HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012/10/30-Minutes-City Council-Special CalledCITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL BUS TOUR OF VILLAGE CREEK
WATER RECLAMATION FACLITY
OCTOBER 30, 2012
Present:
Council Member Salvador Espino, District 2
Council Member Daniel Scarth, District 4
Council Member Frank Moss, District 5
Council Member Dennis Shingleton, District 7
Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8
Council Member Joel Burns, District 9 — left before the tour began
Absent:
Mayor Betsy Price
Mayor Pro tem W.B. "Zim" Zimmerman, District 3
Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6
Staff Present:
Tom Higgins, City Manager
Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager
Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney
Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary
Frank Crumb, Water Director
Mary Gugliuzza, Water Department Public Education Program Coordinator
Buster Fichera, Assistant Water Director
Kara Shuror, Assistant Water Director
Jason Lamers, Mayors Chief of Staff
The bus departed from Fort Worth City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton, Fort Worth, Texas, 76102 at
1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 30, 2012.
WELCOME AND OVERVIEW OF WATER DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS AND
ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS
Frank Crumb, Water Director welcomed the group to the Village Creek Water Reclamation
Facility, Administration Building, 4500 Wilma Lane, Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. Crumb gave an
over view of the facility and the operations. Buster Fichera, Assistant Water Director gave an
over view of the energy improvements at the facility.
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL BUS TOUR OF VILLAGE CREEK
WATER RECLAMATION FACLITY
OCTOBER 30, 2012
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TOUR OF VCWRF BY FOOT AND BUS INCLUDING BIOSOLIDS OPERATIONS
The group toured the facility by foot including the updated SCADA/operations center, the gas
turbines and steam turbine blowers. The group boarded the bus for a tour of the entire complex
including the aeration basins and the biosolids operations.
The group returned to City Hall at 4:40 pm.
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Mary Kayser
City Secretary