{"id":16730,"date":"2023-06-22T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/?p=16730"},"modified":"2023-06-22T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T01:00:00","slug":"minutes-2023-06-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunnymeadowswater.com\/?p=16730","title":{"rendered":"Minutes 2023-06-22"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunny Meadows Missoula County Water and Sewer District<\/h1>\n

Meeting Minutes<\/h2>\n

June 22nd, 2023 06:00 PM at East Missoula Fire Department<\/h3>\n

Roll Call:\u00a0 Michael Bushey, Cyndie Winchell, Dusty Deschamps, Meggn Quigley, Paula Niccum<\/span><\/p>\n

Approval of Minutes:\u00a0 Dusty made a motion to approve the minutes posted on the website, Michael seconded, motion carried and minutes approved.<\/span><\/p>\n

Financial Information:\u00a0 Meggan read the Financial report frm the county for May.\u00a0 Paula made a motion to approve the report, Dusty seconded, motion carried and financials for May approved.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Public Input:<\/span> None.<\/p>\n

Old Business:\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

System Upgrade: \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We are waiting on Northwestern energy to movoe electrical service at the well lot building.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

We are looking for more bids for a backup generator in the event there that there are funds remaining after the the higher priority projects are complete.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Meters are installed but some touch pads for the meters need to be replaced.\u00a0 A letter will be going out with more information to follow.\u00a0 Our meters can be read with our existing reader until the new meter’s touchpads and radios are operational.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The septic system lot has been mowed.\u00a0 Brown’s Septic is scheduled to pump out the tanks on June 30.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

New Business:\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Insurance renewal:\u00a0 The insurance policy proposal had been reviewed, some items adjusted and cost reduced by 600.00.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PCI contract update:\u00a0 The board received the contract for PCI and will review it so it canbe discussed at the next meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bookkeeper Contract update:\u00a0 The board recognizes that the system upgrade is going to require additional work to change over to the new meters and software system.\u00a0 Dusty made a motion to compensate Julissa for additional hours at her hourly rate.\u00a0 The board will review additional hours and approve payment as needed.\u00a0 Meggan will review and update the language in her contract.<\/span><\/p>\n

Budget for 2024:\u00a0 The board will go over the budget after the year end report is received from the county.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Resolution 2023-3 \u00a0Booster station maintenance water credit. \u00a0A motion was made by Paula and seconded by Michael to issue a $60.00 water credit to Meggan for mowing and weed trimming the booster station lot. \u00a0Motion carried,<\/span>\u00a0resolution passed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Resolution 2023-4 \u00a0 Well house lawn maintenance. \u00a0A motion to issue a Water credit to Tom Carroll for mowing and trimming the well lot for the summer. Currently he receives $200. Dusty made a motion to increase the amount to $300. Paula second, motion carried & resolution passed.<\/b><\/p>\n

Resolution, 2023\u20135 \u00a0 A motion to issue a Water credit for $60.00 to Gary Winchell for removing sewage system alarm for repairs and replacing alarm after repairs completed. \u00a0Motion made by Dusty seconded by Michael, motion carried resolution passed.<\/b><\/p>\n

Resolution 2023-06 SRF\/WRF 23522 Bond payment. \u00a0A motion to make payment on our existing bond was by Dusty, seconded by Paula, motion carried & resolution passed.<\/b><\/p>\n

Resolution 2023-07 SRF\/WRF 09128 Bond Payment. \u00a0A motion to make payment on our bond was made by Dusty, seconded by Meggan, motion carried and resolution passed.<\/b><\/p>\n

Resolution 2023-8 ARPA Draw. \u00a0A motion to make payment #2 to Trenchless Solutions for excavation services on the system improvement project was made by Dusty, seconded by Paula, motion carried and payment approves.<\/b><\/p>\n

Overflow Vault repair bid. \u00a0Dusty is meeting Josh Patterson on another project and he will ask about repairing the booster station overflow vault drain as well.<\/b><\/p>\n

SMS issues. \u00a0Michael will look into issues with using the new SMS repeater service for texting system users and address them.<\/b><\/p>\n

Website management discussion. \u00a0The board discussed hiring a dedicated website manager. \u00a0Some pages are outdated and inaccurate. \u00a0Michael will look into it.
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Adjournment. \u00a0A motion to adjourn was made by Meggan, seconded by Paula, motion carried and meeting adjourned.<\/b><\/p>\n

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