To communicate with legal counsel for the public agency to discuss the legal ramifications of and legal options for pending litigation, or controversies not yet being litigated but imminently likely to be litigated. The mere presence of legal counsel at an executive session does not satisfy this requirement.
Meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Board Chairman Jim Osman. Other Board members present were Eric Paull, Bob Thurston, Larry Ellis and Cliff Sires. Employees in attendance were Colleen Johnson and Tanner Weisgram.
Cliff moved to open into executive session at 5:31 p.m. Larry seconded.
Roll call:
Eric – Yes Bob – Yes Jim – Yes Larry – Yes Cliff – Yes
Bob moved to exit executive session and go into general meeting at 5:37 p.m. Eric seconded.
Roll call:
Eric – Yes Bob – Yes Jim – Yes Larry – Yes Cliff – Yes
There were no decisions made.
(A brief recess was taken prior to resuming regular meeting.)
BOARD MEETING was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Board Chairman Jim Osman. Other Board members present were Eric Paull, Bob Thurston, Larry Ellis and Cliff Sires. Employees present were Tanner Weisgram, Colleen Johnson, Mark Caldwell and Laura Dallas.
INDIVIDUALS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD:
6:15 p.m. Brett Converse, JUB – Brett cancelled prior to meeting.
ADDITIONS TO AGENDA: Less than 48 hours. – No items
Minutes: Minutes from June were approved as submitted.
Financial Statements: Financials were approved as submitted. Discussed line item #7050 – Manholes.
Maintenance Report: Maintenance Report was approved as submitted.
IT Report: IT report was approved as submitted. Discussed carrying tasks forward to track for completion. Open items from April, May and June.
OLD BUSINESS:
- NPDES review: No new update on the NPDES. Continuing with testing.
- 104 Sprague, Bonin property. District to send a letter to property owners stating that the District acted appropriately and in good faith with the information at the time the hook-up was refunded.
- Budget workshop date will be 7/18 from noon to 2:00 p.m. Any fees or rate changes must go through Public Hearing. New User Facility Fees (NUFF) will need to be justified through an engineered rate study. 8/5 will be the meeting for Approval of Publication. It will be held at 5:00 p.m. Public Hearing is scheduled for 8/26 at 5:30 p.m. Laura to send out meeting requests.
- Changes to Rules & Regulations Review – Nothing to present at this time. Table to August meeting.
NEW BUSINESS:
- 31138 Hwy 200, Scott & Dawn Dempsey Commercial/Industrial Buildings. There are two buildings on this site. They are separate and do not share a full common wall. Per the City of Ponderay the building facing Highway 200 was built in 1953 and the building facing Birch was built in 1992. These are approximate dates as given to the City of Ponderay by the County.. The Highway building currently has two residential tenants. The Birch building is leased to North Idaho Spas and has the front for employee living space and the back for storage. There are two water meters. One LID was purchased under previous owner and only one hook-up purchased. Current owner Scott and Dawn Dempsey purchased property in 2008. The District has no building permits or connection applications on file. District to advise owners that a full New User Facility Fee must be purchased for 2nd building on Birch. Colleen to send a letter to the Dempsey’s advising them of the requirement to purchase a NUFF at current rate of $7,900.00 for the Birch building and billings will now be split into two separate billings for the property.
APPLICATIONS and UPDATES: The following were accepted:
- Single Family Residence Connection Request, 198 Kuskanook Road, Mort Construction
- Single Family Residence Connection Request, 218 Chewelah Loop, Mort Construction
- Commercial-Industrial Connection Request, 1005 Schweitzer Plaza, Milestone Investments
- Commercial-Industrial Connection Request, 30340 Hwy 200, Felkers Northern Smoke BBQ
Cliff moved to adjourn meeting. Larry seconded. All in favor.
Adjourned at 6:33 p.m.
Signed: Laura Dallas, Clerk
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