Sunny Meadows Missoula County Water and Sewer District

Meeting Minutes

April 9th, 2020 06:00 PM at East Missoula Fire Department

THIS MEETING WAS HELD VIA ZOOM ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COUNTY DUE TO COVID 19 REQUIREMENTS FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING.

Roll Call: Cyndie Winchell, Meggan Quigley, Dusty Deschamps, Paula Niccum, Michael Bushey.  

Andy Mefford our system operator with PCI also joined the meeting.

Andy spoke to the board about a letter received from the DEQ about possible sources of BacT hits recently.  He informed DEQ of the mitigation projects that had bee performed in the past year.  He looked over the system with Meggan and Jacob Quigley and Cyndie Winchell and came up with some suggestions:

There is a pressure relief tank at the booster shed up at the reservoir that may need replacement.  

The overflow on the reservoir is open so it can vent, it may be possible to put a filter over the opening.

It might be possible to put a check valve on the overflow to cover it unless it needs to overflow.

He also told us that there is a bad check valve on well pump number 2 that causes the system to hammer.  He suggested that if plumbers were to work on the system that the valve should be replaced. 

Board members also informed Andy that there had bee a number of power outages in February that had thought to have caused bad tests in the past.

Andy will respond to the DEQ letter and send us a copy.

Dusty made a motion to install the check valve at the pump house on well number two, inspect and possibly replace the pressure tank at the booster station, check out feasibility and price of check valve on booster overflow and possiblea filter on overflow.  Meggan seconded, motion approved.

Approval of Minutes: a motion was made by Dusty and seconded by Meggan to approve the minutes as posted on the website.  Motion carried, minutes approved.

Financial Information:  Meggan read the financial report from Julissa for March 1-31st.  Meggan is going to speak with Julisssa about some amounts that appeared correct but needed to be recorded in different categories.  Dusty mad a motion to approve with category corrections.  Motion passed.

Public Input: None.

Old Business:

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New Business:  

Motion made by Cyndie to appoint Paula to the board to fill the vacancy when her term expires later this year and to notify the county of the appointment as required.   Meggan seconded, motion carried.

Motion made by Paula to appoint Michael Bushey to serve the remainder of Barb Powell’s term on the board which expires later this year.  Michael has agreed to run for the vacancy when it does expire.  Paula will send notification of the appointment when she documents her own appointment.  Meggan seconded, motion passed.

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Adjournment:  Motion made by Cyndie, secoded by Dusty to adjour, motion carried, meeting adjourned.

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• District Website: http://www.sunnymeadowswater.com/
• Respectfully submitted by Paula Niccum