[0:01] I think if we say
[0:02] >> Good morning everybody. I want to
[0:03] welcome everybody to our regular board
[0:05] meeting February 12, 2026 at the Magna
[0:09] Water District. I'd love to call this
[0:11] meeting to order. Will everybody stand
[0:13] with me with the pledge of allegiance.
[0:19] » I aliance to the flag of the United
[0:23] States of America and to the republic
[0:26] for which it stands. One nation under
[0:29] God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:32] justice for all.
[0:34] >> Thank you.
[0:37] >> I'd like to welcome the public and
[0:39] guest. And so today around our diary
[0:42] seat table is we got Trevor Andre Dallas
[0:46] Henline Steve Clark Andrew Sumption uh
[0:50] Jeff White Mick Sudbury Danny Stewart Le
[0:54] Fitzgerald
[0:56] Nathan Bracken and Clint Dilly
[0:58] uh
[1:00] public comment. So if anybody's wanting
[1:03] to speak to the board uh here we're
[1:07] going to give you three minutes. So,
[1:09] does anybody have anything they'd like
[1:11] to address to the board
[1:15] or any questions?
[1:17] Okay, seeing none, does anybody on the
[1:21] agenda have a conflict of interest that
[1:23] they need to disclose to the board?
[1:26] Okay, easy. So, uh let's move on to our
[1:31] recognizing our employees. Dallas, I
[1:34] mean, um
[1:35] >> Andrew.
[1:37] >> Yeah. Um, unfortunately they weren't
[1:39] able to make it in today. The collection
[1:41] crews got a job going on that they
[1:43] couldn't come come from and uh Jean was
[1:47] is got a vacation day today. But we'd
[1:50] like to recognize Clint Giles for
[1:52] completing his traffic control tech. Um,
[1:55] as we continue to do this, we get safer
[1:57] and safer out there on the roads. Uh,
[2:00] Gavin Ferguson, one of our newer
[2:01] employees, just completed his CDL. uh it
[2:06] it's the first step in becoming uh full
[2:09] member of the team to be fully
[2:11] operational. And then Quint Quinton
[2:14] Ginge finished his water distribution
[2:16] one. He's on our collections crew and
[2:18] he's now got a a collections
[2:21] certification as well as a water
[2:24] distribution certification. And then
[2:25] Jean Sto, he just bid and was the
[2:30] successful bid on the facility
[2:31] maintenance position. Um he hit the
[2:33] ground running this week. I think he's
[2:35] knocking off a big list of to-do items
[2:37] that we've been waiting to get done. So,
[2:39] we're excited to have him.
[2:41] >> Awesome.
[2:41] >> That's good.
[2:43] >> Okay, let's approve our uh common
[2:45] consent items.
[2:47] >> Minutes of the regular board meeting
[2:48] held January 8, 2026.
[2:52] Expenses from December 29th, 2025 to
[2:56] February 1st, 2026. General expenses
[3:00] 1,941,319.33.
[3:06] Sign bank bond payment $83,53083.
[3:12] » I'll second it.
[3:12] >> Been motion second. All in favor? I
[3:14] >> I.
[3:16] >> Okay, moving on to our department
[3:20] reports. Clint.
[3:21] >> Yes. Thanks, Mr. Chairman. Um, like we
[3:25] talked, Jean just built the uh service
[3:29] maintenance facilities. So, his position
[3:31] on the water construction crew opened
[3:33] up. That was posted in house. Um, and
[3:36] we'll close next Tuesday, it sounds
[3:38] like, right, Andrew?
[3:39] >> Yes. Tuesday evening.
[3:41] >> And then if we don't get any bids on
[3:42] that, we'll open it up outside. So, if
[3:45] anybody has any referrals,
[3:48] uh, any interested people looking for
[3:50] jobs, we'd love to have them submit a
[3:53] resume
[3:54] for us to consider.
[3:57] Um, other things I want to just
[3:58] highlight on the report on the
[4:01] operations side for the water, the crews
[4:05] have been draining and cleaning and
[4:06] inspecting all of our drinking water
[4:08] storage tanks, which uh is nice to go
[4:12] through for housekeeping.
[4:15] um as well as inspection of how the
[4:20] corrosion, especially our steel tanks,
[4:23] that's the biggest concern. And so
[4:25] they're taking pictures and going
[4:27] through that process the past couple
[4:29] weeks. Uh anything to add on that,
[4:32] Steve?
[4:33] >> Um no, we're just going to try and get
[4:35] through all of them this year if
[4:37] possible. We'll probably have to take a
[4:38] break through the summer when demand's
[4:40] high and then pick back up in the fall
[4:42] and get the ones that we weren't able to
[4:43] this But so far they've done the two
[4:46] steel tanks up at 4100 and they're
[4:49] working on 35th right now.
[4:51] >> Awesome.
[4:52] >> So when we're talking about solar power,
[4:55] are we putting better battery backup in
[4:58] places that's not feasible for
[5:00] generators?
[5:01] >> Yeah. So you remember the issue we had
[5:03] up there zone 3. So that has to deal
[5:05] with that solar panel with some battery
[5:07] backup.
[5:08] >> Yeah, we're updating that. Um, and then
[5:11] we also were able to incorporate a
[5:13] couple other alarms at different
[5:15] facilities
[5:16] >> that will help us watch that. Plus,
[5:18] we're putting in a single fire ranger
[5:20] that's kind of like the setup we have
[5:22] here at the pond
[5:23] >> and it'll be just for that tank. So,
[5:25] >> good.
[5:26] >> We shouldn't have that issue again.
[5:27] >> Yeah, that's great.
[5:29] >> Some redundancy that I think will help
[5:31] us
[5:33] make sure we avoid that. Uh
[5:36] we haven't heard back from the Great
[5:38] Salt Lake on the leasing of the water
[5:41] shares on the canal, but we'll follow up
[5:43] with them. Uh we usually have until
[5:47] canal season starts uh to get that in
[5:49] place. So
[5:50] >> I mean I re we I told them that the
[5:53] board approved to move ahead with that
[5:55] and so they've replied from there and
[5:57] said they would get the agreement ready
[6:00] and then I had
[6:01] >> like to bring that back in March. I
[6:03] hadn't heard back from them, so I did
[6:04] double check again to make sure they
[6:06] weren't waiting for us on anything. And
[6:08] she said, "No, it should be coming
[6:09] soon." And that was a week ago.
[6:11] >> How will that water share get down? Will
[6:14] they take it from the Jordan River and
[6:16] put it in the canal that goes
[6:19] >> Yeah, it'll it'll just come through.
[6:20] >> Will they take it here and
[6:22] >> and we just won't take pull any of it?
[6:24] >> Right. Will it it won't change the flow
[6:26] rate or I mean the level.
[6:28] >> Well, it Yeah, but potentially it could
[6:30] go up a little bit, but we don't need
[6:32] it, right?
[6:33] >> We don't. I don't think you'll see a big
[6:35] difference, but either
[6:37] >> it'll just kind of flow down the canal
[6:39] over into the Great Salt.
[6:40] >> Yeah. Going into the Great Salt Lake.
[6:41] So, I think that's pretty neat. You
[6:44] know, that adds up.
[6:46] >> Well, help them out. Anyway,
[6:48] >> how many how many shares was that?
[6:50] >> How many total?
[6:51] >> We have I think Sorry, memory. 343. So
[6:55] 75% of that 240
[6:58] 280
[6:59] >> 280 shares.
[7:00] >> Wow. That's good. That'll help them out
[7:03] >> roughly.
[7:04] >> Yeah. And you times that by
[7:05] >> What are they paying us?
[7:06] >> 4.59.
[7:07] >> Yeah. Times that by 4 acre feet.
[7:09] >> So it's over a,000 acre feet.
[7:12] >> Yeah. Wow.
[7:13] >> Were they paying us a share?
[7:17] >> We It was about
[7:19] >> 48,000 we got paid last year for half of
[7:22] our shares. So, we'll probably get 75.
[7:25] >> And that's a good resource for them
[7:26] because they could use it. We just don't
[7:28] need it,
[7:29] >> right?
[7:29] >> We just don't need it in our pipes.
[7:31] >> Yeah. And
[7:32] >> we don't need the fish in our
[7:34] >> Yeah,
[7:36] that's right.
[7:37] On the wastewater side, just wanted to
[7:39] highlight the collections crew did some
[7:42] half-day blue steak training with the
[7:46] 811, right? Um I think that's important.
[7:50] And I'd like Dallas to kind of share
[7:52] with you what they go through.
[7:53] >> Sure. About 3 years ago, Blue Stakes
[7:56] went to a online digital dashboard. So
[7:59] now each entity receives their blue
[8:01] stake locate requests through an online
[8:03] portal. Within the online portal, you
[8:06] can reach out directly to the contractor
[8:08] that submitted the blue stake. Um you
[8:10] can apply pictures from the field right
[8:12] to the exact ticket. Um and then it's
[8:15] got everybody's contact information on
[8:16] there. So the training was a refresher
[8:19] on the online dashboard. It also ensures
[8:22] that there's continuity between utility
[8:24] markers that we're all marking the lines
[8:26] the same way how they're supposed to be
[8:29] um marked by standard. And then it gives
[8:32] the the entities and the contractors the
[8:35] chance to, you know, say what's working
[8:37] well, what do we need to improve on? And
[8:40] um it's just a half day local training
[8:42] that we try to get the newer operators
[8:44] to and some of our older operators. We
[8:47] get them there every few years as a
[8:48] refresher. So, pretty valuable.
[8:52] >> Yeah, I appreciate you keeping up on
[8:53] that. As blue staking has become such a
[8:56] substantial part of the workload.
[8:58] >> Correct.
[8:59] >> Um I think it's important that we
[9:01] continue to
[9:02] >> Yeah.
[9:03] >> invest in that.
[9:05] >> Um he's also they've completed some
[9:07] warranty work on the vector truck. Um
[9:10] and then have worked on some cross
[9:12] trainining of the water guys on the
[9:14] collection
[9:15] >> on the back truck. Yeah.
[9:16] >> Um, is this uh the the warranty that
[9:20] came with the truck?
[9:21] >> It is.
[9:22] >> So, what we're finding is on maybe not
[9:25] necessarily on our equipment, but
[9:27] sometimes we don't exercise it and find
[9:30] a problem because we don't use that
[9:32] feature.
[9:33] >> Sure.
[9:33] >> But sometimes we need to check that out
[9:35] to make sure before that warranty
[9:37] expires,
[9:38] >> right? because we're finding out some of
[9:40] the some of the manufacturers are not
[9:44] are taking exception to some things and
[9:48] it's quite costly if you if you don't do
[9:51] it. So, we got to make sure we check it
[9:52] out. I don't know when the warranty will
[9:54] run out on it, but we need to make sure
[9:56] we thoroughly check it before that
[9:58] warranty deadline.
[9:59] >> Yeah, great idea. Thank you.
[10:03] >> Okay, on the office side, wanted to
[10:05] highlight a couple things. We had the
[10:07] new office cleaning company take over.
[10:09] Uh I think we've all noticed an
[10:11] improvement in the facilities. Um and so
[10:15] we'll hope that continues and we'll
[10:17] continue to maintain that, monitor them.
