Board Meeting Minutes – December 29, 2022

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF L.A. WATER COOPERATIVE HELD December 29, 2022 at Gaston Fire Hall Parking Lot

 Board Members Present: Don Wicks, Linda Fountain, Ted Leach, Megan Corvus, Dave McAdams

Board Members Absent: Lisa Dutz, Tom Gunn, Amber Morgan, Joel Mulkey

Staff Present: Laurie Lago

This meeting of the LA Water Cooperative was called to order at 6:15pm by Don Wicks, Chair

Due to flooding at the fire hall, meeting was held in the parking lot and all items were deferred to next meeting other than the two motions below.

Motion to allow the hiring of Haworth Construction on an emergency response bases until staff can be hired and trained by Dave McAdams.  Seconded By Linda Fountain. Voted & Passed.

Motion to approve the 2023 budget as presented by Linda Fountain.  Seconded by Dave McAdams. Voted & Passed.

Motion to adjourn by Linda Fountain. Seconded by Ted Leach. Voted & Passed

Meeting Adjourned at 6:45pm

Board Meeting Minutes – November 23, 2022

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF L.A. WATER COOPERATIVE HELD November 23, 2022 at Gaston Fire Hall

Board Members Present:            Don Wicks, Linda Fountain, Ted Leach, Tom Gunn, Amber Morgan, Joel Mulkey

Board Members Absent:                   Megan Corvus, Dave McAdams, Lisa Dutz

Staff Present:                 Laurie Lago

 

This meeting of the LA Water Cooperative was called to order at 6:15pm by Don Wicks, Chair.

Motion to nominate Joel Mulkey to fill vacated position until next election, by Tom Gunn. Seconded by Ted Leach. Voted and Passed.

 

Secretary’s Report – The minutes of the September 2022 meting were presented in writing. Motion to approve by Linda Fountain. Seconded by Tom Gunn. Voted and passed.

 

Treasurer’s Report – presented in writing. Motion to approve by Linda Fountain. Seconded by Tom Gunn. Voted and passed.

 

Operation Manager’s Reports – Business, Field, and Water Loss Reports presented in writing. Motion to approve by Linda Fountain. Seconded by Tom Gunn. Voted and passed.

 

Field Report – report presented in writing is below:

Southwind Leak – Repaired leak on Southwind Drive

Winterizing – Crew has been working on winterizing all pump station and reservoirs.

Rossman Pump – Parts finally arrived for a pump that is down at Rossman. Pulled pump, made repairs, and re-installed pump. We now have both pumps working again at Rossman.

Langley Line – Dan’s Leak Detection has checked the line. We have about 850 feet of line that currently has several small leaks with no customers tapped within that section. The entire line length is approximately 1900 feet with 8 customer taps. The line installed was only 20 gauge PVC that should be 80 gauge. We would want to increase the pipe gauge whether we just do one section, or the whole line.

 

Old Business

Mainline Re-alignment in Rock Quarry – topographical survey in process, and lawyer is reviewing our easement and rights. Operations Manger to call Western Rock to update on topo study and expectations.

Academy Property Certificates – Developer meeting moved to December

 

New Business

Leak Credits – Motion to approve by Tom Gunn. Seconded by Linda Fountain. Voted and passed.

Draft 2023 Budget – Deferred to next meeting

Rates – Deferred to next meeting

Capital Improvement Projects – Deferred to next meeting

 

 

Motion to adjourn by Linda Fountain. Seconded by Ted Leach. Voted and passed.

Meeting adjourned at 6:55pm

Board Meeting Minutes – October 27, 2022

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF L.A. WATER COOPERATIVE HELD October 27, 2022, at Gaston Fire Hall

Board Members Present: Don Wicks, Amber Morgan, Linda Fountain, David McAdams, Ted Leach, Lisa Dutz.

Board Members Absent: Megan Corvus, Tom Gunn

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 September, 2022 meeting were presented in writing. Motion to approve by Linda Fountain. Seconded by Dave McAdams. Voted and passed.

Treasurer’s Report – Presented in writing. Motion to approve by Linda Fountain., Seconded by Amber Morgan. Voted and passed.

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

Field Report – Report presented in writing is below:

Langley Leak – Repaired another leak on the Langley line

Moreno Drive Water Outage – Crew responded to water loss on Moreno drive (after hours). A leak on a customer’s line was pulling all the water from the customers above. Turned off the water to the customer with the leak and all other customers water was restored. Told customer with the leak, he could have his water turned back on when his leak was fixed.

PRV Box Install on Langley – Wooden box around PRV on Langley drive was deteriorating and was beyond repair. New box finally arrived and was installed.

