COUNTY LIFE
Nocona City Council meets for brief agenda
Members of the Nocona City Council met Tuesday night for a brief agenda of business.
Nocona Chamber of Commerce Board Member Jodi Womble updated the council on upcoming plans for Christmas events in December. She specifically asked for council consideration for possible street closures for a hayride that would loop through downtown. No action was taken and the council will look at the closures.
There also was a discussion about an upcoming Fall Festival during Halloween weekend.
Legend Bank will continue to be the city’s depository bank and was the sole proposal.
David Kercheval, Texas manager for Colorchids, was nominated to fill a vacancy on the Montague County Tax Appraisal District Board of Directors.
An electric distribution line easement was granted to Texas-New Mexico Power Company in the J.D. Jennings Survey. City Secretary Revell Hardison said Tyler Womack is building a house on property next to the city-owned Indian Oaks Golf Course and the easement is needed.
With the city council acting as the building commission, Rosario Resendiz was given 90 days to bring the property up to code. Three months ago the owner came to the council and said she was tearing it down, and was given 90 days to complete the project.
Hardison said the owner reported since then two people have approached her about buying it and fixing it. The fire marshal agreed the dilapidated home could be repaired.
The 22nd annual July Jam returns on July 27 to the Bowie Community Center West Hall, 413 Pelham Street in Bowie.
There will be a “chickin’ pickin’ fiddling fun time” as guests will be entertained by amazing fiddling tunes and enjoying a chicken meal with delicious homemade jams because it wouldn’t be July Jam without it.
Tickets are just $15 with the event starting at 6 p.m. The funds raised help provide awards for the Championship Fiddler Competition during Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Oct. 5.
This attracts talented musicians from all over to visit downtown Bowie to test their fiddling skills on stage in the Bowie Fire Hall on Oct. 5.
Along with the live fiddling entertainment, come hungry and be ready to outbid your neighbors at the silent auction or just stop by for a great meal, fellowship and soak in the air conditioning.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The Nocona City Council met this past week making plans for budget and tax rate hearings.
Councilors received a brief update on the 2024-25 budget preparations. City Secretary Revell Hardison said the final proposal is almost complete and they now await the arrival of the no-new revenue tax rate that will be reviewed by the council after it is calculated by the tax collector.
The proposal includes a tax rate increase of about 3% similar to last year and there will be a small increase in water and sewer rates, but Hardison said the final crunch on those will come after the tax rate projections arrive.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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