MINUTES
MIDDLE PECOS GROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
BOARD MEETING
February 20, 2007
On this the 20th day of February 2007, a Public Hearing on Rules and a Regular Session of the Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District, of Pecos County, Texas, met in the Pecos County Court House 103 W. Callaghan, Fort Stockton, Texas with the following members present, to-wit:
Glenn Honaker/President Precinct 1
Hohn Dorris/Vice President Precinct 3
Robet Ezell/Secretary Treasurer Precinct 2
M.R. Gonzalez/Precinct 2
Lynn Holland/Precinct 3
Bart Reid/Precinct 4
Evans Turpin/City of Iraan
Houston McKenzie/Pecos County at Large
Paul Weatherby/General Manager
Leslie Elliott/Recording Secretary/Clerk
Call to order at 1:22 pm
A Quorum is present.
Public Hearing on Rules
Agenda Item I Open for Public Comment (limit 5 minutes per person).
Agenda Item II Review proposed rule amendments to clarify and modify requirements for securing the district’s approval for drilling new water wells prior to initiating the drilling process and to delete mandatory application fees
Agenda Item III Adjourn.
Upon motion by Robert Ezell, seconded by Lynn Holland and carried unanimously to adjourn this Public Hearing on rules at 1:22 pm.
Board Meeting
Call to order at 1:22 pm.
AGENDA ITEM I Consider and/or act upon minutes of November 15, 2006.
Upon motion by Robert Ezell, seconded by Lynn Holland and carried unanimously to approve the Minutes of November 15, 2006.
AGENDA ITEM IIConsider and/or act upon Proposed Amendments of the District’s Rules Reference Public Hearing on Notice of Intent to Drill Applications.
Upon motion by Evans Turpin, seconded by Houston McKenzie and carried unanimously to amend rules and language changes applying to Exempt and Non-Exempt Well Registrations 9.1, 9.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.5 and 11.6.
AGENDA ITEM IIIConsider and/or act upon CWI Independent Groundwater Study.
Clayton Williams addressed the Board of Directors and the people in the audience. He introduced the Thornhill Group, Professional Hydrologist and Water Resource Specialist from Austin. This firm is going to do a groundwater study on wells and aquifers in our area and when this is done they will know the condition of these wells and aquifers will have all of the information needed for the Clayton Williams study and they are also going to share this information with the Middle Pecos GCD. This study is going to be done in phases. There was discussion between Michael Thornhill and some of the people who attended this meeting. He answered all of their questions and stated that this Study, this Project will take about a year to complete.
5 Minute Recess at 2:01 pm.
Reconvene Meeting at 2:15 pm. Quorum is present.
AGENDA ITEM IV Consider and/or act Bakersfield LLC Water Flood Project.
University of Texas Lands has agreed to enter into a pilot project agreement with Bakersfield Water Flood Project.
The Board along with our Hydrologist Randy Williams and Legal Counsel Mike Gershon discussed this project. This will be monitored by Middle Pecos GCD. No action taken.
AGENDA ITEM V Consider and/or act upon Appointment of Director representing Fort Stockton.
Upon motion by Bart Reid, seconded by Robert Ezell and carried unanimously to appoint Noemi Navarrete as Board Member for the Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District.
AGENDA ITEM VI Comments from Public on Agenda Items (limit 5 minutes per person)
No comments. AGENDA ITEM VII Consider and/or act upon Banks Information Solutions, Inc.
No action.
AGNEDA ITEM VIII Consider and/or act upon Accounts Payable, Treasurer’s Report, and Line Item Transfers.
Upon motion by M.R. Gonzalez, seconded by John Dorris and carried unanimously to approve the Accounts Payable and the Treasurer’s Report. There were no Line Item Transfers.
Zan Matthies presented the board with a print out of “Things of interest: Investments, Interests Rates, CD’s and Money Market Accounts. The Board Members had 6 options to look over. All of this concerns investing our funds into Money Market Accounts and CD’s. There will be time for the Board to go over this and a decision will be made at next months Board Meeting on March 20, 2007.
Upon motion by John Dorris, seconded by Bart Reid and carried unanimously to let Zan Matthies and Paul Weatherby draft a sealed bid letter to all local Banks and to make the decision on investing during our next meeting on March 20, 2007.
AGENDA ITEM X Consider and/or act upon Kinney County Amicus Brief.
Upon motion by John Dorris, seconded by Houston McKenzie and carried unanimously to approve contributing to the Kinney County Amicus Brief $250.00.
AGENDA ITEM XI Consider and/or act upon Mileage Reimbursement Rate.
Upon motion by Robert Ezell, seconded by Bart Reid and carried unanimously to increase the mileage rate from 44.5 cents per mile to 48.5 cents per mile.
AGENDA ITEM XII Consider and/or act upon 2007 Holiday Schedule.
Upon motion by Robert Ezell, seconded by John Dorris and carried unanimously to follow the Holliday Schedule set by the Pecos County Commissioners Court.
AGENDA ITEM XIII Consider and/or act upon MPGCD Regular Meeting Time and Location Dates for 2007.
Upon motion by John Dorris, seconded by Robert Ezell and approved unanimously to meet on the third Tuesday of every month at 1pm here at the Pecos Co. Court House.
AGENDA ITEM XIVConsider and/or act upon Historic and Existing Use Applications.
Paul Weatherby General Manager stated to the Board that there are still some Historic and Existing Use Applications pending.
No action.
AGENDA ITEM XV Consider and/or act upon Groundwater Districts Correspondence.
Paul Weatherby stated to the Board the he has concerns about our involvement with Region F. He has inquired about filling the position of an outgoing member who represents Pecos County. With counsel from the County Judge and with a letter of recommendation he can submit to Region F his interest in filling this open seat.
AGENDA ITEM XVIConsider and/or act upon Committee/Progress Reports.
Paul Weatherby showed the Board a piece of equipment the will constantly monitor static water levels and has 10 of these on hold.
Well registrations are still coming in. Paul has issued certified letters to some who are not complying. Production Permits that have to be issued each year for all non-exempt wells, initiating a letter to see if all information is the same and correct. Paul is in the process of looking at a postage meter and also doing a quarterly News Letter.
At this time see Agenda Item V.
AGENDA ITEM XVII Consider and/or act upon Agenda for next meeting.
Next Meeting will be March 20, 2007
Bakersfield Flood Water Project
Financial Investments
AGENDA ITME XVIII Adjourn.
Upon motion by Robert Ezell, seconded Lynn Holland and carried unanimously to adjourn this meeting at 4:36 pm.
