BexarMet public meeting Monday

MySA.com: Metro | State
The legislative committee established to watch over operations of the Bexar Metropolitan Water District has scheduled a public meeting for 5 p.m. Monday for an update on the troubled utility’s progress in resolving its problems.
The meeting is to be held in the gym of Concordia Lutheran Church, 16801 Huebner Road.
State Rep. […]

Gil Olivares doesn’t get what he wants

MySA.com: Metro | State
To those who think the media reports only bad news, here’s something good for the more than 80,000 area customers of the Bexar Metropolitan Water District:
For the first time since … ever … a majority of the district’s board members stood up to General Manager Gil Olivares.
Olivares has long made an […]

Bexar Met bond debt place on Rating Watch Negative

Fitch Places Bexar Met Water District, Texas on Rating Watch Negative
- Fitch has placed the revenue bond debt of Bexar Metropolitan Water District, Texas on Rating Watch Negative. This action affects the following series of bonds that Fitch presently rates ‘A-’:
–Series 1995 ($830,000 outstanding)
–Series 1998 ($56.6 million outstanding)
–Series 2002 ($28.5 million outstanding)
–Series 2006 ($53.1 […]

Bexar Met’s new front page

BexarMet Water District | The Water Resource People
BexarMet Looking for Candidates to fill the new Capital Improvements Advisory Committee
“The Water Resource People”
For over 60 years, BexarMet has established excellent customer service as our top priority. We feel it is our duty to continue to serve our customers while working with local and state agencies […]

T.J. Connolly and crew to be indicted

Walker Report - Shedding Light on Bexar County
T.J. Connolly
After six long months…Judge Susan Reed and District Attorney’s Office is completing their investigation of our firm’s (my involvement) as it pertains to the the May, 2007, BexarMet elections.

The Walker Report has a letter up from T.J. Connolly himself about the investigation and that he […]

Bexar Met bills going up

MySA.com: Jaime Castillo | Politics
For most of BexarMet’s 82,000 customers, let this be your first warning that your water bill is going up.
And when it does, don’t let Olivares and the BexarMet board blame it on the rain.
After pushing through a rate reduction and hiding behind a consultant last April, Olivares and company are […]

Check out the response from Lesley Wenger

MySA.com: Commentary
Comment: BexarMet plan another waste of money
Web Posted: 12/17/2007 05:21 PM CST
Lesley Wenger
As it turns out, a merger is not what T.J. Connolly is talking about in his commentary “Time to consider water service merger” (Dec. 11).
No time right now to write much but I saw the commentary T.J. Connolly wrote for the […]

Bexar Met wants to speed up raising fees

MySA.com: Metro | State
The board of the Bexar Metropolitan Water District
declared several properties surplus Monday and authorized its general manager to negotiate sales agreements to bring back to the board.

It also abandoned an 18-month-old effort to get fees raised for service to new developments through application to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. It decided […]

BexarMet and open records

MySA.com: Columnists
UPDATE: Jaime Castillo: BexarMet may be withholding information on sidewalk pacts
San Antonio Express-News
The question comes up from time to time about the Bexar Metropolitan Water District:
Why does such a relatively small agency engender so many negative headlines?
Part of the answer is obvious. State prosecutors are in the midst of an ongoing criminal investigation […]

More Bad News for BexarMet

Audit Reveals More Problems At Bexar Met | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News
An independent audit is revealing more problems at Bexar Met Water District.
The audit found Bexar Met paid employees overtime that wasn’t approved, didn’t keep track of mistakes in customers’ bills, and entered into a contract with public relations guru T.J. Connolly that wound […]