1. Roll Call<\/p>\n
a. President, Mike Lilley, called the meeting to order at 7:05P.M.<\/p>\n
2. Approval of Minutes<\/p>\n
a. Cyndie moved, Mike H. seconded*** and the minutes from August 2nd\u00a0were unanimously<\/p>\n
approved.<\/p>\n
3. Financial Information<\/p>\n
a. Cyndie reported. The present total balance = $53,048.70. Budget projections were quite<\/p>\n
accurate this year.<\/p>\n
b. Revenue\u00a0<\/p>\n
i. $ 4184.54 Total revenue<\/p>\n
c. Expenses:\u00a0<\/p>\n
i. $1,255.00 Insurance<\/p>\n
ii. 161.00 Josie \/ bookkeeping<\/p>\n
iii. 192.40 testing<\/p>\n
iv. 82.00 stamps<\/p>\n
v. 38.76 Qwest<\/p>\n
vi. 60.87 Northwestern energy<\/p>\n
vii. 250.92 \u201c \u201c<\/p>\n
viii. 8.82 \u201c \u201c<\/p>\n
ix. 678.00 Contracted services<\/p>\n
x. 100.00 meter reading<\/p>\n
xi. $2827.77 Total Expenditures\u00a0<\/p>\n
d. Mike H. moved\/Tom seconded *** and the financial report was accepted unanimously.<\/p>\n
4. Public Input<\/p>\n
a. Four fire hydrants are in the sunny meadows subdivision. One will freeze in winter and<\/p>\n
one will not work since being hit by a car. Fire hydrants cost an estimated $4000 \/ hydrant.<\/p>\n
Cyndie moved and Mike H. seconded***that this issue be tabled. All voted yes.<\/p>\n
b. One homeowner has recently drilled a well. Our aquifer is 26 feet down. Nothing in the<\/p>\n
covenants prevents well drilling for irrigation. Dave Adler\u2019s situation to feed 4-5 houses<\/p>\n
was different and required a DEQ permit and subdivision interaction. No permit is<\/p>\n
required for a personal well. There was discussion about the impact of if many people<\/p>\n
drill.\u00a0<\/p>\n
5. Old Business<\/p>\n
\u00a0a. TSEP Budget<\/p>\n
i. There is a new lawyer at TSEP. There is \u201cred tape\u201d but no significant change.<\/p>\n
b. Management Plan<\/p>\n
i. The DEQ recommends that the entire three-inch line up the hill be replaced. About<\/p>\n
300 feet was replaced inappropriately. The DEQ has been very cooperative and<\/p>\n
kind to us\u2026rather than punitive, which is their right.<\/p>\n
ii. Lee Cox is helpfully remedying some DEQ concerns.\u00a0<\/p>\n
c. Health Advisory<\/p>\n
i. Recent water tests were clean \/ all clear.<\/p>\n
6. New Business<\/p>\n
a. Engineering<\/p>\n
i. Mike L. passed along maps with elevation details of the existing and proposed<\/p>\n
water tanks.<\/p>\n
ii. Engineers drove a stake in the center of the proposed nineteen-foot tank space. It<\/p>\n
will cut the uphill side into the hill. The existing tank will be crushed and covered.<\/p>\n
b. Water Use Ordinance 1-2007<\/p>\n
i. Joan read aloud this first reading.<\/p>\n
ii. Homeowners are in this project together. Adjustments were made to labor costs<\/p>\n
and to clarify discontinuation rules. Next year wording about meters will be<\/p>\n
revised.<\/p>\n
c. Water Rate Ordinance Update 2-2007<\/p>\n
i. Paula read aloud this first reading<\/p>\n
7. Discussion<\/p>\n
a. There was discussion about meters, rebates, credits and tweaking the rate structure.<\/p>\n
i. How do we lower the rates without lowering revenue?<\/p>\n
ii. Perhaps homeowners will be able to use much more water for the same price.<\/p>\n
iii. All water restrictions might be eliminated.<\/p>\n
iv. There should be no shortages barring a huge fire.<\/p>\n
8. Adjournment At 8:40 P.M., Mike H. moved \/ Tom seconded, and the meeting unanimously<\/p>\n
adjourned.*** Vote taken<\/p>\n
District website reminder: http:\/\/www.sunnymeadows.dnsalias.com\/index.shtml<\/p>\n
Respectfully submitted by Joan Kuehn, September 20, 2007<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sunny Meadows Missoula County Water and Sewer District Minutes\u00a0 Bonner Elementary School Library September 6, 2007 Board Members Present: Mike Lilley, Tom Walter, Cyndie Winchell, and Mike Huber. \u00a0Absent: Bill Engelstad Also Attending: Wayne and Vivien Rusk, Bob Zachariasen, Paula Niccum, and secretary, Joan Kuehn 1. Roll Call a. President, Mike Lilley, called the meeting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}