North Kootenai Water
District
A. Call to Order/Roll Call:
Meeting
called to order at 12:30 p.m. by President Crimmins.
Present: Tom
Crimmins, Director/President
Alanna
Grimm, Director/Secretary
Jack Hern, Director
Jim Omerso, Director/Treasurer
Shirley Stoller, Director/Vice President
Staff
Present: Mike Galante, District
Manager
Necia
Maiani, P.E., District Engineer
Brian
Werst, District Attorney
Visitors: None
B. Consent Agenda:
1.
Minutes
of 02/03/11 Board Meeting
2.
Financial
Statements of January 2011
Motion made to accept
Consent Agenda.
Director Stoller –
motion, Director Hern – second.
Motion approved
unanimously.
C. Election of Board Officers:
Ballots cast for Chairman. President Crimmins re-elected.
Director Hern motioned to nominate Director
Omerso as Treasurer.
Director Stoller – second. Motion approved unanimously.
Director Hern motioned to nominate Director
Grimm as Secretary.
Director Stoller – second. Motion approved unanimously.
President Crimmins motioned to nominate
Director Stoller as Vice President.
Director Hern – second. Motion approved unanimously.
D. Oral Communications:
None.
E. Written Communications:
See
Item H3.
Hold to 02/24/11 meeting.
1.
No
Call-out policy in current employee manual.
Will be brought to District Manager to discuss before presenting to the
Board.
1.
Executive
Session:
Into Executive
Session at 1:27 p.m. (Idaho Code 67-2345f, b)
Director Stoller – motion, Director
Omerso – second.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes - Unanimous
Out of Executive Session at 2:04
p.m.
2.
Falls
at Hayden – Late Comer Agreement:
Motion entered to
accept Late Comer Agreement as currently written by K&L Gates for the Falls
at Hayden Lake.
Director Hern – motion, Director
Omerso – second.
Motion approved unanimously.
3.
Policy
for Customer Bankruptcy:
Motion entered to
waive unpaid amount on rural development property foreclosure, $443.40. Request documents of foreclosure to determine
if there is any surplus.
Director Hern – motion, Director
Omerso – second.
Motion approved unanimously.
4.
Discovery
Easement:
Motion entered to
approve pipeline easements for acquisition of Lot 1 and Lot 10 as drawn up by
K&L Gates.
Director Hern – motion, Director
Omerso – second.
Motion approved unanimously.
5.
Project
Status:
See print out dated 02/16/11, Welch Comer
Project Status Update.
a.
Avondale/Pt
Hayden Waterlines: Awaiting Consent of
Surety from MDM’s bonding company.
Settling occurring around meter.
Compaction will be needed.
b.
Echo
Beach: Telemetry and punch list complete.
c.
Springrock
Booster Station: May get meters next
week. Startup beginning of March.
d.
Avondale/Pt
Hayden Waterlines – Phase II: Bid
package completion and submittal to IDEQ late February, and bidding to commence
in March with anticipated Notice to Proceed with construction in May.
e.
Lancaster
Waterline: Topographic survey
complete. Design to be completed and
submitted to IDEQ at the end of April to allow for bidding to commence in May,
2011.
6.
Cap
Fees / Rate Analysis:
In the process of
completing the water rate study for the main system and will then complete the
analysis of Gozzer.
7.
Pay
Requests/Change Orders:
a.
Springrock
Booster Station: Motion made to approve Change
Order #2, $3,763.00, to TML Construction.
Director Hern –
motion, Director Omerso – second.
Motion approved
unanimously.
b.
Springrock
Booster Station: Motion made to approve Pay
Request #5, $186,094.55, to TML Construction, representing 99%, 5% retainage.
8.
Chilco
Task Order:
Supplement to Task Order 08-05. Motion made to complete expansion of existing
building by Welch Comer.
Director Stoller – motion, Director Omerso –
second.
Motion approved unanimously.
1.
Employee
Medical Insurance:
Motion made to switch
to Blue Cross Medical effective 03/01/11.
Director Stoller – motion, Director Hern –
second.
Motion approved unanimously.
2.
Twin
Low – Connect to NKWSD:
Board directs
District Manager to use discretion in giving Twin Low temporary connection to
NKWSD.
3.
APCA
Tie-In Project:
Safco Construction
has been awarded the contract and will begin March 1, 2011 at earliest.
4.
LP
Waterline Project:
Pre-construction
conference to be held 02/18/11.
5.
Chilco
Booster Station Project:
Task Order presented
in I8. Four Booster Paq pumps from
Springrock, to be installed by District forces as much as possible.
Into Executive
Session at 3:51 p.m. (Idaho Code 67-2345b)
Director Hern –
motion, Director Omerso – second.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes – Directors Omerso, Hern, Stoller and
Crimmins
Out of Executive
Session at 4:05 p.m.
L. Adjournment:
Motion made to adjourn meeting at 4:05 pm.
Director Stoller – motion, Director Hern –
second.
Motion approved unanimously.
Jack Hern/Director