Members of the Bowie City Council face a July 8 agenda filled with lots of big topics including the 2024-25 budget proposal, the drinking water quality water report, call the November election, along with updates on all the infrastructure projects.
The council will meet at 6 p.m. July 8. This will be the only meeting for July.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will present the budget proposal per the city charter. The CM has been working with department heads on their needs and requests, and the finance director examining revenue.
The council will set the public hearing on the budget and is expected to schedule a budget workshop date.
The meeting will open with a public hearing on the 2023 annual drinking water quality consumer confidence report.
In the city manager’s report there will be updates on Nelson Street drainage, electric rate, sewer line replacement, Downtown Revitalization grant project, paving, substation transformer and budget.
There are numerous items of new business on the agenda. The first reading of the ordinance calling the Nov. 5 election will be presented.
Council places on the ballot and their present officers will include Precinct One TJay McEwen, Precinct Two Kristi Bates and Precinct Three Terry Gunter.
The parks board has a trio of expenditure requests for council action: Purchase of $11,126.70 to install flags at the veteran’s park located next to the senior citizens center; $11,358.61 for resurfacing Pelham Park pickleball court and $1,400 to buy a washer and dryer for the community center.

By BARBARA GREEN
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Board members and staff of Nocona General Hospital broke ground Tuesday afternoon on a $6.8 million construction project that will expand the Nocona Clinic and the emergency room area.
This project has been a long time in the works after bids were rejected in June 2023 after they came in far above estimates. Last June three bids were presented ranging from $8,397,777 to $9,574,000, and all were rejected by the board.
This was a big jump from the original estimate of about $5.7 million, which had been pushed closer to $6.8 million with additional soft costs and furniture, fixtures and equipment.
David Hartwell, architect with Bundy, Young, Sims & Potter, Wichita Falls, said there was a lot of construction going on in Wichita Falls at the time, along some hangover from COVID supply delays, which may have influenced those increases.

This project will be done in four phases and financed by the hospital paying cash, avoiding any financing. Hartwell said there will be about 2,800 square feet added to the clinic and emergency room areas.

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