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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY
April 18, 2001
The Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority, Harris County, Texas, met in
regular session on Wednesday, April 18, 2001, at 7425 Thompson Road, with the following in
attendance:
Robert L. Gillette, President
Dan Mundinger, Vice President
Peter R. Buenz, Secretary
Knox Beavers, Board Member
Sam T. Schulze, Board Member
The meeting opened with a quorum present, and the following business was conducted.
Consider approval of the minutes for the meeting held on March 21, 2001.
Board Member Mundinger moved to approve the minutes for the meeting held on March 21,
2001. Board Member Buenz seconded the motion. The vote follows:
Ayes: Board Members Beavers, Buenz,
Gillette, Schulze and Mundinger
Nays: None
Consider approval of capital buy -in fees.
Board President Gillette informed the Board that this item had already gone to the City Council
for discussion at the work session held on April 12. It was noted that the raw water issue with
the City of Houston needs to be resolved.
Board Member Buenz moved to approve the capital buy -in fee of $0.8068 per gallon as a one
time fee. The fee will be calculated by taking the $0.8068 times the average daily demand of
water. Board Member Mundinger seconded the motion. The vote follows:
Ayes: Board Members Beavers, Buenz,
Gillette, Schulze and Mundinger.
Nays: None.
Rodney Chapin, Camp, Dresser McKee, reported that the raw water issue had been discussed
with the City of Houston Engineering Department. They indicated they did not foresee a supply
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problem from the Trinity River. There are no problems anticipated having sufficient quantities of
water available from the Trinity River via the Coastal Water Authority canal system to satisfy
the future needs of BAWA.
Consider approval of the award of the bid for powdered activated carbon.
Five bid packets were mailed and three bids were received. The apparent low bidder is Acticarb,
a Division of Royal Oak ENT, Inc. for $0.3099 per pound, for approximately 160,000 pounds
($49,584).
Board Member Buenz moved awarding of the bid. Board Member Beavers seconded the motion.
The vote follows:
Ayes: Board Members Beavers, Buenz,
Gillette, Schulze and Mundinger
Nays: None
The motion carried.
Manager's Report.
Tony Brown reported that the work on the renovations was progressing steadily. The expansion
project was on schedule.
Adjourn
As there was no further business to be transacted, the meeting adjourned at 8:10 a.m.
Peter R. Buenz, Se -tary
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