Sunny Meadows Missoula County Water and Sewer District
Meeting Minutes
September 24th, 2026 06:00 PM at East Missoula Fire Department
Roll Call: Dusty Deschamps, Cyndie Winchell, Meggan Quigley, Michael Bushey, Paula Niccum, Robbie Ludeman. Michael Harrison also attended.
Approval of Minutes: Dusty made a motion to approve the minutes as written, Meggan seconded. motion passed, minutes approved.
Financial Information: Meggan has been going back though the financial reports from the county we have received from the county after they finished updating their bookkeeping system. She has received access to our accounts through WorkDay (the county program). She has received some basic training with the new system but feels more training is in order, hopefully with Robbie and Cyndie. They hope to sit down for an hour before the next meeting. Meggan says she has been able to pull some reports and make some sense of them. She is also working with Robbie to get the balance sheet she needs to complete the yearly AFR which can be started as soon as the next fiscal year begins.
Public Input: Michael Harrison asked if our project engineers had come up with any solution for the pumps in the well lot building. The pump at issue has the valve throttled back and the voltage curve amperage adjusted. This is a temporary fix that is working. Great West will continue to monitor the operation and help us secure a grant for a permanent solution. Mike Neeley thinks we should install three phase pumps instead of VFD’s which would modify the existing pumps to 3 phase operation.
Old Business: Curb stop map- Daniel Fultz said it could be costly to have IMEG create a Curb stop map. The board decided that what we need is a list of addresses of all system hookups and a description of where the curb stops are located on each property. We will generate that document. Cyndie says she has the as-builts for the system, they should be mostly correct. The major change to that information is the relocated curb stops for the homes on the hill that had their sub-standard curb stops replaced as part of the system upgrade. All hydrants including the new ones will also be listed.
Meggan also mentioned that it would be good to have the information in a digital format and the board wants to pursue that.
811 locate ticket network- We can get connected to the 811 line location ticket service so we have a record of any line locates that are done in our system. It should be a good resource in view of the upcoming pipeline relocation project.
Still waiting on the new padlock for the booster station and water tank lot. We have an acceptable lock that will work until we have the replacement.
Ordinance review is still on the to-do list.
New Business:
RESOLUTION 2026-06 Director Compensation-
District bylaws call for each board member to receive $30.00 (thirty dollars and zero cents) for each month they actually attend a meeting. During fiscal year 2026, the various directors attended the number of meetings listed and the compensation total for the year: Dusty Deschamps 9 ($270.00), Paula Niccum 12 ($360.00), Meggan Quigley 10 ($300.00), Michael Bushey 10 ($300.00), and Cyndie Winchell 12 ($360.00). Paula made a motion to approve, Dusty seconded, motion carried and resolution passed.
Sewer lot mowing: The board discussed whether to have Jeff Skelton mow the sewer lot one more time this season. We decided to ask him to do it if he can, and Cyndie will reach out to him.
Adjournment: Paula moved to adjourn, Dusty seconded. Motion carried & meeting was adjourned.
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- District Website: http://www.sunnymeadowswater.com/
- Respectfully submitted by Paula Niccum
