pecan valley groundwater conservation disistrict

Pecan Valley GCD Office       1129 N. Esplanade, suite 1129       Cuero, TX 77954

 

minutes

Tuesday, February 5, 2008 – 4:00 P.M.

 

Board Members Present:    Errol John Dietze, Chairman; Bob Davis, Vice-Chairman; Gary Colman, Sec./Treasurer.;  Ted Aven, Director, Will Sauermilch, Director

 

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE:  Kay Wild, General Manager

 

GUESTS:  None

 

CALL TO ORDER:  The meeting was called to order by Chairman Dietze at 4:00 P.M.

 

AGENDA:

 

  1. KEVIN BAROS ON WATER SAMPLING BY E-ENVIRONMENTAL:  Mr. Baros was unable to attend.

 

  1. AUDIT REPORT FROM GOLDMAN, HUNT 7 NOTZ. LLP:  Donald Goldman presented the board with the 2006-2007 annual audit report.   With a motion from Ted Aven to accept the audit report as presented, and a second by Will Sauermilch, the motion carried unanimously.

 

  1. REVIEW AND APPROVE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 3rd  MEETING:  With no corrections, additions or deletions, Gary Colman made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, second by Bob Davis, the motion carried unanimously

 

  1. FINALCIAL REPORT FROM 12/11/07-1/4/08:   The financial report and monthly budget report was provided in the board packets for review.  With no questions or concerns regarding the financial report, Gary Colman made a motion to accept the financial report as presented, second by Will Sauermilch, the motion carried unanimously.

 

  1. QUARTERLY BUDGET REPORT:   The Quarterly Budget report was presented in the board packet for review.  One area will require a budget transfer and will be placed on the next meeting’s agenda as an action item.  With no other concerns regarding the quarterly budget report, Gary Colman made a motion to accept the budget report as presented, second by Will Sauermilch, the motion carried unanimously.

 

  1. APPROVAL OF BILL PAYMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES:  The final billing for legal services for the 2006-2007 fiscal year from Jim Allison was provided in the board packets for review.  After discussions, Bob Davis made a motion to authorize payment of the bill, second by Gary Colman, the motion carried unanimously.

 

  1. PROCEDURE FOR ABANDONED O/G WELLS TURNED OVER TO LANDOWNER TO BE USED AS A WATER WELL:  After discussions of the process and procedures for handling bore holes turned over to a landowner for the use as a water well, the board asked that it be placed on next meeting agenda for further discussions after additional research and consultation with legal council.

 

  1. CONSIDER AND DETERMINE ENTITY TO DO WELL SAMPLING AND TESTING FOR LANDOWNERS:  After discussions regarding recent concerns on this issue, the board made a decision to not be the coordinator of sampling and testing for landowners.  

 

  1. ESTABLISH MONITOR WELL LOCATIONS AND FREQUENCY OF TESTING:  The board discussed the issue of monitor wells for water quality.  The board suggested a minimum of 10 wells to begin the well monitoring program to be tested twice annually and to use the services of a certified lab or sampling and testing.

 

  1. MANAGER’S REPORT:  Kay Wild brought the board up to date on the activities of the district and meetings attended.  The new well starts for January, and the annual rainwater data for 2007 were provided in the board packets for review. 

 

  1. PUBLIC COMMENT:  None

 

  1. EXEUCTIVE SESSION:    None

 

  1. RETURN TO OPEN MEETING: 

 

  1. ADJOURNMENT:  With a motion from Will Sauermilch and a second by Ted Aven, the Chairman adjourned the meeting at 5:23 P.M.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                 

Sec/Gary Colman              

Recorded:  Kay Wild, GM