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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.
The jury was seated on Monday and the opening day of testimony Tuesday only lasted four hours, before the panel went into deliberations about 2 p.m.
Two hours later the jury returned a guilty verdict on both charges. Wednesday morning the jury was set to begin discussion on Hall’s punishment at 8:30 a.m. with both sides offering evidence and testimony. Hall faces up to 10 years in prison.
The trial was moved to Denton County on a change of venue requested by Hall in March. After 16th District Judge Sherry Shipman read the verdict, it was reported Hall hung her head in disappointment and was later seen crying and emotional as she left the courtroom.
Members of the Bowie City Council will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. on May 13 in council chambers.
The meeting opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will report on recent rainfall problems, Smythe Street sidewalk project and the substation work.
There is only one item of new business an ordinance related to speed limits on specific streets. Public comments and approval of minutes wrap up the agenda.
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