President Richard Greenhill called the Regular Board Meeting of the Woodrow-Osceola Water Supply Corporation to order at 6:30 PM, Tuesday, June 12, 2007. All Directors were present, with the exception of Bill Coleman. Employee Malcolm Tucker and 5 members were also present.
Item 2: Approve Minutes
Johnnie Bankston read the minutes from the May 8, 2007 Regular Board Meeting. Darline Jean made a motion to accept the minutes as read. Linda Hasselstrom seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 3: Directors Source and Application of Funds
Malcolm Tucker presented the Source. Linda Hasselstrom made a motion to accept as presented. John Milburn seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 4: Well Upgrades for Wells #2, #3, #4 & #5
Malcolm Tucker presented 3 bids for upgrading the pumps for wells #2, #3, #4 and #5 to increase the gpm’s. Also, 2 bids were presented for installing a SCADA monitoring system. After discussing the bids for both projects, Linda Hasselstrom made a motion to accept the lowest bid from Brune Pump, eliminating the Osceola Well, lowering the bid to $126,291.20 plus a bid from Wallace Electric for $15,576.00 for a total of $141,867.20. The Wallace SCADA monitoring system bid for $111,575.00 was selected due to better suiting the needs of the Corporation. A notation that we would upgrade one well at a time, 3 months apart, and after the first well upgrade, if the increase in gpm’s was not accomplished we would not continue, Sandra Chilcutt seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 5: Direct Deposit for Payroll
Tim Rochelle made a motion for Employee Payroll to be Direct Deposited and it is mandatory for all employees. Darline Jean seconded. Vote was unanimous. Richard Greenhill stated the deposit would not be made until he and Johnnie Bankston review time sheets while signing checks on Fridays.
Item 6: Approve Tariff Updates
John Milburn made a motion to approve Tariff updates. Linda Hasselstrom seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 7: Personnel Policy – 2.06 Qualifications
Delete one-time $500.00 bonus for obtaining Class D license and $750.00 bonus for obtaining Class C license. Linda Hasselstrom made a motion to delete the $500.00 bonus for obtaining Class D license and $750.00 bonus for obtaining Class C license. Jane Morgan seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 8: Personnel Policy – 6.04 Overtime
Linda Hasselstrom made a motion to revise 6.04 Overtime to read as follows: On occasion an employee may be required to work more than the normal 40 hours in the official work week. In this event the Corporation will pay the employee one and one-half times the number of overtime hours worked at the employee’s regular hourly rate. Employees will only be compensated with overtime pay once they have worked forty hours. Also, (b) and (c) will be deleted. Tim Rochelle seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 9: Director Replacement
Bill Coleman resignation – Thomas L. Bills as replacement. Tim Rochelle made a motion to accept Bill Coleman’s resignation and his position to be filled by Thomas L. Bills, with 10 months remaining on Mr. Coleman’s term. Linda Hasselstrom seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 10: Publicity Picture for Loan Grant – Well #6
Tim Rochelle made a motion for a publicity picture for the loan grant to be taken at the appropriate time. John Milburn seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 11: New Server
Tabled until a later date.
Item 12: Tanks for Discussion
Tabled until a later date.
Item 13: Status of SCADA System
This item was presented, discussed and voted on with Item 4: Well upgrades #2, #3, #4 and #5.
Item 14: Public Comment
Frank Burt introduced his son-in-law, Richard Ward to the Board of Directors and Malcolm Tucker, stating he could give us free advice since he deals with various cities water systems. Malcolm said he would talk with him after the meeting. Sandra Chilcutt asked what he felt about the SCADA Monitoring System. Mr. Ward stated the system was the future and the Corporation should investigate the systems that best suits their needs.
Item 15: Directors and Manager Comments
Tim Rochelle stated we had gotten good information and was pleased with Malcolm. John Milburn felt we should have discussed storage tanks, but Malcolm said he didn’t have all the information Linda Hasselstrom stated Malcolm’s complicated simplicity overwhelmed her. Darline Jean said Malcolm was what we needed. Malcolm Tucker stated Mike Lanner, TCEQ said to drop off the drought policy from our web-site and TCEQ is investigating the asbestos find off Hwy 171. Also, Teena Worbington had completed her 90 day probation and would be eligible for all benefits and would be raised to $10.00 an hour.
Item 16: Membership Changes
Linda Hasselstron made a motion to accept 3 new memberships, 6 transfers, no sellbacks and no revokes. Jane Morgan seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 17: Executive Session
None
Item 18: Adjourn
Jane Morgan made a motion to adjourn at 8:35 p.m. Darline Jean seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Respectively Submitted,
Johnnie Bankston
Secretary/Treasurer
Woodrow-Osceola Water Supply Corporation
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