[0:00] Morning.
[0:02] It's 10 o'clock a.m. Uh 8580 8885 west,
[0:06] I mean west, 3500 South. Like to call
[0:09] this meeting to order. Will you please
[0:10] join me in the pledge of allegiance?
[0:17] I aliance to the flag of the United
[0:20] States of America and to the republic
[0:23] for which it stands. One nation under
[0:26] God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:29] justice for all.
[0:35] » Wild
[0:37] I'd like to welcome the public and guest
[0:40] uh today. Here with us is Trevor Andre,
[0:43] um Dallas Henline, Steve Clark, Andrew
[0:46] Sumpion, Jeff White, myself, Mick
[0:48] Sudbury, Danny Stewart, uh Le
[0:51] Fitzgerald, Nathan Bracken, and Clint
[0:54] Dilly. Uh does anybody here today have a
[0:59] public comment they want to address the
[1:00] board?
[1:03] Okay, seeing none, uh does anybody have
[1:07] a conflict with anything on this agenda?
[1:11] Okay. So, uh, let's move on to item F.
[1:14] Uh, who's doing the
[1:15] >> I'm all doing.
[1:17] >> We just sent some of our new operators
[1:20] to flagger certification. This is one of
[1:21] their first big steps to be able to help
[1:24] out as they learn. Um, it makes it so
[1:28] that when we're doing these bigger jobs
[1:30] that we're need to get out of the
[1:31] roadway, that we can have some more
[1:33] seasoned staff working on the leak while
[1:36] these guys are still being productive,
[1:37] helping keep our guys safe. Um that was
[1:40] Daniel Klein, Trevor Rackcliffe, and
[1:42] Cameron Peterson. Melinda Campbell just
[1:44] attended a online workshop on how to
[1:48] handle emotionally charged situations in
[1:49] the workplace. I think
[1:52] um as time has goes on, we've all seen
[1:56] how
[1:58] uh emotionally charged some of these
[2:00] conversations on the phone and in person
[2:02] can go with our office staff. And so
[2:05] it's good to have these uh office staff
[2:08] learn how to handle those emotional
[2:12] situations and diffuse them to make it
[2:14] turn out well for the customer. And then
[2:17] lastly, Taylor Warner just finished up
[2:19] his CDL.
[2:20] >> That's a real big step for the
[2:22] construction crew to be able to have him
[2:25] operate the equipment be utilized in
[2:28] that way.
[2:30] >> That's correct.
[2:31] >> Thank you.
[2:32] >> Okay. Thank you. Okay, moving on to item
[2:35] uh G uh uh approval common common
[2:38] consent items.
[2:39] >> Minutes of the regular board meeting
[2:40] held July 16, 2026.
[2:45] Expenses from July 8 to August 2nd,
[2:48] 2026.
[2:49] General expenses $790,67189.
[2:56] Signs make bomb payment $51,980.
[3:01] I'll second it. It's been motioned
[3:03] second. All in favor? I
[3:05] >> I
[3:06] >> Okay, let's move on to uh department
[3:08] reports. Clint.
[3:09] >> Thanks, Mr. Chairman. Um on staffing uh
[3:13] all positions are currently staffed. We
[3:15] have had uh the engineering team uh
[3:18] evaluate inspection utilization and to
[3:22] make sure that uh you know all
[3:26] development they primarily focus on
[3:28] development
[3:30] uh and that changes depending on the
[3:33] demand of you know building. Um,
[3:37] we had a period over this summer where
[3:40] it was a little slower and so we had
[3:43] Trevor and the operations managers make
[3:47] sure we have the plan in place to fully
[3:50] utilize those inspectors because they're
[3:53] also operators.
[3:54] um they're fully licensed operators and
[3:57] they're familiar with a lot of the
[3:59] they've done a lot of the things that we
[4:01] need help out and there's peak demands
[4:04] on the other crews that we can actually
[4:07] help them and so they've come up with a
[4:10] good plan I think to make sure that
[4:12] those that staffing is fully utilized
[4:14] and want just
[4:15] >> as as they know planning zoning has
[4:17] nothing on their agenda. Yeah. So
[4:20] >> yeah, we we did have a few new
[4:23] developments uh that might have passed
[4:26] planning and zoning, but
[4:28] >> yeah,
[4:29] example, Mahogany 5,
[4:31] >> right?
[4:32] >> They're going to start construction next
[4:34] week. So
[4:36] >> add to that. And we've also come, you
[4:38] know, some other ideas of things they
[4:40] can inspect. We have several fireflow
[4:44] detector check faults in our system,
[4:46] which are ours. And those are some
[4:49] things that they can go and inspect the
[4:51] integrity of the valves, check valves
[4:54] within their box themselves.
[4:56] >> Oh, great.
[4:58] >> So, I have a question. So, who um who
[5:00] goes around and checks the fire
[5:02] hydrants?
[5:04] So that's that's also something that I
[5:07] mean anyone of our
[5:09] >> I think we need to get a map of all the
[5:11] fire hydrants and I think we need to
[5:13] note when they've been last opened and
[5:16] check because as we had that really bad
[5:17] fire down there. Um the
[5:20] >> 72
[5:21] >> the uh storage units have fire hydrants
[5:26] but I don't I think it's illegal that
[5:29] they shut how how did they shut them
[5:31] off? Uh that's what we're trying to
[5:33] figure out. And I I think what we're
[5:36] speaking to is just because they're
[5:39] private fire hydrants,
[5:41] we're going to make sure that they're
[5:44] doing their job and
[5:45] >> because for their insurance purpose
[5:47] alone, right? So I think we've talked
[5:50] about the need to make sure that even
[5:54] the private lab fire hydrants are
[5:56] operational
[5:57] um because ultimately that affects the
[6:00] community and
[6:02] >> and that's also something that the fire
[6:04] department they have to come do yearly
[6:05] inspections so they should be testing
[6:08] them also. So basically
[6:09] >> also so so they should go around testing
[6:11] every one of them
[6:13] like here you know like the EDR client
[6:16] for example we get our yearly inspection
[6:18] when they do that they go through and
[6:20] test they don't test them they just make
[6:22] sure they're working they open them and
[6:25] make sure they got
[6:26] >> Yeah because we've had some fires this
[6:27] year more in magnet than we have in the
[6:30] past years
[6:31] >> and curious is does the hydrants work?
[6:34] Yeah, for sure.
[6:35] >> Well, don't test mine. Mine's
[6:36] >> the the hydrants themselves.
[6:39] >> Private private. It's not
[6:41] >> the hydrants themselves were
[6:44] operational. The problem was they're
[6:46] serve that the detector check right in
[6:48] the detector.
[6:49] >> Yeah. Well, it's the check that goes up
[6:51] to the standpoint. But yeah.
[6:53] >> Yeah.
[6:53] >> Wow.
[6:54] >> One more comment on that, Mr. Chairman.
[6:56] When the collections crew fills up their
[6:58] vac with the fire hydrants, they know
[7:01] which hydrant they use, the address.
[7:04] condition of the hydrant.
[7:05] >> That's good to know that.
[7:06] >> So, I mean, it's not a ton of hydrants,
[7:08] but we do market each one.
[7:10] >> Okay, great. Thank you.
[7:12] >> Okay,
[7:13] >> that's a good question.
[7:14] >> Uh, yeah. On operations, wanted to let
[7:17] the board know. We had the sanitary
[7:20] survey come out from the division of
[7:22] drinking water. That's what they do
[7:23] every three years
[7:25] >> and they com they go through our system.
[7:28] Um, this year was probably the most
[7:32] scrutinized
[7:33] uh that we've had in a long time.
[7:35] >> So, it was a new person, wasn't it?
[7:37] >> Yeah. Yeah.
[7:38] >> Normally, they contracted out to like
[7:40] the health department or somebody else.
[7:43] This year, they brought it inhouse and
[7:44] they're doing everything through the
[7:46] actual department now. And so, it was
[7:49] pretty thorough.
[7:50] >> She pointed out some things that none of
[7:53] the other inspectors had concerns with.
[7:56] Um she wanted documentation.
