Sunny Meadows Missoula County Water and Sewer District Minutes
Bonner School Library
May 3, 2007
Board Members Present: Mike Lilley, Tom Walter, Cyndie Winchell, and Bill Engelstad
Others Attending: Paula Niccum, Dale Bickell, and secretary, Joan Kuehn
1. Roll Call
a. President, Mike Lilley, called the meeting to order at 7:00P.M.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Bill moved, Cyndie seconded*** and the minutes from April 19, 2007 were unanimously
approved.
3. Financial Information
a. Dale Bickell attended. He is the chief financial officer (CFO) for Missoula County.
b. Cyndie reported the district’s finances as typically presented and Dale added additional
information and guidance to the board. Two reports were distributed for March 2007.
c. All of the District’s funds are now transferred. All of the checks are cleared as evidenced
by the zero balance on the front page.
d. Bills
i. $518.15 Laboratory testing
ii. 450.00 Brian
iii. 80.00 Josie
iv. 79.13 Laboratory
v. 39.43
vi. $48, $101.17, and $10.90 all to Northwestern Energy
vii. $1326.78 Total Claims
viii. $8034.83 Income from the last billing cycle
ix. $18,792.30 is the ending account balance which represents approximately $1500 of
net revenue
x. Dale recommended a focus on “the big” picture with % of budget year and
benchmark amounts to guide the board.
xi. The reports were viewed pagebypage
xii. Report from County Sample Report Dale provided
Page 1 Trial balance Balance of assets & liabilities
Page 2 Revenue budget vs. actual CAFR revenues & expenditures by fund
Page 3 Revenue budget detail Revenue budget vs. actual
Page 4 Statement of expenditure Statement of expenditure
Page 5 Budget detail report by Detail ledger query
organization with pay
Page 6 “ “ “ “ “ “ second page
Page 7 Detail ledger query
xiii.
4. Public Input: None
5. Old Business
a. Funding Update
i. Governor Scweitzer signed both essential bills for our water project into law today.
b. Grant Administration
i. Mike will email the criterion proposals were to answer. Two were received, one
from Great West Engineering and the other from Beard Environmental and
Technical Assistance.
ii. Mike, Cyndie & Tom agreed to read.
iii. Each board member will call 2 references by May 13th. Things like project on time,
problems?, how solved?, under/on budget, hire again if could? and satisfaction
regarding communication will be investigated.
c. Bond Election
i. Board members can state facts and encourage homeowners to vote.
ii. Mike provided proposed letter to send to homeowners about the election and it was
slightly edited.
6. New Business
a. Sewer Maintenance
i. Bill is arranging for Sweet Pea to pump the 6000gallon tank.
b. Summer Watering Restrictions
i. Concern was voiced about this summer’s water supply. Odd and Even day
watering plans will be sent in June.
ii. There was discussion about repair of a fire hydrant. Mike will explore this issue.
c. November Election
i. Bill, Tom & Mike H’s terms on the water district board expire January 2008.
ii. It takes obtaining five (5) signatures from fellow Sunny Meadows voters to run and
new board members are welcome.
7. Adjournment: Bill moved, Tom seconded*** and the meeting adjourned at 8:45 P.M. with a
unanimous vote.*** Vote taken
District website reminder:
2http://lilleym.micromania.net/sunnymeadows/index.shtml
Respectfully submitted by Joan Kuehn
May 8, 2007
