Lake Herman Sanitary District

Approved Minutes: Lake Herman Sanitary District Regular Meeting
Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
Madison Public Library meeting room, Madison, SD

Call to order 6:30 p.m. Members present: Lawrence Dirks, Cory Heidelberger. Third seat remains vacant. Also present: District residents Faye Dimick, Donna Lueth, Kathy England, State Rep. Gerald Lange, Roger Kraft, and Donald Erickson

All motions approved unanimously unless otherwise indicated.

1. Approval of Agenda: Approved

2. Approval of Minutes from August 19, 2009, meeting. Approved.

3. Treasurer's Report: Checking: $9,027.97. CD: $10,390.69. Expenses since last meeting: Jerome Lammers, legal: two checks, $45.00 & $74.00. SD Public Insurance Alliance, annual premium: $790.55. Madison Daily Leader, publication of minutes, $44.57. Dirks, meeting fee: $50.00. Heidelberger, meeting fee: $50.00.

4. Legal: Heidelberger summarized the contents of letters August 20 and September 3 from counsel Jerome Lammers explaining the limited scope of sanitary district powers. Lammers provided these letters in response to questions at the August 19 meeting about whether the sanitary district could spend money on water quality projects. Statutorily, the district cannot. Heidelberger explained that the state legislature has granted sanitary districts authority to assume the powers of road districts upon a public vote and could pass similar legislation to allow sanitary districts to assume the powers of water quality project districts. Rep. Lange stated that he has broached the idea with his fellow District 8 legislators.

5. FY2010 Budget: Heidelberger reintroduced a budget that reduces expenses and eliminates the tax levy, with operating expenses coming solely from reserves and inspection fees. Residents present indicated a desire to maintain the current tax levy. The board and residents discussed several possible courses of action for spending district dollars, including saving up to pay for future grant efforts and to meet possible state/federal mandates, inspecting existing systems to determine specific problem areas, supporting localized projects to replace problem systems. Heidelberger proposed amending the budget to levy $1600 to cover projected expenses; Dirks voted no. The board agreed to maintain a tax levy of $2,000 and approved the following budget for FY2010:
   

   Taxes	$2,000.00
   Inspection Fees	$150.00
   Reserves	$0.00
   Total Revenue:	$2,150.00
   Expenses
   Liability Insurance	$800.00
   Legal Fees	$400.00
   Publication Costs	$250.00
   Meeting Expenses	$300.00
   Total Expenses	$1,750.00
   Expected Surplus	$400.00

6. Next meeting: With no business anticipated, the board took no action.
   

7. Adjourn: The board adjourned at 7:32 p.m.

Submitted 9/16/2009
Cory Allen Heidelberger
Lake Herman Sanitary District Board