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Wales schedules water-department ordinance review as boost-pump work continues
Summary
Wales Town is continuing work on Ordinance 2026-03 (Establishing and Regulating the Water Department) and reported the town’s boost pump is running manually while automation remains to be installed; the council discussed a possible third well and animal-control enforcement steps.
Wales Town Council and open-meeting minutes from June 9 and June 25, 2026 show the town continuing ordinance work to formalize its water department and advancing operations on the Boost Pump project.
Ordinance 2026-03 (Establishing and Regulating the Water Department) was placed on the June 25 open-meeting agenda and listed again on the June 25 council agenda; the minutes indicate the ordinance will be discussed and voted in a council meeting to follow, but the published minutes do not record a final vote on that ordinance during the June 25 council session. Council and staff therefore continue to treat 2026-03 as pending.
Operational updates recorded in council reports indicate the boost pump is functioning in manual mode while automation installation remains outstanding. Council member Brandon Rees summarized an update from Water Master Wendel Roberts that one well is currently sustaining the storage tanks at roughly three-quarters speed.
Town leadership also discussed the possibility of siting a third well west of town near the storage tanks and continued to seek equipment estimates (generators and security cameras) and other operational improvements. The council acknowledged animal-control complaints about horses and cows inside town limits and agreed to respond to future incidents with letters to owners.
Why it matters: formalizing the water department (Ordinance 2026-03) and completing automation and well planning are prerequisites for reliable service and for demonstrating fiscal capacity that can affect grant eligibility for capital projects.
The minutes contain typographical errors and inconsistent rate figures across the June 9 and June 25 open meetings (June 9 minutes record a proposed base rate increase to $47.00; June 25 minutes record a $50.00 base). Those inconsistencies are noted in the minutes and remain unresolved in the published record.
No final ordinance text or adopted water-department regulations were attached to the meeting minutes; staff follow-up will be needed to publish the ordinance language and any formal ratification.
