Minutes of Meeting
PVGCD OFFICE
Cuero Plaza Mall-Suite 1129
Board Members Present: Errol John Dietze (Chairman), Bubba Steen (Co-Chairman), and Bob
Davis (Prect. 4).
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: Bob McCurdy (GM), Kay Wild (Office Assistant), Jim Allison
(Legal Council) and Donald Goldman (Accountant).
#1 Call to order: A quorum present, and
all notices properly posted, the meeting was called to order at
#2 approval of minutes: Minutes of the April 5th meeting were presented in the Board
packet. With one typographical error correction noted, Bubba Steen made a
motion to accept the minutes as corrected, second by Bob Davis; the motion
carried unanimously.
#3 PUBLIC COMMENT: None present, none made.
#4 FINANCIAL SUMMARY & APPROVAL: Bob McCurdy did and over-view of the financial reports prepared
by Kay Wild, and provided to the board in their packets. Bob Davis made a motion to accept the
financial summary as presented, seconded by Bubba Steen; the motion carried
unanimously.
#5
AUDIT REPORT: Donald Goldman of
Goldman, Hunt, Notz. LLD,
gave a summary of the audit for 2003-2004 fiscal year. With the company reported in good standing,
Bob Davis made the motion to accept the audit report with one correction of a
name mis-spelling, second by Bubba Steen, and the
motion carried unanimously.
#6 Investment Policy/Investment
Officer: This issue was discussed
at the previous meeting and agreed upon.
The only part necessary at this meeting was a signature process for
authorization to have Bob McCurdy as the investment officer for the PVGCD. Errol John Dietze, chairman, signed the
authorization.
#7
ELECTION DATE: Jim Allison reiterated
our approval from the U.S. Dept. of Justice to move the election date from a
May to November election to coincide with the county elections. With the change to the Nov. 8th
election, Jim noted that the filing date for positions
that will come up for re-election are to be submitted by Sept. 6th. The following positions will come due in this
upcoming November election: At Large
(Errol John Dietze), Precinct 2 (Gary Colman) and Precinct 4 (Bob Davis). If someone files to run for an open position,
the PVGCD board will have to convene to approve the ballot. If there is no contest, the PVGCD board will
meet to cancel the election.
#8
LEGAL ISSUES: Jim Allison referenced
the recent Legislative session indicating that not much was done with Senate
Bill 3. It passed through the Senate,
but hit the wall on the House side. Jim
said that it came within 15 bills of making it to the floor before the
Legislative session ended. He said
however, there are a lot of changes for Groundwater Districts in the language
of HB 1763. Jim provided highlights of
some of the changes, one of which is the revision of Groundwater Districts’
Management Plan and Rules. It also added
some responsibilities for Groundwater Districts to adopt a provision on the status
of the aquifer (deplete, sustain or replenish.)
He also said that the GWD water management group will be comprised of
the presiding officer of each GWD, approximately 8
countries included, and will meet annually. By 2010 they will have to determine
objectives by a 2/3 vote on the condition of the aquifer. Additionally, there is now the right for
groundwater districts to appeal through
#9 OPERATIONS REPORT BY GM: Bob McCurdy brought before the Board a question regarding the necessity
of the $50 deposit currently required from landowners when applying for a new
well. He also indicated the need to
increase the processing fee from $10 to $25 to better cover expenses incurred
in the processing of each application.
The $50 deposit was initially an attempt to provide some leverage for
the GWD to secure well logs from the driller once wells were completed. It was decided that a better position of
leverage would be to refuse additional well application approval to drillers
who have not followed through with sending their well logs to the District
office, and do away with the deposit from landowners. Since the deposit and fee stipulations are
part of the PVGCD rules, Rule 9.1, Jim Allison said that he would include
language for this change when he prepares for the other rule changes to be made
to concur with HB 1763.
Bob
gave an update on the status of the Hochheim well situation. Jim indicated the options available to the
landowner; Bob will draft a letter to the landowner stating these options, and
the need to apply for a permit. A
variance may be requested by the landowner, with a waiver of “no objection”
obtained from the adjacent landowners.
The
next issue before the board was a request for an increase in mileage
reimbursement for the PVGCD office staff.
The board agreed that mileage reimbursement should comply with the rise
and fall of the State allowable mileage reimbursement, which currently is .40
cents. A motion was made by Bob Davis to
accept the manager’s report and request for mileage compensation adjustment,
second by Bubba Steen, the motion carried unanimously.
#10 ADJOURNMENT: A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Bubba Steen, second
by Bob Davis, and Chairman Dietze adjourned the meeting at
Sec/Gary
Colman
Recorded: Kay Wild/Office Asst/PVGCD