[7:59] Um I mean, I think overall it's good. I
[8:02] don't think any of those were putting
[8:05] anything at risk,
[8:06] >> but the to the team's credit, they
[8:09] corrected them all already. Um there was
[8:13] no points assessed.
[8:15] Um and so our system remains in approved
[8:19] status with no points, but we wanted to
[8:21] let the board know. So thankful for the
[8:25] team. took a effort between Trevor and
[8:30] uh operations to really get all these
[8:33] things squared up. I mean they they even
[8:36] want to make sure all the documentation
[8:38] of the chemicals
[8:40] is compatible with drinking water. Um so
[8:45] it's it's really probably it's a good
[8:47] thing. It's a little frustrating at
[8:50] times when they haven't had concerns
[8:52] about things in the past and now they
[8:55] do. But I think those are in the end
[8:58] positive. So,
[9:01] okay, the PAS sampling
[9:05] identified one. We did more extensive
[9:08] sampling if the board remembers and we
[9:11] identified that's fairly limited to one
[9:14] well.
[9:16] um
[9:17] it has some elevated levels. It's still
[9:20] below any proposed MCL, but it does
[9:23] require us to do more frequent sampling
[9:27] of that. And it's got us talking with
[9:29] the state and they said there's some
[9:33] grant money still if we move quickly to
[9:37] just do a feasibility study to say how
[9:40] much it would cost if we ever wanted to
[9:42] treat it. What what how do they treat?
[9:45] Do they force something down or
[9:46] >> I think there's a couple different
[9:48] options and that's what the study would
[9:50] >> there's there's like a granulated carbon
[9:52] option. There's ozone. So there's a few
[9:55] different treatment options that you do
[9:57] at your well
[9:58] >> and that'll do it permanently or you
[9:59] have to
[10:00] >> depending on the type of treatment it
[10:02] removes different types
[10:05] is one that removes through a lot of
[10:07] processes.
[10:08] >> Wow.
[10:09] >> That's what we're seeing. Um but the
[10:12] feasibility
[10:13] like you said there's a grant available
[10:16] for that. So we're
[10:18] >> wow
[10:19] >> to apply and see what
[10:20] >> Yeah.
[10:21] >> That's good.
[10:22] >> Yeah. That that well gets blended down
[10:26] even further with all the others and so
[10:29] below well below any
[10:31] >> I I seen in Nebraska they were they were
[10:34] taking their wells and dumping chlorine
[10:36] down it and I thought what the heck does
[10:38] that do
[10:39] >> for PAS or
[10:41] >> is that what it is? I don't know. They
[10:43] >> it it just had a nasty taste for about
[10:46] two or three weeks and I thought that is
[10:48] a heck of a way. What do you do? Dump
[10:51] chlorine down it then have them come
[10:52] test say okay we passed.
[10:54] >> They may have other
[11:01] » um on the wastewater side it wasn't just
[11:05] a wastewater issue. It was a coordinated
[11:08] team but they specifically highlighted
[11:09] the wastewater. So, I wanted to read the
[11:12] board uh email that I received.
[11:17] So, we have Olympus Insurance is our
[11:19] local insurance provider and then we
[11:22] they work with our national the the
[11:25] group that's the national main insurance
[11:27] provider is called Glatt Filter and they
[11:31] sent two representatives from
[11:32] Glattfelter out to meet with the team
[11:35] and tour facilities. And this is the
[11:38] email from Glatt Filter to the Olympus
[11:41] Insurance
[11:43] Taylor. We had a great visit with the
[11:45] Magna Water District team today. You
[11:47] have a great client. The colleague from
[11:49] Glattap Filters who is with me has
[11:52] visited water and wastewater treatment
[11:54] facilities in 25 states. I've been to
[11:57] fewer, but we agree Magna is the best we
[12:01] have visited in all aspects of its
[12:03] operations and management. Magna is an
[12:06] excellent example for other water and
[12:08] wastewater treatment facilities across
[12:11] the country.
[12:12] Your risk management efforts with the
[12:14] client are on display throughout their
[12:17] facilities. It is rare to see
[12:19] life-saving devices at wastewater
[12:22] treatment plants. Magna has them
[12:24] strategically located. We are greatly
[12:27] impressed with all aspects of their
[12:29] operations. We have no formal
[12:32] recommendations from our visits. uh we
[12:35] informally send information related to
[12:37] their process. Thanks for helping us get
[12:40] this scheduled. So I just wanted to
[12:41] >> That's awesome.
[12:42] >> That's a that's a testament to the
[12:44] operations
[12:46] uh and also Andrew and the safety.
[12:49] >> Yes.
[12:49] >> So I just wanted to pass that along.
[12:51] It's nice to get good feedback. Yes.
[12:53] >> Most is negative. So,
[12:56] um, and then I'll highlight that Dallas
[12:59] has been one part of the system that we
[13:01] haven't got full redundancy on is the
[13:04] polymer system because it's not a
[13:10] big system,
[13:12] but there are if there is an issue, it's
[13:16] kind of complicated to deal with because
[13:19] of the nature of the polymer. And so
[13:22] he's been working on getting some
[13:23] redundancy
[13:25] and uh I don't know if you wanted to add
[13:27] anything. I thought that was cool. I
[13:28] wanted to let the board know.
[13:30] >> Yeah, I think we had a recent incident
[13:32] that highlighted a little bit of a
[13:33] weakness. So we've decided to dig into
[13:36] it. Um create some redundancy there. We
[13:39] have a bunch of spare parts and stuff,
[13:41] but um there's always a little bit more
[13:43] we could do.
[13:44] >> The polymer is so slippery, right? I
[13:48] mean, it's What would you describe the
[13:50] consistency. Yes. Snot snot or
[13:53] >> yes slippier than snot if you
[13:56] >> So what do we do with pone?
[13:58] >> Oh yeah, tell them
[14:00] >> use it as a coagulant in the bio salts.
[14:02] So as it's going through the header of
[14:04] the pipe, it gets injected into that
[14:06] header and then it's got some contact
[14:08] time before it gets into the bioreactor
[14:10] of the screw pumps or screw presses and
[14:13] then that coagulates and just tries to
[14:16] reduce the amount of water and help
[14:18] squeeze it out as it comes through the
[14:19] pump.
[14:20] Okay.
[14:22] >> So, how do we know when it's not
[14:24] working?
[14:25] >> Um the the solids coming out of the
[14:27] backside of the process
[14:28] >> got a lot of water in them.
[14:30] >> Yeah. They don't have as much moisture
[14:32] removed.
[14:33] >> So, couldn't we do a moisture meter on
[14:34] the back end that would kind of tell you
[14:36] if it's working or not?
[14:37] >> Yeah, you can you can tell visually
[14:39] whether or not it's working. And then we
[14:40] are required to do moisture samples.
[14:43] >> So,
[14:46] » okay. Uh on the office side, we're
[14:51] Trevor and the team
[14:53] uh the consultant team is updating the
[14:55] emergency response plan that's required
[14:59] again. And uh we thought it would be
[15:02] good to coordinate an event over the
[15:05] next shakeout,
[15:07] the great American, isn't it? They call
[15:09] it the great American shakeout or
[15:11] something like that.
[15:11] >> Yeah, something like that.
[15:13] next spring,
[15:15] uh, we'll put on a mock event and maybe
[15:17] have, uh, activity after. So, if the
[15:22] board's wanting to participate, we'll
[15:24] make sure to let you know when that is.
[15:27] Um, just to make sure everybody's aware
[15:30] of what we do in an emergency. I think
[15:32] that's the biggest and go through that
[15:35] exercise.
[15:38] Last, I'll just highlight the pole for
[15:41] the AMI has been installed and it's
[15:44] getting wired today. So, that was our
[15:45] last step to be able to get this
[15:48] automatic information sent in from all
[15:51] the meters.
[15:53] And then we've got the customer portal.
[15:56] Yifi is getting really close to being
[15:59] able to roll that out. So, I think we're
[16:02] in good shape to get that. Our goal was
[16:04] before the end of the year. I think
[16:06] we're going to
[16:07] >> be well before the end of the year to
[16:09] get that done.
[16:09] >> I'm hoping so. Yeah.