New Service on Bald Peak – Inactive certificate on Bald Peak was made active and a new meter was installed, requiring a bore under the road.

Grounds Maintenance – Worked on making sure all reservoirs and pump stations received a final mowing and trimming before the rain sets in.

Tank Re-coating – Met with Veolia and gave tour of the three reservoirs that need interior re-coating.

 

Old Business

  • Mainline re-alignment in Rock Quarry – Topographical survey in process and lawyer is reviewing our easement and rights.
  • Academy Property Certificates – Working on setting up a meeting with L.A. Water’s Engineer and the Developer’s Engineer.
  • Bald Peak State Park – Water service request and potential future reservoir site – cost fo topo study is $32k – decision to hold off for now as there are more pressing issues that money can be used for.
  • City of Hillsboro price increase for 2023 – 4.5% rate increase starting Jan 1, 2023. Passing the rate increase on was discussed, but no decision was made at this time.
  • Financial Assistance for a customer – hardship

 

 

New Business

  • Shop/Office Building Foundation Issues – Cracking in foundation – getting assessments from foundation companies.
  • Budget Items – Discussed items to include in next year’s budget.
  • Retirement – Simple IRA vs 401k – Motion to move the simple IRA over to a 401k, by Dave McAdams. Seconded by Amber Morgan. Voted and passed.
  • Check Signers – 2 new check signers needed. Amber Morgan and Dave McAdams volunteered to be added as check signers, and Ken Aberle is to be removed.

 

Other Business

  • Tanks – Discussed meeting with Veolia regarding condition of our tanks. Operations Manager directed to arrange for inspections on all tanks with ROV inspectors on worst tanks.
  • Leak Credit – Motion to approve by Amber Morgan. Seconded by Linda Fountain. Voted and passed.
  • Pumps – Discussed quotes. Will proceed with HPS.

 

Motion to adjourn by Linda Fountain. Seconded by Dave McAdams. Voted and passed.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:15pm

 

 

Board Meeting Minutes – September 22, 2022

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF L.A. WATER COOPERATIVE HELD September 22, 2022 at L.A. Water Coop Office.

 Board Members Present:      Ken Aberle, Linda Fountain, David McAdams, Ted Leach, Lisa Dutz, Tom Gunn

Board Members Absent:       Megan Corvus, Don Wicks, Amber Morgan

Staff Present:       Laurie Lago

This meeting of the LA Water Cooperative was called to order at 6:07pm by Ken Aberle, Vice Chair

Secretary’s Report – The minutes of the August 2022 meeting were presented in writing.

Motion to approve by Tom Gunn. Seconded by Linda Fountain. Voted & Passed       

Treasurer’s Report – presented in writing. Motion to approve by Tom Gunn. Seconded by Dave McAdams. Voted & Passed

Operation Manager’s Reports – Business, Field, and Water Loss Reports presented in writing. Motion to approve by Tom Gunn. Seconded by Dave McAdams. Voted & Passed

 

Field Report – Report presented in writing is below:           

Langley Leak – Repaired 2 leaks on Langley line in an area that has already been repaired 5 times in the past few years.  Need to look at line replacement.

LaSalle Service Line Leak – Service line repair on LaSalle Rd for leaks on our side of the meter.

Goodin Creek Leak – Repaired leak on main line on Goodin Creek Rd.

LaSalle Mainline – Met with our engineer at the LaSalle leak location and reviewed pictures.  He asked us to pothole along the mainline on LaSalle from the start of gravel up to where the leak was suspected. Discovered our line is off from our maps and suspected leak by about 10 feet.  We have scheduled leak detection to come out and check the line to be sure, but it is looking like that leak area may be an old culvert and/or a spring and not our mainline.

Parmele Leak – Repaired a mainline leak on Parmele Road.

Spring Hill Field Fire – our fire hydrant on the Spring Hill line prior to Withycombe was used to fill tankers to fight this fire.  Nick stayed onsite to monitor our incoming pressure at the pumphouse to prevent pump damage.  A total of about 12K gallons was used during the fire.

PGE Power Outage – Sites started losing power on Friday (9/9) late morning and continued to shut down sites throughout the day.  Some stations power came back up by Saturday afternoon, with most not coming back online till Sunday (9/11) afternoon.  Bald Peak and upper portion of Albertson did not lose power.  With no pumps working at Withycombe, a handful of customers had very low pressure or no water and Cox Reservoir at the shop was unable to fill as it is gravity fed from the bottom of Albertson.  Gibson was also down so there was no route for water to pump up to Rossman.  All tanks were low and a few critically low by the time power was restored to all pump stations, but we did not run out of water in any tanks. By Tuesday most tanks had recovered and were back to normal.

