AMENDING THE LEAD THRESHOLD FROM 8.0% TO LESS THAN 0.25% FOR PIPE AND FITTING IN

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AMENDING THE LEAD THRESHOLD FROM 8.0% TO LESS THAN 0.25% FOR PIPE AND FITTING IN SECTION II, LETTER D IN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AGREEMENT General Manager Shadden - When you sign up for service, in our Customer Service Agreement, no pipe fitting which contains more than 0.25% lead may be used to install or repair plumbing. The old one was 8.0% and the new regulations are 0.25%, so this is just a housekeeping thing to make sure that our Customer Service Agreement has the correct figures in it. When we were on the Anahuac side for them to buy water from us, they noticed this and brought it to our attention to change. You are required by law to do an inventory of lead, and we have done that. We do not have any lead in our system at all. In Beaumont we had lead pipe, where you flared it like copper tubing. Director Nicely — But that is just on our side. General Manager Shadden — Well we had to dig it up at the meter and verify that the customer did not have led on their side either. Director Nicely - Oh, wow. General Manager Shadden ~ We had to verify all that. They started all this way back when Mike was here. The Water Planter Operators did this survey. Director Nicely made a Motion to approve amending the lead threshold from 8.0% to less than 0.25% for pipe and fittings in Section II, Letter d of the Customer Service Agreement. The motion was seconded by Director Rayburn, and it passed by unanimous vote. T. DRAINAGE REPORT: Amos Roy reported on Drainage. GORDY MARSH TRIB

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.4/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.