Sept 2026 Board of Trustees

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[0:01] I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic
[0:06] for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:12] justice for all.
[0:21] » Okay. Roll call, please. >> Greg Gordon,
[0:23] » here. >> Daniel,
[0:25] » here. >> Susan
[0:26] » here. Jean Delaney >> here. Mike Jackson.
[0:32] » Oh, has everybody taken a look at the agenda? Can I have a motion to
[0:37] accept the agenda? >> Motion to accept. Second.
[0:40] » All in favor? >> I. And the regular minutes from August
[0:46] 12th. >> Motion to accept. Second.
[0:49] » All in favor? >> I.
[0:53] Okay.
[0:57] We're going to read. Greetings staff, board, board of
[1:01] trustees, and citizens of Sunrise Beach. I would like to first address some
[1:06] comments told to me by by another board member. I will explain how a grant from
[1:11] the Department of Economic Development works. We put out a bid for an engineer.
[1:17] The engineer who was selected by the board was Cochran Engineer. They oversee
[1:23] the CDBG grant we received for paving Beachwood Road. After all the initial
[1:29] design and engineer work was complete, the village clerk placed an ad that
[1:34] Cochran wrote in the newspaper to request bids from companies who wanted
[1:39] to do the paving. Cochran sends out a scope of work to any company that
[1:45] contracted them or contacted them, sorry, for the bid package.
[1:50] Cochran sends out a scope of work to any company that contacted them for the bid
[1:55] package. They sent out 10 packages. On the date of bid opening, which was
[2:01] August 26th, as stated in the ad, the representative from Cochran arrived at
[2:06] city hall. When the clock turned 10:15, I was asked to open the two envelopes
[2:13] that we received. I read the front page of the bid that stated the bid price.
[2:19] Higgins was 616,522
[2:24] and Main Street was 599,567.75.
[2:31] The Cochran representatives said the low bid is Main Street. He then took both
[2:37] bids with him to make sure they filled everything out according to the scope of
[2:40] the job. Neither myself nor anyone I know had anything to do with the bids we
[2:46] received. Both companies have done work in the cities. Higgins won the award for
[2:52] paving Singing Oak, Castle Garden, Odo Drive, Spring Road, and Deer Valley.
[2:57] Main Street was hired by our village manager to pave Pisces and Cliff Drive.
[3:03] Both companies did fine work as far as I know.
[3:07] The next comment given to the board member was about who printed our logo on
[3:11] our shirt. The village purchased 13 shirts through a wholesaler for $15 a
[3:17] piece. My sister charged the village $846
[3:22] a piece to hot press a logo on the shirts. Using her service was the
[3:27] cheapest option for the village. Had we ordered from another printer, we would
[3:32] have paid around $50 a shirt. We went with the lowest price. To my knowledge,
[3:38] we did not break any law by using my sister to hot press the shirts. I'm glad
[3:44] there's a group of residents who pay close attention to the way the village
[3:47] is being run. We do everything possible to be transparent with running the
[3:51] village. Anyone who is paying attention will know that when I was elected in
[3:56] 2023, I cut the chairman's pay in half. My salary for chairman is still 7500 per
[4:03] year. Correct, Miss Clerk. >> Yes.
[4:07] » I work around 30 hours most weeks, so I make about $5.20 an hour. Obviously, I
[4:15] don't do this for the money. The rest of the board receives $50 per
[4:20] meeting. Our goal is, and always has been to make our village a great place
[4:24] to live. Please continue to let the board members know when you have
[4:29] questions about how we run the village. On other business, the grant for
[4:34] Beachwood did not cover the increase in the asphalt because of oil prices. So, I
[4:40] have applied to amend our grant for more funds to cover the additional cost
[4:45] through DED. Um, I don't know how long it's going to
[4:48] take to get that answer. The engineer for our phase 4 water sewer project is
[4:53] hopeful that the construction will begin in the fall. This means hopefully
[4:57] decommissioning or beginning the process of the south plant beginning late 27.
[5:03] The accountant hired to put the budget together will give us a spreadsheet in
[5:08] the next week. So, we will start working on the 2027 budget and hope to have it
[5:14] have a first draft by next meeting. I look forward to sharing that with the
[5:18] citizens. As always, if you want to give your voice or your opinions, please
[5:23] speak to any board member. Okay, this is going to be a rather short
[5:30] meeting. I believe we're supposed we have any visitors comments.
