Woodland Hills Sanitary
District
November 2018 DRAFT
Minutes
Please
note these are draft minutes and subject to change pending review and approval
at the December 2018 district meeting.
Please email any comments to Jim Stewart, webmaster@whills.org.
The
November meeting of the Woodland Hills Sanitary District was called to order at
6:40pm on November 14.
Roll
Call: President
Bobby Sadler established that a quorum existed to conduct the meeting. In attendance were Lois Lund, Ed Striebel
and board members Jim Stewart and John Knight.
Adoption
of Agenda: Bobby
presented the agenda to the board and it was unanimously adopted.
Secretary’s
Report: The
October minutes were reviewed. Bobby
made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Jim and the vote was 3-0 to
approve.
Income
Report: Net
income for September was $3,091. The
insurance premium was paid, $1,515 and $2,000 for the paint work performed on
the Lark Lane building.
Water
Report: Ed reported water losses for October were
12.7 percent. The backup well is
running now and will be used for about 30 days to keep it in good operating
condition. The doors and door frames to
the well house are rusting/rotting and should be replaced next summer.
Road
Report: The road account received a tax deposit of
$276. A loan payment was made to the
Severson's with two left to make. The
Severson's loaned the district the money to help pave Woodland Drive from pump
house #2 to the end of the road.
John
reported that the gravel barrels are being worked on and the December 1
delivery date should be met.
Old
Business: Deed covenants activity will be conducted in
a separate meeting with the people who replied to the letter that was sent out
at the end of October.
Jim
spoke with the South Dakota Public Assurance Alliance and increased our
coverage of the SCADA system to $25,000.
New
Business: Bobby mentioned with the California
wildfires that Woodland Hills does not have an evacuation plan. The only route out of the sub-division is
Peaceful Pines Road. Jim will call the
forest service regarding the locked gates at the top of Woodland Drive. Is it possible to use the forest service
road as a way out? The road is rather
rough in places and would probably require a high clearance vehicle (SUV or
pickup truck).
Jim
presented a tentative budget for 2019.
Bobby suggested using recently announced Social Security cost of living
adjustment (COLA) on the 2019 budget.
Jim will adjust and present the budget at the December meeting. Bobby also suggested using COLA on the water
rates. The last rate adjustment was
made in 2013 and the rates should reflect the increased costs of operating the
system. The board would like to keep a
healthy reserve fund for emergency situations and avoid future special
assessments.
Board
member comments: Jim suggested that the monthly
meeting be moved to the 2nd Tuesday of each month. The issue was tabled until the other board members can comment on
the idea.
Resident
comments: none
The
board adjourned the meeting at 7:14pm.
Carefully
submitted,
Jim
Stewart
Recording
Secretary