[16:11] >> So, I was looking at delinquent
[16:13] accounts. It seems like it's gone down a
[16:15] little bit, has it?
[16:16] >> Yeah.
[16:17] >> Because it seems like it was We've had
[16:19] as many as 800 on there before.
[16:21] >> Yeah, we have. We
[16:22] >> It'll probably unfortunately go back up.
[16:25] >> Yeah. For the summer.
[16:26] >> A natural cycle with the bigger bills
[16:28] and the
[16:30] >> holiday season that seems like that
[16:32] really
[16:33] >> Yeah.
[16:34] >> affects that. U my question is how many
[16:37] times do we find people that have a high
[16:40] water bill because we've been more
[16:41] accurately reporting there's only been a
[16:44] few that have been mad because we're
[16:46] help helping watching their water usage.
[16:50] Are there very many times when I've seen
[16:53] people with their float stuck on their
[16:55] toilet and their water bill has been
[16:57] crazy and I just wonder if that happens
[17:01] very often. Do we have very stupid
[17:04] obvious things that
[17:07] >> especially if you have a customer that
[17:09] moved into the house and it was leaking
[17:11] before they got there, their water
[17:13] usage, they wouldn't they wouldn't even
[17:14] notice.
[17:15] >> Oh,
[17:16] >> unless it went really got worse, you
[17:19] know, but
[17:20] >> or like a leaking sprinkler valve or
[17:22] something that they could do themselves,
[17:24] but
[17:25] >> I think
[17:25] >> Do we find that very often or is it just
[17:28] uh
[17:28] >> I I can't I guess I don't much about
[17:32] that type. The mo majority I think is
[17:35] outdoor leagues that we're we hear the
[17:37] most of
[17:38] >> the bigger ones.
[17:39] >> But I think with the AMI and the
[17:43] capabilities, we will be able to much
[17:47] more accurately diagnose those.
[17:48] >> That should help.
[17:49] >> Yeah.
[17:50] >> And it really should help the homeowner.
[17:52] >> Yeah, that's what I mean.
[17:54] >> Yeah, exactly.
[17:57] >> Okay.
[17:58] um on the team communication and morale
[18:03] that me and uh Trevor are going to be
[18:06] attending at Jordan Valley. They've got
[18:08] that new water budget policy and some
[18:11] implementation tools that we're going to
[18:13] understand how that affects us. So,
[18:16] we'll be attending that meeting um next
[18:19] week and then Andrew and I will attend
[18:24] and participate in that magna night out
[18:27] for safety and unity on the 24th.
[18:30] We'll plan on being in attendance there.
[18:32] Andrew's got some uh stress magna stress
[18:37] balls.
[18:37] >> They look like a They look like a rain
[18:39] >> water drop.
[18:40] >> Oh, look like a water drop and they say
[18:42] Magna Water District on it. So,
[18:43] >> Oh, cool. Be cool.
[18:46] do that and hand those out. Um,
[18:51] we've been working to improve uh some
[18:54] issues uh with the union. Uh that's
[18:56] ongoing. Um I think we've made uh some
[19:01] major progress. Uh so we'll be able to
[19:05] inform the board on any of those details
[19:08] in the collective bargaining portion
[19:11] enclosed. Um the we've also worked to
[19:15] improve communication with customers. I
[19:18] think the board saw theformational
[19:20] flyer that the engineering team put
[19:22] together. I did get a few calls about
[19:26] that asking about that. So I thought
[19:29] that was positive most feedback
[19:31] interested in it.
[19:32] >> They're just asking
[19:33] >> Yeah.
[19:33] >> What's this? What's that?
[19:35] >> Yeah. Yeah.
[19:36] >> Nothing negative.
[19:37] Just uh
[19:38] >> I thought it was really good.
[19:40] >> Drew some interest. So, I thought that
[19:41] was good. And then, uh, we did have on
[19:45] com customer complaints,
[19:47] another email, uh, that came in. I get
[19:52] all the emails.
[19:54] Uh, customer said, "Subject line
[19:57] pothole." This just to give the board a
[20:00] feel of some of the types of things we
[20:01] get. Hello. I sent a message two weeks
[20:04] ago and no reply. Two months ago, your
[20:07] team came and dug a hole in the street
[20:09] in front of my house and just left it
[20:11] filled with dirt. Are you going to
[20:13] properly repair this before it gets to
[20:16] be an issue or is it a work in progress
[20:18] for a project? And so I just uh replied,
[20:22] "Thanks for following up on this. We'll
[20:24] get it patched as soon as we can."
[20:26] >> No way.
[20:27] >> And they were out there that day just he
[20:31] replied, "Just want to say thanks for
[20:33] your team's efforts. It was repaired the
[20:35] same day. You guys are awesome.
[20:36] >> Was that on 8,000?
[20:40] >> Just off,000. Right on 32 one.
[20:42] >> Oh, okay.
[20:43] >> Like second house in.
[20:46] So I think the
[20:48] my the the thing that we talk about is
[20:51] any of those frustrated customers can be
[20:55] opportunities to, you know, they might
[20:58] be frustrated, but if we just get on it
[21:01] and address their concerns, maybe that
[21:04] turns into somebody that's really happy.
[21:06] So that's that's the goal. Um
[21:11] seems like he was pleased with how
[21:13] quickly the collection crew got out
[21:15] there and appreciate those efforts. That
[21:17] means a lot to the community, I think,
[21:19] to be responsive.
[21:21] Um, then we did have one issue on the
[21:24] customer expected a followup on leak
[21:27] verification.
[21:29] It was an incident that happened over a
[21:31] weekend on call. They were called out to
[21:35] check a leak and the customer
[21:40] they were we told the customer, "Hey, we
[21:43] got to look into this. We don't know if
[21:45] it's your site or our side." So, they
[21:47] looked into it and they thought they
[21:49] communicated clearly to the customer
[21:51] that it was fixed, but the customer said
[21:55] called in the following Monday and said,
[21:57] "Hey, you never told me what was going
[22:01] to happen."
[22:02] So, um, they were frustrated. We, we
[22:05] ended up fixing it and
[22:09] crediting that.
[22:10] >> Yeah, it ended up being theirs.
[22:12] >> It was their problem to fix. So, they
[22:15] didn't feel they felt like they could
[22:16] have fixed it sooner
[22:18] >> if they knew. So, the issue, I think,
[22:20] was a communication. So I think we
[22:23] talked about with with the on call
[22:27] person to just make sure that they get
[22:29] the customer to repeat back what you
[22:32] know here hey okay so this is your
[22:35] problem um do you understand what I'm
[22:38] saying you know how do you how do you
[22:42] get what what the decision is you know
[22:44] that type of hey make sure they
[22:46] understand in some way so
[22:49] >> well I've noticed quite a few replacing
[22:51] water lines
[22:52] I've never seen so many rocks coming out
[22:55] of digging a new water line. Holy cow.
[22:59] >> There's a guy across the street from me
[23:00] on 8000 that's been digging up a sewer
[23:02] line. It's been open all summer long.
[23:04] >> Oh wow.
[23:05] >> Wow.
[23:06] >> So I don't know what the city needs to
[23:08] do on that, but something needs to be
[23:10] done cuz the trench has been open all
[23:12] summer long since probably what May.
[23:16] >> Yeah. Yeah. It could be as simple as
[23:18] just having a belly in this sewer.
[23:22] But that's my report unless the board
[23:23] has any
[23:26] >> anything from the board.
[23:28] >> Okay. Thanks, Clamp.
[23:29] >> Okay, Trevor, let's move on to your
[23:31] engineering report.
[23:35] » So, we'll just cover a few highlights
[23:38] here. Um, just in general, the influence
[23:41] pump station is moving along well. Um,
[23:44] screw pumps are running. They're
[23:47] continuing to to work on some yard
[23:50] piping, setting some manholes. They're
[23:52] starting to prep for asphalt
[23:56] and sidewalk. And so we'll start seeing
[23:58] some of that finish work happen very
[24:01] soon
[24:02] for the Hannes well number eight. We're
[24:05] still in the process with the the EPA on
[24:09] finalizing grant paperwork,
[24:12] but the drilling process has moved along
[24:14] quite well. They've got that drill, the
[24:17] casings in and was out there
[24:23] developing the well. So,
[24:26] >> so can you can you redrill the well
[24:28] before you get an agreement from the
[24:29] EPA?