[10:21] We had to submit the annual water use
[10:23] data report. Le worked with uh Trevor
[10:26] and Steve to get that into the division
[10:30] of water rights.
[10:32] Um we did close the bond closure
[10:35] meeting. We held that yesterday with
[10:38] Division of Drinking Water and Zans's
[10:41] Bank and that went well.
[10:43] >> I think uh it ended up at 1.6 million in
[10:48] principal forgiveness.
[10:50] >> Oh wow.
[10:51] >> So basically a grant. Um
[10:53] >> that's pretty exciting.
[10:54] >> Yeah, pretty exciting for the community
[10:56] to get the majority of that paid for. Uh
[10:59] so to reduce the burden on
[11:02] >> So Clint, I got a question. Will you
[11:04] post that in a newsletter?
[11:05] >> Yeah.
[11:06] >> And we'll put that out in our I think
[11:08] people in this city need to
[11:10] >> see that.
[11:12] >> Yeah.
[11:13] >> The Zans Bank made a comment that they
[11:15] hadn't seen that
[11:18] >> those terms from any of their clients.
[11:21] >> Well,
[11:22] >> so pretty good terms.
[11:23] >> Maybe what you might want to do too is
[11:26] Meredith Alexander is the MSD people
[11:29] that does our communications. you might
[11:31] want to reach out to her
[11:33] >> and let her give her the information.
[11:35] Let her post it, too.
[11:36] >> Okay.
[11:39] >> Yeah, we can make a note of that and
[11:41] post that
[11:44] information. And then Leile's found this
[11:47] potential solution. I I think is is
[11:51] maybe a good option for us in Cassell.
[11:55] they have typically we use a service
[11:58] order module
[12:00] um that's linked to a customer address.
[12:02] So that's how we've historically handled
[12:05] um
[12:07] generating leak checks, things like that
[12:11] of that nature, right? Shut on, shut off
[12:14] customers. Yeah.
[12:14] >> And it's based on a customer address.
[12:16] But there's another module that she said
[12:19] that could be it's called a work order
[12:22] that we might be able to improve our
[12:24] tracking of the main breaks when they're
[12:26] not in a at a particular address
[12:29] >> like our facility.
[12:31] >> It's more our facility tracking. Um and
[12:34] then also with Gan working on a lot of
[12:36] the facilities maintenance, it could
[12:39] also be used to help track his progress.
[12:42] So there could be work orders generated
[12:44] and then we could see rather than him
[12:47] keeping a separate database, this could
[12:50] all be in Cassil the same.
[12:52] >> And so she's going to look into that a
[12:54] little bit more. I thought that could be
[12:56] something that
[12:58] improves our efficiency and our
[13:00] tracking.
[13:02] Um so we'll once we're ready, we'll
[13:04] bring some information back to the board
[13:06] to consider uh if you want to move
[13:09] forward with that.
[13:10] >> Great.
[13:13] uh on communications and morale uh
[13:16] attended a Jordan Valley conservation
[13:19] oriented rate structure development
[13:22] meeting with other districts and cities.
[13:25] This is is in regards to their retail
[13:28] system. I just thought it was
[13:30] interesting to give the board a heads up
[13:32] of some of these ideas they're
[13:35] considering are pretty extreme in my
[13:39] mind. Um,
[13:43] one of the ideas that was thrown out is
[13:45] that there would be an individualized
[13:47] average rate
[13:50] uh of usage. So you would almost have
[13:54] each customer would also almost have
[13:56] their own individual rate structure.
[14:00] Uh, so I don't think based on the
[14:03] feedback, I don't think they're going to
[14:04] move forward with that option,
[14:07] >> but I want you to know that those ideas
[14:09] are starting to be discussed.
[14:12] >> Is that a way to increase their taxes?
[14:14] >> I think it's a way to try to continue to
[14:17] encourage conservation
[14:19] and also adjust it more to the user and
[14:23] their lot specifics and their family
[14:25] size rather than have
[14:29] categories that aren't as closely
[14:33] matched and aren't as comparable.
[14:35] >> Yeah.
[14:36] >> From place to place. If Trevor has a
[14:38] halfacre lot and he has 10 kids,
[14:43] you know, compared to a small little lot
[14:48] with a single family, if they're on the
[14:51] same
[14:52] uh breaks in their usage,
[14:56] you might Trevor might say, "Hey, that's
[14:58] not fair to me because I'm, you know,
[15:02] >> a bigger 10 kids because kids, you
[15:06] should a lot of rights. um no choice.
[15:09] >> So in that scenario, Trevor's usage
[15:12] would be adjusted to the lot size, his
[15:15] family size, and then his average usage
[15:19] um would be tracked and if he went
[15:23] significantly above that, that could
[15:26] change the rate. So, I don't think
[15:29] they're heading that direction, but
[15:31] there's some pretty extreme ideas being
[15:34] thrown out out there for conservation.
[15:38] Um, and so wanted to give you a heads up
[15:41] as the uh board as we move forward with
[15:46] ours, I think we'll strike a good
[15:48] balance. Yeah.
[15:50] >> Um,
[15:52] the other thing I wanted to let you know
[15:55] of is we've got a meeting with the golf
[15:57] course board scheduled for next
[16:01] Wednesday to discuss secondary water
[16:03] options. I think they're they've been in
[16:06] communication with Kakott
[16:08] >> and I think they're ready to move
[16:10] forward.
[16:10] >> Next Wednesday at what time?
[16:12] >> 4:30.
[16:13] >> Yeah.
[16:14] >> Down at the golf course.
[16:15] >> 4:30 in the afternoon.
[16:16] >> Yeah.
[16:19] Okay.
[16:21] And then last, I'll just highlight been
[16:24] working on the goals to finalize for the
[16:27] employee performance goals for the March
[16:29] meeting.
[16:30] Andrew's been doing some new Arbinger
[16:34] training for the new employees, which I
[16:37] think is really positive. Um,
[16:41] we sent out that 2025 year in review and
[16:44] 2026 look ahead flyer to customers in
[16:48] the February bill. We haven't had much
[16:50] response on that yet. I will note that
[16:53] we did have quite a few comments on the
[16:56] water pressure check flyer.
[16:58] >> Let's get one.
[16:59] >> So, that flyer that you recommended we
[17:03] put something together on, there's a lot
[17:04] of good feedback on that. a lot of calls
[17:06] in um a lot of questions. I think that
[17:10] was a good
[17:11] >> Was it more positive?
[17:12] >> Yeah, positive.
[17:14] >> So, that's my report unless the board
[17:17] has any questions.
[17:22] » Okay, let's move over to our engineering
[17:24] report.
[17:25] >> Okay, thank you board and chair. Um some
[17:29] highlights here. Influent pump station.
[17:32] Um they've got the screw pumps set in
[17:36] their channels. Um we we got to see a
[17:39] little bit of that with their big crane
[17:41] and how that went in.
[17:43] Um they also set a 96 inch manhole
[17:47] recently. Uh biggest one we have in the
[17:50] district. It was it's pretty cool to see
[17:52] that size. Um Hannes number eight well
[17:57] replacement. We we had a meeting with
[17:59] the EPA. uh finally got got them to come
[18:04] together with us and give us direction
[18:06] on how to shore up that that grant for
[18:09] Hannes number eight. Um
[18:12] with that we're we're planning to move
[18:15] forward on the well drilling and then
[18:17] the wellhouse will be specific to the
[18:20] grant. So that'll let us move that
[18:21] forward, you know, kind of ASAP. So
[18:25] intend to bid out the well drilling
[18:27] fairly soon.
[18:30] Um
[18:32] see other things uh change house
[18:35] design's moving along well. Um speeding
[18:38] along quickly approaching 90%.
[18:42] Um zone 3 reservoir that construction is
[18:45] underway. Uh made a lot of good progress
[18:48] there. You you can see the shape of the
[18:50] reservoir. They'll be starting, they're
[18:53] doing some outfall work and structure
[18:55] work and getting some drain pipe in and
[18:57] they'll start on the pipeline
[19:00] um pretty soon. And then like mentioned,
[19:03] we we closed on our grant for the lead
[19:05] and copper and we'll we've been
[19:09] coordinating with the contractor. We'll
[19:10] give them a notice to proceed um soon
[19:13] and then they'll
[19:15] we'll start that whole process working
[19:17] with the customers to get, you know,
[19:19] into their yard, into their house and
[19:20] start getting those replaced. So,
[19:24] um that's all I have. If there's any
[19:26] questions,
[19:27] >> any question for the board?
[19:28] >> No.
[19:29] >> Thanks.
[19:31] >> Any problem on the railroad?
[19:35] >> No,
[19:36] that's just there as a reminder.
[19:40] Thanks, Trevor.
[19:40] >> Yep.
[19:41] >> Okay, Steve. All
[19:43] >> right. Thank you, board chair. So, the
[19:46] culinary water for production for the
[19:48] month of January was 102.89 million
[19:51] gallons or 315.79
[19:54] acre feet. That's a 8% increase from
[19:57] January of 2025.
[20:00] So far, year to date, we've purchased
[20:01] 67.3 acre feet of water from Jordan
[20:04] Valley.
[20:06] Um, as far as call outs go for the
[20:08] month, we had total of 19. 17 of those
[20:12] were water, two were wastewater for a
[20:15] total of 124.25
[20:17] hours, 115.25
[20:20] of those were water, and then nine of
[20:23] them were wastewater. We had four
[20:26] mainline leaks, um, three service line
[20:29] leaks, and then 12 miscellaneous calls.
[20:33] Um, and then unless you guys questions
[20:35] about the stuff we talked about earlier.
[20:37] That's all I have.
[20:38] >> Steve, what's the minimum that we use
[20:40] from Jordan Valley? Do we have a
[20:42] threshold?
[20:43] >> We have a We have a threshold. A minimum
[20:46] >> 800 acre feet.
[20:49] >> And how do we keep that in check so we
[20:51] don't use too much?
[20:53] >> Matt, he constantly monitors it down
[20:56] treatment plant.
[20:58] We uh they have we have our own
[21:02] projections and then every month Jordan
[21:03] Valley has the projection of where we're
[21:05] at and where they think we'll end up
[21:08] based on our usage. So there's several
[21:12] checks into that to make sure we're not
[21:14] going to leave any on the table.
[21:17] >> Yeah, because we'll we'll pay for it,
[21:20] right?
[21:20] >> Yeah, that's right.
[21:21] >> I just was wondering about that.
[21:25] Okay, Dallas.
[21:27] >> Yes, sir, Mr. Chair. Thank you. Just a
[21:29] couple things I wanted to go over. Um,
[21:31] January was really good for the plant.
[21:33] All the regulatory samples are good. The
[21:37] first quarter bio monitoring passed.
[21:39] That's always a relief for us. Um, we
[21:42] had some scheduled preventative
[21:44] maintenance done on our f our west fine
[21:47] screens in the Headworks building. Um,
[21:50] sometimes those roller wheels get a flat
[21:51] spot in them and they're like an inline
[21:53] skate wheel. They just wear down. So, as we see that wear item start to go, we
[21:58] schedule that maintenance and um, some
[22:01] of the roller bearings need to be
[22:03] replaced at the same time. So, we
[22:05] coordinated that with the mechanics and
[22:07] got ahead of that. Um, on the collection
[22:10] side of it, we're gathering pricing for
[22:13] our annual collection system repairs.
