HomeMy WebLinkAboutWater Board - Minutes - 12/12/1967cember 12, 1967
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE WATER BOARD Held December 12, 1967, at 4:00
P.M. in the City Managers office.
Present: President Ward Fischer, Vice President Frank Ghent, Secretary
John Bartel and Board Members Harvey Johnson, Owen Moore, Norman Evans, Dugan
Wilkinson and Fred Feit.
Also present were City Manager Tom Coffey, Administrative Assistant John
Baudek, Director of Public Works Charles Liquin and Superintendent of Water
Eddie Hilgenberg.
The meeting was opened by the President asking the City Manager to comwnt
on the feelings of the neighboring Water Districts. He stated that a number
of members of the Districts came in and were informed that the City was inter-
ested in combining. The following letter was presented and read at length:
November 16, 1967
Mr.
Berry Duff
Fort
Collins -Loveland Water District
500
East Oak Street
• Fort
Collins, Colorado
Dear
Berry:
I am writing you regarding the recent contact that I had with you and your
Board. I am wondering what progress has been made. I am certainly hopeful that
the recent article in the paper has not caused us too many problems. I want to
assure you that this reporter contacted me, and asked if you and I had met. I
said 11yes'l. He asked what we had tailed about and I said very preliminary dis-
cussions of a possible merger. Everything else in that article came from the
imagination of the Editor and Reporter and was designed soley for selling news-
papers, with no regard for the truth. I want to specifically comment on their
11commentir that the District was in financial trouble. This did not come from
me or anyone connected with the City. In fact, we know better.
The City is interested in working out an agreement with you, if one can
be worked out which is mutually advantageous.
If you waul.d be willing to furnish us with some information, I think my
staff and I could: analyze it and give you a good idea of whether or not a
mutually advantageous agreement could be reached. In order to do this, we
would need the followhg information:
1. Operating Statement: with enough detail in it on income and expenses so
that we cc uld analyze this.
• 2. A digest of your Bond and Interest obligations, showing us the total of
your bonded indebtedness, with an annual repayment schedule of both princi-
ple and interest, and what other records you might have that would relate
to your present growth, so that we might be able to judge your growth potential.
• 0 a December 12, 1967
3• A drawing of your system showing us boundaries of the District, with
pipe locations in sufficient detail that we can see your pipe sizes
is
and types of material.
Again, let me reiterate that the City is definitely interested and will-
ing to expend the time and energy to make an analysis and a judgement with the
possibilities of an agreement, if you are willint to furnish us with the
above information.
In closing, let me again apologize for the unfounded article which
appeared in tke local paper and assure you that if the City were publishing
this paper, that this article aryl a lot of similar articles wo uld never
appear.
Respectfully yours,
Tom Coffey
City Manager
The City Manager was requested to keep the Water Board posted on the
District activities.
The Water Resourses Committee of the Chamber of Commerce asked for
guidance in their studies and further asked if the Board felt they should look
• into the need for water meters for all water users.
The President stated he feels the Board should go on record requesting
the City to institiie a program on Water Meters. It was suggested all new
developments install meters at this time, others remain as is. He also
suggested that the City maintain a record on flat rates users to determine
actual amount of water used. It was again mentioned that one of the foremost
functions of the Board is to see that water is not wasted, however, the City
must collect enough from the user to maintain the filtering plants, etc., and
not to make an excess amount of money. However, the Water Department must
prepare for progressive changes such as computers, electronic readings, etc.
A recommendation was presented that in all new homes and when necessary to
repair water services, a meter be installed.
The matter of payments for water rights was discussed after which
• motion was made by Owen Moore,seconded by Norman Evans, that the price
of Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Big T) water be increased
to $125.00 per acre foot. The President put the motion which was unanimously
adopted.
. Ocember 12, 1967
It was recommended that the City Manager contact neighboring cities on
• water cost and report to the Board.
The Windy Gap Project was discussed. Ward Fischer said he would get in
touch with all interested cities relative to preparation of a rough draft and
an agreement, also arranging for a preliminary meeting. Norman Evans and
Harvey Johnson were appointed members.
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The being nothing more to be discussed at this time, the Board adjourned.
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