 

Old Business

  1. Mainline Re-alignment in Rock Quarry – Update – have lawyer review easement and advise
  2. Service Line on Spring Hill – Update

 

New Business

Leak Credits – Motion to approve by Linda Fountain. Seconded by Tom Gunn. Voted & Passed

Financial Assistance for a Customer – research hardship account parameters

City of Hillsboro price increase for 2023 – .08 per 100 CF = .0001 per gallon – review last few years rate increases and determine $ amount we have lost by not passing increases on to coop members.

Water Usage Comparison – May to August

Academy Property Certificates – meeting with developer and Gaston Fire

Langley Road Water Line – failing

Bald Peak State Park  Water service request – Have topography done by Engineering firm to determine if tank site at park would be beneficial to us.

 

Other Business

– none –

Motion to adjourn by Linda Fountain. Seconded by Dave McAdams. Voted & Passed

Meeting Adjourned at 7:37pm

 

 

Board Meeting Minutes – August 25, 2022

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF L.A. WATER COOPERATIVE HELD August 25, 2022 at Gaston Fire Hall.

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

Board Members Absent: Megan Corvus

Staff Present: Laurie Lago

This meeting of the LA Water Cooperative was called to order at 6:05pm by Don Wicks, Chair

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

Treasurer’s Report – presented in writing.
Motion to approve by Dave McAdams. Seconded by Tom Gunn. 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:

LaSalle Leak – Leak on LaSalle Road towards the top. When we exposed the line where water was appearing on the road, it was discovered that section of line is encased in concrete and the concrete was separated enough to allow the water to leak in that spot. With the pressures in that area over 100psi, that leak could be anywhere in the section of line encased in concrete and the whole section of line encased in concrete will have to be replaced. We hired a vac truck to pothole along the line to determine each end of the concrete sleeve and there is approx. a 400ft section of line that will need replaced. I have contacted our engineer to start the process of permits, engineering, etc. to get this project started. We will need to hire a utility contractor to handle this section of line replacement.

Springhill Leak – Mainline on Springhill was hit by excavator. Luckily it was a quick easy repair and only a few customers were without water for less than 2 hours.

Hartley Leaks – Chased a couple possible leaks on Hartley Road that ended up being Laurelwood Water leaks that we reported to them.

Old Business
1. Mainline Re-alignment in Rock Quarry – Update
2. Service Line on Spring Hill – Update

New Business
1. Leak Credits
Motion to approve by Amber Morgan. Seconded by Tom Gunn. Voted & Passed

2. Insurance Increase for Directors & Officers
Motion to approve the increase of Director and Officer coverage at the provided quote by Dave McAdams. Seconded by Amber Morgan. Voted & Passed

3. Heritage Investment Accounts
Motion to allow Linda Fountain, Amber Morgan, and Tom Gunn to allocate out the investment account of $725K into various CD’s that will come due at 6-month intervals by Don Wicks. Seconded by Dave McAdams. Voted & Passed with Tom Gunn opposed.
4. Update on Interior Tank Coating – information has been sent to Veolia to begin the process of getting a quote on recoating the interior of our tanks that are showing wear.

Other Business
1. Pump Order – Information presented, further quotes requested.
2. 990 – Dave McAdams to review prior to vote

Motion to adjourn by Ken Aberle. Seconded by Linda Fountain. Voted & Passed
Meeting Adjourned at 7:15pm
Executive Session

 

Board Meeting Minutes – July 28, 2022

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

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

Board Members Absent: Tom Gunn, Megan Corvus
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 June 2022 meeting were presented in writing.
Motion to approve by Ken Aberle. Seconded by Dave McAdams. Voted & Passed

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

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

Field Report – Report presented in writing is below:

Springhill Meter Removals – Two meters on Springhill Rd that were no longer valid meters were shut off at the mainline corp stop and removed.

Airey Drive Leak – A old meter that was no longer in service was not disconnected from the mainline. Work being done in the area caused it to break and cause mainline leak. Crew found mainline and disconnected properly at the corp stop and removed old meter.

Rossman Pumps – Both pumps at Rossman are faulty. We were able to find a new motor and rebuild one of the pumps, but the impeller is really bad and we cannot get the part for a few weeks. The other pump is struggling as well, but we can’t get parts for a while. We are watching them closely and have parts on order.

