SALT LAKE COUNTY
SERVICE AREA #3 – SNOWBIRD
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING MINUTES
August 21st,
2023
9567 E.
By-Pass Road
Snowbird,
Utah 84092
ATTENDES:
Tom
Prosek, Vice Chairman
Chris
Bremer, Trustee
Kasey Carpenter, General Manager
Bryauna Alderin, Office Manager/Clerk
John Brindle, System Operator
The Salt
Lake County Service Area #3 Board of Trustees meeting was called to order by Vice
Chairman Prosek at 12:02 pm.
Meeting Minutes approval
– With grammar
corrections Vice Chairman Prosek asked for a motion to approve
the minutes from the July 17th, 2023, Board meeting. Trustee Bremer
motioned to approve, Vice Chairman Prosek seconded the motion and the motion
carried unanimously. A copy of the minutes is attached for review.
SYSTEMS OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT-
Town of Alta
Grizzley 4” water line project - Mr. Carpenter discussed that the 4” HDPE
water line has been connected, which replaces the old PVC pipe. The 4” line now
runs from the Bay City treatment plant to the Grizzley vault. Mr. Carpenter received
a call from the Town of Alta about no water at a residence up at Grizzley, Mr.
Carpenter responded, and it was found that the 4 houses below the vault did not
get connected into the vault and were missed when the connection was made. Mr.
Carpenter made a temporary water connection for those houses for the weekend
and the 4 houses were permanently connected later that week. Mr. Carpenter reviewed
project photos with the board which are attached to the meeting minutes for
review.
Town of Alta
West Peruvian Estates Project- Mr. Carpenter stated this project start
has been delayed a bit with other projects Newman was work on. Mr. Carpenter
stated that Newman is set to start this week on the project with locating
existing utilities.
Albion Basin Fire hydrant maintenance - Mr. Carpenter
stated the fire hydrant up by the Albion Basin cat shop needs some repairs due
to the use over the summer of filling the water truck and other various
projects, it seems it was being overtightened so the valve stopped closing
completely. Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Brindle have started the repairs and are currently
waiting for more parts.
Town of Alta Power issues – Mr. Carpenter
stated there have been power issues with some level sensors due to all the
afternoon lightning storms. Mr. Carpenter stated they replaced the ultrasonic
level sensor in the Alta reservoir with a new radar sensor. Mr. Carpenter said
the radar sensor should communicate better even with increased summer lightning
storms.
Town Of Alta Bay City Filter media- Mr. Carpenter
stated he had a discussion with Mrs. Clancy the Alta Town Clerk about beginning
the process of purchasing new filter media for one of the filters in Bay City
treatment plant. Mr. Carpenter discussed he has started the process of pricing
and lead times for this material.
Town of Alta Badger water meter project – Mr. Carpenter
stated that the remote water meter project is slowly moving forward and he has
been in discussions with Mrs. Clancy and Mr. Cawley town administrators about
ordering more for the Grizzly area residents. Mr. Carpenter stated that if time
this fall allows, we will try to get more of these installed.
Peruvian
source pipe replacement – Mr. Carpenter stated Newman
construction has finished up the Peruvian source line replacement into the pump
house. The hole has been filled in and it will be paved later this week or
early next week.
Wasatch
Drain Tunnel upgrades 2023- Mr. Carpenter discussed that there are a
couple different projects going on in the Wasatch Drain Tunnel. The new PLC
panel for the pumps has been finished and is scheduled for installation the
week of August 28th by SKM & Electro power. Mr. Carpenter stated
the 10 pallets of new filter media has arrived and a Pureflow representative is
tentatively scheduled to come out the second week of September to assist in the
loading of the new media. Mr. Carpenter discussed the treatment plant valves
and piping that has been dismantled for cleaning and re coating. Mr. Carpenter
stated that most of what is being re coated has been taken down and will be
delivered to Utility fabrication and coating for re coating in the next week,
coating the pipes is estimated to take 2 weeks.
GIS Mapping system- Mr. Carpenter
stated the Service Area and Snowbird partnered on GIS mapping through the SE
group a 2 years ago. SE Group didn’t get things quite right so Mr. Carpenter met
with Mr. Hanson and Mr. Homden from Snowbird to get things more correctly lined
up with where the utilities are located on the mountain. Mr. Carpenter stated
they will meet again in the near future to finish up.
Banking changes update- Mr. Carpenter
stated that there is an active business checking account with Key Bank. Ms.
Alderin will pick up and deposit the Snowbird check today into Key Bank. Mr.
Carpenter stated that we still have an open account with U.S. Bank until we are
fully set up and trained with Key Bank and Key Bank features.
2023
Election Write in candidate/Election Cancellation – Ms. Alderin stated
that a write in candidate may still enter the election until September 18th
2023 at 4:30 pm. Ms. Alderin stated
there has been no additional inquiries other the Mr. Richards our current
Chairman.
Cottonwood
Improvement District – Mr. Carpenter met with the new Operations Manager
Johnathan of Cottonwood Improvement District. Mr. Carpenter stated they met to
discuss TV’ing of the sewer lines, there was attempt to start this before
Snowbirds Oktoberfest but a Snowbird paving project interfered with that. The
upper Canyon was done and we will try to schedule earlier next year.
Treasurer’s Report – Mr. Carpenter reviewed with the Board of
Trustees the Balance Sheet Previous Year Comparison report through July 31st,
2023, and the Profit and Loss Budget vs. Actual January 1st, 2023, through
July 31st, 2023. These reports are emailed to members of the Board
prior to the Board meeting for their review. Salt Lake County Service Area #3
prepared the financial reports.
Approval of Bills paid – Approval of the bills listed on the check
detail dated, June 17th
through July 13th, 2023, as presented by Mr. Carpenter, and hereby authorized and ratified
to be paid by the office manager. Vice Chairman Prosek asked for a motion to
approve. Trustee Bremer motioned to approve. Vice Chairman Prosek seconded the
motion and it passed unanimously. Copies of the approved check detail are
attached to the minutes.
Adjournment - With there being no further business, Vice Chairman
Prosek adjourned the meeting at 1:01 pm.
Salt Lake County Service Area #3-Snowbird
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Tom Prosek/
Vice Chairman
ATTEST: ________________________________________
Bryauna
Alderin/Clerk
DATE: ____________________________________________