Cibolo Council gives direction for wastewater infrastructure and public facilities analysis

During the April 26 Cibolo City Council Meeting, city staff presented statements of qualification for professional services from professional engineering firms.

Council gave direction for the city manager to enter a contract with Halff Associates Inc. to analyze the current wastewater infrastructure in the city as well as existing public facilities as an effort to ascertain the system’s ability to operate in a proper manner.

This item is in regard to the moratorium discussion which was first brought up by Council in December. In that meeting, council discussed whether it would be appropriate to pause new developments while studying if current infrastructure can handle it.

According to Director of Planning and Engineering, Rudolph Klein, this contract is among the first steps in the moratorium process and will show infrastructure needs for the city.

“This is part of the procedures to go into the moratorium process,” Klein said. “First is to hire an engineering firm to do an analysis to see what the needs are.”

With Council direction, City Manager Wayne Reed will negotiate a contract with a cost for the engineering analysis, which is estimated to be presented at a May Council meeting.

Following the approval of the contract, Halff Associates Inc. estimated 10 weeks to complete the analysis, allowing Council time to have further moratorium discussions later this year.