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Fulshear staff recommend bringing water and wastewater "inside-the-fence" operations in-house to cut costs, improve oversight
Summary
Utilities director Ben Glenn presented a plan May 13 to bring water and wastewater operations that are "inside the fence" at city facilities under city control. He said doing so could improve security and oversight and produce estimated savings after an initial investment.
Fulshear utilities director Ben Glenn presented a proposal to the City Council on May 13 to shift in-house the "inside-the-fence" portions of the city's water and wastewater operations: production, lift stations and reclamation facilities.
Glenn told the council that the city currently relies on a private contractor (Inframark) for broad operational control and that the contract structure has made budgeting and oversight difficult. "Infomark is a great company. They operate in multiple states. They run, you know, hundreds of thousands of connections," Glenn said, but added that "they're also a private company. Their job is to make a profit." He described examples of billing…
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