President Richard Greenhill called the Regular Board Meeting of the Woodrow Osceola Water Supply Corporation to order at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 18, 2006. All Directors were present, with the exception of Bill Coleman, Linda Hasselstrom and Tim Rochelle. Employees Dave Tomlinson and Billie Lair were present, along with 4 members.
Item 2: Faye Copeland on Engineers Request to Upgrade to 6″ Line for New Meter
Mrs. Copeland addressed the Board to request her 1 ½ inch water line located on FM 4113 be upgraded to a 6 inch line per the engineer hydraulic analysis adding a new meter for her son’s new house. The Board said they would discuss the item with the manager in executive session and she would be notified of the decision.
Item 3: Approve Minutes
Johnnie Bankston read the minutes from the June 13, 2006, Regular Board Meeting. Jane Morgan made a motion to accept the minutes as read. Sandra Chilcutt seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 4: Directors Source and Application of Funds
David Tomlinson presented the Source. After discussion John Milburn made a motion to accept as presented. Darline Jean seconded. Vote was unanimous. Also, Johnnie Bankston informed the Board a draft of the 2006-2007 Budget was in their packets for review and would be discussed and voted on at the August meeting.
Item 5: Payout for New Meters
Dave Tomlinson informed the Board of request to pay-out meters stemming from double hook-ups. After discussion Darline Jean made a motion to uphold the rule we have in place to pay for meters in full at time of request. Jane Morgan seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 6: Customer Service Inspection Fee
After discussing the New Home Inspection, Sandra Chilcutt made a motion to charge a fee of $50.00 per inspection taking into consideration the expense to license employee, testing kit, fuel, wear-n-tear on vehicles and salary. Jane Morgan seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 7: Add employee, Meter-Tech
The Board was given a job description for a Meter Tech explaining the employee would read all meters, replace old meters, inform office staff of routing changes, system map changes, leaks, etc. Johnnie Bankston made a motion to create the Meter Tech position. John Milburn seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 8: Public Comment
None
Item 9: Directors and Manager Comments
Dave Tomlinson informed the Board of low water in storage tanks and low pressure over the past week and weekends. Jawbone well was down causing the beginning of the problem and for some unknown reason the Freeman elevated was not sensing the need to reset. Dave said Jawbone was repaired and the electrician was investigating a reset switch for Freeman. Also, he split the crews into 12 hr. shifts to check all wells and storage trying to keep adequate water level and pressure for the system. Dave also wanted to replace the registering meter reader for Blanton and Woodrow at a cost of around $1400.00 Johnnie said it would be placed on the August agenda.
Item 10: Membership Changes
Darline Jean made a motion to accept 1 new membership, 1 Transfer and 1 re-located. Jane Morgan seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 11: Executive Session
The Board adjourned for Executive Session at 7:45 p.m. Upon reconvening at 8:10 p.m., the Faye Copeland upgrade to 6 inch line was tabled until the Manger collected all needed information to make an adequate decision.
Item 12: Adjourn
The Board adjourned at 8:35 p.m.
Respectively Submitted,
Johnnie Bankston
Secretary/Treasurer
Woodrow-Osceola Water Supply Corporation
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