Meeting Minutes of September 12, 2006
Chairman Daniel Cook called the meeting to order at 7:14pm. A roll call was taken and present were: Chairman Daniel Cook, Secretary/Treasurer Karen Dunn, Trustees Greg Dunn, Tammy Davis, Mike Starling, Jenny Jaros, and Water Supply Operator Ron Lada. Absent were Vice Chairman Joseph Burrow and Trustee Debbie Wheetley.
Visitors in attendance were Mr. Praveen Sunny of Asaturian Eaton & Associates and Mr. and Mrs. Danny Williams of DD Williams Construction company.
The meeting opened by reviewing the minutes from the August 2006 meeting. A motion was made by Mr. Dunn to accept the minutes as presented. Seconded by Mr. Starling and with 5 yes and 0 no votes, the minutes were approved.
No further visitor or customer requests were presented at this time.
Financials for August 2006 were reviewed by members of the Board with no related discussion.
Under the order of new business, Praveen Sunny opened by presenting a summary of the four bids received from the recent rebid for contractor of the new pump station installation. Bids were reviewed by the Board Members followed by brief discussion. Motion was made by Mrs. Davis to accept the bids as presented; seconded by Mr. Starling and with 5 yes and 0 no votes, the motion was approved.
Mr. Dan Williams followed by requesting that the Board waive the requirement for DD Williams Construction to supply a performance bond. Mr. Sunny, unaware of stipulations related to this request, agreed to check with Armen Asaturian. Mr. Williams then presented a letter to the Board requesting they reconsider their decision not to allow contractors/excavators to perform Buncombe Water District installations/repairs other than the currently contracted LD Bush Construction Company. The Board reviewed the letter with no related discussion. With Mr. Williams approval, Chairman Daniel Cook instructed the District Secretary to forward a copy of Mr. Williams’ letter to Lynn Bush.
No new business was introduced at this time.
The South Highway Water District statement of revenues and expenditures for 2005 v 2004 was distributed and reviewed by the Board with no further discussion.
The Secretary/Treasurer Report was presented by Karen Dunn along with the Accounts Payable Report detailing bills for payment in September. A motion was made by Mr. Dunn to accept the Secretary/Treasurer Report and to pay the bills as presented. Seconded by Mr. Starling and with 5 yes and 0 no votes, the motion was approved.
The Water Supply Operator Report was presented by Ron Lada with no major discrepancies.
No additional District related business, a motion was made for adjournment. A voice count was taken and with 5 yes and 0 no votes, the meeting adjourned.