Council adopts county hazard mitigation plan update, casts appraisal board votes and presses sewer contractor to finish work
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Bruceville-Eddy council unanimously adopted the McLennan County hazard mitigation plan update to maintain eligibility for FEMA mitigation funding, cast appraisal-district board votes, and pressed a sewer contractor over unfinished work, directing follow-up and scheduling the engineer for the next meeting.
The Bruceville-Eddy City Council on Nov. 13 adopted a countywide hazard mitigation plan update that county and city officials say is necessary to pursue FEMA mitigation grants for storm and disaster hardening.
Tim Jeske, deputy emergency management coordinator for Waco and McLennan County, briefed the council on the plan and described how adoption enables access to mitigation funding for projects like safe rooms, hardened infrastructure and bridge replacement. "FEMA's not gonna help you with additional cost unless you have a hazard mitigation plan," Jeske told the council, explaining how the plan unlocks additional grant funding for upgrades.
Councilmember Wiggins moved to adopt Resolution R11-13-2025-2 to approve the county plan update; Councilmember Prater seconded and the motion passed unanimously. The adoption preserves the city's ability to pursue FEMA hazard mitigation grants in the future.
On related business, the council cast the city's votes for McLennan Central Appraisal District and Falls County Appraisal District board candidates under Resolutions R11-13-2025-3 and R11-13-2025-4; motions to cast ballots as recommended passed on voice vote.
During staff reports, the mayor and council expressed frustration with the city's sewer contractor (identified in discussion as BlackRock), saying the contract work remains unfinished. The mayor told the contractor she would not authorize additional city funds and demanded completion, saying the contractor must finish bores and other items on or before Dec. 31 under the current contract terms. Council asked to have consulting engineer Johnny Taber attend the next meeting to provide a technical update.
Back in open session after executive session on personnel matters, the council approved a personnel resolution (R11-13-2025-6) concerning patrol and school resource officers; that motion was seconded and adopted unanimously. There was no vote taken on the city administrator item discussed in executive session, and the mayor said the city would announce any next steps after obtaining further information.
The council took no additional votes on sewer contracting at the meeting but directed staff to place the engineer on the next agenda and to pursue documentation (emails to/from the railroad, contractor progress reports and invoices) so council can review outstanding work and related costs.