Sep 18, 2024 BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY MEETING

IS PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS, AND THE FIRST RESOLUTION IS TO CONSIDER AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO LI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED FOR THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY RAW WATER PUMP REHABILITATION PROJECT.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZEN COMMENTS.

HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT WE HAVE NO CITIZENS DESIRING TO SPEAK.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA

[a. Consider approving the minutes of the Baytown Area Water Authority Regular Meeting held on August 21, 2024. ]

IS, UH, MINUTES.

AND THE ITEM FOR THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 21ST MEETING, WE, UH, WILL, UH, BE POSTPONED, SO THERE WILL BE NO ACTION.

OUR NEXT ITEM

[a. Consider a resolution awarding a construction contract to LEM Construction Company, Inc., for the Baytown Area Water Authority Raw Water Pump Rehabilitation Project. ]

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, AS STATED, THIS ITEM IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION TO AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, UM, FOR THE WALL RAW WATER PUMP REHABILITATION PROJECT TO LEM CONSTRUCTION.

UM, THIS PROJECT WAS PUT OUT FOR FORMAL BID AND WE RECEIVED THREE RESPONSES, UM, WITH LAM HAVING THE LOWEST BID.

UM, IF YOU RECALL, UM, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT, THIS PROJECT IS FOR CONSTRUCTING NEW, UM, PUMP STATIONS AT THE CANAL PUMP STATION, WHICH IS THE PUMP STATION THAT PUMPS THE RAW WATER INTO THE FOUR BAY AND THEN OUR FOUR BAY PUMP STATION, WHICH PUMPS THE WATER FROM THAT POND TO THE TREATMENT PROCESS.

UM, SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, STAFF UH, RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THE PROJECT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION, SECOND QUESTIONS DISCUSSION.

SO, UM, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THIS PROJECT? 720 DAYS IS THE, UH, CONTRACT TIME DURATION.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE ANNUAL LIQUID SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE CONTRACT TO BRYN TAG SOUTHWEST INCORPORATED OUR GREETINGS TO OUR BOARD PRESIDENT AS WELL AS OUR BOARD PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU, UH, TO BETTER ALIGN BAA'S CHEMICAL CONTRACT START DATES WITH THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR VERSUS THE CALENDAR YEAR.

AND ARE WE, UH, ARE WE GONNA INTERRUPT ONE AND REBUILD THERE? ARE WE MOVING OVER? WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING ON THAT? YEAH, SO, UM, WE'LL DO THE CANAL STATION.

DO THE CANAL STATION, UM, AND WHILE THAT IS IN SERVICE, THEY CAN BE ABLE TO DO THE, UH, REPAIR ON THE FLOOR, BAY LINER AND STUFF AS WELL.

AND IT WILL BYPASS THE CANAL PUMP STATION AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE FOUR BAY WHILE THAT'S BEING DONE.

UM, AND THEN WHEN WE DO THE FOUR BAY, WE WILL HAVE TO, UH, STAGGER THE WORK SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE TO KEEP THE PROCESSING SERVICE QUITE THE PROJECT.

UM, AS THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A AYE.

OPPOSED LIKE, SIGN MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT, WE WILL

[b. Consider a resolution awarding the Annual Liquid Sodium Hypochlorite Contract to Brenntag Southwest, Inc. ]

UH, WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE CHEMICAL VENDOR AND SUPPLIES FOR APPROVAL TODAY.

SO THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION AWARDS THE ANNUAL LIQUID SODIUM HYDROCHLORIDE CONTRACT TO BRING TAG SOUTHWEST INC.

IN THE AMOUNT OF $146,547 AND 77 CENTS.

UM, THIS IS A 2.7% INCREASE FROM LAST CONTRACT COST, AND THAT IS DUE TO JUST INCREASED QUANTITY AND DEMAND.

UM, THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT IS USED IN THE DISINFECTION PROCESS TO KILL OR AND ACTIVATE PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS. STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

A MOTION I I I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, I JUST WANNA BE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS.

THIS HAS BEEN PROVIDED, THIS HAS BEEN CONTRACTED ON A CALENDAR YEAR IN THE PAST, SO NOW WE'RE MOVING TO A FISCAL YEAR, CORRECT? CORRECT.

IS IS THE CURRENT CONTRACT, THE CURRENT CONTRACT IS SET TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

CURRENT CONTRACTS ARE SET TO EXPIRE IN FEBRUARY OF 2024.

