LIA MEETING  JUNE 11TH 2009

 

     President Aders called the meeting to order on June 11^th at 7:13pm. Board members present were: Aders; president and presiding officer, Garbaciak, Martinez, Ostrowski, Rodriquez, Widmer and Willis.

     Aders acknowledged Mark Webster's resignation letter dated June 11^th giving two weeks notice as required. Mark's final day will be June 25^th. Discussion followed.

 

     Willis  motioned, 2^nd by Rodriquez to go into executive session to discuss personnel matters, at 7:10 pm., carried.  Ostrowski motioned to come out of executive session at 7:55pm, 2^nd by Willis, carried.

 

     Willis motioned, 2^nd by Widmer to designate 2 positions:

1.     A part time operation manager that could lead to full time starting with 30 hours @ $12.00 per hour.

     The position will be advertised in the Arrowhead and Paxton Record.

2.      A full time water/waste water treatment position.

Motion carried.

 

     Mark is to submit ASAP a job proposal to Aders for board consideration.

    Dave Hildenbrand will be considered for covering needs during the transition.

     Ostrowski motioned, 2^nd by Rodriquez to empower a committee to research and collect information from the Internet, Rural Water Inc. etc. (to include, but not limited to: salary, job description, health, dental, and/or life insurance, retirement benefits) to put together a competitive package for the LIA water/wastewater position. The committee will interview potential candidates, the three best qualified  will be  reviewed by the board. The committee members are to be: Aders, Willis, Widmer and Garbaciak. Motion carried.

 

    Garbaciak motioned, 2^nd by Martinez to rescind on the agreement made with Mark to do the ditch work on Arapaho, to have Meryl Roy do the work using  funds already designated for the project . Motion carried.

 

     Garbaciak motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:25pm, 2^nd by Rodriquez, carried.