Minutes of Regular Meeting of Southern Black Hills Water System Board
Crazy Horse Monument
Thursday, January 25, 2024
The Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Southern Black Hills Water System was held at the Crazy Horse Monument on Thursday, January 25, 2024.
Chairman Wick called the meeting to order at approximately 1:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL – Board Members present were Wick, Baird, Kraus, Krump, Nase, Seaboldt, and Zolnowsky; Beard and Smith were absent. Others in attendance were Don Peterson.
AGENDA – Motion by Seaboldt, 2nd by Krump to approve the agenda. Motion passed unanimously.
MINUTES - Motion by Kraus, 2nd by Seaboldt to approve the minutes of the December 28, 2023 meeting. Motion passed unanimously.
TREASURER’S REPORT – Don Peterson presented the treasurer’s report for December 2023. The report was reviewed by the board members. Motion by Seaboldt, 2nd by Krump to approve the treasurer’s report and transfer $15,000 from the regular checking into the RD account. Motion passed unanimously. The check sequence ending December 31 was check #4354 and beginning January 1 was check #4355.
OLD BUSINESS –
Managers’ Report
The upgraded transducers in both the Casey and monitoring wells required LRE to reprogram the system; the new transducers report both water levels and temperatures.
Legal counsel has begun work on the revised developer policy. The key elements of the revision are that the developer provides a two-year warranty on the installation and that installation be mains only so that customer connections fall under the new customer connection policy.
Investigation of water losses (difference between water pumped and meter reading usage) at Spring Creek Acres disclosed a number of issues. Two leaks were found at the curb connections and a valve related to the radium mitigation was stuck open in the well house. A likely significant loss is due to residential hydrants located on the supply lines ahead of the meter locations in the homes; this latter issue will likely require meter pits at the curb to correctly measure customer usage.
NEW BUSINESS -
The previous QuickStart contract authorization has been depleted (in part due to work for the new Casey transducers), management requested a renewal of the LRE QuickStart contract. Motion by Baird, 2nd by Krauss to authorize Chairman Wick to sign the new contract on behalf of the Board, motion passed unanimously.
Motion by Seaboldt, 2nd by Kauss to move into Executive Session at 2:22pm; motion passed unanimously.
Motion by Baird, 2nd by Seaboldt to move out of Executive Session at 3:15pm; motion passed unanimously. There were no motions arising out of Executive Session.
PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS - None
UPCOMING MEETINGS -
The next meeting of the Southern Black Hills System Board will be February 22, 2024 at 1:00 PM at the Crazy Horse Monument in Custer.
ADJOURNMENT - Motion by Krump, 2nd by Seaboldt to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
Crazy Horse Monument
Thursday, January 25, 2024
The Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Southern Black Hills Water System was held at the Crazy Horse Monument on Thursday, January 25, 2024.
Chairman Wick called the meeting to order at approximately 1:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL – Board Members present were Wick, Baird, Kraus, Krump, Nase, Seaboldt, and Zolnowsky; Beard and Smith were absent. Others in attendance were Don Peterson.
AGENDA – Motion by Seaboldt, 2nd by Krump to approve the agenda. Motion passed unanimously.
MINUTES - Motion by Kraus, 2nd by Seaboldt to approve the minutes of the December 28, 2023 meeting. Motion passed unanimously.
TREASURER’S REPORT – Don Peterson presented the treasurer’s report for December 2023. The report was reviewed by the board members. Motion by Seaboldt, 2nd by Krump to approve the treasurer’s report and transfer $15,000 from the regular checking into the RD account. Motion passed unanimously. The check sequence ending December 31 was check #4354 and beginning January 1 was check #4355.
OLD BUSINESS –
Managers’ Report
The upgraded transducers in both the Casey and monitoring wells required LRE to reprogram the system; the new transducers report both water levels and temperatures.
Legal counsel has begun work on the revised developer policy. The key elements of the revision are that the developer provides a two-year warranty on the installation and that installation be mains only so that customer connections fall under the new customer connection policy.
Investigation of water losses (difference between water pumped and meter reading usage) at Spring Creek Acres disclosed a number of issues. Two leaks were found at the curb connections and a valve related to the radium mitigation was stuck open in the well house. A likely significant loss is due to residential hydrants located on the supply lines ahead of the meter locations in the homes; this latter issue will likely require meter pits at the curb to correctly measure customer usage.
NEW BUSINESS -
The previous QuickStart contract authorization has been depleted (in part due to work for the new Casey transducers), management requested a renewal of the LRE QuickStart contract. Motion by Baird, 2nd by Krauss to authorize Chairman Wick to sign the new contract on behalf of the Board, motion passed unanimously.
Motion by Seaboldt, 2nd by Kauss to move into Executive Session at 2:22pm; motion passed unanimously.
Motion by Baird, 2nd by Seaboldt to move out of Executive Session at 3:15pm; motion passed unanimously. There were no motions arising out of Executive Session.
PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS - None
UPCOMING MEETINGS -
The next meeting of the Southern Black Hills System Board will be February 22, 2024 at 1:00 PM at the Crazy Horse Monument in Custer.
ADJOURNMENT - Motion by Krump, 2nd by Seaboldt to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