FEBRUARY 24, YES.

OF, OH, I'M SORRY, WAIT, 24 OR 25? 25.

25, EXCUSE ME.

FEBRUARY 25.

SO WE'RE SHORT CUTTING THE, THE SHORT TERM IN THE OLD CONTRACT, CORRECT.

AND MOVING INTO THIS NEW CONTRACT, CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO THESE NEW CONTRACTS WILL OVERWRITE THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAD IN FEBRUARY.

THESE WOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THOSE PARTICULAR CONTRACTS.

AND, AND THIS IS AN INCREASE IN THE, IN THE QUANTITY THAT WE'RE PURCHASING, CORRECT? IT'S AN INCREASE IN QUANTITY.

UH, WE DO THIS, UH, THE CHEMICAL BIDS AND WE HAVE OUR CHEMICAL VENDORS AND SUPPLIES BROUGHT EVERY

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YEAR.

THESE ARE FOR THE SUPPLIES FOR OUR PLANT FOR BOTH BALA EAST AND BALA MAIN.

AND THEY COVER OUR SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAR.

AND, AND WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE A OVER OR UNDER UTILIZATION? NORMALLY WE HAVE A 20%, 25% INCREASE OVER CONTRACT THAT WE CAN UTILIZE AND WE WOULD UTILIZE THAT.

AND IT'S AT THE SAME PRICE? YES.

YES.

UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE SECOND.

QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO THE, THE, UH, UH, THE INCREASE IN QUANTITY YES.

BUT NOT INCREASING PRICE OVER IT.

HAD WE KEPT THE CONTRACT TILL FEBRUARY OF 2025, WE'D BE PAYING THE SAME PRICE.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? QUINTESSENTIALLY YES.

SO IF I WERE TO LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT ON, ON PER, PER, PER, YES.

PER, PER PER UNIT WE USE EITHER WE ORDER PER TOTE OR PER POUND BY POUND.

SO BASICALLY WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ITEM, UM, I DIDN'T SEE, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T 20 CENTS A POUND, BUT DID IT SAY WHAT IT USED TO BE? I MISSED THAT.

I DIDN'T SEE THAT.

MY QUESTION IS SO, BUT, SO PREVIOUSLY WE ORDERED 620,000 POUNDS, NOW WE'RE ORDERING 746,000 POUNDS.

550.

RIGHT? I I THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION.

MY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH PER POUND WERE, WERE WE PAYING ON THE CONTRACT? THAT'S GOOD TILL 2025 VERSUS HOW MUCH PER POUND ARE WE PAYING WITH THIS NEW CONTRACT? WE WERE PAYING 0.30 CENTS PER POUND AND NOW WE'RE PAYING 0.19.

OH, WE, OH, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY SAVING THEM.

WE'VE GOT A 10 CENT PER POUND REDUCTION THERE, CORRECT? CORRECT.

BUT THE ACTUAL POUNDS WENT UP.

RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

BUT THAT'S A QUANTITY THING, NOT A UNIT CALL.

QUANTITY.

SO, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH THAT, THAT CLARIFIES.

UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT THING.

JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT WASN'T CHANGING IN A CHEAP CONTRACT FOR A MORE EXPENSIVE CONTRACT.

THAT WAS THE NATURE OF MY QUESTION.

ON THE, ON THE PER POUND, NO.

YEAH, NO, ALL NO SOLELY INCREASES.

SOLELY BASED OFF QUANTITY OF QUANTITY.

AND DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A RE RESOLUTION AWARDING THE ANNUAL LIQUID SODIUM HYDROXIDE 25% AND 50% CONTRACT TO UNIVAR SOLUTIONS U-S-A-L-L-C.

OPPOSED? LIKE SIGN MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

UM, NEXT WE WILL CONSIDER

[c. Consider a resolution awarding the Annual Liquid Sodium Hydroxide 25% and 50% Contract to Univar Solutions USA, LLC.]

THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION AWARDS THE ANNUAL SODIUM HYDROXIDE 25% AND 50% CONTRACT TO UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA IN THE AMOUNT OF $267,000.

$782 AND 64 CENTS.

UH, THIS PARTICULAR INCREASE IS A 18.6% INCREASE, AND ONCE AGAIN, THAT IS BASED OFF OF QUANTITY.

SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM.

AND SAME QUESTION THAT I RAISED BEFORE.

OH, WELL FIRST DO WE HAVE, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

SECOND MOTION AND SECOND.

UM, MY QUESTION IS SAME AS BEFORE AS FAR AS THE UNIT PRICE VERSUS THE OTHER CONTRACT, THAT WOULD'VE EXPIRED LATER.

YES.

WE'RE IN THE SAME PARTICULAR SITUATION AND I HAVE THOSE NUMBERS HERE.

WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL.

SO, SO PREVIOUSLY WE WERE AT 0.18 PER POUND AND NOW WE ARE AT 0.19 PER POUND.

THE DIFFERENCE IS, IS THAT WE ALSO ORDERED TOTES.

SO PREVIOUSLY WE HAD EIGHT TOTES LAST CONTRACT.

NOW WE'RE ORDERING 24 TOTES.

SO WE'VE GONE UP FROM EIGHT TOTES TO 24 TOTES AND, UH, THAT PARTICULAR NUMBER HAS INCREASED.

SO THAT IS OUR QUANTITY INCREASE, NOT NECESSARILY A PRICE INCREASE BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY WE WERE AT 0.18 AND NOW WE'RE AT 0.19.

UH, SO THE PRICE HASN'T NECESSARILY GONE UP.

IT'S THE QUANTITY THAT HAS INCREASED.

AND HOW MANY, HOW MANY POUNDS OR TOTS OR WHATEVER WERE WE UNDER THE OLD CONTRACT? ALRIGHT, SO UNDER THE OLD CONTRACT WE WERE AT 625,000 POUNDS.

UNDER THE NEW CONTRACT WE ARE AT 1,242,800 POUNDS.

SO WE'VE DOUBLED IN POUNDS.

IN ADDITION, WE WERE AT EIGHT TOTES AND THAT EIGHT TOTES WAS AT $1,224.

AND NOW WE'RE AT 24 TOTES AT $901.

SO WE'VE INCREASED IN POUNDS AND WE'VE INCREASED IN TOTES.

WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE POUNDS HAVE, THE PRICE HAS GONE DOWN THEN.

WELL, IT, I I I, I'M NOT TRYING TO BELABOR THIS, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THE FINANCIAL ASPECT.

SO IS NO MATTER WHETHER WE BUY IT IN TOTES OR POUNDS, BUSHELS OR WAGON CARTS, IS IT SOLD PURELY ON THE POUND PER POUND BASIS? NO, WE UTILIZE BOTH POUNDS

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BECAUSE WE USE LIQUID.

WE USE LIQUID CHEMICAL THAT IS STORED IN BULK TANKS AND WE ALSO USE TOTES AND TOTES ARE USED THAT THE BAA EAST PLANT.

SO OUR, UH, CHEMICAL LIQUID IS GOING INTO BULK TANKS AND ALSO IT'S GOING INTO TOTES THAT'S USED AT OUR BAAH EAST PLANT.

SO WE'RE ORDERING THEM IN TWO DIFFERENT FORMS AND THEY'RE, AND WE PAY IN TWO DIFFERENT FORMS BASED OFF OF THOSE TOTES OR WHETHER WE'RE ORDERING PER POUND.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I CAN GO THROUGH THE PRICING TO CLARIFY, IS, IS A TOTE LIKE A, LIKE A TANKER LOAD OR A CORRECT.

SO IT, IT, IT COMES NO, IT'S NOT A TANKER.

A TOTE, A TOTE IS 300 GALLON, IT'S LIKE A THREE FOOT BY THREE FOOT KIND OF WHITEISH PLASTIC LOOKING HUGE.

YEAH.

AND SO WE WERE PAYING $1,200 A TOTE BEFORE WE, AND NOW WE'RE PAYING $900 A TOTE.

WHICH IS A, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION.

SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION.

BUT WE ORDERED EIGHT TOTES LAST CONTRACT AT 24.

24 WE PURCHASED IN BOTH FORMS, EITHER TOTES OR POUND BULK.

WHY WOULD THE, WHY WOULD THE PER POUND PRICE GO UP THEN IF WE'RE GETTING A REDUCTION IN THE COST OF A TOTE? WOULDN'T THE, WOULDN'T THE COST PER POUND BE LESS? WELL, HE'S SAYING THE BOAT, THE BULK PRICE I THINK WENT UP BUT THE TOTE PRICE WENT DOWN.

