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YOU'RE IN CHARGE. OKAY, HERE WE GO. I CALL TO ORDER THE APRIL 1ST, 2025 SEWER COMMITTEE MEETING.
[1) Call to Order]
I'M ERIC FLEMING. EARL WILLIAMS IS HERE. SARAH BRASHEARS IS HERE.BEVERLY WILLIAMS AND SCOTT GREENWOOD AND SUZANNE STAIR HAS BEEN EXCUSED FOR THE NIGHT.
[3) Approval of January Minutes]
HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE JANUARY MINUTES AND LOOK OVER THE OPERATIONS REPORTS? IS THERE ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE ACCEPT THEM? THE MINUTES? YEAH. OKAY. NO. NO. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. PASSES. THE OPERATIONS REPORTS FOR DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.[4) Approval of December, January, February Operations Report and 2024 Summary Report]
SCOTT SENT THEM ALL OUT, AND WE ALL REVIEWED THEM. OKAY.I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE SUMMARY REPORT.
I THINK IF YOU LOOK UNDER THE FINANCES AND MANAGEMENT, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR.
AND WHEN YOU KEEP THE RECORD, YOU ACTUALLY SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING, SEE IF YOU NEED TO HIRE MORE STAFF OR THINGS LIKE THAT. AND BY KEEPING THOSE RECORDS, THERE ARE A PERCENT OF OVERTIME WENT DOWN DRAMATICALLY.
SO I JUST COMPLIMENT THE STAFF ON WORKING THAT.
AND IF YOU SEE THE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT.
YOU KNOW HOW TO MANAGE IT. I SHOULD SAY SO. COMPLIMENTS TO YOUR STAFF. OKAY.
[5) Old Business]
OLD BUSINESS. SCOTT, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE INTERCEPTOR AND THE ANC LOAN UPDATE? YES. THE LOAN HAS BEEN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. THE THE THE COMMISSION WILL MEET ON ON MAY 21ST, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY'LL VOTE ON IT. BUT WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE WE HAD TO DO THE PRE THEY GO THROUGH THE THE THE PRE APP PROCESS AND ALL THAT. AND WE IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT TO GO THROUGH THAT.THEY SAID IT LOOKED IT LOOKED GOOD. SO. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT AN UPDATE ON OUR GRID CHAMBER? HAS IT COME IN YET? YES, YES, THE GRID CHAMBER CAME IN LAST WEEK, AND THEY HAVEN'T STARTED ON IT YET.
THE CONTRACT STARTED TODAY, BUT PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER COMING IN, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY. I KNOW THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO DWIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACTOR, HE'S HE'S GETTING HIS ELECTRICIANS TO COME, YOU KNOW, TRY AND GET THEM. THEY'RE FINISHING UP THE JOB, SO. SO AS SOON AS THEY GET THEM LINED OUT, THEY'RE GOING TO START DEMOING THE OLD ONE, THE OLD GRID CHAMBER.
SO. OKAY. NEW BUSINESS SHERWOOD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
[6) New Business]
COMMITTEE MEETING QUARTERLY INSTEAD OF MONTHLY NOW.SO WE WILL BE MEETING IN JANUARY, APRIL, JULY AND OCTOBER.
IF WE NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING OR SESSION, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND WE'LL CALL IT BEFOREHAND AND WILL NOTIFY THE PROPER PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING. I BELIEVE YOU'LL HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT AS A COMMITTEE.
OH, WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT. YEAH. OKAY. YES.
YEAH. SO I DO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE TO THESE QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
WE'VE CANCELED SO MANY OF THE YEAR. I THINK THIS MAKES BETTER SENSE.
OKAY. A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. GOOD IDEA.
OKAY. ANY OPPOSED? NO. I GUESS IT PASSES. THANK YOU.
OKAY, SCOTT, COULD YOU UPDATE US ON THE PURCHASE OF THE GENERATOR AND THE SEWER CAMERA FOR.
RIGHT. YEAH. I'M REQUESTING 130,000 FROM FROM THE WASTEWATER RESERVES FOR FOR A NEW GENERATOR AND A SEWER CAMERA. WE HAD WE DID.
