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BEST  ROAD MUTUAL  WATER  COMPANY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Minutes of April 11, 2017

In Attendance: Board members Bill Biermann, Garry Solmonson, and Marc Mastroianni
Absent: Mark Wright
Guest: Paul Levy
Meeting convened at 7:06 p.m. by  Bill Biermann, Vice President.
Approval of Minutes from March 15, 2017. Recommended approval by Garry and seconded by Marc.  All board members approved.

Financials:  
A.    Treasurer Report:  As of Mar 31, 2017:   
CD: $ 1018.68   
Checking: $ 42,418.67,
Repair & Replacement: $ 37,069.18
B.     Invoices and Expenditures:
Ellen Fishers  Bookkeeping – Mar. 2017 - $ 400.00
Dougherty Mar. 2017 invoice: $ 3,833.28
PG&E: $ 557.27  (Mar. 2017)
AT&T:  $ 71.88 (Mar. 2017)
First trust alarm $ 90.00
Garry Solmonson (payment notice fees) $ 38.76

Water System Operations and  Maintenance Report:
           
Monthly report from water operator:
a.     Shareholders monthly usage report:
Of the 48 Shareholders, No homeowner exceeded the recommended 20,000 gal. limit for March 2017.
Total amount of water used by all shareholders for March 2017 was 430,523 gals. Total gallons pumped was 499,418 gals.
Well #1: Testing for Coliforms levels in well #1.  Another disinfection will be performed when weather permits and standing water recedes. Well #1 has been offline since Jan 16th. According to SWRCB, the well needs to remain offline until the Bacteria samples come back absent for both Coliform and E‐coli.
Well #2:  No operational problems. Online since Jan 16th.  
Report of other issues:
The itemized invoice for replacing and cleaning the green sand filters and installing a meter on the backflow line was sent to Dougherty on Mar 16th. Status as of April 10th, Dougherty is waiting for some final test results and we will be notified when they are ready to start work.
Cross connect problem at 825 Fox Hill Circle. Best road water feeding the county blue valve. Shareholder was informed by Dougherty that they must keep valve closed.
Dougherty reported that 815 fox hill circle has no back flow device installed. Garry to follow up with a letter regarding a requirement to have a backflow device installed.

Executive Session:
a.  Collection report – Past due account status:
    Delinquent First Notices:  F01.
Second notices: H07
Third notice:  None.
b.     Individual Shareholder issues: None

Continued Issues: H23 paid $ 440 and P08 paid $1300

New Issues/Information:
a.     Arsenic action plan due on April 10th. Bill submitted to the State
b.     P.O. Box dues are due by end of March. Paid on 3/24.17.
c.      X10 (scada mfg.) Item discussed. Nothing can installed until well 2 is cleaned and up graded and the telemetry panel is upgraded.

Next Board meeting:
           Date:  (Tue) May 9, 2017           Time: 7:00 p.m.
           Location:  Sunnyslope Water District at 3570 Airline Highway
Meeting Adjourned at  8:00 p.m.
                                               
Respectfully submitted,  
Bill Biermann,  Vice President / Secretary, BRMWC
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