PAY ME NOW OR PAY ME LATER.

UH, IT DEPENDS.

SO AT BOW EAST I THINK WE USE TOTES.

AND BOW MAIN WE USE BULK.

SO WE HAVE TO HAVE BOTH.

AND I, I'M SORRY FOR ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS, BUT I WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION.

UM, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? NO OTHER QUESTION.

AWARDING THE BACKWASH LAGOON SL OR WE WILL CONSIDER AWARDING THE BACKWASH LAGOON SLUDGE REMOVAL PROJECT TO BRANCH CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE A AYE.

OPPOSED LIKE I MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

UM, NEXT WE WILL HAVE A RESOLUTION

[d. Consider a resolution awarding the Backwash Lagoon Sludge Removal Project to Branch Construction Group, LLC.]

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THIS APPRO, THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION AWARDS THE BACKWASH LAGOON SLUDGE REMOVAL PROJECT TO BRANCH CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC.

UM, OVER TIME OUR BACKWASH LAGOONS ACCUMULATE A SLUDGE BECAUSE BACKWASH WATER IS ACTUALLY PUSHED THROUGH OUR FILTERS AND SEDIMENT AND DEBRIS IS CAPTURED IN THAT BACKWASH WATER.

THAT BACKWASH WATER IS THEN PUMPED TO OUR BACKWASH LAGOON.

SO OVER TIME THE BACKWASH LAGOON LAGOONS ACCUMULATE SEDIMENT, THEY ACCUMULATE DEBRIS AND WE HAVE TO, UH, DO SLUDGE REMOVAL FOR THOSE BACKWASH LAGOONS.

WE'VE HAD SATISFACTORY WORK WITH BRANCH CONSTRUCTION IN THE PAST AND WE WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE THEIR GROUP TO HELP TO REMOVE THAT SLUDGE FROM THE BACKWASH LAGOON.

ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UH, THE COST OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE $162,338.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE MOTION SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? SO HOW, HOW, GO AHEAD JIM.

SO THE PROCESS, UH, I GUESS Y'ALL DRAIN ANY WATER THAT YOU HAVE ON IT OFF.

ARE THEY GONNA AND VACUUM IT OUT? CORRECT.

PUSH IT UP HOW THEY DO IT? CORRECT.

SO WE DRAIN THE WATER THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE BACKWASH LAGOON.

AND THEN THEY VACUUM THAT OUT.

WE DO HAVE A SLUDGE PERMIT THAT IS IN PLACE.

THEY ARE TO REMOVE ONLY 64 DRY TONS FROM THAT PARTICULAR, UH, BACKWASH LAGOON.

AND IT GETS HAULED OFF AND DISPOSED OF? IS THAT YEAH, IT GETS LAND APPLIED ON SITE.

SO WAIT, WHAT? SAY THAT AGAIN? IT GETS LAND APPLIED SO THEY APPLY THE SLUDGE BACK ONTO OUR LAND.

SO, AND WE HAVE A SLUDGE PERMIT FOR THAT JUST BUILDS UP.

YOU'RE JUST BUILDING.

THAT'S INTERESTING SETTLEMENT.

OH, THAT'S INTERESTING.

YES, SIR.

ANYWAY, SO THAT IT'S REALLY THE, THE, IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S JUST DIRT OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER SETTLES OUTTA THE WATER AND, AND CORRECT.

SO YEAH.

YEP.

AND, AND WE DO THIS HOW OFTEN? NORMALLY WE DO IT ANNUALLY, UM, IT JUST, IT'S A AS NEEDED BASIS.

UH, LAST YEAR WE DID IT UH, UH, BI-ANNUALLY.

SO THE LAST TIME THAT WE DID THIS, AND I BROUGHT THIS FOR RESOLUTION WAS IN 2022.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO 2024, BUT WE WANT TO TRY TO DO IT ANNUALLY.

UH, THAT'S BEST PRACTICE.

YEAH.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MM-HMM ALRIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE ANNUAL LIQUID AMMONIUM SULFATE 40% CONTRACT TO CHEM TRADE CHEMICALS U-S-L-L-C.

OPPOSED LIKE SIGN MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE WILL NOW

[e. Consider a resolution awarding the Annual Liquid Ammonium Sulfate 40% Contract to Chemtrade Chemicals US, LLC.]

