SALT LAKE COUNTY

SERVICE AREA #3 – SNOWBIRD

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING MINUTES

January 17th, 2023

9567 E. By-Pass Road

Snowbird, Utah 84092

 

ATTENDES:

                                    Dave Richards, Chairman

                                    Tom Prosek, Vice Chairman

                                    Chris Bremer, Trustee

                                    Keith Hanson, Gen. Mgr./Treasurer

                                    Kasey Carpenter, Ass. General Manager    

Bryauna Alderin, Office Manager/Clerk

John Brindle, System Operator

 

 

 

 

The Salt Lake County Service Area #3 Board of Trustees meeting was called to order by Chairman Richards at 12:00 pm.

 

MEETING MINUTES APPROVAL – With a couple grammar corrections made to the minutes, Chairman Richards asked for a motion to approve the minutes as corrected from the December 12th, 2022, Board meeting. Trustee Bremer motioned to approve, Vice Chairman Prosek seconded the motion and the motion carried unanimously. A copy of the minutes is attached for review.

 

Open and Public meeting laws - As an annual requirement governed by the Utah State Legislature, a current public officer (Trustees), are required to annually review the “Open and Public Meeting Act” (Utah Code Title: -52-Chapter 4). Ms. Alderin presented Salt Lake County Service Area #3’s 2023 annual review of the laws regarding open and public meetings. This was a video provided by the Office of the State Auditor. A link to the Open and Public meetings review is attached to the meeting minutes. Office of the State Auditor - Training Portal (utah.gov)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resolution 2023-1- Alta contract renewal - Mr. Hanson stated that every two years this contract is reviewed for renewal. Last week Mr. Hanson met with the Alta Town Council about Resolution 2023-1. Mr. Hanson stated that the 2023 Alta contract monthly service fee has increased from $2300.00 (two thousand three hundred dollars) to $3000.00 (three thousand dollars). The labor rate for any hours over 40 (forty) for the month has increased from $55.00 (fifty-five dollars) to $60.00 (sixty dollars) per hour. The Town of Alta approved their resolution at the January Alta Town council meeting. The Alta resolution is in line with the SA3 Resolution 2023-1. Chairman Richards motioned to approve Resolution 2023-1. Vice Chairman Prosek seconded the motion, and it was passed unanimously. A copy of the resolution is attached to the minutes.

 

 

SYSTEMS OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT-

 

CREEKSIDE PRESSURE ISSUE – Mr. Carpenter discussed a pressure issue that came up Thursday 12/22/22 regarding fluctuating high water pressures at Creekside. Mr. Carpenter stated there are two PRV vaults that feed Creekside, one PRV vault is by the Iron Blosam parking lot stairs and the other on the Creek Road.  Mr. Carpenter was able to find the isolation valves and shut off Creek Road water line overnight. Ms. Alderin contacted Mr. Johnson from the Snowbird Cat crew for help exposing the PRV vault on the creek road the next morning, Mr. Johnson was easily able to find the manhole/vault Friday morning thanks to the GIS mapping updates. Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Brindle and Ms. Alderin all worked to find and correct the pressure issue. No obvious issues were found in either vault. Mr. Carpenter cleaned the screens on the Iron Blosam PRV and that seemingly corrected the pressure issue. Mr. Carpenter stated that he contacted SKM Inc. regarding the SCADA program and had them come and install a pressure transducer at Creekside so we can keep a closer eye on pressures.

 

VALET BUILDING GAS ALARM- Mr. Carpenter stated that while SKM, Inc. was here for Creekside they also investigated some nuisance alarms from the gas room at the valet building.  SKM, Inc found an incorrectly wired relay, this corrected the problem of the nuisance alarms.

 

WASATCH DRAIN TUNNEL ALARMS - Mr. Carpenter stated that Mr. Taylor from SKM has been working on the Wasatch treatment plant alarms. We have been experiencing intermittent plant alarms relating to a backwash valve that fails to open. Mr. Taylor could not find anything specific wrong with the system but lengthened the delay on opening the backwash valve and it has seemed to fix the issue.

 

 

MID GAD SCADA READS – Mr. Carpenter stated that Mr. Taylor from SKM, Inc. added the Mid Gad water system to the SCADA system. This was required per the  Division of Drinking water operating permit for the Mid Gad spring rehabilitation, this will allow the Service area to monitor daily spring flow data. A tank level sensor was also tied into the SCADA system.

 

HIDDEN PEAK TREATMENT PLANT- Mr. Carpenter stated that he spent 5+ hours at the Hidden Peak treatment plant troubleshooting a chemical feed issue. Mr. Carpenter found that the chlorine residual level was high. This was from tubing that had developed a pin hole leak that feeds the sodium bisulfite from the pump to the treatment plant. Mr. Carpenter replaced the tubing, and the treatment plant is properly running.

 

2022-23 SNOWMAKING - Mr. Carpenter stated that both Snowbird Resort and Alta ski lifts are officially done with Snowmaking for the 22-23 season. Alta ski lifts used approximately 6.5 million gallons of water from the Bay City mine. Snowbird Resort used approximately 72 million gallons of water from the Wasatch Drain tunnel.

 

LOTS OF SNOW AND SHOVELING – Mr. Carpenter thanked the team for all the demanding work and early mornings over the last couple of weeks. 

 

PERUVIAN RESERVOIR LOW ALARM – Mr. Carpenter discussed a low-level alarm he received on Friday 01/13/23 at 3:30am from the Peruvian reservoir. Mr. Carpenter found that the level transducer for the reservoir had failed and was showing that the reservoir was full when it was not actually full. This caused the Peruvian to superior valve to remain open as the reservoir drained below the normal closed set point. Mr. Carpenter remotely shut the Peruvian to Superior valve and stated we had a spare level transducer on the shelf. Mr. Carpenter was able to dig out the Peruvian reservoir access and installed the new level transducer correcting the issue.

 

RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE – Mr. Carpenter stated that he, Mr. Brindle and Ms. Alderin will be attending the RWAU spring conference in St. George at the end of February. Mr. Brindle will be taking Distribution 2 certification.

 

DELL OFFICE COMPUTERS – Mr. Carpenter and Ms. Alderin have been working on quotes with Dell to get three new office computers. New office computers are in the approved capital budget for 2023.

 

FULL TIME OFFICE MANAGER – Mr. Carpenter congratulated Ms. Alderin on moving to full time employment with the Service Area as of January 1st 2023.

 

 

 

 

TREASURER’S REPORT –Mr. Hanson reviewed with the Board of Trustees, the Balance Sheet Previous Year Comparison report through December 31st, 2022, and the Profit and Loss Budget vs. Actual January 1st, 2022, through December 31st, 2022. These reports are emailed to members of the Board prior to the Board meeting for their review. Salt Lake County Service Area #3 prepared the financial reports.

 

APPROVAL OF BILLS PAID- Trustee Bremer motioned to approve the bills listed on the check detail dated December 9th, 2022 through January 12th, 2023 as presented by Mr. Hanson and hereby authorized and ratified to be paid by the office manager.  Vice Chairman Prosek seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Copies of the approved check detail are attached to the minutes.

 

 

ADJOURNMENT- There being no further business to be discussed, Chairman Richards adjourned the meeting at 12:58 pm.

 

 

Salt Lake County Service Area #3-Snowbird                                      

 

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Dave Richards/ Chairman

 

 

ATTEST: ________________________________________

Bryauna Alderin/Clerk

 

 

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