Business View Civil & Municipal Apr-2023

45 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4 PECOS , TE XAS It’ll be a gravity-fed project with a redundant pump system, so if one of them goes down, we’re not going to be made an example of like other cities.” While access to affordable and adequate housing has become an issue for communities of all sizes, Pecos City is targeting those needs with appropriate programs and support. “We have something unique out here—we have multiple man camps, which are housing trailer units that several companies own to shelter tens of thousands of oil and gas field people on a temporary basis,” Lino explains. “They come and work their shifts, 7-on, 7-off, or 40-on, 40-off, and they’re through our town regularly. But I can tell you that housing is an issue. The city has had to go out and buy housing. The school district just built an apartment complex and is in the process of getting it done to house teachers. That’s where Ken has been vital in getting these subdivisions done and sold. In just a short period of time, 72 houses were bought and sold, and that’s why we’re working on these other 200 south of town. Because we do need housing. And at the end of the day, Pecos shares the same problems as everybody else.”