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION AWARDS THE ANNUAL LIQUID AMMONIA SULFATE 40% CONTRACT TO CHEM TRADE CHEMICALS, UH, LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $139,411 AND 80 CENTS.

UM, THIS PARTICULAR CHEMICAL IS USED IN THE DISINFECTION PROCESS TO FORM CHLORAMINES.

THERE WAS A 4.5% PRICE DECREASE ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM FROM LAST CONTRACT COST.

SO THIS ONE ACTUALLY DECREASED 4.5% AND THAT WAS BASED OFF PRICE.

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DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION SECOND? MM-HMM .

UM, QUESTIONS.

AND SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE SAME VOLUME OF THIS CHEMICAL, CORRECT? AS LAST YEAR? YES SIR.

JUST, JUST BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS MM-HMM .

IF WE NEED MORE OF ALL THESE OTHER CHEMICALS, WHY DO WE NOT NEED MORE OF THIS ONE? WELL, THIS PARTICULAR QUANTITY WAS CALCULATED APPROPRIATELY.

UM, LAS IS USED IN THE PROCESS TO MIX WITH CHLORINE TO MAKE CHLORAMINES.

SO THIS CHEMICAL, YOU'RE NOT USING THE SAME AMOUNT THAT YOU WOULD BE USING WITH LIKE CHLORINE, WHICH IS A PURE DISINFECTANT.

THIS IS A ADDITIVE THAT IS USED TO FORM CHLORAMINES.

SO WHEN YOU GO UP NECESSARILY ON CHLORINE, YOU MIGHT NOT TAKE YOUR LAS DOSES AS HIGH AS YOU WOULD OR CHLORINE DOSAGE.

SO WE ARE USING LOWER DOSAGES ON THIS PARTICULAR CHEMICAL AS WELL.

SO THE QUANTITY HASN'T NECESSARILY INCREASED.

WE CAN MODERATE QUA UH, QUANTITY BECAUSE THIS CHEMICAL IS USED TO FORMULATE CHLORAMINE WITH CHLORINE.

THE CHLORINE YOU WOULD SEE GO UP AND DOWN MORE THAN YOU WOULD THE LAS AND YOU WANT TO KEEP LOWER LAS DOSAGES IN YOUR WATER SYSTEM, UM, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA FORM AMMONIA IN YOUR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ANYWAY.

SO WE TRY TO KEEP THESE DOSAGES LOW, UH, UH, ANYWAY.

SO IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, WE MAY PUT, I'M SORRY, WE MAY PUT A HUNDRED GALLONS OF CHLORINE IN AND ONE GALLON OF THIS STUFF IN LAYMAN'S TERMS. THAT'S THAT'S, AND THE NEXT TIME WE MAY PUT 200 GALLONS OF CHLORINE IN AND STILL PUT ONE GALLON THIS CORRECT? CORRECT.

AND, AND LIKE STERLING IS SAYING, UH, IT'S BASED OFF OF A RATIO MM-HMM .

RIGHT? AND YOU TYPICALLY WANNA STAY BELOW A FIVE TO ONE RATIO.

YEP.

SO FIVE TO ONE OF, OF CHLORINE VERSUS UH, LAS.

SO YOU'RE USING A LOWER DOSE FOR THIS PARTICULAR CHEMICAL.

THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.

OKAY, ALL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

OPPOSED LIKE, AYE.

UM, THE NEXT UM,

[f. Consider a resolution awarding the Annual Liquid Chlorine Contract to PVS DX, Inc. ]

ITEM WILL BE TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE ANNUAL LIQUID CHLORINE CONTRACT TO PVS DX INCORPORATED.

THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION AWARDS THE ANNUAL LIQUID CHLORINE CONTRACT TO PVS DX INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $438,000, $438,000 AND $600.

UM, THIS PARTICULAR CHEMICAL HAS NO PRICE INCREASE OR DECREASE.

IT IS AT 0%.

SO IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T INCREASE OR DECREASE.

UH, STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

UM, MOTION.

MAKE THE MOTION.

UH, SECOND, SECOND MOTION AND SECOND QUESTIONS.

DISCUSSION.

HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

OPPOSED LIKE SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM G,

[g. Consider a resolution awarding the Annual Liquid Hydrofluorosilicic Contract to Shannon Chemical Corporation.]

