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Minutes June 21, 2010
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CORNERSTONES MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
Minutes of Meeting of Board of Directors
June 21, 2010
The Board of Directors of Cornerstones Municipal Utility District (the “District”) met at 805 Hidden Canyon, Katy, Harris County, Texas at 7:00 p.m. on June 21, 2010, in accordance with the duly posted notice of said meeting, with a quorum of Directors present as follows:
Tony Garza, President
John Irwin, Secretary
E.C. Norris, Assistant Secretary
Morgan Stagg, Board Member
and being absent:
Gary Hughes, Vice President
Also present were Kathie Naumow, Recording Secretary; Terry Holland of Myrtle Cruz, Inc.; Dusty Lane of SouthWest Water Company; Eric Comeau of Bob Leared Interests; Marvin Zahradnik of Landev Engineers, Inc., Mark Brooks of Young and Brooks, Noah Worley of DHK, Steve Talecki a resident of North Lake and Anna Agnew not a resident in the District.
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. and declared open for such business as might come before it.
1. APPROVE MINUTES OF PRIOR MEETINGS;
Morgan Stagg was introduced as a new Board Member. After discussion, upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Meeting Minutes of the May 17, 2010 meeting were approved.
2. QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC;
Steve Talecki addressed the Board. He would like the M.U.D. District to take over the trash contract for North Lake subdivision. The Board discussed options for North Lake to resolve their contract issues regarding their current waste contractor.
Anna Agnew presented questions to Tony Garza regarding the Cinco Regional Operating Committee.
3. ELECT OFFICERS:
The election of officers was tabled until next month.
4. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPOINT INVESTMENT OFFICER;
The Board discussed who would replace Darryl Box as the Investment Officer. Mark Brooks informed the Board one option would be to appoint the President of Myrtle Cruz, Inc. as the acting Investment Officer for the District.
After discussion and upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the attached Resolution amending the investment policies and appointing Mary Jarmon, President of Myrtle Cruz, as the District's Investment Officer.
5. DETERMINE WHETHER TO MAKE 2011 OPTIONAL CAPITAL ADVANCE TO NFBWA;
Jan Bartholomew sent a memo to the Board regarding the North Fort Bend Water Authority Capital Contribution. After review and discussion the Board made a motion to not participate in the cash advance and to continue with the pumpage fee.
6. CONSIDER CONSULTANTS' REPORTS , AS NEEDED;
a. TAX ASSESSOR/COLLECTOR'S REPORT,
Eric Comeau of Bob Leared Interests, the District's Tax Assessor/Collector, presented the Tax Assessor/Collector report to the Board. Taxes Receivable 8/31/2009: $22,770.54, Reserve for Uncollectables $2,643.22; Adjustments $752.70. Original 2009 Tax Levy: $1,004,716.11, Adjustments $142,721.45. Total Taxes Receivable: $1,166,812.18. Prior Years Taxes Collected $5,173.58; 2009 Taxes Collected $1,128,587.44. Taxes Receivable at 5/31/2010: $33,051.16. 2009 Receivables: Debt Service $9,679.79; Maintenance $9,170.33. Month of 5/2010: Beginning Cash Balance $57,847.73; Total Receipts $6,632.69, Total Disbursements $31,275.68, Cash Balance at 5/31/2010 $33,204.74. Total Disbursements for the month of June, 2010: $7,869.04, Remaining Cash Balance $25,335.70. The District is 99.985% for 2004, 99.842% for 2005, 99.764% for 2006, 99.707% for 2007, 99.550% for 2008 and 98.357% for 2009.
After discussion and upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board approved the Tax Assessor/Collector's Report and payments of the tax bills.
