NEWS
Nocona Council to swear in new officials on May 17
Three newly elected members of the Nocona City Council will take the oath of office at the 5 p.m. May 17 meeting at city hall.
Christopher Nunneley, Yesika Rodriguez and Taylor Ross will take their seats. Outgoing council members Tracy O’Neal, Bob Ferguson and Steve Tettleton, longtime council members, will be recognized for their service and a new mayor protem will be elected.
Items on the regular workshop and agenda include several requests and property issues.
The Nocona Economic Development 4A and 4B boards will present a project to spend $11,600 ($5,800 per board) to aerify the greens and purchase golf cart batteries for the Indian Oaks Golf Club Advisory Committee. The NEDC also seeks approval of a loan of $38,235 to Lazy Heifer Designs to purchase an embroidery machine and
a grant of $37,824 for improvements to the Nocona Little League fields.
Tina Johnson of the Nortex Regional Planning Commission, will made a presentation on the Community Block Development Grant program, section three. The council also will consider bids for hot mix asphalt.
In property requests, Samuel Diaz and Stanley and Kelly Hall have submitted a replat and the city staff seeks direction. Hall also asks to close the 20-foot alley between lots three and four-six and sell it to him as the adjoining property owner.
The workshop agenda wraps up with a progress report from the staff on the 2022-23 budget.
A crew from Scarborough Engineering was working on control termination wiring in the control room of the Bowie Substation last week. They were integrating additional equipment including the new transformer. Once everything is connected it will go through a testing phase. The transformer project has been stalled during the past year awaiting the arrival of various parts. (News photo by Barbara Green
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
After more than a year of turmoil and upheaval it appears the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply Corporation is back on its feet with a slate of new board members and plans to review by-laws and operations.
Last August all the board members resigned in the wake of a lawsuit by a resident who could not obtain water for a small housing development despite being in the district. The property owner also accused the board of not following open meetings or open records laws, or its own by-laws.
After the board resigned a receivership was requested from the court and was named in December 2025. The receiver or temporary manager was Nocona attorney Zach Renfro, who was directed by the court to seek out possible directors to rehabilitate the association and assure it meets the obligation of continuing to provide water to more than 300 members.
The corporation board conducted its first general membership meeting on March 27 where a state of the corporation was given and new directors
named. They are Kevin McShan, president; Josh Swint, vice president; Carla Swofford, secretary; Wesley Kelly, treasurer; Zach Gunter, Rob Hankins and Chase Thomas, all directors.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
The Bowie City Council meeting scheduled for April 28 was canceled due to the lack of a quorum.
Councilors Boyd Hulstine, Stephanie Post and Brent Shaw were present along with Mayor Gaylynn Burris, Four council members are required. Laramie Truax, Laura Sproles and TJay McEwen were absent. The agenda items were expected to be placed on the next agenda of business for the council.
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