The Lower Colorado River Authority board of directors voted Jan. 22, 2025, to approve new interruptible agricultural water rates for the Garwood, Gulf Coast and Lakeside agricultural divisions and to authorize three contract actions, during an open session after staff presentations.

Staff recommended a 2.3% rate increase to $77.79 per acre‑foot for Gulf Coast and Lakeside, and a 2.7% increase for the Garwood agricultural division; the materials said the resulting weighted average rate would be $44.98 per acre‑foot. Staff noted that the public comment period produced one written comment and that staff met with interruptible customers in December 2024; based on verbal feedback staff recommended removing the application fee for rice and turf customers and included that change in the proposed rules.

Kelly Payne presented the water‑rate item and answered board questions; a board member moved to approve the item and a second was recorded on the transcript. The board approved the rates by voice vote; the meeting record reflects an affirmative voice vote with no opposing votes recorded.

On contracts, supply‑chain staff presented three items and recommended board approval. The items were:

• DevBot — a proposed information‑technology services contract to provide system development, configuration and administrative support for enterprise systems (including water applications, SharePoint, Power Platform and mobile applications). Staff requested an award of $5,000,000 for an initial one‑year term with options to extend for a total potential term of five years.

• 1Layer — a proposed 10‑year contract to provide a security and SIM provisioning solution for LCRA's new private long‑term evolution (LTE) network, with an estimated contract value of $9,000,000.

• Exterro — a proposed five‑year extension to an existing contract for data risk management software used by legal and records management for e‑discovery and records identification; staff requested an additional $2,500,000 for added licenses and functionality, bringing the new total contract value to $5,000,000.

Board members asked procedural or clarifying questions; motions were moved and seconded on each contract item. Each contract item was approved by voice vote with no opposition recorded in the meeting transcript.

The board then recessed to an executive session citing Texas Government Code sections on confidentiality and personnel matters, and later returned to open session to adjourn. The transcript record shows the votes were taken by voice and does not include a numerical roll‑call tally in the public minutes.