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Bee County approves potable-water storage tanks for EOC and sheriff's office, allocates funds to install and fill systems
Summary
The court approved turnkey bids for potable-water storage tanks at the Emergency Operations Center and the sheriff's office to improve water resilience during emergencies. Bids and component costs were disclosed; the project will use budgeted or "hot funds" for the EOC and county funds for the sheriff's site.
Bee County Commissioners Court voted Oct. 14 to install potable-water storage tanks at the county Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and at the Sheriff's office to provide resilient water supply during emergencies.
Chief Kirk briefed the court on the procurement and bids. The county received a tank installation bid from SkyWells (Hunt, Texas) for $47,927, a local contractor (MB Construction) bid for the concrete tank base at $15,970, a plumbing bid of $19,800 (including a three-phase jet pump), and an electrical estimate from Scott Electric for $2,100. Chief Kirk said the combined total for the sheriff's office installation was $85,797 and that the EOC project will mirror the work and be funded from emergency ("hot funds").
The court discussed how the tanks can be supplied in an emergency: tanker trucks can refill the tanks, the county could buy initial water deliveries, and existing city connections allow a controlled trickle fill once municipal supply permits. Staff said TECQ (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) had given approval for the approach and the county would work with certified potable-water vendors. The court approved the project and directed staff to proceed with vendor contracts and initial water procurement.
Commissioners emphasized ensuring the systems can be placed into service during an outage (flexible plumbing/electrical connections and portable tanker fill options) and asked staff to report back when installations are complete and initial fills are arranged.
