2001-12-26 JPWB Minutes
JOINT POWERS WATER BOARD MINUTES
Regular Meetmg of
December 26, 2001
5:00 PM JPWT Plant Board Room
Present Olson, Kessler, PaullIn, Kottke, Hagerty
Absent 'fetsch
The meetmg was called to order at 5 00 PM
The representatIOn letter from Gruys Borden and Carlson needmg sIgnature by two Board
members was added to the agenda Item 8 B 3 was deleted from the Agenda MOTION BY
PAULLIN, SECONDED BY KESSLER TO ADOPT AGENDA AS CHANGED MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Noone was present for the CItIzen forum
MOTION BY HAGERTY, SECONDED BY KOTTKE, TO APPRO'fE THE MINUTES OF
THE NO'fEMBER 26,2001, REGULAR BOARD MEETING AS PRESENTED MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
MOTION BY KESSLER, SECONDED BY PAULLIN, TO APPRO'fE THE CONSENT
AGENDA AS PRESENTED MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
There was no Unfimshed Busmess
Under New Busmess, MOTION MADE BY PAULLIN, SECONDED BY HAGERTY, TO
APPOINT THE CROW RI'fER NEWS AS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE JOINT
WATER BOARD FOR 2002 MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Browmng and Kessler noted that Great Northern Bank and Htghland Bank was mIssmg from the
lIst of proposed offiCIal deposItones MOTION BY KESSLER, SECONDED BY PAULLIN,
TO APPOINT OFFICIAL DEPOSITORIES FOR 2002 AS FOLLOWS LASALLE
NATIONAL BANK, US BANK, PMA, NORWEST/WELLS FARGO, GREAT NORTHERN
BANK, AND IDGHLAND BANK MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
MOTION WAS MADE BY PAULLIN, SECONDED BY HAGERTY, TO APPOINT GRUYS
BORDEN AND CARLSON AS THE JOINT WATER BOARD'S OFFICIAL AUDITOR FOR
2002 MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
MOTION MADE BY KESSLER, SECONDED BY KOTTKE, TO APPROVE THE FEE AND
RATE SCHEDULE FOR 2002 AS PRESENTED MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Under Departments, Engmeenng, ChrIS Cathn presented CBI Change Order #1 whIch results m
a net deduct m the total contract by $15,81503 MOTION MADE BY KESSLER, SECONDED
BY KOTTKE, TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER #1 BY CBI MOTION CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY
Cathn then presented two pay requests, one for CBI and one for L TP The work for CBI IS on the
water tower and the work for L TP IS on Well #5
MOTION MADE BY HAGERTY, SECONDED BY PAULLIN, TO APPROVE PAY
REQUEST #5 TO CBI IN THE AMOUNT OF $152,190 MOTION CARRIED
UNANIMOUSL Y
MOTION MADE BY KESSLER, SECONDED BY KOTTKE, TO APPROVE PAY REQUEST
#4 BY LTP IN THE AMOUNT OF $33,772 15 MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Cathn also proVIded an "FYI" to the Board regardmg the upcommg raw watermam project from
Well #5 to the Treatment Plant Cathn saId that hIs office has been correspondmg wIth Hoff,
Barry & Kuderer m regards to possIble ways to recoup / assess / charge for the mstallatIOn of thIS
mam He wIll proVIde future updates
Browmng explamed the need for the ResolutIOn authonzmg SIgnatures for Pledged Collateral
Agreements, as thIs was an Issue m the 2000 audIt report When large deposIts are made, there
may not be enough pledged collateral to cover what IS m the bank for a short penod or longer If
gettmg SIgnatures delays the process ThIs resolutIOn wIll authonze ANY SIgner on the
respectIve accounts to SIgn Pledged Collateral Agreements m order to get the coverage m place
ImmedIately MOTION MADE BY KESSLER, SECONDED BY PAULLIN, TO APPROVE
RESOLUTION 12-26-01, APPROVING AUTHORIZED SIGNATURES FOR PLEDGED
COLLATERAL AGREEMENTS MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
The Board dIscussed EDA Charges m relatIon to "conveyance of property" The Ruth Mahler
property m Hanover had been subdIvIded and conveyed to her son and others ThIs brought up
the questIOn of what the defimtIon of "sale" should be, as thIS type of transactIOn may not be
conSIdered a "sale" by everyone Browmng referenced a memo from Braunwarth regardmg thIs
matter and how thIS Issue came up m the first place She explamed that the Mahler property was
ultImately found to NOT be an Issue, as It clearly had been subdIVIded, whIch then falls mto the
category that the recorded document states tnggers the charges to be paId m full However, the
office staff would hke clarIficatIon on how the Board would lIke a SImple "conveyance" of
property to be handled when It comes up m the future Browmng stated she would prefer to see
It kept SImple m that ANY transactIOn m whIch the property changes ownershIp be conSIdered a
sale WIth too many vanables she feels that It would be too cumbersome to manage and
Judgement calls would ultImately stIll be reqUIred It was the consensus of the Board that the
meamng of "sale" mclude / assume a "change m record owner" or somethIng SImIlar to that
statement The Board then dIrected office staff to come back to the next meetmg wIth a final
wntten poltcy that can be approved to clarIfy thts
Browmng presented a revIsed ltst of claIms that only added the annual stipend for the ChaIrman
MOTION MADE BY KESSLER, SECONDED BY PAULLIN, TO APPROVE THE LIST OF
CLAIMS AS REVISED MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
MOTION BY PAULLIN, SECONDED BY KOTTKE, TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT
5 27 PM MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
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Recordmg Secretary