[5:35] » Go ahead. >> You can take it under adisement that
[5:37] fourth uh segment on the sewer system. Will
[5:42] that cover the area that I'm in? >> Five. We're in four right now.
[5:48] » Okay. >> Yeah, we're in four, which is just
[5:51] fixing that plant, >> right? Five is Europe and so as soon as
[5:56] he's done with four and it's the same engineer so he'll be working on center
[6:02] and >> but do we have any funds available for
[6:04] that or the grant is that five >> you know I don't know that he has
[6:09] applied for SRF we're going with state revolving fund um and I don't know if
[6:15] you can do that until you're ready to start the project I'm I'm not sure about
[6:21] that but it'll be the SRF. It won't be a grant, which takes forever. It'll be SRF
[6:27] funding. So, >> so if you were to estimate when
[6:31] something like that might take place, >> Kaitlin, do you have any opinion on
[6:36] that? You've been talking to the engineer. So the SRF funding for 2027
[6:41] has already been put out for public notice, which means that for if that's
[6:45] the case for phase five, we wouldn't be out for public notice for SRF funding
[6:50] until the end of 2027.
[6:57] » Yeah, for 2028 funding. So >> to get 28 funding,
[7:02] » yeah, we're probably looking at 28 funding. I do think that they've already
[7:06] started working through the funding hoops with the financial group atr
[7:13] um and they have begun work on that talking to the drinking water engineer
[7:20] on that side. >> So they're working
[7:23] » so it's moving I mean >> I know it's not fast but uh it is what
[7:29] it is. The only other comment I have is I'd like to express my appreciation for
[7:35] the road work that >> taking place here and you did right.
[7:41] » Yeah, he did much better job this time than I did the last time.
[7:44] » Well, good. >> And then actually there were a couple
[7:47] pretty deep holes from the trash truck turning right there. He filled that up
[7:51] with some that crush run rock. >> Oh, good.
[7:54] » That looks really nice, too. >> Well, good. Have to make sure we tell
[7:57] Troy that he got a boy for that. should. Um, okay. Anything else? Would you like
[8:04] to talk, Brian? Go ahead. >> Yeah, thank you. My name is Brian Cop,
[8:08] regional building official for GBA or George Buffer Associates. Uh, we are an
[8:12] architectural and engineering firm and I'm on the code services team. So, we
[8:17] partner with municipalities to help with code options, building inspections,
[8:21] play. Um, we can help fill in for staffing
[8:26] shortages if you have a large project. Um there's a lot that we can do. We have
[8:30] a menu of services um on a contract basis, as needed basis. Um we can help
[8:36] consult uh again coding options are a big one. And I know you're working on
[8:40] some ordinance updates and you know and uh anticipating the possibility of a
[8:45] data center. Um we're working with a couple data centers right now. So we've
[8:49] got some experience with those and happy to talk to you anytime if there's any
[8:55] services that we >> Scott. I think that maybe that would be
[8:59] somebody you would want to have a a more detailed discussion with rather than
[9:05] asking a bunch of questions now. So since he is the zoning official,
[9:13] » especially especially once we start doing building inspection and stuff, I I
[9:17] do want to look at contracting that out. >> That might be a good idea. Yeah,
[9:20] » I think some of the the restructuring that we're seeing on the fines or the
[9:24] increase in permit collection would definitely justify
[9:28] » not having >> we'll see what you got.
[9:32] » Perfect. >> Thank you.
[9:36] » Okay, Chief.
[9:41] » So, this month is, like I said, very short. Been revisited with a lot of
[9:46] different staff. Uh, last month we had 149 calls, 1,624 self-initiated
[9:51] activities, issued 63 citations, 79 warnings. Officer Gregory is into the
[9:58] final phase of her FTO. She is now in her own car on her own shift, and this
[10:03] is essentially the probationary six month period. So, she's for all intents
[10:08] and purposes off FTO and doing her thing. Definitely been a very busy month
[10:14] with the heat. So we're glad that's going down. Expecting very busy months
[10:18] continuing with Bikefest, Jeep Fest, YouTube. This was the end of everything,
[10:23] but we still have about a month. There's several different special events
[10:27] with 911 and Bikefest. Other than that, uh grant updates is we
[10:35] were formally awarded the Blue Shield grant. So hopefully in the next month
[10:40] we'll be able to order the stuff from that. And then there's a
[10:44] lo local violent crime prevention grant that opened for 25,000. We've
[10:47] historically received really good funding on it and I'll be applying for
[10:51] it in the next month hopefully to add a couple radios and potentially body.
