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Budget information is generated at our board meeting in
July, published and approved and or amended at our August meeting.
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Our
Treasurer is responsible for the “books” and is a trained accountant using
approved accounting practices. We use the cash basis accounting rules.
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Checks
are signed by the board members except the Treasurer
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Project schedules have been defined by our Engineer and
are in process of completing
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When
projects require, permits and public notices are obtained and published
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When
the project requires damaging the road surface, the District is responsible for
its repair
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A
new pump has been ordered for the pump house to move water up to the reservoir,
arrived this week and its installation will be working with Mike Nagae. This
pump is five horsepower more than what it’s replacing and is more efficient,
producing 50,000 gallons more a day to the system. The cost is about $9,000 at this
point with the installation costs being the variable.
· The
Board felt it was necessary to have our attorney present at the June
meeting because of all the conflict generated by some of the districts members.
He was able to directly answer some very important questions presented by these
concerned members. He charged the District $350 for his services.
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As
you all know, our entire region experienced a record breaking heat wave. Many
districts in our area had the same challenges as we did providing water to its
customers. Our district met these challenges by improving the filter cleaning
process to the point that we now have full capacity available. We used rolling
shut off of different parts of our system to catch up since the folks were not
observing the odd/even watering program. This program evens out the demand on
the system is for to all observe, and allows our reservoirs to maintain a safe
margin.
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Our
man-power for the operation of the water system is variable and is driven by
requirements and needs. Our employees keep time cards, keep records of mileage
and approved by the Treasurer.
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Mike
will be a “Treatment 1, Restricted” water treatment operator, 260 hours of
on-site experience within one year, 16 hours of continuing education, pass
written exam. He is under supervision of both John Shields and the DEQ
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Mike
was hired with normal business accepted process; public notices, resume,
application and interview.
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Patch
did not apply for the job. Patch did not show up for work and called John
Shields to report that he quit. There was no customary one or two week notice.
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The
electrical system supplying our pumps is all interdependent.
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Other
questions have been answered and posted on the blog
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Our
board is to serve our district and each member brings their own skill set of
experiences to help the District operate. We do not have to be micro managed by
our customers. We all use and depend upon the water system and we do our best
to manage it for all of our use.
