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MINUTES
REGULAR WATER BOARD MEETING
Monday, July 28, 2008
7:00 PM
Farmington City Hall, Conference Room A
Members Present: Jeff Krueger, Allan Maguire, Tom Jensen
Member Absent: none
Staff Present: Kevin Schorzman, City Engineer; Lena Larson, Administrative Assistant
Others Present: none
Members
1) The meeting was called to order by Chair Krueger at 7:00pm.
Tom Jensen
2) The agenda was approved.
Jeff Krueger
Allan Maguire
3) Motion by Maguire, second by Jensen to approve the minutes of June 23, 2008.
APIF, motion passed.
Citv Staff Reo.
4) Water Citation Appeals
a) Jared & Jennifer Darrington, 19215 Embers Avenue - not present,
correspondence reviewed, citation stands.
b) Mike LaVelle, 5410 203rd St. W. - Motion by Krueger, second by Maguire to
waive the second citation. APIF, motion passed.
c) Terry Ellison, 5620 Lower 182nd St. - not present, correspondence reviewed,
citation stands.
d) Joe Miller, 5148 198th St. - not present, correspondence reviewed, citation
stands.
Kevin
Schorzman, P.R
City Engineer
5) Continued Business
a) Well Pump age (added) - City Engineer Schorzman distributed a chart of
gallons of water pumped in 2008, and a comparison with 2007 for the Board's
review.
6) New Business
a) New Monitoring Wells - Engineering - City Engineer Schorzman distributed
quotes for monitoring wells and explained that a condition of the DNR permit
was to install two new monitoring wells. He has requested approval to submit
quarter reports instead of monthly and is waiting for a response. Motion by
Krueger, second by Jensen to award the low quote of$12,300 to RH. Renner,
and to approve the purchase of instrumentation at $3,554.45, and the purchase
ofa water level indicator at $475.00. APIF, motion passed. It was mentioned
that the well site north of 190th will be used as a park until the time comes that
Well #9 will be drilled on it.
7) Approve Bills - Finance - Updated lists of bills for June and July were distributed.
Motion by Maguire, second by Jensen to approve bills from 5/27 to 6/22 in the
amount of $65,717.89 and from 6/23 to 7/27 in the amount of $78,093.45. APIF,
motion passed. The Board requested clarification on the $8,950 payment to the
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Minnesota Department of Health. City Engineer Schorzman will investigate and
report back in August.
8) Financial Report (quarterly) - Finance - The financial report was received.
9) Open Forum
a) Member Krueger mentioned that he would prefer not to use the billboard on the
west side of Pilot Knob again as he feels it is not very visible. Member Maguire
agreed. Administrative Assistant Larson will see if there is an opportunity to
move City messages to the billboard heading north on the east side of Pilot
Knob.
b) There was a brief discussion about the workshop with Council. Member
Krueger would like to have a discussion in the near future about how to best
fund the water treatment plant construction and operation, and developer fees.
He requested an analysis of various options of generating revenue for the next
10 years. Member Maguire would like to know how other cities have done it.
The Board would like to see a line item on utility bills so people understand
what the fee is for. Member Krueger also suggested forming a long term plan
for water rate increases, i.e. over the next five years.
c) Member Jensen asked what procedure to take ifhe were to observe violators of
the water use policy. It was suggested to call staff with the violators address,
date, and time.
d) City Engineer Schorzman informed the Board that the landscaping and
irrigation were installed at Well #8.
10) The meeting adjourned at 8:07 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Lena Larson
Municipal Services Administrative Assistant