President Richard Greenhill called the Regular Board Meeting of the Woodrow-Osceola Water Supply Corporation to order at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 9, 2010. All Directors were present with the exception of John Milburn and Tim Rochelle. Also, manager Malcolm Tucker and 1 member were present.
Item 3: Evelyn Pareya-Auditor
Ms. Pareya was moved next on the Agenda. She gave each Director a copy of the Financial Statement year ended August 31, 2010 and 2009. Evelyn covered each item on the statement and stated the Corporation was in a very good financial state and we had cut expenses, which helped to put us in that situation. She said most water corporations would want to be in our financial situation. Thomas Bills made a motion to accept the audit as presented by Ms. Pareya. Sandra Chilcutt seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 2: Approve Minutes
Johnnie Bankston read the minutes from the October 12, 2010 Regular Board Meeting. Thomas Bills made a motion to accept the minutes as read. Linda Hasselstrom seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 4: Bob Crowder-Broken WOW Water Line Charge
Malcolm stated Mr. Crowder was relocating his personal water line on September 4, 2010 and broke the Corporation line. Employees were sent to repair our line, which was on the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) and a bill for $500.00 was sent to Mr. Crowder. He was highly upset and was told he was not charged for the water loss, which he is responsible or the bill would be higher. Linda Hasselstrom made a motion that Mr. Crowder was responsible and he owed the $500.00. Thomas Bills seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 5: Directors Source and Application of Funds
Malcolm Tucker presented the Source and Application of Funds. Sandra Chilcutt made a motion to accept the source as presented. Thomas Bills seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 6: Lightening Strike at Office and Blanton Well
Malcolm informed the Board the office was struck by lighting several weeks ago and telephones, computers, scada and other electronics were not working. A $12,900.00 claim had been submitted and the past weeks had been difficult, but things were getting better.
Item 7: Water Damaged Floors
Malcolm stated from a previous 8+ inch rain, water entered the building and the insurance paid $13,600.00 to replace all the office flooring. The Board felt all floors should be tiled and Malcolm had samples and bids for the decision. Linda Hasselstrom made a motion to have Hillsboro Carpet Outlet And Cleaning replace floors with V-423 tile at a cost of 9,011.81. Thomas Bills seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 8: Woodrow Well 3-A – Purchase Property
Malcolm stated the contract was signed by President Richard Greenhill and Mr. Rainville. Also, Mr. Rainville signed the promissory note. Ince Surveying Company will survey the property during the week of November 8 thru 12, 2010. A $100.00 check was given to the title company in good faith.
Item 9: Well #6
Terri Chinawith (USDA) sent an e-mail stating at last she had gone over all necessary information and it was submitted to Temple. We were under the impression this had all been sent to Temple a month ago. So, we are still waiting and TCEQ sent another letter telling the Corporation we were still out of compliance and time was up. Malcolm is sending a copy of the letter to Terri and will be talking to Ben Shanklin, about switching enough connections to the Osceola Well, which only has about 150 members on the well at this time and this would put us in compliance.
Item 10: Public Comment
Ray Mershawn stated he had been very pleased with the water Corporation and felt the Board had done an outstanding job in all areas and Malcolm had done very well. He had submitted information to run for a spot on the Board and handed out a sheet showing his education, work summary and experience. The Board thanked Ray for attending the meeting and was asked to come back.
Item 11: Membership Changes
Thomas Bills made a motion to accept No New Membership, No Transfers, No Sellbacks and No Revokes. Linda Hasselstron seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Item 12: Directors and Manager Comments
Thomas Bills said he attended the meeting October 19, 2010 in Cleburne concerning groundwater issues and proposed rules for the Prairie Groundwater Conservation. He stated it was informative and the rule that land owners own their land and what is beneath it, has been so since 1904. The rule is being challenged more and more and will continued to be. He said if the proposed rules are put into place pumping water from the ground will be expensive and water as we know now will be impacted.
Item 13: Executive Session
None
Item 14: Adjourn
Thomas Bills made a motion to adjourn at 8:30 p.m.. Linda Hasselstrom seconded. Vote was unanimous.
Respectively Submitted,
Johnnie Bankston
Secretary/Treasurer
Woodrow-Osceola Water Supply Corporation
WOWSC is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
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