Sunny Meadows Missoula County Water and Sewer District
Meeting Minutes
February 26th, 2026 06:00 PM at East Missoula Fire Department
Roll Call: Cyndie Winchell, Meggan Quigley, Michael Bushey, Paula Niccum. Robbie Ludeman, our bookkeeper also attended.
Approval of Minutes: Michael made a motion to approve the minutes as posted, Cyndie seconded. Motion carried and minutes were approved.
Financial Information: There was a discussion about poor communication, lack of support and inadequate information associated with the new software from the county. Meggan, Cyndie and Robbie are all trying to meet with the county and get it resolved. Finances were tabled until the next meeting.
Public Input: none
Old Business:
Upgrade project completion- Cyndie has been been working to track down any expenses prior to December 31st 2025 that may be eligible for reimbursement from the remaining ARPA funds. She has found a number of items, including extra bookkeeper hours and training. Cyndie has asked the ARPA administrators for a list of deposits so she can check them against the county. All other aspects of the project have been completed.
Ordinance & Bylaw review: The board discussed setting a time for updates to the ordinances & bylaws. We discussed breaking them up into smaller pieces and setting a time, possibly at the end of regular meetings to address one. We discussed whether the modifications would be considered an amendment or a change. There was a question about whether we would be required to have public meetings for approval of the changes. We decided to ask Dusty before going forward. Hopefully he will be available to discuss it at the next meeting.
Booster station issues: We have received one bid to replace the faulty pressure tank at the booster station, which could be the reason that the pumps are cycling so often. it was $6-7000.00. Cyndie is going to ask Mickelson Plumbing for a second bid. The cause of the constant pump cycling could also be a leak.
All three of our new operators will be coming to our meeting in March to meet the board. They will talk about the new telemetry system and the booster station cycling. We will also diacuss finishing incomplete projects such as the manhole repairs and sewer line jetting and camera work.
Base rate increase discussion: Cyndie proposed that we work on a rate increase in April. Meggan suggested doing ordinance review relating to rates at the same the time. She said we should also consider waiting until the county straightens out our reports.
Lot Mainteneance: Cyndie and Michael are discussing whether they want to team up to do the watering and mowing on the well lot and the weed eating at the booster station. The other options are to solicit other system users or to contact out the work. We already contract out the mowing of the sewer drainfield lot.
List of possible system improvements: If we have any thoughts about system improvements we should make a list for future discussion.
Meter Reading Reviews: Cyndie and Robbie will continue to monitor unusual meter readings. We still have have one home showing an alarm for a huge amount of water every month.
Telemetry: System and software is installed and Cyndie would like everyone to take a look at the new software website.
New Business: New operators are coming to next meeting (see above).
County has scheduled a training class on March 4th.
Adjournment: A motion to adjourn was made and seconded, the motion passed and meeting was adjourned.
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- District Website: http://www.sunnymeadowswater.com/
- Respectfully submitted by Paula Niccum
