BRAZOS MUTUAL
DOMESTIC WATER CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
September 16, 2012 Meeting Minutes
Meeting was brought to order at 8:05 a.m. at Paul
Walenciak’s cabin, Brazos
Directors Present: Mike Valdez
Rubel Martinez
Paul Walenciak
Irv Lindemuth
Deej Banister
Minutes of August 19, 2012 were read:
Irv Lindemuth made a motion to accept the minutes as amended. Rubel Martinez seconded the motion. The motion unanimously carried.
Treasurer’s Report:
Rubel
Martinez presented month-end financial report:
Bills are
current.
Bank
accounts:
Community Bank checking as of August 31, 2012: $ 21,833.74
($76,922.73 was transferred to JASBX Fidelity)
Fidelity
cash as of August31, 2012 $ 17,619.63
JASBX as of August 31, 2012: $103,544.56
(Interest
year-to-date is $762.00.)
Financial Audit:
The
financial audit contract for 2010 was accepted. Rubel is waiting for a reply from Frank Valdez of the State
audit section regarding clarification on our current audit and the schedule for
future financial audits.
Memberships/Transfers:
The
following memberships were accepted:
1.
Ron
Stafford, NU, Lot 14, Unit 1, Spruce Edition, BLE, purchased from Marx
2.
John
Holtry, Lot 4, Block 11, Unit 1, BLE, purchased from Selsing
3.
Matteas
Olausson, T27, Trailer Park, Unit 3, BLE, purchased from McKinely
4.
William
Silva, T9, Unit 1, BLE, purchased from Butler
Clay Kilmer is to correspond with John Holtry regarding his request to
clarify amount(s) due for water fees on his properties.
Non-User Fees:
The need to
increase Non-User revenue was discussed.
At this time, the non-user fees and user fees are not in alignment. Paul Walenciak made a motion that non-user
fees be set at 50% user fee effective at the June 1, 2013 billing cycle and to
100% user fee effective at the June 1, 2014 billing cycle. Irv Lindemuth seconded. The motion unanimously carried.
Water Rights Adjudication:
Information
regarding our water rights adjudication was tabled until the next meeting.
Construction/Maintenance
Issues:
Action items
from August 19, 2012 Board meeting:
1.
The
water leak detection of our infrastructure by Levi Sandoval was completed.
2.
A new
pump was installed for Well 1A.
3.
Two (2) water
meters were removed from Corkin’s property next to the restaurant—to be
used as needed.
4.
Mike
Valdez has made Randy Terrazas aware of the Boards concerns for the current
instability of the water tank located above Well #3 and asked for his input on how
to correct the problem. Mike will
contact Terrazas to see if any progress has been made on possible solutions.
Other:
Rex Sewell has tendered his resignation from the Board as of August 29, 2012. Rex served over seven (7) years as a Director.
The next meeting will be held on Sunday, October
21, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. at the Valdez cabin.
The meeting adjourned at 10:22 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Deej Banister
Secretary