Sunny Meadows Missoula County Water and Sewer District Minutes
Bonner Elementary School Library
February 7, 2008
Board Members Present: Mike Lilley, Bill Engelstad, Mike Huber, Cynthia Winchell
Also attending: Russ Forba, EPA, Peter Nielsen. Missoula County, Craig Pozega,
Engineer from Great West
1. Roll Call
a. President Mike Lilley called meeting to order and decided to change the
order of the Agenda to accommodate evening travel in inclement weather
for Russ Forba from the EPA and Craig Pozega of Great West
Engineering
b. All attendees were introduced.
2. Russ Forba of the EPA and Board President Mike Lilley discussed that
progress has been made in an agreement between the EPA and our water
District in regard to the replacement of at least one of our wells and a pump
due to dropping water levels as a result of the draw down of the Milltown
Dam. A very interesting discussion ensued in regard to the project and the
Federal Procurement Process. As we cannot wait for a lengthy process when
the health and welfare of 53 households are potentially at risk of water
shortages and possible contamination, the EPA ands The Sunny Meadows
Water and Sewer District has come to a cooperative agreement. We will pay
for the engineering and The EPA will transfer the reimbursement money to us
for the new well and the pump. This should be performed by Mid March.
Cynthia Winchell asked Russ if the SMWASD would be protected and
costs covered should our other well and pump go down, he said they would
take care of that expense also and not to worry. The draw down is scheduled
for March 17. Russ also asked that a member of our board attend the Bonner
Community council meeting on Monday February 11 to show our gratitude to
the EPA for the help they are offering our project. The projected cost if the
District were to replace our wells and pumps is around $200,000.00, so this
project will help us significantly.
3. 7:20 PM: Craig Pozega brought samples of the glass water tank finish. We
discussed our choices of tanks:
a. Glass
b. Bolted
c. Welded
our ultimate choice depends on funds available. We thought green might be
a nice choice of color.
4. We discussed with Craig our bidding process for our project and certain
language neede to be included such as Liquidated Damages, unschedualed
employment. etc. we thought $700.00 per day in damages was fair. We need
to go forward with getting the easement from The Engelstads for the tank,
hope to eventually hear from MS in the County Attorney’s office. We need to
put a notice in the Missoulian in regard to the Project and funds thast are to
be used. There has to be a 30 day comment period for the deq Environmental
Review before approval. We will have a pre-bid conference here.
5. 7:45 PM Peter Nielsen from Missoula County
Peter had been watching the water levels in our area due to several well
failures since the pumping of the Milltown Dam began. They dropped
transducers in our well Jan. 3rd to obtain data. He told us the aquifer actually
drops in the Winter and rises in the summer. He showed us the pattern of our
aquifer flow from the Blackfoot along the Clark Fork under Missoula to the
Bitteroot and again to the Clark Fork.
6. 8:09 PM Regular Meeting
a. Minutes from Jan meeting approved, Bill Engelstad made the motion,
Mike Huber second.
b. Financials Presented, Bill Engelstad motion to accept, Mike Huber
second , approved
c. Mike Lilley presented Resolution 2008-02 Authorizing RRGL
Contract, Bill Engelstad motion to accept, Mike Huber second,
approved
d. Resolution 2008-03 Procedures for Bidding the Project, Bill
Engelstad Motion, Mike Huber second, approved
e. Resolution 2008-04 Preferences for the Water Tank
Bill Engelstad motion, Mike Huber second, approved
f. Resolution 2008-05 Approving entering into an Agreement with the
EPA to replace one well and one pump with a contingency for
replacement of the second should it fail. Bill Engelstad motion, Mike
Huber second, approved
g. Resolution 2008-06 Amending # 3 of our Contract with Great
West Contract, Bill Engelstad made the motion, Mike Huber second
Motion passed
f. 8:45 PM Bill Engelstad made a motion to adjourn, Mike Huber
Second, Meeting adjourned.
Minutes respectfully submitted by: Cynthia Winchell
