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Meeting Date:	03/09/2015
Composition of Committee to Approve Projects for Water Plant to be Paid with Prct. 1 Funds
Submitted for:	Anna Laura Cavazos-Ramirez	Submitted By:	Anna Laura Cavazos-Ramirez
Department:	Commissioner Precinct 1

Subject:

Discussion and possible action to create a committee to review and approve projects for expenditure of Precinct 1 funds to be utilized to benefit the Water Utilities Department. This committee should at a minimum include the Commissioner for Precinct 1, the County Engineer, County Auditor, Purchasing Agent, County Judge's Executive Administrator, Executive Administrator for the County Commissioners and County Attorney.

Issue: Webb County by virtue of an enforcement action from TCEQ is under orders to accomplish various improvements and changes at its water utilities department. Prct. 1 Commissioner Frank Sciaraffa has pledged funds available under the Precinct 1 budget to assist with accomplishment of these necessary improvements to the water utilities department. The Commissioner wants transparency and appropriate decision-making in determining where these funds need to be expended.

Solution: This committee will be tasked with review of the TCEQ enforcement order requirements, the needs of the water utilities department to meet and exceed these TCEQ guidelines and recommend expenditures for these funds to assure compliance with the TCEQ requirements.

Result: All requests for expenditures from the water utilities department will be run through this committee to assure transparency, proper expenditure of allocated Precinct 1 or other funds and compliance with TCEQ requirements.

Background:

Webb County is under an enforcement order requiring various improvements and changes at the Water Utilities Department. Funds available to Precinct 1 for other projects have been pledged by Commissioner of Precinct 1 to assist in full compliance with this enforcement order. This committee is being proposed as the vehicle to assist in compliance of the required objectives.

Previous Court Action:

At a commissioner's court meeting held on February 23, 2015 Commissioner of Precinct 1, Frank Sciaraffa pledged funds available for other projects in his precinct to help accomplish fulfillment of the requirements of the TCEQ Enforcement Order.

Fiscal Impact

Budget Account Number:	741-7501-8801-5
Funding Source:	2013 bonds
Balance:	unk.
Financial Impact:
2013 Bond Series monies allocated for Precinct 1 still have a balance which would allow encumbrance of these funds for this project. The Auditor should be able to provide the necessary balance in this account number.