Minutes: ________ Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District 4
January 11, 2007 Board Meeting
1. OPEN MEETING, ATTENDANCE AND AGENDA
The January
board meeting was opened at 10:15 a.m. CST, January 11, 2007 in the district
office,
Board
members present for some or all of the meeting were: Jeff Deeds, Lon Frahm, Roger Zweygardt, Doug
David, Dave Mann, Dave Rietcheck, Scott Maurath and Jon Friesen.
Board
Members absent were. Monty Biggs, Bill
Nondorf and Mitch Baalman.
Others
present for some or all of the meeting were:
Wayne Bossert, Ray Luhman and Dan Simmering – GMD 4 staff; and Scott Voss and Kelly
Stewart - DWR.
There
were no changes to the agenda.
2. CONSENT AGENDA
Lon Frahm
moved for approval of the consent agenda including: 1) the December 14, 2006 minutes; and 2) the December
financial report including the December, 2006 expenditures totaling $24,008.88. Doug David seconded the motion which passed
unanimously.
3. MANAGER'S
REPORT
In
addition to the 5 items sent within the board packet, manager reported that the
DWR/GMD4 meeting has been set for February 7, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. in Hays. Scott Maurath and Lon Frahm have agreed to
attend. Staff is to remind them a few
days before and pick them up on the 7th.
The new
copier has arrived and has been installed.
Representative
John Faber is the new chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
The
Albuquerque GMDA conference was the best set of speakers we've had in several
years, and the Sandia National Lab tour was excellent - showing us 6
groundwater management issues being developed there.
4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None
5. NEW BUSINESS
a. Adoption
of Proposed Revised 2007 Budget: Staff
presented the proposed 2007 revised budget comprising of: cash carryover of 71,359.49; plus incoming
assessments of 411,952.95; plus Foundation CD of 246,485.70; plus estimated
interest of 10,000 = 739,798.14. The
cash carry over was distributed to various line items as needed with the
balance being placed in Reserve for Contingency. Following discussion Doug David moved to adopt the
revised 2007 operating budget as presented in the January, 2007 board packet
(shown below). Roger Zweygardt seconded
the motion which passed unanimously.
|
|
2007 - Revised |
|
110 |
POSTAGE |
$7,700.00 |
|
111 |
Newsletter |
$6,000.00 |
|
112 |
General |
$1,700.00 |
|
120 |
PRINTING |
$7,900.00 |
|
121 |
Newsletter |
$7,500.00 |
|
122 |
Administrative |
$400.00 |
|
130 |
DUES |
$1,700.00 |
|
140 |
SUBSCRIPTIONS |
$1,800.00 |
|
150 |
INSURANCE |
$15,000.00 |
|
151 |
Office/Equip/Data |
$4,750.00 |
|
152 |
Public Officials' Liability |
$4,500.00 |
|
153 |
Auto |
$550.00 |
|
154 |
Workmans' Comp. |
$4,300.00 |
|
155 |
Computer |
$700.00 |
|
156 |
Unemployment |
$200.00 |
|
160 |
TELEPHONE |
$4,500.00 |
|
170 |
SALARIES AND BENEFITS |
$246,340.00 |
|
171 |
Gross Sal, Kpers, SS, Etc. |
$229,640.00 |
|
172 |
Health Insurance |
$16,700.00 |
|
180 |
TRAVEL |
$8,000.00 |
|
181 |
Board |
$5,500.00 |
|
182 |
Staff |
$2,500.00 |
|
190 |
VEHICLES |
$5,950.00 |
|
191 |
Repairs/Maintenance |
$1,800.00 |
|
192 |
Operation |
$4,000.00 |
|
193 |
Tags |
$150.00 |
|
194 |
Purchase/Lease |
$0.00 |
|
200 |
CONTRACTED SERVICES |
$32,700.00 |
|
201 |
Accounting |
$2,300.00 |
|
202 |
Legal |
$1,400.00 |
|
203 |
Misc. Support |
$29,000.00 |
|
204 |
Water Sampling |
$0.00 |
|
205 |
Drilling |
$0.00 |
|
206 |
Weather Modification |
$0.00 |
|
210 |
PUBLICATIONS |
$550.00 |
|
211 |
Legal Notices |
$550.00 |
|
220 |
COOP PROGRAMS |
$325,587.70 |
|
221 |
Administrative |
$323,587.70 |
|
222 |
Equipment |
$0.00 |
|
223 |
Contracted Studies |
$2,000.00 |
|
224 |
Education Program |
$0.00 |
|
230 |
ADMINISTRATIVE |
$4,200.00 |
|
231 |
Office Supplies |
$1,600.00 |
|
232 |
Copy Machine |
$1,000.00 |
|
233 |
Computer Maint |
