{"id":16238,"date":"2009-06-04T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/?p=16238"},"modified":"2009-06-04T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-05T01:00:00","slug":"minutes-2009-06-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/?p=16238","title":{"rendered":"Minutes 2009-06-04"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sunny Meadows Missoula County Water and Sewer District Minutes\u00a0<\/h1>\n<h2>Board of Director\u2019s Meeting, Bonner Elementary Community Room<\/h2>\n<h2>June 4, 2009<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Board Members Present: Mike Lilley, Cyndie Winchell, Mike Huber, Bill Engelstad &amp; Tom Walters<\/h4>\n<h4>Also Attending: Marsha Davis, David Davis, Paula Niccum, Tony Niccum, and Joan Kuehn, District<\/h4>\n<h4>Secretary, resigned this evening.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1. Roll Call<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a. President, Mike Lilley, called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. All board members were<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">present.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2. Approval of Minutes,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a. Board members affirmed reading last month\u2019s minutes electronically.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b. Bill moved, Mike H. seconded*** and the minutes from May, 2009 were unanimously approved.<\/p>\n<p>3. Financial Report (to the end of April)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0Cyndie reported one homeowner had a $340 payment due next week. There was a chance of shut-off, so<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Brian would be notified. All other payments were on time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0Total balance: $25,211.25<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Cyndie explained that the budget was 83% through the fiscal year. She detailed expenses and revenue<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">and budgeted verses actual amounts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mike H. moved, Bill seconded *** and the financial report was approved with a unanimous vote.<\/p>\n<p>4. Public Input.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a. The Davis family spent $2000 trying to solve a suspected leak problem.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">i. The line lost 3.5 psi in a three-minute period.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">ii. No issues were found at their home or down 8\u2019 deep.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">iii. Brian assisted with the testing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">iv. There could be a problem between the curb stop and the Davis property line.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">v. Mike L. reported that historically there was a contamination \u201chit\u201d each spring at their home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">Mike will follow up with Brian.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">vi. There was a foot of water in the riser.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b. Tony noted there was water work done at the end of Lerch Lane from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. the other<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">day with no notice given to homeowners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">i. A dead-end main needed a blow-off valve.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">ii. Adam, the Patterson employee \/repair person, and Mike L. mis-communicated. Each thought<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">the other informed homeowners. The project took many more hours than expected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c. Tony had questions about the meter-reading day and date answered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d. A bond payment was due July 1st.<\/p>\n<p>OLD BUSINESS<\/p>\n<p>5. Project Status:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a. Installation of drain screening and pipe parts wait for part delivery from Florida.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b. The asphalt has been repaired and OK\u2019d by the Burns family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c. The project is done and within $4000 of cost. The entire budget was $735,000. GREAT!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d. Patterson will be paid when the final drain screens are in place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">e. Brian will be asked to purchase and install 5 combination locks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">f. An Open House \/ Tour idea came up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">g. A sunken spot by the wells needs more soil to build up the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>6. Patterson Payment<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a. Bill moved, Cyndie seconded*** and a unanimous vote approved final payment to Patterson<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Enterprises.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b. Bill moved, and Mike H. seconded Patterson be paid for the bow-off and hydrant repair. $5894<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">was authorized.<\/p>\n<p>7. Rate and Budget Review<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a. Last month, the category \u201cgrounds maintenance\u201d in the fiscal report had a typographical error.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">$2200 was actually supposed to be $220.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b. The Sunny Meadows Water and Sewer District budget has \u201cno fat\u201d and homeowners have paid<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">the same rate for five years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c. Law requires an operating budget with 20% of the total collected for maintenance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d. A long discussion of ideas resulted in a plan to propose two alternative rate increase choices to<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">homeowners after emailing ideas. Mike L. also welcomed any additional work item suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>8. Adjournment:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a. Joan was thanked for her contributions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b. At 9:00, Mike H. moved \/ Bill seconded***, and the meeting unanimously adjourned.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0*** Vote taken<\/p>\n<p>District website reminder: http:\/\/www.sunnymeadows.dnsalias.com\/index.shtml<\/p>\n<p>Respectfully submitted by Joan Kuehn, June 18, 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunny Meadows Missoula County Water and Sewer District Minutes\u00a0 Board of Director\u2019s Meeting, Bonner Elementary Community Room June 4, 2009 \u00a0 Board Members Present: Mike Lilley, Cyndie Winchell, Mike Huber, Bill Engelstad &amp; Tom Walters Also Attending: Marsha Davis, David Davis, Paula Niccum, Tony Niccum, and Joan Kuehn, District Secretary, resigned this evening. \u00a0 1. 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