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Minutes of the Meeting of the
Georgetown Utility System Advisory Board
and the Governing Body of the
City of Georgetown, Texas
Thursday, June 23, 2005
The Georgetown Utility System Advisory Board of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met on Thursday ,
June 23, 2005.
Board Members Present:
John Gavurnik, Jack Hunnicutt, Patty Eason, Robert Kostka, Kendall Young, Larry Brown
Board Members Absent:
Doug Smith
Staff Present:
Paul Brandenburg, Jim Briggs, Jana Kern, Glenn Dishong, Tom Benz, Rachel Osgood, Mark Miller, Joel
Weaver,
Others Present:
Donald E. Willhouse, P.E.- ASCE, Jack Furlong & Todd Jackson - Halff Associates, Richard Furlong -
Minutes
Regular Meeting
Board may, at any time, recess the Regular Session to convene an
Executive Session at the request of the President, a Board Member, the
Assistant City Manager, City Council Member, or legal counsel for any
purpose authorized by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code
Chapter 551, and are subject to action in the Regular Session that
follows.
Meeting called to order by John Gavurnik @ 2: 00 p.m.
A. Review and possible recommendation to award the bid for construction of the Dove Spring
Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion to CSA, Inc. of Austin, Texas and to approve a
project budget of $3,922,600.00. Glenn Dishong/Jim Briggs
Discussion: Dishong present item. Bids were received on June 7, 2005, for the expansion of
Dove Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant. The project will more than double the plants current
capacity. CSA, Inc. did the construction of the Pecan Branch Plant so we have some his tory
with them.
Action: Motion by Brown, seconded by Eason to approve the bid for construction of the Dove
Spring Wastewater Treatment Plant to CSA, Inc of Austin in the amount of $3,922,600.00.
Approved 6-0 (Smith absent)
B. Discussion regarding the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) report card of
Georgetown's infrastructure. Tom Benz/Jim Briggs
Discussion: Benz introduced the item. We will be having a presentation on the Texas
infrastructure report. ASCE has done report cards for the United States and also for Texas.
These reports have gotten very good reviews from citizens.The reports also help our politicians
focus money on the infrastructure. Benz also thought this type of report would help us out
with our bench marking that we are getting ready to start. Briggs stated that this would be a good
opportunity for us to get assistance in evaluating our operations, getting peer groups to
recommend improvements. This could also reconfirm the good things that we are going and
show us our weaknesses.
I will now turn this over to Jack Furlong. Mr. Furlong reviewed the Texas report card. Explained
how the grading system works, why items were graded the way they were.
There was a long discussion and several questions concerning the Texas report card and how
this would work for the Georgetown area. Full version is on tape.
The major cost to have this report card done, would be city staff time. There will be no cost from
ASCE for helping us complete our report card.
Action: Motion by Young, seconded by Kostka to have a report card done for the City of
Georgetown.
Approved 6-0 (Smith absent)
Motion by Young, seconded by Brown to adjourn the meeting.
Approved 6-0 ( Smith absent)
Meeting adjourned at 3:25 P.M.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 03:25 PM.
Approved : Attest:
_______________________ ________________________
Doug Smith - Chair Jack Hunnicutt - Secretary