Meeting Minutes of February 12, 1985
The meeting was called to order at 7:04 pm by Chairman Walter Brieschke.
Roll call: Present were William Hardenbergh, James Simpson, Phoebe Cox, Richard Parrish, Vern Cornell and Mr. Brieschke. Douglas Mayer was absent. Employees present were Mrs. Kim Forby. Mike Huskey was at the hospital with his wife who just had a baby.
Customer requests: Norma Heern requested that her tap #65 be removed since she had the house torn down. There was some discussion, but no decisions were made.
Secretary/Treasurer report was submitted and approved.
Financial report: read and approved
Payment of the Bills: The bills were presented for payment in the amount to $4,552.82. Mr. Parrish made a motion that they be paid and Mr. Hardenbergh seconded. Roll call vote: Mr. Hardenbergh – yes, Mr. Simpson – yes, Miss Cox – yes, Mr. Parrish – yes, Mr. Cornell – yes, Mr. Brieschke – yes. Motion carried.
Mr. Hardenbergh made a motion to retain Eugenia Hunter as the District’s attorney for $900.00 a year. Mr. Brieschke seconded. Roll call vote: Mr. Hardenbergh – yes, Mr. Simpson – yes, Miss Cox – yes, Mr. Parrish – yes, Mr. Cornell – yes. Mr. Brieschke – yes. Motion carried.
Meeting with SHWD arbitrator: The meeting with Brockton Lockwood conveyed the following points: 1) he is an advocate of the District, 2) everything discussed by the arbitrators must be brought before the Board before agreed to in arbitration, and 3) the first issue will be the third arbitrator.
The District has been served with legal papers from SHWD to sue to bring BPWD to arbitration.
The water line relocation reimbursement: The District received a check from the Illinois Department of Transportation to reimburse the plumber for construction and one bill from the Engineers. One of the bills from the Engineers was not yet reimbursed because the Engineers went over their estimated expenditure and the state must reprocess the papers for the extra reimbursement.
Total paid:
10,140.00 Calhoun Plumbing
2,763.54 Asaturian and Eaton
12,903.54
Still Due 1,994.00 Asaturian and Eaton
JT Blankenship made a proposal to do an analysis of SHWD for $500.00 or less. Mr. Hardenbergh made a motion to accept the proposal and Mr. Parrish amended the proposal to add that JT give up to 2 hours testimony or deposition included in that price. Mr. Hardenbergh accepted the amendment and Mr. Simpson seconded. Roll call vote: Mr. Hardenbergh – yes, Mr. Simpson – yes, Miss Cox – yes, Mr. Parrish – yes, Mr. Cornell – yes, Mr. Brieschke – yes. Motion passed.
Asaturian and Eaton submitted a rough draft of the operational manual for the Board’s inspection along with an invoice for 80% complete $1,800.00; maximum ceiling $2,250.00. Miss Cox made a motion to pay Asaturian and Eaton the $1,800.00 and Mr. Hardenbergh seconded. Roll call vote: Mr. Hardenbergh – yes, Mr. Simpson – yes, Miss Cox – yes, Mr. Parrish – yes, Mr. Cornell – yes, Mr. Brieschke – yes. Motion carried.
Miss Cox made a motion to adjourn and Mr. Hardenbergh seconded. All in favor voice vote adjourned the meeting at 8:01 pm.