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Liberty Hill council approves supplemental reimbursement resolution for Advanced Water Purification Facility
Summary
The Liberty Hill City Council unanimously approved Resolution 2025‑R‑042, a supplemental reimbursement resolution to allow the city to reimburse itself for AWPF-related expenses and to proceed with a required court‑registry deposit for a property acquisition tied to the project.
The Liberty Hill City Council voted unanimously to approve Resolution 2025‑R‑042, a supplemental reimbursement resolution tied to the city’s Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) project.
The resolution updates an earlier 2024 reimbursement authorization and is intended to permit the city to reimburse itself for eligible AWPF expenditures. Finance Director Joshua Armstrong told council the city previously adopted a reimbursement resolution in 2024 “for up to $23,000,000” and is now pursuing $28,000,000 from the Texas Water Development Board as the first tranche of a larger, roughly $200,000,000 project. Armstrong said staff has identified property for the AWPF and is “in the process of securing that property.”
Armstrong told the council the city must place a deposit in the court registry to protect the acquisition process: “We now owe $8,900,000 that we need to put into the court of registry that will then basically start a clock for any sort of contestation on the landowner’s part,” he said. He added the final land valuation remains unresolved, citing landowner statements that the property could be worth up to $30,000,000.
Council asked whether the supplemental resolution’s language limited reimbursement to expenses paid within the prior 60 days. Staff and bond counsel explained the supplemental resolution “piggybacks” on the 2024 authorization and is intended to cover eligible costs both previously incurred within the statutory window and anticipated future expenditures. Council and staff also discussed logistics for delivering the large court‑registry deposit; Armstrong said the money must be delivered by physical check to the registry rather than by wire transfer.
A council member moved to approve the supplemental reimbursement resolution and the motion was seconded. The presiding officer called the vote; the resolution passed unanimously (recorded as 7–0).
What happens next: the supplemental reimbursement language will enable the city to seek reimbursement of eligible AWPF expenses using bond proceeds and staff will proceed with the land acquisition steps described during the meeting.
