NEWS
County approves budget, proposed tax rate
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Montague County Commissioners approved a proposed 2020 tax rate and a 2020-21 budget during its Monday session.
The court debated a few areas of contention in the budget including a push from several elected officials to get their reduced rate secretary staff members raised up to full deputy clerk pay. At the end of the back-and-forth, the court said no, this was not the year to make any salary increases.
After all the cuts and changes, the court adopted a budget that would be funded through a proposed tax rate of .5641 cents per $100 in property value. The 2019 rate is .55 cents, so a new rate would be an increase of 1.41 cents.
Tax Assessor Collector Kathy Phillips presented the potential rates. The “no-new-revenue tax rate” formerly the effective rate, is .5641 cents. The voter-approval rate formerly the rollback rate was set at .5858, which is the maximum increase before voters could take action through an election to rollback the rate.
Read the full story on the budget discussion in the mid-week Bowie News.
The jury was seated on Monday and the opening day of testimony Tuesday only lasted four hours, before the panel went into deliberations about 2 p.m.
Two hours later the jury returned a guilty verdict on both charges. Wednesday morning the jury was set to begin discussion on Hall’s punishment at 8:30 a.m. with both sides offering evidence and testimony. Hall faces up to 10 years in prison.
The trial was moved to Denton County on a change of venue requested by Hall in March. After 16th District Judge Sherry Shipman read the verdict, it was reported Hall hung her head in disappointment and was later seen crying and emotional as she left the courtroom.
Members of the Bowie City Council will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. on May 13 in council chambers.
The meeting opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will report on recent rainfall problems, Smythe Street sidewalk project and the substation work.
There is only one item of new business an ordinance related to speed limits on specific streets. Public comments and approval of minutes wrap up the agenda.
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