Bandera City Council requested additional verification during its Jan. 12 meeting and tabled a vote on whether to reimburse TJ’s at the Old Forge owner Arlene Guerra for thousands of dollars in claimed losses stemming from a sewage repair dispute with the city’s public works department.
Guerra said miscommunication with Public Works Director Terry Wells led to delayed repairs and a forced closure, resulting in lost revenue and out-ofpocket plumbing expenses. City officials later determined the sewage issue was caused by a deteriorating clay pipe estimated to be 30 to 40 years old.
“We got with Arlene and made a plan for what date was best for them for the repair,” Interim City Administrator Jill Dickerson said. “They initially thought that the repair was going to take just half a day. But the clay pipe ended up being over six feet in the ground, so they had to dig all the way down to replace 20 feet of pipe to get it up to code. So, it took them the whole day.”
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