North Texas Municipal Water District Coalition Request CITY - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

North Texas Municipal Water District Coalition Request

CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 21, 2020

Overview

• The City of Sachse received a request from the City of Rowlett regarding the

formation of a coalition of non-member entities

• Rowlett requested that each of the non-member entities approve a resolution

expressing an interest in the formation of a coalition

• Review of North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) structure, details

about customer entities, and more specific information about the request from the City of Rowlett

NTMWD Structure

• 13 Member Cities:
• Farmersville, Forney, Garland, McKinney, Mesquite, Princeton, Plano,

Rockwall, Royse City, Wylie, Richardson, Allen, and Frisco

• 14 Customer Cities:
• Fairview, Fate, Josephine, Kaufman, Little Elm, Lucas, Melissa, Murphy, Parker,

Prosper, Rowlett, Sachse, Sunnyvale, and Terrell

• 20 Special Utility Districts

NTMWD Customer Entities

• No representation on NTMWD Board of Directors
• Not invited to attend general member meetings
• Water rate is five cents higher than member cities

Request from City of Rowlett

• Rowlett hosted a meeting on November 18

with the non-member customer entities to discuss the relationship with the NTMWD

• Following the meeting, the City of Rowlett

issued a letter inviting the 34 non-member entities to join a coalition

• Rowlett asked that each entity present the

information to their respective legislative bodies for direction

Next Steps

• Is the City Council interested in having the City of Sachse join the coalition of

non-member entities?

• If yes, approve the resolution, as presented