Meeting Minute of February 9, 1988
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Chairman Walter Brieschke. The roll was called. Present were Mr. William Hardenbergh, Miss Phoebe Cox, Mrs. Fran Voss, Mr. Douglas Mayer, Mr. Richard Parrish, and Mr. Walter Brieschke. Mr. Vern Cornell came in at 7:05 pm. Employees present were Mrs. Becky Roberts and Mr. Walter Butler.
Minutes of the January 12, 1988, meeting were approved with the correction of in paragraph 7, line 6, insert 6, insert after “in the on position,” “turned and locked”.
Customer Requests: Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Hiller, tap #164, are still trying to decided if they want an in-line shut off valve or apply for another meter.
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 $6,484.16. Mr. Hardenbergh made a motion to pay the bills as submitted as Mrs. Voss seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Mr. Cornell – yes, Mrs. Voss – yes, Miss Cox – yes, Mr. Hardenbergh – yes, Mr. Parrish – yes, Mr. Mayer – yes, Mr. Brieschke – yes. Motion passed.
Water Supply Operator’s report: Mr. Butler reported he will be taking his Water Supply Operators test on March 7, 1988. He also reported that on 2/7/88, the control box at the Water Storage Tank froze up and overflow occurred. Mr. Jones from Jones Plumbing came out for approximately 2 hours trying to find the problem, but did not, Buncombe Public Water District was not charged. Mr. Dave Lattan, Engineer, from Prairie Farms, also came out to help and donate his time. Apparently, the line to the box was frozen so Mr. Butler bled the line and filled it with mineral oil on 2/9/88. Mr. Butler suggested that before next winter all of the controls at the water storage tank need to be insulated from freezing.
GTE Fiber Optic Cablee is being installed along Old US Highway 51 between Carbondale and Anna. Mr. Greg Andrew had contacted Walt Brieschke and Walter Butler about located our mains and service lines prior to the work being undertaken. They will hire Mr. Butler to work with the contractor in order to avoid unnecessary line damage.
Mr. Dave Lattan has donated to the District equipment necessary to monitor automatically when the water storage tank overflows. There are three components: 1) Lumenice electronic liquid level control 2) Electronic Probe and 3) Automatic Message Dialer. Total value most likely to exceed $800.00. Instructions have been photocopied for the O&M Manual. Mr. Hardenbergh made a motion that the Board send Mr. Lattan a letter of thanks. All in favor voice vote.
South Highway Dispute: No further information at this time.
Adopt for public notification Schedule of Regular Trustee Meetings for upcoming year: Mr. Hardenbergh made a motion to accept the schedule for 1/12/88, 2/9/88, 6/8/88, 4/12/88, 8/10/88, 6/14/88, 7/12/88, 8/9/88, 9/13/88, 10/11/88, 11/8/88, 12/13/88. Mr. Parrish seconded the motion and all yes voice vote.
Mr. Don Craig, 117 W. 18th Street, Gibson City, IL 60936, 217-784-8529, of the National Rural Water Association will be taking a survey of the BPWD on February 17, 1988. Mr. Craig is working with General Electric Credit Corporation, there will be field representatives working nationwide who will visit all water/wastewater facilities whose loan were sold by FmHA. They will do this at least once a year. The community facilities will be surveyed and provided with technical assistance if needed.
Buncombe Public Water District is in receipt of a letter The Village of Makanda stating that the bridge/culvert on Cracker’s Neck Road is in very bad condition and they have voted to “close this structure” (letter of February 6, 1988). Our water relocating if this happened. Mr. Brieschke is to contact our attorney about this information.
Proposals for completion of storage building: Mr. Cornell made a motion to complete the building as follows: 1) Insulation, hand and tape drywall – $940.00, 2) Hand and tape shop side – $80.00, 3) Heating & A/C (Williams) – $1,7010.00. Mr. Mayer seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Mr. Cornell – yes, Mrs. Voss – no, Miss Cox – no. Mr. Hardenbergh – no, Mr. Parrish – yes, Mr. Mayer – yes, Mr. Brieschke – yes. Motion passed. Note that Mr. Parrish may have an oak panel solid care fire door to donate that Mr. Butler is to look at.
The monthly meeting adjourned by motion of Mr. Hardenbergh and seconded by Mr. Cornell. Voice vote – all yes. Meeting adjourned at 8:35pm