North
Kootenai Water District
February 28, 2008
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
A.
Call To
Order/Roll Call
Meeting called to order at 12:34 p.m. by President
Crimmins.
Present: Jack Berger, Director/Vice President Tom Crimmins, Director/President
David
Weinstein, Director
Staff Present:
Mike
Galante, District Manager
Mike Ormsby,
District Attorney
Visitors: Jim Frame (Honeysuckle Hills Owners Assoc. (HHOA))
B.
Agenda
Items:
1.
Local
Improvement District No. 1:
a.
Review
Protest Filed by Jim Frame:
District
Attorney is searching for an independent law firm to offer opinions and
represent NKWD in conflict of interest potential law suit.
c.
Disposition
of Protests on Assessment:
Pass
Resolution #2008-05 repealing Resolution #2008-04.
Director
Moore motion, Director Weinstein second.
Ayes: Directors Fairhurst, Moore, Crimmins,
Weinstein & Berger
d.
Adoption
of an Ordinance Confirming the Assessment Roll:
Pass
Ordinance #2008-03 repealing Ordinance #2008-01.
Director
Weinstein motion, Director Berger second.
Ayes: Directors Moore, Weinstein, Berger, Crimmins
& Fairhurst
Mike
Ormsby was excused from the meeting for the following discussion.
Jim Frame
(HHOA) original plans and specifications did not include radio read meters
and objects to their inclusion.
Jim Frame
left meeting at 1:40 p.m.
b.
Board
Discussion Regarding Legal Counsels Possible Conflict of Interest:
Independent
counsel - hire Mike Stoddard, of Hawley
& Troxel, to review and access HHOA suit, review LID formation and notice
to property owners, annexation agreement, and, Hayden Well Co. asset sale.
Director
Weinstein motion, Director Berger second.
Approved
unanimously.
Mike
Ormsby returned to the meeting and other business was discussed.
C.
Adjournment:
Meeting adjourned at 2:35 p.m.
Director
Berger motion, Director Weinstein second.
Approved
unanimously.