STOKES COUNTY
WATER/SEWER AUTHORITY
MEETING
MAY 10, 2007
The Stokes
County Water and Sewer Authority met in a regular meeting on May 10, 2007, with
the following members present:
Wayne Smart,
Chairman
John
Hawkins, Vice Chairman
Ron
Clifford, Member
Worth
Hampton, Member
Arzell
Montgomery, Member
Bryan
Steen, County Manager
Ron Morgan,
Ex Officio Member
Julia
Edwards, Finance Director
Brenda
Carter, Secretary
Mr. Smart
asked for approval of the minutes of January 11, 2007. Mr. Montgomery made a motion to approve the
minutes, seconded by Mr. Clifford and the motion was approved.
Mr. Chuck
Pippen and Mr. Brent Waters with Golder Associates gave an update on the Water
Supply Needs Assessment Study and the Ground Water Feasibility Study and the
results from these studies by a slide presentation. Mr. Waters noted that he was sorry to hear about Mr. Jay Kinney’s
illness and that he wished he could be at this meeting to hear this
presentation. After the presentation,
Mr. Waters asked the Board if there were any questions.
The Board then had discussion
concerning the recommendations of Mr. Waters and the need to develop adequate
groundwater resources to enable the Authority to lessen the need of dependence
on Forsyth County and to depend on this water supply in emergency situations
only. There was further discussion concerning the Fed Ex Hub coming to the area
and how this would affect Stokes County.
The Board then had discussion
concerning obtaining the water rights on the Dan River and Mr. Waters noted
that at this point there was nothing to show that there was a need for water in
this area. After further discussion,
the County Manager, Bryan Steen noted that he had a budget to return to and Mr.
Waters and Mr. Pippen stated they would return for further information for the
Board, and the two gentlemen exited the meeting.
Mr. Waters noted before he left
that he would get a hard copy of the report to the Board.
Mr. Smart
recognized Ms. Edwards who gave a report on the SCWS Authority budget for
fiscal year 2007-2008 and asked for approval of a budget ordinance amendment
No. 1 to move monies from one line item to another within the budget and to
budget funds for the study. Mr. Hampton
made a motion to approve the amendment, seconded by Mr. Montgomery and the
motion was unanimously approved. After
discussion concerning the 2007-2008 budget, Mr. Montgomery made a motion to
approve the budget for the 2007-2008 fiscal year, seconded by Mr. Hampton and
the motion was unanimously approved.
Mr.
Montgomery asked Ms. Edwards if she had informed the Town of Walnut Cove of the
increase in their water rates as are the rates of the Hwy #65 users, as
discussed in the last meeting and Ms. Edwards noted that she would check on
this.
ITEMS OF GENERAL CONCERN
Mr. Smart
informed the Board that fire hydrants along Hwy 65 and Hwy. 311 had been
damaged or were not working and it seemed this damage was made by maintenance
workers mowing along the highways.
After discussion John Hawkins stated that he would contact the
Department of Transportation concerning this matter and Mr. Smart noted that he
would get pictures of the hydrants. Mr.
Smart also noted that spraying around the hydrants would help maintenance
workers avoid hitting the hydrants. The Board agreed with Mr. Smart to have this
spraying done.
To replace the hydrants would be at
a cost of THIRTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS ($1,300.00) each. It was noted that MLP Construction, the Town of Walnut Cove and
the City of King had been contacted about getting a price for repairing or
replacing these fire hydrants.
RETREAT AT HANGING ROCK
Mr.
Clifford noted that Jay Kinney had asked him to meet with Kevin Davie an
Engineer with Allied Design, Inc. concerning the Retreat at Hanging Rock
property. Mr. Clifford noted the First
Phase was completed and the sewer lines were in. Mr. Clifford noted that there were very large lines and he
thought there would be maintenance problems in the future with these lines. Mr.
Clifford stated that Phase Two would start soon. Mr. Clifford also noted that he was informed that the Town of
Danbury would set standards and then would double the standards making it hard
for the developer. He noted that Phase
Two might never happen because of this.
As there
was no further business, Mr. Hawkins made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Mr.
Clifford and the motion was approved unanimously.