Louviers Mutual Service Company Meeting Summary

Approved via email (Miller, Sarff, Smith, Holub, Edson)

Meeting Date: Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

Time: 6:00-8:00 PM

Location: Village Club – Auditorium

Attendees from LMSC Board: Diana Miller, Mike Hammer, Michael Smith, Pete Holub, Kent Sarff

Other Attendees: Bob Dye, Tim Graf, Neta Graf, Nancy Holub, Tom Barenberg, Larry Mattison, Donald Nicodemus, Loretta Nicodemus, Janet Edinger, Wayne Oblander, Jason Ingenthron, Elizabeth Wells, Marlene Rae, Pete Crouch, Margaret Nordberg, Tom Steppleton, Lorie Brice, Kay Owen, Ron Beane (and many others, we apologize for not having a sign in sheet)

The next Membership meeting is scheduled for: Thursday, July28th, at 6PM at the Village Club.

Meeting Summary:

Pete started the meeting with a review of the LMSC meeting rules.

As part of Member questions and feedback a brief discussion was held around the history of the Wastewater Treatment Project decision process that resulted in the choice of using Land Application for phosphorus and ammonia removal from treated wastewater.

The Board unanimously approved setting the meeting schedule for the remainder of the year on the 4^th Thursday of each month.  

Bob Dye, our Operator, provided a status of our water and wastewater systems. Both systems are operating normally. Bob stressed that we need to minimize the solids that we are putting into the lagoon (coffee grounds, egg shells, cigarette butts, handi-wipes etc.).

Diana provided a brief update on the Wastewater Treatment Project. She let the group know that the newspaper notice of the project and potential environmental impact had been posted and would stay in the Douglas County paper for several more weeks.  She let the group know the environmental study was going slowly and was a concern. 

Tim Graf expressed his concern regarding TST Engineering. Diana let him know that the feedback she had received from Chatfield Watershed Authority and the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) on the quality of work was excellent. She felt that they were doing a good job. She also explained that Louviers is committed to the previously agreed to plan of action (Land Application Treatment) that is supported by Douglas County, Chatfield Watershed Authority, DRCOG, and the State of Colorado.  

Pete gave a brief overview of the Rate Study and then the Board received comments and concerns from the Members. Tim Graf expressed concern that our Engineering firm was not being cost conscious and was dictating a course of action that is not in tune with the blue collar ethic of the community. Larry Mattison expressed concern with the amount of the increase and gave an example of what the increase would mean to his own bill. He suggested that the community should explain our situation to Dupont and ask that they give the community some land. The land could then be developed for added revenue for LMSC to cover the costs of the water and wastewater projects. Larry took an action to contact Jim Beck to discuss the potential of the proposal. 

Neta let the group know that next year is the 100 year Louviers Anniversary.

Michael reviewed the Profit and Loss Statement and Balance Sheet dated 06/23/2005.

Michael let the group know he had filed an appeal with Douglas County regarding property taxes.

The meeting was then adjourned.