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City manager reports missed bulk pickup, updates on infrastructure projects and pending grants
Summary
City Manager Debbie Molina told the council that Waste Management failed to distribute door hangers and missed a scheduled bulk/brush pickup; staff will evaluate options for remaining debris. Molina also updated the council on water and sewer projects, AEP streetlight upgrades, and potential grant awards including a likely HUD award of about $500,000 (pending formal notice).
City Manager Debbie Molina used the June 15 council meeting to present the City Manager’s monthly report, which covered missed waste-collection service, ongoing water and sewer projects, street improvements, and several pending grants.
Molina reported that Waste Management did not deliver advance door hangers and that management staff had been temporarily relocated the week of the scheduled bulk and brush pickup; as a result, residents reported missed service. According to the report, Waste Management told city staff that for future bulk and brush events it will distribute door hangers in advance and assign staff able to handle heavier items. Molina said the contractor also told staff it does not provide a separate quote to collect remaining brush and bulky waste; the city will evaluate third-party options to complete remaining cleanup.
The monthly report also summarized capital-works activity: a recalculation of the Ball Field well/water tower cost (the city expects a design similar to the existing tower with about 500,000-gallon capacity and a projected cost reduction of roughly $1 million if approved by the Texas Water Development Board), ongoing sanitary-sewer replacement work on the north end of town (reported about 65% complete), and lift-station design work at Tamarac. A TXCDBG project for north-neighborhood improvements is delayed for several weeks as the contractor seeks American-made materials.
Molina told the council that the city was awarded $38,500 from AACOG for code-compliance pickup; the funds must be used by Nov. 30, 2026. She also reported that HUD staff had reviewed the city’s questionnaire and letters of support and that, according to HUD’s Robert Bazan, the city is likely to qualify for approximately $500,000 in HUD funding with no matching requirement, pending formal notice after approval of the 2027 budget.
On utilities-adjacent items, the city reported meeting with AEP about replacing streetlight poles and installing LED fixtures along State Highway 97 East at no cost to the city, and noted that Langford Community Management Services is providing administration for a GLO comprehensive-plan grant awarded in 2025.
Councilmembers asked for follow-up reporting and for staff to evaluate contractors or third-party options to remove remaining debris from the missed pickup. No formal council action on the waste-collection issue was recorded; council approved related administrative motions recorded elsewhere on the agenda.
