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Council updates park fee schedule and clears design work for South Regional Water Reclamation Facility
Summary
The council approved updates to fee schedules for parks, DSRP planning and farmer's market operations (including direction to clarify lifeguard staffing rules) and authorized Task Order No. 4 for final design and bidding of the South Regional Water Reclamation Facility.
Dripping Springs — The City Council approved an ordinance repealing and replacing Appendix A of the city code to update fees for parks, Dripping Springs Ranch Park (DSRP) planning and miscellaneous services, and it authorized a consultant task order for final design and bidding of the South Regional Water Reclamation Facility.
Laura Mueller presented the streamlined fee package as an "abbreviated version" of the ordinance previously provided in packets, saying most changes reflect new services and administrative streamlining. She said parks expects minimal revenue change from the adjustments and that the farmers market voted to eliminate an annual membership fee while increasing booth fees. "They're not expecting a big change," Mueller said of revenue impacts.
Council members pressed for clearer public guidance on how lifeguard staffing will be calculated for pool rentals. Parks staff explained that outlets at pavilions are locked and the $10 electricity fee covers staff unlocking and relocking; the aquatics manager provided a scheduling rationale and staff indicated the appendix will be updated to specify that parties of 50 or fewer typically have three lifeguards on duty and that staffing scales with party size (with an additional lifeguard required for groups over 100).
Separately, Dane Sorensen, the city's utility director, described Task Order No. 4 with Carrillo to update the preliminary South Regional Water Reclamation Facility design completed five years ago. He said the task order covers code updates, equipment verification, a secondary process-control narrative, evaluation of tertiary filtration/UV versus chlorine disinfection, solids handling and SCADA integration, and includes bidding services. Sorensen said the consultant's schedule targets going out to bid in February 2026.
Council approved both the updated fee ordinance (with direction to add clarifying lifeguard language to the appendix) and the task order for the wastewater facility.
