There were presentations by the Central Texas Council of Governments and the city Water and Sewer department. The theme might have been "and now for the folks in charge of the big ticket items."
CTCOG is a "quasi-governmental" organization formed mainly because there is a need for regional coordination of services and infrastructure improvements, but no government entity responsible for the region. They deal with large amounts of money, mainly from federal and state grants. Killeen is the largest city in the region. The presentation was concise and no red flags were raised except that Scott Cosper, the recalled mayor pro tem, still represents the Killeen city government on the Council. Mr Cosper was praised for his performance in this role, but it seems clear to me that the interests of the city would best be served by having an elected representative on the council. City council members didn't ask about that.
The water and sewer presentation was longer than it had to be and was delivered in a tone I thought might be condescending. Nevertheless it was good information and contained facts the city council will need to internalize before considering the budget. There was enough emphasis on the reasonableness of the current water rate ($3 per thousand gallons) that I suspect there will be some effort to raise it (and that would not necessarily be a bad decision).
I hope that both the CTCOG and Water-and-Sewer presentations will be put on the city web site.
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