Woodland Hills Sanitary
District
January 2018 Minutes
The
January meeting of the Woodland Hills Sanitary District was called to order at
6:36PM.
Roll
Call: Vice-president
Evan Hutchings established that a quorum existed to conduct the meeting. In attendance were Lois Lund. Ed Striebel
and board members Garry Colasardo, Jim Stewart and Beth Haivala.
Adoption
of Agenda: Evan
presented the agenda to the board.
Secretary’s
Report: The
December minutes were reviewed. A minor
typo was corrected. Jim made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Garry
and the vote to approve was 4-0.
Income
Report:
Total income for December was $7,353 which includes the special loan
assessments. Several residents have
complained about late fees and the change in the due date from the 5th to the
1st.
Water
Report: Water losses for October were 6.4 percent.
Dakota
Pump is proceeding with the SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition)
system upgrade and the project should be completed by February 1st.
On
January 3rd the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources
conducted its tri-annual inspection of the water system. DENR noted a screen covering an overflow
pipe near pump house number 1 should be replaced.
On
December 31 the SCADA system reported a problem in pump house #2. Pump #2 failed to start. A pipe had frozen. Ed called Quinten Shultz of First Resource Solutions to look into
the issue. Quinten determined that the
pump had been damaged trying to pump water against the frozen pipe. A backup pump was plumbed into the system
and an additional heater and heated pipe tape was installed. Everything was back online the same day. Evan will pursue a claim for the $776.24 in
repairs. The district's insurance has a
$250 deductible.
The
board approved a new fee schedule with Clearwater Consulting. Water system
operation and sampling will be billed at $700/month. Meter reading and administrative service will be $300/month. Non-routine or optional services will be
billed at $60 per hour.
Beth
made a motion to accept the water report.
Jim seconded and the motion carried by a 4-0 vote.
Road
Report: A tax payment of $3220 was received from
Meade County. The board made a $500
payment to Randy Alexander for plowing Woodland Drive.
Old
Business: None
New
Business: Jim inquired if the district has a credit
card for billing on the web site. Jim
will check with past president Randy Alexander to see if one was obtained.
Resident
Comments: None
The
meeting was adjourned at 7:21 pm
Carefully
submitted,
Jim
Stewart
Recording
Secretary