Woodland Hills Sanitary
District
May 2023 Minutes
Roll
Call: Attending the meeting were board members
John Knight, Garry Colasardo, Peggy Severson, Jared Nooney and Jim
Stewart. Also present were Lois Lund
and Dylan Striebel from Clearwater Consulting. Garry called the meeting to order at 6:33pm.
Adoption
of Agenda: The
agenda was adopted with a 5-0 vote.
Secretary’s
Report: The minutes from April were approved with a
5-0 vote.
Income
Report
April
highlights:
Water
Report: A
suggestion was made at the April meeting to see if a variable frequency drive
(VFD) would benefit the system in
pump-house 2. Dylan reported that the
electric service would need to be upgraded and given the smaller size of the
pump there is not much of a "start shock" when the pump is
activated. When/if the pump needs to be
replaced consideration for VFD will be evaluated at that time.
Dylan
will send in a third sample for arsenic testing just to be certain that the positive
test in April was a fluke. A second
sample did test negative and the board ordered a third sample just to be
certain we're ok. (May 17 addition: Dylan reported the third water sample tested
negative for arsenic)
Water Loss Statistics |
Gallons Pumped |
Gallons Sold |
Loss Rate |
April 2023 |
444,937 |
386,200 |
13.2% |
April 2022 |
453,146 |
388,400 |
14.3% |
April 2013 |
573,300 |
371,816 |
35.1% |
April 2008 |
529,400 |
358,328 |
32.3% |
Road Report: A tax deposit of $968.84 was received. Plowing expense was $1,200..
Jared spoke to Michael Towey of Towey Design Group
regarding a study of the roads in Woodland Hills. Michael will meet with us on Tuesday, May 23 (3:00pm at 8800 Lark Lane) to perform a
drive of the roads and then prepare a study.
The board voted 5-0 to proceed with the study.
Old
Business: none
New
Business:
Dylan had mentioned that the gravel on the well-house access road is a bit thin
and Garry agreed to get some gravel brought in and spread at an estimated cost
of $312.
Two
board member positions will be ending this year, Garry and Jim (filling out
Bobby Sadler's term). July 25 was
selected as the election date with notices to be published in the Rapid City
Journal. Nominating petitions are
available from Jim and the last day to turn them in is July 5.
Current
terms of office;
Jared
to July 2025
John
and Peggy to July 2024
Garry
and Jim to July 2023.
Board
member comments: none
Resident comments: none
The
minutes are prepared by Jim Stewart, Secretary WHSD.