Bridge City has finally received the go ahead from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to install filters in the city’s water wells. The city has been waiting months to get approval from the TCEQ for installing the filters which is hoped will greatly eliminate the brown water in Bridge City. City Manager Jerry Jones indicated the company installing the filters will start around April 3 or 4, and the process to help clean the water will probably take another month or so after the installation is complete.
Tuesday the City Council in Bridge City recognized the 100th birthday for John Repasky which was earlier this month. Repasky came to Bridge City after World War II and was joined at the council meeting by his wife Susie and several other family members. The City Council also recognized March as American Red Cross Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Citizens in Bridge City will have their garbage picked up by BFI Waste Services for the next five years. The City Council approved Tuesday evening an amendment to the city’s contract with BFI extending their service through September 2021. City Manager Jones advised that the contract would lock-in the current rate for the next five years with a consumer price index adjustment possible for the last four years. Jones said in his years of city administrating that finding a waste removal company that gets the job done well is rare and BFI has done that for Bridge City. Alderwoman Tammi Fisette cast the lone dissenting vote saying she would like to see some other offers that might be less expensive. The vote of the City Council followed Mike Wilson of Piney Woods Sanitation speaking during the time for citizen comments about what his company could do for Bridge City regarding garbage collection.
The preliminary plat for the second phase of the Twin Lakes subdivision was approved by the City Council. The 22-lot residential housing addition is located off of FM 105 just east of FM 1442 and is in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Bridge City.
Senate Bill 2 is out of committee and could be voted on by the Texas Senate this week. The bill would limit the ability of municipalities to raise property taxes by more than 5 percent without an election of its citizens. Bridge City has joined many other cities in Texas by the City Council approving a resolution Tuesday opposing the proposed bill and requesting State Senator Robert Nichols to vote against it.
The City Council was also informed about Senate Bill 715 that regulates municipal annexations. Council members were encouraged to attend a meeting of city administrators in Jefferson County on Thursday concerning Senate Bill 715. The council could then issue a resolution at a future meeting possibly opposing that bill.
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