Votes at a glance: Bowie council approves appointments, grant resolution, traffic and highway agreements; accepts profiling report

Bowie City Council members on Jan. 28 approved a series of routine and project-related items, including consent agenda items, board appointments and a grant-support resolution. Council members also adopted traffic-control changes and a state agreement on highway maintenance, and the council received the Bowie Police Department’s 2024 racial-profiling report.

Key votes and outcomes

- Consent agenda (minutes from December and monthly write-offs): approved by voice vote; roll call indicated councilmembers Shaw, Ashley, Sprowls, Post and Walker voting yes.

- Appointment: the council appointed Randy West to the unexpired term of Charles Tyson on the Bowie Economic Development Corporation (BEDC). Janice Crowley of the BEDC explained West’s previous service and utility expertise. The motion carried by roll call (ayes recorded for Post, Walker, Ashley, Sprowls and Shaw).

- Resolution 2025-02 — NORTEX regional solid-waste grant: the council approved a resolution authorizing the filing of a grant application with the NORTEX Regional Planning Commission for a 100% grant to purchase an 18-foot dump trailer to assist vegetation and trash removal (grant request $25,000 of a $70,000 total fund). Kirk Higgins presented the request. The motion passed by roll call with councilmembers Post, Walker, Ashley, Sprowls and Shaw recorded as voting Aye.

- Reappointments/appointments to Boards of Adjustments & Appeals and Planning & Zoning: the council considered multiple…