WE WILL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE ANNUAL LIQUID HYDROFLUORIC CONTRACT TO SHANNON CHEMICAL CORPORATION.

I ALWAYS SAY THAT WRONG.

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION AWARDS THE ANNUAL LIQUID HYDROFLUORIC ASSET CONTRACT TO SHANNON CHEMICALS CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $56,512 AND 65 CENTS.

UM, THIS IS A 22.15% DECREASE.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

AND SO AS WE'VE BEEN ASKING, THE DECREASE IS BECAUSE OF A, A UNIT PRICE DECREASE OR BECAUSE OF A QUANTITY DECREASE? UM, YES MA'AM.

IT'S FOR THE, UH, PRICE DECREASE UNIT PRICE.

YES MA'AM.

OPPOSED LIKE, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE A AYE.

UM, WE WILL

[h. Consider a resolution awarding the Annual Liquid Zinc Sodium Polyphosphate Contract to Shannon Chemical Corporation.]

MOVE TO ITEM H AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE ANNUAL LIQUID ZINC SODIUM POLYPHOSPHATE CONTRACT TO SHANNON CHEMICAL CORPORATION.

UM, THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION AWARDS THE ANNUAL LIQUID ZINC POLYPHOSPHATE CONTRACT TO SHANNON CHEMICALS CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $328,303 AND 2 CENTS.

UM, THIS IS A 7.98, UM, DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR MOVE TO APPROVE.

I HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

SECOND, UM, QUESTIONS.

UM, SO WE HAD, SO IT'S A DECREASE IN QUANTITY.

SO ACCORDING TO THIS, WE HAD SOMEBODY ELSE BID ON IT, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT, RIGHT, UH, PRODUCT.

UH, YES SIR.

THE, UM, CHEMICAL COMPOUND WAS, DIDN'T MATCH BOWEL SPECS THAT WE NEEDED FOR TREATMENT.

AND YOU SAID THE DECREASE IN COST WAS DUE TO A, THE QUANTITY DECREASE IN QUANTITY NOT YES MA'AM.

NOT A DECREASE IN UNIT COST.

YES MA'AM.

UM, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE UNIT COST ON THIS CONTRACT WAS COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS LAST TIME? IF YOU HAVE THAT? UM, LAST YEAR IT WAS 1.42, UM, DOLLARS PER POUND.

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UM, THIS YEAR IT'S 1.61.

SO THIS ONE ACTUALLY WENT UP.

AND WHEN WOULD THIS CONTRACT HAVE RENEWED HAD WE NOT ROLLED TO THE FISCAL YEAR NEW CONTRACT SITUATION? UH, IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE SAME 2020 5TH OF FEBRUARY.

OH, OKAY.

YES MA'AM.

SO SIX MONTHS.

WELL, UM, THIS, IN THIS CASE, WE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, PAYING MORE FOR THIS THAN IF WE WAITED TILL FEBRUARY IS THE WAY IT APPEARS TO ME.

SO FAIRLY, SO THE ORIGINAL QUANT, UH, QUANTITY WAS 210,000 POUNDS.

THE NEW, UH, BID COMP POUNDS IS 180,000.

WELL I REALIZE THAT, BUT IT AT THE UNIT COST OF DOLLAR 61 VERSUS DOLLAR 42.

SO MA'AM, I THINK WE COULD LEAVE THE CONTRACT IN PLACE UNTIL FEBRUARY.

WE WOULD HAVE TO REBID IT AT THAT TIME WITH A SHORTER TIMEFRAME.

AND, AND I REALIZE THAT THAT'S A RISK AND WE DON'T KNOW THE PRICE WE GET AT THAT TIME.

SO I, I REALIZE THAT THERE'S, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE EXPECTED TO PURCHASE FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS? LOOKS LIKE 90,000 POUNDS TO ME.

I MEAN, BASED ON HUNDRED 80,000 POUNDS PER YEAR.

SO HALF OF WHAT'S THOUSAND POUNDS TOTES? 20 CENTS STATED IT'S $36,000.

UH, I, I DON'T WANNA BELABOR THE POINT.

I WAS JUST, UH, JUST CONCERNED ABOUT COST AS, AS ALWAYS.

UM, AND YOUR, YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE, THE CHEMICAL SALES CLIMATE WILL BE LIKE IN FEBRUARY.

IT COULD BE 30% HIGHER AND THEN WE WOULD'VE CUT OUR FOOT OFF TO MM-HMM .

UNLESS YOU GOT THE, THE COST OF GOING OUT FOR BIDS AGAIN AND RIGHT.

EXACTLY.

SO I, I WITHDRAW ALL MY QUESTIONS ON THIS AND, UH, AM READY TO ASK FOR THE VOTE UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE HAS A QUESTION.

ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

OPPOSED LIKE, AYE.

UM, NEXT WE WILL CONSIDER A

[i. Consider a resolution awarding the Annual Liquid Ferric Chloride 40% Contract to PVS Technologies, Inc.]

RESOLUTION AWARDING THE ANNUAL LIQUID FERRET CHLORIDE 40% CONTRACT TO PBS TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED.

UM, THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION AWARDS THE ANNUAL LIQUID FERT CHLORIDE 40% CONTRACT TO PBS TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $584,535 AND 4 CENTS.

UM, THIS IS A 3.35% DECREASE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION APPROVAL? I HAVE A MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALRIGHT, QUESTIONS DISCUSSION? I'M SORRY.

DID YOU SAY THIS WAS A DECREASE IN PRICE OR AN INCREASE? UM, DECREASE.

DECREASE.

UM, ANY OTHER, YEAH, HOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE RECEIVE THIS? DO WE RECEIVE THIS IN LIQUID FORM BUT IT'S SOLD ON DRY BASIS? YES SIR.

IT COMES IN LIQUID FORM.

YES, SIR.

LAST, UNDER OUR RESOLUTIONS, WE WILL CONSIDER ONE AWARDING THE ANNUAL LIQUID ION POLYMER CONTRACT TO POLYON INCORPORATED.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.

UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[j. Consider a resolution awarding the Annual Liquid Cationic Polymer Contract to Polydyne, Inc.]

UM, THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION AWARDS THE ANNUAL LIQUID CARDIAC POLYMER CONTRACT TO POLYGON INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $418,888 AND 40 CENTS.

UM, THIS IS A 102.79% INCREASE DUE TO PLANT, UH, INCREASE IN PLANT PRODUCTION AT BOTH PLANTS.

SO, OH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE SECOND.

A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO I, I WILL ANSWER, ASK MY QUESTION AGAIN.

SO WHEN YOU SAY THAT LARGE OF AN INCREASE, IT'S SOLELY DUE TO QUANTITY? UM, YES MA'AM.

UH, IN 2024 IT WAS 280,000 POUNDS.

UM, THIS ONE IS 547 420 POUNDS.

UM, THE PRICE PER UNIT AND 2024 WAS 0.60

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PER POUND.

UH, 2025 IT WAS 0.62 PER POUND.

SO WE'VE GOT INCREASED QUANTITY AND INCREASED PRICE.

WHAT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TOTE PRICE WAS THAT WE WERE PAYING? UM, YES SIR.

IT'S, IT WAS, UH, $1,598 AND 50 CENTS AND WE WERE, UH, REQUESTING 10 TOTES.

UH, WE CURRENT, WE CURRENTLY, UH, REQUESTING 48 TOTES AT $1,656.

SO, SIR, JUST A COUPLE CENTS A POUND AND THEY'RE GETTING US FOR EACH TOTE.

YEAH.

A HUNDRED, YEAH.

A HUNDRED DOLLARS A TOTE.

UM, WELL, SAME, UH, SAME THEORY APPLIES, ALTHOUGH THIS IS MORE PER UNIT COST.

IF WE WAITED TILL FEBRUARY, UH, WE WOULDN'T, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CLIMATE WILL BE.

YEAH, IT'S A ROLL OF THE D WE MIGHT, UH, AND THIS WAY WE DO GET ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS ON A, A FISCAL YEAR BASIS, WHICH DOES MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES.

WELL, AND IF OUR, IF OUR, UH, UNDER ONE OF OUR CONTRACT IS NOW THE EXPENSE IN 25, IF OUR USAGE IS INCREASED THAT MUCH, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS TO US IN THAT CONTRACT IF WE'RE OVER MM-HMM .

THE SPECIFIED QUANTITIES NOT MM-HMM .

SO, ALRIGHT, WELL, VERY GOOD WORK.

UM, I, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'D ASK FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

OPPOSED? LIKE, SO MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THE REPORT SECTION AND RE RECEIVE A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY EAST EXPANSION PROJECT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO

[a. Receive a report on the status of the Baytown Area Water Authority East Expansion Project.]

