Schertz advisory committee recommends council accept two semiannual capital-improvement reports; EPA grant cited for tank project

The Capital Improvement Advisory Committee recommended that City Council accept two semiannual reports on the city’s capital improvements program and capital recovery (impact) fees following a presentation and brief discussion at its June 4 meeting.

City Engineer Kathy presented projects and finances for the two reporting periods — the second half of fiscal 2024 (April 1–Sept. 30, 2024) and the first half of fiscal 2025 (Oct. 1, 2024–March 31, 2025). The largest single expense was work on the Corbett Ground Storage Tank project, for which Kathy said, “the expenses in the second half of FY24 were almost $3,000,000. In the first half of fiscal year 25 was about $2,200,000.” She told the committee the city received a $3,500,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency toward an approximately $8,000,000 project.

The reports covered water, wastewater and roadway projects funded by impact fees (capital recovery). For water, staff described the citywide master plan and the water/wastewater impact-fee update that council…