GOVERNING
BOARD MEETING
Tuesday,
October 4, 2005
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair
Myron Volker called the meeting to order at 8:18am.
2. ROLL CALL
Position Name Attendance Confirmed
Executive Board of Directors
Chair-elect.................................................. John
Lapointe, US Water................. Yes
Chair.......................................................... Myron Volker, Owatonna.................. Yes
Past Chair.................................................. Doug Rovang, Rochester.................. Yes
Director...................................................... Glen Gerads, Bloomington............... Yes
Secretary/Treasurer..................................... Jon Eaton, Bloomington................... Yes
Assistant Secretary..................................... Dave Brown, PCE............................ Yes
District Trustees
Northwest................................................... Troy Hall, Moorhead........................ Yes
Northeast................................................... Corey Lubovich, Hibbing................... No
Central....................................................... Lyle Stai, Wilmar............................ Yes
Metro......................................................... Bert Tracy, Oakdale........................ Yes
Southwest.................................................. Pete Moulton, St Peter.................... Yes
Southeast.................................................. Paul
Halvorson, Rochester............... Yes
At-Large..................................................... Jim Sadler, Maple Grove.................. Yes
Councils and Committees
Administrative & Policy (APC)...................... Yasser AbouAish, Minneapolis......... Yes
Conference (Conf)....................................... David Schultz, MDH........................ Yes
Minnesota Associates (MAC)....................... Jim Norton, SEH............................. Yes
Public Affairs (PAC).................................... Kelly Lange-Haider, CH2M Hill.......... No
Training & Education (TEC)......................... Karla Peterson, MDH....................... No
Water Utility (WUC)..................................... Kurt Johnson, TKDA......................... No
Guests:
Association
Representative.......................... Mike
Leonard.................................. Yes
AWWA
Representative................................ Nancy
Sullivan................................ Yes
3. NEW
BUSINESS
A. 2006
Section Budget
Eaton
distributed the budget and gave people a chance to review it.
Very few
business plans were received with the budgets.
Several members emphasized the importance of committees reviewing their
business plans every year. Even if a
plan didn’t change, the committees need to submit a new business plan. New business plans help the finance
committee review and set the budget.
Motion to approve the budget was made by
Lapointe, second by AbouAish, and unanimously approved.
Motion to
direct the chair to create an AdHoc committee on Friday to assess staffing
needs by AbouAish, second by Lapointe, and unanimously approved.
B. Business Plan
Rovang
reviewed the business plan.
Motion to approve the business plan was
made by Rovang, second by Lapointe, and unanimously approved.
C. Thank
You
Chair
Volker thanked the outgoing members (Tracy, AbouAish, and Rovang) for their
years of service.
4. NEXT BOARD MEETING
7am,
Friday, October 7, 2005, at The Inn in Duluth, MN.
5. ADJOURNMENT
Motion to adjourn at 10:06am
was made by Stai, second by Tracy, and unanimously approved.