PUBLIC WATER DISTRICT #13
Minutes of the January 16, 2007
Regular Session of the Board of Trustees

The Board of Directors of Public Water District #13, Jefferson County Missouri met in regular session at 7:04 p.m. on January 16, 2007 at the Lake Tishomingo Community Center, Hillsboro, Missouri.
Roll Call of Directors:
The following Directors being present or absent as indicated:
	Name	Present/Absent
	Lou Harting	Present
	Rich Hirsch	Present
	Larry Kimmel	Present
	Henry Brym	Present
	Marilyn Meyer	Present

Motion was made by Lou Harting and seconded by Marilyn Meyer to accept the Agenda. On voice vote, all Directors were in favor of accepting the Agenda.

The Minutes of the Meeting of December 19, 2006 were distributed to the Directors before the meeting. Motion was made by Marilyn Meyer to approve the Minutes. Second was by Lou Harting. On voice vote, the Minutes of the previous session were duly approved.

Treasurer’s Report:
There was no treasurer’s report.

Old Business:
•	April 2007 election update
Director Henry Brym’s term will expire in 2007. Henry filed with the County Clerk as candidate for reelection. As of noon Tuesday Jan. 16, the last day for filing, the County Clerk’s office reported that Henry was the only candidate to file. Assuming Henry remains the only candidate, Attorney Norrick prepared a resolution for President Kimmel to sign to make Henry the new Director of subdistrict 5. Attorney Norrick also drafted a letter for Larry to send to the County Clerk declaring the election unnecessary. A copy of the letter should also be sent to Henry to confirm his appointment. 

A motion to adopt the resolution making Henry the director for subdistrict 5 was made by Marilyn Meyer and seconded by Lou Harting. On voice vote all Directors were in favor of adopting the resolution. 

•	Median Household Income (MHI) survey update
Marilyn reported that she has not heard anything new from Dennis Siders, who is tabulating the MHI survey results.

•	Grant availability update
There was a discussion of the possible grants available to the District listed in the preliminary engineering report (PER):
1) CDBG Grant			$500,000
2) MO DNR 40% Grant		$1,000,000
3) MO DNR Rural Sewer Grant	$450,000
4) USDA-RD Grant		$1,100,000
5) [USDA-RD Loan Amount	$1,300,000]

Engineer Brunjes said that since Jefferson was an entitlement county, we are probably ineligible for the CDBG grant. Other sources support this view. Eng. Brunjes thought we could still obtain grant money from MO DNR, but we should not anticipate getting money from Jefferson County. 

In terms of MO DNR grants a letter from the Missouri Water and Wastewater Review Committee (12/20/2006) indicated that the filing deadline for the “DNR 40%” grant (#2) was November 15 and that the maximum amount we could obtain with a “Rural Sewer” grant (#3) would be $371,000, not the $450, 000 listed in the PER. 
Engineer Brunjes suggested the District contact Representative Carnahan through his St Louis representative Jim McHugh. A grant through representative Carnahan’s office would be classified as an “earmarks and set-asides grant” and is not currently listed as a potential grant in the PER. Eng. Brunjes suggested we request a grant of approximately $2,000,000.

New Business:	

District attorney designate Floyd Norrick presented to the Board a letter of engagement. The Board had a question about the wording of one part of the letter relating to when the District would have money available to pay legal bills. Attorney Norrick said he would rewrite that section and resubmit the letter for the Board’s approval. 

Engineer’s Report:
There was no engineer’s report. 

Attorney's Report:
The attorney’s report is attached -- memo F. T. Norrick from 12/27/2006.

Adjournment:
There being no other formal business to come before the Board, a motion to adjourn was made by Lou Harting  and seconded by Rich Hirsch at 8:42 p.m., with all Directors in approval.

Respectfully Submitted,

Rich Hirsch
Recording Secretary

Approved this 20th day of February, 2007.

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Secretary	Chairman

February 20, 2007