12-16-14 Regular Meeting of the La Porte Area Water Authority

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LA PORTE AREA WATER AUTHORITY MINUTES July 24,2014 1. The meeting was called to order at 6:17 PM by Vice President Kenneth Schlather. Members Present: Vice President Kenneth Schlather, Secretary Doug Martin,Randy Woodard Members Absent: Excused absence: President David Janda,Dennis Steger Others Present: General Manager Corby Alexander, Public Works Director David Mick, City Controller Phyllis Rinehart,Brian Schneider,Morgan's Point 2. The February 12,2014 minutes were unanimously approved as written. 3. David Mick presented the updated Operators Agreement in which the City of La Porte agrees to perform the administrative obligations for the La Porte Area Water Authority with an annual operators fee equal to $67,007 in FY 15 with an annual CPI-U adjustment thereafter. There are no substantive changes to the 3-year agreement approved by the board and city council in 2011. Kenneth Schlather mentioned a typographical error in Paragraph III(a reference to CPI rather than CPI-U)that was corrected by David Mick as the item was discussed. The 2014 Operators Agreement renewal was unanimously approved with the correction as noted. 4. David Mick presented the FY 15 budget noting the budget is essentially the same as the FY 14 budget. The bulk rate charged by the Southeast Water Purification Plant is $0.5703/1000 gallons down slightly from the $0.6000/1000 gallons cost in FY 14. The proposed FY 15 budget is approximately $9,000 less than the current FY 14 as a result. Randy Woodard asked for a copy of the final FY 14 audit and original LPAWA bond schedule (provided after the meeting). The FY 15 LPAWA budget was unanimously approved as presented. 5. General Manager Corby Alexander had no additional comments. 6. Kenneth Schlather asked if there were additional questions or comments from the board. There were none. 7. There being no further business,the meeting adjourned at 6:33 PM. Secretary PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS DAY President