Old Business
1. Mainline Re-alignment in Rock Quarry – waiting on response
2. Service Line – abandon and move – Written Update Provided

New Business

Leak Credits
Motion to approve by Ken Aberle. Seconded by Amber Morgan. Voted & Passed

1. Accounting Information – see attached information
Motion to approve the engagement letter with People First Consulting by Dave McAdams. Seconded by Ken Aberle. Voted & Passed
2. CIP Projects – Discussed Engineer’s meeting and list of projects. Discussed projects that should be pursued by current staff and projects to get quotes from contractors for future planning.

Other Business
1. Heritage Investment Accounts – Need 2 new signers to add to account.
Motion to keep signer Tom Gunn and add signers Amber Morgan and Linda Fountain, by Don Wicks. Seconded by Ken Aberle. Voted & Passed
Motion to adjourn by Ken Aberle. Seconded by Amber Morgan. Voted & Passed

Meeting Adjourned at 7:25pm
Executive Session

Board Meeting Minutes – June 23, 2022

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF L.A. WATER COOPERATIVE HELD JUNE 23, 2022.

Board Members Present: Linda Fountain, David McAdams, Ted Leach, Ken Aberle, Megan Corvus

Board Members Absent: Don Wicks, Amber Morgan, Tom Gunn, Lisa Dutz

Staff Present: Laurie Lago

This meeting of the LA Water Cooperative was called to order at 6:00pm by Ken Aberle, Vice Chair

Secretary’s Report – The minutes of the May 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 Dave McAdams. Seconded by Ted Leach. Voted & Passed

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

Field Report – Report presented in writing is below:

  1. Parmele Leak – Main line leak on Parmele Rd, customers out of water for a short period.
  2. Withycombe Pump – Pump caught fire at Withycombe. Motor failed. HPS replaced motor and pump was re-installed within a few days.
  3. Laurelwood Drive Leak – Leak on Laurelwood Drive. Large section of pipe with PRV, valves and pressure gauges were leaking from several PVC joints. Crew re-did the whole section in galvanized and brass. With the angles and high pressures in that area, the PVC joints will not hold.
  4. Muddy Gulch – One VFD panel blew. Brightside Electrical has ordered a replacement and will install when it comes in. With only one pump in operation, we have Rossman only calling for water from the Albertson ladder until we can get Muddy Gulch back to full operation.
  5. Springhill/Laurelwood Leak – Car blew stop sign at the intersection of Springhill and Laurelwood road and landed in the field across the road and on top of a meter box. When the tow truck pulled the car out, he caught the meter box and broke the lines on both side of the meter. Line was fixed live the next day, so we did not have to shut down water to anyone except the house the meter belonged to. Insurance claim with the car owner’s insurance has been filed.
  6. Poppy Pumphouse – One of the pumps has been rebuilt and re-installed. Pressures are holding much better. But while installing the pump, it was discovered that a valve control which regulates the pump was stuck in an open position. Nick worked during night hours to see if he could clean it and get it working again without success. The only way to replace that part is to shut down the entire pumphouse, putting most of Laurelwood out of water, so the work will be done at night when the part arrives.

 

Old Business

  1. Mainline Re-alignment in Rock Quarry – Lawyer is working to make contact with owners to discuss their lack of attention to this matter.
  2. Service Line – abandon and move – Written Update Provided

 

New Business

  1. Accounting Information – see attached information
    Motion to locate local CPA to review and clean-up QuickBooks by Dave McAdams. Seconded by Linda Fountain. Voted & Passed
  2. Audit – motion to defer audit to 2023 by Dave McAdams. Seconded by Megan Corvus. Voted & Passed
  3. CIP Projects – deferred to next month
  4. Insurance Coverage – directed to get additional quotes on certain coverage
  5. Trailer/Tractor – determine price on selling the JD tractor with attachments & trailer

 

Other Business

  1. Customer requesting to sell back an Inactive Certificate.
    Motion to approve by Dave McAdams. Seconded by Megan Corvus. Voted & Passed
  2. City of Hillsboro SDC Increase effective July 1, 2022
    Motion to increase our New Certificate Fee by the amount of Hillsboro’s increase, making the new certificate fee $21,431.00 as of July 1, 2022 by Dave McAdams. Seconded by Linda Fountain. Voted & Passed
  3. Unpaid Inactive Fee for 2022 Inactive Certificate – Motion to send customer letter both regular mail and certified that they have 60days to pay the overdue invoice or they forfeit their certificate by Dave McAdams. Seconded by Megan Corvus. Voted & Passed

 

Motion to adjourn by Dave McAdams. Seconded by Ted Leach. Voted & Passed
Meeting Adjourned at 7:15pm

Board Meeting Minutes – May 26, 2022

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF L.A. WATER COOPERATIVE HELD MAY 26, 2022.