[22:15] That usually takes us a few months. Um
[22:18] then I'll bring that pricing back to the
[22:20] board and we'll get that scheduled and
[22:22] start working on those this fall. Um
[22:25] we're due for our annual sewer line
[22:27] rapid assessment testing with SLRAP.
[22:30] That's the acoustic inspections that we
[22:33] do. Um we target 75 to 80% of our
[22:37] collection system piping through those
[22:39] inspections. I'd like to get that price.
[22:42] We've budgeted for a do not exceed of
[22:44] 65,000. Um, if it's okay with the board,
[22:47] I'll bring that back in March and we'll
[22:49] we can discuss that a little further.
[22:51] Um, right now the collections crew,
[22:54] they're flushing the lines between 3100
[22:57] and 35th South and they're working their
[22:59] way east from 84 to 8,000.
[23:04] Um,
[23:06] yeah, just going back to the screw the
[23:08] screw pumps that Trevor mentioned, I've
[23:10] updated the photo behind um this report
[23:14] to kind of show one of those screws in
[23:16] the air um for those that didn't get to
[23:18] see it. And then we've got some
[23:20] additional photos that we can share if anybody's got some interest and wants
[23:24] to take a look. So, that's pretty much
[23:27] all I have, Mr. Chairman, unless the
[23:28] board's got some questions. Uh what is
[23:31] the standard going to change to? Are
[23:32] don't we have a standard coming up that
[23:34] they're going to change?
[23:35] >> We have the if you're referring to the
[23:38] >> on these limits.
[23:40] >> It was effluent total foss and that went
[23:42] into effect with our new permit for 2025
[23:45] >> and how long do you think that'll go
[23:47] before they change that?
[23:48] >> Uh probably indefinitely.
[23:50] >> Really?
[23:51] >> Yeah.
[23:51] >> Okay.
[23:52] >> There's no word on the horizon that um
[23:55] our permit limit would change. It would
[23:56] be dictated by the receiving waters.
[23:58] >> Okay. which our receiving waters aren't
[24:01] going to change. So, it's I'm not going
[24:04] to say it's permanent, but usually they
[24:06] give us several years heads up.
[24:07] >> Well, I know there's a lot of people
[24:09] that are in the same boat, but I noticed
[24:12] when we started doing uh air quality on
[24:15] the back houses like at Staker and
[24:17] Geodine, I noticed when they seen how
[24:20] well you do, then they started to
[24:22] tighten the belt up and make the
[24:23] restrictions more.
[24:25] >> Sure.
[24:25] >> And if you look at that report, that's
[24:27] exceptional. So,
[24:30] I don't know if it's that good in the
[24:31] summertime as it is the winter. But
[24:33] winter is our toughest time, is it? But
[24:35] it hasn't been a very bad winter.
[24:37] >> Nope. That's That's right. We've had
[24:39] some hot and cold flashes and that's that's tough. If it if it was
[24:43] just cold all winter, that'd be one
[24:45] thing. We can manage that. But when it
[24:47] gets up to 45 or 50 and then down to 30,
[24:50] that the plant reacts a little
[24:51] differently in those shoulder months.
[24:53] But we're doing well. What did we end up
[24:56] doing with our uh oil monitoring? Are we
[24:59] still sending in samples or
[25:01] >> We are. Yep.
[25:02] >> What are we going to do for vibration?
[25:04] Did you guys decide?
[25:05] >> We've got some good intel on that and
[25:07] we've got a few different options lined
[25:08] up. Um
[25:10] cost comparison is where we stand right
[25:12] now. And um we've got our table built of
[25:16] every piece of equipment that we think
[25:17] would need it. Um it's just a matter of
[25:21] getting the water and the wastewater on
[25:22] the same page and and figuring out
[25:25] whether we want to commit to it based on
[25:27] the cost and still a little bit of
[25:29] investigation but we are making headway.
[25:31] >> I was I was hearing some negative things
[25:33] about the global vibration detection. It
[25:37] gets it can get quite expensive. So if
[25:40] you have a handle on what equipment
[25:43] you've got and everything then and you can lock that in then you're
[25:48] doing great
[25:49] >> right?
[25:49] >> But a lot of the plants they change
[25:52] management then all of a sudden they
[25:53] start adding to it and when they add it
[25:57] starts to get exponential instead of
[26:00] linear.
[26:00] >> Right.
[26:01] >> And so as long as we're not adding
[26:04] equipment they said and and you can lock
[26:07] that in. You'll be doing great.
[26:09] >> Sure. and they said it's pretty hard to
[26:11] beat that comparing to trying to one
[26:14] train your people and get the machine
[26:18] and keep track of the data and then
[26:20] human error,
[26:21] >> right?
[26:21] >> Those are the things that are too many
[26:24] variables and so they say it's really
[26:27] advantage with the global system, but
[26:30] the catch is if they expand it, it
[26:33] really catches you. So,
[26:35] >> sure, great point. Thank you, sir.
[26:40] Okay, let's move on to Leileis.
[26:43] >> Thank you, Mr. Chair and board. So, this
[26:46] is the compliance of our legal
[26:48] requirements. Um, we are in compliance
[26:51] with the legal requirements that we're
[26:53] required to complete. Um, the blue
[26:57] highlighted is the ones we have
[26:58] completed.
[27:00] We submitted the salaries and benefits
[27:03] information that goes on the public
[27:06] transparency website and we also have
[27:13] done the quarterly to budget actual
[27:14] reports to the transparency website and
[27:17] of course today just a minute I'm going
[27:19] to report to the board for that. Uh the
[27:23] semianual money management report has
[27:26] been submitted. It was due December 30,
[27:28] January 31st. Um,
[27:32] what else? Uh, water use report. Clint
[27:35] reported. We have completed that.
[27:39] >> The only thing I have highlighted coming
[27:41] up is the uh, public hearing for impact
[27:45] fee impact fees next week, Thursday at 6
[27:50] PM.
[27:52] >> 6 PM.
[27:53] >> Other than that, we are in compliance.
[27:55] Mr. chair, if you want me, does anybody
[27:57] have any questions on that?
[27:59] >> I don't have none. The board have any
[28:01] questions? Okay.
[28:04] >> If you would like, I can proceed into
[28:05] the financials.
[28:06] >> I actually went through this and I
[28:08] thought it looked good to me. So,
[28:09] >> I thought it looks really good, too. Um,
[28:11] we ended up with showing an income,
[28:15] >> right?
[28:15] >> A little bit smaller than last year.
[28:17] >> I don't think it was high enough. You
[28:18] need to raise it.
[28:19] >> I I would go probably low on the list
[28:23] compared. I looked at Karns and some of
[28:24] them. It's astronomical compared, but
[28:28] >> like how much they ended up with.
[28:30] >> They they charge a lot more for impact
[28:32] fees than we do.
[28:34] >> We're on the low side.
[28:35] >> Yeah.
[28:36] >> But Nathan said we have to follow in
[28:38] line with this requirement.
[28:40] >> Yes, we do.
[28:41] >> So Nathan, is there a bill up there on
[28:45] the hill about the impact fees being
[28:49] >> No, what you're referring to is a bill.
[28:53] So, the challenge that the state's
[28:55] facing, and I think this is part of
[28:58] probably what's prompting Jordan Valley
[29:00] with some of its rates, is that all the
[29:02] infrastructure that we're currently
[29:04] using was built many decades ago. It's
[29:07] reaching the end of its design life, and
[29:08] it was built with a lot of public money,
[29:10] both from the federal government in the
[29:11] state. All that federal money and all
[29:14] that state is is gone for the most part.
[29:16] And so, the the legislature is looking
[29:19] at a $34 billion price tag to keep just
[29:22] to maintain our infrastructure. So, the
[29:24] bill I think that you're referring to at
[29:26] the league meeting is there's a bill
[29:28] that would
[29:30] essentially what they should do in my
[29:31] opinion is appropriate money, but I
[29:33] think they they've moved to a different
[29:35] model in which they're essentially doing
[29:38] pass through fees. And so this model
[29:40] would require every public water
[29:42] supplier, which you guys would qualify
[29:45] as, to impose a fee that would be based
[29:49] upon the median income level in your
[29:51] service area, multiplied that by a
[29:53] percentage. I think it's 3% if it's if
[29:55] you do water and sewer, which you do,
[29:57] and then divide that by your
[29:59] connections. And I think when Trevor did
[30:01] the math, what was that was like $14
[30:04] million and $1,400?
[30:06] >> Oh, it was 20 million. 20 million.
[30:09] >> Yeah.
[30:09] >> And so I' I've been checking with my
[30:10] other water suppliers and I've seen you
[30:13] guys are actually the lowest. Everybody
[30:15] else is going to be like $2,500 per
[30:17] connection. Um
[30:19] >> and I think that's maybe just due to the
[30:21] difference in the median income levels.
[30:23] >> Um I don't know where that bill is going
[30:25] to go. It's it's but but the point is is
[30:28] the state's trying to come up with
[30:29] creative ways to fund stuff. Water
[30:31] suppliers are trying to come up with
[30:32] creative ways to fund stuff. So, I'm not
[30:35] really aware of anything with impact
[30:36] fees, but with these type of pass
[30:38] through fees that are being kind of and this is conceptually in line with
[30:43] the bill that we talked about last year,
[30:45] which was that you'd have to oppose a
[30:47] similar fee that would based on usage
[30:50] for
[30:50] >> to fund drinking water infrastructure.
[30:52] This would go into a similar fund, but
[30:53] it would be more for water supply.
[30:55] >> And I think if it passes, you would have
[30:59] the option of participating in it this
[31:01] year. uh well January 1st, 2027 and if
[31:05] you didn't participate in it, you
[31:06] wouldn't be eligible for state funding
[31:08] in that fund. But then I think it
[31:10] becomes mandatory in 2030. So um so I
[31:15] don't know if that'll pass,
[31:16] >> but talking major money. I mean that's
[31:19] >> but but that's that's the reality is
[31:22] that the
[31:24] whatever you're paying for water either
[31:27] here or anywhere else in the state, it's
[31:29] going to be more. And the question is is
[31:32] how much more. And so the idea is to try
[31:34] to get ahead of it. And that to be fair
[31:36] to the legislature, they are trying to
[31:39] tackle this issue and get ahead of it
[31:40] before so it's instead of it being a
[31:42] $1,400
[31:44] annual increase instead of it being a
[31:46] $5,000 annual increase because the
[31:48] longer it takes to fix this stuff. But
[31:50] as part of that, um the
[31:55] most districts aren't charging enough
[31:58] water or money for the water. And so
[32:00] when you go to get bonds and things, the
[32:03] they're going to take a harder look is are your rates high enough? So why
[32:07] should the other taxpayers in the state
[32:08] pay for your infrastructure because you
[32:10] haven't been charging enough? Not saying
[32:12] that's the case here, but that is a
[32:13] pretty common thing. But impact fees are that's a totally separate process
[32:18] that's governed by some constitutional
[32:20] principles and that's based upon what
[32:22] the actual impact is. So, we've gone
[32:24] through an analysis and I I think the
[32:26] difference, Jeff, between what we may be
[32:28] charging, what another district is, is
[32:30] it probably costs more there and that's
[32:32] why the impact fees are higher.
