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                                                                            PRESENT: Annamarie Borgione/Chairman

                                                                                                Peter J. Bennett, Trustee/Vice Chairman

                                                                                                Deborah Collinson, Trustee

                                                                                                Keith Hanson, Gen. Mgr. /Treasurer

                                                                                                Steve McIntosh, System Supervisor

                                                                                                Monica Lisenbee, Office Manager/Clerk

Ms. Borgione opened the board meeting at 12:05 p.m.

Mr. Hanson presented the Board of Trustees with the Canvass of Trustee Election – Resolution No. 2007-5. This is a resolution of Salt Lake County Service Area #3, canvassing the returns of the election held on November 6, 2007 for the position of one trustee to the Board of Trustee’s. The Board acting as the Board of Canvassers of the Election, finds, determines and declares the results of the election to be that Peter J. Bennett was elected trustee of the Salt Lake County Service Area #3 by a majority of the qualified voters of the Service Area who voted in the election. The term as trustee is four years beginning the first Monday of January, 2008. After a thorough presentation of this document, Mr. Bennett made a motion approving Salt Lake County Service Area #3 – Resolution No. 2007-5. Ms. Collinson seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Mr. Bennett will take oath of office the first Monday of January 2008.

Ms. Borgione made a motion to approve the minutes from the October 16^th, 2007 board meeting. Mr. Bennett seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.

Ken Bousfield, the Director of the Division of Drinking Water and their engineering section gave Mr. Hanson verbal approval to begin using water from the Peruvian Spring and the official operating permit will be sent to the Service Area. Mr. Bousfield requested that the Service Area begin treating the new spring as a new source effective January 1, 2008. The spring will become source #5 for the Service Area, which will be the Peruvian Spring. The Service Area will perform a series of water tests to do the baseline monitoring. This may cost up to $2,000 to reach compliance standards and getting on a cycle with the other sources.

The contractors for the new employee housing project are close to being done for the winter. Currently they are backfilling the wall and cleaning up the by-pass road and the surrounding area. This project will commence this spring.

On the Superior Residents Club project, the drillers continue to work behind the existing structure. They have made all of their penetrations going west and still have the last section with the additional 60 feet, which was increased in the footprint. During this project, they have consistently struggled with water in the holes, which is causing the drills to bind. Mr. Hanson met with Layton Construction’s superintendent to try and resolve this issue. They found that the water is coming down to the road and then going underground and surfacing in their drilling holes. Mr. Hanson spent several days monitoring the area. and ended up diverting the water at the source, which consists of two mine tunnels located near the south ridge of Mt. Superior. The water is now being diverted along the old mining road and being pushed to the west, which significantly dried up the drilling holes.

The clerk reported to the board that on November 8, 2007 and again on November 14, 2007, two representatives visited the Service Area office to conduct a compliance review as a participating employer with the Utah Retirement Systems, (URS), as directed in Utah State Retirement Law, Title 49,- 49-11-604. They conducted reviews of employer responsibilities, examination of Service Area Polices and Procedures manual and payroll records from 2001 to present. The auditor’s commented that the sections in our policies and procedures manual which address the Utah State Retirement Systems require revisions. Since this manual is a template provided by Utah Local Governments Trust, (ULGT), we recommended that a representative from URS contact ULGT. It may also be necessary to have legal counsel review our policies and procedures manual. Within 45 days of this audit, a draft compliance review will be sent to the Service Area, which will include findings, recommendations, and instructions for responding to the report.

Tige Cook, the risk management/loss prevention specialist with ULGT visited the Service Area on November 14, 2007 to review our corrections from his first review. Mr. Cook was impressed with our diligence to address his original issues and in a report, highlighted all of the items which the Service Area corrected. Also included in this report were additional items, which Mr. Cook suggested for improvement. The board was given a copy of the report, including photos of improvements made thus far in the Wasatch Drain Tunnel and pump station.

A customer residing in Sugarplum Village had an issue with a bolt inadvertently falling into the sewer line. Cottonwood Improvement District assisted in this matter and they were able to locate the bolt and remove it. Since the TV equipment was able, Mr. Hanson decided to have Cottonwood TV a section of the lines within the Sugarplum Village. While doing so they found bricks and other debris in the main sewer line. Manholes in this area were pulled and inspected. Mr. Hanson suspects that the majority of this debris is from the construction taking place at the Sugarplum 4, 5, 9. Mr. Hanson will discuss these findings with the general contractor for Sugarplum 4, 5, 9.

The Town of Alta has placed an advertisement in the legal section of the newspaper for requests for proposals for engineering services to determine treatment alternatives for the removal of antimony. On December 3, 2007, Mr. Hanson will meet with the interested engineering firms and give them the guideline for this project.

A job posting for a night systems operator will be posted within the resort today. The starting wage for this position was $10.50 per hour, and has now been increased to $12.00 per hour. Mr. Hanson increased the hourly rate for Kellie Hunsaker from $12.55 per hour to $14.00 per hour. R. J. Hannah is interested in this position and will meet with Ms. Hunsaker to do some preliminary training.

Mr. Hanson and the board reviewed copies of section 17B-2a-901, part 9 of the Service Area Act from the Utah Code. Under section 17B-1-307-Annual Compensation, the amount under this subsection may not exceed $5,000 per year. Currently the trustees receive an annual salary of $3,500. Mr. Hanson then addressed section 17B-1-312-Training for Board Members. Mr. Hanson recommended having a representative from the Utah Association of Special Districts come to our office to give our trustees the required training. It may be advisable for the trustees to attend the Utah Association of Special Districts annual conference in November of each year to receive the update on upcoming legislative sessions.

Mr. Hanson gave the board copies of the revised 2008 preliminary budget. He noted in the operating expenses the increase of trustee wages from $10,500 to $15,000 per year. Mr. Hanson also discussed in detail the proposed capital expenditures for 2008.

Mr. Hanson reviewed with the Board of Trustees the financial reports for the period ending October 31, 2007. Mr. Hanson presented a balance sheet previous year comparison and a profit and loss budget vs. actual report, as prepared by the clerk of Salt Lake County Service Area #3. No impact fees have been collected this year, and Mr. Hanson anticipates collecting fees in 2008. As stated at the October 16^th, 2007 board meeting, Mr. Hanson made a $30,000 transfer on October 11, 2007 from our general savings to our checking account. Mr. Hanson conducted a transfer of $10,000 on November 11, 2007 from our general savings to our checking account. This will be reflected on the November 2007 financial information.

Ms. Borgione moved that the bills listed on the October 17^th, 2007 through November 20^th, 2007 payment registers, as presented by Mr. Hanson hereby be authorized and ratified to be paid by the manager. Ms. Collinson seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. A copy of the approved bills is attached to the minutes.

Mr. Hanson recommended adding 5-10% to invoices for the Town of Alta paid by the Service Area starting January 2008.

The next work session meeting will be held on December 7, 2007, at the Forklift Restaurant at 11:30 a.m.

The board will receive the employee salary reviews from Mr. Hanson at the December 7, 2007 work session meeting.

There being no further business to be discussed, a motion to adjourn was made, seconded and unanimously carried at 1:16 p.m.

Salt Lake County Service Area #3-Snowbird

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Annamarie Borgione/Chairman of the Board ATTEST: Monica L. Lisenbee/Clerk

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