Town of Menasha Utility District

                                              2000 Municipal Drive, Neenah, WI 54956                               Submitted for approval

                          Ph: (920) 720-7103  Fax (920) 720-7197  www.town-menasha.com           on May 24, 2004

 

UTILITY DISTRICT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING

Municipal Complex - Assembly Room - Monday, May 10, 2004

 

Minutes

 

1.     CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

         President Tews called the Meeting of Utility District Commissioners to order at 5:00 p.m.

 

Elected Officials Present:     Arden Tews, Pres.     Jay Schroeder, Comm. #1     Scott Sauer, Comm. #2      

Jerry Jurgensen, Comm. #3         Jeanne Krueger, Secretary         Absent:  Russ Handevidt, Comm. #4

 

Others Present:  James Archambo, Admin.      Myra Piergrossi, Fin. Dir.    George Dearborn, Com. Dev. Dir.  Brad Werner, Town Eng.         Paula Pagel, Accts. Mgr. /Dep. Treas.    Steve Laabs, Wastewater Supt.        Jeff Roth, Water Supt.    David Springhetti               Dan Springhetti    

    

2.     AWARDS/PRESENTATIONS

 

3.     PUBLIC FORUM

         Dan Springhetti, 975 American Dr., requested the utility board members to reconsider a lower S.A.C. fee due to the fact that the sewer will only be impacted by one sink and one toilet in their nursery business.  Pres. Tews asked why the fees were so high.  Accts. Mgr. Pagel stated it was due to the recovery of capital costs for the treatment plants.  Pres. Tews stated the 1990 S.A.C. fee ordinance should be reviewed.  Accounts Mgr. Pagel, Finance Dir. Piergrossi & Supt. Laabs stated they and staff will review the S.A.C. ordinance and report back to the utility board members shortly with recommendations.  Admin. Archambo recommended to the utility commissioners to hold the Springhetti case open for incoming recommendation and asked if their request could be modified for now.  It was the consensus of the utility board commissioners to have Springhettis' pay an up front S.A.C. fee of $1700.00 with adjustments to follow after the ordinance is reviewed.  Without the adjustment, the S.A.C. fee for the Springhetti property would be $6800.00

 

4.    DISCUSSION ITEMS

5.     OLD BUSINESS

6.     NEW BUSINESS

a)    040510-1:UD Expenditures

MOTION: Jurgensen/Sauer to adopt to approve the expenditures as submitted with the exception of (none).  Motion carried.

 

b)    040510-2:UD Change Meeting Date from June 14 to June 7, 2004

MOTION: Sauer/Jurgensen to adopt to approve as submitted.  Motion carried.

 

c)    040510-3:UD Award Bid Water Main Relays

MOTION: Jurgensen/Sauer to adopt to approve as submitted. The utility board members questioned as to why the bids came in over-budget.  Supt. Roth & Eng. Werner stated it was due to material prices being greatly increased.  On roll call, motion carried with all utility board members present voted AYE.

 
7.     ORDINANCES/POLICIES/AGREEMENTS

 

8.     APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a)    Regular Utility Commission Meeting – April 26, 2004

MOTION: Jurgensen/Sauer to approve the minutes as submitted.  Motion carried.

 
9.    CORRESPONDENCE
 
10.   REPORTS

a)    Town Admin. James Archambo:   attended the Public Hearing for c/Menasha water increase and gave an update (see letter) and PSC report.  Pres. Tews requested the Administrator write a letter of disappointment to the City informing them that due to the increase just being received March 9th, there was not enough time to place it in last year’s budget.  He also requested staff to look into: 1) pipe across L. Lake Butte des Morts, 2) talk to the c/Appleton, and 3) drilling a new well (purchasing about one million gals).

 

b)    Eng. Brad Werner:  update on Casaloma/Bodoh utility extensions, with work beginning the    first     part of August.

 

c)    Water Supt. Jeff Roth:   asked the utility board members if they wanted to put a minimum bid purchase amount on the 1995 truck for the May 15the Appleton auction.  The utility board consensus was to put a minimum bid of $2000.00 on the truck and also have a town employee or representative in attendance at the auction.

 

d)    Wastewater Supt. Steve Laabs:  Alaskan Acres update.  See attached report.

 

e)    Commissioners

 

f)     Comm. President Arden Tews

 

g)   Other Town Officials

 

11.   MOTIONS BY COMMISSIONERS

 

12.   ADJOURNMENT

         At 5:56 p.m., MOTION: Jurgensen/Sauer to adjourn the Utility District Commission Meeting.  Motion carried.

 

Respectfully,

 

 

 

Jeanne Krueger, Utility District Secretary