1. Roll Call<\/p>\n
a. President, Mike Lilley, called the meeting to order at 6:58 P.M. All board members were<\/p>\n
present.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. Approval of Minutes<\/p>\n
a. Bill moved, Cyndie seconded*** and the minutes from November 1st, 2007 were<\/p>\n
unanimously approved.<\/p>\n
3. Financial Information (as of the end of October)<\/p>\n
a. Cyndie reported. The present total balance = $57, 423.98.<\/p>\n
b. 47.5% of the budget has already been collected.<\/p>\n
c. The SRF budget is unspent so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n
d. Revenue\u00a0<\/p>\n
i. $ 4166.68 Total revenue<\/p>\n
e. Expenses: amount this month \/ % spent. We are @ 33% of the year<\/p>\n
i. $ 15.00 supplies 99%<\/p>\n
ii. Postage 36%<\/p>\n
iii. Dues 30%<\/p>\n
iv. 106.00 DEQ<\/p>\n
v. 193.00 heat\/light\/water \/ 52%<\/p>\n
vi. 8.38 sewer \/ 29%<\/p>\n
vii. 38.76 phone \/ 30%<\/p>\n
viii. 85.00 audit fee \/ 18%<\/p>\n
ix. 450.00 contracted services \/ 44%<\/p>\n
x. 100.00 consultant \/ 50%<\/p>\n
xi. 6,841.03 construction\/engineering \/ zero appropriated, $6841.03 spent<\/p>\n
xii. Laboratory services 9%<\/p>\n
xiii. Insurance 105%<\/p>\n
xiv. $7837.17 Total Expenditures \/ 41%<\/p>\n
\u00a0d. Bill moved\/Tom seconded *** and the financial report was accepted unanimously.<\/p>\n
4. Public Input<\/p>\n
a. Tom Walter is grateful Brian cut back the bushes near his home by about three feet.<\/p>\n
b. Water testing circulates between five homes and a BAC T test may be performed later<\/p>\n
today due to a bad test result. It was speculated that the hydrant repair process may have<\/p>\n
contributed. [A second test was FINE and no chlorination was necessary.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
5. Old Business<\/p>\n
\u00a0a. Fire Hydrants<\/p>\n
i. Bill reported. It is assumed the repair is satisfactorily working. There has been no<\/p>\n
response and no bill yet.<\/p>\n
ii. The repair was deeper than expected, and the hydrant was moved about six feet.<\/p>\n
iii. We have reduced the risk of fire. All hydrants are working now.<\/p>\n
b. Meter Reader \/Billing Clerk<\/p>\n
i. The board continued the same wage for the new employee candidates, requiring:<\/p>\n
1. owning their own computer<\/p>\n
2. storing records<\/p>\n
3. working very few hours, $100 to read meters & $20\/hour billing<\/p>\n
4. A suggestion that the new clerk take minutes at these meetings was raised.<\/p>\n
The new person will be invited to the January meeting to meet the board.<\/p>\n
ii. Josie will continue in the role she resigned from as long as needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
iii. A resolution unanimously *** passed to hire LaChele Hollensteiner (\u201cShelly\u201d)<\/p>\n
6. New Business<\/p>\n
a. Engineering<\/p>\n
i. Mike L. reported that design documents are on schedule and will be shown to<\/p>\n
agencies this month.<\/p>\n
b. Funding Draw Request<\/p>\n
i. The first request from TSEP for money is a draw down of $30,500.46.\u00a0<\/p>\n
ii. A resolution moved by Mike H. and seconded by Cyndie *** passed unanimously.<\/p>\n
{Aside: Two meters were flashing, indicating they may not be reading correctly. Homeowners are<\/p>\n
encouraged to periodically check their meter reading against their bill.}<\/p>\n
c. Billing Clerk Bonus<\/p>\n
i. Cyndie moved and Bill seconded *** a $100 bonus to Josie.<\/p>\n
d. Water Operator Contract<\/p>\n
i. The first request from TSEP for money is a draw down of $30,500.46.\u00a0<\/p>\n
ii. A resolution moved by Mike H. and seconded by Cyndie *** passed unanimously.<\/p>\n
{Aside: Two meters were flashing, indicating they may not be reading correctly. Homeowners are<\/p>\n
encouraged to periodically check their meter reading against their bill.}\u00a0<\/p>\n
7. Investment Income<\/p>\n
a. There was discussion about the Montana investment pool. The board will continue to<\/p>\n
monitor developments, but will leave the investment alone at this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
b. Most state agencies have no choice but to leave the money untouched.\u00a0<\/p>\n
8. Adjournment At 8:20 P.M., Bill 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, December 17, 2007\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sunny Meadows Missoula County Water and Sewer District Minutes\u00a0 Bonner Elementary School Library December 6, 2007 \u00a0Board Members Present: Mike Lilley, Bill Engelstad , Mike Huber, Tom Walter, & Cyndie \u00a0Winchell. \u00a0Also Attending: Secretary, Joan Kuehn 1. Roll Call a. President, Mike Lilley, called the meeting to order at 6:58 P.M. All board members were […]<\/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-16176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16176","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=16176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}