MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF L.A. WATER COOPERATIVE HELD August 27, 2020 VIA ZOOM ONLINE.
Board Members Present: Don Wicks, Linda Fountain, Mark Franzen, Ken Aberle, Lisa Dutz, Tom Gunn
Board Members Absent: Malcolm Moreno, Amber Morgan, Michael Steffl
Staff Present: Laurie Lago
Members Present: None
This meeting of the LA Water Cooperative was called to order at 6:37pm by Don Wicks, Chairman
Secretary’s Report – The minutes of the July 2020 meeting were presented in writing.
Motion to approve by Tom Gunn. Seconded by Ken Aberle.
Voted & Passed
Treasurer’s Report – Report presented in writing.
Motion to approve by Mark Franzen. Seconded by Tom Gunn.
Voted & Passed
Business Report – Report presented in writing.
Motion to approve by Linda Fountain. Seconded by Tom Gunn.
Voted & Passed
Field Report – Report presented in writing.
Motion to approve by Mark Franzen. Seconded by Tom Gunn. Voted & Passed
Water Loss Report – Report presented in writing.
Motion to approve by Linda Fountain. Seconded by Ken Aberle.
Voted & Passed
Gaston Bridge Project – Pre-construction and Utility meetings were held this month and work has started. Expect the temporary line to be installed early September.
Bald Peak Reservoir – Emergency Callout for low pressure and water loss. The reservoir was low and Kyle spent hours looking for a leak with no luck. With help from Jerry Nethkin it was determined our transducer in the reservoir may be not working. The transducer tells the pumps when to turn on to keep the level up in the tank. Turned on the pumps and left them running all night to keep reservoir full. By morning, a leak had shown up across from Bald Peak park. Leak repaired but did not solve the problem, so parts were ordered to replace the transducer and Kyle and Mason took turns monitoring pumps and reservoir levels through the weekend until we could install the new part the following week, which solved the problem. Ordered back-up transducers for the other reservoirs to have on hand.
Leak on Bald Peak – Mainline leak, caused by a tree root when trees were removed by a contractor working across from the State Park. Contractor used his equipment to assist in repair, so we did not have to mobilize our equipment. Our locates were off.
Albertson Road Leak – Line leak on Albertson Road repaired by Schmidt Contracting. We had mobilized Schmidt to help with what looked to be a large leak on main line near Fire Department because it was test day for Kyle. Leak turned out to be Gaston’s line, not ours. Since we had already mobilized Schmidt, we rediverted them to repair the Albertson Road leak we had been unable to get to due to the Bald Peak issue.
Wisby – Line leak on Wisby repaired.
Bald Peak & Sunrise Peaks 2” Meter – replaced 2” meter on bald peak line that was scheduled to be replaced.
Southwind Drive – Line leak on Southwind Drive repaired.
Springhill Road – Line leak repaired on Springhill across from Gibson Rd.
Parmele – Line leak on Parmele repaired.
Lambert Pump – New pump to replace the blown out pump from June arrived and was installed by Kyle with the assistance of Ferguson & Brightside electrical.
Bald Peak PRV – Parts were replaced on the 6” PRV that failed in July. This week the new box will be placed around the PRV like it should have been when originally installed and we have flaggers hired for traffic control.
Motion to approve by Mark Franzen. Seconded by Tom Gunn.
Voted & Passed
New Business
1. Leak Credits – Submitted in writing
Motion to approve by Ken Aberle. Seconded by Mark Franzen.
Voted & Passed
2. New Certificate Request – Elsinore Lane
Motion to approve by Linda Fountain. Seconded by Tom Gunn.
Voted & Passed
3. Lambert Lane – Discussion regarding 2 properties that have applied for service and been denied due to no storage capacity available on Jordan Reservoir.
No Motion
4. Easements and Service Taps on Bald Peak – discussion regarding service taps on Bald Peak for some inactive certificates becoming active. Customer willing to work with us and give us easements for our lines on those properties. Operations Manager will proceed securing details and bringing back to the Board for consideration.
No Motion
5. Office Hours – Operations Manager requested changing office hours to 7:30 to 4:00 with no closure for lunch. Change allows for all staff to arrive and depart at same time. The change will improve the efficiency of operations, eliminate the hourlong mid-day closure, and improves safety for staff.
Motion to approve with the Operations Manager reporting back next month if there are any negative effects of the change by Ken Aberle. Seconded by Linda Fountain.
Voted & Passed
Motion to Adjourn by Mark Franzen. Seconded by Ken Aberle.
Voted and Passed
Meeting Adjourned at 7:16pm
