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Bowie city, school only contested local elections
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Candidate filing for the Nov. 7 city and school board elections came to an end Monday with part of the entities facing contested races and the rest able to cancel due to no contests.
The candidates are:
Bowie City Council
Mayor – Gaylynn Burris (incumbent) and Jason Love (councilor precinct two).
Precinct one – Brent Shaw (I) and Brandon Walker.
Precinct two – Donna Ashley, Cody Bunch and Colleen L. Crawford-Williams.
Precinct three – Stephanie Post (I) and Glenda Kay Durham.
Bowie ISD
Place five – Guy Green (I).
Place six – Lee Hughes (I) and Michael Chase Thomas.
Place seven – Keith Richey.
Saint Jo City Council
Three places open: Carla Hennessey (I), Terry Stewart and Martha Garcia.
Saint Jo ISD
For three-year terms: Brandon Kline, Rebecca Harris and Jeff Pledger, all incumbents.
Unexpired two-year term:
Rodney Swirczynski (I).
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First concrete poured on Nelson Street
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Concrete was poured on Nelson Street this week as the massive drainage project underway for almost nine months is getting near its end. Traffic will see a big relief once Nelson reopens, it was closed on Aug. 21, 2022 once a large section of the street on the north side collapsed following years of flooding and lack of drainage. (Courtesy photos Brent Shaw)
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Bowie raising electric rates .0111 cents to recover costs
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By BARBARA GREEN
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Bowie City Councilors reluctantly approved an increase of .0111 cents in the city’s electric rates in an effort to recover the ongoing increases in wholesale power costs.
The increase will go into effect in the July 15 billing cycle and residential customers can expect an increase of just under $9 a month. The average residential use is 800 kilowatt hours a month and this new rate would add $8.88 to the monthly bill.
The power cost recovery factory has been in debate by the council since earlier in February when City Manager Bert Cunningham recommended the increase, but then council said no.
Bowie’s power rates are set up in two categories: Base rates and power cost recovery. Base rates, customer charges and energy charges are intended to recover costs to the utility related to operating an maintaining the system (profit).
The PCRF is the variable portion of wholesale power costs and changes as needed based on factors in the wholesale market, including, but not limited to increases or decreases in the cost of natural gas, the fuel that generates most of the electricity in Texas. The PCRF is intended to recover wholesale costs of resale power.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
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