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Manvel council moves $500,000 to water-reclamation project, approves grants and appointments
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Summary
Council adopted an ordinance amending the FY2026 budget to shift roughly $500,000 from the street/bond portion to the Water Reclamation Facility project, approved a hazardous-waste reimbursement grant and several reappointments, and scheduled a May 11 special meeting to canvas the May 2 election.
The Manvel City Council adopted Ordinance 2026-O-15 amending the fiscal year 2026 budget to recognize additional council-related expenditures and to increase funding available for the city's Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) project by transferring roughly $500,000 from the street/bond allocation.
City Manager Dan told the council that the original WRF bond issuance was structured as a $40 million request that was increased to $50 million when additional street projects were added; during bidding the lowest WRF bid came in at $44 million and the contractor agreed to scope and price adjustments that brought the award back down to $40 million. Dan said staff recommends moving about half of the remaining $1 million in the street portion to the WRF now to lock in current prices and cover needed equipment and canopies for maintenance and material handling.
Council approved the budget-amendment ordinance on a 5-0 vote. Councilmembers also approved grant-related resolutions earlier in the meeting (Resolution 2026-R-27 related to grant administration and a separate grant award) and approved a reimbursement grant for a household hazardous-waste event. Jamie, the city's emergency-management lead, told council the hazardous-waste event budget is $27,884; the award is reimbursement-based and requires TCEQ and HJAC approvals, which Jamie said are complete.
The council also approved reappointments to the animal shelter advisory board (James McClain, Amanda Hoffpower, Jacob Du Bois and Chad Dumont) and authorized a special called council meeting on May 11 to canvas the May 2 city election results. The consent agenda and the listed motions were adopted by recorded voice and roll-call votes where noted; individual tally references in the meeting were: consent agenda (6-0), several regular-agenda motions (5-0). The animal-board reappointments and the special meeting were approved 5-0.
Council members who spoke in favor said the WRF funding move was intended to protect the project schedule and not to eliminate sidewalks or future street projects; staff said $500,000 would remain in the sidewalk fund to address the five sidewalk projects discussed in the workshop (Lewis, Charlotte, McCoy-by-high-school-to-Lawrence Road, Tankersley, Palmetto segment). Staff said the Lewis design is complete and construction is planned for the summer to coordinate with school calendars.
The ordinance becomes effective immediately upon adoption; staff said final project designs and procurement schedules will be returned to council in subsequent meetings.
