Sunny Meadows Missoula County Water and Sewer District

Meeting Minutes

August 25th, 2022 06:00 PM at East Missoula Fire Department

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

The Hansens from Lerch Lane also attended the meeting.

Approval of Minutes: A motion was made, seconded and passed to approve the minutes as posted on the site.

Financial Information: Meggan read the first financial report for the new fiscal year.  Dusty moved to approve, Michael seconded, motion carried and financial report approved. 

Public Input: None.

Old Business:

The board collectively went through the budget projections required by the state line by line and agreed on budget projections for this fiscal year.  Dusty made a motion to approve the budget projections, Michael Bushey seconded, motion carried and budget projections approved. 

Burns meter was replaced.

Cyndie will be meeting with Julissa to fine tune the meter reading process.  Availlable board members will participate if they are available. 

New Business: 

Ryan from Great West came to the meeting to discuss the progress on bids for the progress.  There are two bids on the progress at present, one is over estimate and one under.  The next step is to determine if the bidders have the qualifications to do the work, then the board can discuss and vote on bid to be accepted.

Cyndie has been printing many documents related to the system improvement project.  Reimbursing her for paper and ink was discussed.  Dusty made a motion to replenish her printing paper and ink, the motion was seconded and passed.  

We have been unable to hire someone to cut down the weeds at the storage tank lot on the hill.  Meggan went up and worked on the weeds twice and the board discussed.  We would like to be ab le to hire someone to do weed trimming 3 times per season.  Dusty made a motion to issue Meggan a bill credit for the time she spent trimming the weeds (est. 6 hours).  Michael seconded, motion carried and she will be issued a bill credit. 

Paula had some questions as to whether the contact information that appears on the water invoices was accurate.  It may just be misspelling, Paula will research and share what she finds out with the board and Julissa. 

Adjournment:

A motion to adjourn was made by Dusty, seconded by Meggan, motin carried and minutes adjourned.

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