Linn Sanitary District Business Meeting

September 17, 2008

Present: Ted Peters, Tess Adams, and Karen Nordsieck.

  1. Ted Peters called the meeting to order at 7:01PM.
  2. Public Comments- no public present.
  3. Motion to accept Aug. 13, 2008 District Meeting Minutes. T. Peters/T. Adams CU
  4. Motion to accept Aug. 13, 2008 Treasurers Report T. Peters/ T. Adams CU . Motion to move money from checking to Money Market after paying Sept. bills leaving about $3,000 in checking account. T. Adams/T. Peters CU
  5. Old Business
    1. The draft of the letter to the Fontana Walworth Water Pollution Control Commission was discussed. At Rich’s suggestion T. Peters will meet with someone from the commission before sending the letter. The meeting will tell us whether the letter should go out as is or if it needs to be redrafted.
    2. The report by Baxter & Woodman is tabled at this time.
    Motion to table 5b due to absence of Baxter’s representative T. Peters/T. Adams CU
    1. Newsletter mailing went well
    2. Illegal Systems Letter. Most of the people who received the letter understand of the need to upgrade the failing systems around the lake. T. Peters is keeping a list of the people who have upgraded since the counties database was written. We will review the database next summer (July 1) to see who has upgraded their systems after receiving our letter.
  6. New Business
    1. Discussion and action on bills.

    Motion to pay bills as presented T. Peters/T. Adams CU

    1. T. Peters stated he wanted to meet with the South Shore Residents and felt it is important to stay in touch with them.
    2. 2009 Budget. GLEA will stay the same. The accountant was under budgeted this year because we decided to use him to do the payroll taxes. Karen needs to call to find out the cost of the audit and add 200.00 for the taxes to determine the budget amount for the accountant. Salaries will stay the same; Attorney will stay the same; Public Notices take down to 1000.00 Payroll taxes can be calculated by multiplying our salary by 7.65 and add the extra for projects. Office Misc. should be the same. The Capital Fund will stay the same at 20,000 and we will ask Jim for input. Information and Education should stay the same. Ask J. Livingston if we should do away with the reserve fund. The Budget should be published two weeks before our next business meeting so there can be a Public Hearing at the next meeting. Jim will have to project our carry over and subtract that from our operating expense. We will be meeting Oct. 22 because T. Peters can not meet the 15 th. By then the state should send us the equalized value.
  7. Commissioners Report. None to date.
  8. Future Agenda Items. Letter 5a, 5b, 6b. Hearing first. 7:00 Hearing called to order. Action on the 2009 budget under new business.
  9. Motion to Adjourn T. Adams/T. Peters CU