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, January 11, 2016
MINUTES
ROLL CALL:
Meeting
called to order at 6:00 pm by Chairman Sam Shapiro. Present were Directors ReBell, Spanton and Mowrey. Director Oring was absent. Also present were General Manager Martin Balding,
Chief Adolph Oberst and Secretary Sandy Jansen.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
APPROVAL
OF JANUARY AGENDA
APPROVAL
OF DECEMBER MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING.
APPROVAL
OF PAYMENT OF BILLS
DECEMBER BILLS: FIRE
$1,533.20; SEWER $2,064.51.
APPROVAL
OF TREASURER'S REPORT AS REPRESENTED. Report is attached.
**A
motion was made by Director Spanton with a second by Director ReBell to accept
the January Agenda, approval of minutes for December of the regular meeting and
approval of the payment of December bills as presented. Motion carried.
GUESTS: None
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Fire Chief Oberst: Chief Oberst reported that the Pickup will be
back tomorrow. A broken ignition was
repaired. Chief opened an account with
Reynolds and Raymond repair shop and Susanville Towing.
There were no callouts.
General Manager Balding report
is attached. The level of Buck's Bay is up a little. There is a leak somewhere in the system
because the lift station is reporting excess water. Martin will check this out and correct the
issue.
Secretary’s report: Sandy reported that Lahontan has paid for
snow removal. It will be put in the
Petty Cash account.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
CORRESPONDENCE: Interest
information was received for the last quarter.
OLD
BUSINESS:
DISCUSS/ACTION: Approval for Ordering Additional Hats and
T-shirts. Carry over to next month.
.
NEW BUSINESS:
DISCUSS/ACTION:
Approve 2014-2015 Audit. Martin Balding
reported that the inventory is completed.
Sandy will research "Carbonite" as a backup and impliment the
program. Director ReBell said that the
District seems to be in good shape with its finances.
**Director Spanton moved and Director
ReBell seconded a motion to accept the 2014-2015 Audit conducted by Robert
Johnson, CPA. Motion carried.
DISCUSS/ACTION: ** Director Spanton moved and Director ReBell
seconded a motion to prepare Resolution 16-01 for Board Approval at February
meeting to give SBCSD General Manager authorization to sign LMUD and Frontier
utility bills for Lassen County processing and payment. Motion carried. The resolution will be posted for two weeks
prior to the February 8th meeting.
ADJOURNMENT:
The next meeting will be held on February 8, 2016, 6:00 pm.
With no further business to conduct, the meeting was adjourned at 6:30
p.m.
BOARD MEMBERS SIGNING OF BILLS:
Bills were signed.
Respectfully Submitted,
_____________________________Sandy Jansen, Secretary
BOARD MEETING
Monday, January 11,
2016 at 6pm
Notes by Martin Balding, General
Manager
NO SPILL REPORT:
The monthly "No Spill" report for December has been made to the state.
LIFTS STATIONS AND PONDS, report based on year end
2015.
The lift stations and ponds have been working
well with pond three empty. Ponds one
and two are at 2.05 feet with .95 foot to the spill point into pond three,
about the same as last year at this time.
Freeboard is two feet above the spill point. We have excellent capacity for more
influent. Our total flow to the ponds
during 2015 averaged 3,866 gallons per day amounting to 1.4 million gallons for
the year, compared to over 5 million about eight years ago.
With a
good snow cover on the ponds and roads in the back country area, skis are being
used for access.
LAKE LEVEL: The lake level dropped to a record low of 5,090.55
feet in November but is now on the rise as indicated by a dramatic appearance of water
at the north end!
PRECIPITATION: December precipitation amounted to 3.65 inches
compared to 3.25 inches last year.
STAND BY GENERATOR: Our generator is ready to run.
HOMEOWNER SYSTEMS:
Good month with no calls.
HOMEOWNER LIENS: No
report at this time.
LAHONTAN: The annual report has been made and will soon
be sent.
PUBLIC GREEN WASTE: Note: for Buck's Bay and
Stones residents ONLY!
Property
owners have graciously donated a major amount of yard waste, branches, leaves,
slash, etc,. Most of it has been burned
by your Volunteer Firemen.
SOLAR SYSTEM: Since September 2014 the system has
generated 20,500 kWh of electricity. All
heating is being done with electricity.
WATER STORAGE
TANKs: The 3,000
gallon water tanks at Stones and Buck's Bay are empty, awaiting warmer weather
to be filled again.
SNOW PLOW: Our snow
plow has been out of service this season and is in Susanville for repairs .
COUNTY WELL: A plot plan has been sent to the county and
they are preparing bid specifications.
EL NINO: The monthly
government update will be out in a few days.
January 2016 Treasurers Report for December 2015 activity.
Balances as of December 31, 2015
Accounts at Lassen
County
Fire District
Balance $
78,861.96
Sewer District Balance 122,675.58
Capital Improvement Fund Balance
20,758.43
Special Investment 254,816.54
Other Accounts
Petty Cash (checking) 3,600.46
