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1981 06 17 BAWA Minutes 10617-1 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY June 17, 1981 The Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority, Harris County, Texas, met in regular session on Wednesday, June 17, 1981, in the Conference Room of the BAWA Water Treatment Plant , 7425 Thompson Road with the following • attendance : Robert L. Gillette, President I . J. Butrick, Vice President Peter R. Buenz, Secretary Harry F. Hartman, Board Member Dr. Robert E. Hill, Board Member The meeting was called to order and the following business was transacted: Minutes Board member Hill moved for approval of the minutes; Board member Hartman seconded the motion. The vote follows : Ayes : Board member Buenz, Butrick, Gillette, Hartman and Hill Nays: None Consider Appointment of Auditor for 1980-81 Fiscal Year General Manager Lanham stated that it is necessary that an auditor be appointed each year to perform the BAWA audit . Gerace, Hullum and Start have been retained to perform the BAWA audit in the past and this firm is currently working on the City of Baytown audit . Therefore, Mr. Lanham recommended that Gerace, Hullum and Start be retained to perform the BAWA audit for 1980-81. Board member Butrick moved that Gerace, Hullum and Start be retained to perform the BAWA audit for 1980-81 Fiscal Year. Board member Hill seconded the motion. The vote follows : Ayes : Board members Buenz, Butrick, Gillette , Hartman and Hill • Nays : None Hear Report from Lockwood, Andrews and Newman, Inc. The main items to be completed on the water treatment plant are corrections to instrumentation. Several instru- ments have been removed and transported back to the factory to be repaired. Those instruments should be back in opera- tion by the end of June. 10617-2 Minutes of the BAWA Board - June 17, 1981 The engineers have considered the value of installing more surge arrestors at the plant and have concluded that it would be very difficult if not impossible to completely protect the plant from lighting. The engineers reported that the work on the transmission lines for the past couple weeks has been relatively slow due to rainy weather. The contractor has been working to remove excessive mud from the lines and should be able to begin testing next week. The contractor had misgivings about the welds that had previously been performed between Thompson and Wade Roads, therefore, welders were sent in to reweld all the previous work. The contractor plans to pressure the line to attempt to locate leaks prior to • resorting to the use of the nitrogen gas. In response to a question from the Board, Mr. Lanham stated that last month the City of Baytown utilized almost the entire 6 million gallons per day. Norman Dykes, Director of Public Works for the City of Baytown, reported that he had met with the board of one of the fresh water districts in the Highlands area. This board is reacting to a mandate by the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District to convert to surface water. The water district board met with Mr. Dykes to determine what would be necessary for the district to tie into BAWA water. The water district ' s intentions are to report to the subsidence district that the district intends to connect to the BAWA system. This district is going to meet with another district in the area to determine if perhaps the two could share the costs of connecting to the BAWA system. Mr. Dykes stated that later the Board will need to consider a method of financing the line since this district is small and has no surplus of revenue to pay for connecting to the BAWA system. Randy Strong, City Attorney, explained that the legislature had acted to amend the legislation which had established BAWA. Previously, BAWA could only sell within its boundaries and other small water districts were previously required to hold an election to determine if the constituents of the district would be purchasing BAWA water. In response to Board inquiry, Mr. Dykes stated that there has been few complaints regarding conversion to surface water. There have been calls regarding water color and hardness or softness properties. Flushing the lines should cure the color problem. The administration had anticipated more water leaks with conversion because of the constant higher pressure; however, just the opposite has occurred. Even pressure throughout the city will be assured since the bond proposals included an elevated water storage tank for the northeastern part of the city. There being no further business to be transacted, the motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting. The • meeting adjourned to tour the plant . Q1)'(/tbil Peter R. Bue Secretary v