[10:58] » Great. All moved in. >> All moved in. Everything's almost put
[11:03] away. I'm hoping um by the end of next week or the week after I we don't I I
[11:11] would love to do an open house for the entire community come in. However, due
[11:15] to operational security and criminal justice information, uh we can't do a
[11:19] full open house, but I'm hoping in the next week or two to have a day to where
[11:22] we can have the board out and come do a tour of the facility and see exactly
[11:27] what we're doing there. >> And a ribbon cutting. And yeah, ribbon
[11:32] cutting with with you guys and then a couple of the donors that donated Wilson
[11:37] family that did the 3,000 for Kent Morris.
[11:40] » Great. >> Did you have anything on planning and
[11:44] zoning or No, I'm sorry. >> Sorry. LO
[11:51] to mimic what Scott just said some slow down the first. So short report
[12:01] you guys will notice the water loss has gone up and I wanted to explain why. So
[12:06] you'll see in your packet you got these two sheets of paper. These are
[12:09] screenshots off of our SCA system. And before anybody goes well cyber security,
[12:14] the only thing you can control from our SEA system is turning the pump on and
[12:18] off. And as far as I'm concerned, we'll deactivate that as soon as possible.
[12:21] That being said, you'll see the red bar. Below that,
[12:26] there's a blue bar. So, we've got one that shows the full draw out. Okay, this
[12:32] blue line in the graph is our tower height. So, you can see this steady up
[12:36] and down, right? Fill and drain. Fill and drain. This is what we like to see.
[12:43] See those little right here
[12:47] kind of on your far right side? >> Okay. Zoom. The second page is zoomed in
[12:53] on that. You can see a pretty significant drop.
[12:59] Any guesses about where my water was going?
[13:04] Fire department was doing hydro testing and flushing.
[13:08] » Did they report that to you? I reported the 15,000 gallons I would I requested
[13:14] them to flush that got reported. But as you can see from the graph, I have at
[13:20] least one 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 nine other events in that time period where I have
[13:29] water flowing somewhere with no accountability for it. So they are doing
[13:34] better about reporting. I got a couple more on the SH report that they have
[13:39] with us. Um, it's a challenge we're going to keep working on together. It's
[13:45] not something those guys think about. And credit to Scott, they had a
[13:50] structure fire and we're utilizing the hydrant at deep water. And he told them,
[13:55] call them and tell them that helps. I know where that water loss is going. I
[14:01] can look at it and I can try and calculate exactly what our loss was on
[14:05] that. So that is where that increase has come from.
[14:10] So whenever I'm calculating water loss and see an increase past what I think is
[14:14] acceptable that's significant compared to the previous one. The first thing I
[14:18] do is start looking at our tower and see. One of the other things that did
[14:22] happen is we lost a leg of power off of tower one and Troy and I had to flush
[14:28] over time for that. So just you guys realize what we're trying to chase with
[14:34] these numbers. Um
[14:40] operations wise, we're just trying to make it through the heat. Um had a
[14:45] couple of meters. We've had a program for new connections, couple new
[14:49] connections, um inspections. Nothing too crazy. One thing I did want to note on
[14:54] the metering is the schools meter. I don't know if you guys remember when we
[14:59] were first discussing the need for replacement, I was talking about how
[15:03] let's get this upgraded one. I'm just going to read a little bit more exact.
[15:07] Okay, so just looking for comparison numbers. The school's August 2026 bill
[15:14] was $789. The August 2025 bill was only $187. That
[15:19] meter is paying for itself >> and it will be paid off pretty quickly
[15:25] just by virtue of the fact that it's a well capturing usage I guess I should
[15:30] say. Um, billing wise, we have two accounts that placing utility leans on
[15:38] with during this permission. It's going to total about 3,900 pass due. Um, we
[15:45] also have found a previous it it's an old one. It was an agreed turned off
[15:50] account, no charge water. They decided to go ahead and turn their water back
[15:55] on. So, they got a bill. Our current due is 1,700 and we'll be building a monthly
[16:00] moving forward. So anymore other than that and that's
[16:07] really tidying some housekeeping stuff. Drinking water's been going pretty good.
