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COPPERAS COVE â Following a lengthy review of the cityâs response to Winter Storm Uri, Copperas Cove staff presented the city council this week with lessons learned from the storm.
One of the common themes throughout the presentation was the city being unprepared with staffing rotations for the duration of the storm that lasted from Feb. 14 through Feb. 21.
As a result, some staff members, including the emergency management coordinator, the director of communications, the public works director and the city manager worked nonstop without a break.
The city also did not have a contingency plan heading into the storm for other staff members to link into the cityâs communications system to answer or return voicemails of people asking questions.
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One Bell County resident says his portion of Clear Creek is no longer clear, but rather polluted, and is asking for solutions from state and local officials.
Wayne Duncanâs 300-acre property in southern Bell County includes a portion of Clear Creek which he says is murky and toxic these days, thanks, in part, to discharges from a neighboring wastewater treatment plant in Copperas Cove.
âItâs not clear anymore, thatâs for sure,â Duncan said of the creek Tuesday.
Duncan is a sixth-generation Bell County resident who remembers a time when generations of Duncan children would play in the clear waters of Clear Creek on his property in southern Bell County, 500 yards away from the Burnet County line. âThis is where all the kids in the family learned how to swim and caught their first fish on a cane pole,â Duncan told the Herald Tuesday during a tour of his property. âWe used to have family reunions down here, weâd do dominoes and washers, and
As a result of the effects of Winter Storm Uri from Feb. 14-20, the city of Copperas Cove has nixed plumbing permit fees for plumbing repairs such as a broken water pipe.
In Tuesdayâs meeting, the Copperas Cove City Council will discuss and provide direction to City Manager Ryan Haverlah on actions related to plumbing repairs and billed water usage as a result of impacts from the winter storm.
The agenda for the meeting has been published on the cityâs website.
For this item, the city said, âA question has arisen in some discussions: What is the City of Copperas Cove going to do to help its residents as a result of the storm impacts?â