MINUTES
of the
MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONERS
of the
BUFFALO RAPIDS BOARD OF DISTRICT II
Terry, Montana
June 18, 2009
The Special Meeting of the members of the Buffalo Rapids Project Board District II Commissioners, at Terry, Prairie County, Montana, was held on the eighteenth day of June, 2009, at 9:00 a.m.
There were present and participating at the meeting:
Barry Rakes
Jim Finneman
Scott Sackman
Also present and participating were David Schwarz, Secretary, Pat Davis, Assistant Secretary.
District I President Barry Rakes called the meeting to order, stating that all necessary and advisable business be conducted during this time.
Thereupon, District II President Barry Rakes announced that a quorum was present so that the meeting was legally and lawfully ready to transact business.
The special meeting of the District II Commissioners of the Board of Buffalo Rapids project was held to discuss the issue of the setting of assessment for District II.
Dave passed for the District II members review a budget worksheet with projections for the 2010 operating year. Listed was a line item account detail from previous years and current year. The District I members, along with Dave Schwarz and Pat Davis, reviewed each account and what that account entailed. Dave included in such account as health insurance and salaries and wages and annual estimated increase.
Dave informed the members of District II of a couple of options that they had. Options being that they could raise assessments, or remove a portion of the reserve amount set aside into system rehab and place it into the O & M portion of the assessment.
Barry Rakes asked Dave Schwarz if they could use the money that is set aside in the reserve accounts for anything or at any time. Dave informed the members that they had complete control of that reserve money and that it was to their discretion as to how to use that. It would only take a motion from the District II commissioners to move that money into a different account.
The members of the District II commissioners discussed the possibility of raising assessment $.50 for the next year. It was also discussed that District II is doing well as a district at this time. There were concerns among the members of District II about the cost of inflation, the upcoming increase in fuel prices, and any unforeseen expenses to the District. The members discussed that taxes have not gone up for quite a few years in District II.
The members of the District II Board of Commissioners decided not to raise assessments for the 2010 operating year. They will take $1.00 out of the System Rehab account and put it into the O & M account for operations and maintenance. The members of District II felt that the District was doing fairly well at this time and would try to get by for one more year with putting less money into the reserve accounts and more into the spending account.
Assessments for the 2010 operating year, which are due at the Assessor’s office the first Monday in August, 2009, were set as follows. On a motion made by Jim Finneman and seconded by Scott Sackman it was
RESOLVED, That the District II Assessments for the 2010 operating year be set as follows:
O&M $27.75
Equip Reserve $ 0.00
System Rehab $ 0.75
Repayment A $ 1.00
Repayment B $ 0.00
Total $29.50
All in favor, motion carried.
Next meeting will be held on July 08, 2009, at 8:00p.m.
There being no further business to be considered, and no objection, the said meeting of the District I Commissioners of the Buffalo Rapids Project adjourned.
ATTESTED:
________________________________ ____________________________________
David J. Schwarz, Secretary Barry Rakes, District II President
of the
MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONERS
of the
BUFFALO RAPIDS BOARD OF DISTRICT II
Terry, Montana
June 18, 2009
The Special Meeting of the members of the Buffalo Rapids Project Board District II Commissioners, at Terry, Prairie County, Montana, was held on the eighteenth day of June, 2009, at 9:00 a.m.
There were present and participating at the meeting:
Barry Rakes
Jim Finneman
Scott Sackman
Also present and participating were David Schwarz, Secretary, Pat Davis, Assistant Secretary.
District I President Barry Rakes called the meeting to order, stating that all necessary and advisable business be conducted during this time.
Thereupon, District II President Barry Rakes announced that a quorum was present so that the meeting was legally and lawfully ready to transact business.
The special meeting of the District II Commissioners of the Board of Buffalo Rapids project was held to discuss the issue of the setting of assessment for District II.
Dave passed for the District II members review a budget worksheet with projections for the 2010 operating year. Listed was a line item account detail from previous years and current year. The District I members, along with Dave Schwarz and Pat Davis, reviewed each account and what that account entailed. Dave included in such account as health insurance and salaries and wages and annual estimated increase.
Dave informed the members of District II of a couple of options that they had. Options being that they could raise assessments, or remove a portion of the reserve amount set aside into system rehab and place it into the O & M portion of the assessment.
Barry Rakes asked Dave Schwarz if they could use the money that is set aside in the reserve accounts for anything or at any time. Dave informed the members that they had complete control of that reserve money and that it was to their discretion as to how to use that. It would only take a motion from the District II commissioners to move that money into a different account.
The members of the District II commissioners discussed the possibility of raising assessment $.50 for the next year. It was also discussed that District II is doing well as a district at this time. There were concerns among the members of District II about the cost of inflation, the upcoming increase in fuel prices, and any unforeseen expenses to the District. The members discussed that taxes have not gone up for quite a few years in District II.
The members of the District II Board of Commissioners decided not to raise assessments for the 2010 operating year. They will take $1.00 out of the System Rehab account and put it into the O & M account for operations and maintenance. The members of District II felt that the District was doing fairly well at this time and would try to get by for one more year with putting less money into the reserve accounts and more into the spending account.
Assessments for the 2010 operating year, which are due at the Assessor’s office the first Monday in August, 2009, were set as follows. On a motion made by Jim Finneman and seconded by Scott Sackman it was
RESOLVED, That the District II Assessments for the 2010 operating year be set as follows:
O&M $27.75
Equip Reserve $ 0.00
System Rehab $ 0.75
Repayment A $ 1.00
Repayment B $ 0.00
Total $29.50
All in favor, motion carried.
Next meeting will be held on July 08, 2009, at 8:00p.m.
There being no further business to be considered, and no objection, the said meeting of the District I Commissioners of the Buffalo Rapids Project adjourned.
ATTESTED:
________________________________ ____________________________________
David J. Schwarz, Secretary Barry Rakes, District II President
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