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Weatherford Municipal Utility Board Meeting – December 18, 2025

City Council & Boards — Thursday, December 18, 2025
BodyWeatherford, Texas
SessionCity Council & Boards
DateThursday, December 18, 2025
StatusFILED
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Transcript — Verbatim
0:00

Uh we're gonna invite uh Pastor Neil Rowe to come up from Waterhouse Church.

0:03

Pastor Rowe is gonna leave us in our invitation.

0:06

Thank you, sir.

0:07

Thank you, and Merry Christmas, everyone.

0:09

Father, we come before you today and we just ask for wisdom on all these agenda items.

0:14

Lord, I pray blessings over everyone in this room over the city, over this council.

0:20

Lord, we ask you to be with everyone, give them protection, give them peace, give us wisdom in Jesus' name.

0:26

Amen.

0:27

Thank you, sir.

0:28

Merry Christmas to your family.

0:30

We'll stand by momentarily for the clock to strike 12 minutes and get going.

1:47

Good afternoon.

1:48

It is 12 noon on Thursday, December the 18th.

1:50

I'd like to call the order of the municipal utility board regular session.

1:54

Announced that we have a quorum present.

1:56

We all all members here for this meeting today.

1:59

Thankful for that.

2:00

Item three on the agenda is Pledges of Allegiance to the United States and Texas flags.

2:04

Be led by board member Lindsay Hester.

2:12

Legislatures to do the flag of the United States of America.

2:25

Texas flag.

2:32

One state under God.

2:34

One remember the Alamo.

2:37

There you go.

2:40

Thank you for that, Mr.

2:41

Hester.

2:42

Item four on the agenda is approval of the minutes.

2:45

4A is considered approval of the minutes of the municipal utility board meeting held November 20th, 2025.

2:51

Appears to be a motion for approval by Lindsay Hester.

2:54

Second provided by Ken Davis.

2:56

Any questions or conversations on the minutes?

2:59

Hearing none, please in the K are now your touch screens.

3:04

The minutes pass.

3:05

We'll shift down to item five, which is consent agenda items.

3:08

We have items five A, B, and C.

3:11

With the utility board, we can entertain these as a body or split off anything you want to talk about individually.

3:16

Appears that we have a motion for approval of the body by uh last chair Hester.

3:21

Is there a second?

3:30

Second provided by Zach Smith.

3:32

Thank you for that, sir.

3:33

Any questions or conversation on the consent items?

3:37

Please indicate you or near your touch screens.

3:39

Let's take a vote on them.

3:42

And they pass.

3:44

Item six on the agenda is regular agenda item.

3:46

Six A is discuss, consider a policy on impact fee credits for water and wastewater impact fees.

3:53

And consider a recommendation to the city council to approve ordinance 02025-5-0 to implement said policy.

4:01

Rick Schaefer, good afternoon, sir.

4:02

Thank you, Mayor and Board members.

4:04

Um, and I I do need to make one correction in that uh that title on that.

4:09

Uh, due to the timing uh at the end of the year, we did have to take this item to city council on Tuesday night.

4:16

So it has already been considered by uh city council.

4:21

So this year the state legislature made some changes to the impact fee programs, uh they're required uh water providers.

4:30

If you have an impact fee program, you had to uh basically come up with a policy to provide credits for anything that is a water conservation uh reuse measure, things like that would that would reduce the amount of water flow or wastewater flow uh from the development.

4:50

Um they didn't provide any directions or or really any restrictions on how to do that, they just said it had to be done, uh, and it needed to be effective by January 1 of 2026.

5:00

Uh and so each entity was required for developing the policy uh themselves.

5:05

It actually was presented in the first legislative session that was vetoed by the governor.

5:10

It didn't come back in the first special session, but they brought it back in the second special session, and that's when it did get approved uh in late September.

5:20

So with that, excuse me, um, city staff did prepare a policy that's in your packets uh as well as ordinance 0 2025-50 uh for adoption uh that addresses the requirements in the the new legislative bills.

5:37

Um with that it does provide up to a 10% credit on the standard residential meter size.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Water And Wastewater Management█████████████████████████████████████████████57%
Procedural████████████████20%
Engineering And Infrastructure███████9%
Public Safety██████8%
Parks and Recreation█████6%
Summary of Proceedings

Weatherford Municipal Utility Board Meeting – December 18, 2025

The Municipal Utility Board convened its regular session at 12:00 PM on December 18, 2025, at Weatherford City Hall. The meeting opened with an invocation and pledges of allegiance, followed by approval of the November 20, 2025 minutes and adoption of the consent agenda. The board received presentations on a state-mandated impact fee credit policy and an update on the water purification plant construction. No public comments were offered, and the meeting adjourned at 12:15 PM.

