NEWS
Commissioners to meet twice on Monday
The Montague County Commissioners will meet twice on Oct. 10.
At 8:45 a.m. the court will conduct a public hearing on naming a private road Legacy Lane in precinct four off of Upper Montague County Road. A hearing is required per the Texas Transportation Code. Action will follow in the 9 a.m. session.
The agenda includes a variety of topics. Commissioners will consider applying for and accepting federal funds of $100,000 from the local assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund and authorize County Judge Kevin Benton to sign the application.
The court will discuss spending $1,025,000 from the American Rescue Plan Act to install a new 275-foot radio tower in the precinct one yard and upgrade the sheriff and EMS radio transmitters to digital. The county applied for a grant but did not receive it.
Procedures and actions of the committee selected to review the county subdivision regulations will be reviewed. The committee was directed to examine and clarify the rules approved about two years ago and bring recommendations.
Other topics include: Allowing the sheriff to accept unanticipated revenue of $2,399.76 from Law Enforcement Partners; consider a memo of understanding with the Abilene Recovery Council; electric utility easement and covenant of access to install an electric meter pole in the Forestburg precinct one yard; allowing precinct one to place items in auction; review plans and plat for the FM 1125 RV Park in precinct two; approve a preliminary plat of 15 lots in North Bowie Estates in precinct two and final plat for lots 1-7 Lake Point in precinct four.
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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