City Manager

Friday 5 September 2026, 7:45 a.m. · Fiscal year 93.1% elapsed

Needs attention this morning

• Lift Station 3 — high level alarm at 4:12 this morning

  Third alarm in nine days. Pump 2 has been down since 18 August waiting on a seal kit; the bypass is on site and running. A sanitary sewer overflow is reportable to the TCEQ within 24 hours and needs a notice in both languages.

  Dispatch a crewExpedite the seal kitDraft the TCEQ notice

• Water main break — 1204 N Garza St, 6-inch cast iron

  Crew on site since 5:40. 62 accounts without water. The boil-water notice went out at 6:12 to 3,914 subscribers in both languages. Sample 1 is collected; sample 2 is due tomorrow, and the notice cannot be lifted until two consecutive clear results are back.

  Open the work orderSchedule sample 2Prepare the lift notice

• TWDB draw-down — Pay Application No. 4 is due in the portal by 12 September

  $1,284,600, waiting six days on a signature. Unreimbursed grant-eligible spending stands at $899,000, the highest of the fiscal year. Miss the window and the money slips into the next fiscal year.

  Open the pay applicationApprove

• Downtown project — the TDA quarterly report is due 30 September

  $610,000 drawn of $1,900,000, still in design, with the contract expiring 31 March 2027. At this rate the city leaves about $700,000 on the table.

  Open the projectStart the report

• The fiscal year ends in 25 days and the commission meets once more

  The budget and the tax rate must be adopted before 30 September. The 15 September agenda has 14 items and three are missing backup.

  Open the 15 September agenda

The numbers

Every tile links to the list that produced it. A number nobody can drill into is a brochure.

• Days of cash on hand

  148

  General Fund · policy floor is 90 days · was 141 last month

  On target

• Revenue collected, year to date

  92.8%

  $17.08M of $18.40M · the year is 93.1% gone · the September sales tax posts on the 10th

  On target

• Overtime against budget

  118.9%

  $487,300 of $410,000 · Public Utilities is pacing 576 hours against 244 in August

  Action

• Water loss, year to date

  23.2%

  153.9 of 664.1 million gallons · this month 19.8% and falling · TWDB expects under 15%

  Watch

• Water collected within 60 days

  96.2%

  Target is 96% · was 96.4% last month

  On target

• Days to close a service request

  3.4

  Median · target is 5 · 42 open, 6 past due

  On target

• Grant spending not yet reimbursed

  $899,000

  Four awards · the oldest draw request is 47 days old · TWDB Pay App 4 is due in the portal on 12 September

  Action

• Records requests past deadline

  2

  Of 19 open · ten business days under the Public Information Act, and past it the city loses the right to withhold

  Action