[24:31] >> Yeah. Yeah, we're we're able to move
[24:33] forward with the drilling process. The
[24:35] EPA will be involved when we build
[24:37] station.
[24:37] >> Oh, okay.
[24:39] >> Well, so
[24:42] the drilling of the well
[24:45] said,
[24:48] >> are they do they move along very
[24:50] quickly? The EPA?
[24:51] >> No,
[24:52] >> they don't. Is there any way to speed
[24:55] that up?
[24:58] >> Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like it.
[25:00] >> Wow. Um they they they
[25:03] have dates that they're well aware, you
[25:06] know, that we're trying to meet and they
[25:08] agreed with these dates.
[25:10] >> Oh, you have thresholds that you
[25:12] >> Yeah. Yeah. And we wanted to bid that in
[25:15] October and they're moving towards to
[25:18] where we can still do that. It's just
[25:21] they don't communicate a lot in between
[25:23] their steps. It feels like forever and
[25:25] then all of a sudden here you go.
[25:28] >> Wow.
[25:28] >> But the whole process is Was it two,
[25:32] three years now?
[25:33] >> Oh my heavens.
[25:34] >> It's It's extensive.
[25:36] >> Well, well, the the process was started
[25:38] when before Celeste Malloy was even in
[25:41] office.
[25:42] >> Yeah, true. True. So, yeah, if you go
[25:45] all the way back, it's
[25:49] >> there anything we can do to improve
[25:50] that?
[25:51] >> I think they just got cut to the
[25:53] barebones staff, you know, with the doge
[25:57] cuts and all that.
[25:58] the EPA is is the federal government's
[26:01] just slow. They have so many
[26:02] requirements and boxes to check and
[26:04] that's exacerbated it.
[26:07] >> But we'll get there,
[26:09] >> especially where this
[26:13] >> um project west side collection phase 1B
[26:18] um you've probably seen on the north
[26:19] side of 2018.
[26:21] >> That's awesome. They're out there
[26:23] setting up their board pits, puting
[26:26] that's next. They're the ones that are
[26:28] going to board freeway for our sewer
[26:30] pipe.
[26:32] >> Light is doing the fiber and they're
[26:34] scheduled to be out next week,
[26:37] >> possibly the week after, but their
[26:39] process is only about a week to work.
[26:42] >> And so it'll take Nick much longer to
[26:44] set up these or pits, dig them, set up
[26:46] their
[26:47] >> It only takes them a week to relocate
[26:49] that fiber line. Okay. Yeah, it's pretty
[26:51] quick.
[26:51] >> We've waited a year and a half and it's
[26:54] taken them a week to do the work.
[26:58] >> Okay,
[26:59] >> that'll be really nice. So, you you'll
[27:01] continue to see activity out there and
[27:04] that like main closure that's for
[27:06] another project, but we're piggybacking
[27:08] off some of that traffic control
[27:11] activity out there quite a while. Um,
[27:16] let's see. Westside Collection project
[27:18] phase three.
[27:19] design. This is the portion that goes
[27:21] through some Kennot property and into
[27:23] the copper club. We've been coordinating
[27:26] with everyone involved copper club. We
[27:29] just went out and marked
[27:31] the alignment through the copper club so
[27:34] that their board can go and visually see
[27:37] how that will impact the horse, which
[27:39] it's it's not much. It's all to the
[27:42] side. Doesn't really impact any holes or
[27:46] playability at this point.
[27:51] the WRF operations uh building. We held
[27:55] our pre-construction meeting.
[27:58] We're still working through the building
[28:00] permit with the MSD city side
[28:03] but uh Pollson has been able to start
[28:08] submitting a bunch of stuff and our
[28:09] engineer reviewing that and we're pretty
[28:12] confident they'll be able to break
[28:14] ground at least do some clearing very
[28:17] soon
[28:26] reservoir we've got
[28:28] anticipated filling day of August 27th.
[28:31] Let them know they still have some punch
[28:34] list items that they're working through.
[28:36] They're pretty active. They did some
[28:38] last week. They've been out there this
[28:40] week. So, they know our build on track
[28:44] to do that.
[28:45] >> Is that something that we can fill
[28:47] during the winter?
[28:49] >> Uh, not with when we winterize our
[28:52] system.
[28:53] >> Oh, how long will it take us to fill
[28:55] that number three reservoir? How long
[28:57] does it take to fill one?
[28:59] >> Couple weeks.
[29:01] >> 16 hours. 16 to 20 hours.
[29:03] >> That's it.
[29:03] >> This one may be a little little
[29:05] different because we've got a basically
[29:08] we're pushing the water to zone one
[29:10] here.
[29:10] >> Yeah.
[29:11] >> And then these pumps are taking it to
[29:12] two and then
[29:13] >> Oh,
[29:14] >> and then from there to zone
[29:15] >> it piggybacks.
[29:18] >> So this might be a little bit of a
[29:20] limitation,
[29:23] » but still I would assume
[29:26] two or three days at the most.
[29:30] >> Um, lead and copper moving along good
[29:33] there.
[29:35] We've got it on the we'll discuss more
[29:38] there. And then
[29:42] the conservation garden, our engineer is
[29:46] finishing up
[29:48] specifications and we're working to bid
[29:50] that next. So anticipate having
[29:55] project
[29:58] for you guys.
[30:00] Sorry. Project bid to uh review next
[30:03] month.
[30:06] >> That's it.
[30:07] >> You know, when I talked to that uh lady
[30:09] from the MSD on getting permits and I
[30:13] just said, you know, people say it's
[30:14] really hard to get it's really forgot
[30:17] her name is Jessup. I forgot what her
[30:19] first uh Lori
[30:21] >> and she act like to me it doesn't take
[30:24] long to get permits but everybody I
[30:26] talked to has really a problem through
[30:28] the MSD trying to get permits and I
[30:31] don't know what the city can do to try
[30:33] to push it to make it faster but people
[30:37] get really irritable out here I mean you
[30:39] know I mean it's not just here anywhere
[30:41] the MSD is doing it just takes forever
[30:45] to get um permits What what suggestion
[30:49] based on our experience and maybe maybe
[30:52] even could what would help what would
[30:55] help get those permits through quicker
[30:59] in your opinion?
[31:00] >> Uh it would help if there was a clear
[31:02] definition of what was what was needed.
[31:05] Uh the building permit cross
[31:10] does a good job. the land permit that
[31:14] was a threemon endeavor and it was
[31:18] trying to understand why and when we
[31:21] could have submitted it we may have been
[31:22] able to smell a little
[31:24] >> who is it who who is it that you deal
[31:26] with on that who's in charge of that
[31:28] >> my point of contact name was sh
[31:31] >> so that's Salt Lake County that's not
[31:33] the MSD
[31:34] >> oh
[31:35] >> that's so the MSD contracts with Salt
[31:37] Lake County Public Works
[31:39] >> and and do you remember the wastwater
[31:42] treatment plant years ago.
[31:43] >> That was the same issue. It wasn't the
[31:46] building permit per se.
[31:48] >> It was trying to get to the building
[31:50] permit because of the land.
[31:52] >> So, I'm wondering who from Salt Lake
[31:54] County we could talk to to try to see.
[31:56] >> So, the So, this is a larger discussion.
[32:01] Um, everybody's unhappy with Salt Lake
[32:03] County Public Works, MSD, and all the
[32:06] other cities that contract. So if you
[32:08] have a public works nexus to anything
[32:10] that you're doing, so when when the
[32:13] metro townships were first created, the
[32:16] master interlocal, which the county is
[32:17] now trying to cancel,
[32:19] required the MSD to contract with Salt
[32:21] Lake County Public Works. So you can
[32:23] submit a building permit application or
[32:25] a land use permit application with the
[32:27] city, but if there's a public works
[32:30] department, that seems to be where
[32:33] everyone's frustrated. and including
[32:34] when you guys have discussed this stuff
[32:36] in the past, it's usually the county
[32:38] rather than the MSD staff that seems to
[32:40] be the the big issue.
