NEWS
Commissioners hear road topics Monday
A public hearing for vacating a portion of road near Lake Nocona will open the day at 8:45 a.m. Jan. 23, followed by the regular court agenda at 9 a.m.
Precinct Four Commissioner Bob Langford asked to vacate 237 feet at the end of Storey Road in the Buck Keck Lakeview Subdivision and 321 feet of an unnamed road in the Hillcrest Lake Lots unit two. Action on the topic would take place in the second meeting.
The 9 a.m. agenda opens with a request to move a pair of polling locations. Elections Administrator Ginger Wall will discuss moving from Bowie Bible Baptist Church to the Bowie Senior Citizens Center and from the Nocona Community Center to the Nocona City Hall Council Room.
Commissioners will consider hiring an engineering firm to design and provide specifications for bid purposes of a sewer treatment plant.
The sheriff’s office will present its 2022 racial profiling report as required by the federal government.
An amendment to the county’s agreement with Windstream will be examined. Bids for rock hauling and fuel also will be opened.
Several property issues round out the agenda: Consider a preliminary plat of lots 1-3 in the Daniel Estates Subdivision, 15 acres in precinct two; final plat of lots 1-3 Kingdom Heights II Subdivision, 12.68 acres in precinct two and the final plat of lots 1-3 Rhoades-Polk Subdivision, 9.77 acres in precinct two.
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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