STONES-BENGARD COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
509-695 Stone Road,
District Office, Eagle Lake, Susanville, CA 96130
Phone & Fax: (530)
825-3350
website: stonesbengardcsd.blogspot.com
E-mail stonesb@frontiernet.net
Monday, February 16, 2015
at 6:00 p.m.
UNAPPROVED MINUTES
NO QUORUM
ROLL CALL:
Meeting called to order at 6:15 pm by Chairman Sam
Shapiro. Present was Kay Oring. Tom
Spanton and Ron ReBell were absent. There is one vacancy on the Board. Also present
were General Manager Martin Balding and Secretary Sandy Jansen. We do not have a quorum.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
GUESTS: None.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Discussion only.
General Manager Balding report
is attached.
Hydrant fittings at the Castle were
checked and seem to be correct.
There was one call this month, a
medical aid.
Secretary’s report: There were 145 web hits. About 90% of the
payments for this year’s waste water are collected and 95% of the landowners
have paid for the first quarter or have paid for the year. The resort properties are current on their
payments until spring.
Robert Johnson, CPA, said that a
maintenance man contract salary should come from line item Maintenance Expense.
SIFC sent out the call statistics for
2014 Fire net sent their bill which is
$2,530.00.
Fire Safe council project was
completed on adjacent BLM recently for this Eagle Lake Project by Stones-Bengard
District by BLM crews.
Board Member reports: None
PUBLIC COMMENT: None
CORRESPONDENCE: We received
$38.40 from US Bank card as incentive rewards.
It will be deposited in the Petty Cash fund.
OLD
BUSINESS:
Storage
Water for Fires. A 3000 gallon water storage tank can be purchased
and delivered from JW Wood for $1850.00
This will be on next month's agenda.
NEW BUSINESS:
ADJOURNMENT: The next meeting will be held on March 16, 2015, 6:00 pm.
BOARD MEMBERS SIGNING OF BILLS: Bills were signed.
Respectfully Submitted,
_____________________________Sandy Jansen, Secretary
February 2015 Treasurer’s Report for January 2015 activity
Balances as of January 31, 2015
Accounts at Lassen Co.
Fire District: Balance $ 87,078.52
Sewer District: Balance $
121,945.91
Capital Improvement Fund:
Balance $
16,277.04
Special Investment (from Capital
Improve) $ 254,816.54
Other accounts:
Petty cash (Checking) $ 2,144.74
Kay Oring, Treasurer
BOARD MEETING
Monday, February 16,
2015 at 6pm
Notes by Martin Balding, General
Manager
NO SPILL REPORT:
The monthly "No Spill" report for January has been made to the
state.
LIFTS STATIONS AND PONDS: The lift
stations and ponds have been working well with a flow of about 3,500 gallons per day. At present the pond level is 2.46',
up five inches since last month.
PRECIPITATION: No measurable precipitation occurred during
January but February started off will with several good storms giving us 3.3
inches of rain. The last set of storms
hit with a vengeance, especially in Spalding where many trees fell. Power was off for five days in the Eagle Lake
area.
STAND BY GENERATOR: At present the 60 kW generator
at the Stones Lift station is out of order with a fuel injection problem. Repairs are pending, at present it is not
needed because of low collection system flows.
LAKE LEVEL: The lake level is at 5,092.95' a rise of nearly a foot from
the low last fall. Pine Creek started running but more rain is needed soon to
keep things going.
WATER BARS:
The Water Bars on the road to the ponds were re-worked and performed well.
HOMEOWNER SYSTEMS:
No news is good news.
LAHONTAN: No news.
LATE PAYMENT COLLECTIONS:
Sandy has been following up on accounts due with excellent
results. One recent foreclosure sale had
a lien placed on it last year so we will eventually receive the amount due.
CAL
FIRE INMATE ROAD WORK: On hold until after fire season.
PUBLIC
GREEN WASTE PILE/ WEED ABATEMENT: The CSD serves the community, and promotes fire
safety, by allowing green waste, consisting only of brush and trimmings,
to be deposited in a suitable area. At
this point in the project it is a success as all the waste has been burned and
the area is ready for next season.
However
there is still burning to be done at the upper end of Stone Road where roadside
brush was deposited by the inmate crew.
BURN
BAN LIFTED:
Backyard burning is now OK without a permit.
Of course you are responsible and should take care. Before burning call 257 BURN to find out if
it is a burn day.
SOLAR SYSTEM: Our
ten kW solar Photovoltaic System has generated over 5.23 kWh with a value of $732.00 We are now heating with electricity instead
of oil. We are doing better than
expected on generation and looking for a way to use excess electricity this
summer, probably pumping water.
WATER STORAGE
TANKS: Your board of directors is considering the purchase of a 3,000 gallon
water storage tank for fire use. It may
be placed on the lake side of the Buck's Bay lift station. Another tank is already located on Stoney
Lane. The storage tanks are necessary
now because the fire engines can no longer draft water from the lake.
