NEWS
Budget, tax rate top Bowie city agenda
Financial issues will dominate the Bowie City Council meeting opening with a budget workshop, followed by a public hearing on the budget and a proposed 2022 tax rate.
The council will gather earlier than normal for the budget workshop starting at 4 p.m., followed by the regular meeting at 6 p.m.
City Manager Bert Cunningham presented the proposed budget last month as basic with no frills or big ticket items. It is fully balanced if tax projections and revenue estimates hold.
Some of the budget highlights include a three percent proposed raise for employees given at the discretion of the department head to the respective employees; the first budget to include the higher sewer rate to help fund the $9.7 million loan to replace 57,000 linear feet of sewer line; credit card fees to help the city to pay the processing for utility payments; the addition of two more school resource officers and a rate increase from Waste Connections.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
NEWS
Gold-Burg High one-act prepares for public show on Sunday
The cast and crew of Gold-Burg High School’s state-bound one-act play “Interview,” will present a public show at 4 p.m. on May 5 in the Bowie Junior High Auditorium.
Admission is $5 and there will be a bake sale to raise funds for travel and other OAP expenses. The show is directed by Linda Fitzner.
The group will travel to Austin to perform on May 13 for the state title. This is the school’s first time to take a play to the state contest.
Pictured above: Cast of “Interview” in rehearsal this week. (Courtesy photo)
NEWS
Voters decide today on two ISD bonds
Voters in Bowie and Forestburg Independent School Districts will have their say Saturday as both entities offer up bond issues to improve infrastructure.
Early voting came to an end on Tuesday with a total of 1,230 people casting their ballots.
On election day the polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at three locations: Bowie Senior Citizens Center, Forestburg ISD Library and Sunset City Hall. Voters can cast their ballots at any of these locations due to countywide voting.
Read more about both bond proposals in your weekend Bowie News.
NEWS
City crews replace fire hydrant near downtown
Water was off Wednesday morning as the City of Bowie public works crew replaced a fire hydrant at the corner of Walnut and Matthews. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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