The Mexico City Council recently voted to accept stormwater maintenance sgreements with the Mexico Public School District, HomeBank and HRM Services for Teal Lake Village.

The agreements give the authorization for city staff to provide guidelines and inspect drainage systems on new construction that involves at least one acre of land. City Engineer Drew Williford told the council that new construction that disturbs ground on an acre or more “is required to incorporate stormwater quality and quantity countermeasures in their site design.”

Countermeasures can mean many things. Features such as curb inlet filters, underground storage, or landscaping with a detention basin meet environmental requirements. The goal is to protect water quality.

The agreements the council approved were for work at the Mexico High School Sports Complex in 2020, the HomeBank location on S. Clark Street in 2018 and at Teal Lake Village along Amelia Drive in 2017.

All were approved.

Board appointments

Several residents were recently named to local government boards by the City Council.

Council members voted Erik Richardson to the Industrial Development Authority Board for a six-year term set to expire in October of 2026. Richardson is a new addition to the board. The council reappointed Daniel Norman to the board for another six-year run. Norman had served a term that expired in October 2020.

There are still two vacancies on the IDA Board.

No one showed interest in filling seats on the Mexico Airport Advisory Board except for the two members whose terms had just expired. So council members reappointed Steve Hagan and David Taylor to three-year terms.

The Mexico Housing Authority Board is a mayoral appointment, and Mayor Ayanna Shivers named Sandy LeCoque to fill the four-year seat with the council’s approval.

The Authority requires that the post be filled by an MHA resident. Executive Director Tammy Dreyer of the MHA reported that LeCoque had received approval by other members of the board.

Meanwhile Ashley Kreyling resigned from the Mexico Park Board. Her term was set to expire in June. City manager Bruce Slagle appointed Albert Long to fill the remainder of the term.