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Municipal Utility Board


NOTICE OF MEETING

 
REGULAR SESSION AGENDA
Municipal Utility Board
12:00 PM – Thursday, June 26, 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.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
 
 
 
 
 
4.a.

Consider approval of the minutes of the Municipal Utility Board meeting held May 29, 2025.


(Krista Peacock, Assistant City Secretary )

 

 
5.
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.

 
 
 
 
5.a.
Consider awarding RFP 2050-010 for substation maintenance and testing services to RMS Energy Company, LLC in an amount not to exceed $98,203.
(Joe Farley, Director of Electric Utilities)
Suggested Action:

Staff recommends approval.

 
 
 
 
5.b.
Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for the design of the Harberger Hill Pump Station Evaluation and 7th/Franklin Street Water Improvements project in an amount not to exceed $215,000 for a total aggregate fiscal year expenditure amount of $2,136,570.
(Bill Smith, Assistant Director of Public Works)
Suggested Action:

Staff recommends authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for the design of the Harberger Hill Pump Station Evaluation and 7th/Franklin Street Water Improvements project in an amount not to exceed $215,000 for a total aggregate fiscal year expenditure amount of $2,136,570.


 

 
6.
REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
 
 
 
 
 
6.a.
Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute a construction contract with Patcon Services, LLC for the Water and Wastewater Improvements - 100-600 Block of West Columbia project in the amount not to exceed $1,165,737.49 for a total aggregate fiscal year expenditure amount of $2,961,785.
(Bill Smith, Assistant Director of Public Works-Engineering)
Suggested Action:

Staff recommends authorizing the City Manager to execute a construction contract with Patcon Services, LLC for the Water and Wastewater Improvements - 100-600 Block of West Columbia project in the amount not to exceed $1,165,737.49 for a total aggregate fiscal year expenditure amount of $2,961,785.

 
 
 
 
6.b.
Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Wholesale Wastewater Service Agreement with the City of Hudson Oaks.
(Rick Shaffer, Director of Water Utilities)
Suggested Action:

Staff recommends that the Municipal Utility Board authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Wholesale Wastewater Service Agreement with the City of Hudson Oaks.

 
 
 
 
6.c.
Consider adoption of Resolution R2025-07 authorizing the City Manager to execute a Principal Forgiveness Agreement and Escrow Agreement with the Texas Water Development Board to receive funding under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund - Emerging Contaminants Program, in the amount of $546,000.
(Rick Shaffer, Director of Water Utilities)
Suggested Action:

Staff recommends that the Municipal Utility Board adopt Resolution R2025-07, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Principal Forgiveness Agreement and Escrow Agreement with the Texas Water Development Board.


 

 
7.
STAFF REPORTS
 
 
 
 
 
7.a.

Water Purification Plant Project Update


(Rick Shaffer, Director of Water Utilities)

 

 
8.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

 

 

 
9.
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.

 

 
10.
ADJOURNMENT
 

CERTIFICATION
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