[32:42] >> That's probably true.
[32:45] >> So my suggestion is that's probably a
[32:48] discussion with the MSD and on the city
[32:51] level, you know, Michael is the rep to
[32:53] the MSD board
[32:55] >> and I think Lisa
[32:57] >> Leisel,
[32:58] >> well, not leasel, but I'm talking with
[33:00] the county that oversees that
[33:02] >> department. I think Lisa and Michael can
[33:04] talk to her
[33:05] >> any if anything we can do from the
[33:07] district to if we want case studies to
[33:11] point to where it's affected us we'd be
[33:14] happy.
[33:14] >> So what this I mean what the city could
[33:16] do is it could come I I mean
[33:20] at the end of the day the the Salt Lake
[33:22] County is a contractor and they're
[33:24] supposed to be following the city's
[33:27] process so the city can look there's
[33:29] things they could do to more clearly
[33:32] find his process. But um anyway, I we
[33:35] don't want to get into this on the
[33:37] record, but um that's if it's Shad Cook.
[33:40] is with Salt Lake County. It's
[33:42] not with the MSD.
[33:45] >> Now, I'm not talking about Shad
[33:46] personally, but that's
[33:48] >> it. That doesn't sound like an MSD
[33:50] issue. It sounds like it's a Salt Lake
[33:51] County issue because what were the
[33:53] questions that you had that you were
[33:54] interacting with Shad on?
[33:58] >> The challenge was we couldn't
[34:03] Yes. Yes.
[34:13] » He asked me if I if I announced he was
[34:16] here today and I did, didn't we?
[34:21] » Yes.
[34:23] that went through a pretty lengthy
[34:25] process
[34:30] and their respons.
[34:39] » Yeah. So I I guess maybe my question is
[34:42] that's that's all land use. Why was Shad
[34:44] involved? Shad's with the county.
[34:48] I mean he has an email so I'm not sure
[34:51] why.
[34:51] >> Yeah. But he's
[34:53] >> or is it
[34:56] >> Chad Anderson?
[35:00] » Yeah, he's not because he stayed. And
[35:04] they also I wasn't as involved as you
[35:07] were, but seems like sometimes their
[35:11] responses back took two, three weeks
[35:15] rather
[35:18] seem like
[35:19] >> I I can look into that a little bit
[35:21] more. I had thought Shad had went to had
[35:24] stayed with the Salt Lake County
[35:27] Engineering Office when they left, but
[35:28] maybe he came over, but my involvement
[35:30] with him has always been at the county.
[35:32] I can look into that.
[35:33] >> And I think another thing that's
[35:35] happening right now with building permit
[35:37] is that, you know, we have some
[35:39] questions.
[35:41] Um, and even before we submitted it, we
[35:43] were really hesitant to to speak openly
[35:47] about those questions so that we could
[35:50] when we submit our, you know, everything
[35:52] for the building,
[35:54] >> you would maybe we have some preliminary
[35:56] answers already taken care of that
[35:59] ultimately makes their job easier. But
[36:02] they were really reluctant to provide
[36:04] any good feedback
[36:08] >> and
[36:08] >> before they before they had
[36:10] >> before the full application's in and
[36:12] fees are paid and
[36:14] >> and I don't know
[36:16] for preferential treatment or not but it
[36:18] just seemed like that could help.
[36:22] So I think part of the problem that they
[36:25] deal with is they have developers that
[36:27] come in and they don't what they do and
[36:29] then they end up doing the developers
[36:31] job with the plants. So they they get
[36:32] then they get yelled at by their cities
[36:34] and why are you spending all of our
[36:35] money on somebody's project. But you
[36:39] know the thing that I've mentioned to
[36:40] them and we've had this discussion
[36:41] before is that special districts
[36:43] particularly the water districts service
[36:45] each of are really essentially the same.
[36:47] It's the same taxpayers. If if they had
[36:49] incorporated a 100 years ago, you would
[36:51] be their public works department.
[36:53] >> So they
[36:54] >> so have those in office conversations
[36:57] like that's the way
[36:59] those are missing,
[37:01] >> right?
[37:04] >> But we'll work on that and support any
[37:06] of that discuss.
[37:07] >> No, you're good. You're good.
[37:08] >> I'm I'm done with this.
[37:10] >> Okay. Let's move on to the Let's move on
[37:12] to you, Steve. The water prediction.
[37:14] >> All right. Thank you, board chair. Um,
[37:16] so the culinary water production for the
[37:18] month of July was 246.8
[37:21] million gallons or 757.48
[37:25] acre feet. And that's a 14.87%
[37:28] decrease from 2025.
[37:31] Year-to- date production for June was
[37:34] 1,61.39
[37:36] million gallons or 3,257.52
[37:41] acre feet. That's a 5.3% decrease from
[37:44] 2025 year to date. So far year to date,
[37:48] we purchased 472.86
[37:52] acre feet of water from Jordan Valley.
[37:54] And the secondary water production for
[37:56] the month of July was 101.14
[37:59] million gallons or 310.41
[38:03] acre feet. That's a 10.79%
[38:08] decrease from 2025.
[38:10] year to date is 255.38
[38:14] million gallons or 783.81
[38:17] acre feet, which is a 10.06%
[38:21] decrease from 2025.
[38:24] As far as the call outs go, we had a
[38:26] total of 23. All of them were on the
[38:29] water side for a total of 122 hours. We
[38:34] had two mainline leaks, two service line
[38:37] leaks, and then 19 miscellaneous call
[38:41] outs. Um, a good portion of those hours
[38:45] was this mainline break right here onth.
[38:49] Um, and where we're at on that right now
[38:51] is Chris is actually working with the
[38:53] county and Eckles paving and they're
[38:57] actually in the permitting process right
[38:59] now to um get going on that and we're
[39:02] hoping anytime within the next few days.
[39:06] >> I think it's incredible how we've
[39:08] replaced 101 million gallons of drinking
[39:12] water from secondary water. That's
[39:14] incredible.
[39:15] >> Pretty awesome. If we're using 246
[39:17] million and we've replaced 101 million
[39:21] of drinking water,
[39:22] >> pretty awesome.
[39:22] >> That helps our reserve. That's
[39:25] >> for sure.
[39:26] >> Definitely good job.
[39:27] >> Yeah, pretty good.
[39:28] >> Um, that's all I have unless you have
[39:29] any questions.
[39:30] >> Any questions from the board?
[39:31] >> No.
[39:32] >> Okay.
[39:33] >> Just
[39:35] on that paving, we did we had a trouble
[39:39] getting a lot of bids. We reached out.
[39:42] he struggled a little bit and we know
[39:44] that there's been the local interest. So
[39:47] he was contacted the guy that does it
[39:50] here and he submitted but uh he was
[39:55] >> almost almost 14,000 higher. Um the
[40:00] thing is Eckles has the state contract
[40:02] and so I mean it's going to be hard to
[40:04] beat them.
[40:05] >> Yeah.
[40:05] >> Okay.
[40:06] >> So I just wanted I know there's been
[40:07] some concerns there.
[40:08] >> I still Yeah. I still think that we
[40:10] should just kind of, you know,
[40:12] >> check bids because as we know, we've
[40:13] been able to get better deals off the
[40:16] state contract, too.
[40:18] >> So,
[40:21] >> okay, Dallas.
[40:22] >> Yes, sir. Mr. Chairman, I'll just go
[40:23] over a couple key highlights from the
[40:26] WRF operations report. Uh, during July,
[40:30] we used 71 million gallons of plant
[40:32] effluent and pumped it to the secondary
[40:35] system through the filters. Um, we're
[40:38] are outpacing our 2025 use. So I think
[40:42] you know when we talk units and millions
[40:44] of gallons and gallons per day, we can
[40:47] lose the perspective, but that's enough
[40:49] water to fill this reservoir about 14
[40:51] times.
[40:51] >> Wow.
[40:52] >> So when you drive by that reservoir and
[40:54] you think, "Oh, that's really big."