[32:34] >> Well, I I've been impressed that we've
[32:36] been able to get grants and stuff to
[32:38] help with some of our stuff, but we we
[32:40] do have older pipes and stuff that have
[32:42] to be done, but I think Trevor and you
[32:45] guys have really done a good job trying
[32:46] to keep ahead of that. So,
[32:49] >> yeah. And that's that's a little bit of
[32:51] kind of the challenge with some of these
[32:53] things because because if and I'm I'm
[32:56] not a legislator. I know what it's like
[32:57] to be in their shoes, but to me the
[32:59] simplest thing would just be for the
[33:00] state to raise taxes or raise funding
[33:02] and just appropriate that rather than
[33:04] having these disperate fees that are
[33:07] going to impact every district and every
[33:08] water user differently. But um there is
[33:12] this I think approach to kind of move to
[33:14] a more feebased approach to thing. But
[33:16] that particular fear is really just an
[33:18] income tax. just apply locally rather
[33:20] than at a a state level.
[33:24] >> Thanks, Nathan. Yeah, Elis, I think it
[33:28] looks good.
[33:28] >> Okay, cool.
[33:29] >> You guys are
[33:29] >> And just to report, um,
[33:32] >> we are within budget and our expenses,
[33:34] so when we submit our audit at the end of this year or next year,
[33:41] the state will be happy.
[33:42] >> Okay.
[33:43] with with the hearing we've got next uh Thursday, then we make a ruling on it
[33:51] the following meeting.
[33:53] >> No, the um agenda is set up to
[33:57] uh have the hearing. So, any public that
[33:59] attends, they'll have a a time to make
[34:02] comment
[34:03] >> on the proposed changes and then
[34:06] >> uh we if the board sees fit, we can
[34:09] approve that right there. We can
[34:11] >> in that meeting. We approve it in the
[34:13] meeting. Okay.
[34:14] >> I uh I'll also just point out a couple
[34:18] things I that stood out to me. I think
[34:21] it's a testament to the operations
[34:24] managers especially um and their teams
[34:28] on the engineering side as well. We
[34:31] reduced our expenses from we're we we
[34:34] were less in 2025 than we were in 2024.
[34:38] Um, which tells me that we were we used
[34:43] our resources better, we used less, we
[34:47] used our people more efficiently. Um, I
[34:49] think that's great to see when you see
[34:51] our contractual services. Uh, we reduced
[34:55] those substantially,
[34:57] $168,000
[34:59] from year to year. our materials and
[35:02] supplies went down minimally, but uh
[35:05] considering cost increases in those to
[35:09] see that drop down, I was pleased to see
[35:12] that. Um
[35:14] >> yeah, I was noticing how that all
[35:15] dropped down. So,
[35:16] >> yeah. So, I mean, these guys are they're
[35:19] really doing a good job on that.
[35:20] >> That's right. So, when's the steak fry?
[35:23] >> So, just I wanted to highlight that for
[35:26] the
[35:26] >> Thanks you guys. Appreciate you guys
[35:28] looking out.
[35:29] >> Good job.
[35:31] Okay, let's move on to Andrew.
[35:34] >> All right, thanks board and chair. Uh,
[35:38] first thing is I've been in
[35:40] communication with the uh, Fourth of
[35:42] July committee from the city.
[35:44] >> Okay. Who are you talking to with that?
[35:47] >> Is it Janda Hans?
[35:49] >> I can't remember.
[35:50] >> She's the new She's the new
[35:51] >> I think it must be.
[35:52] >> Okay. Okay.
[35:53] >> She reached out. Um, they have a 30-foot
[35:56] trailer that they're going to be able to
[35:57] float out of and they're looking for
[36:01] somewhere to store it. We don't really
[36:02] have anywhere to store it. Um, I let her
[36:06] know that none of our facilities met
[36:08] that
[36:10] uh
[36:13] what they'd be looking for. It's too
[36:15] harsh of an environment to be storing
[36:17] them and too much liability on our end.
[36:19] >> Well, as the mayor, and I'm speaking for
[36:21] the city, no, we don't. They're gonna
[36:23] have to figure something else out
[36:24] because we can't do that. U we as a city
[36:27] is building a float and through modern
[36:29] display and they are going to they're
[36:32] going to um house it for us and so we
[36:37] plan on taking it out to other city
[36:39] parades and then they'll we'll bring it
[36:42] back and they'll put it back away. But
[36:45] um
[36:46] this situation that's happened kind of
[36:48] came from the other previous chair that
[36:51] actually told him to go ahead and build
[36:53] this without approval.
[36:55] >> And so I'm trying to find a way how we
[36:57] can fund that float too. Um but right
[37:01] now they need a place to build it and
[37:06] then they need a place to be able to
[37:07] house it. And I spoke with Granite
[37:09] School District about maybe
[37:12] um the mechanic shop down there, but
[37:15] they don't want to engage in that unless
[37:18] the city we end up buying that building.
[37:22] But so yeah, I just my recommendation
[37:27] and I'm going to go back to the water
[37:29] side is we if we do it for one then and
[37:32] I'm going to ask Nathan for legal help.
[37:34] we do it for one then we pretty well
[37:36] open the floodgate for everybody
[37:38] >> that that's always a concern. I mean I
[37:40] think that this is unique enough to the
[37:42] community that you could probably make
[37:43] an exception there but I mean it sounds
[37:46] the issue Andrew is one we don't really
[37:48] have a a facility that's suitable to
[37:50] store.
[37:50] >> We don't anywhere that's large enough to
[37:52] fit it is either full or too harsh of an
[37:55] environment to store it. We actually
[37:58] back in the day when I first got on the
[37:59] board,
[38:01] Ed Hansen was the manager and he stored
[38:03] a float down at the sewer plant where
[38:06] and I guess when they pulled it out, it
[38:09] was just nasty and stinky.
[38:11] >> Just
[38:14] >> Yeah. The only real option that we could
[38:16] even offer if the board was in support
[38:17] of it is to put it here in our out in
[38:19] our lot, which wouldn't be protected.
[38:21] >> Now, you know what? I just think it's my
[38:23] recommendation is from the water side
[38:26] and the board can decide. I just think
[38:29] if we I don't think it's a good practice
[38:32] to do that because I think if you do it
[38:33] then
[38:34] >> you know somebody else from the
[38:36] community might want to bring something
[38:37] up here and but you know I'm open to
[38:40] what you guys want.
[38:41] >> No liility liility is too high. Yeah.
[38:45] >> When they done it before down at the
[38:46] plant they put it in that press building
[38:49] and it was bad. Oh, shoot.
[38:53] >> Yeah, I think I think the manager is all
[38:55] in agreement with that that it doesn't uh do us much. The other
[39:00] thing that they they reached out about
[39:02] was us using our water trailer at the church. I guess they're changing
[39:08] locations where they're going to be
[39:10] centered.
[39:11] >> No, now that's all changed back. So,
[39:12] they're going to do they're going to do
[39:15] the breakfast. The nights of the
[39:17] Columbus is going to do it down at the
[39:18] Copper Park.
[39:19] >> Okay. My recommendation I thought so
[39:22] they didn't have to haul all the stuff
[39:24] down to the pavilion at the park. Just
[39:27] do it at your church. You could do the
[39:29] 5K, start it there and go around. But
[39:32] you got some of the Knight of Columbus
[39:34] meet board members that don't want to do
[39:36] that. They want to keep it down at the
[39:38] park. And my deal is that's fine, but
[39:40] you guys got to go get all your permits,
[39:42] what you need to do to qualify. And then
[39:44] I'll provide them three golf carts to
[39:46] get people down and back for the
[39:48] breakfast. And then we'll have the the
[39:50] flag ceremony down there. And uh other
[39:54] than that, there's nothing going to go
[39:56] on down at the park at the day other
[39:58] than that night for fireworks.
[40:00] >> Okay. So, they may not be in need of
[40:02] that water trailer anymore.
[40:03] >> Well,
[40:06] we're we're able
[40:07] >> I'm actually going to see her tonight.
[40:09] Um
[40:11] >> so, she reached out to me and I haven't
[40:13] heard back from her since
[40:14] >> You have a phone number for Okay. Tell
[40:17] me what that number is and I'll tell if
[40:18] you got the right number.
[40:19] >> I'll grab you tell me later.
[40:21] >> So I can So we can supply that that
[40:25] water trailer for them and then we could
[40:28] use it for the parade. The one the one
[40:31] thing that would change for us if we in
[40:33] doing this would be we wouldn't want to
[40:35] leave that trailer unmanned.
[40:37] >> Oh, absolutely not. And so that would
[40:39] mean that we are going to have to have
[40:42] some spend money on having somebody
[40:43] there from 7:00 a.m. till probably about
[40:45] 1:30 2:00.
[40:47] >> Right. Right. You know, and I don't
[40:49] >> What day of the week is it?
[40:51] >> It's a Saturday.
[40:51] And I don't know if How
[40:54] many cases of water, Dan, is in that
[40:56] back room? There's
[40:58] >> fourth of July.
[41:00] >> 40.
[41:01] >> And they only needed 150
[41:05] >> bottles.
[41:05] is what? by the city council.
[41:09] >> Uh
[41:11] I think there's enough I think the
[41:13] previous council
[41:15] >> you can buy the bottled water for what
[41:17] it cost to man a guy on that water
[41:19] truck.
[41:19] >> That's exact and and and and that's
[41:21] where I'm at there too is I don't I
[41:23] don't know if I want to spend taxpayer
[41:25] money to pay somebody overtime and
[41:27] especially they want to be with their
[41:29] family on a Saturday and good luck
[41:31] trying to find somebody to do it. Right.
[41:33] >> Yeah. So, um, let me let me talk to her
[41:36] tonight because I'll see her at a
[41:38] meeting at six o'clock and we'll we'll
[41:41] go down that route.
[41:42] >> Okay. All right. Appreciate it.
[41:44] >> Okay. Thank you.
[41:45] >> The other thing that we've got going on
[41:47] is we've got some of our newer employees
[41:50] heading out to Flagger Training at the
[41:52] end of the month. Get them certified.
[41:54] Uh, we just started succession planning
[41:56] this week. managers have uh filled out
[42:01] some key uh positions as well as some of
[42:05] their risks and headaches that's going
[42:08] on right now so that we can start
[42:10] planning. Um up next we'll send out a
[42:13] survey to the employees and then we'll
[42:15] follow up from there with with meetings.
[42:18] Uh we are
[42:21] we've got Jean registered to do his uh
[42:26] qualified water efficient landscaper
[42:28] course through Jordan Valley.
[42:30] >> Okay.
[42:30] >> Um we're excited about that. And that's
[42:33] it for me today unless there's any other
[42:35] questions.
[42:36] >> I had a question but I forgot what it
[42:37] was and when I think about it I'll bring
[42:38] it back to you.
[42:40] >> Thank you.
[42:41] >> So okay thank you. So, let's do let's
[42:44] move on to our project award and
[42:46] agreements, I guess. Is it Trevor?
[42:50] >> I'll give you just on this first one.
[42:52] >> Okay.
