08-05-08 JWC Agenda
1. Call to Order
AGENDA
JOINT WATER COMMISSION
8:30 am - August 5, 2008
Council Conference Room
Golden Valley City Hall
2. Approval of Minutes - July 2, 2008
3. 2008 Annual Financial Report
4. Next meeting
5. Adjournment
JOINT WATER COMMISSION MINUTES
Golden Valley - Crystal - New Hope
Meeting of July 2, 2008
The Golden Valley - Crystal - New Hope Joint Water Commission meeting was called to
order at 1 :30 pm, in the City of Golden Valley Council Conference Room.
Commissioners Present
Tom Burt, City Manager, Golden Valley
Kirk McDonald, City Manager, New Hope
Anne Norris, City Manager, Crystal
Approval of Trailer Mou
Excavation/Clean
bid was r e
MOVED by McDonald, seconded by N
minutes of the April 2, 2008 meetin .
carried unanimously to approve the
Staff Present
Guy Johnson, Public Works Director, New Hope
Paul Coone, Operations Manager, New Hope
Bernie Weber, Utility Maintenance Supervisor, New Hope
Tom Mathisen, Public Works Director, Crystal
Randy Kloepper, Utility Maintenance Supervisor, Crystal
Dave Lemke, Utility Maintenance Supervisor, Golden Vall
Sue Virnig, Finance Director, Golden Valley
Jeannine Clancy, Public Works Director, Golden Val
Approval of JWC Minutes
aintenance/Exerciser and
nance/Exerciser and Vacuum
oved a a City of Golden Valley Council meeting. One
s Company for the amount of $59,845.
ondea by McDonald and motion carried to approve purchase of
aintenance/Exerciser and Vacuum Excavation/Cleanout.
Discussion regarding the existing proposal and the necessity of tasks and costs associated
with Characterize Emergency Demands and the Hydraulic analysis and engineering
analysis of disinfection treatment of pipeline routes to the JWC distribution system from the
New Hope well were reviewed.
The consensus was that the commission should re-negotiate the contract with Scott Harder
and trim unnecessary tasks and costs from the contract.
McDonald asked if there was enough money in the budget to cover the cost of the
proposal.
Virnig responded that the Commission had budgeted $100,000 for professional services.
Harder is complete with the task force with Minneapolis..
Burt made a motion to approve the proposal not to exceed $41,021.84 with EFG in regards
to obtaining information regarding the capacity of the General Mills well and ew Hope well
regarding emergency supply and demand. This information is needed for th .ties
comprehensive water supply plan.
Discussion included the benefits of having the Joint
table and the possible conflict of interest of Scott Ha
adjustment to JWC rates charged by Minneapoli
n represented at the
.nvolved in cost of service
MOVED by Norris, seconded by McDonald and motion carried to re-negoti
The consensus was if anyone had objections
MOVED by Norris, seconded by McDo
Motion made to appr
Mathisen, received a bill
relocating the water mai
ounting procedures, it was recommended that Mathisen
this bill is truly a final bill for all costs associated with that
econded by McDonald and motion carried
Next Meeting
The next meeting will be August 6,2008.
The meeting was adjourned at 2: 15 pm.
Thomas D. Burt, Chair
ATTEST:
Christine Columbus, Administrative Assistant