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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY
November 17, 2004
The Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority, Harris County, Texas, met in
regular session on Wednesday, November 17, 2004, in the Conference Room, 7425 Thompson
Road, Baytown, Texas, with the following in attendance:
Robert L. Gillette, President
Dan Mundinger, Vice President
Peter Buenz, Secretary
Knox Beavers, Board Member
Dan Conejo, Board Member.
The meeting opened at 8:00 a.m. with a quorum present, and the following business was
conducted:
Consider approval of the minutes for the meeting held on October 20, 2004.
Board Member Buenz moved approval of the minutes of the meeting held on October 20, 2004.
Board Member Conejo seconded the motion. The vote follows:
Ayes: Board Members Beavers, Buenz, Conejo and Mundinger
President Gillette
Nays: None.
The motion carried.
Consider Proposed Resolution No. 041117-1, expressing the BAWA's intent to provide water at
the applicable wholesale rate to Harris County Municipal District No. 213 once the
Transmission Line Project is complete and interposing no objection for the City of Baytown to
provide water service prior to the completion of the BAWA Transmission Line Project.
The Midway Companies plan to develop a master planned community on approximately 658
acres at the northwest corner of Garth Road and Wallisville Road. The development will utilize
the inactive Municipal Utility District (MUD) 213. Ultimately, the Midway Companies desire to
become a customer of BAWA for the supply of water to the development. They have requested
that the board express its intent to provide water to the development upon completion of the
current Transmission Line Project. Until the transmission line is completed, the development
will obtain its water from the City of Baytown. Jimmy Pappas, the Midway Companies, was
present at the meeting and described the project to the Board.
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Bob Leiper, Deputy City Manager, explained that the Midway Companies propose the extension,
at their expense, of the water line along Garth Road to the proposed development. This
extension would replace that portion of the Transmission Line Project. Mr. Pappas explained
that the development is projected to have 2000 single-family unit equivalents with a ten -acre
commercial reserve. Development is scheduled over ten to twelve years. The price of the homes
is proposed to range up to $200,000.
Board Member Conejo moved approval of the resolution. Board Member Buenz seconded the
motion. The vote follows:
Ayes: Board Members Buenz, Beavers, Conejo and Mundinger
President Gillette
Nays: None
The motion carried.
Consider awarding the bid for the annual contract for liquid sodium hydroxide.
Bids were solicited for the annual contract for liquid sodium hydroxide. Bids were opened on
Monday, November 15, 2004. Eight bid packets were mailed and six bids were received. Old
World Industries withdrew its bid. The bid for sodium hydroxide was divided into 50% and 25%
solution quantities. At the 50% solution, sodium hydroxide will "freeze" at our winter
temperatures, while the 25% solution will not "freeze." Bigler Trading Co. is the apparent low
bidder with a bid of $0.169 per pound for approximately 407,000 pounds ($68,783) for the 50%
sodium hydroxide and $0.1785 per pound for approximately 290,000 pounds ($51,765) for the
25% sodium hydroxide. Last year, the contract was awarded to Skyhawk with a bid of $0.0975
per pound.
Board Member Buenz moved award of the annual sodium hydroxide bid to Bigler Trading Co.
Board Member Conejo seconded the motion. The vote follows:
Ayes: Board Members Beavers, Buenz, Conejo and Mundinger
President Gillette.
Nays: None.
The motion carried.
Manager's Report.
Tony Brown, Plant Supervisor, reported that the October water sales averaged 13 million gallons
per day. Last year, the daily average in October was 11.4 million gallons per day.
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Adjourn
As there was no further business to be transacted, the meeting adjourned at 8:09 a.m.
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Smith, Assistant Secretary