WE PUT 70,000 FOR A SEWER CAMERA IN, IN THE, IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS WHEN THE, WHEN THE BIDS COME IN, THAT WAS ON THE LOW END.
AND THE ONE. YEAH. WE COULD GET ONE FOR 70,000, BUT WE DIDN'T LIKE THE QUALITY OF IT.
AND ONCE WE WE AND ONCE WE START SHOPPING AROUND AND WE THEY HAD WE HAD SOME DEMOS COMING IN AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A CAMERA THAT CAME AND WE GOT A, A, A QUOTE FROM SOURCEWELL FOR 114,000 FOR THE ONE WE WANT AND, AND FOR AS FAR AS THE GENERATOR GOES, THIS IS FOR A SHOSHONE PUMP STATION.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING A GETTING A GENERATOR FOR LIKE 54,000 PLUS TAX IS GOING TO BE ROUGHLY AROUND 60,000 ANYWAY. SO SO WITH ALL THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SHORTFALL OF 69,820 20,000.
AND ONCE WE ADD AND ONCE WE ADD ALL THE OTHER I'M ASKING FOR 130 BECAUSE I'M SORRY, NOT 69,
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BUT THE, THE SHORT WOULD BE 114,000 AND THAT WOULD LEAVE.AND AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE'RE DEALING WITH THE, THE GRIT CHAMBER.
ONCE THEY DO THE CONSTRUCTIONS THERE MAY BE CHANGE ORDERS.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAD ENOUGH TO COVER, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT WE DON'T USE.
OF COURSE, THEY'LL GO RIGHT BACK AT THE END OF THE YEAR, GO BACK INTO THE RESERVE.
SO OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDING IN THE RESERVE? YES, YES. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A 3.4 MILLION IN THE IN, IN THE IN THE ACCOUNT, IN THE FLOOD ACCOUNT.
IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR BALANCE SHEET UNDER 105, IT SHOWS THE FUND.
I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME HERE. I'M GOING TO PASS THAT ON TO HER ANYWAY.
IT SAYS 105 UNDER THE FUND IS 3.38 80, WHICH ROUNDED UP TO 3.4 AND EVERYTHING AND AND PLUS, YOU KNOW WITH THE WITH THE NEW RATE INCREASE.
RATE INCREASE. YOU KNOW WE'VE SEEN A REVENUE HAS COME UP.
SO EVERYTHING SO 130 IS NOT GOING TO OKAY. IT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO HURT THE AS FINANCIALLY.
OKAY. SO NOW I UNDERSTAND THIS HAS TO GO IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
IF WE IF WE DECIDE THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA. YES.
YES OKAY SCOTT, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
I'M LOOKING ON HERE THAT HAS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION AT 10 MILLION.
WHERE DO WHERE IS WHERE DOES OUR EQUIPMENT STAND RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE END OF LIFE CYCLE? THE EQUIPMENT IS STILL IN GOOD SHAPE OVERALL.
NO, IT MIGHT BE. IT MIGHT BE A FEW, LIKE, VEHICLES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO START.
WE'LL START. HAVE TO PROBABLY START ROTATING OUT, YOU KNOW, REPLACING.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT IT'S NOT TIME TO REPLACE THOSE JUST YET.
IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED? WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS. WE DO RECOMMEND. ARE WE GOING TO TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION OR USE ONE TO LET US KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING IT TO THE COUNCIL.
I'LL BRING IT TO COUNCIL. WELL, IF WE CAN GET Y'ALL'S APPROVAL AND EVERYTHING.
AND THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, AND THAT TAKES CARE OF A LOT OF WEIGHT WITH THE COUNCIL, I BELIEVE.
OKAY. DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE GENERATOR AND THE SEWER CAMERA PURCHASE? A MOTION TO PURCHASE. DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY.
MOTION PASSES. SO THE. COMMITTEE MEETING IS THE LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH.
SECOND, LAST MONDAY IS THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.
FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. OKAY. WHICH WOULD BE THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE IN JULY I GUESS.
WE'VE GOT A. THAT'LL BE THE WEEK OF THE JULY 4TH YOU KNOW.
OKAY. FIRST TUESDAY IS JULY THE 1ST. OKAY. AND THEN OUR NOT OUR MEETING.
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN PRESENT. OH YES. IT'D BE THE THIRD.
