NEWS
County commissioners to consider retaining 2020 tax rate
By BARBARA GREEN
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Montague County Commissioners Monday voted to consider keeping the 2021 tax rate at the 2020 level of .5641 cents per $100 in property value.
The court gave unanimous approval to the proposed rate, which will be presented in a public hearing at 8:45 a.m. on Aug. 23. Action on both the tax rate and proposed budget is scheduled for the Aug. 23 regular meeting agenda.
County Tax Assessor-Collector Kathy Phillips presented the certification of appraised values for tax year 2021 which shows total net value of $2,056,597,857.
This breaks down into real property $1,433,666,715 in net value, $609,211,060 in mineral property and $13,720,182 in rolling stock. The total gross value of all is $4,323,797,806. Taxable frozen is $268,994,069; $1,010,669.79 taxes frozen; $880,110 in new frozen taxable and $3,213.05 in new frozen tax.
The values for 2020 net totaled: $1,964,120,452. Real and personal net value was $1,287,068,065; mineral property, $664,182,160 and rolling stock, $12,870,227. There is an increase of $92,477,405 above the 2020 total.
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.
The Department of Public Safety has provided information on an auto vs. motorcycle accident that reportedly occurred on July 4.
James Lee Hilton, Nocona, was driving a 2019 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Daniel Parra, Chico, was driving a 2018 Ford Fiesta. Both vehicles were north on State Highway 101 outside Sunset with the motorcycle behind the car.
Parra was attempting to turn left on Farm-to-Market Road 2265 when the motorcyclist attempted to unsafely pass to the left states the report. The bike struck the left side of the Fiesta. Both vehicles came to rest off the roadway on the northwest corner of SH 101 and FM 2265.
Hilton was transported to Denton Medical City with
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