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Court ratifies emergency hire of hydraulic modeler; $30,000 contract to aid flood analysis

5435341 · July 21, 2025
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Summary

Commissioners ratified an emergency professional-services contract with Waterway Engineering for up to $30,000 to use a hydraulic model created by an outside engineer to explain flood behavior and support damage assessment and search efforts.

The commissioners court ratified an emergency professional-services contract with Waterway Engineering for $30,000 to secure a hydraulic model and related technical assistance used to analyze the July 4 flood. The court voted unanimously to ratify the hire after County Engineer Charlie Hastings told the court the model helped explain flood extent and guided revised search activity.

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