[40:55] We've filled that 14 times just in July.
[40:58] >> Wow.
[40:58] >> Um all the plant parameters and samples
[41:01] are in a really good place. The summer
[41:04] time is our hardest treatment months.
[41:06] Um, biology is a lot more active. It
[41:09] requires a lot more air, so we just have
[41:11] a thinner operating needle, but we're in
[41:14] a really good place. We passed the
[41:16] quarter three bio monitoring this month.
[41:18] Um, and then the new screw pumps, we
[41:21] have about three or four weeks of good
[41:23] 24hour runtime on them. We've got some
[41:25] good data on that as we work through
[41:26] those initial startups and then working
[41:29] through startup on the new grit system.
[41:31] That's ongoing. Um, we've got the
[41:34] manufacturer scheduled in the next week
[41:36] or two to come out to support that
[41:38] commissioning and and do some operator
[41:39] training. And then, Mr. Chairman, just
[41:42] an update on the collection side. We
[41:45] finished the annual root control, the
[41:47] chemical root control in the collection
[41:48] system. Uh, that project ended on time
[41:51] and just a little bit under budget. And
[41:54] then the the crews as part of this this
[41:57] time of the year, we go and flush all
[41:59] the major trunk lines. and they
[42:01] completed that this month as well.
[42:03] >> Um, and now on the grit system, is there
[42:07] require a lot of training on the new
[42:08] grit system? Is it quite a bit different
[42:10] than the old one?
[42:11] >> It's pretty intuitive. Um, it's just a
[42:13] matter of dialing your set points based
[42:15] on flows. Um, and then ensuring that
[42:18] there's good communication between the
[42:22] SCADA and the pumping equipment. So, um,
[42:25] it's just been a it's been a sequence of
[42:27] operations going from the old to the
[42:29] new. So just working through a few
[42:31] things on that end.
[42:32] >> Okay. Thank you.
[42:34] >> That's all I have, Mr. Chairman.
[42:35] >> Okay. Thank you. Okay. Leah, let's move
[42:38] over.
[42:38] >> Thank you, Mr. Chair and Board. Um
[42:42] again, blue is completed and yellow is
[42:45] coming up. Uh we've completed a lot for
[42:47] last quarter or la the second quarter of
[42:50] the year, sorry. Um quarterly budget to
[42:53] actual reports are being provided you in
[42:55] a minute.
[42:57] the uh Utah public transparency website
[43:01] that's all been uh provided
[43:04] and the investment deposit investment
[43:07] report has been given to the Utah State
[43:10] Money Management Council.
[43:12] Um
[43:14] quarterly pay reports were completed in
[43:17] July. uh they're working on the water
[43:19] conservation plan now and the
[43:24] company had a cyber security training
[43:26] from our IT uh consultant went pretty well pretty good that it's a good
[43:34] reminder of what you should be watching
[43:36] for
[43:38] and then um I'll go ahead and go into
[43:41] the financial actual versus budget if
[43:44] you'd like me to
[43:47] for the period ending June 30th, 2026.
[43:53] >> Um,
[43:55] from these, we're showing an operating
[43:57] revenue underbudgeted
[44:00] for
[44:01] the end of June by 2.8%
[44:04] a difference of 177,000.
[44:08] We're at 6.1 and our budget is at 6.3.
[44:12] So you'll, if you remember, Steve
[44:15] reported a 5% uh year-to- date decrease
[44:18] in water production. So
[44:20] >> we're about there because my number
[44:23] includes more than just water.
[44:25] >> Okay.
[44:26] >> Um operating revenue, we are 25.6%
[44:30] under budget. That's our property taxes
[44:34] and things. And of course, we don't see
[44:36] 100% of that until November.
[44:40] the impact fee revenue. We are under
[44:42] budget by 3% which that's good. Um I
[44:47] think I thought it was going to be worse
[44:48] than that. Um over to the expenses, our
[44:53] operating expenses are under budget by
[44:57] 16.8%. That's 1.5 million. We're at 1
[45:01] 7.7 and our budget is at 9.3.
[45:06] Uh the nonoperating expenses, that's
[45:08] really close because that's our interest
[45:11] expense on our bonds and that's pretty
[45:14] much known. So um we're difference of
[45:17] 2.69%.
[45:21] Our capital expenditures um that's just
[45:24] what we've spent year to date from
[45:26] January. We've spent 2.4 million.
[45:30] Excuse me, that's the difference. We've
[45:31] spent 4.4 million. And budget-wise, if
[45:35] we were going to do all our projects
[45:37] that's in the budget, we would have
[45:39] spent 68 point by now.
[45:42] >> Oh, wow.
[45:43] >> Yeah.
[45:45] So, um, debt payments were right on just
[45:48] showing that we've made all our debt
[45:49] payments to up to the end of June. So,
[45:52] there's no discrepancy on that.
[45:55] Um, the next chart is showing our
[45:59] restricted funds. Restricted funds, we
[46:02] have 10.8 8 million and it breaks it out
[46:05] between restricted for capital
[46:08] projects. Sorry, sorry, let me start all
[46:11] over. Restricted for construction
[46:13] capital projects. So 212 is restricted
[46:15] for that. Um restricted cash for bonding
[46:19] like bond payments is 1.2.
[46:23] Other restrictions is 3.4 and restricted
[46:28] impact fees is 5.9. That's what makes up
[46:31] the 10 million.
[46:33] Um, and then the next last pie chart, it
[46:36] just is showing the difference between
[46:39] our restricted balance and unrestricted.
[46:43] >> And restricted is at 10.8 again and
[46:45] unrestricted is 12.1
[46:48] right now.
[46:51] >> Thank you.
[46:52] >> And then after that, sorry, this is line
[46:55] by line detail what you're used to. So
[46:57] if you go through and have any
[46:58] questions, let me know.
[46:59] >> I went through and read it the other
[47:00] day.
[47:02] Good job. Did you fall asleep? No.
[47:06] >> I finally have learned how to
[47:07] >> reading these numbers are
[47:10] rough, but I like it. I do that for a
[47:13] living. So,
[47:14] >> you guys have any questions?
[47:16] >> Looks good.
[47:17] >> Okay. Thank you,
[47:18] >> Andre. Let's move over to you.
[47:20] >> Yes. Thank you, board chair. So, top of
[47:22] the report has already been discussed.
[47:25] Uh we're fully staffed. Had a couple
[47:27] trainings uh specifically flyer training
[47:30] and uh we had an on-site cyber security
[47:33] training for all the staff. Upcoming
[47:35] trainings we have uh Haiti is going to
[47:39] attend the same how to handle
[47:40] emotionally charged situations in the
[47:42] workplace that Linda attended. Um it's
[47:44] just an online training that they do
[47:46] with computer. Linda spoke really highly
[47:49] of the teacher and so we're excited to
[47:51] get Katie through it too. And then we
[47:53] have traffic control supervisor coming
[47:55] up for Mike Harms, Matt Scoville, and
[47:57] Matt Hunter. Um, that really helps out
[48:01] the company to have that many people
[48:03] that are able to take that on.
[48:05] >> Um, this month's safety focus is
[48:07] personal protective equipment.
[48:09] Uh, I don't think we can ever talk about
[48:12] that too often or too much because in
[48:16] all reality that's one of the first
[48:18] lines of defense to make sure that
[48:20] everybody goes home safely, all their
[48:22] eyes, all their fingers, and their ears
[48:24] still working.
[48:26] Um, operations is going to return to
[48:30] their regular schedule this coming
[48:31] Monday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and then
[48:35] we'll talk about those conferences
[48:37] coming up here in a little bit. Uh, two
[48:40] things that I that that I want to
[48:43] discuss with the board. Um first is as
[48:47] we've been researching as we go through
[48:50] each year and look at where we are
[48:52] benchmarking with other districts. One
[48:54] thing that and cities one thing that uh
[48:56] came out came out of that research is
[48:58] that uh
[49:02] the titles for our executive team don't
[49:04] match the roles completely. And so the
[49:08] other districts are have have directors
[49:11] rather than managers.
