STONES-BENGARD COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT REGULAR BOARD
MEETING
509-695 Stone Road, District Office, Eagle Lake, Susanville, CA 96130
Phone & Fax: (530) 825-3350
E-mail stonesb@frontiernet.net
Monday, July 15, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.
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ROLL CALL:
Meeting
was opened by Chairman Shapiro at 6:20 pm. Present: Chairman Sam Shapiro, Directors Kay
Oring and Director Ron Rebell. There are two vacancies on the Board. Also
present were General Manager Martin Balding and Secretary Sandy
Jansen.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Opens
at 6:40 pm. Discussion on
draft budgets for the Stones-Bengard Community Service District.
Approve FY13-14 Fire Budget of $111,280.00.
Approve FY13-14 Sewer Budget of $161,131.00
Approve FY13-14-13 Capital Improvement Budget of $262,459
It was moved by
Director Rebell and seconded by Director Oring to approve a fire budget of
$111,280.00 as presented, no oppositions, and no abstentions. Motion carried.
It was moved by
Director ReBell and seconded by Director Oring to approve a sewer budget of
$161,131.00 as presented, no oppositions, and no abstentions. Motion carried.
It was moved by
Director ReBell Yacovone and seconded by Director Oring to approve a sewer capital
improvement budget of $262,459.00 as presented, no oppositions, and no
abstentions. Motion carried.
CONSENT
CALENDAR:
- Approval of July agenda and consent calendar.
- Approval of May minutes, June did not have a quorum.
- Approval of payments of bills for June: Sewer $ 1,599.29; Fire $ 3,748.07
- Approval of treasurer’s report for May and June 2013
Director Oring moved and Director ReBell seconded a
motion to approve the consent calendar, approve the May minutes, approve the
June bills for Fire and Sewer as presented and approve the Treasurer’s report
for May and June as presented. Motion
carried.
- Approval of payments of bills for May: Sewer $ 2,046.68; Fire $ 445.05.
Director Rebell moved and Director Oring seconded a motion
to approve the May bills as presented.
Motion carried.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS:
Fire Chief Cromer was absent.
Water Manager Balding Report
is attached.
Secretaries Report: Web hits for June = 139. We have collected about 54% of the fees for
2013-2014 waste water. Also only $576
owing on last year not counting 5 properties with liens.
Board Member Items:
Chairman Shapiro reported on the July Eagle Lake Trout fundraiser at
Spalding. The Stones-Bengard Fire Dept.
T-shirts that we donated for raffle were well received.
PUBLIC
COMMENT: There was no public comment.
CORRESPONDENCE:
Robert Johnson, CPA has sent a
letter regarding the 2013 audit. The
agreement may be up this year with his firm.
This will be confirmed.
OLD BUSINESS:
ISO: The
results are a 6/9 for this district.
This is good for a small volunteer district. The full report will be in the office.
Calfire Grant 2013: No further information at this time.
Volunteer Fire Chief Job
Description: No further information at this time.
Review of Accounts
Receivable: This
will be covered in the Secretaries Report.
RV Park, Waste Water Fee
Revision for Each Side of RV Park: This will be carried over until next month.
RV Park, Fire Assessment
Fee Revision for Each Side of RV Park: Martin will talk to the new owners and invite
them to our meetings to be informed on the proposed fee structure. This will be carried over until next month.
Water Charge to Office: Martin reported on
the water charges of several cities, some large some small, to give a
comparison to use for an appropriate fee for water use at this building. A fee of $25.00 per month seems fair to the
Board. The issue will be on next month’s agenda.
Ordinance 11-02, Delinquent
Service Fees and payment due dates: This will be carried over until next month’s
agenda.
Bids on New Computer: No new
information.
NEW BUSINESS:
Assessment
List Approval: The list will be finalized at the next
meeting with Chief Cromer.
Resolution
13-02: Director Rebell moved and Director Oring
seconded a motion to approve Resolution 13-02, Signing of utility bills by
District Secretary. Motion carried.
Information on Utility Trailer:
Tabled at this time.
ADJOURNMENT:
The next meeting will be held on Aug 19, 2013, 6:00 pm. With no further business to conduct, the meeting
was dismissed at 7:30 p.m.
BOARD
MEMBERS SIGNING OF BILLS: Bills were signed.
Respectfully
Submitted,
_____________________________
Sandy
Jansen, Secretary Note: There is a voice recorded transcript
of these minutes.
July 2013 Treasurer’s Report for June 2013 activity
Balances as of June 30, 2013
Accounts at Lassen Co.
Fire District: Balance $ 90,742.75
Sewer District: Balance $
116,501.43
Capital Improvement Fund: Balance $ 262,159.19
Other accounts:
Petty cash (Checking) $ 2658.18
Kay Oring, Treasurer
General Manager Notes
BOARD MEETING
Monday July
15, 2013 6pm
Martin Balding, General Manager
NO
SPILL REPORT: the any spill report
to the state has been made for the month of June.
LIFTS
STATIONS AND PONDS: The lift stations and ponds
have been working well with an average flow for the past ten days of just 7,743 gallons per day.
A year ago for the same time period the flow averaged about 15,236 gallons per day.
The RV park shut-down and lack of other visitors has reduced the flows. With
low flows and high evaporation pond three has been dry since April and will
probably not have water in it until we have fall rains.
LAHONTAN
REPORT: The semi-annual report, due on
July first, has been completed and sent to Rob Tucker, our rep at Lahontan.
Check with Martin if you would like to see a copy.
PRECIPITATION/EVAPORATION: Rain and snow have given us about 10.5 inches of
precipitation since last July. Pan evaporation for ten days averaged .375"
per day. Lake evaporation at a rate of .25" results in a loss of
135 million gallons per day.
LAKE EVEL: 5,094.7' about eight
inches lower than last year at this time.
HOMEOWNER SYSTEMS: One recent call resulted in nearly a day's
work to find an electrical fault and to get the system back in good operating
condition. A new contactor and float switch were installed. Dennis helped while
Martin was away for a day.
LATE PAYMENT COLLECTIONS: Sandy has been following up on accounts due with excellent
results.
MARINER'S RV PARK TAX SALE
RESULTS: Dante Perano purchased the portion of the park with the well and
restaurant at the recent tax sale. I understand that he has a representative in
Reno who handles his business.
Phone numbers are: 775 420 8156 and 775 329 0986. The other owner is Larry Williamson,
phone 530 200 4666, or his rep, Lee Ann Clement at 530 200 1270.
STOCK
WATER: The stock water pump is in place
and sending water to the stock pond. No cattle are on the land at this time.
WEED
WORK: The area around the
lift station and the fire station received some weed clearing. More will be
done as needed.
AWAY:
Martin will be away for five days from
August 7th to the 11th. Dennis will be asked to cover.
