TERRY ROBERTS OVERSEES LAST COUNCIL MEETING AS CITY MANAGER

KWHI January 4, 2018

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Brenham City Manager Terry Roberts oversaw his last City Council meeting today (Thursday). He is retiring after 17 years with the city. Mayor Milton Tate thanked Roberts for his dedicated service and said he counted 21 major projects that Roberts has been involved in during that past 17 years. Roberts said that he appreciated the people of Brenham and has enjoyed working with the city staff. He estimated that he has attended over 500 city council meetings during his career.

Brenham Mayor Milton Tate (R) thanks Roberts for his years of service.

Navasota City Manager Brad Stafford was at the meeting to wish Roberts well in his retirement and also to thank the City of Brenham and the staff for their help. He said that Navasota had a 12 inch water main break just days before Christmas and their water department was short staffed due to the flu. Stafford said that a call was made to for assistance and Brenham responded with 2 crewmen and the pipe they needed to repair the water main. He said he wanted to personally thank the City of Brenham for helping out a neighbor.

In other action, the council approved a number of purchases. They approved the purchase of 14,000 rolls of trash bags with Houston Poly Bag. The price per roll remained the same as last year at $5.97 per roll. The Sanitation Department will be distributing a 6 month supply of bags to its customers later this month.

Council approved the purchase of a software upgrade for the city’s wireless metering system for utilities. Public Utilities Director Lowell Ogle said that the city will moving the servers for the system to an offsite-hosted facility. He said that customers will have access to their water, gas, and electric usage and will be able to set alerts based on usage levels. Council approved the $90,700 purchase for the upgrade.

The council also awarded Legacy Concrete Works the bid for annual concrete work. The Street Department has been budgeted $80,000 for concrete work this year to include curb and sidewalk replacement, gutter repair and other concrete work as needed.

Council also approved a one year extension of the contract for Sodium Chlorite. The chemical is used to treat water at the Lake Sommerville intake plant.