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At today’s regularly scheduled City Council meeting, the Council awarded a $205,000 construction contract to McDonald Municipal & Industrial, based in Houston, for the Ben Garza Gymnasium Generator Project. The project includes a 125-kilowatt natural gas generator, an automatic transfer switch, a concrete pad, and a secure seven-foot chain-link fence.

Council adopted an ordinance to keep and upgrade the City’s long-standing Trust Fund system, choosing to modernize the existing program rather than switching to a new fee structure.

Council authorized a three-year Radio Network Support & Maintenance Service Agreement with Dailey and Wells Communications, Inc.

At today’s regularly scheduled City Council meeting, the Council voted to authorize staff to negotiate with Aquatech to develop a Water Sale Agreement for the purchase of potable water produced and treated at the CC Polymers Seawater Desalination Plant. The approved motion instructs staff to negotiate a take-or-pay water supply agreement for presentation to the Council for final approval.

There have been no operational changes in the City of Corpus Christi’s management of Choke Canyon reservoir, the water projection models are accurate, and the City of Corpus Christi is in full compliance with all water rights issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).