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Special Service District

Entity

Sanpete County Water Conservancy District

Public Body

Sanpete County Water Conservancy District Board

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Notice Title

approved minutes for 10-8-24

Notice Tags

Water and Irrigation

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Meeting

Event Start Date & Time

October 8, 2024 06:30 PM

Event End Date & Time

October 8, 2024 08:20 PM

Description/Agenda

Sanpete Water Conservancy District For October 8, 2024 6:30 P.M. Present were: Jay Olsen, Matthew Palmer, MaCrae Christiansen, Justin Jackson, Scott Bartholomew, Wade Eliason, and Stanford Jensen. Also present were Garrick Willden with Jones and DeMill and Engineering, Delmas Johnson with Hansen, Allen and Luce Engineering. Welcome- Jay Olsen welcomes everyone. Review and Approval of September 10, 2024, minutes- The Minutes of the September 10, 2024, meeting were viewed by the board. A motion was made by Scott Bartholomew to approve the minutes, the motion was seconded by Justin Jackson and the motion passed unanimously with Jay, Matt, MaCrae, Justin, Scott, Wade, and Stanford voting in the affirmative. Public Hearing to approve Bylaws- There is a current statewide litigation going on regarding all Special Service Districts. Kevin Danials remotes in and advised the District to hold off on doing anything about the bylaws until this lawsuit is settled. Kevin states that the decision on the lawsuit will probably be around the middle of November. Review and Approval of projects and ranking update- Nothing new at this time. We need to look at revising the criteria. One thing we may want to change is the requirement that they need to have engineering drawings completed, if that is one of the things we are going to help irrigation companies complete. Another thing they may want to consider is making the ranking process different for irrigation companies and municipalities because municipalities do have other avenues to access funding. The district will need to determine how and to what degree they will fund projects. Review and Approval to pay invoices- The bills were viewed by the board. A motion was made by Wade Eliason to approve the bills. The motion was seconded by Scott Bartholomew and the motion passed unanimously with Jay, Matt, MaCrae, Justin, Scott, Wade, and Stanford voting in the affirmative. The board approves the secretary to send a response to Water Resources that the district intends to continue participating in the cloudseeding program as determined in the last meeting. Utah Water Resource Development would also like two volunteers to be on the board of directors for the UWRDC. Standford and Wade volunteer. Review applications for positions- There was no response to the newspaper postings for the secretary, and treasurer positions. It was suggested that they post the position on social media and different avenues and see if they can get a response that way. Any applications will be reviewed at the next meeting. Review and Approval of Public Relations/Education- Jay Olsen said that he was thinking they might want to allocate around $2,500 for water shed days, and around $10,000 for outreach education in general. Jay and Matt have been looking into outreach education but they are waiting for some of the contacts to get back to them. Some things they are looking into are landscaping tours, classes, water footprint design, rebates on timers, toilets, and sod. The board will need to decide what they want to get involved in and how much. There is talk about working with county and community entities. Justin Jackson would like to see the district put some education training into teaching real-estate agencies how irrigation shares work in this area, to help stop some of the problems with people buying property and not understanding how the water rights work with that property. Justin will put together an outline of what they would like to teach and a list of people to invite. Review the Budget and Preparing Next Year's Budget- The board was given the current budget and actual spent report. Nate Brodhurst was going to get back to the board about an estimated attorney's cost for this coming year. The board discusses some of the additional line items that will need to be added to next year's budget. The board has a discussion about how much they will want to put towards the new projects. Review and Approval of Easement- Justin Jackson had a meeting with the Macalester's and they are in support of putting the easement agreement in writing. The only thing that the Macalester's are asking for is that there is a bridge for the sheep to cross. They would like the District to talk to the other property owners first so they can all sign the easement on the same day. The next step is to bring the other 2 property owners up to speed and see how they are feeling. The tentative timeline to have the easement finished would be around this coming January. Update on Carbon County Property Tax- Nate Brodhurst is present by zoom and lets the board know that the letter has been sent to Carbon and to the State Tax Commission. If no response is received after Friday, we may need to talk about what action the district wants to take in an executive session. Other- No other business at this time. Next meeting: November 12, 6:30- Closed Session- Scott Bartholomew made a motion to go into executive session at 7:45 PM to discuss litigation with Carbon County. The motion was seconded by Wade Eliason. Jay, Scott, Justin, Wade, Matt, MaCrae, and Stanford each voted stating they supported the motion. A motion was made by Scott Bartholomew to go out of executive session with no action taken at 8:17 PM, MaCrae Christiansen seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously. Jay, Matt, Scott, Justin, MaCrae, Stanford, and Wade all voted in the affirmative. Meeting is adjourned at 8:20 PM

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NOTICE OF SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION DURING PUBLIC MEETINGS In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this meeting should notify Kristine Oxman.

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160 North Main
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Manti, UT 84642
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November 13, 2024 06:58 PM

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