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By BARBARA GREEN
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Bowie School Trustees received an update Monday night on local and maintenance efforts to implement state safety mandates and also received the district’s second intruder detection audit.
Superintendent Blake Enlow reported the Texas School Safety Center recently conducted the intruder audit at one or more of the BISD campuses. There was one finding and corrective actions have already been implemented. This report was discussed in closed session and there was no action after that session
Maintenance Director John Meeks provided an extensive report on the district’s participation in the Safety and Facility Enhancement Grant to implement state safety standards. The 88th Texas Legislative Session appropriated $1.1 billion to support school systems in meeting the standards.
Bowie ISD received $1,850,000 across two cycles and has focused on doors, fencing and locks. Cycle one sent $1.7 million and cycle two had $150,000.
Meeks said all the projects have required a lot of planning and examination. There are 237 doors and 198 are being replaced.

The City of Saint Jo will be purchasing a new patrol unit for its police department replacing two vehicles that are a 2013 and 2016.
At the Dec. 11 meeting the council members reviewed three bids that were sought by the city staff after non responses came in from the bid notice.
The low bidder was Chiefs Outfitting Solutions for a 2023 Chevy Tahoe (police package) at $62,289.99 with 29,995 miles. The unit was considered the showroom vehicle for the company.
The other two bids were a 2024 Durango at $63,515.25 and a 2025 Durango at $71,760.
The two vehicles in use now are a 2013 Caprice which just got out of the repair shop and a 2016 Ford Explorer.
The new unit will be financed on a five-year note from First National Leasing in Wichita Falls at 5.85% interest, for an annual payment of $14,999.24 starting October 2025.
The city also set a tentative date for an ordinance workshop on Jan. 22. The group wants and update its code of ordinances, a process not done in several years.