MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
ST. MARYÕS GLACIER WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT
Held: Monday, November 8, 2008, at 6:00 pm at the Alice School House, Silver Creek Road, Idaho Springs, CO.
ATTENDANCE A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the St. MaryÕs Glacier Water and Sanitation District, Clear Creek County, CO, was called and held as shown above in accordance with the applicable statutes of the State of Colorado, with the following directors present and acting:
Anthony Distrola
C.J. Galbraith
Paul Johnson
Heather Ulrich, excused absence
John Wood
Also in attendance: Fred Huff, District Counsel, Jack Barker, District Operator and Carmen Barker, District Bookkeeper, and members of the public.
CALL TO ORDER: Paul Johnson called the meeting to order at 6:07 pm.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: By motion and unanimous vote, the minutes for September 2008 were approved as amended.
FINANCIALS: By motion and unanimous vote, the District ratified payment of outstanding invoices for the month of September in the amount of $126,474.12. By further motion and unanimous vote, the District approved payment of invoices for the month of October in the amount of $58,690.10. By further motion and unanimous vote the District approved that liens be filed on any delinquent account exceeding the amount of $281.45 (most recent billing amount).
MANAGERÕS REPORT: ManagerÕs report was unremarkable. Water usage and wastewater flows are unremarkable.
ENGINEERING MATTERS: By motion
and unanimous vote the District approved a comprehensive survey of Silver Lake,
at an approximate cost of $7,425 and an additional $450 for utility locates, as
a prelude to building of the new outlet structure. The lake has not been surveyed in many years and it was felt
such survey would be good to have on record. The task order from Integra Engineering regarding the
overflow structure to be constructed at the SE quadrant of Silver Lake was
presented to the Board for their review.
PUBLIC MATTERS:
Jamara Vanatta and her
attorney Mike Kane appeared before the Board to request final settlement of the
Dale Kellermier estate (115 Pine Way). Director Galbraith argued that amount billed the estate be
reduced, stating that Ms. Vanatta trusted in good
faith the excavator that she hired, and was attempting to remedy a problem that
had been longstanding at the residence.
John Wood motioned that the amount not be reduced from the $7,000
currently requested from the estate by the Board, Paul Johnson seconded. Directors Wood, Johnson and Distrola voted for the motion, Director Galbraith opposed,
motion carried. By motion and
unanimous approval the Board directed Mr. Huff to execute a Release and
Satisfaction of lien for the Kellermeir estate, said
$7,000 already being on deposit with The District.
Todd Wilderman spoke to the board about appointing focus groups
so there would be better communication with the District residents and the
Board and the District Manager. He
also inquired as to whether there would be any further action on the suggestion
that a bath house be constructed by the pump house, with a generator that would
function in case of an outage.
Another suggestion came from the discussion regarding putting a message
on the phone at the WWTP on which a recorded message could give residents
updates on outages, etc.
OTHER MATTERS:
There was a discussion
regarding the DistrictÕs policy pertaining to re-conveyance of purchased taps,
from one lot to another. The
District wishes to make clear that such re-conveyance is not in accord with the
DistrictÕs existing rules and regulations.
PUBLIC HEARING:
Director Johnson made a
motion, unanimously approved to open the Public Hearing for the 2009
Budget. It was decided that the
annual service charge should probably remain at $1125.80. Board members received a budget draft
prepared by Fred Huff and will review in preparation for the final budget
approval process. Director Johnson
motioned (with unanimous approval) to continue the Public Hearing for the 2009
Budget at the December 8, 2008 meeting.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:40 pm.
Approved at District Meeting on January 12, 2009.
C.J. Galbraith, Secretary
St. MaryÕs Glacier Water
& Sanitation District