HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_GTWU 11.11.2021City of Georgetown, Texas
Georgetown Water Utility Board Meeting
Minutes
Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
Board Members Present: Stuart Garner - Chair, Scott Macmurdo - Secretary, Michael
Morrison,, Steve Fought
Staff Members Present: Chelsea Solomon, Director of Water Utilities; Leticia Zavala Jones,
Customer Care Director; Wesley Wright, System Engineering Director; Chris Graham,
Water Utility Support Manager, Chris Pousson, Project Manager; Cindy Popisil, ERP
Applications Administrator; Tina Davis, Board Liaison
Regular Session
(This Regular Session may, at any time, be recessed to convene an Executive Session for any
purpose authorized by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code 551.)
A. Call to Order - Meeting was called to order by Garner; Chair at 2:07 PM
B. Public Wishing to Address the Board — No one signed up to speak.
C. Review and possible action to approve the minutes from October, 2021 - No
discussion on minutes. Motion to approve by Morrison, Seconded by Macmurdo,
4-0-0
D. Directors Report - Brief explanation on what causes the difference in the number of
new water connections vs. wastewater connections. A lot of the service area in the
ETJ is outside of the Wastewater service area. The City has a 400 square mile service
territory for water and approximately 75 miles for wastewater. Will look at the
ordinances for Conservation to see if it can be enforced differently going forward to
prevent repeat wrong day watering occurrences, compare our rebate program with
other utility companies. Will be running a campaign that talks about how to
winterize your system. Consultants are working on the Resource Plan, ASR
Contract was approved by Council, BRA has issued their RFP for purchasing water.
South Lake Plant, the largest ($160 million to $180 million) project the City has ever
done is out to bid. One pre -bid meeting so far. Plan to bring to the Board in January
and Council January 25, 2022. This will be a competitive sealed bid. Possibility this
will push back to February. With regard to Engineering Services, there will be a
request for qualifications coming out where interested Firms can submit their
statement of qualifications. Once reviewed and ranked by City, the firms will be
added to a list and used for upcoming projects. The list will be revised every 3 years
so that Firms can stay current on the list. There is a separate statement of
qualification currently out for new development for plan review. This is for new
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development that will report to the Planning Department.
E. Consideration and possible action to approve the renewal of contract SCON-
2000183 for the purchase of Bioxide from Evoqua Water Technologies LLC, of
Sarasota, Florida in an amount not to exceed $100,000 from October 1, 2021, to
September 30, 2022. (Fiscal Year 2022) - Chris Graham, Water Utility Support
Manager. Evoqua is a proprietary company that the City has used in the past. Most
of the stations we have that use bioxide are set up with their proprietary skids.
Evoqua provides two service calls annually. Brief discussion on which plants have
Bioxide coming into the plants. Chelsea will follow-up with PH level of wastewater.
Motion to approve by Morrison, Seconded by Macmurdo, 4-0-0
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn by Macmurdo, Seconded by Morrison. The meeting adjourned at 2:40 PM
Stuart Garner - Chair
Scott Macmurdo - Secretary
Sheila K. Mitchell - Interim Board Liaison
Georgetown Water Utilities Advisory Board
November 11, 2021