05 - APPROVE MINUTES FROM COUNCIL MEETING ON 06/08/2015

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Regular Council Meeting June 8, 2015 Page 4 AND INJURY /FATALITY ACCIDENTS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Regular Aeenda Council Member Pickle asked if item 23 could be moved forward on the agenda and Mayor Hashmi answered in the affirmative. A Motion to move item 23 forward was made by Council Member Pickle and seconded by Mayor Hashmi. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 23. Receive presentation from the Texas Department of State Health Services about the Texas Healthy Communities Recognition. Debbie Ward representing the Texas Healthy Communities Program gave a presentation on the program and presented the City with a plaque designating honorable mention to Lamar County, for invaluable efforts to improve the health of the community. 15. Receive presentation from Mayor Hashmi on the water and sewer infrastructure bond project. Mayor Hashmi said he placed this item on the agenda, because we as a Council and the residents of the City were concerned as to the progress of the water and sewer bond work. He said he would give a brief presentation of the time lines and after the presentation they would proceed with a tour of the areas. Mayor Hashmi said included in the agenda packets was the presentation which had a map of the completed projects, as well as work that was being done and anticipated projects that were to be undertaken. He said also included in the packet was a list of questions he would like to the city manager to address, so they would know how projects were undertaken and followed through to completion. Mayor Hashmi gave a presentation on the water and sewer bond project, which included the history of the project that began in 2013, 93% approval vote by the citizens on the ballot, selection of the engineering firm, and sale of bonds on July 15, 2013. He explained the bonds were sold with a face value of $33,925,000 to give city net proceeds of $35,000,000. Mayor Hashmi further explained the total engineering project was estimated at $4,500,836 and $3,091,409.01 had been paid to AECOM. Also, included in Mayor Hashmi's presentation was the bid and award of Contract "A" to B. Bray Construction in March 2014, citing the contract had been completed. He said Contract `B -1" was bid in August 2014 and awarded in October 2014 to B. Bray Construction and that the total amount paid thus far was $1,044,651.35 which was 43.08% of the total amount of $2,425,002. Mayor Hashmi also said Contract `B -2" was signed with Pittard Construction for $3,041,970 and had not been started yet. He summarized the total funds and expenses, in that to date a grand total to current completion would be $10,718,393 for contracts "A ", "B -1" and `B -2" out of the original funds of $35,000,000 leaving