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Stillwater, Minnesota, July 10, 2014
Regular Meeting:
The regular meeting of the Board of Water Commissioners was held on Thursday July
10, 2014 at 8:30 A.M.
President Speedling and Commissioner Vania present with Commissioner Nyberg absent,
with President Speedling presiding. Also present was Tom Corman and Council Member
Menikheim.
On motion of President Speedling, duly seconded by Commissioner Vania, all voting
“Aye”, the Agenda was accepted as presented.
On motion of President Speedling duly seconded by Commissioner Vania, all voting
“Aye, the minutes of the June 12 , 2014 regular meeting were read and approved as
written.
On motion of President Speedling duly seconded by Commissioner Vania, all voting
“Aye”, Resolution No. 1466 was approved for payment.
Tom Corman reported to the Board that they have been locating for the bridge project,
the quarterly meter readings were completed in 2 days with the new system verses 17
days with the old system. They continue with yard maintenance, there are a number of
service leaks that need to be repaired, but due to all the rain in June the contractors are
behind schedule. One service leak was repaired on Hickory Street which was originally
thought to be a watermain break, but after digging down to the watermain they found a
leak on the service and this was renewed from the watermain to the curb stop including a
new curb stop, the owner has been notified and will be sent a bill.
Manager Benson explained to the Board that they will need to purchase another chlorine
regulator for one that was not able to be repaired, therefore on motion of Commissioner
Vania, duly seconded by President Speedling, all voting “Aye”, the new chlorine
regulator was approved, not to exceed a cost of $1,500.00.
The Officers and Appointments of the Board of Water Commissioners stand as follows:
President Steve Speedling Appointment Expires June 30, 2017
Vice President Adam Nyberg Appointment Expires June 30, 2016
Member George Vania Appointment Expires June 30, 2015
The following items were discussed, with no action taken:
1. Accounts receivable balance as of June 30, 2014 was $67,113.63 with the actual
amount being $104,041.44; this is $12,000.00 higher than last years.
2. President Speedlings reappointment was approved by the City Council; his new
term will expire on June 30, 2017.
3. Commissioner Vania gave an update on the GIS-RFP, a copy was sent out to Pro
West & Associates, WSB & Associates, Inc., Powers Engineers and Bolton &
Menk, Inc. with a meeting scheduled for August 7, 2014 to review the GIS-RFP if
they are interested.
4. Manager Benson informed the Board that one of the ten water samples sent into
the lab for testing came back positive for bacteria. Manager Benson contacted the
Minnesota Department of Health and was instructed to resample following their
guidelines. The samples were sent in on July 10, 2014 and he will notify the
Board when he gets the results.
5. Manager Benson informed the Board that they hung 74 shut-off notices; this was
the second half of the original batch. Out of the 150 shut-off notices, 5 properties
were shut off.
6. Manager Benson updated the Board of Well #1.
7. Manager Benson talked to the Board about the extra hours that were put in by the
office staff during the meter project, and after discussion he was instructed to
provide the Board with a summary of hours worked.
There being no further business, on motion of Commissioner Vania, duly seconded by
President Speedling, all voting “Aye”, the meeting was adjourned.
Attest: Secretary