Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

Before I call the meeting order, I'm going to invite Pastor Neil Row up from Water House Church.

Thank you for coming back this month, sir.

He's going to lead us in our invocation.

Let's pray.

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

We Lord that we ask that your will would be done.

Lord, we also ask that you would protect and just watch over our city, watch over these uh amazing people that lead this council, watch over the citizens and those are protected in Jesus' name.

Amen.

Thank you, sir.

We'll just wait for the clock to strike 12 and then we'll get going.

All right, it's 12 p.m.

This time I'll call the meeting to order and announce.

We do have a quorum present.

Let the record reflect that Mayor Pro Tim Zach Smith and utility board member vice chair Lindsay Hester are unable to attend today.

Item three on the agenda is pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas flags be led by utility board member Howard McClerkin.

Which is saying it's one individual.

I believe it is to be Texas one state.

We appreciate that, sir.

Item four on the agenda is approval of the minutes for A is consider approval of the minutes of the municipal utility board meeting held May 28th, 2026.

Appears to be a motion by Dr.

Tom Novak for approval, second by Ken Davis.

Certainly open to any of your questions, conversations, or corrections.

Seeing none, indicate yay or nay on your touch screen at your convenience, and the minutes pass.

Moving down to number five, which is consent agenda items.

We have five items five A and B.

Utility Board, we can entertain those as a body or speak of them individually.

What is your pleasure?

Motion by Ken Davis for approval of the body.

Second provided by Dr.

Tom Novak.

Any discussion, conversation on those two items before we call for a vote.

Hearing none, please indicate yay or nay on your touch screens.

And the consent agenda items pass.

Item six on the agenda is regular agenda items.

Good afternoon, Mayor.

Board members.

The construction contract before you for consideration is a water line replacement project that has been identified for replacement due to frequent main breaks, undersized pipes, and older damaged pipes.

The project location is primarily focused in our northeast part of town and a smaller replacement project along Old Dicey Road.

This project includes the installation of over 5,000 feet of 8-inch water line, 675 feet of 24-inch water line.

This project had 10 interested bidders with RO construction be awarded the project at a cost of 1,774 dollars.

The contract is a 240-day contract with a notice to proceed in August.

The project should wrap up in April of 2027.

And as always, as we work through with these water line and utility projects, we will program the roads to be resurfaced once the project has been completed.

And with that, I would be happy to answer any questions.

Any questions for Matt Leppa on this uh Northeast Waterline Improvements Project.

Appears to be a motion for approval is presented by Dr.

Tom Novak.

Is there a second?

Second provided by Rod White.

Thank you for that, sir.

Any questions on the item though?

Before we call for a vote.

Hearing none, let's go ahead and indicate yay or nay on our touch screens.

See how we do here.

That item passes.

Let's shift down to item seven, which is staff report seven A is a water system update provided today by Rick Schaefer.

You may be number seven on the agenda, but you're number one in our heart, sir.

Oh, thank you for that.

Well, thank you, Mayor and board members.