[16:12] Wastewater. Um
[16:17] Aaron will be sending out a bill to the first business that's listed for that as
[16:23] that is not the city's responsibility. Um, and I just got her that information.
[16:29] » Is that the 4500 gallons of grease? >> Yep.
[16:33] » She going to be happy. >> Let's just say that it took two men, two
[16:37] trucks, and a lot of fells. It wasn't liquid enough to actually
[16:43] fix. Um, all right. We came to the pass lift
[16:48] station. We've gotten the electronics repaired only to turn the pump on and
[16:52] find out the flange inside the tank is broke.
[16:56] It's just one thing after the other. So, now wait until we don't cook the person
[17:00] inside of the tank to repair it. We're going to wait for some cooler water.
[17:04] We're going to have to drain it down. Daniel's going to get inside the tank.
[17:07] We're going to fix the flange. We're going to get that thing operational if
[17:10] it's the last thing we do. >> Wow.
[17:12] » Um, >> sorry, that was the Indian health
[17:16] station. The camp station. We are still waiting on parts and
[17:21] don't know where it is. I get answers at this point. I was told
[17:27] 12we lead. I'm almost certain we're nearing that when we get it.
[17:34] » And you had to go with pains because that was the equipment you were putting.
[17:37] » They're the exclusive dealer of that particular piece of equipment. So
[17:41] » I guess would it do any good or would you need my help to call them or
[17:46] anything? >> I didn't need him still, which is
[17:51] usually not the case. So >> okay
[17:54] » um South.
[17:57] » So given the timeline that I was given, I have been literally holding the thing
[18:03] together with duct tape and we are reaching a point of imminent death. Um,
[18:08] I have a meeting with Archer to push this stuff along because I'm at the
[18:15] point to where it's absolutely makes me sick to spend money on a thing
[18:21] when we're going to when we're so close to shut. Um, essentially what's
[18:25] happening is I have coupons that are down and I have things that are gravity
[18:28] feeding into the next. It's not ideal. That creates a situation where I cannot
[18:33] shut half of that facility down like I do in the winter time. So, we've just
[18:39] created a bigger problem for ourselves. I have two massive air leaks that I
[18:42] can't repair without a welder. I I need it done. So, um we are meeting
[18:50] with the project I say we I and whoever else may be interested in attending is
[18:55] meeting with the project engineer to clear the final drawing and design. And
[19:01] at that point, we still have to wait for final approval from DNR engineering
[19:05] section. So, we're I would ask maybe about six months
[19:10] behind and that is just killing me, but it is where we are. So, it may reach a
[19:16] point where I'm coming to you guys kind of asking what you want to do in regards
[19:19] to moving forward with it. I would like to throw as little money as possible at
[19:24] it, keep it operational. Obviously, we're not going to discharge unclean
[19:29] water. We're not going to do bad things, but we're going to be picking and
[19:32] choosing what we need in order. And the other conversations I've had with with
[19:37] Troy is where can we cut the the collection system line and push as much
[19:42] as possible to the north plant to alleviate the load on the south plant,
[19:45] which we have done to an extent already. We're just going to try and push a
[19:49] little harder. So, it's not an ideal situation, but
[19:53] » I feel like I in front of you guys like more money, more money, more money, more
[19:57] things grow, but that one is not a surprise to anybody I think.
[20:05] Sorry. >> Any questions?
[20:09] » And if you would like me to go with you to talk to Archer, I will. If you don't,
[20:14] that's okay. >> I mean, you're welcome to.
[20:17] » Okay. I'll talk to you about it later. >> Yeah. I don't know if mostly we're going
[20:22] to be having to clear the final design. So, um, they're they're the engineers
[20:27] with the numbers. I'm just a girl with a wish list. So, we'll see what happens
[20:31] out of the We know >> and we're the city with the
[20:35] » That's right. We want anything but work properly in
[20:40] your home game. >> Yes. Yes. We appreciate you
[20:44] um playing and zoning anything. >> Very busy down permit getting ready to
[20:51] start working on a subdivision with developer to see what we can do there.
