1. Roll Call<\/p>\n
a. President, Mike Lilley, called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. To prioritize Craig\u2019s time, items involving him were moved forward on the agenda:<\/p>\n
a. New business\u2026Engineering (1) & Possible Project Additions (2), Project Schedule,<\/p>\n
(3) & Draws (4) along with Old Business\u2026(2) Meter Replacement<\/p>\n
i. PROJECT SCHEDULE: Work shut down August 25th and stopped the contract. The<\/p>\n
foundation and piping are ready.\u00a0<\/p>\n
ii. A tentative tank delivery date was set Sept. 22. Steel prices are rising. The district is<\/p>\n
fortunate to hold the current price.<\/p>\n
iii. Site access with a glass-lined tank may prove problematic in winter conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
iv. The tank will take approximately four weeks to erect and an additional week to test.<\/p>\n
1. Following a complaint from a homeowner;<\/p>\n
2. L.S. Jensen will repair asphalt near the Burns home at their expense.\u00a0<\/p>\n
v. PROJECT ADDITION: Additional work to install ~900 feet of pipe, remove and<\/p>\n
replace a valve hydrant, repair a blow-off hydrant, and contribute to pavement costs was<\/p>\n
presented. The total cost was estimated at $37,148.<\/p>\n
1. Options were discussed and the board elected to approve only the pipe<\/p>\n
installation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. Since Patterson is already bonded and insured and under contract, there are<\/p>\n
cost savings to do the work now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
3. Josh suggested the \u201cbest bang for the buck\u201d would be to complete the<\/p>\n
pipeline. Craig agreed. Most snags in the project would have been<\/p>\n
encountered by now and the District chose to afford the approximately<\/p>\n
$32,000 addition. There was a lengthy discussion about affordability and<\/p>\n
DEQ approval.<\/p>\n
4. Cyndie moved\/Tom seconded, and a motion to approve the additional<\/p>\n
project piping as a health and safety priority was unanimously approved.<\/p>\n
5. FINANCIALS.\u00a0<\/p>\n
a. Craig will issue a change order immediately.<\/p>\n
b. A check is in the mail to pay Patterson for completed work.<\/p>\n
c. The Dorcey and Whitney Bond Council bill was budgeted at $6000<\/p>\n
yet unexpectedly billed at $7500.\u00a0<\/p>\n
vi. METER REPLACEMENT: 19 meters total, in 17 residences, must be correctly<\/p>\n
installed. 14 are finished.<\/p>\n
vii. The Army Corps of engineers started drilling the new well. OSHA issues will be<\/p>\n
addressed with Patterson sharing safety equipment.<\/p>\n
3. Approval of Minutes, Cyndie moved, Mike H. seconded*** and the minutes from August 7,<\/p>\n
2008 were unanimously approved.<\/p>\n
\u00a04. Financial Report (through the end of July): Cyndie presented a comprehensive report that the<\/p>\n
secretary failed to obtain a copy of, so a complete report will be submitted for two months in October.\u00a0<\/p>\n
a. Total assets $42,153.51<\/p>\n
b. Revenue: 7 deposits were made.<\/p>\n
\u00a0c. Expenses: $ 6431.62<\/p>\n
\u00a0d. All but one water bill was within 30 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0e. At least two homes had wiring repairs on meters.<\/p>\n
\u00a0f. A budget shortfall of $2200 exists, probably due to rain as compared to last year totals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0Tom expected a higher bill and his system will be checked.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Mike H. moved \/ Tom seconded *** and the financial report was accepted unanimously.<\/p>\n
5. Old Business EPA Well Status: The old well is now permanently out of service. The new well<\/p>\n
will be fully operating September 15-20. Craig will send a letter to Mike L. when the second 80-foot<\/p>\n
well is done. Cyndie inquired about a light. Craig explained the new wells will alternate use and an<\/p>\n
automatic phone will dial if there is ever a problem. Questions about water pressure were discussed.<\/p>\n
Colors for the small metal building booster station will be decided soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
6. Public Input<\/p>\n
\uf0d8 Craig presented change orders.<\/p>\n
7. New Business<\/p>\n
\uf076 A project schedule was available in a chart format.<\/p>\n
\uf076 TSEP and SRF draw money will come in September.<\/p>\n
\uf076 Resolution 2008-17 to pay Freers $115 for meter costs and Resolution 2008-18, to pay Walts<\/p>\n
$413.43 was moved by Cyndie\/ seconded by Mike H. and unanimously passed.<\/p>\n
\u00a08. Near 9:00, Mike L. moved\/ Tom seconded***, and the meeting unanimously adjourned.<\/p>\n
\u00a0*** Vote taken<\/p>\n
\u00a0District website reminder: http:\/\/www.sunnymeadows.dnsalias.com\/index.shtml<\/p>\n
Respectfully submitted by Joan Kuehn, September 8, 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sunny Meadows Missoula County Water and Sewer District Minutes\u00a0 Board of Director\u2019s Meeting, Bonner School Library September 4, 2008 Board Members Present: Tom Walter, Mike Huber, Cyndie Winchell & Mike Lilley. Also Attending: Craig Progeza, water specialist, Josh Patterson, Owner Patterson Engineering, Adam Pummel, Patterson employee\/Project Specialist, Paula Niccum, homeowner, and Joan Kuehn, District Secretary […]<\/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-16219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16219","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=16219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}