[49:13] We just want to talk to the board about
[49:14] if they would want to see that as a
[49:17] change. Um it wouldn't come with any
[49:20] role change or any
[49:22] uh raise or anything like that. It would
[49:24] just get more in line with what
[49:26] >> just just the title change is the only
[49:27] thing that's going to change. That would
[49:29] get us more in line with what the other
[49:30] districts are doing.
[49:32] >> Yeah. And they can't compare it. So
[49:34] that's okay.
[49:35] >> If if the board wants to see that again,
[49:37] we'd bring it back with your support.
[49:39] >> Why don't you bring it back? Why why
[49:41] don't you submit what it is and and what
[49:44] it should be?
[49:45] >> Yes, I will.
[49:46] >> Don't you think?
[49:47] >> So we
[49:48] >> the biggest the biggest thing that would
[49:49] the only thing that would really change
[49:51] is what the descript the title in AR and
[49:56] change.
[49:56] >> Give them give them an example of what would your title change? So mine
[50:00] would go from HR manager to director of
[50:02] human resources and that more aligns
[50:05] with what the role is when a manager
[50:12] has
[50:14] influence on a whole organization rather
[50:17] than a smaller department. That usually
[50:19] is when it changes to a director
[50:21] >> role. Um yeah and I that that is more
[50:26] reflective of what they are doing that
[50:28] everybody at that level has impact
[50:32] across the departments
[50:35] >> and they do that in other like down at
[50:39] Jordan Valley and
[50:39] >> do they?
[50:40] >> Yeah.
[50:42] >> So if the board we'll bring that back
[50:44] next month for you to see it.
[50:45] >> Okay. Then the other thing that we've
[50:48] been looking into is in the boardroom.
[50:52] This uh projector has been a problem
[50:55] since
[50:57] day one. Uh we have to have it worked on
[51:00] quite a bit. Right now it's currently
[51:02] not working again. What happens right a
[51:05] lot of times is it will turn on and it
[51:07] will you can see it's on. This will drop
[51:09] down but it doesn't project anything.
[51:12] You have to have some guy come in and
[51:13] work on it. our IT guys unable to
[51:16] maintain it. And so what we're looking
[51:19] at doing if the board would have been a
[51:22] is going away from the projector, hang
[51:25] on a large TV here that we could link
[51:28] to.
[51:29] >> There would be no maintenance
[51:31] >> and then we would
[51:33] we'd repurpose that smaller TV. The
[51:35] people in the boardroom in the board
[51:36] meeting the from community would see
[51:39] this board information here and you guys
[51:42] would still see it there. Okay.
[51:44] >> Um, if the board's interested in looking
[51:47] at that, I think long run that would be
[51:49] the cheaper option than continually.
[51:51] >> I think for what it cost to get that
[51:53] service, you'll pay for that.
[51:54] >> Yes.
[51:55] >> Don't you think?
[51:57] >> Well, the Oh, how much was what?
[52:01] >> Uh, just is this the is maintaining
[52:03] this?
[52:04] >> No, it's that
[52:06] the other part is it's proprietary. So,
[52:09] it's through it's not like Nowadays,
[52:13] almost anybody can work with Wi-Fi.
[52:15] Everything's straightened out. This you
[52:17] can't. You have to call the people that
[52:20] >> that only supply it.
[52:22] >> With with the change change, Justin will
[52:25] get it to where Trevor can just link his
[52:29] computer to it without being tied into
[52:31] the
[52:32] >> USB. It's going to simp. It's going to
[52:35] simplify everything.
[52:36] >> Okay.
[52:38] I think it's going to pay for itself.
[52:40] If you're interested in that, we'll
[52:41] start looking at what that'll be.
[52:43] >> I may I think we should just go ahead.
[52:46] >> Okay. Appreciate that board chair.
[52:48] That's everything for me.
[52:49] >> Okay. Thank you.
[52:50] >> Thank you.
[52:52] >> Okay. Moving on. Projects, awards, and
[52:54] agreements.
[52:57] >> I'll take that first.
[53:00] So, this is with the proper service line
[53:03] replacement project. So, as we're out
[53:06] there, our contractor and our inspectors
[53:09] are looking at these um we're finding
[53:12] that in mainly in the older part of
[53:15] Magna, all of the or good majority of
[53:19] the meter boxes, um they don't have a
[53:23] check valve on the setter. Um and that
[53:26] causes concern with backflow. Um and so
[53:31] we have directed them to replace those
[53:34] and also a lot of times comes with
[53:36] replacing the meter can uh and lid uh
[53:41] because those are older different models
[53:43] than we use now and are standard or
[53:46] broken things of that nature. So, what
[53:49] this is is a is a word change directive
[53:52] that essentially creates a bid item in
[53:54] the the schedule
[53:57] um where each
[53:59] new meter can set
[54:02] $1,329.54
[54:06] which is very reasonable. It's
[54:08] essentially cost plus a small markup. Um
[54:12] and then what we've done is we've
[54:14] anticipated
[54:16] um replacing the remaining of these u
[54:20] which comes to a total of $3,239
[54:25] and that would be added to the you know
[54:26] overall contract price.
[54:29] One thing to note with this project is
[54:32] that as we've gone out and done
[54:34] additional investigation on ones that we
[54:38] have previously identified, we've been
[54:40] able to eliminate some of those, finding
[54:43] out that they were in fact copper or was
[54:47] poly. Um, and so I think overall the
[54:52] contract will either decrease or remain
[54:55] relatively the same. So, the fact that
[54:57] we're 80% complete these other uh 20%,
[55:02] we won't have to incur this kind of
[55:04] thing, we've pretty well investigated
[55:06] everything.
[55:06] >> Yeah.
[55:07] >> So, and then we've eliminated some
[55:10] because they're not they're copper poly.
[55:12] That's great.
[55:14] >> So, we currently don't have a way to pay
[55:17] the contractor for replacing your boxes.
[55:21] >> Yeah, that's that's good. It's going to
[55:22] save money.
[55:24] >> So, Mr. Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a
[55:26] motion to approve the lead and copper
[55:28] service line replacement project change
[55:32] order increasing the contract amount to
[55:35] $33,239.
[55:37] >> I'll second that.
[55:38] >> In motion second. All in favor? I
[55:40] >> I
[55:42] >> Okay, let's move on to GA training and
[55:45] safety.
[55:46] >> Yeah, Terra, we have the fall
[55:49] conferences coming up. AWA annual
[55:51] conference uh is coming up on September
[55:54] 15th through 17th. Uh we're proposing
[55:57] that our general manager Clint Dilly
[55:59] attends that. It gives him a pretty good
[56:01] update on where things are at with the
[56:03] organization and what's new coming out
[56:05] as far as regulatory things. Maybe Clint
[56:08] can talk a little bit more about the
[56:10] things that he plans on seeing there.
[56:11] >> Yeah, this one's really good. It's
[56:14] generally attended by mostly attended by
[56:17] managers and engineers. Um there are
[56:20] some operators uh that attend sometimes
[56:23] but it's not as popular for pure
[56:26] operators. So their focus is on uh those
[56:30] types of topics that are geared towards
[56:32] managers and engineers. And so that's
[56:34] why I feel like that one's been real
[56:36] beneficial for me. Um, lots of
[56:40] discussion about new pro, new ways of
[56:44] dealing with old problems is how I would
[56:48] >> uh say. Um, so I I really appreciate the
[56:52] board supporting that because it helps
[56:55] me, I think, make sure we're on top of
[56:59] all of the latest greatest
[57:03] >> and that. So that would that would be
[57:06] $1,300 for for the attendee on that one.
[57:10] 1335. And then the UASD and annual convention lands on November 4th
[57:16] through the 6th in Leighton. Uh the full
[57:20] week registration is 285 and the
[57:23] Wednesday only for the board unless they
[57:25] would prefer to attend the full week is
[57:28] $125. You'll remember this is the one
[57:30] that the board has to attend or we have
[57:32] to bring Danny or somebody in to learn
[57:35] with the aisle.
[57:36] >> And that Wednesday's the 4th, isn't it?
[57:38] >> Yeah. Uh I believe that is Wednesday the
[57:40] 4th.
[57:42] >> It looks like it's the fourth. Okay.