[42:52] >> Um, so these are a list of our annual
[42:58] um
[43:00] vendor purchase agreements. These are
[43:03] larger purchases that we do and they're
[43:07] primarily soul source, meaning we can't
[43:10] reasonably find an alternative in the
[43:13] valley um that meets our needs. Uh so we
[43:18] wanted to make sure that we brought
[43:20] these to the board because they exceeded
[43:22] the $50,000
[43:24] limit that I have authority to approve.
[43:27] >> Did we not get rid of chlorine or
[43:30] fluoride?
[43:30] >> Fluoride. Yeah, fluoride's not included
[43:32] in this.
[43:33] >> I don't know of anybody else that sells
[43:34] chlorine.
[43:36] >> So, did we only So, you're only approved
[43:38] up to 50.
[43:38] >> Yeah. Yeah.
[43:39] >> Will you do me a favor? Will you bring
[43:40] that back next month? I think we need to
[43:42] lift that approval.
[43:43] >> Okay.
[43:44] >> If you will, please.
[43:45] >> Mhm.
[43:46] >> Um, but if you have any questions on any
[43:49] of these, they're prepared to discuss
[43:51] those. Um, they're all necessary and
[43:55] we've made the determination that
[43:57] they're required. Uh, but we still want
[44:00] to make sure that the board So, do we
[44:02] Nathan, do we have to go through one by
[44:04] one to approve them?
[44:05] >> I would I think you could probably It's
[44:07] not It's not listed as a common consent
[44:11] item, but I think you probably could. I don't see any reason why you wouldn't.
[44:15] I mean what I would suggest as I
[44:17] understand it Clint these are these are
[44:21] >> soul source
[44:21] >> items that that qualify for the soul
[44:23] source procurement policy and you've
[44:25] gone through the soul source process
[44:28] which means you wouldn't necessarily
[44:29] need the board's approval anyway but but
[44:31] because it exceeds the small
[44:33] >> purchase threshold in an interest of
[44:35] being transparent you're bringing it to
[44:36] the board.
[44:37] >> Yes.
[44:37] >> So the reality is the board doesn't even
[44:40] need to approve at all but it couldn't
[44:42] hurt to have the board's blessing. So if
[44:44] that's the case, you could probably just
[44:45] do one motion to approve them all unless
[44:47] you have concerns about individual
[44:50] amounts.
[44:51] >> So there's more companies than Eckles
[44:52] Painting. That's silly one item.
[44:55] >> That's And that one is not soul source,
[44:57] but it is the state contract.
[44:59] >> Oh, it is.
[44:59] >> Yeah.
[45:01] >> And that meets the small purchase.
[45:04] >> Okay. That's why they're on there.
[45:05] >> That's why they're on there. But Steve
[45:06] can tell you that's for specific
[45:09] circumstances when we can't do it
[45:10] ourselves.
[45:11] >> Yeah. That's for the bigger jobs like on
[45:13] the moratorum stuff that the county the
[45:16] new pavement that they require us to to
[45:19] some of the stuff that they require us
[45:20] to do. They require us to go 15 ft each
[45:23] side of the cut on
[45:25] >> ridiculous.
[45:26] >> Yeah, exactly. And so some of them cuts
[45:28] end up depending on where the hole is,
[45:30] it can end up 40t wide and the entire
[45:33] width of the road.
[45:34] >> I'd like you guys to get a bid from
[45:36] Granite Construction now the asphalt
[45:38] plant's going down there to compete with
[45:39] Morgan.
[45:40] >> Good. Yeah, that'll be good to get a bid
[45:42] from them on on asphalt now
[45:44] >> for like the stuff that we do.
[45:46] >> Yeah.
[45:46] Yeah.
[45:46] >> Because they're good quality, too. I I
[45:49] don't know if they're any better than
[45:51] Morgan, but they would be as good,
[45:53] possibly better.
[45:54] >> And they might give us a deal because
[45:55] we're just right here.
[45:56] >> I think so. I think so. They they want
[45:59] to be a friendly neighbor.
[46:01] >> Sounds good.
[46:02] >> Definitely worth checking.
[46:04] >> So, do we want to approve
[46:06] >> the way they're listed or do we need to
[46:08] call each one out?
[46:08] >> So, let me make sure. So Jeff, do you
[46:11] was was your comment there about the
[46:12] Eckles paving? Do you want another bid
[46:14] for that one?
[46:15] >> No, no, no. This is a state bid, so it's
[46:18] okay.
[46:19] >> He's talking about for the jobs
[46:21] >> when we do our own stuff.
[46:22] >> Oh. Oh, so that's not on the agenda.
[46:24] >> Okay. Sorry. Um, yeah, I think you could
[46:27] do a you could do a motion to approve
[46:30] items one A through G.
[46:32] >> Okay. So, Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make
[46:35] a motion to approve uh project awards
[46:38] and agreements u of these vendors annual
[46:42] purchase amounts uh A through G.
[46:45] >> Second that motion and second
[46:47] >> I so I was just telling Le so going back
[46:52] to approval, you know, raising your
[46:54] limit. I I would be totally comfortable
[46:56] with $100,000 because that would take a
[46:58] lot of this off here.
[47:00] >> Yeah, it would.
[47:02] >> And that way we don't have to bring that
[47:05] Okay, let's move on to Haneswells number seven.
[47:09] >> Okay. Um, so as you know, we were doing
[47:12] the Haneswell 7 rehabilitation project.
[47:16] Um, that's been completed for a while
[47:19] and during that process, we had to um
[47:25] develop the well a little bit more and
[47:28] there were a few sections within that were stubborn. we were getting the
[47:33] sand down to a acceptable level and it
[47:36] took more than the hours that were in
[47:38] the original contract.
[47:40] And so that's that's basically what this
[47:43] is. We just got the cost from the the
[47:46] contractor and so bringing that back to
[47:48] you. Um we were trying to reach a level
[47:51] of 100 parts per million or less in each
[47:54] zone. They break them up in like 10 foot
[47:56] zones and there were a couple about 20
[47:58] ft that was higher than that. And it was
[48:01] to our benefit to get that sand down
[48:04] lower one for the pump itself. And then
[48:06] once that water reaches the EDR, we're
[48:09] not clogging up those pref filters.
[48:10] >> You get the sand down. You bail it out.
[48:13] >> Well, they essentially Yeah. develop
[48:15] with a dual swab tool that will pull put
[48:18] like push and pull that material until
[48:21] the sand is
[48:22] >> makes it settle or they pull it out.
[48:23] >> They pull it out. They bell it.
[48:25] >> Yeah.
[48:26] >> But they're basically directing the
[48:29] water in a certain zone. Yeah. They'll
[48:30] go down in like 20 foot zones and just
[48:34] work that zone and then once the sand
[48:37] >> pulling it in through the
[48:38] >> Yeah.
[48:38] >> through the
[48:39] >> Yeah. So getting all those You have your
[48:41] gravel pack, but there's fine sands that
[48:44] will make it through that. So they're
[48:45] trying to get rid of all of that back
[48:47] in. So we're not pulling that in when we
[48:49] pump.
[48:50] >> Well, that's pretty cheap if we got it
[48:52] to meet the requirement.
[48:53] >> Yeah. And it's been up and running. Um
[48:56] they've been using that all winter and
[48:59] it's
[48:59] >> allong. So
[49:00] >> that sand will cost us in a pump cost.
[49:03] >> Yes. As well as at the edr. So a
[49:05] >> lot more than that.
[49:06] >> Very beneficial for us to get that to
[49:08] where we are comfortable and it's you
[49:11] know not producing sand. So
[49:14] >> okay. So Mr. Chairman like to make a
[49:16] motion to approve uh Hannes well number
[49:20] seven rehabilitation project change
[49:22] order with turban services for
[49:25] $26,262.50.
[49:30] I'll second that.
[49:31] >> Motion second. All in favor? I
[49:33] >> I
[49:33] >> thank you.
[49:35] >> Okay. Approval of the UASD
[49:39] 2026 annual membership dues.
[49:42] >> Um yeah, I can I can take that and Le
[49:45] can support it. Uh she put this
[49:47] together. Obviously, this is to continue
[49:50] our membership in the Utah Association
[49:53] of Special Districts.
[49:55] um they charge their fees, membership
[50:00] fees based on your annual operating
[50:02] budget. So, you have to go uh into that
[50:05] table that's in your uh packet and find
[50:10] where we are in there and then the
[50:13] equivalent fee. So, we're in that 9
[50:15] million to $15 million range and that's
[50:19] where the $12,68
[50:22] is. I think that's fairly significant
[50:25] cost for a membership. Um, so it's not
[50:29] something that uh we just want to rubber
[50:32] stamp on, but I will say that we have
[50:34] found in our experience that they've
[50:38] actually done quite a bit for the
[50:40] district. Um and anytime we've had an
[50:43] issue where they could provide lobbying
[50:47] efforts on uh they've been active in
[50:50] trying to set up meetings with the
[50:52] legislature
[50:54] and then they also provide the annual
[50:56] training. So I think it's a worthwhile
[50:58] effort from my opinion but I think the
[51:00] >> I don't like to see how they charge it
[51:02] based on your annual your your gross
[51:05] amount. I would rather see them base it
[51:07] on your population of the community,
[51:10] >> but but we don't see the stuff they do
[51:12] at the legislature and stuff. And I'm all for them. I think they do a
[51:17] great job, the training and everything
[51:18] they do, and they they'll back us up
[51:20] 100%.
[51:22] >> Yeah. If that's something that you'd
[51:23] like me to bring up in a
[51:26] >> I just think it it looks bad if it's kind of like insurance. If they
[51:30] base it on your gross volume, that
[51:32] doesn't say the risk you have. I mean,
[51:35] the fact that we do water and sewer um
[51:37] and our population, our community, I
[51:40] think would be a better to me it would
[51:42] seem more realistic than your gross uh
[51:46] revenue.
[51:48] >> I just don't think that reflects on how
[51:50] much water, you know, we do it all. But
[51:52] and and I'm not just I'm just saying the
[51:55] way they report it, but I think what
[51:57] they do I I have no qualms about that at
[51:59] all. Yeah, Nathan might have some longer
[52:02] term insight into why they do it this
[52:04] way.
[52:04] >> I I don't have much background on
[52:08] >> it's it's always been that way. I think
[52:11] at least during my tenure as an adviser
[52:13] to their board. Uh it's not something I
[52:16] because just to explain my rel I'm an
[52:18] adviser to their board. I'm not a board
[52:20] member because I'm not actually part of
[52:22] a district. Um, I used to be an exeicio
[52:25] member, but then that they had to change
[52:26] that due to I think some tax issues, but
[52:29] um, so I'm not exact. I think it's it
[52:31] was probably done because I have a very
[52:33] small staff and it was an easier way to
[52:35] do it. Um, but that's certainly
[52:37] something you could raise with them as a
[52:39] member. Um, I will say in terms of what
[52:42] they provide, um, I'm I'm a lobbyist.
