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LA PORTE AREA WATER AUTHORITY
MINUTES
MARCH 12, 1987
1. The meeting was called to order at 6:~0 P.M.
MEMBERS PRESENT: President Cary Burnley, Vice President Al
Fields, Secretary Rick Matthews, Member Jerry Bramlett
OTHERS PRESENT: Mayor Norman Malone, City Manager Bob Herrera,
Director of Public works Steve Gillett, Water/Wastewateer
Superintendent Buddy Jacobs, Authority Attorney John Armstrong,
Cecil Allen and Peter Goldsmith of Turner Collie & Braden.
2. The minutes of the February 19, 1987, meeting were approved as
read.
3. A letter of resignation from Al Fields was presented to the
board. Bob Herrera said that he and mayor Malone had visited
on the matter and decided that if anyone on the board should
think of a replacement to please submit their name. Cary
Burnley asked that the City move rapidly to appoint a
replacement. Al agreed to stay on as long as possible or until
replaced as long as the City moves to appoint a replacement as
soon as possible. Motion was made to accept the resignation
with much regret with an indefinite effective date. Passed
unanimously.
4. Bob Herrera spoke on the status of the Texas Water Development
Fund Application. He said the bond advisors were gathering
information and reviewing contracts. He also spoke of the
state"s bond rating being reduced but did not know how that
would affect the interest rate. The plumbing code revisions
and drought contingency plan were done by Steve Gillett and Bob
congratulated Steve for doing a good job.
5. There was discussion on the timetable needed to get the entity
contracts signed. There were some changes presented by John
Armstrong. Motion was made by Jerry Bramlett to hand deliver
contract with cover letter after making discussed changes.
Give entities approximately two weeks to review and have a
joint meeting for discussion. Passed unanimously.
6. Engineering proposals were discussed briefly but this item to
be tabled until TC&B and Cary return from Austin to meet with
TWDB.
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7. Bob Herrera passed out report showing what was left of $10,000
authorized by the City. There was discussion on whether or not
this money could be used for anything but legal counsel since
that was its intended use. The Board decided that there would
be no problem as long as City council was made aware of what
the money was being used for. There was a motion made to
authorize the General Manager to enter into an agreement for
Phase I engineering not to exceed $3,000. Passed unanimously.
In other business, Bob Herrera presented a letter to TML
concerning liability insurance for the LPAWA. He will update
this as information is returned to him.
8. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at
9:05 P.M.
Respec ully Submitted,
Matthews, Secretary/Treasurer
PASSED AND APPROVED:
ON THIS~_DAY OF ~0~~`1 , 19