NEWS
Commissioner’s Court meets Monday
Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet for two agendas on Sept. 13.
The 8:45 a.m. agenda lists a public hearing to consider the 2021-22 county clerk and district clerk records’ management and archive yearly plan.
A portion of the fees in both offices is set aside for records management which includes items such as digitizing and storage units.The court approval will be an action item in the 9 a.m. agenda.
Here are some of the other agenda topics.
The court is expected to proclaim October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
District Attorney Casey Polhemus will ask to transfer $7,650 from part-time to the assistant DA two-position and to transfer the 2013 Chevy Tahoe to the sheriff’s office. This investigator’s vehicle was replaced.
Other topics on Monday’s agenda include: Memo of understanding for efiling property records in the county clerk’s office; VAC grant award of $4,819 to reimburse for VAC salaries; distribution of unclaimed property capital credits from the Texas Comptroller; consider a tax resale deed for bids from Wayne Cannaday for multiple lots in Oak Shores, and a tax resale deed for bid from Kevin Matthews for $4,000 for a lot at 1308 N. U.S. Highway 81; discuss and consider each precinct preparing an annual road report and consider precinct part-time pay for road hands
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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