NEWS
Virus concerns come from all sides
By BARBARA GREEN
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As Montague County’s active cases of Coronavirus continue to rise county officials are being bombarded from both ends of the spectrum with citizens wanting more restrictions and others wanting less.
On Dec. 7 the commissioner’s court appointed Dr. Chance Dingler as the new county health authority replacing Dr. Delbert McCaig who at the time was hospitalized with COVID-19.
Montague County Judge Kevin Benton said Monday his office continues to field phone calls and emails from citizens concerned about the status of the virus and efforts to protect residents. It has been an ongoing battle since the pandemic started in regards to mask mandates and business restrictions.
Initially the governor’s executive orders related to business closures and recommendations to wear masks drew fire from all sides. However, the orders do not provide specific directives, for example, about mask wearing. Some counties and cities have instituted their own regulations, but Montague County has continued to stay with the governor’s orders which have no real enforcement power.
“I am getting questions from both ends of the spectrum,” said Benton on Monday. “I have folks who are angry because people are not wearing a mask and those angry when they are asked to wear one.”
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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