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next item on our agenda please Sir. Item two is docket

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5 4-7 to its petition for an order appointing temporary

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manager for L&T. Waterworks Commission staff filed

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a petition to appoint monarch utilities as temporary

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manager uh of this system.

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Thank you sir. At this point I believe we need to recess

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this meeting of the Pc and uh start a separate hearing

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on this item so we'll give the report and in a moment

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to set up.

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That was a very efficient moment. Alright, so at this

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point we're recessed from the original PUC meeting

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and a new meeting of the public utility commission

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Texas will come to order for the merits hearing in

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docket 54 to 7 to which has been duly posted with the

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Secretary of State of Texas for november 30th 2022

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we'll turn it over to our commissioner LJ for administration

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of the hearing. Good morning. Commissioners. I called

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to order docket number 54272 which is commission staff's

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petition for an order appointing a temporary manager

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for L. And T. Waterworks. This is Katie marks, I am

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assisting the commissioner's this morning and the purpose

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of this hearing is to determine whether a temporary

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manager should be appointed. We had a pre hearing conference

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yesterday and I admitted four exhibits exhibit one

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which is a copy of the petition and all attachments

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exhibit to the affidavit of ROS Ramirez and all attachments

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exhibit three, a copy of the notice of hearing and

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exhibit four, which is a copy of the divorce decree

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of Curtis Logan and regina Logan at this time We'll

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take appearances of the party starting with commission

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staff Jenna Keller for commission staff Cody Falk on

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behalf of monarch utilities one LP now known as Texas

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water utilities LP. Okay. Have either of y'all heard

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anything from the utility or a representative of the

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utility staff is not, we've had conversations as part

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of the closing of the transaction but other than that

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no other conversations have occurred. Okay. Um, we'll

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start with opening statements beginning with staff

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if any, none your honor. We have none. Okay. Yesterday

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we did not swear in any witnesses. Do either of you

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have witnesses for this morning. Staff does not, the

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company does not but brian bar ahead of regulatory

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for the company is available. Should the commissioners

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have any questions? Commissioners, do you have any

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questions?

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Commission staff any closing statements? No, your honor

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your honor. All right. We are adjourned. Thank you

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Thank you all the merits hearing on docket 54272 is

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hereby adjourned at 9 37 am Thank you. Thank you. We

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will now reconvene