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Stormwater manager outlines scoping progress, costs and staffing challenges

Odessa City Council Workshop · November 25, 2025
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Summary

Stormwater staff reported underground drainage scoping (22% inlet inspections, 8% piping) and identified custom manhole locks and inlet repairs costing roughly $25,000–$50,000 each; staff said two large items—Tanglewood Bridge and the county study—could raise 2026 stormwater expenditures to about $5 million.

Stormwater program manager Elizabeth briefed the council on scoping progress, budget pressures and operational constraints for the stormwater enterprise fund.

Elizabeth said the city established the program (fee collection began after 2010) and that current underground scoping has identified about 22% completion of inlet inspections and 8% of pipe inspections; staff are targeting a scoping…

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