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City water and sewer projects approved; street projects also addressed Waxahachie Daily Light 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 Waxahachie Daily Light 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 $300,00 ....
Bi-weekly recycling pickup added to services to be provided Waxahachie Daily Light Changes in the garbage and trash ordinance drew discussion before being approved during Monday night’s meeting of the Waxahachie City Council. The council OK’d a number of changes to Chapter 14 of the city’s code of ordinances. Assistant city manager Tommy Ludwig said the changes include weekly polycart trash collection, every other week polycart recycling collection, weekly hazardous waste collection and weekly brush and bulk collection. Ludwig also mentioned “pink tags,” which will be for bagged items that are classified as general trash, cannot be placed in a polycart, and do not qualify as brush and bulk. Pink tags will be available through the service provider, Waste Connections, for a nominal fee, Ludwig said. ....