Sunny Meadows Missoula County Water and Sewer District

Meeting Minutes

April 28th, 2022 06:00 PM at East Missoula Fire Department

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

Approval of Minutes:  Motion made by Meggan, motion carried and minutes approved. 

Financial Information:  Meggan read the financial report  county for March.  There were a lot of questions about how some income and expense amounts were categorized by the county.  Cyndie has been in contact with the county about correcting the errors and will  get in touch with them again to correct the report.  A motion was made by Dusty and seconded by Meggan to table approval until the next meeting after the report has been corrected.

Public Input: None.

Old Business:

Ordinance and by-law review: 

There was some discussion that water use varies widely from household to household within the system and speculation that many of the meters are old and may be wearing out and not recording accurately.  The board will be monitoring water usage for all the homes in the system, particularly those with the lowest usage.  If a meter is suspected of not reading accurately the board will replace the meter at the expense of the board, including installation by a licensed plumber.  

The manufacturer of the meter readers we use make meters.  A representative offered to give the board a presentation about their meters a while back.  The board is hoping to schedule their presentation for a future meeting.

Bookkeeper contract:

The contract for Julissa has been updated.  The board discussed the changes and a motion was made to approve the new contract by Dusty.  The motion carried and the new contract was approved.

Project update:

Cyndie is working on the Registration of Entity for the grant funding.  She has found someone who should be able to help smooth out and complete the process. 

New Business:

Election results:  The time period for board member elections has closed.  No one other than Cyndie and Dusty ran for the board, so they were elected by acclamation.

George property fence:  The George property’s fence along the road to the old farmhouse was damaged during the last repair that was made to the supply lines for the system.  Mr. George declined to have the system repair the fence at that time.  The update to they system will require a line to go through the George property.  An easement is being secured to do the work.  Cyndie will speak to Mr. George about the easement and about the fence repair after the improvement project is complete.

Sign duty for May-

Paula

Adjournment:  Motion made to adjourn by Paula, motion passed and meeting adjourned.

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• Respectfully submitted by Paula Niccum