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Bowie council approves Milano’s incentive, property abandonments, budget amendment and city bank bid
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Summary
At a regular meeting the Bowie City Council approved a BEDC incentive for Milano’s, two abandonment ordinances tied to a lift-station project, a budget amendment to account for grant timing, awarded the city depository to Legend Bank and approved an emergency-management MOU.
Bowie City Council approved a slate of routine but consequential items at its meeting, including a local incentive for a downtown business, two property-abandonment ordinances related to a lift-station rebuild, a budget amendment to account for grant timing, a new city depository and an intergovernmental emergency-management memorandum of understanding.
Resolution 20-26-01: incentive for Milano’s. Council read and approved Resolution 20-26-01, which authorizes the Bowie Economic Development Corporation to administer funds supporting a private capital investment exceeding $170,000 at 203 North Mason Street. Janice said Milano’s installed a new HVAC system and a fire-suppression system at an estimated total cost of about $26,000; the city is allocating up to $10,000 and Milano’s received $5,000 from a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) façade program, for a combined $15,000 of public incentives. The council approved the resolution by motion and roll-call vote.
Property abandonments tied to Glen Hills lift station. On second reading, Ordinance 2025-15 to abandon a 0.048-acre portion of Wilbarger Street (Hill County School Land Survey, Block 39) passed; the ordinance provides for recording a quitclaim deed and authorizes the city manager to execute documents necessary to complete the abandonment as part of the Glen Hills lift-station rebuild. Separately, council took a first reading and approved on first reading an ordinance to abandon a 0.31-acre alley tract (Blocks 34 and 39) connected to the same project; that item will return for a second reading at the next meeting.
Budget amendment to manage grant timing. Pam presented a budget amendment to recognize two reimbursable grant line items now (the items reported in the packet total roughly $228,000) so the city’s receivables and grant accounting will not inadvertently trigger a single-audit requirement if annual grant receipts exceed the $1,000,000 threshold. Pam and council members discussed that a single audit can cost roughly $10,000–$15,000; the council approved the amendment by motion and roll-call vote.
Other approvals. The council reappointed Karen Milkenowski to the library board. Council also awarded the city depository bid to Legend Bank (the only bidder) and approved a consolidated memorandum of understanding with the Texas Division of Emergency Management that standardizes deployment and reimbursement processes for emergency-management assistance teams and clarifies worker-compensation reimbursement procedures for deployed personnel. For the TDEM MOU, Kurt noted the agreement includes an unaffiliated-member placeholder for volunteers but that the state has not yet finalized criteria for those positions.
Votes and next steps. Each item was approved by motion and roll call during the meeting; ordinances introduced on first reading will be brought back for second readings where required. No public comments were recorded before adjournment.
