Commissioners Board Meeting Minutes

Board Meetings

Board meetings are usually held twice a month on the second and forth Tuesdays
of the month at 1:00 pm.

* Meetings are held at the PUD office - N. 21971 Hwy 101 in Potlatch.
* Dates for the Board of Commissioner's meetings are listed below.
* Most recent approved meeting minutes appear in BLUE. Click date to view.
** Meeting rescheduled for 9:00 am.

To request previous meeting minutes call 360-877-5249 or 800-544-4223 or email us at: admin@masonpud1.org

Past Meetings

July 27
July 13
June 22
June 8
May 18
 

Current Minutes

August 10th

Next Meetings

August 24**
September 13
September 27
October 12
October 26

CLICK HERE FOR BOARD MEETING ARCHIVES

CLICK HERE FOR WORKSHOP MINUTES

MINUTES
The regular Board of Commissioners Meeting of Public Utility District No. 1 of Mason County was called to order at 1:00 p.m. on August 10, 2010 at the District Office Board Room in Potlatch.

Present

Karl Denison-President
Ron Gold- Vice President
Jack Janda-Secretary
Steve Taylor-General Manager
Kristen French- District Counsel
Greg Kester-Auditor/Director of Finance/Customer Service
Jocelyne Gray- Director of Operations- Water
Debbie Knipschield-Executive Assistant/Human Resources/Communications
 

Visitors
Dave Galle, Customer
Jerry and Debbie Goodwin,Customers

 

Consent Agenda

It was moved by Secretary Jack Janda, seconded by Vice-President Ron Gold and made unanimous by President Karl Denison to approve the consent agenda.  By adopting the consent agenda, the following items were approved:

Minutes of the July 27, 2010 board meeting

Voucher No’s 101087-101187 & 101259 in the amount of $669,050.48

Voided Warrants 10115 in the amount of $299.74, 101234 in the amount of $101,217.72, and 101185 in the amount of $29,373.58

PUBLIC COMMENTS

  A letter was sent by the District Water Department notifying Union lot owners with non-active potential connections, of the District policies for reconnection after two years from the date an SDF is paid

Debbie and Jerry Goodwin own two lots within the Union Water System.  They expressed their concerns and objections to District policies relating to the appropriation of water connections for those who have paid an SDF in the past and have not connected to the water system.  Mr. Goodwin asked about the District’s regulations regarding drilling his own well.  The board and Jocelyne Gray, Director of Water Operations explained that the Department of Ecology and Mason County are the regulators of exempt wells.

BUSINESS AGENDA

• •           Proposed amendments to the water policy section 2.3.5 Water Availability, and section 4.2 System Development Fee were presented for review and approval

    ·         Following discussions with Kristen French, District Counsel, new language relating to water availability and the System Development Fee was presented for approval.

    ·         In summary, the customer has one year to connect to the District’s water system from the date a System Development Fee (SDF) is paid in order to avoid any additional SDF charges.

    Motion:
    It was moved by Secretary Jack Janda, seconded by Vice-President Ron Gold and made unanimous by President Karl Denison to approve the proposed amendments to Section 4.2 System Development Fee as presented.  Motion Carries

    Motion:
    It was moved by Secretary Jack Janda, seconded by Vice-President Ron Gold and made unanimous by President Karl Denison to approve the proposed amendments to Section 2.3.5 Water Availability as presented.  Motion Carries

    ·         Corrected June Water Balance Sheet was presented for review. 

    ·         Customer Appreciation Day is scheduled for 11:30 am – 1:00 pm on Friday, September 24, 2010

  
   

  COORESPONDENCE

  Steve Taylor received a letter from Ken Morse, SludgeHammer Inc. notifying the district that the pilot monitoring project on the Madrona Septic System is terminated. 

   

  STAFF REPORTS

  ·         Paperwork for the Madrona Beach project is near completion

  ·         Water System Plans for the Hood Canal A&B are scheduled for submission next week

  ·         Reports on the Alderbrook Water System plan are being completed and will be brought to the board for review

  ·         Jocelyne Gray will be attending a meeting with Olympic Trails water system to discuss water issues

  ·         The first phase of the CIS system conversion has been completed

  ·         The first billing is schedule for February 2011 for January usage

  ·         Bills will be sent out on the 19^th of the month instead of the current date of the 25^th day of the month.  The payment due date will remain the same

  ·         A letter will accompany the first billing to explain the changes

  ·         A notice will also be included in the December newsletter

  ·         On line payments etc. will still be available

GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT

·         The Tidal Flats construction project is progressing

·         General Manager Steve Taylor negotiated a perpetual easement with a customer to settle concerns regarding District clearing along his property

·         A raptor kill was reported, investigated, and safety equipment has been installed

BOARD REPORTS/ COMMENTS

·         Energy Northwest reported the status of the Columbia Generating Plan at the PPC meeting

·         Energy Northwest selected Mark Reddemann as the new CEO

·         The WPAG Executive Director Search committee is meeting on Wednesday

·         Commissioner Karl Denison, WPUDA Secretary/Treasurer is leading a group audit to review the current dues formula

   CALENDAR REVIEW         

·           August 11: WPUDA audit group meeting

·         August 12: WPUDA Energy Committee Meeting@ Olympia

·         August 19: WPAG

·         August 24:  PUD Board Meeting (time change to 9:00 am) 

·         August 25-27: ENW AEM Committee Workshop Meeting

·         September 1: PPC Member Forum

·         September 2: PPC Executive Committee Meeting

·         September 15-17: WPUDA Meetings

Executive Session was called at 2:50 pm for up to 2 hours to discuss existing litigation

The regular meeting reconvened at 4:00 pm

Not decision was made.

  
Meeting Adjourned at 4:01 pm

Karl Denison - President
Ron Gold - Vice President
Jack Janda –Secretary

TOP OF PAGE