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Special Service District

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Sanpete County Water Conservancy District

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Sanpete County Water Conservancy District Board

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Approved minutes for September 28, 2023. Approved on December 14, 2023

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Water and Irrigation

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Meeting

Event Start Date & Time

September 28, 2023 07:00 PM

Event End Date & Time

September 28, 2023 10:39 AM

Description/Agenda

SANPETE WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT BOARD of TRUSTEES Kenneth Bench, Chairman Richard Dyreng Joe Frischknecht Mike Cox Nate Palmer Jay Olsen Scott Sunderland Minutes For September 28, 2023 7:00 P.M. Present were; Ken Bench, Nate Palmer, Jay Olsen, Scott Sunderland, and Joe Frischknecht by phone for a part of the meeting. Also present was Brian Andrews with Hansen, Allen and Luce. Garrick Willden with Jones and Demill Engineering. And Randy Straight with Horseshoe Irrigation Company. Approval of the June 15, 2023 minutes and the September 5, 2023 Emergency meeting minutes- There were not enough board members present to approve the minutes. Approval of the minutes will be tabled until the December meeting. Garrick Willden update on the PL-566 projects. - Garrick Willden is present and gives an update on the PL-566. Garrick reports that the process National Water Center has reviewed it there were a few technical comments. Their team is working on responding. They are hoping to resubmit it by the end of October. We are getting closer but it is a slow process. Jay Olsen asks about the PL566 Sanpitch project. They say that the projects are still being evaluated and ranked. Randy Straight with Horseshoe Irrigation asks Garrick to explain what the PL566 is. Garrick explains what projects they have been working on with the PL566 grant. Randy Straight with Horseshoe Irrigation Company. - Randy Straight states that they have applied for the PL566 grant for funding on their reservoir. He is wondering if Central Utah or Sanpete Water Conservancy District can help out with their 25% of the funding. Ken instructs Randy to get with Brian Andrews and submit the project with him and then there will be a ranking of all submitted projects. Public meeting to discuss intent to increase property taxes % or in the amount of $ for the purpose of making up the financial difference from commissioners' decision to pull out of Central Utah Water Conservancy. -Joe Frischknecht is present by phone for this portion of the meeting. Ken Bench states that we need to make a motion if we are going to increase our tax base now that the County has decided to pull out of Central Utah Water Conservancy. A motion is made by Nate Palmer to go forward with the intent to increase property taxes by 87.68% in the amount of $457,000. For the purpose of making up the financial difference from the commissioners' decision to pull out of Central Utah Water Conservancy. The motion is seconded by Jay Olsen and the motion passes unanimously. Other Business -Brian Andrew is present and updates the list of projects throughout the county. So far, they have 20 applications submitted including 10 entities 2 cities, and some irrigation companies. He has tried to contact a few other irrigation companies but has not been able to get a reply, but he will keep working on it. Tom Day is present and wanted to go on record that he submitted some projects to Hansen Allen and Luce for the ranking and his projects don't have to deal with Federal Funding, engineering is complete, and they could be shovel-ready. Review Bills for Payment and Review of Bank Reconciliations- There were not enough board members present to approve the bills. Approval of the bills will be tabled until the December meeting. Report of the 2022 audit report- The board members were given a copy of the 2022 audit report for review. Meeting was adjourned at 8:15 PM

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160 North Main
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Manti, UT 84642
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December 15, 2023 10:40 AM

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December 15, 2023 10:40 AM

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