Good afternoons, ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you for being here today.

Before I call our meeting to order, I'm going to invite uh Father Bill Estus up from All Saints Episcopal Church.

Father Bill, welcome.

Good to see you.

Would you lead us in our invitation, sir?

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Let's pray.

Father, we thank you for this today.

We thank you for uh much needed brain.

Thank you for each of the people in this room and what they do for our city.

We pray that you would bless this meeting, their time together, and guide their decisions through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Thank you, sir.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family and your flock, sir.

It's 1201 p.m.

and we'll go to item two, which is to call the being to order and announce we have a quorum.

Let the record reflect uh uh Mayor Pro Tim Smith could not be with us at this time, uh, but all other members of our utility board are present.

Um item three is pledges of allegiance to the United States of Texas flags be let by Ken Davis today.

We're gonna have Scott start it with a star spangled banner today, so pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God.

Indivisible with liberty and justice for all the Texas flag, a pledge of the Texas one state under God, one and individual.

Thank you for that, JD.

Item four on the agenda is approval of the minutes.

Four A is considered approval of the minutes of the municipal utility board meeting held October 30th, 2025.

Motion for approval by Ken Davis on that item appears to be a second by Lindsay Hester.

Uh open to your comments or questions if you have any on this item.

Hearing done, let's vote on the minutes.

Mr.

Albon asking for your interpretation.

We have three yays and three recusals.

Is that considered a pass, sir?

Yes, sir.

Okay.

So we had three Ya's, three recusals.

Uh our counselor has indicated that that item has passed.

Thanks for the clarification.

Item five on the agenda is regular agenda items 5A is considered authorizing the city manager to execute a construction contract with RNO construction LLC for the water and wastewater improvements for the 1,000 through 1,300 block of Boat Art Street and the 500 block state street project in the amount not to exceed 976,895.

Welcome to the podium, Mr.

Matt Lepla.

Good afternoon, Mayor.

Board members.

Uh the need for this project was identified through the water and wastewater SSO initiative, where staff uses cameras to evaluate sewer lines and prevent potential overflows.

This process revealed revealed several damaged and collapsed sections of sewer line in the area combined with an aging water line system in the same area.

These findings elevated this project to the top of our priority list.

The projects in the excuse me.

This project includes replacing approximately 2,000 feet of water line and 1,900 feet of wastewater line.

This project was designed in-house by city staff.

A notice of bidders was advertised on October on October 11th and October 18th, 2025, and bids were publicly opened on November 4th.

We had a very good turnout with 13 bidders responding and several very competitive bids.

While the lowest bidder, Patison Professional Services, submitted a competitive base bid.

Staff determined, based on their limited wastewater experience and lack of proven project success that they would not provide the best value for the city.

Staff then evaluated the next lowest responsive bidder, RO Construction LLC, with a base bid of 976,894.50 cents and found their qualifications and references to be satisfactory.

Staff recommends awarding the project to RO construction LLC in an amount not to exceed $176,895 and 50 cents.

Construction is expected to begin in December 2025 and be completed by July 2026.

With that, I'll be happy to answer any questions.

Any questions for Mr.

Leplard on the item in the presentation?

I do have a question.

Um the traffic and uh the folks in the neighborhood that are going to be using that street street.