PRIOR TO GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS, MAYOR LARRY COX PRESENTED A PROCLAMATION ON TUESDAY NIGHT, MAY 18TH, PROCLAIMING MAY AS “MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AND AWARENESS MONTH” IN BOWIE. TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM DIFFERENT MOTORCYCLE GROUPS WERE ON HAND TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION. FOLLOWING CANVASSING OF VOTES, NEW COUNCILORS GENE BROWN AND TRACY CLOWER, AND INCUMBENT COUNCILOR JACK LAWSON WERE SWORN IN TO BEGIN THEIR NEW TERMS ON THE BOWIE CITY COUNCIL. PAT POLK WAS ELECTED AS MAYOR PRO-TEM. IN NEW BUSINESS, THE COUNCIL APPROVED A REQUEST FROM CHISHOLM TRAIL RC & D TO SPONSOR DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS LIABILITY INSURANCE THROUGH THE TML RISK POOL. ACTING UPON A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE LIBRARY BOARD, KAREN MILCHANOWSKI WAS APPOINTED TO THE BOARD. THE FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CONTRACT FOR THE SELMA PARK HOST. THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONCERN THAT THE CONTRACT SHOULD BE CANCELLED AND THAT THE HOST SHOULD BE A CITY EMPLOYEE WITH EMPLOYEE STATUS AND BENEFITS. CITY MANAGER JAMES CANTWELL HAD SPOKEN WITH THE ACCOUNTANTS AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE CONTRACT NOT BE CANCELLED AND THAT, IN THE EVENT OF AN IRS AUDIT, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DEFEND THAT POSITION. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL.