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AI# 11215
Regular City Council Meeting
5.17.
12/13/2022:
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Agenda Item
Resolution - Water Utilities:
Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Interlocal Wholesale Wastewater Contract 17028, with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), for continued wastewater services at the John T. Montford Prison Unit.
Item Summary
In August 1993, the City of Lubbock entered into a 10-year water supply and wastewater collection contract with the TDCJ to facilitate the construction of the John T. Montford Prison Unit located at 8602 Peach Avenue outside the city limits. The initial contract included provisions for the TDCJ to be charged the same commercial wastewater rates that businesses within the city limit were charged.
Subsequently, the City entered into new 5-year wholesale wastewater contracts with the TDCJ on April 26, 2012, and again on October 12, 2017. The City Council adopted the most recent Wholesale Wastewater Ordinance in 2018. Section 22.04.041 of the City of Lubbock Code of Ordinances defines a wholesale wastewater customer as one that is located outside the city limits and is a governmental entity. This ordinance sets the wholesale wastewater volume rate at 1.27 times the wastewater volume rate for all other customers. Since the TDCJ Montford Unit meets the definition of wholesale wastewater customer, the TDCJ will be charged accordingly.
The new Interlocal Wholesale Wastewater Contract being considered updates the terms and conditions of previous contracts, so the language is similar to other City Wholesale Wastewater Contracts. The contract allows the TDCJ to continue discharging into the City’s wastewater collection system for an additional 5 years. The new wholesale wastewater rate multiplier will be used in calculating the TDCJ wastewater volume charges.
The City treated a total of 7.3 billion gallons of wastewater in FY 2021-22. The Montford Unit discharged 58.0 million gallons of wastewater into the City’s collection system in FY 2021-22. The amount of wastewater that the Montford Unit discharges into the City’s system represents less than 0.8% of Lubbock’s total treated wastewater.
Fiscal Impact
This contract will generate approximately $278,000 in wastewater revenue annually, for the next 5 years.
Staff/Board Recommending
Erik Rejino, Assistant City Manager
L. Wood Franklin, P.E., Division Director of Public Works
Lubbock Water Advisory Commission
Attachments
Resolution - TDCJ Montford Wastewater
Contract - TDCJ Montford Wastewater
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