RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

 

MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

ST. MARY’S GLACIER WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT

 

Held:  Thursday, May 9, 2002, at 6:30 pm, at the Alice School House, Silver Creek Road, Idaho Springs, CO.

 

ATTENDANCE:  A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the St. Mary’s Glacier Water and Sanitation District, Clear Creek County, CO, was called and held as shown above and in accordance with the applicable statutes of the State of Colorado, with the following directors present and acting:

Paul Johnson

                                    Craig Lagerman

                                    John Pacetta

                                    C.J. Galbraith

                                    Kevin Zegan

Also in attendance: Fred Huff, Counsel for the District, Jack Barker, District Manager,  Anne Rendon, District Bookkeeper, and Cathy Harper, Information Services Officer for District.

 

CALL TO ORDER:  John Pacetta called the meeting to order at approximately 6:50 pm.

 

OATH OF OFFICE:   The Oath of Office was administered by John Pacetta to reelected Directors Kevin Zegan, Paul Johnson and C.J. Galbraith. By unanimous vote the following officers were elected:  John Pacetta – President; Paul Johnson – V. President; C.J. Galbraith – Secretary, and Kevin Zegan – Treasurer.

 

FINANCIAL REPORT: The Board approved payment of outstanding invoices in the amount of $36,389.03.  The District also approved unanimously a motion to make Anne Rendon’s salary a fixed amount of $350 per month, retroactive to May 1st.

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes for the April meeting were unanimously approved.

 

PUBLIC INPUT:  Dave Hill of 29 Eva Drive reported that a collapsed and frozen main in front of his property was mistakenly referred to him by AAA as a problem of his service line, when subsequent investigation indicated that was not the case.  The Board approved reimburseing Mr. Hill $2177.37 and pursuing the matter further with AAA.  Cathy McGuire of 115 Upper Forest presented her complaint again about AAA not responding to her service call; AAA provided a detailed letter regarding previous billing issues with the McGuire’s and a detail of referrals they made to them.  Don Johnson was also present to request if any final action had been on his request for abatement due to a freeze disputed to be in the main or his service line. (Matter deferred until next meeting). The issue on Crest Drive was also discussed at length with AAA and with the owner of the B&B.  Alternatives of building up the road and/or heat taping the lines as part of an experiment at the District’s cost was discussed as possible options..   Jack Barker said he would do some depth measurements prior to the next meeting. Mr. Wilderman’s reluctance to pay AAA $250 to assess whether his freeze was a main problem or his problem prompted the Board to decide to issue a letter before next winter as to the consequences of not repairing freezes promptly; the Board will take under advisement the entire issue of rebating part of the water service fee in cases where a main line fault interrupts service.

 

MANAGER’S REPORT: Water usage continues to fall from previous months; well levels are slowly increasing.  Mr. Barker reported that Mr. Heyser’s chlorine levels are within normal limits.  He was instructed to investigate if the residence on Brook Drive just below Lake Q may have a wastewater service line that goes uphill from the house to the street, and thus be the initial site of freezing that spread to the main.  Re placement for water storage tanks, both the Nebraska Booster Station and the Alice Booster station may be good sites. By unanimous vote the Board agreed to put a new pump in the Alice Booster Station, with the existing pump to be rebuilt as a spare.  The Board also voted to accept waste water from the new high school (on a fee compensation basis) pending review of documents.  Mr. Barker repeated previous advice that spending approximately $30,000 to clean out the entire sewer line may save money in the long run from freezes due to blockages.

 

ENGINEER’S REPORT: No Engineer Report was presented.

 

LEGAL:    C.J. Galbraith moved and Paul Johnson seconded and the Board unanimously approved to amend the minutes for both November 2001 and February 2002 to reflect that prior to recessing into Executive Session, a motion was offered by John Pacetta for doing so, for purposes the obtaining advice of Counsel regarding matters of potential litigation.  Those motions had been seconded by Kevin Zegan and passed unanimously by the Board.

 

CORRESPONDENCE:  Ms. Fox’s request that lines be extended to her home will be denied; Mr.Huff will issue that correspondence.  Mr. Flierl’s request to obtain a service line through the District’s easement will be responded to the should he obtain the owner’s consent who owns the lot, the District will approve the extension. Mr. Huff will send that correspondence as well.  Messrs. Sauer and Olsen’s request to combine lots and equip them with solar, well and septic was taken under advisement.

 

Meeting was adjourned at 10:00 pm.

 

Approved at District meeting on June 13, 2002.

 

 

 

                                                  C.J. Galbraith, Secretary

                                                   St. Mary’s Glacier Water and Sanitation District