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Beaumont council approves water-main contracts, pipe-bursting final payment and denies two utility rate proposals
Summary
Council approved multiple water infrastructure contracts and final payments for pipe-bursting work, and voted to deny proposed rate increases from CenterPoint and Texas Gas Service.
Beaumont City Council approved several infrastructure and utility-related items during the meeting, including final payment and change order acceptance for a downtown pipe-bursting project and a new contract for a Highway 124 water-main replacement, and passed ordinances denying proposed rate increases from two regulated utilities.
Council approved a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute change order number 4, accept maintenance, and authorize final payment to Lopez Utilities Contractor LLC for the West Calder Road pipe-bursting work (Western Boulevard, Tobaker Road). Council asked staff how pavement and landscaping would be restored after pipe bursting; staff said the contractor is responsible for restoration, inspectors verify completion, and a one-year warranty covers contractor repairs.
The council also awarded a contract to CTEK Construction Corporation of Beaumont to replace a 12-inch water main on Highway 124 from Phelps Road to Downs Road. Staff presented the recommendation and council approved the award by motion and voice vote.
On utilities regulation, council adopted ordinances denying proposed rate adjustments from CenterPoint Energy Resources Corporation and from Texas Gas Service Company. Council members made and seconded the motions and carried those ordinances on voice votes.
Council also approved a mandatory ordinance amendment to ordinance 25-010 (details in the meeting packet) and approved a related list of properties for the work program after staff clarified that three properties would be removed from the list because they had been brought into compliance or had earlier public hearings. The council accepted staffexplanations that two properties had been addressed and that some property owners had communicated scheduling or clerical issues.
Ending: Council members asked staff to continue proactively inspecting completed work under warranty and to follow up on public inquiries about post-construction restoration in neighborhoods where pipe-bursting and water-main work occurred.
