NICHOLSON WATER AUTHORITY
AGENDA
TUESDAY MARCH 9, 2021
CALL TO ORDER
APPROVAL OF LAST MEETINGS MINUTES
PUBLIC INPUT
REPORTS
• OPERATIONS
• FINANCIAL
• DIRECTORS
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
• OFFICE HOURS
ADJOURNMENT
NICHOLSON WATER AUTHORITY
BOARD MEETING
MARCH 9, 2021
Board Members Present: John Ring, Roger Brock, Paul Cartledge, Robert Akin, Allen Love
Staff present: Tosha Gaddis, Doug Kesler, Ginger Dempsey, Attorney Mark Pruett
Others: Ronald Long
Chairman Roger Brock called the meeting to order at 6pm.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes from the last meeting were read. There was a motion by Robert Akin to accept the minutes as written. There was a second by Allen Love. All members agreed. The motion carried.
PUBLIC INPUT
None
REPORTS
OPERATIONS
Tosha Gaddis has been stepping in for Doug Kesler for a little bit. Tosha Gaddis stated that the wells are looking good. And that she had sent the board an email about a quote on a locator from Core and Main. The price quoted is $775.00. Allen Love made a motion to go forward with the purchase of the locator for the price quoted from Core and Main. There was a second by Robert Akin. All members agreed. The motion carried. John Ring asked why the water loss report percentage was higher than normal. Roger Brock explained that when Ronald Long upgraded the valves at Waterworks there was a lot of water than ran through without being metered. There was an issue and discussion about some of the valves around Whispering Falls, Waterworks area. Ronald Long explained that there are not enough valves in that area to keep some neighborhoods with water if there was an issue. Allen Love asked Tosha Gaddis to get a valve price together for the next meeting.
FINANCIAL
John Ring asked why the revenue dropped by $8,000.00 between January and February. Ginger Dempsey stated that it was just sporadic. Roger Brock discussed the card charges that the NWA is eating each month on customer payment charges. Attorney, Mike Pruett said that we would need a notice in bold print stating that when using a card there will be a charge of whatever the board decides on. John Ring asked if it would need to go into our water agreement. Mike Pruett stated no, it would be our choice. The board asked if we could print it on the paper bill as well. There was a motion made by Allen Love to charge $1.00 per card charge. There was a second made by John Ring. All members agreed. The motion carried.
DIRECTOR Reports
None
OLD BUSINESS
Attorney, Mike Pruett said that we can discuss items that are not listed on the agenda. Roger Brock stated that he is ready to get rid of and take care of all old business that has brought up. We need to move forward on some of these issues and X it off the list. GW Wilson and Sanford Project, Mike Bledsoe send prices from Dale Construction on extending the line to Watkins Farm Rd. The price on pipe has increased but Dale Construction will stick with the original prices quoted to the NWA. The original price for the extension was $106,000 but has went down to around $89,000. Once this project is completed all asphalt driveways will be completed. Roger Brock said that once we get to Watkins Farm Rd he would get with Marty Seagraves about county money to extend the line to the Spud Palmer connection.
Roger Brock asked Ginger Dempsey to give an update on the Windstream issue. Tosha Gaddis explained that she found the locates where the ticket was cleared with no facilities. Ginger Dempsey explained that she emailed all information to the lady at Windstream. And we have not heard anything back.
Benton Move We have the agreement to sign and will be moving forward. Roger Brock opened the floor to anyone that would like to speak or discuss anything that they would like on the Benton Move. Paul Cartledge asked why the city wants us to move down there with them so fast. Roger Brock explained that if you owned a building that big, that you would want it to grow! And they are just excited to get the building full. Robert Akin stated that he would love to get this started and that he would love to be on the committee. Ginger Dempsey stated that she would like to be on the committee. Roger Brock asked John Ring to contact Dusty Durst to see if he would like to be the City Council Rep. Attorney, Mike Pruett stated that if construction goes over $100,000.00 that we will have to bid it out. Mike Pruett stated that the agreement states that it is affected upon signature to give up the deed to the current building and we will not be ready at the time of signature. Pruett suggested that we get a delay or rent-free lease
back from the city before we sign the agreement. There was some discussion on the timeline of the move for NWA. Robert Akin said that with building material being scarce and possibly general contractors hard to find, he is looking at the first of the year.
NEW BUSINESS:
Office Hours
John Ring, currently the business hours are in the bylaws that would need to be changed. Along with a few other things that has been discussed in the past that also need to be changed. Allen Love stated that if we are open from 8am-4pm, then we should be open for customers to come in from 8am-4pm instead of 8am-2pm. There was a motion made by Allen Love to stay open to the public from 8am-4pm. There was a second made by John Ring. There was some discussion about an employee having to leave early to pick up kids from school. Roger Brock stated that he did not mind if the employees took an hour lunch to pick up kids from school and if you use over 1 hour then you would take it from your time. John Ring said that he thought that having a work session to discuss some of these items would be best before making decisions on them. John Ring made a substitute motion to have a work session to discuss the office hours and numerous other issues. Robert Akin made a second. All members agreed. The motion carried. The work session is set for March 22nd, at 4pm at the NWA office. Roger Brock asked Ginger Dempsey to post the meeting agenda and minutes on the website. There was a motion by Paul Cartledge to adjourn at 7:03 pm. There was a second by Robert Akin. All members agreed. The motion carried.