Meeting Minutes of January 12, 1988
The meeting was called to order at 6:55 pm by Chairman Walter Brieschke. The roll was called. Present were Mr. Wiliam Hardenbergh, Miss Phoebe Cox, Mrs. Fran Voss, Mr. Douglas Mayer, and Mr. Walter Brieschke. Mr. Richard Parrish and Mr. Vern Cornell were absent. Employees present were Mrs. Becky Roberts and Mr. Walter Butler.
Minutes of the December 8, 1987 meeting were approved as submitted.
Customer Requests: Mr. Ed Heern has reported that tap #18 which was discovered to have been tampered with is at his mother-in-law’s trailer and his son’s trailer is that one that is illegally hooked on tap #18 as a second line.
The Secretary/Treasurer report was read and accepted.
The financial report was read and accepted.
Payment of the Bills: The bills were presented in the amount of $3,803.76. Miss Cox made a motion to pay the bills as submitted and Mr. Hardenbergh seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Mr. Mayer – yes, Mr. Hardenbergh – yes, Mrs. Voss – yes, Miss Cox – yes, Mr. Brieschke – yes. Motion passed.
Water Supply Operator Report: Mr. Butler reported that on 12/20/87, it was reported that tap #175 had a water line break at the rental trailer, the owner requests that BPWD turned off the water and locked it. Because the yoke was in the “in-line valve type” (of which we have many) which can be locked in the on or off position, unknown to the WSO, it was turned and locked in the on position. Therefore, 87,620 gallons of water were lost in the break plus damage to the trailer. This was logged on the Cumulative Water Loss Event report. A complete survey will be made of the entire district and this type of yoke assembly will be identified in the inventory for future reference in an effort to prevent this from happening again.
South Highway Dispute: A proposed water rate increase from the City of Carbondale on May 1, 1987, was discussed. Mrs. Roberts is to get in touch with Mr. Stuart and the school where he is employed in the event that we have to change our water rates on the consumer.
There was no response from the arbitrators on the BPWD Dispute.
Adopt of the schedule of regular trustees meetings for upcoming year: Tabled until next meeting.
Proposals for completion of storage building: tabled.
Review of employees performance: Mrs. Voss made a motion to retain the same employees for the coming year and Mr. Hardenbergh seconded the motion. Voice vote – all yes.
Attorney retainer: Mrs. Voss made a motion to retain Ms. Eugenia Hunter as BPWD Attorney per Ms. Hunter’s letter dated 12/31/87, for the amount of $900.00 which includes 10 free hours on an individual matter (excluding SHWD Dispute) and a rate of $75.00 per hour after the 10 hours. Mr. Hardenbergh seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Mr. Mayer – yes, Mr. Hardenbergh – yes, Mrs. Voss – yes, Miss Cox – yes, Mr. Brieschke – yes. Motion passed.
The monthly meeting adjourned by motion of Mrs. Voss and seconded by Mr. Mayer. Voice vote – all yes. Meeting adjourned at 7:30pm