[57:44] >> You hear that?
[57:45] >> So, uh we're we're suggesting that
[57:49] General Landro Daily attends our
[57:51] accountant Mandy Whitmore attends on the
[57:54] board as well. Um I I do think there's a
[57:58] lot of value in that. And then the last conference that's going on that
[58:01] we look at is the annual WAU.
[58:06] Uh Dallas has determined that there is
[58:09] no need to c use for at this current
[58:12] time. So we will not be attending
[58:16] J.
[58:19] » Okay. Uh, moving on. Discussion probably
[58:22] motion to approve the follow
[58:23] administration items.
[58:26] Um,
[58:27] >> Mr. Chair, sorry to interrupt. Do we
[58:29] need a motion to attend those
[58:30] conferences?
[58:31] >> Sure. I'm sorry.
[58:32] >> I have to, but I can't.
[58:33] >> I can.
[58:34] >> I don't think it hurts if any question.
[58:36] We can have a a record.
[58:38] >> Mr. Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a
[58:40] motion to approve uh to approve our
[58:44] staff and to attend the training and
[58:47] safety items for the AWA
[58:51] annual conference on September 15th to
[58:53] 18th. The US UASD annual conference
[58:58] November 4th to November 6th, and the
[59:01] WAU
[59:03] midyear conference November 4th. Just a point of clarification.
[59:08] You're not doing the thirdw
[59:12] there is no need for that one.
[59:13] >> Okay.
[59:16] >> Second that.
[59:17] >> Okay. Motion second. All in favor?
[59:18] >> I thank you.
[59:21] >> Okay.
[59:23] Um discussion possibly uh approve the
[59:26] following administration items. Approval
[59:27] of
[59:29] >> Yeah. Uh
[59:31] >> sorry. So, these are some changes in the
[59:34] AR andrs. Uh, one of them being the drug
[59:37] and alcohol policy that we worked with
[59:39] the board on uh to just clarify some
[59:42] language to make it more
[59:46] uh easier to understand for the staff as
[59:49] we onboard them. Um, so we made those
[59:52] changes. The board have seen those. Uh
[59:54] the other section that that we're
[59:56] suggested changing is uh part of the
[59:59] dress code policy just modernizing the
[1:00:01] standard um things like the executive
[1:00:05] staff not wearing shorts um
[1:00:08] >> open to shoes
[1:00:09] >> and more than one earring for a female
[1:00:14] is would be okay. things like that to
[1:00:16] just modernize
[1:00:19] and make it uh
[1:00:23] easier to hire people that
[1:00:24] >> just just let me go back a step.
[1:00:27] >> Just make sure it falls under everything
[1:00:31] so there's no harassment charges just so
[1:00:34] you know.
[1:00:35] >> Uh just being honest,
[1:00:37] >> Nathan has reviewed these changes.
[1:00:39] >> Okay. Um and then the
[1:00:42] last thing is just the the ethics
[1:00:47] section, the updated contract, the
[1:00:51] updated uh
[1:00:54] >> ethical behavior form,
[1:00:56] >> right,
[1:00:56] >> that we all signed will be swapped out
[1:00:59] and changed.
[1:01:00] >> Can I add one more thing? under uh title
[1:01:04] 17B of the Utah coits governed special
[1:01:06] districts we have to review our
[1:01:08] personnel policy each year this would
[1:01:10] check that box so so this is the annual
[1:01:12] review of your policy and the
[1:01:14] recommended updates
[1:01:15] >> okay
[1:01:15] >> the other ones that well this is maybe a
[1:01:19] question the name changes that that
[1:01:21] Andrew proposed is is another one we
[1:01:24] will do maybe later that's not
[1:01:26] necessarily personnel policy those are
[1:01:28] larger changes we need to make
[1:01:30] throughout the AR&R So, just kind of
[1:01:32] maybe as a a question,
[1:01:35] this one has these that go into effect.
[1:01:38] What I would like and it authorizes
[1:01:40] staff to go and make the necessary
[1:01:41] updates to the AR andrs. I would prefer
[1:01:44] to wait to go update the whole thing
[1:01:46] until we've had the names. I think this
[1:01:48] is sufficient for now.
[1:01:49] >> I agree to that,
[1:01:50] >> but that's that's a big pain to go
[1:01:52] through and and what it's not hard. I'll
[1:01:55] have maybe my assistant or a
[1:01:57] non-billable person go through and make
[1:01:59] those larger name changes, but it'll
[1:02:02] change the pageionation and the
[1:02:03] sequencing. So, if you pass this, my my
[1:02:06] preference will be to keep this in place
[1:02:08] until we make the other change that you
[1:02:10] will approve and then we can come up
[1:02:12] with a whole big thing.
[1:02:13] >> Okay.
[1:02:15] >> In fact, you know, if we can probably
[1:02:18] come up with an update maybe for the
[1:02:19] next meeting. Well,
[1:02:21] >> rather than to do it twice,
[1:02:22] >> it can become effective today, right?
[1:02:25] No, this can become added to the
[1:02:27] >> Yeah. So the the the way that this I
[1:02:30] don't think we need to change anything
[1:02:30] in the resolution, but what the
[1:02:32] resolution says is it it has an exhibit
[1:02:34] that says these these are the changes
[1:02:35] we'd like to make to specific sections
[1:02:37] of the AR andrs and then includes
[1:02:39] express direction to the staff to go and
[1:02:41] make those changes to the AR and
[1:02:44] >> it's that second step of making the
[1:02:46] changes that I'd like to hold off on
[1:02:48] >> until we we know the other larger
[1:02:51] language changes to the HR position and
[1:02:53] some of the other executive team members
[1:02:55] because those will need to be changes we
[1:02:57] made out the entire AR&R document. So
[1:03:00] what I don't think we need to make any
[1:03:02] changes to this. I just what I want you
[1:03:04] to understand is normally what we would
[1:03:06] do is you would pass this and then Lisa
[1:03:08] and I would go and implement those
[1:03:10] changes into the AR and immediately. I'm
[1:03:14] asking for a reprieve on that if we're
[1:03:15] going to do this other formatting thing
[1:03:18] so that we can do this all at once.
[1:03:20] >> Okay.
[1:03:21] >> Sorry.
[1:03:21] >> That makes sense. So Mr. Mr. Chairman,
[1:03:24] I'd like to make a motion to approve the
[1:03:26] resolution 2026-06
[1:03:29] adopting changes to the district's AR
[1:03:32] and R.
[1:03:33] >> A second that motion is second. All in
[1:03:35] favor?
[1:03:37] >> Okay. So, our next board meeting will be
[1:03:39] September 10th,
[1:03:41] uh, 2026 at 10:00 right here. So, we're
[1:03:45] in need of a closed door meeting. Does
[1:03:47] someone want to make a motion to close
[1:03:49] the open?
[1:03:50] >> Sure.
[1:03:51] >> Mr. Chairman like to make a motion to
[1:03:53] take a brief recess and immediately
[1:03:55] following meet and close meeting to
[1:03:57] discuss purchase, exchange, lease or
[1:03:59] sell of real property including any form
[1:04:01] of water right or water shares pending
[1:04:04] and result intimate litigation and
[1:04:06] collective bargaining issued pursuant
[1:04:09] Utah code and 524-204
[1:04:12] through 205.
[1:04:14] >> I'll second that be a motion.
[1:04:16] >> Motion and and second all in favor.
[1:04:20] Okay,
[1:04:23] >> it is 12:00
[1:04:25] and you want to make a motion to
[1:04:27] >> Mr. Chairman,
[1:04:29] >> I'd like to mo uh make a motion to
[1:04:32] um close let's see
[1:04:35] >> close the close the close
[1:04:37] >> motion to close the closed meeting and
[1:04:39] reopen the public meeting.
[1:04:42] >> I second it. It's been motioned and
[1:04:44] second. All in favor?
[1:04:45] >> I
[1:04:45] >> 12:01.
[1:04:47] Um any anything I mean we don't have
[1:04:52] anything in close that we have to
[1:04:56] >> Mr. Ch like to make a motion to adjurnn.
[1:04:58] So move. All in favor?