Meeting Minutes of September 9,1986
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Chairman Walter Briecshke. The roll was called. Present were William Hardenbergh, Vern Cornell, Fran Voss, Douglas Mayer, Phoebe Cox, and Walter Brieschke. Richard Parrish came in at 7:05 pm. Employees present were Becky Roberts and Mike Huskey.
The minutes of the August 12, 1986 meeting were approved as submitted.
Customer Requests: Mr. William Stearns was present to request a new water tap and may the $500 tap fee in monthly installments. Mr. Hardenbergh moved that be Board of Trustees grant a variance, for the convenience of the customer, to Chapter 5; Section 5.01 (fees) of the Revised Ordinances as follows: Regarding a new water tap, it is agreed that Mr. Wiiliam Stearns is to pay $125.00 down, which is 25% of the total $500.00 tap fee which is in arrears. The remaining $375.00 is to be paid in 10 equal monthly installments of $37.50 each, until the arrearage is paid in full. In addition the monthly water bills is to be paid on time in accordance with existing ordinances. Cancellation of this agreement will result if at any time the terms of this agreement are not complied with. One copy to the customer and one is to be placed in the tap file. Seconded by Mrs. Voss. Roll call vote as follow: Mr. Hardenbergh – yes, Mr. Mayer – yes, Miss Cox – yes, Mr. Cornell – yes, Mrs. Voss – yes, Mr. Parrish – abstain, Mr. Brieschke – yes. Motion passed.
Village of Makanda: Trustee Dorothy Sutter, Trustee Harry Schauwecker, Clerk Cecelia Cottingham, President Joanne Simpson, were all present to discuss the bill for the removal of tap #34 for the Village of Makanda. There was a lengthy discussion on the bill and Mr. Parrish made a motion to compromise and instead of charging the original $494.50, change the bill to $400.00 due to the backhoe and operator standing idle for over 2 hours while waiting on phone lines to be repaired. Mrs. Fran Voss seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken: Mr. Hardenbergh – yes, Mr. Mayer – yes, Miss Cox – yes, Mr. Cornell – yes, Mr. Parrish – yes, Mrs. Voss – yes, Mr. Brieschke – yes. Motion was passed.
Mr. Wheetley talked with Mr. Mayer before the meeting was Mr. Wheetley is willing to do the labor part of moving tap #150 but he does not intend to pay for the boring under the highway. Mr. Brieschke is to talk with our attorney.
The Secretary/Treasurer report was read and accepted.
The Financial report was read and accepted.
Payment of Bills: The bills were presented in the amount of $5,339.65. Mr. Hardenbergh made a motion to pay the bills and Mrs. Voss seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Mr. Hardenbergh – yes, Mr. Mayer – yes, Miss Cox – yes, Mr. Cornell – yes, Mr. Parrish – yes, Mrs. Voss – yes, Mr. Brieschke – yes. Motion passed.
The Water Supply Operator report was given by Mr. Huskey. The pressure recorder for the pump station is installed on the supply side. Mr. Huskey reported 2 meters tampering, on 9/3/86 on lock was cut off on meter #69 and on 9/5/86 a mobile home was moved on top of meter #75.
Gate Valves: Mr. Huskey reported that a 3” Mueller gate valve would cost $223.00, a 4” gate valve an a 6” gate valve and the money be taken out of the reserve account. Miss Cox seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Mr. Hardenbergh – yes, Mr. Mayer – yes. Miss Cox – yes, Mr. Parrish – yes, Mrs. Voss – yes, Mr. Brieschke – yes. Motion passed.
Floyd Allen: It was mentioned that Mr. Allen has moved another trailer onto his property after requesting becoming a single unit and moving all other trailers out.
SHWD Dispute: A letter from E. Dan Kimmel was received, requesting all information that they would like to review.
Steve Sisulak Subdivision: The gate valve has been installed.
Budget Committee Report: A rough draft of the 1987 Budget was distributed for review.
FCC License: The application has been sent out for review.
Reimbursement for Chairman at Arbitration hearings: Mr. Hardenbergh made a motion to reimburse Mr. Brieschke $87.30 per day for 2 days when he had to be off work to engage in SHWD arbitration plus any future days he has to attend. Mr. Mayer seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Mr. Hardenbergh – yes, Mr. Mayer – yes, Miss Cox – yes, Mr. Parrish – yes, Mr. Cornell – yes, Mrs. Voss – yes, Mr. Brieschke – yes. Motion passed.
Computer for billing and accounting: This was discussed and Mr. Brieschke is to find out on some of the details and is to be discussed at next meeting.
Motion for adjournment: Mr. Hardenbergh moved to adjourn the meeting and Mr. Parrish seconded. All in favor voice vote. The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 pm.