Consent Calendar

  • Approval of Minutes: The minutes of the November 20, 2025 Municipal Utility Board meeting were approved by unanimous vote (motion by Lindsay Hester, second by Ken Davis).
  • Resolution R2025-22: Amending the FY26 Adopted Utility Budget was approved as part of the consent agenda.
  • Bid No. 2025-029: Awarded to Technology International, Inc. for purchase of a towable emergency electric generator in the amount of $128,430.
  • Expenditure authorization: Up to $4 million cumulatively with Anixter, Inc., Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc., Techline, Inc., and Wesco Distribution, Inc. for electric utility materials was approved.

Discussion Items

  • Impact Fee Credit Policy (Item 6a): Rick Shaffer, Director of Water Utilities, presented a policy on water and wastewater impact fee credits required by recent state legislation (effective January 1, 2026). He explained that the ordinance (O2025-50) had already been passed by the City Council on December 16, 2025 due to end-of-year timing. The policy grants up to a 10% credit on standard residential meter size impact fees (approximately $2,300 for water and $2,200 for wastewater). Board members Ken Davis and Heidi Wilder commented on the history of impact fees and the importance of forward planning. No board action was required or taken.
  • Water Purification Plant Project Update (Item 7a): Rick Shaffer reported that below-ground construction is complete; the third and final concrete slab pour occurred on meeting day. The first two trident filters (50,000 lbs each) will be delivered next Monday. All long-lead electrical equipment has arrived two months early. A temporary shutdown on January 5, 2026 will be required to connect the raw water line, with no customer impact. Phase three design (raw water intake/pipeline) is at 75% submittal; archaeological surveys are underway. Construction remains on schedule for completion in July 2026, with startup testing in August–September. Board members asked about security measures; it was agreed to discuss security in executive session at a future meeting. A board member commended Mr. Shaffer's presentation at a local Lions Club event.

Key Outcomes

  • Consent agenda approved unanimously.
  • Future agenda items were set: a trail update in regular session and a security/safety report on the water purification plant in executive session at the next meeting.
  • No public comments were made.
  • Meeting adjourned at 12:15 PM.

Meeting Transcript

Uh we're gonna invite uh Pastor Neil Rowe to come up from Waterhouse Church. Pastor Rowe is gonna leave us in our invitation. Thank you, sir. Thank you, and Merry Christmas, everyone. Father, we come before you today and we just ask for wisdom on all these agenda items. Lord, I pray blessings over everyone in this room over the city, over this council. Lord, we ask you to be with everyone, give them protection, give them peace, give us wisdom in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you, sir. Merry Christmas to your family. We'll stand by momentarily for the clock to strike 12 minutes and get going. Good afternoon. It is 12 noon on Thursday, December the 18th. I'd like to call the order of the municipal utility board regular session. Announced that we have a quorum present. We all all members here for this meeting today. Thankful for that. Item three on the agenda is Pledges of Allegiance to the United States and Texas flags. Be led by board member Lindsay Hester. Legislatures to do the flag of the United States of America. Texas flag. One state under God. One remember the Alamo. There you go. Thank you for that, Mr. Hester. Item four on the agenda is approval of the minutes. 4A is considered approval of the minutes of the municipal utility board meeting held November 20th, 2025. Appears to be a motion for approval by Lindsay Hester. Second provided by Ken Davis. Any questions or conversations on the minutes? Hearing none, please in the K are now your touch screens. The minutes pass. We'll shift down to item five, which is consent agenda items. We have items five A, B, and C. With the utility board, we can entertain these as a body or split off anything you want to talk about individually. Appears that we have a motion for approval of the body by uh last chair Hester. Is there a second? Second provided by Zach Smith. Thank you for that, sir. Any questions or conversation on the consent items? Please indicate you or near your touch screens. Let's take a vote on them. And they pass. Item six on the agenda is regular agenda item. Six A is discuss, consider a policy on impact fee credits for water and wastewater impact fees. And consider a recommendation to the city council to approve ordinance 02025-5-0 to implement said policy. Rick Schaefer, good afternoon, sir. Thank you, Mayor and Board members. Um, and I I do need to make one correction in that uh that title on that.

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