NEWS
Bowie Council to sell COs for projects
Numerous infrastructure and development topics face the Bowie City Council when it convenes at 6 p.m. on Oct. 23.
The city is expected to move forward with financing the Nelson Street drainage project and a new ambulance when councilors take action on the second reading of the ordinance to sell certificates of obligation to the tune of $2,750,000.
During the process of the sale the Bowie attained an A+ credit rating which should help attain the best interest rate possible. The COs will finance an ambulance at and estimated price of $380,000 and the rest for the Nelson repairs.
There will be a public hearing on a rezone request for 9.55 acres on U.S. Highway 287 and State Highway 59 South from commercial to light industrial for a proposed development that requires light industrial zoning for truck traffic.
City Manager Bert Cunningham said a developer would like to create a gas station at the corner property, which previously had a station and for former Jim Bowie Restaurant. Action on the request is on the agenda.
Officials from Bowie 4B Sales Tax Corporation will discuss an expenditure for a park enhancement project that could bring a pickleball court to the community.
Other topics will be audit proposals for the outside audit, approval of the 2023 tax roll, cash ballots for the Montague County Tax Appraisal Board of Director, ordinance changing variable speed limits to 6:45 a.m.. to 4:30 p.m., and city manager’s report on the due diligence call, solid waste grant, investment training and a report on Texas Department of Transportation work.
Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on May 11.
After the consent agenda and public comments, the court will discuss an interlocal agreement between precinct two and the Bowie Sports Association for the baseball complex.
Precinct three will ask for a line-time budget adjustment of $15,000 from operating expenses to part-time.
The court will open and consider accepting sealed bids for emulsified asphalt and prime oil, all on a 90-day contract.
The consent agenda of minutes, bills and reports also is slated.
A 44-year-old Bowie man was arrested Monday morning at the lake next to Bowie High School after he was acting suspiciously and ran from police.
At 7:28 a.m. May 4 Lt. Bob Blackburn saw a man trespassing at the school lake. Nearby there was a vehicle parked on the service road belonging to the suspect, Zane Huntley. The license plate on the vehicle had been concealed using tape.
“My immediate first thought was someone was here to hurt my kids. Covering up your plates is something criminals do,” said the officer.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Staff of the Montague County Tax Appraisal District sent out 15,815 preliminary property value statements for the 2026 tax year.
An additional 3,500 mineral notices and 90 business personal property notices were sent out by Pritchard & Abbott.
Overall total preliminary values for the county went up 8.1% when compared to certified values from 2025 reported Chief Appraiser Kim Haralson.
Property values have undergone many changes in the last few years based on actions from the Texas Legislature, subdivision developments and energy.
Last November, Texas voters approved an increase in the homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 which affected last year’s values and taxes.
Ongoing development of subdivisions throughout the county and fluctuations in the oil and gas industry also are having an impact.
Values were determined as of Jan. 1, 2026, so any activity after that date such as recent upheavals in energy due to the war in Iran have not impacted the numbers.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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