Meetings The council meets at 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at Rollingwood City Hall, 403 Nixon Drive, Rollingwood. 512-327-1838 www.cityofrollingwood.com

“[We] plan to continue to decommission the older water lines that have been replaced and to plan to address smaller areas of our city that may require additional [water line] work.”
Thom Farrell, Rollingwood mayor[/caption]

Terms and compensation The mayor and council members serve two-year terms with no term limits and without compensation.

Coverage Meetings are recorded, and an audio CD of each meeting is available upon request from the city secretary’s office in Rollingwood City Hall.

Big decisions made in 2015

Water line improvements The city of Rollingwood completed its contract for the replacement of older residential backyard water lines with new front yard 6-inch water lines in March. Additionally, the city completed the contract for the installation of new service lines to those residents whose older lines were being replaced.

Street paving In September, the city completed the street overlay paving contract started in 2014. This work was the completion of a multiyear effort to upgrade existing roads within the residential portion of the city of Rollingwood.

Drainage and flooding issues City Council appointed a drainage task force in July to identify drainage issues and recommend possible solutions to flooding and drainage issues. Both existing drainage issues and possible future drainage regulations will be addressed by the task force.

Top issues for 2016

Water system improvements Rollingwood staff plans to continue to decommission older water lines that have been replaced and address other city locations that may require additional water line work. In order to improve the city’s ability to control its water system in a professional manner, staff is updating the city’s water system model by documenting the newer lines installed and updating the city’s valve location maps. These projects are intended to provide better water service to residents.

Drainage The city plans to complete its drainage review, implement new drainage regulations and rules, and adopt an acceptable drainage fee structure.

Seeking nonresidential funding The city started a review of increasing its nonresidential funding sources in 2015 and will continue this process into 2016.