Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Get email alerts on the Infrastructure topic

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

City reports well and sewer project ahead of schedule; $5.35M processed to date

City of Bertram City Council · May 13, 2026
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

City staff reported the water well project is ahead of schedule with trenching complete, pipe installation about 70% complete, and eight pay applications processed representing $5,352,344.82 of a roughly $7.0 million contract.

City staff updated the council on the Utility Engineering Group project: trenching for the new well is complete, pipe installation is roughly 70% finished, and the city has processed eight pay applications totaling $5,352,344.82 of the $7,000,693.03 contract value.

The chair described the lift-station work and confirmed the sewer work by the fire station relates to sewer piping from the lift station. Utility staff later summarized operational numbers: roughly 11.8 million gallons of water for the period, 103 completed work orders, two water leaks repaired, and one new sewer tap installed on Mesquite Street.

Council asked staff to continue providing updates as construction progresses and in response to resident questions about nearby work.