MINUTES
STATE OF
The Cane Creek Water &
Sewer District Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting at 9:00 a.m. in the
Commissioners’ Conference Room of the
Present were: Chairman
Also present was: County Engineer
Minutes
Draft minutes were presented
for the Board’s review and approval of the following meeting(s):
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April 21, 2004
Chairman Hawkins made the motion to
approve the minutes as presented. All
voted in favor and the motion carried.
Angela Beeker
reminded the Board that as part of the recently adopted Strategic Plan, the
Board stated as action item 2.2.1.2 to “Determine the legal basis for
programs”. Staff had prepared for the Board’s consideration a proposed
resolution and interlocal agreement to clarify the legal basis upon which the
Cane Creek Sewer District was owned, operated and regulated. Additionally the
agreement was an effort to formalize the relationship between the County and
the District, and to streamline the process by which business is conducted.
The
agreement provided for the County to regulate and operate the sewer system
owned by the Cane Creek Water and Sewer District. The agreement would give the
County explicit authority to approve all extension requests, adopt sewer master
plans, to acquire, construct, or add to the CCWSD sewer system, to adopt fees
and assessments that either the County or the District could impose, etc. From
a legal standpoint the agreement would clarify the lines of authority and
broaden the powers that are available to operate and maintain the system.
Additionally, meetings of the Cane Creek Water and Sewer District Board would
be rarely necessary.
Personnel
used to operate and manage the system would be general County employees for
whom salary and benefits would be reimbursed to the County from the CCWSD
enterprise fund on a direct, rather than indirect basis. All expenses
associated with the operation and management of the system would be born by the
CCWSD enterprise fund.
Ms.
Beeker stated that such agreement would not allow the Board of Commissioners to
issue debt in the name of the district. She also suggested that if the Board
wished to levy a tax for the district, they would need to do that as the
District Board. Any other actions would be able to be taken as the Board of
Commissioners acting on behalf of Cane Creek pursuant to this Interlocal
Agreement.
Chairman
Hawkins made the motion to approve the Interlocal Agreement as presented. All
voted in favor and the motion carried.
Adjourn
Chairman Hawkins made the motion for the
Board to adjourn as Cane Creek Water & Sewer District Board and reconvene
as Henderson County Board of Commissioners.
All voted in favor and the motion carried.
Attest:
Elizabeth W. Corn, Clerk to
the Board