NOTICE OF THE MEETING OF THE CLEARWATER UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

February 14, 2024

Notice is hereby given that the above-named Board will hold a Workshop and Board meeting on Wednesday, February 14, 2023, beginning at 10:30 a.m., in the Sirena Room at Tenroc Ranch located at 5471 Thomas Arnold Rd., Salado, Texas 76571. The following items of business will be discussed¹.

Workshop:

1. Receive a draft of the Annual Report for 2023.
2. Receive information related to test well permits.
3. Receive information related to approved drilling permits.
4. Receive updates related to GMA8 DFC determination, per TWC section 36.108, and plans for the next round.

Board Meeting:

1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Public comment.²
3. Approve minutes of the January 10, 2024, Board meeting.
4. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Financial Report for January 2024 (FY24) as presented.
5. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Investment Fund account report for January 2024 (FY24) as presented.
6. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve the FY24 line-item budget amendments as requested.
7. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the FY23 Financial Audit as presented by the district’s contracted auditing firm.
8. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, on items related to the petition and possible annexation of Western portions of Williams County.
9. General Manager’s Report concerning office management and staffing related to District Management Plan³.
10. Receive monthly reports and possible consideration and Board action on the following³: a) Drought Status Reports, b) Education Outreach Update, c) Monitoring Wells, d) Rainfall Report, e) Well Registration Update, f) Aquifer Status Report & Non-Exempt Monthly Well Production Reports
11. Director comments and reports.
12. Discuss agenda items for the next meeting.
13. Set time and place for the next meeting.
14. Adjourn.

Dated the ___9th_  day of __February_ 2024.                                

Leland Gersbach, Board President
By: Click here for original signed document
Dirk Aaron, Assistant Secretary

Agenda items may be considered, deliberated, and/or acted upon in a different order than set forth above.

CUWCD is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Reasonable accommodations and equal opportunity for effective communications will be provided upon request. Please contact CUWCD’s office at 254-933-0120 at least 24 hours in advance if accommodation is needed.

¹ During the meeting, the Board reserves the right to go into executive session for any of the purposes authorized under Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, for any item on the above agenda, or as otherwise authorized by law.

² Please limit comments to 3 minutes. The Board is not allowed to take action on any subject presented that is not on the agenda, nor is the Board required to provide a response; any substantive consideration and action by the Board will be conducted under a specific item on a future agenda.

³ No formal action will be taken by the Board on these agenda items. These items are on the agenda to provide CUWCD’s staff, Stakeholder Committees, and Directors with an opportunity to bring to the public and each other’s attention important activities and issues pertinent to the management of groundwater within the District, including, but not limited to, current events in the District involving groundwater, wells, or CUWCD permittees, state or regional developments related to water management, and activities of the staff, and Directors. Substantive deliberation and formal action on any of these issues will be conducted pursuant to a specific item on a future agenda.