FOURTH. OKAY. FOURTH MONDAY. FOURTH. MONDAY. MONTH. OKAY. OKAY.
I GUESS THAT'S IT. I HAVE A QUESTION, AND I THINK I THINK WE HAVE A GUEST THAT WANTS TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE. MR. THOMAS WANTS TO, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION. SCOTT.
I'VE NOTICED THAT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS.
THE CONCRETE BUNKER, THINGS THAT KIND OF STICK OUT OF THE GROUND, THE MANHOLES, THE.
BUT THE ONES THAT ARE OUT OF THE GROUND, LIKE HERE, I'VE NOTICED IN SEVERAL OF THE PARKS AND AREAS AROUND, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE HAD SOME OVERFLOW PROBLEMS, THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER EIGHT INCHES TALL BUT LIKE 18IN TALL.
IS THAT SOMETHING NEW THAT THERE'S LIKE. WELL, WE DID A FEW OF THEM BECAUSE WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH OVERFLOW AND THOSE LINES ARE THE 24 INCH LINE THAT GOES THROUGH THERE. THAT'S PART OF THE INTERCEPTOR, WHICH THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE LOAN TO REHAB. OKAY.
WE WE RAISE THOSE MANHOLES SO IT WOULD GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO SEE HOW I CAN PUT THIS BASICALLY MINIMIZE THE FLOW IF, IF NOT ABLE TO STOP IT, YOU KNOW, TO TO WE CAN GET TO GET THOSE LINES REHAB.
AND I THOUGHT, LORD, THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.
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AND SO THANK YOU. OKAY. AND MR. THOMAS WANTS TO ASK A QUESTION.WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? YOU WERE JUST OBSERVING AND LISTENING.
OKAY. OKAY. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE GENERATOR.
OKAY. OKAY. AND SO WE HAVE WHEN IT BACKS UP, IT WAS GOING IN THEIR HOUSE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE IT IN. YEAH, I THINK WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS AT THAT LOCATION BEFORE, SO.
OKAY. VERY GOOD. I GOT ONE ANNOUNCEMENT. WASTEWATER NOW FALLS UNDER PUBLIC WORKS.
AND BRIAN GALLOWAY, HE'S THE DIRECTOR. SO, YOU KNOW.
SO I'LL BE, I GUESS, WORKING UNDER HIM. OKAY.
SO FROM NOW ON, SO, YOU KNOW, SO HE'S HIS FIRST COMMITTEE.
HE'S. WHEN DID THAT START? WELL, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
YEAH. YEAH. IT HELPS WITH EFFICIENCY AND SHARED RESOURCES AND EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE KEEPING THEIR BUDGET SEPARATE. JUST THAT I DIDN'T I DIDN'T WANT I DIDN'T WANT BRIAN STEALING YOUR MONEY, SCOTT. FOR MANAGEMENT PURPOSES. OKAY. OKAY. A LOT OF SIMILAR EQUIPMENT.
OKAY. OKAY. IF YOU. I THINK Y'ALL BROUGHT IT UP.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THE FIRST TUESDAY IN JULY IS GOING TO BE THE WEEK OF THE FOURTH.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE THEN, OR IF Y'ALL MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER PUSHING THAT MAYBE TO THE SECOND SEASON, Y'ALL. NEIL, IS IT ACTUALLY THE FOURTH? NO, IT'S THE FIRST OR THE EIGHTH.
IT'S THE WEEK OF THE FOURTH. YEAH, I HAVE SOMETHING ALREADY ON THE FIRST, BUT WE COULD.
WHATEVER YOUR PLEASURE THE BOARD IS. WELL, I'M GOING TO BE ON VACATION THAT WEEK.
SO DO YOU WANT TO MAKE IT THE EIGHTH? OKAY. OKAY.
WELL. YOU YOU CAN CHANGE. YOU CAN. OKAY. IT'S FLUID.
IT'S FLUID. OKAY. PUSH IT A WEEK, OR I SAY WE PUSH IT TO THE 8TH OF JULY FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT NORMALLY THEY'RE THE FIRST TWO. YES. YEAH.
YES. OKAY. OKAY. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING.
IF SO. MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MEETING'S OVER. THANK YOU. HOW'S THAT FOR?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.