[20:56] as well as we have another home for another land owner who's getting ready
[21:00] to hopefully start the planning to include five new homes.
[21:07] » I think it's going to be a pretty busy fall with building.
[21:09] » Good. Good to glad to hear. >> Uh
[21:15] you want to do a report on public works? Um Troy wanted to let everyone know that
[21:22] he had been hard at work this um month at getting some mowing done and getting
[21:28] definitely some weed eating done. He went to um Jet Ski Beachwood Center. He
[21:33] also did a lot of patchwork on some of these roads at Pisces Jet Ski Beachwood
[21:39] Center. Um he got a little spraying done at the North and South plant. Um he
[21:44] removed some material over on Indian Hills. Um he's been uh working hard to
[21:50] make sure some of the roads are ready for bike week. He's still trying to, you
[21:54] know, check out a lot of that right now. Um he's just been really steadily trying
[22:00] to get as much um weeding and mowing and all the patchwork as he can. So he's
[22:04] really keeping up on what you guys have been asking at each meeting. And uh I
[22:08] think he's done a pretty good job of it. >> I agree.
[22:14] » Okay. Uh, I take it you paid all the the trustees on this this uh is this like
[22:20] the time you pay it all? >> Yeah.
[22:23] » Okay.
[22:29] Anybody have any questions on the finances that want to ask Aaron about?
[22:43] I don't see anything blurry.
[22:47] This one is pretty much typical. I mean, there isn't anything unusual.
[22:54] I do have an Amazon.
[23:01] » We bought I think it was a $260 printer because our evidence label
[23:06] printer when we made the move stopped working and we tried everything together
[23:11] with tech support. Couldn't get it to work. Ordered a new one. Got the same
[23:14] error. Glenn ended up doing enough playing around with it. Got the old one
[23:18] to work. So, we're trying to return the old one. Okay. Or the new one. Got it.
[23:22] Let me know when that happens. I'll see you on.
[23:26] » Well, can I have a motion to approve the list of bills?
[23:31] » Second. >> All in favor?
[23:33] » I appreciate it.
[23:37] Um, I have on here a discussion of a five-year plan and I've been saying that
[23:43] for the last several months. You know, I'm trying what I'm trying to
[23:47] put together and of course it would be easier once we get into budget talk, but
[23:52] things that we need to start thinking about going forward
[23:57] um for 2027. Number one, Troy is going to have to have another
[24:04] vehicle. The one ton is being duct taped and glued,
[24:11] whatever it takes to make the van. The air conditioning doesn't work. I mean,
[24:15] it's just a mess. And he's going to need a trailer, maybe a trailer. Still
[24:21] talking about the many things. So, when we get ready to start looking at the
[24:26] budget and everything, um, keep that in the back of your mind. Um, we also I
[24:33] talked about us going back to the the streets that we talked about doing. So,
[24:39] I'd like to get back on on path to seeing where we can do a little bit of
[24:44] paving. And you know, I know I know we got Beachwood covered, but I mean some
[24:48] of these other streets that we're talking about and I had a conversation
[24:52] with um Troy about this like Flip Lane, that little piece that's I don't know
[24:59] why we didn't do it when we were down there, but there's a piece that we
[25:03] should do and Camden Pass has some really definitely needs. So, those would
[25:08] be the two he's said we should do. um that so there's I've made notes of what
[25:15] he thought we should do. So it's something we need to think about maybe
[25:19] in the budget for next year is going ahead and trying to get some bids do
[25:23] doing a little bit of paving um without going through the big grant process
[25:28] trying to do within capital funds
[25:34] pay
[25:37] and uh
[25:42] We have no ordinances, no resolutions. So the next part of this, we're going to
[25:49] go into close session for RSMO 510. So we thank you for coming.
[26:04] » Motion to >> motion to close session.
[26:08] » Yeah. Okay. Second. Okay.
[26:12] I'm not >> good.
[26:15] » Say yes. >> Daniel, hi. Snider. Yes. Lean. Yes.
[26:20] Thank you. Cheers. Bye.