Item 24 Passedunofficial
In plain language — from the agenda backup
This resolution lets the City Manager apply to the Texas Water Development Board for a low-interest loan of up to $6 million from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund's Lead Service Line Replacement Program, money earmarked for Austin Water's Galvanized Water Service Line Replacement Program. Those aging galvanized lines are the pipes that carry drinking water into homes, so how the city pays to swap them out is a straightforward public health question. Filing the application itself carries no fiscal impact, and any additional funding the program needs depends on what future Austin Water budgets can cover.
The official agenda language
Approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to file an application with the Texas Water Development Board for a low-interest loan in an amount not to exceed $6,000,000 from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Lead Service Line Replacement Program for Austin Water's Galvanized Water Service Line Replacement Program. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. The additional funding needed for this program is contingent upon available funding in future Austin Water budgets.
"Hearing none without objection. The consent agenda is adopted." — meeting transcript (unofficial)
What got said
- Councilmember Siegel thanked Austin Water for the galvanized water service line replacement program, noting it would complete all remaining pipes.