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Waxahachie assistant city manager leaving city after 4 years of service, effective Aug. 6
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Waxahachie assistant city manager Tommy Ludwig has submitted his resignation in order to accept the job of deputy city manager in Burleson.
Ludwig’s final day in Waxahachie will be next Friday, Aug. 6. He will assume his new role on Aug. 9, according to Burleson officials.
“I’d like to say farewell to Tommy,” city director of planning Shon Brooks said. “We appreciate his support in his role here as our assistant city manager and we’ve really enjoyed having him on the team. We’ll miss him.”
City water and sewer projects approved; street projects also addressed
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The first regular Waxahachie City Council meeting for new Mayor Doug Barnes and two new councilmembers consisted of a number of big-ticket utility items on Monday night.
The council approved professional engineering services with Kimley-Horn Associates, Inc. for water and sewer lines to service the proposed Fire Station No. 4. Councilmembers also approved reimbursement from the city Water and Wastewater Fund to pay for those engineering services.
Assistant city manager Tommy Ludwig told the council that funding for the new fire station is in the bond funds for this year in the amount of $5 million. The cost of the design is $88,000, which Ludwig proposed to use working capital up front to fund the design and then reimburse that fund with bond money.
City Council approves contracts to clear land on 80-acre campus
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The former Baylor Hospital campus at 1405 West Jefferson Street will soon be torn down as a result of action by the Waxahachie City Council during Monday night’s regular meeting.
Councilmembers authorized agreements with Environmental & Construction Services, Inc. and Vantage Environmental Services, LP for demolition, asbestos abatement and environmental inspection at the former hospital site, which has sat vacant since 2014. The first agreement will be funded through the Choice cooperative purchasing program and the second through a professional services agreement.
The total amount is not to exceed $1,450,000. Assistant city manager Tommy Ludwig noted that the city’s budget for fiscal year 2020-2021 included $1,150,000 that accounted only for the demolition work, and did not include abatement and environmental work because those costs can vary greatly. The additional $300,000 will come fro