2025-04-25 Joint Powers Water Board Minutes
Joint Powers Water Board
Regular Meeting Minutes
April 28, 2025
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1. Call to Order. The regular meeting of the Joint Powers Water Board was called to order by
Chairperson Olson, on Monday, April 28, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the Joint Powers Water Board Water
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Treatment Plant, 11100 50 St NE, Albertville, MN 55301.
Board present: Mike Amery, Gretchen Barrett, Joe Hagerty, Rob Olson, Zach Schoen.
Board absent: Bob Zagorski.
Staff present: John Seifert, General Manager.
Staff absent: Jennifer Thomas, Office Manager; Dustin Carlson, Water Department Supervisor / Facilities
Manager.
Engineering present: None.
Engineering absent: Chris Larson, Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc. (SEH).
2. Approve Agenda. Amery moved, Barrett seconded, to adopt the Agenda as presented. Motion
carried 5-0.
3. Approve Consent Agenda. Amery moved, Hagerty seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda
below. Motion carried 5-0.
3.1 Approval of March 24, 2025 Regular Board Meeting Minutes
3.2 Approval of April 2025 List of Claims
3.3 Approval of April 2025 Budget Report
3.4 Approval of April 2025 Cash Balances Report
3.5 Receipt of February 2025 Investment Summary Report
3.6 Approval of March 2025 Monthly Operations Report
3.7 Change in Office Hours
3.8 May 2025 Board Meeting
4. General Business.
4.1 Abdo 2024 Audit Results. General Manager Seifert played the audit presentation previously
recorded by Justin Nilson with Abdo. Nilson told the Board that at the end of 2024, Joint Powers Water
8.3%. The cash and investment balances at the end of 2024 totaled $20,293,984. Amery expressed
displeasure over the written version of the Financial Report and suggested this be put out for quote in
5-0.
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Regular Meeting Minutes
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5. Engineer. None.
6. Operations.
6.1 T-Mobile Outstanding Payment. General Manager Seifert informed the Board that staff was
successful in working with TMobile to recoup missing rent payments from 2024 in the amount of
$72,590.36, which includes full payment for 2025.
6.2 Treatment Plant Upgrade Submittal to Project Priority List to Minnesota Department of
Health. General Manager Seifert provided an update on the treatment plant upgrade submittal to
project priority list to Minnesota Department of Health.
7. Other Business / Announcements / Correspondence. None.
8. Adjourn. Schoen moved, Barrett seconded, to adjourn the Joint Powers Water Board meeting
at 6:37 p.m. Motion carried 5-0.