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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 of the November 12 2024 minutes

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Water and Irrigation

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Meeting

Event Start Date & Time

November 12, 2024 06:30 PM

Event End Date & Time

November 12, 2024 08:42 PM

Description/Agenda

SANPETE WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT BOARD of TRUSTEES Jay Olsen Matthew Palmer Justin Jackson Wade Eliason McCrae Christiansen Stanford Jensen Scott Bartholomew Sanpete Water Conservancy District For November 12, 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 Devan Fowles with Jones and DeMill and Engineering, Brian Andrew with Hansen, Allen and Luce Engineering. Attorney Kevin Daniels and, Nate Brodhurst with Snow Clyde and associates was present by Zoom for a portion of the meeting. Welcome- Jay Olsen welcomes everyone. Review and Approval of October 8, 2024, minutes- The Minutes of the October 8, 2024, meeting were viewed by the board. A motion was made by Wade Eliason to approve the minutes, 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. Public Hearing to approve Bylaws- A public hearing was advertised to adopt the bylaws for the Sanpete County Water Conservancy District. Bylaws are reviewed and one small amendment is made regarding signatures. A Motion was made by Justin Jackson to adopt the bylaws as set forth. The motion was seconded by Standford Jensen and the motion passed unanimously with Jay, Matt, MaCrae, Justin, Scott, Wade, and Stanford voting in the affirmative. Public Relations/Education- There is no new information at this time. Jay is still waiting to hear back about watershed days, his contact is just returning from maternity leave. Projects- Brian Andrew was present and gave an update regarding project ranking. There are 5 more applicants that may be ready to be put on the project list. There was a motion by Scott Bartholomew to have those next 5 applicants present to the board for evaluation. The motion was seconded by MaCrae Christiansen, and the motion passed unanimously with Jay, Matt, MaCrae, Justin, Scott, Wade, and Stanford voting in the affirmative. There was a discussion regarding whether the district should put their project of updating the measuring devices along the Sanpitch on the list. The district has this project on their PL566 grant application but they have not seen much movement in that grant. Review applications for positions- There have been no applications submitted for the Secretary and Treasurer positions. There was a discussion regarding calling and asking for bids, and any seeking out someone who might be interested. There were two Project manager applications turned in. The board has reviewed them and asked each representative some questions. A Motion was made by Scott Bartholomew to table the decision and have each applicant submit a fee schedule. MaCrae Christiansen seconded the motion, and the motion passed unanimously with Jay, Matt, MaCrae, Justin, Scott, Wade, and Stanford voting in the affirmative. Approve payment of outstanding bills- 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. Current budget- The board reviews the current budget vs actual spent report that was provided to them by the secretary. Next Year's Budget-There is a discussion regarding getting next year's budget ready for the budget hearing in December. Jay assigned Stanford Jensen to work with the secretary on getting a budget ready. Easement update- Justin reports that they have not made contact with the other property owners yet but they will keep trying. Carbon County Property Tax update- Nate Brodhurst is present by Zoom and reports that Carbon County did send a letter back stating that the issue has been taken care of and that it will not happen again. We also received a response from the Utah State Tax Commission that if we have any more problems we can contact them directly. Other- No update on the Cloud Seeding. Legal counsel updated the board regarding the lawsuit between Carbon and the District. He stated that they have finished with fact Discovery which ended on October 31. The next phase is expert Discovery which is due by December 12, 2024. Closed session to discuss litigation- Scott Bartholomew made a motion to go into executive session at 8:02 PM to discuss litigation with Carbon County. The motion was seconded by MaCrae Christiansen. Jay, Scott, Justin, Wade, Matt, MaCrae, and Stanford each voted stating they supported the motion. A motion was made by MaCrae Christiansen to go out of the executive session with no action taken at 8:25 PM, Standord Jensen seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously. Jay, Matt, Scott, Justin, MaCrae, Stanford, and Wade all voted in the affirmative. Next meeting- December 10, 6:30 PM 2025 budget hearing.

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160 North Main
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Manti, UT 84642
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December 11, 2024 10:42 PM

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