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Nocona finalizing meat processing plant to be located on ED designated property
Plans to build a more than 3,000 square foot meat processing plant in Nocona moved forward this past week after the city council approved a plan to provide a tract of lane on Pine Street across from the Nocona Cemetery.
The council met in called session on March 19 discussing the proposal that would see the processing facility and a retail store built on land donated for economic development use.
Donna Culpepper, executive director of the Nocona Economic Development Corporation, said this action allows the NEDC Type A Board to finalize its negotiations with a trio of partners that include John Caussey, Frank Garrett and Eric Kennedy.
The three principals bring more than 90 years of experience in the livestock and meat industry. Two of the owners plan to live in Nocona and one in Wichita Falls for now.
The men have been looking at property not only in Montague County but in the nearby counties of Clay and Cooke. Garrett and his wife, Kim, purchased ranch land in the Spanish Fort area that will be the site of their home and the feed lot for cattle.
They continued to explore options for the process plant and meat market. Culpepper said she spoke to them a few months ago, but they returned to look further.
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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