October Board Meeting

NOTICE OF THE MEETING OF THE CLEARWATER UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

October 7, 2026

 Notice is hereby given that the above-named Board will hold a Board meeting and Workshop on Wednesday,
October 7, 2026, beginning at 1:30 p.m., in the Clearwater UWCD Board Room located at 640 Kennedy Court, Belton, Texas.  The following items of business will be discussed¹.

Board Meeting:

1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Public comment.²
3. Approve minutes of the September 16, 2026, Board meeting.
4. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Financial Report for September (FY26) as presented.
5. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Investment Fund account report for September (FY26) as presented.
6. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve the FY26 line-item budget amendments as requested.
7. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve the FY27 line-item budget amendments as requested.
8. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the Quarterly Deferred Compensation Employee Retirement Program account report as presented.
9. Hold Permit Hearing on the following:
   a. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, on an application submitted by Sherry Collins for an amendment to the current operating permit authorizing additional production from an existing well (N3-23-009P) completed to the Middle Trinity Aquifer (Hensell Layer). The proposed amendments will authorize an additional 0.23 acre-feet or 74,945 gallons per year of groundwater production for domestic use. The proposed annual quantity of the total permit is not to exceed 0.3 acre-feet or 97,755 gallons per year at a maximum pumping rate of 7 gallons per minute. The well is located in the Belton Lake Management Zone, on a 0.903-acre tract located at 2749 Fairview, Belton, Texas.

10. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to appoint, by resolution, General Manager, Whitney Ingram, to serve as the District representative and Board President, Jody    Williams, to serve as the alternate District representative on the Central Texas Water Alliance Board of Directors.

11. General Manager’s Report concerning office management and staffing related to District Management Plan³.
12. Receive monthly report and possible consideration and Board action on the following:³a.) Drought Status Reports, b.) Rainfall Report, c.) Education Outreach, d.) Monitor Wells, e.) Well Registration Updates, f.) Aquifer Status Reports & Non-exempt Monthly Well Production Reports.
13. Director comments and reports³.
14. Discuss agenda items for the next meeting.
15. Set time and place for the next meeting.
16. Adjourn.

Workshop:

1. Receive information from JSWSC related to status of activities associated with Drilling Permit for N3-24-008P and potential future Lower Trinity Drilling Permit application.
2. Receive information related to Salado ISD permit usage.
3. Receive updates related to the 2026 Bell County Water Symposium.
4. Receive updates related to GMA8 DFC determination, per TWC section 36.108.

Dated the   _1st     day of  October  2026.

Jody Williams, Board President
By: Click here for original signed document
Whitney Ingram, 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 accommodation 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 publics 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.