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

Board Members Absent: Tom Gunn, Megan Corvus

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 April 2022 meeting were presented in writing.
Motion to approve by Amber Morgan . Seconded by Ken Aberle. Voted & Passed

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

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

  1. Field Report – Report presented in writing is below:Pit PRV’s – Replaced second PRV on Pit Road, adjusted pressures and replaced meter shut off valve on a broken meter valve while water was down.
  2. New Meter Taps – tapped 2 new meters for certificate holders.
  3. PRV Project – crew spent time reviewing and cataloging all PRV locations and sizes, as well as performing landscaping maintenance around the PRV’s, in preparation for rebuilding or replacing as needed.
  4. Landscape Maintenance – Everything is growing, so landscape maintenance around reservoirs and pump stations are requiring more time.

Old Business

  1. Mainline Re-alignment in Rock Quarry – Lawyer is working to make contact with owners to discuss their lack of attention to this matter.
  2. Service Line – abandon and move – Discussion on next steps.

New Business

  1. Accounting Information – Contact an accounting firm other than Jones & Roth to schedule an audit. Also look into a local accountant to do a quarterly review of the books.
  2. Insurance Policy Renewal Update – informed of changes to policy and property values. Look into earthquake and board coverages for next meeting.
  3. CIP Projects – written list of projects submitted and discussed. Operations Manager to meet with Engineer to discuss moving forward.
  4. Trailer – Discussion on whether to keep or sell the spare tilt trailer.

 

Motion to adjourn by Ken Aberle. Seconded by Amber Morgan. Voted & Passed
Meeting Adjourned at 7:45pm

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

Board Meeting Minutes – March 24, 2022

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF L.A. WATER COOPERATIVE HELD March 24, 2022 VIA ZOOM ONLINE.

Board Members Present: Linda Fountain, David McAdams, Tom Gunn, Megan Corvus, Don Wicks, Lisa Dutz, Amber Morgan, Ted Leach

Board Members Absent: Ken Aberle

Staff Present: Laurie Lago

This meeting of the LA Water Cooperative was called to order at 5:59pm by Don Wicks, Chair

Secretary’s Report – The minutes of the Feb. 2022 meeting were presented in writing.
Motion to approve by Amber Morgan. Seconded by Dave McAdams. 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 Tom Gunn. Seconded by Amber Morgan. Voted & Passed

Field Report – Report presented in writing is below:

Sunrise Peak/Melott Leak – Leak was discovered on the cross-county line that feed Sunrise Peaks and Melott. Pressure issues were reported late morning, leak located by early afternoon and repaired by 6pm. Break was located under a large tree and break was caused by roots that wrapped and broke pipe. Property owner was having some fire control logging done on his property, so he had the loggers go out the day after the repair and cut down the tree. Most customers just had low pressure all day with only a handful without water completely until the final hour when we had to shut down the line to complete the repair.

Poppy Pumphouse – Continuing to monitor the pumps and have parts and a new pump on order. Pressure is holding just high enough to keep things going for now.

Shop Organization – The crew is continuing to go through the shop and tools to organize and clean up. They have been cleaning tools and small equipment and repairing non-working items that can be repaired and getting rid of old broken tools as well as setting the shop up to be a more functional space. They have successfully managed to make room for all vehicles and water pipe to be stored inside the shop.

Offices – Repaired and filled holes in office walls and painted. Working on cleaning and re-organizing shop office to be functional as an office and all tools and supplies moved into shop area so everything is organized and located in one place.

Old Business

1. Customer water usage limits and rate information
Motion to approve option 1 by Tom Gunn. Seconded by Linda Fountain. Voted & Passed
2. Mainline Re-alignment in Rock Quarry – No update at this time
3. Service Line – abandon and move – No update at this time

New Business

1. Welcome new Board Members & Election of Officers
Motion to re-elect all officers to the same positions by Amber Morgan. Seconded by Dave McAdams. Voted & Passed – Don Wicks – President, Ken Aberle – Vice President, Linda Fountain – Secretary, Amber Morgan – Treasurer

2. Customer again addressed board regarding previous decision – No new information given that gave the board reason to reverse previous decision. Recommended customer hire her own engineer to review and will address again if new information is provided.

3. Leak Credits
Motion to approve by Tom Gunn. Seconded by Amber Morgan. Voted & Passed
4. Draft of Financials for Approval – Year-end Journal Entries included for reference
Motion to approve by Tom Gunn. Seconded by Dave McAdams. Voted & Passed
5. Annual Meeting Packet – documents attached for review

Motion to adjourn by Tom Gunn. Seconded by Linda Fountain. Voted & Passed

Meeting Adjourned at 6:41pm