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903 Bonham City Council Members: Tony Rodriguez, H.L. Compton, Tim La Vergne II, Bill Chapman, Mayor Roy 583-1800 Floyd, Kevin Hayes, City Manager, Sean Pate and Wayne Moore. City Council Meetings are held the 2nd Monday of every month at 5:30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. Photo by Sandy Hood
of the budget left in General Fund and about 34% of the budget left in Water and Sewer Fund. They will continue to monitor expenses closely to meet this year’s budget. • Citizens Opportunity to Speak: Jeri Johnson asked for the opportunity to lease Java Joint, at Lake Bonham if it is not going to be open. She is interested in leasing it, running it and having a set schedule of hours of opera-
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• Tim La Vergne, II, newly elected City Councilmen, was sworn into office on by Judge John Skotnik. David Keene blessed Tim with a pen he made of Bois D’ Arc wood. • Dave Struchtemeyer, Director of Finance for the City of Bonham reported that 33% of the budget year is left. There is a little over 32%
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