b. FINANCIAL ADVISOR,
N/A
c. OPERATOR'S REPORT,
Dusty Lane of SouthWest Water Company, the District's Operator, reported on the Districts operations and facilities, and presented the May 2010 Operations Report. Total Connections were 1505. Meter Installations and Inspections for APR 14 - MAY 13: New Taps Installed - 0; Sewer Inspections Completed - 0; Builder Inspections completed - 0; Customer Service Inspections completed - 0; Net Rental Meter Change - 0. The required 7 samples were taken during May 2010. TCEQ Chemical Analysis: Metals 12/4/06; Radio-Chemicals 08/11/05; Volatile Organic Chemicals 8/11/05; Minerals 5/18/06; Trihalomethane Gasses (THMs) 8/30/2007 and Halocacetic Acids (HAAs) 8/30/2007. Water Production: Pumped 29,946,000 at Water Plant #1, Total Supplied - 29,946,000, Daily Average - 966,000. Subsidence Information: Estimated Number of Months Available - 9.39, Permit Months Remaining - 4, Percent of Permitted Production - 36.38. Water Accountability is at 93.9 for 4/09/10-05/05/10 and 95.0 for the Four Month Average. Total Operations Charges $14,965.82. Actual work related costs - $6,880.00 for repairs. Total Current Billing $68,486.83. Total Aged Receivables $9,831.80. Total Accounts Receivables $78,318.63. Total Deposits for May 2010 $66,272.15. Disconnects/Reconnects Income: $200.00. Dusty reported on repairs made and presented the Board with a copy of the Cornerstones M.U.D. Delinquent List and the Discharge Monitoring Reports. Everyone has been duly notified of situation and it is being addressed. Informed the Board the Fire Hydrants will be inspected in about a month.
Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board approved the Operator's report.
d. ENGINEER'S REPORT,
Marvin Zahradnik of Landev Engineers, Inc., the District's Engineer, presented the engineers report. No new requests for water or sewer capacity received and nothing from developers. He is continuing to work on the automatic transfer switch options. He is working on getting proposals and is in touch with the NFBWA on the route of surface water. They have preliminary routing for their lines. We are one of the last districts to come online in 2025.
Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board approved the Engineers report.
e. BOOKKEEPER'S REPORT,
Terry Holland of Myrtle Cruz, Inc., the District's Bookkeeper, presented the monthly report. Debt Service Funds available June 21, 2010 - $608,944.85. Total Debt Service Requirements for 2010: $512,420.00. General Operating: Previous Cash Balance May 17, 2010 - $13,096.58, Total Deposits $336,272.15. Beginning Cash Balance June 21, 2010 - $107,508.70. General Operating Funds available June 21, 2010 - $2,917,831.46. Terry included copies of the Debt Service Calculations for Yield Restriction Report, Cornerstones Energy Report, the Cinco Regional WWTP Improvements Report, Cornerstones MUD Budget for Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2010, the Investment Report, the Deposit/Collateral Report by District and the Tex Pool Performance sheet. New signature cards were presented for signature and completed. He spoke with Junction Landscape and they have a new person handling the tax issue. He is very pleased and the issue is being resolved. He released the check we were holding to Junction Landscape.
After discussion, upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board approved the Bookkeepers report and payment of said bills and ordered checks issued on the appropriate District accounts in payment thereof.
7. CONDUCT HEARING ON TERMINATION OF WATER AND SEWER SERVICE;
The Board conducted a hearing on the termination of utility service. The Operator presented a list of delinquent utility accounts that were delinquent by more than 60 days and reported that the customers have been given written notice 10 days prior to this meeting and the opportunity to appear before the Board of Directors to explain, contest or correct the utility service bill and to show reason why the utility service should not be terminated for nonpayment. None of the customers on the list were present or have presented any statement on the matter.
After discussion, upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board authorized the Operator to terminate utility service to the unpaid accounts in accordance with standard procedures.
8. CINCO REGIONAL OPERATING COMMITTEE REPORT;
Tony Garza attended the advisory meeting. No decisions have been made. There was one issue in 2009 where there was a spike in sewer capacity from 200-300. The sewer capacity has been consistent since then. They ordered flow meters to measure sewer going into the pipe. Our District used high capacity. They are doing more research on the car wash usage and other connections that should have been capped. They are also working on the MCC and other possible needs for the plant.
9. DISCUSS AND AUTHORIZE ANY NECESSARY ACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH SUBDIVISION TRASH SERVICE;
Discussed under item #2
10. AUTHORIZE ANY NECESSARY ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO GREENBELT TRACTS; AND
N/A
11. PENDING BUSINESS;
Chesterfield has a contract on the wall repair by the Chesterfield pool. The 60 ft. right of way repair cost will be shared with the District.
After concluding and there being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 8:19 p.m.
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Secretary
Attachments: Bookkeeper's Report
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