COUNTY LIFE
Commissioners meet on Aug. 26
Montague County Commissioners will meet early on Aug. 26 to finalize their work on the tax rate and budget for 2024-25.
At 8:30 a.m. the public hearing on the budget proposal will be conducted followed by the 8:45 a.m. hearing on the proposed tax rate.
Approval for both items will be considered in the third meeting at 9 a.m. following a budget workshop. The proposed tax rate is .4961 cents per $100 in property value. The 2023 rate is .50170. The budget proposal can be seen on the county website.
Also on Monday’s agenda the court will open bids for the wastewater treatment plant that would serve the courthouse complex and jail.
Bond for Katie A. Boggeman, appointed district attorney during the present DA’s suspension, will be presented. Commissioners also will consider transferring individual bonds to a blanket bond program in the district clerk’s office.
Other topics up for discussion Monday include the county investment policy, 2025 agreement with the Helen Farabee Center for mental health services, review the Big Sandy Creek Watershed agreement, budget adjustment in the jail for $25,000 in food and accept the online compliance for cybersecurity training for county staff.
The court also will review a replat in Silver Lake Estates and a final plat in the McCann, Weatherly and Durham Addition.
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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