President Richard Greenhill called the Regular Board Meeting of the Woodrow-Osceola Water Supply Corporation to order at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 11, 2008. All Directors were present with the exception of John Milburn and Tim Rochelle. Employee Malcolm Tucker was also present.
Item 2: Evelyn Pareya Audit
Evelyn Pareya handed out binders containing the Independent Auditor’s Report and gave a thorough explanation of the report. Jane Morgan made a motion to accept the Auditor’s Report as presented. Thomas Bills seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 3: Approve Minutes
Johnnie Bankston read the minutes from the October 14, 2008 Regular Board Meeting. Thomas Bills made a motion to accept the minutes as read. Jane Morgan seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 4: Directors Source and Application of Funds
Malcolm Tucker presented the Source and Application of Funds. After discussion Sandra Chilcutt made a motion to accept the minutes as presented. Thomas Bills seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 5: Promotion and Raise for James Skains
Malcolm discussed with the Directors the demotion of Robert Reyna as the Field Forman. He continued by saying James Skains had been promoted to the Field Forman and in 2 weeks 90 work orders had been completed and change was on the horizon. He recommended a $2.00 an hour increase because James had gotten his Class D and CSI License, as well as the promotion to Field Forman within 5 months of employment. The item was moved to Executive Session.
Item 6: Appoint Nominating & Credentials Committee
Richard Greenhill asked Johnnie Bankston to name Directors to committees. Johnnie stated the Nominating Committee would have Sandra Chilcutt as Chairperson, Thomas Bills and Linda Hasselstrom. The Credential Committee would have Johnnie Bankston as Chairperson, Richard Greenhill and Jane Morgan. Johnnie stated reports by Committee Chairperson will be given at the January 2009 Regular Meeting.
Item 7: Public Comment
None
Item 8: Membership Changes
Sandra Chilcutt made a motion to accept 1 new membership, 6 transfers, no revokes and no sellbacks. Thomas Bills seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 9: Directors and Manager Comments
Thomas Bills told the Board he attended the Brazos G Open Meeting on October 29, 2008 and talked about several items discussed. Sandra Chilcutt stated that with the current economic situation we as a Board needed to watch resources and should be conservative. She felt that maybe James Skains could resolve projects needing to be completed. Also, she felt the decision by the Board to cut back the project on Well #6 was a good one. Finally, she asked why the buddy system was necessary. Malcolm stated this was temporary and was for training a back-up meter reader. Malcolm informed the Board the Jawbone Well pump had burned out. The decision was made not to upgrade to a larger pump due to Woodrow Well being down. When the Well was pulled only 21’ of water covered the pump and last year the pump had 124’ water coverage. The pump for Jawbone will be dropped another 100’ and when it is completed the crew will move to Woodrow. The Corporation was visited by a Workman’s Comp Inspector and he stated a safety program should be implemented as well as having monthly safety meetings. Also, he stated equipment the Corp. should have – hard hats, safety vest, and steel toe boots for the field employees. Also, training on breathing apparatus should be done for field employees. Teena Worbington will be in charge of the safety program. Malcolm continued (on Well #6, if we did only Plan “B” the well only) all the paperwork would change. So, Bob Childress said we should do the project in phases. 1st phase – well and chlorination station, 2nd phase – pump station, 3rd phase – elevated storage. Johnnie stated 7 yrs. ago when this project was getting off the ground the committee set it up that very way.
Item 10: Executive Session
The Board adjourned to executive session at 8:35 p.m. Upon re-convening at 8:50 p.m., Sandra Chilcutt made a motion to increase James Skains hourly wage by $2.00 at the beginning of the next pay period. Thomas Bills seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 11: Adjourn
Jane Morgan made a motion to adjourn at 9:00 p.m. Thomas Bills seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Respectively Submitted,
Johnnie Bankston
Secretary/Treasurer
Woodrow-Osceola Water Supply Corporation
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