To: The Board of Directors of the Bacliff Municipal Utility District, Galveston County, Texas, and to all other interested parties. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Bacliff Municipal Utility District will hold a regular meeting Monday, January 13, 2020 at 6:00 P.M. at the Bacliff Water District Office, located at 4302 12thStreet. Bacliff, Texas for the purpose of consideration and action upon the following matters.

1) Call Meeting to Order 

2) Approve the minutes of the December 9, 2019 Meeting

3) Approve the Financial & Investment Reports & Checks listed for bills in    December.

4) Public Comment

5) Discuss/Approve 2020 Proposed Budget.

6) Discuss/Approve Chase Park 

7) Call for Director Election for May 2, 2020

8) Call for Maintenance Tax Election for May 2, 2020

9) Discuss/Approve Gulf Coast Water Authority 

10) Engineers Report

11) Water & Plant line Report

12) Discuss New and Old Business

13) Adjournment

 James Wistinghausen ,General Manager 

January 8, 2020 

 Yvonne Manis

 Office Manager  

Opening

 The Regular Board Meeting was called to order at 6:00pm by President Brad Bingham,  at the District’s Regular Meeting Place, District Office 4302 12th Street, Bacliff, Texas. 

Board Members: 

Present: Brad Bingham, Don Rodgers, Dale Patterson,  

                Victor Medina, Tony Poynor 

Also present were:  James Wistinghausen, General Manager, Steve Don Carlos, District’s Attorney, Ron Bavarian, Districts Engineer, Chana Mills, Office Billing Clerk 

Guest Present:  John Wade

Call Meeting to order 

The meeting was called to order and everyone stood for the Pledge to the Flag

Approval of Minutes of the November 12, 2019 Meeting

A motion was made by Don Rodgers to approve the Minutes of the November 12, 2019 meeting, seconded by Victor Medina. Motion carried unanimously. 

Approval of Financial & Investment Reports

A motion was made Don Rodgers to approve the Financial & Investment Reports and Bills paid of the previous month seconded by Tony Poynor.

Motion carried unanimously.

Approval of Bacliff VFD Minutes & Financial as Presented

A motion was made by Victor Medina to approve the BVFD minutes & financial statements for the month of November as presented with changes seconded by Don Rodgers. Motion carried unanimously.

Public Comment

John Wade spoke about Galveston County Road Department regarding Jackson St Drainage Project has a Grant in motion, looks optimistic! He had some discussion regarding Decker and spoke regarding the Board Members.

2020 Proposed Budget

A motion was made by Don Rodgers to table 2020 Proposed Budget until next meeting, seconded by Victor Medina. Motion carried unanimously.

Decker Dispose All Lease

A motion was made by Tony Poynor to approve lease with Decker Dispose All and add a $1000.00 cleaning deposit. Lease staying at $1000.00 per month with addendum, seconded by Don Rodgers. Motion carried unanimously.

Board Member Raises

A motion was made by Tony Poynor to not approve a pay raise for the Board Members, seconded by Victor Medina, Motion carried unanimously.

Engineers Report 

Engineer Ron Bavarian spoke again regarding using the Bond money for the Project to fix the dead-end lines. Still working on the approval from TCEQ before we start. 

Water and Sewer Report

James Wistinghausen presented the Water and Sewer report to the board. Spoke about a complaint that TCEQ received.

New and Old Business

None at this time.

Recess into Executive Session

The Board recessed into Executive session at 6:28pm and returned at 6:46pm for discussion.

Adjournment:

Meeting was adjourned at 6:48pm by Tony Poynor, seconded by Victor Medina. Motion carried unanimously. Reconvened back into Meeting at 6:50pm.

Vote on anything discussed in executive session

After coming back into Meeting a motion was made by Tony Poynor to approve Employee’s Raises from recommendation reports presented by James and Yvonne, seconded by Victor Medina Motion carried unanimously.

Adjournment:

Meeting was adjourned again at 6:53pm by Tony Poynor, seconded by Victor Medina. Motion carried unanimously. 

Approved by: President Brad Bingham