[52:46] I'm registered for you guys, but I'm I'm
[52:48] a subject matter lobbyist. So what that
[52:50] means is I get involved if there's an
[52:53] issue but Heather and Lrand are up there
[52:55] all the time and for you guys to get
[52:58] essentially they are in a way
[52:59] functioning for your lob as as your
[53:02] lobbyists that are up there not not the
[53:04] expert that come so what they'll do is
[53:05] they'll say hey Nathan what does this
[53:06] impact Magnum water or I can let Magna
[53:09] Water know we go up there every Tuesday
[53:11] and and keep track of bills and that's
[53:13] you sending you guys
[53:14] >> yeah he he sends us Lrand sends it daily
[53:17] yeah
[53:18] >> daily emails and I'm impressed with him,
[53:21] by the way.
[53:22] >> Yeah, all of them. I have no qualms
[53:24] about it whatsoever.
[53:25] >> To give you an idea, if you didn't use
[53:27] them, the cost of having another
[53:28] lobbyist do that for you would be like
[53:30] 70 grand.
[53:32] >> You That shouldn't even come out of your
[53:33] mouth.
[53:34] >> Yeah.
[53:34] >> For what the backing, we don't even know
[53:36] all the stuff they do at the
[53:37] legislature. I'm just saying when I see
[53:40] that, it doesn't reflect on how many
[53:42] people we're serving. I think that would
[53:44] be better for the population and the
[53:46] fact we do sewer and water.
[53:48] >> I I just It reminds me of insurance when
[53:51] you see it rated by how many million you
[53:53] do. I just don't think that's reflective
[53:57] on our community.
[53:59] >> That's all.
[53:59] >> It's a good idea.
[54:00] >> Yeah, we can pass that information
[54:02] along.
[54:02] >> I don't like to hear that's an easy way
[54:04] to to do it. I
[54:05] >> And don't quote me on that. I don't
[54:07] know. I I think what I think the my And
[54:10] actually, you know what? I don't want to
[54:11] guess as to why they did it that way
[54:13] because I don't know.
[54:13] >> No, no, that's okay. I I'm just saying I
[54:16] It's just me inside. Yeah, it's always
[54:19] been that way.
[54:20] >> Always it's always good to ask those
[54:22] questions though.
[54:23] >> Yeah, just because that's been the way
[54:24] it's been. And I will say it if if it's
[54:27] something that you raise, they will
[54:28] bring it up at the next board meeting.
[54:30] They will say, "Hey,
[54:31] >> I I I'm not complaining about their
[54:32] services." And I'm not complaining what
[54:34] we pay. I'm just saying the way they
[54:36] rate that uh I think
[54:40] it's not very accurate.
[54:44] But I'm not complaining of what we pay
[54:46] because the services we get, there's a
[54:48] lot of things they do. We don't even see
[54:50] what they do.
[54:50] >> Okay.
[54:51] >> So, I have no qualms over that.
[54:53] >> Sounds good.
[54:54] >> I I I it it just kind of irks me because
[54:57] the insurance company comes in and they
[55:00] charge me by my gross sales. It doesn't
[55:02] charge me by my net profit, which could
[55:06] be zero. They charge you by your gross
[55:08] sales. It doesn't even charge me by my
[55:11] exposure,
[55:12] you know, as far as how many employees I
[55:14] have or anything else. It's done on
[55:16] gross sales. And I that just drives me
[55:19] crazy.
[55:20] >> So, they have a board meeting tomorrow
[55:22] at 8:30
[55:24] that I will be able to attend part of. I
[55:27] can raise it then if you want.
[55:31] >> I don't think it hurts to ask.
[55:32] >> Yeah, I can ask.
[55:33] >> Good to ask. I I think it's just like I
[55:37] said,
[55:37] >> I think what you're getting at to me is
[55:41] would we be paying more providing dual
[55:44] services because
[55:47] the dual service is reflected in our
[55:50] cost, but that it's not dual population.
[55:54] We're providing dual services for
[55:57] 30,000. So whether we were just
[55:59] providing water or just providing sewer,
[56:02] >> right,
[56:02] >> it would be less. It would be less
[56:04] potentially. Now for another agency that
[56:06] just does water,
[56:07] >> right,
[56:07] >> only and they have the same population
[56:09] and then another district provides sewer
[56:11] to that same
[56:12] >> right
[56:13] >> population. They would both be paying,
[56:16] >> you know,
[56:16] >> I'm just saying they're using this for
[56:18] an easy calculation and I'm not sure it
[56:20] represents. And like I said, I'm I'm not
[56:23] complaining about what we pay. U maybe
[56:26] in some cases it should be a little
[56:28] higher, but they do a great job. I just
[56:31] think that's a quick and dirty way to
[56:32] calculate it and I don't know maybe that's the fairest way. I don't
[56:37] know.
[56:37] >> Yeah, it does capture the sewer and
[56:40] water but like I said u I don't know.
[56:49] » Okay, we could just ask him is there any
[56:52] other way to calculate it? Yeah,
[56:54] >> I think that's reasonable.
[56:55] >> If you think about a company that
[56:57] services just water, I would imagine
[57:00] their numbers would be lower for the
[57:02] same population possibly.
[57:03] >> Right. Right.
[57:04] >> Or if you're buying Jordan Valley water,
[57:06] then they would be higher and you'd pay
[57:08] more.
[57:10] >> That's right.
[57:10] >> That's a good point, huh?
[57:12] >> If you're having to buy the water and
[57:14] then do it, then you're paying more,
[57:16] right? And then you've got you're you're
[57:18] double paying because you got them
[57:20] lobbying plus Jordan Valley lobbying. I
[57:23] don't know.
[57:25] >> I guess I better just shut up.
[57:27] >> No. Good questions.
[57:28] >> I got fell asleep. No, I'm just kidding.
[57:32] >> Okay. You want to Someone wants to
[57:34] motion this.
[57:36] >> Yeah. Uh Mr. Chairman, I'll motion to
[57:38] approve the US UASD 2026 annual
[57:42] membership dues for $12,68.
[57:46] I'll second that
[57:47] >> in. Motion second. All in favor?
[57:49] >> I
[57:52] motion carries.
[57:56] » I'm sorry, Mr. Chair. On this agenda,
[57:58] for some reason, I forgot to put names
[58:00] by the items. So, I think the next item
[58:04] >> I was just guessing.
[58:05] >> I know. I apologize.
[58:07] >> No, you're good.
[58:09] We wanted to get clarification on and
[58:12] wishes from the board on when they want
[58:15] us to start putting out the election
[58:18] notice. Clint, you can
[58:20] >> Yeah. So, I think we talked last time
[58:23] about the aisle had put together a plan,
[58:25] >> right?
[58:26] >> But we didn't really ask for the board's
[58:28] guidance on when to publish and put
[58:32] these notices out. Um, in the past, LEIL
[58:37] has typically waited till we're much
[58:40] closer to the time to notify and open a
[58:47] vacancy, you know, of the board. And so
[58:51] I think last time in the conversation
[58:54] there was some discussion about doing
[58:57] that right away, but wanted to make sure
[59:00] that the board wanted to go that
[59:02] direction.
[59:03] Um,
[59:05] >> and Clint, if I may, yeah, I think that
[59:06] was that was my recommendation is that
[59:09] we have had
[59:11] >> the candidacy declaration filing is is a
[59:14] little confusing because our
[59:15] requirements are a little different than
[59:16] the municipalities and we've had some
[59:18] just legitimate misunderstandings with
[59:20] people that have come in to file. And so
[59:22] my concern when we made the change the
[59:24] election date is we wanted to give
[59:26] citizens ample time. And so we have
[59:30] legal notices that we have to do, but we
[59:32] had talked before of just doing
[59:33] voluntary stuff to just say, "Hey
[59:35] everyone, we've had a change in election
[59:37] year. They're now be on even years." And
[59:40] so if you want to file, the new deadline
[59:42] is this. And then maybe send out I was
[59:45] thinking we're kind of a before you do
[59:46] the actual legal notice doing some just
[59:49] PR notice to educate
[59:51] >> maybe a month ahead or what do you
[59:52] think?
[59:53] >> But that's that's where we want to get
[59:56] on. My recommendation
[59:58] >> because this is
[59:59] >> My recommendation would be that you do
[1:00:01] something now. Not the legal notice
[1:00:04] because it's too soon, but that you do
[1:00:06] something
[1:00:06] >> wait till May.
[1:00:07] >> Well, that's May. You can
[1:00:09] >> I think you want that's what that's your
[1:00:11] guys's call. Yeah. When do you want to
[1:00:14] >> wait till a month ahead? Do it in May.
[1:00:18] >> What what's our what is our legal part?
[1:00:20] When do we have
[1:00:21] >> the legal requirements? May 1st, we
[1:00:23] notify the elections office that we do
[1:00:25] have an election coming up.
[1:00:26] >> Okay.
[1:00:27] >> That it's not public and but the actual
[1:00:30] requirement for the notice of candidacy
[1:00:32] is only 10 days before.
[1:00:34] >> Well, I I'd say we do at the same time
[1:00:35] that we tell them that would that be
[1:00:38] okay if we do it this time notifying
[1:00:40] we're having
[1:00:40] >> and to be fair, we had already notified
[1:00:42] them last year that there was a change.
[1:00:45] >> Yeah, that's been on our website.
[1:00:47] >> That's right. Yeah, that's right.
[1:00:49] >> So, is is that okay if we do it? Yeah, I
[1:00:51] and I think that's the board's decision.
[1:00:54] >> What do you think?
[1:00:54] >> Um, and we just want to make sure we're
[1:00:56] in alignment
[1:00:57] >> when the kickoff is kind of right.
[1:01:01] >> What do you say?
[1:01:03] >> Wait, like you said,
[1:01:05] >> have it the same time we
[1:01:06] >> So maybe begin that PR
[1:01:09] >> the 1st of May,
[1:01:10] >> right? When do they have to file?
[1:01:12] >> June 1st through the 8th.
[1:01:14] >> Yeah. Yeah. That that's that's the issue
[1:01:16] is the thing is is the way a lot of
[1:01:19] these legal notices are set up complying
[1:01:21] with the law. A lot of members of the
[1:01:23] public don't think that that's
[1:01:24] sufficient.
[1:01:26] >> Well, I needed more time and you should
[1:01:28] have let me know. And
[1:01:29] >> so so let me ask you a question. How did
[1:01:31] that work last year with the the mayor's
[1:01:34] race? When when did you have I forgot
[1:01:36] when I had to file. I mean, when did it
[1:01:38] come up saying that we were going to
[1:01:39] elect our first mayor and when I forgot
[1:01:42] when that was and when I had a sign up
[1:01:44] and then all I know is it went on for
[1:01:46] six months.
[1:01:47] >> Yeah, it was May, wasn't it?
[1:01:49] >> I think I'm trying to remember with
[1:01:51] probably Yeah, it So, we were able to
[1:01:54] get
[1:01:54] >> We don't want signs out on the lot right
[1:01:56] now.
[1:01:57] >> No, you don't want You're not
[1:01:58] campaigning. I never heard any
[1:01:59] complaints from that,
[1:02:01] >> Nathan, that that we changed and
[1:02:03] everything. Everybody seemed really good
[1:02:05] about
[1:02:06] >> Yeah. Nobody Nobody complained to me
[1:02:07] about it. I didn't hear anything.
[1:02:09] >> The other change though is that we got
[1:02:12] with the USD, me and Heather and Lrand
[1:02:15] were able to get a change last year so
[1:02:16] that your declaration of candidacy
[1:02:18] filing period is actually in June
[1:02:19] because it was going to be
[1:02:21] >> Yeah, I said now.
