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Municipal Utility Board


NOTICE OF MEETING

 
REGULAR SESSION AGENDA
Municipal Utility Board
12:00 PM – Thursday, July 24, 2025
Weatherford City Hall, City Council Chambers
303 Palo Pinto Street, Weatherford, TX


Paul Paschall, Mayor/Chair Place 1
Zack Smith, Place 2
Heidi Wilder, Place 3
Lindsey Hester, Place 4
Ken Davis, Place 5
Howard McClurkin, Place 6
Tom Novak, Place 7
James Hotopp, City Manager
Chad Marbut, Assistant City Manager
Brad Burnett, Assistant City Manager
Dawn Brooks, Chief Financial Officer
Rob Allibon, City Attorney
Krista Peacock, Assistant City Secretary


   In accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, this agenda has been posted on the official bulletin board at Weatherford City Hall and posted on the City website at http://www.weatherfordtx.gov within the required time frame. The Agenda Packet has also been posted on the City of Weatherford website at www.weatherfordtx.gov/agendas. All meetings of the Weatherford City Council, Municipal Utility Board, and other boards/commissions/committees of the City of Weatherford are open to the public. Public participation and written comments are invited on all open session business items.
   The Mayor/Chair requests that all electronic devices be silenced and phone conversations taken outside the Council Chambers. Weatherford City Hall is wheelchair accessible and special parking is available on the south side of the building. If special accommodations are required, please contact the City Secretary at 817-598-4202 a minimum of 24 hours in advance.
   The City Council, Municipal Utility Board, and other boards/commissions/committees of the City of Weatherford, as allowed, reserve the right to enter into Executive Session at any time during the course of this meeting to seek legal advice from the City Attorney on any posted agenda item as authorized by Texas Government Code, Section 551.071. Unless a Work Session Agenda, or otherwise indicated, action may be taken on any of the following agenda items.

 

In accordance with the Home Rule Charter of the City of Weatherford, the Mayor and two Council Members also serve as members on the Municipal Utility Board. No action specific to the City Council is scheduled for items discussed at this meeting; however, a quorum of the City Council will usually be present at every meeting of the Municipal Utility Board.

 

 

 
1.
INVOCATION
 

 

 
2.
CALL TO ORDER & ANNOUNCEMENT OF A QUORUM
 

 

 
3.
PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES & TEXAS FLAGS
 

 

 
4.
PRESENTATIONS & PROCLAMATIONS
 
 
 
 
 
4.a.

Service Awards


(Joe Farley, Director of Electric Utilities )

 

 
5.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
 
 
 
 
 
5.a.

Consider approval of the minutes of the Municipal Utility Board meeting held June 26, 2025.


(Krista Peacock, Assistant City Secretary)

 

 
6.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
 

All of the Consent Agenda Items are considered to be routine and self-explanatory and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate consideration of these items unless the Council or Board removes the item from Consent.

 
 
 
 
6.a.
Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services contract with Dunaway Associates for design of the 2026 Water and Wastewater Rehabilitation project in an amount not to exceed $191,100.
(Bill Smith, Assistant Director of Public Works)
Suggested Action:

Staff recommends authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services contract with Dunaway Associates for design of the 2026 Water and Wastewater Rehabilitation project in an amount not to exceed $191,100.

 
 
 
 
6.b.
Consider authorizing the expenditure of funds, up to $155,000, with Off Duty Excavation, LLC.
(Rick Shaffer, Director of Water Utilities)
Suggested Action:

Staff recommends approval.

 
 
 
 
6.c.
Consider and/or act upon approval of Resolution R2025-09 amending the FY25 Adopted Utility Budget.
(Ashley Esquivel, Budget Coordinator)
Suggested Action:

Staff recommends approval of Resolution R2025-09 adopting an amended budget for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

 
 
 

 

 
7.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
 
 
 
 
 
7.a.
Hold a public hearing on the 2024 Annual Water Quality Report.
(Rick Shaffer, Director of Water Utilities)
Suggested Action:

No action is required.


 

 
8.
REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
 
 
 
 
 
8.a.
Consider adoption of the Water and Wastewater Master Plan Update.
(Bill Smith, Assistant Director of Public Works)
Suggested Action:

Staff recommends adoption of the Water and Wastewater Master Plan Update.

 
 
 
 
8.b.
Discus and/or consider an amendment to the agreement with Webber Waterworks, LLC to authorize Guaranteed Maximum Price #3, in the amount of $23,597,528.80 for the Dr. Paul Phillips Water Purification Plant Expansion to 18 MGD project, thereby increasing the total contract value to an amount not to exceed $52,973,109.05; and discuss and consider providing direction to City Staff regarding the future construction of GAC Contactors #7 and #8.
(Rick Shaffer, Director of Water Utilities)
Suggested Action:

Staff recommends that the Municipal Utility Board authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to the agreement with Webber Waterworks, LLC, for the Dr. Paul Phillips Water Purification Plant Expansion to 18 MGD project, authorizing the work in the GMP3 proposal, revising the total guaranteed maximum price to $52,320,034.05, and setting the total contract value not to exceed $52,973,109.05.

 
GMP 3

 

 
9.
STAFF REPORTS
 
 
 
 
 
9.a.

Lake Weatherford Trail System Update.


(Bill Smith, Assistant Director of Public Works)
 
 
 
 
9.b.

Quarterly Performance Dashboard.


(Rick Shaffer/Joe Farley, Directors of Utilities)

 

 
10.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

 

 

 
11.
CITIZEN COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
 
Residents may address the Council/Board/Commission/Committee regarding an item that is not listed on the agenda. Residents must complete a speaker card and turn it in to the Secretary five (5) minutes before the start of the meeting. The Rules of Procedure states that comments are to be limited to three (3) minutes. Speaker rules are posted at the back of the Council Chambers. The Texas Open Meetings Act provides the following: (a) If, at a meeting of a governmental body, a member of the public or of the governmental body inquires about a subject for which notice has not been given as required by this subchapter, the notice provisions of this subchapter do not apply to: (1) A statement of specific factual information given in response to the inquiry; or (2) A recitation of existing policy in response to the inquiry. (b) Any deliberation of or decision about the subject of the inquiry shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a subsequent meeting.

 

 
12.
ADJOURNMENT
 

CERTIFICATION
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