STATE
OF NORTH CAROLINA ) STOKES
COUNTY
) WATER/SEWER AUTHORITY
) DANBURY, NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY
OF STOKES ) JUNE
12, 2008
The
Stokes County Water and Sewer Authority met in regular session in the Commissioner’s
Chambers of the Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial Building (Administration
Building) on Thursday, June 12, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. with the following members
present:
John Hawkins, Chairman
Worth Hampton, Vice Chairman
Arzell
Montgomery, Member
Wayne Smart, Member
W. Scott Snow, Member
County Personnel
Mark Delehant, Public Works Director
Bryan Steen, County Manager
Brenda Carter, Secretary to the
Board
Chairman Hawkins called the meeting
to order:
Chairman Hawkins asked for
corrections or approval of the April 10, 2008 minutes. Mr. Hampton made a motion to approve the
minutes, seconded by Mr. Montgomery and the motion was unanimously approved.
GOLDER
AND ASSOCATES UPDATE
Chairman Hawkins informed the Board
of his meeting with Mr. Chuck Pippen with Golder and
Associates and walking over the properties with him for possible testing sites
along Highway #65. He noted of the sites
tested the property of Ms. Tesh and his own property
seemed to have a large reservoir of water beneath. He noted that Mr. Pippen would be taking the
information for analyzing and would be in touch with the Board by the end of
the month.
Mr. Montgomery noted that he had
obtained permission from Don Lewis to allow testing on his property and would
appreciate Golder and Associates checking this
property for possible testing. The Board noted that it might be too late for Golder to check this property as Mr. Lewis did not get this
in by the deadline and it was a great distance for the representatives to
travel to do this a second time.
FINANCIAL
STATEMENT
PROFIT/LOSS
Mr. Delehant presented each member a
copy of a Financial Statement for the Germanton Water System and noted that
there was a profit of $29.32 daily for a total of $1,964.44. There was discussion concerning the statement
and the loss of water either by a leak or someone taking the water as had been
experienced in the past for the filling of swimming pools. Mr. Delehant noted
that he had purchased a meter if anyone wanted to purchase water for filling
pools, etc. Mr. Smart noted that the
tanker truck that had been filled in the past had been seen on the Forsyth
County side of the lines. Mr. Delehant
noted that he had seen the tanker truck and it had a permit number on it from
both Forsyth and Rockingham County.
Mr. Delehant noted that after
reading over an invoice from R&A Laboratories he had seen where there was a
charge of $30.00 for taking a water sample and he had taken it upon himself to
take this water sample and dropping it off at one of the sites where he knew
there would be testing for Stokes County and it would be picked up, saving the
County this $30.00 charge.
Chairman Hawkins informed the Board
that the Walnut Cove Development was still in progress and the sewer lines were
still being installed and they were planning to tap into the Walnut Cove side
of the lines.
Mr. Hampton noted that the Economic
Development Board had met with the Stokes County Board of Commissioners to
discuss the hiring of a new Economic Development Director. County Manager Bryan Steen noted that this
had been posted and the closing date for this position would not be until the
end of July to allow it to be published in the County Lines, a publication that
covers a wide variety of readers.
Mr. Hampton also noted that tourism
had also been discussed with the SC Board of Commissioners and there would be a
separate Tourism Board that would fall under the Economic Development Board.
The Board then discussed a date for
the next meeting to allow representatives from Golder
Associates to meet with the SCWSA Board.
Mr. Delehant noted that he would like to meet with the representatives
from Golder Associates before they meet with the SC
Board of Commissioners. A meeting of
July 24 was tentatively set to meet with Golder
Associates to allow Golder Associates to meet with
the SC Board of Commissioners at their August 11th meeting. Mr. Delehant will meet with Darlene Bullins
to discuss the scheduling of this meeting.
TOWN OF WALNUT COVE WATER USEAGE
Chairman Hawkins asked if the Town
of Walnut Cove was buying water from the SCWS Authority and Mr. Delehant noted
that they were and Parkdale was also buying water.
Chairman Hawkins asked if there was
further business to discuss and as there was not, Vice Chairman Hampton made a
motion to adjourn, seconded by Mr. Smart and the motion was unanimously
approved.
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John
Hawkins, Chairman
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Brenda Carter,
Secretary to the SCWSA Board