Syringa Heights Water District
Meeting Minutes
7-13-2017
Meeting opened by President Mike Benjamin at 4: PM
Board Members present: Gable, Cafferty, Drinkard, Darnell
Visitors : Jon Ketchum, Tim Blankenship
Tim answered questions by the Board on how best to proceed and expedite D E Q applications. Tim also explained why additional costs occurred, and his request to D E Q and the Board for more matching funds. This has to be presented prior to the end of the month for the current funding cycle. Specifically Tim was asked to delete any reference to Sewell work with the City of Dover, delete that time estimate from his paperwork, and to bill the District for any work done to date and credit that amount to prior receipts.
Tim will work with Mike and Neil to complete the required Assett Plan in minimum form.
All engineering and planning to be wiithin the existing Boundary of the District. A letter was sent by Sewell soliciting input from adjacent property owners, and North to Gooby Road with no responses.
The District is limited to repair and maintenance on the system until review is completed by D E Q. No general replacement will be allowed until then.
The time fame referenced in prior communications will be reviewed by Tim and be reduced to as tight a schedule as possible.
Fred will contact Coffelt to explore possibility of running Loop thru cemetery to connect our service line. in that area.
Water loss for month of May was 100,664 gallons, or $379.64.
Financial Review: As of 6-1-2017
Reserve Fund : $ 239,048.45 Checking : $ 22,726.59
City of Sandpoint meter charge — $364.50. We recover that cost with the $1.78 surcharge on the billings which amounts to $359.56. $4.94 difference. To close that gap we need to add 2 cents to that item, per month.
To offset water loss cost we would need to add $.34 per thousand gallons. Do we do that or continue to take it out of our funds intended for Reserve? It would increase the cost of water for someone using 4000 gallons per month $1.36.
Late fee income was $390.00
Our Base Fee income generates $ 6626.34 per month for operations and Reserve.
Fred Darnell
Sec/Treas.