HELLO.

UH, I DON'T HAVE SLIDES, UH, FOR Y'ALL TODAY.

SO GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF A QUICK REPORT.

FIRST, I DID WANNA THANK THE BOARD AGAIN FOR AWARDING THE CONTRACTS LAST MONTH TO BOTH OWNERS, ADVISOR, AND THE DESIGN BUILDER.

WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED TO GET STARTED ON THIS PROJECT.

WE DID RECEIVE THE OFFICIAL NOTICE TO PROCEEDS ON FRIDAY.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR KICKOFF MEETING TOMORROW WITH THE DESIGN BUILDER TWO O'CLOCK.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR FIRST WORKSHOP WITH THEM ON FRIDAY.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING GOING BASICALLY THIS WEEK REALLY HEAVILY.

THE FIRST WORKSHOP IS GONNA BE ON RAW WATER QUALITY TREATMENT GOALS AND REGULATION DISCUSSIONS.

SO SCHEDULED FOR THREE HOURS.

IT'S GONNA REALLY GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF HERE'S THE WATER QUALITY Y'ALL HAVE COMING INTO THE PLANT.

THIS IS WHAT Y'ALL WANT COMING OUT, YOU KNOW, OF THE PLANT HIGH LEVEL.

THIS IS SOME OF THE TREATMENT OPTIONS WE'RE GONNA INITIALLY START LOOKING AT.

UM, PFAS WILL BE PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, AS WELL.

AND THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THIS WEEK, JUST TO KINDA GIVE YOU ALL A FLAVOR SINCE I KNOW THIS PROCESS IS A LITTLE NEW, IS THERE ARE EIGHT DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO HAVE.

UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA FOCUS ON EACH TREATMENT PART OF THE TREATMENT PROCESS.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST ONE AND THEN WE'LL DIVE IN DETAIL IN EACH ONE OF THOSE WORKSHOPS MAY GET TO COMBINE SOME OF 'EM, SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, EIGHT OF 'EM.

BUT THAT'S, THAT'LL BE REALLY THE HEAVY LIFTING FOR THE NEXT MONTH OR SO IS TO HAVE THOSE IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE TREATMENT OPTIONS ARE.

SO PROBABLY WON'T HAVE AS MUCH TALK ABOUT NEXT MONTH 'CAUSE WE'LL BE IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS, BUT AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE TO BRING TO Y'ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED AND WHAT'S KINDA THE INITIAL DECISIONS, YOU KNOW, ON SOME OF THOSE ALONG WITH COSTS AND SCHEDULES AND THINGS.

THE DESIGN BUILDER WILL BE PROVIDING MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORTS AS WELL TO US.

SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO Y'ALL AS A PART OF OUR REPORT FROM NOW ON.

IT'LL ALSO INCLUDE SCHEDULE INFORMATION AND COST INFORMATION THERE.

SO A LOT MORE COMING FOR Y'ALL IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

I DID ALSO WANNA MENTION Y'ALL'S AMENDMENT WAS APPROVED BY REGION H UH, LAST MONTH.

'CAUSE I, I DON'T THINK I GOT TO GIVE THE REPORT LAST MONTH.

UM, WHAT THAT IS, IS IT'LL GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO APPLY FOR TWDB SWIFT FUNDING IN DECEMBER.

SO THE FIRST PART OF THIS PROCESS IS TO GET REGION H TO APPROVE THAT AMENDMENT.

AND THEN, UM, TWD WILL, TWDB WILL DO THE OFFICIAL AMENDMENT.

BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, IF REGION H EXCEPTS THAT TW TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT AWARD, THAT'S TWDB, YOU KNOW, WE'LL APPROVE IT AS WELL, WHICH AGAIN WILL ALLOW YOU TO APPLY FOR THE FUNDING IN DECEMBER.

SO THAT WAS GOOD NEWS FOR Y'ALL LAST MONTH.

BUSINESS IS THE MANAGER'S REPORT.

SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

[a. The next Baytown Area Water Authority meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 4:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas 77520. ]

YES.

BOARD.

UH, JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR DUE DILIGENCE IN CONSIDERING ALL OF OUR CONTRACT CHANGES.

UM, AND LET YOU KNOW, OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING IS OCTOBER 16TH.