioners discussed some significant requests during Monday’s budget workshop, with no final decision made as they await the pending arrival of the certified property values.
The workshop was conducted at the end of Monday’s regular agenda. Sheriff Marshall Thomas, District Attorney Casey Polhemus, County Attorney Clay Riddle and Veteran Service Officer Colm Murphy all presented their major requests.
Sheriff Thomas introduced Jordan Nickel of Spillman, a software company that offers law enforcement management programs. Thomas previously told the court the present Justice Solutions program has only seven licenses which limits access by the staff, which creates delays and does not allow for efficient work flow.
Four licenses are in use at all times with two in dispatch and two in the jail.
Nickel said the initial implementation is $231,000 with a $33,000 annual fee for maintenance and upgrades. The company also has several options to finance the program costs across three and five years.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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