Board Meeting Minutes – April 28, 2022

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF L.A. WATER COOPERATIVE HELD April 28, 2022.

Board Members Present: Linda Fountain, David McAdams, Don Wicks, Amber Morgan, Ted Leach, Ken Aberle

Board Members Absent: Tom Gunn, Megan Corvus, Lisa Dutz
Staff Present: Laurie Lago

This meeting of the LA Water Cooperative was called to order at 6:00pm by Don Wicks, Chair

Secretary’s Report – The minutes of the March 2022 meeting were presented in writing.
Motion to approve by Dave McAdams. Seconded by Linda Fountain. Voted & Passed

Treasurer’s Report – presented in writing.
Motion to approve by Amber Morgan. Seconded by Linda Fountain. Voted & Passed

Operation Manager’s Reports – Business, Field, and Water Loss Reports presented in writing.
Motion to approve by Linda Fountain. Seconded by Amber Morgan. Voted & Passed

Field Report – Report presented in writing is below:

    1. Pit PRV’s – 2 of the PRV’s on Pit Road have been having issues. We replaced one and are scheduling the second one to be replaced.
    2. Bridgefarmer PRV – has been having intermittent issues, so we pulled and rebuilt and is now working fine.
    3. Power Outage during snowstorm – Power was down for several hours during the snowstorm. Crew monitored tank levels, which held until pumps came back up.
    4. Snowstorm Clean-up – Crew spent several days working on cleaning up downed branches and trees around reservoirs and pumpstations due to the snowstorm.

 

Old Business

  1. Mainline Re-alignment in Rock Quarry – No update at this time
  2. Service Line – abandon and move – Discussion on next steps.

 

New Business

  1. New Certificate Request
    Motion to approve by Linda Fountain. Seconded by Dave McAdams. Voted & Passed

 

Other Business

  1. Capital Improvement Projects – discussion regarding re-visiting the capital improvement project list. Operations Manger to have recommendations and items to discuss for next meeting.
  2. Revisit and review accounting info regarding planned audit for 2022.

 

Motion to adjourn by Amber Morgan. Seconded by Dave McAdams. Voted & Passed
Meeting Adjourned at 6:48pm