January Board Meeting

NOTICE OF THE MEETING OF THE CLEARWATER UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

January 10, 2024

 Notice is hereby given that the above-named Board will hold a Workshop and Board meeting on Wednesday,
January 10, 2024, beginning at 1:30 p.m., in the Clearwater UWCD Board Room located at 700 Kennedy Court, Belton, Texas.  The following items of business will be discussed¹.

Workshop:

1. Receive updates related to GMA8 DFC determination, per TWC section 36.108, and plans for the next round.
2. Receive updates related to the 2023 Bell County Water Symposium.
3. Receive information related to potential amendments to establish a transport fee of $.20 per thousand gallons of water transported out of the District effective this year.
4. Receive information related to understanding the relationship of all layers of the Trinity Aquifer in our jurisdiction.

Board Meeting:

1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Public comment.²
3. Approve minutes of the December 13, 2023, Board meeting.
4. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Financial Report for December 2023 (FY24) as presented.
5. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Investment Fund account report for December 2023 (FY24) as presented.
6. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the Quarterly Deferred Compensation Employee Retirement Program account report as presented.
7. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve the FY24 line-item budget amendments as requested.
8. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve the sponsorship level of the Texas 4-H Water Ambassador Program.
9. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to review and adopt the District investment policy by resolution for calendar year 2023.
10. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to elect officers of the Board for the calendar year 2024, per District Bylaws, Article VI (Sec. 1 & 2).
11. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to extend a professional services agreement with Mike Keester, Principal Hydrogeologist and owner of KT Groundwater, LLC located in Round Rock, Texas.
12. General Manager’s Report concerning office management and staffing related to District Management Plan³.
13. 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
14. Director comments and reports.
15. Discuss agenda items for the next meeting.
16. Set time and place for the next meeting.
17. Adjourn.

Dated the   _5th      day of  January, 2024.

Leland Gersbach, Board President

By: Click here for original signed document
Dirk Aaron, Asst. 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.