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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1951-01-30 Min - BoardTruckee, Calif. January 30, 1951 The members of the Board of Directors of the Truckee Public Utility District met in regular meeting at the District office on Main St., Truckee, at 2:30 p m., E. L. Loynd, president, presiding. Upon roll call the following directors were noted present: C R Heller B W Reynolds E L Loynd The minutes of the meeting of January 9 were read and approved. The following dills were read and unon motion made and carried were ordered raid: A. G. Bradshaw -advance refund Willard Convers- labor Miscl Cash Exb- Chas. Heller- sal dir-Jan B W Revnolds rr rr rr E L Loynd C B White " Acct " Winifred Kamp " Treas T L Chamberlain- Jan ret fee Steve Kolos- sal to Jan 31 C Edmunds- sal for Jan Sierra Sun- Jan adv Pacific Tel & Tel Co- Jan sery Western Union Tel Co- pole con Donner Trail Lbr Co- lumber Skillsaw Inc.- switch Shell Oil Co-ggs & oil Peavine Trans Co- drayage Willard Conyers- labor Armanko Off Supp Co- supp Ardell Bottel- off help Chamber of Commerce -dona sec E C Bavier- stamps From the Water Fund: $49.70 $:75 205.26 5:00 5:00 5.00 10:00 10.00 50.00 148-70 389-00 21;60 15:50 2:50 43 ' 05 2.68 2.19 8*44 42.00 6,30 29.30 sal 112 :00 20.00 PUD Electric fund - deb inerror 2.00 Ardell Bottel- off help 26:10 Willard Conyers- labor 66:50 Barney L. Phirps- advance ref $:56 Tide Water Asso--gas & oil 30.18 J R Bradley Co- pipe 154.11 The attached Resolution was iptroduced and read and upon motion made w.4s unanimously carried . The reports of Auditor White for t?-i e Electric and Water Dept for the month of Dec were presented and after perusal by the Board members were ordered filed. Manager Edmunds reported that the semi-annual payment from the Truckee Fire District in the amount of. $900.00 had been received and that this would indicate that an increase had been granted by the Fire Commissioners to the District of :llp"600. per year. It was moved and carried that a letter of appreciation signed by the Chairman of the Board be sent to the Board of Fire Commissioners with assurances to them that the increase granted would be used to further maintain and improve the fire fighting facilities of the District. A financial statement for the month of January indicating the total deposits and expenses was presented to each of the Board members. Manager Edmunds reported that four new hydrants had been ordered to rerlace defective and obsolete hydrants now connected to our system. Communications under date of January 19, 22and 30 from T L Chamberlain nil and to Assessor Tamblyn, of Nevada County, relative to placih SL a tax on the District for the fiscal near 1951-52 were read,,, and ordered filed. Manager Edmunds reported that Supt. O'Rourke of the Tahoe - Truckee Unified School District had telephoned on Jan 15th to state that the School District had had no answer to their letter of December 27th.06 Architect Stafford regarding the question raised of the al-ilit,T of tre District to give good service over their lines to the new High School. hairman Loynd stated that he would endeavor to get some further in- formation in regard to the same Manager Edmunds presented a numler of uncollectable tills and after some discussion it was decided that the Churches should not be classified as uncollectable, gut - should be made an allowance.. It was therefore moved and carried that the amount of $56.62 covering the amount due on the Catholic and Methodist Churches be charged off as an allowance. The names and details owing on the uncollectables were then read and it was moved and carried that the amount of 4294.73 be written off the books of the Electric department, $37. 5 in the water department and $8.10 from the outstanding Garbage collections of 1949. A letter from Mr. T. L. Chamberlain under date of Jan 27, and Jan 15, regarding proposed amendments to the Utility District Act were read. Also a proposed addition to the Act relating to consolidation of certain Districts with. a Public Utility District which he had drawn up at thi.-s��Districts request. Manager Edmunds explained in brief the rurposes of the Act as drawn up and stated that he felt that some of the sections should be clarified, particularly one relating to the government by joint boards of the consolidated districts. He informed the Board that it was his purpose to consult with Mr. Chamberlain and. endeavor to have the Act clarified while in committees A letter under date of Jan 18 written to H I Snider relative to a right of way for a pipe line across Spring Block 3, to- gether with the copy of a new Agreement drawn up was read to the Board. No answer having teen received from Mr. Snider the matter was laid over until next meeting. Manager Edmunds reported that he had written to -Mr. W. E. Zerbe, Field Engineer of the Fairbanks -Morse Co. for relp in determining the trouble ��eing experienced by too much air in the Gateway water system. To date Mr. Zerbe had not arrived. No further business appearing, Board adjourned. c � E/-Officio Secretary Pres' n • R E S O L U T- I 0 ITT ,5�1 a s VIHEREAS: The Board of � Dire-ctors of �!7uckee Public" Utility District on January 24, 1928 did pass Ordinance #7 wherein the District elected to avail itself of the assessment made by the Assessor of Nevada County, and •.j'HEREAS: A copy of Ordinance #7 was -filed with the Assessor of Nevada County on February 4. 1928, and TWEEREAS: It is the intent of the District to levy a tax on the property -within the boundaries of the District for the year 1951-52 j,.. _and ,dHEREAS: The boundaries of the District are as follows: "Starting at the corner common to Sections 28 and 29, 32 and 33 T18 NR 17E, thence Westerly along the Section line common to the said.Sections 29 and 32 to the corner common to Sections 27 and 28, 33 and 34 T18 NR15E, thence Southerly along the Section line common to Sections 33 and 34 to a point common to Sections 15 and 16 and it ' s intersection with the Nevada - Placer County line T17, NR15E, thence Easterly along the said Nevada -Placer County line to a point where said line intersects the Section line common to Sections 16 and 17, T17, NR17E, thence Northerly along the said Section line common to Sections 16 and 17 to the point of beginning. All of said territory being in the County of Nevada " NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to the Assessor of Nevada County, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That he be requested to assess and evaluate the property within the above described boundaries and notify the District.as provided by law.