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Council approves consent agenda, board appointments and joins Atmos steering committee; grants and other measures pass
Summary
At its meeting, the Bowie City Council approved the consent agenda including the financial report, confirmed multiple board appointments, adopted a traffic ordinance on second reading and authorized membership in the Atmos City steering committee; the council also approved a homeland security grant application and set a water-rates workshop.
The Bowie City Council on meeting night accepted its consent agenda, approved several board appointments and passed multiple resolutions including joining the Atmos City steering committee and authorizing a grant application to the governor’s office of homeland security.
Council members voted to accept the consent agenda, which included minutes, write-offs and the quarterly financial report. The financial report covered the quarter from Oct. 1, 2024, to Dec. 31, 2024, and showed utility revenues slightly below seasonal expectations and an accounting deficit driven in part by annual insurance payments; a separate hotel/motel report also was accepted.
The council confirmed appointments to several boards. Renee Hart, Matthew Hunt and Marty Elmore were appointed to the Community Development Board; Jamie Rodden, Mary Jane Fulton and a council representative were reappointed to the Hotel-Motel Board; and Bradley Art was reappointed to the Board of Adjustments and Appeals. Each appointment was moved and seconded and approved by voice roll call.
On ordinance business, the council completed the second reading and adopted Ordinance 2021-01 to add stop-sign traffic control at the intersection of Nelson and North Grama streets.
The council approved Resolution 2025-07 to join the Atmos City steering committee and to pay membership funding at the per-capita amount discussed in the packet; members said the committee pools legal and regulatory resources to contest utility rate changes before state regulators. Council also approved Resolution 2025-08 to submit a grant application to the governor’s office of homeland security for radios and a repeater for the emergency operations center; staff said the $13,628.85 request is a 100% grant with no local match.
A motion to schedule a water-rates workshop passed; councilmembers and staff said the workshop will cover water rates, an 8-to-7.5-mile transmission line, pump projects and a likely Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) requirement to begin planning a water-plant upgrade that staff estimated could cost $8 million to $10 million.
Motions to accept the hotel/motel report and other routine items were approved by voice roll call. There were no substantive public comments recorded.
Votes at a glance: the following formal motions/resolutions were recorded as approved during the meeting: acceptance of the consent agenda (financial report and minutes); final payment authorization for the Nelson Street Bridge Replacement (see separate article); adoption of Ordinance 2021-01 (Nelson & North Grama stop signs); appointment of three members to the Community Development Board; reappointment of three members to the Hotel-Motel Board; reappointment of Bradley Art to the Board of Adjustments and Appeals; approval of Resolution 2025-07 (Atmos City steering committee membership and payment); approval of Resolution 2025-08 (homeland security grant application for emergency radio equipment); acceptance of the hotel/motel report; scheduling of a water-rates workshop.
The meeting adjourned after the council closed public comment and confirmed the next meeting time.