[1:02:23] >> Oh,
[1:02:23] >> and so that's
[1:02:24] >> it was going to be you had to file in
[1:02:25] January, right?
[1:02:25] >> Yeah. Yeah. And so the point is is when
[1:02:27] we did the notice last year, we were
[1:02:29] thinking we'd have that was before we
[1:02:31] did the legislation. And so what's
[1:02:33] changed isn't just your elections
[1:02:34] changed, the law has changed from it
[1:02:36] being now in into June.
[1:02:39] >> Okay.
[1:02:42] >> Yeah, that's too short.
[1:02:45] >> So I it's really your call. I mean, we
[1:02:46] could just do the the standard notice
[1:02:48] and we don't have to do anything more
[1:02:49] than that
[1:02:50] >> days ahead.
[1:02:51] >> Yeah, that's that's what the law
[1:02:52] requires. We we didn't make this is on
[1:02:56] the website right now. Trevor could
[1:02:57] probably pull it up. Um we don't have
[1:03:00] any dates. We just said it would not we
[1:03:04] would not hold an election
[1:03:05] >> right
[1:03:06] >> in 2025. We didn't say it'd be in
[1:03:08] January or anything. Um so I think
[1:03:12] you're good with
[1:03:13] >> Did you guys get any feedback on that?
[1:03:15] No. Cuz I never got no feedback on it.
[1:03:17] >> You can see this is still on there. Um
[1:03:19] so we've notified them. I think now we
[1:03:23] just
[1:03:23] >> Okay.
[1:03:24] >> When the board wants us to put out
[1:03:27] >> the information if if 10 days that I
[1:03:30] mean
[1:03:31] >> in May.
[1:03:31] >> Yeah.
[1:03:32] >> May 1st. May 1st.
[1:03:33] >> 10 days would
[1:03:34] >> No, I say 10 days before June.
[1:03:37] >> Yeah. 10 days.
[1:03:38] >> June 1st to June 10th.
[1:03:39] >> Middle of May.
[1:03:40] >> Okay.
[1:03:41] >> Yeah. I'd say middle of May then 10 days
[1:03:43] before.
[1:03:44] >> We'll just make sure we meet our
[1:03:46] minimum.
[1:03:48] >> Make sure it meets the criteria of the
[1:03:49] minimum.
[1:03:50] >> Yeah. So about the about the middle of
[1:03:52] May we'll target.
[1:03:53] >> Yeah. Let's
[1:03:54] >> Okay.
[1:03:56] >> All right. Sounds good.
[1:03:58] >> Thank you.
[1:03:59] >> So May then you got
[1:04:00] >> marching.
[1:04:02] >> Well and and to be fair when we first
[1:04:04] started talking about it the real
[1:04:05] concern is most people are used to
[1:04:07] filing their Declaration of Kennedy in
[1:04:08] June and we were going to be switching
[1:04:10] to a year in which it was going to be in
[1:04:11] January.
[1:04:12] >> Yeah.
[1:04:12] >> Now that it's June that's less of an
[1:04:15] impact than what we talked about before.
[1:04:17] >> Lot better. Great.
[1:04:18] >> Better.
[1:04:19] >> Okay. We'll do.
[1:04:21] >> So, do we make a motion? We don't need
[1:04:22] to make a motion on that.
[1:04:23] >> No, I just think so. Just Okay.
[1:04:26] >> Just on number two on the hearing or do
[1:04:28] we
[1:04:29] >> do we have to make a motion on the
[1:04:30] hearing?
[1:04:31] >> I we need to make a I'm sorry. We need
[1:04:33] to make a motion stating that we are
[1:04:35] holding
[1:04:36] >> holding a public hearing. Okay.
[1:04:38] >> So, Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a
[1:04:39] motion to uh hold a public hearing to be
[1:04:43] held on February 19th, 2026 to be held
[1:04:46] at 6 p.m. to allow the public comment on
[1:04:49] the district's amended impact fee
[1:04:51] facilities plan and amended impact fee
[1:04:55] enactment.
[1:04:56] >> I'll second that.
[1:04:57] >> A motion second. All in favor?
[1:04:59] >> I I
[1:05:02] >> Okay, Nathan,
[1:05:04] >> I already I already gave you said you
[1:05:06] gave me the update. So there's
[1:05:08] >> there the only other thing I would say
[1:05:09] and and Mick is aware of this being at
[1:05:11] the same meetings I am up there now with
[1:05:14] the city is I I think there's a push
[1:05:16] this session to we we've heard both from
[1:05:20] uh President Adams and Speaker Schultz
[1:05:22] in the league meetings and one of the
[1:05:24] things they mentioned is that
[1:05:27] they're they're they've been receiving a
[1:05:29] push by their constituents on property
[1:05:31] taxes and they were clear not not from
[1:05:33] municipalities or districts. This was
[1:05:35] coming from repres speaker Schultz but from school districts and and some
[1:05:39] other things and so they're getting some
[1:05:42] pressure on property taxes and so there
[1:05:44] there's quite a few property tax reform
[1:05:47] bills that are in the hopper. the
[1:05:49] counties are one of the bigger targets
[1:05:51] and so this is kind of working its way
[1:05:54] through the I think the general
[1:05:56] observation is I think there's a desire
[1:05:58] to lessen the property tax burden and
[1:06:01] move to more of a fee usagebased
[1:06:03] approach to things and obviously the
[1:06:06] devil's in the details but the concern
[1:06:07] for districts is especially if you're
[1:06:09] growing districts you can't grow it's so much easier to be able to bond
[1:06:14] and use property tax revenue so right
[1:06:16] now I'm not exactly sure how that'll
[1:06:18] impact districts Um, I will say in terms
[1:06:20] of timing, we're about halfway through
[1:06:21] the session. They've, last I heard
[1:06:23] earlier this week, they've passed about
[1:06:25] 40 bills. I think that's probably
[1:06:26] increased, but this is a record year in
[1:06:29] terms of numbers of bills. There's
[1:06:30] actually even
[1:06:31] >> how many
[1:06:31] >> there's there's even a bill from a
[1:06:33] freshman representative, Representative
[1:06:35] Okerland to limit how many bills they
[1:06:37] can. But the long and short of we're
[1:06:40] going to be seeing it's going to be
[1:06:41] coming pretty fast and furious. And I
[1:06:43] think I'll be texting
[1:06:45] um uh Clint and Trevor, you know, on a
[1:06:49] more regular basis of, hey, have you
[1:06:50] seen this bill? Um so, but right now in
[1:06:53] terms of water, there's that. There's
[1:06:55] another bill from Representative Ward,
[1:06:56] HB184,
[1:06:58] that would allow um a property owner to
[1:07:02] essentially propose their own lot
[1:07:04] specific land use requirement.
[1:07:06] >> Right. the the concern with that one,
[1:07:09] it's intended to support starter homes,
[1:07:11] which is also a big priority of
[1:07:12] leadership this year. Um, and I'm not
[1:07:15] entirely the bills. I don't fully
[1:07:17] understand the I think the intent is is to kind of essentially get a variance
[1:07:21] for your lot through a more simplistic
[1:07:23] process rather than necessarily get a
[1:07:25] building permit. But that's not entirely
[1:07:27] clear because if they propose it, they
[1:07:28] don't need to get a will serve letter
[1:07:30] from you. They could just go to the city
[1:07:33] and say, "Here's what I'd like to do."
[1:07:35] the city would have some discretion to
[1:07:37] deny it. And so it's not like it the
[1:07:39] city would have to, but there's a
[1:07:41] concern in the land use community that would kind of lead to statewide
[1:07:45] zoning. And the concern that I I would
[1:07:47] have is just the lack of consultation
[1:07:49] with the utility on it. And I my
[1:07:52] personal opinion is we I applaud the
[1:07:54] whole idea of of starter homes. It's a
[1:07:56] worthy goal because affordable housing
[1:07:57] is the number one issue right now. But
[1:08:01] we already have a development agreement
[1:08:02] process where people can essentially do
[1:08:04] that,
[1:08:04] >> right? And one of the deal with the
[1:08:06] leagues with the league is they're
[1:08:08] talking about more affordable housing.
[1:08:10] Well, it's kind of weird when you talk
[1:08:12] about affordable housing and water,
[1:08:14] right? With look at look at our water
[1:08:17] where we're at right now. You know,
[1:08:19] what's going to happen when spring comes
[1:08:20] or whatever, but so how do you how do
[1:08:23] you promote affordable housing? Are we
[1:08:26] going to have enough water to for this
[1:08:28] affordable housing? Right? I mean, it
[1:08:30] was just kind of like it was just
[1:08:31] >> Well, the interesting thing about that
[1:08:33] bill is that it didn't really even
[1:08:36] require that it be affordable. It's just
[1:08:38] you would have to deed restrict the
[1:08:39] property to sell it for at two years at
[1:08:41] market rate,
[1:08:42] >> right?
[1:08:43] >> It was at or below market rate. So, that
[1:08:45] was the comment I made at the league is
[1:08:47] I wasn't quite sure what this would fix
[1:08:48] because
[1:08:50] >> if you're selling at a market rate, it's
[1:08:52] not affordable or a starter home. But
[1:08:54] anyway, I I typically just the way the
[1:08:56] session works and I we probably won't
[1:09:00] this is the last time we'll meet before
[1:09:01] the end of the session. So, it's a
[1:09:02] little bit of a challenge because most
[1:09:04] of the bills that are going to be passed
[1:09:06] are going to happen between now and the
[1:09:07] end of the session before our next board
[1:09:09] meeting. So, I what I would just make
[1:09:12] sure that we're on the same page is that
[1:09:15] we work with if if you guys are okay
[1:09:17] with me working with Clint and then to
[1:09:18] the extent needed, we can bring in Mick.
[1:09:20] that sometimes we just need to may make
[1:09:22] an executive decision on whether we're
[1:09:24] going to oppose something or not in
[1:09:25] accordance with your goals that we
[1:09:27] understand
[1:09:28] >> because we may not have time to convene
[1:09:30] another board.
[1:09:31] >> Okay.
[1:09:31] >> I I do think that there
[1:09:33] >> So that'll be in the next couple days.
[1:09:35] >> Well, the session goes through the first
[1:09:36] week of March.
[1:09:37] >> Oh, first of March.
[1:09:38] >> So, we're about we're half we're roughly
[1:09:40] halfway through the session.
[1:09:42] >> Wow.
[1:09:42] >> But now is when all of the bills will be
[1:09:44] passed. They usually spend the first
[1:09:45] part of the session working out the
[1:09:47] budget stuff and that's why they haven't
[1:09:49] passed as much bills.
[1:09:51] >> Um there is a lot of focus on water this
[1:09:53] year. I I don't so far it hasn't really
[1:09:55] been that impactful to you.
