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Preparedness, planning for growth high priorities in 2022
In the event of a water service outage, know the name of your provider. Repairing drafts and leaks in any window or door insulation can help maintain the interior temperature of a home if power is lost. Have an alternative plan for medications that need to be refrigerated, and have a month’s supply of prescriptions. Fill up on gas ahead of time, and make sure to have an emergency winter weather kit in your vehicle. Tell people where you are going. Sign up for WarnCentralTexas.org to receive alerts of severe weather or emergencies in your area. The city of Round Rock is preparing for another case of extreme winter weather in the event of another event like Winter Storm Uri. Emergency Management Coordinator Dorothy Miller and Utilities Director Michael Thane o ered additional tips for winter preparedness. Winter preparation
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the council’s list of priorities. Pointing to the February 2021 Winter Storm Uri, which left millions of Texans with intermittent power and water for several days, Morgan also discussed the city’s preparation for any extreme winter weather. Morgan said Round Rock is one of few cities that never had to issue a boil water notice to its utility customers. Utilities Director Michael Thane said that in 2008 the city purchased an $800,000 generator for the city’s water intake at Lake Georgetown, and that having that generator played a large role in the city’s success during Winter Storm Uri. In October, City Council approved an engineering contract for three additional generators located at the
ROUND ROCK Mayor Craig Morgan recently shared some of the top priorities for the city in 2022. Several ongoing projects, such as the city’s ve-year Driving Progress program and construction of the new Round Rock Public Library, will continue through the year. “I think we had a great year in 2021,” Morgan said. “The library, if you’ve been downtown, you see how that is progressing. There’s a lot of northeast development down there.” Morgan said the rst priority will always be to make decisions as a council to uphold the strategic goal of being a nancially stable city. He said the city’s strategic goal of positioning itself as the “Sports Capi- tal of Texas” will also remain high on
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southeast elevated pump station, south 81 pump station and southeast ground pump station. The generators in total will cost $1.2 million, but it is unclear when they will be available.
“Supply chain issues with gener- ators have caused a backlog,” Thane said. “All these utilities in the state are now looking at ordering and buying generators. It could take two years probably to get generators delivered.”
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