$750.00 |
|
234 |
Postage Meter Lease |
$300.00 |
|
235 |
Bank Charges |
$50.00 |
|
236 |
Field Supplies |
$500.00 |
|
240 |
NEW EQUIPMENT |
$15,000.00 |
|
241 |
Field |
$2,000.00 |
|
242 |
Office |
$13,000.00 |
|
250 |
CONTINGENCY RESERVE |
$51,345.44 |
|
260 |
FACILITY |
$10,975.00 |
|
261 |
Rent |
$10,000.00 |
|
262 |
Upkeep |
$975.00 |
|
263 |
Remodel |
$0.00 |
|
270 |
REIMBURSED EXPENSES |
$0.00 |
|
300 |
FOUNDATION |
$550.00 |
|
305 |
Foundation Subscriptions |
$0.00 |
|
350 |
Foundation Legal |
$300.00 |
|
370 |
Foundation Tech Support |
$250.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$739,798.14 |
b. Public
Hearing on 2007 Revised operating Budget: At 11:30 a.m. January 11, 2007 President
Scott Maurath opened the public hearing to hear testimony regarding the
proposed revised operating budget (shown above). There were no members of the public in
attendance and no testimony offered. At
11:34 a.m. President Maurath closed the public hearing. With no discussion, Dave Rietcheck moved for adoption
of the following resolution to be numbered AR-07-1:
WHEREAS
the 2007 budget of $652,481.20 (assessed budget of $411,952.45) approved
originally on July 13, 2006 (AR-06-2) requires amending in order to at least
incorporate the 2006 cash carryover funds of $71,359.49; and
WHEREAS
the district lawfully scheduled and conducted a public hearing to consider all
testimony regarding the budgeting of carryover funds and other issues;
BE IT
THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT the 2007 budget shall be revised as adopted by the
board earlier during the January 11, 2007 meeting (shown above) based on no testimony
provided to the board during the lawfully conducted public hearing.
Doug
David seconded the motion which passed unanimously.
c. Protocol
Discussion - Data Sufficiency: Staff
covered the data provided in the board packet and reported that there were no
glaring errors evident. Some questions
were asked and some discussion was had.
No motion was made, but the general consensus was to adopt the data set
used to designate the high priority areas and proceed with the second part of
Task 3 which was to work with KGS in determining the statistical confidence of
the data currently being used and decide if it is suitable for enhanced
management or if additional data needs to be collected.
6. DWR REPORT
Kelly
Stewart reported that the snow has stalled out their observation well
measurements thus far. The metering
program has all the NW/4 wells done and those who have not noticed their meter
installations have been given orders NOT to pump until they are installed. The NE/4 reminders have gone out and the
notices are starting to come in on these wells.
The BRO program as agreed to thus far (3 out of 5 years (2000-2005) of
over 5 AF per year or over 15 total AF) is in the final stages of DWR review
and is expected to be implemented soon.
It appears that 22 files will trigger these criteria based on the data
provided by GMD 4.
7. OPEN SESSION - PUBLIC QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
Jon
Friesen indicated that he may have a conflict for the annual meeting and since he
is scheduled to present the 2006 Year in Review, the board should consider a
replacement. Scott Maurath agreed to
cover this presentation item.
Dave Mann
informed the board that Shane Mann has expressed interest in running for the
Gove County Position and that he has chosen not to run against Shane. Shane's eligible voter designation paperwork
was reviewed and accepted.
8. SET NEXT MEETING DATE AND CONSIDER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
February
21, 2007;
March 8,
2007.
No agenda
items suggested.
9.
ADJOURNMENT
With no
objection, Scott Maurath declared the meeting adjourned at 11:45 a.m., January
11, 2007.
Respectfully
submitted:
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