[1:09:57] >> Um there's a lot on infrastructure. I
[1:10:00] don't know how some of those build
[1:10:01] bigger like there was one bill by S
[1:10:03] SB198 which um by Senator Sandal which
[1:10:07] would create a state water manager to to
[1:10:10] potentially build large regional
[1:10:12] infrastructure projects and local
[1:10:14] districts or special districts could
[1:10:15] propose projects. I don't know if that
[1:10:18] bill will move. There's so right now I
[1:10:22] I've mentioned the one that I think is
[1:10:23] the biggest impact which would be that
[1:10:24] potential fee. Uh the other one that you
[1:10:27] guys are already doing is that if for
[1:10:29] any water provider that's requiring a
[1:10:31] water dedication that you would have to
[1:10:34] have your 40-year plan in place, but you
[1:10:35] guys already do. So we're that that
[1:10:38] wouldn't impact you and actually I think
[1:10:40] that's a good idea. Um so that's my
[1:10:43] report.
[1:10:44] >> I think Bowen Collins has done a great
[1:10:46] job. I think that forecast we used and
[1:10:48] everything's been really good.
[1:10:50] >> I agree.
[1:10:50] >> And it's prepared us for what's
[1:10:52] upcoming.
[1:10:53] >> I The only thing I don't like to is that
[1:10:56] uh high density housing that can really
[1:10:58] have a big impact on us and there's no
[1:11:01] way you can plan for that other than uh
[1:11:07] I don't know there's no way you can plan
[1:11:09] for it. Uh maybe minimize it, limit it
[1:11:12] or something. We'll just have to see.
[1:11:14] >> Well, one of the things they said that
[1:11:15] Speaker Schultz said when he spoke with
[1:11:17] us that he's like, "We've put a lot of
[1:11:19] focus on apartments and you guys have
[1:11:21] stepped up to the plate. We've built a
[1:11:22] lot of apartments and now we want to
[1:11:23] shift to starter homes. So that to me
[1:11:27] implies some lesser density. I mean, a
[1:11:30] starter home is going to be less dense
[1:11:31] than an apartment building. Um, those
[1:11:33] starter homes they put down there on
[1:11:35] 8,000 with Thomas Thomas property. Those are bad. I mean, big deep lots
[1:11:43] with water in the in the crawl space and
[1:11:46] everything. It was just not done right.
[1:11:49] And I think if we take if they were to
[1:11:52] put in everything they need to do, the
[1:11:53] problem is even in high impact, it's
[1:11:56] still 500,000. That's not affordable
[1:11:59] housing. So the contractor is still
[1:12:01] making their money, but it's not
[1:12:03] affordable.
[1:12:04] >> Well, that's that's the problem.
[1:12:06] >> The problem I have with that whole
[1:12:08] situation. So you turn around about
[1:12:10] affordable housing. Okay. What is
[1:12:12] affordable? I mean, I feel like Magna's
[1:12:15] got probably the most affordable housing
[1:12:17] out here, you know, out here around. And
[1:12:20] they want us they want us to bring in
[1:12:22] more affordable housing. Well,
[1:12:24] >> I'm not in favor of that. And, you know,
[1:12:27] about the apartment deal is
[1:12:29] >> they said about building bring, you
[1:12:30] know, doing more apartments. Well, what
[1:12:32] do them people that rent them
[1:12:34] apartments, do they invest in the city?
[1:12:36] Absolutely not. They have nothing to
[1:12:38] invest in the city. No,
[1:12:39] >> they they might come to the store, but
[1:12:41] other than doing anything else in the
[1:12:42] city, they go outside of the city.
[1:12:44] >> And that's what I'm trying to figure out
[1:12:45] is our leakage from here to West Valley.
[1:12:48] What we're what our leakage is
[1:12:50] >> and all that stuff. But no, I just I
[1:12:52] struggle with the high density housing.
[1:12:55] That that's one thing I'm not I'm not
[1:12:57] for. I feel like we we're dealing with
[1:12:59] this up here. This has been nothing. Our
[1:13:01] time's been spent up here with this
[1:13:03] problem.
[1:13:04] >> Yeah. We've had to bail them out. If we
[1:13:06] didn't come with suggestions, that would
[1:13:08] be even worse.
[1:13:10] >> Uh anyhow, I mean, we'll we'll work
[1:13:12] through it and see what we're at. But
[1:13:14] our next board meeting is going to be
[1:13:16] March 12th, uh 2026 here at 10:00 a.m.
[1:13:21] >> Yeah. I I wanted to take a minute and
[1:13:24] just thank all you guys, the whole
[1:13:25] board, all you guys. It makes this job,
[1:13:28] our job, look really easy, and we've all
[1:13:31] worked together. And I think that's the
[1:13:33] secret here. I want to just thank you
[1:13:36] guys appreciation for you guys doing
[1:13:38] such a good job
[1:13:40] >> and trying to hold everything and we've
[1:13:42] all learned together and I think it's
[1:13:44] made it look real easy
[1:13:46] >> but it's not. You guys put a lot of time
[1:13:48] and effort into it and I want to thank
[1:13:50] you guys for that.
[1:13:51] >> Thank you.
[1:13:51] >> Well, and I want to say one thing.
[1:13:52] >> I feel the same way. It's it's really
[1:13:54] been nice. All of you
[1:13:56] >> bearing our testimonies.
[1:13:58] So I so what I want to say is I really
[1:14:00] do I really do appreciate you guys and I
[1:14:02] know sometimes the board don't show
[1:14:04] sometimes I don't feel like we show the
[1:14:06] appreciation that you guys deserve
[1:14:07] because you guys are out doing all the
[1:14:09] footwork and and all that and all we do
[1:14:11] is take the complaints right and not
[1:14:13] really know what you guys are doing so
[1:14:15] we kind of you know at times I find
[1:14:17] myself whoa stand back for a minute you
[1:14:19] know what find out the facts but me as
[1:14:21] the chair want to say I want to thank
[1:14:23] each and every one of you and I want to
[1:14:25] thank Nathan for keeping me in line
[1:14:27] keeping me out of jail. And and I also
[1:14:30] want to thank you guys out there for
[1:14:33] your guys' support and coming Doyle and
[1:14:35] you guys for having our backs, too.
[1:14:37] Because at the end of the day, and this
[1:14:39] is what I'm trying to stress to the city
[1:14:41] council is when whoever whatever service
[1:14:44] district we lose, I mean, use if we
[1:14:47] fail, they fail. If they fail, we fail
[1:14:49] because we're a team. And if you plan on
[1:14:51] winning a battle as individuals, then
[1:14:53] you better, as Steve knows, go wrestle.
[1:14:56] But like I said, we when we're all
[1:14:58] together. So if one of us fell, we all
[1:15:01] fell together cuz far as I'm concerned,
[1:15:03] we're a team and and I just wished I
[1:15:06] could take this page that I got here and
[1:15:08] transfer it down onto Main Street with
[1:15:10] the council that I have. But you know
[1:15:11] what? We're all going to be fine. It's
[1:15:13] just trying to get to know each other
[1:15:15] and trying to, you know, find and
[1:15:18] Nathan's our new city attorney, so he's
[1:15:20] thinking to me, Mick, what in the hell
[1:15:22] was I thinking? But it'll it'll it'll
[1:15:25] get better.
[1:15:26] >> That's true. We
[1:15:27] >> I worry when you I worry when you talk
[1:15:29] about starter homes because the quality
[1:15:31] of starter homes back in the 70s were
[1:15:33] crap and they didn't last.
[1:15:36] >> Well, and that's the that's not my
[1:15:38] priority. That's
[1:15:39] >> No, no, no. I'm just saying though, but
[1:15:41] now that we have better uh we have
[1:15:45] better inspections and quality
[1:15:47] requirements and stuff, so it will be
[1:15:49] better, but somehow the contractors are
[1:15:52] going to figure out how to make a buck.
[1:15:53] >> So, well, but that's that's the other
[1:15:55] thrust that we see each year is are
[1:15:57] bills to allow the builders to use their
[1:15:59] own building inspections about their
[1:16:01] own.
[1:16:01] >> Yeah, that's that that's
[1:16:03] >> is that bill going to pass, do you
[1:16:04] think? We have seen a bill of that ilk
[1:16:07] every single session for the last three
[1:16:09] or four years. I I don't know if it's
[1:16:11] going to pass. Typically, in my
[1:16:13] experience, the land use bills that come
[1:16:15] out early in the session
[1:16:17] >> are not the ones that typically pass.
[1:16:20] They usually get folded into something
[1:16:22] there. What typically happens is there's
[1:16:23] a big land use bill every year and it
[1:16:26] comes out the last two weeks and the
[1:16:29] league will be letting us know, but they
[1:16:31] usually kind of hold that back until the
[1:16:33] very end. And that's where some of
[1:16:35] you'll see some concepts from some of
[1:16:36] these bills that you'll see in the
[1:16:37] beginning that'll make it at the end.
[1:16:39] But I don't know if
[1:16:41] >> so how that's going to impact us, I can
[1:16:43] only speak from experience is uh they
[1:16:45] build a house and they run the sewer out
[1:16:47] and they don't compact it good and then
[1:16:50] what happens? Five or 10 years the sewer
[1:16:52] settles and gets a hump in it and then
[1:16:54] they're calling saying my sewer is
[1:16:56] plugged. So, I think we just need a
[1:16:59] better snake that goes all the way up
[1:17:01] and inspects the cl the homeowner.
[1:17:04] That's where that's the biggest problem
[1:17:06] we can have. Either a cross connection
[1:17:08] or a settled sewer line going to the
[1:17:11] street. So,
[1:17:14] >> I know again I want to thank you guys
[1:17:15] for everything and making us who we are.
[1:17:18] >> I do too. I
[1:17:19] >> Yeah, it makes it look easy.
[1:17:20] >> I appreciate all of you.
[1:17:22] >> Yeah. Thanks. Thank you.
[1:17:24] >> So, now ask us what are you guys really
[1:17:25] wanting?
[1:17:30] Okay. So, do someone want we need to we
[1:17:32] need to have a close session. Does
[1:17:33] someone want to
[1:17:35] >> motion?
[1:17:37] >> Yeah, I can motion. Mr. Mr. Chairman,
[1:17:39] I'd like to motion to take a brief
[1:17:40] recess and immediately following meeting
[1:17:43] and close meeting to discuss purchase,
[1:17:45] exchange, lease, sell real property,
[1:17:47] including form of water right, water
[1:17:49] shares pending a reasonable imminent
[1:17:52] litigation and collective bargaining
[1:17:54] issues pursuant to Utah code uh 524204
[1:17:58] through 205.
[1:18:00] >> I'll second that.
[1:18:01] >> It's been motion second. All in favor?
[1:18:02] I.
[1:18:03] >> It's 117
[1:18:05] 18
[1:18:07] >> time is what? Okay.
[1:18:09] >> Okay.
[1:18:09] >> What time is it?
[1:18:10] >> It is uh 12
[1:18:12] >> 125.
[1:18:13] >> 12:55.
[1:18:15] >> I'll make a motion to close the closed
[1:18:17] meeting and reopen the public board
[1:18:20] meeting.
[1:18:21] >> And I second it. All in favor?
[1:18:23] >> I Okay,
[1:18:26] >> this here.
[1:18:27] >> Do we have anything else?
[1:18:30] >> Do we need to consider any action notice
[1:18:33] agenda?
[1:18:33] >> No.
[1:18:34] >> Okay. So, you want to make a motion? And
[1:18:37] I'll make a motion to adjurnn.
[1:18:39] >> I second it. Motion seconded. All in
[1:18:42] favor?