2002-03-25 JPWB Minutes
JOINT POWERS WATER BOARD MINUTES
Regular Meeting of
March 25, 2002
7:00 PM JPWT Plant Board Room
Present Kessler, Paulhn, Kottke, Vetsch, Joe Hagerty-Stand m for Tom Hagerty
Absent Olson, Hagerty
The meetmg was called to order at 7 00 PM
Change order #2 was added to the agenda MOTION BY PAULLIN, SECONDED BY
KOTTKE, TO ACCEPT THE CHANGED AGENDA MOTION CARRIED
UNANIMOUSL Y
No one present for the CItizen forum
The name Paulhn was correct on Page 2, paragraph 6 ofthe February 25, 2002 MOTION BY
PAULLIN, SECONDED BY VETSCH, TO ACCEPT CORRECTED MINUTES MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
MOTION BY PAULLIN, SECONDED BY VETSCH, TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT
AGENDA MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Browmng presented an updated polIcy, as preVIously requested by The Board, for Pnvate
ImgatIon Wells Coldwater Creek was the ftrst to request permtSSIOn for a pnvate well and Hans
Hagen was next Some concern over possIbly havmg too many pnvate wells was brought up It
was thought that the cost would be prohIbItIve enough to msure that there would not be a pnvate
well mstalled every few houses It IS more lIkely that It would be larger developments and
asSOCIatIons that would be requestmg these wells The Issue of lost revenue and treatmg water
that gets spnnkled on the lawn, and the safety of the CItIes wells was dIscussed VerbIage WIll
be added to the poltcy to try and cover all of the safety Issues What other commumtIes allowed
pnvate wells for spnnklmg was brought up agaIn and Browmng stated that Mmnetonka was the
only one she knew of that dId allow such wells The new well and tower were dIscussed m
relatIon to whether there mIght be a problem producmg enough water when needed It was
ftnally deCIded to table thIS Item untIl next month
Browmng presented changes to the Spnnklmg Poltcy Calendar spnnkltng was recommended
from May 1 through September 30 of any year Homes WIth even numbers would water on even
days and homes WIth odd numbers would water on odd days MOTION BY PAULLIN,
SECONDED BY VETSCH, TO ACCEPT THE SPRINKLING POLICY AS PRESENTED
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
JOINT POWERS WATER BOARD MINUTES
Regular Meetmg of
March 25, 2002
7:00 PM JPWT Plant Board Room
CatlIn stated that AlbertvIlle Wastewater was havmg some problems wIth the sludge that IS
created by the JPWB Plant The two Issues are the volume of waste produced and the solIds
Itself that seems to be mterfenng wIth theIr process CatlIn and Browrung dIscussed these
problems and suggested that If we could mmlmlze the amount of water used m back-washmg
and deamng the filters and regulate how we dIscharge that waste to the AlbertvIlle Treatment
System then we would solve part ofthe problem completely They took that modIficatIon to the
project out on the street and had the contractors bId on It Those bIds were receIved today and
the low bId for the Electncal ServIce for Well #5 and the Raw Watermam mcludmg the
modIficatIon was submttted by Latour ConstructIOn MOTION BY PAULLIN, SECONDED
BY KOTTKE, TO AWARD THE BIDS TO LATOUR CONSTRUCTION MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
MOTION BY PAULLIN, SECONDED BY HAGERTY, TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER #2
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
CatlIn presented the logo receIved from Mr DeMatteIS, showmg the kmght on a horse, and
stated It WIll cost apprmamately $15,000 00 to $16,000 00 Cathn stated that the lettenng alone
would cost apprmamately $5,000 00 to $6,000 00 Cathn Just found out that the pamter has been
delayed and a deCISIon won't need to be made untIl next month The logo of Just the knIght's
helmet was also dIscussed and It would cost apprmamately $10,000 00 to $11,000 00 Kessler
stated that he would speak wIth Mr DeMatteIS and bnng the outcome to the next meetmg Thts
Item was tabled unttl next month
MOTION BY PAULLIN, SECONDED BY VETSCH, TO APPROVE THE LIST OF CLAIMS
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
MOTION BY PAULLIN, SECONDED BY VETSCH TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 8 05
PM MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
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Recordmg Secretary