COUNTY LIFE
Commissioners to receive outside audit for 2022-23
Montague County Commissioners will receive the 2022-23 financial audit report when they meet at 9 a.m. on March 11, along with other items in a lengthy agenda.
Michael Edgin, Fleming and Fleming PC, will present the outside audit to the court.
A resolution for a joint election with Forestburg and Bowie Independent School Districts will be presented as they plan for April elections for bond proposals.
The court will pay a bill for Fandel’s AC & Heating for installing a 12.5 ton unit in the jail. It will be paid for from the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund.
Commissioners will consider an interlocal cooperation contract with the Department of Public Safety for the Failure to Appear program, along with assisting the City of Nocona with a separate paving project through an interlocal agreement.
Other topics on Monday’s agenda include: Precinct one crew to enter John Proctor’s property on Catholic Cemetery Road to clear a fence line and drainage; precinct three crew to enter the Terry Gunter property on West RC Road to clear drainage; preliminary plat lots 1-14 in the Longbranch Meadows Subdivision, 116.08 acres in precinct three; going out for bids on sealed emulsified asphalt and prime oil both on a 200-day contract; bond for Leah Dishman, deputy county treasurer and amend authorized representative for TexPool and accept unanticipated revenue of $626 from the Texas Association of Counties HEBP
Make plans to come out and honor Bowie High School state tennis champions Heidi and Willow Siebert on Wednesday afternoon.
Members of the Nocona City Council will meet for a regular meeting at 5 p.m. on May 12 in council chambers.
A public hearing on an ordinance annexing adjacent and contiguous territory to the city will be offered. This relates to two small tracts of land at the front and back of the Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum property. It does not involve providing any services, but clarifies the property in the museum’s tract. Any action would follow in the regular agenda.
Mayor and council reports on items of community interest follow along with public comments.
Items slated for the agenda include the following: Discuss bid to mow and weed-eat the Nocona Cemetery; discuss bids to furnish a 180,000-200,000 gallon capacity tank for potable water; three requests from the Nocona Economic Development Corporation – Type A and B boards funding a grant for signage at the American Legion at $2,300, both boards fund a grant for Tales ‘N’ Trails to enclose the east win of the barn for $18,000 and both boards to grant the Chisholm Trail Art Association $2,000 to support the Art of the Song Music Festival Art Show.
Other council topics will be consider repair of the water found at Enid Justin City Park; discuss public nuisance code violations; hear request from David Yowell to purchase water for the Nocona Hills Golf Course; discuss appraised value, setting price and conditions for sealed bids on 19.5 acres of city-owned land adjacent to the Nocona Hills Golf Course; discuss slide on upstream water side of dam and discuss changes to rental agreement for H.J. Justin Community Room.
The majority of these items will be considered for action during the regular agenda following the workshop agenda.
Present for the Bowie Community Development proclamation for National Travel and Tourism Week May 3-9 made by Mayor Gaylynn Burris were volunteers and staff: Matthew Hunt, Cindy Roller, Brittany Barnes, Sylvia Henning, Mildred McCraw, and Joe Barnhill. Community Development focus is on beautification and tourism for the City of Bowie. The group focuses on tourism through its many festival and events, welcoming people to the community. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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