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Sweetwater council approves applications and bids for water projects, appoints museum board member and awards downtown grant contract
Summary
The Sweetwater City Council voted to apply for state lead service line funding, advertise several water infrastructure bids, appoint Kelly Sheridan to the Pioneer City County Museum Board and award a grant administration contract for the 2025 downtown revitalization program.
The Sweetwater City Council approved a package of actions to address water infrastructure and downtown revitalization, and confirmed an appointment to a local museum board.
The council voted to submit an application to the Texas Water Development Board seeking funding to replace lead and galvanized service lines citywide. A water utilities staff member told the council the inventory completed in October 2024 identified about 400 galvanized service lines that need replacement and estimated per-line replacement costs in the range of $2,000 to $5,000.
The vote followed approval to advertise three bid solicitations: replacement of a water line under Union Pacific Railroad tracks on Robert Lee Street, and a bid package for Contract B of the raw-water pump station improvement project funded through the Texas Water Development Board Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (project number 62897). Council members were told the 10-inch line under the railroad has…
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