[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?

August 13 2026

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