Macon Soils Inc. Board
Board Members Present: Frank Patterson, Chair, Dr. Anissa Jones, Sam Hart, Kate Kubeshekski, and Tony Rojas
Agenda Items
Approved minutes from Dec. 3
Macon Soils Operational Report.
Storage sheds 100% full now and also using outside storage
Wet weather made returns difficult
Haven’t been able to land apply since end of November 2020
Hauling to landfill in Houston County
Hardly keeping up with production
Hopeful about next week’s dry weather – hoping to begin soon
2. Financial Report. 58% below budget
Macon Water Authority Board
Present: Sam Hart, Chairman, Frank Patterson, Bill Howell, Tony Rojas, Dr. Nissa Jones, Dwight Jones, Valerie Wynn, Desmond Brown, Guy Boyle, Kate Kubesheski, and Virgil Adams
Approved Minutes from 9 meetings – Authority and Committee – held between 1/21/21 and 2/18/21
Report of Standing Committees
Finance Committee – Chairman Dwight Jones
Accepted Fiscal Year 2020 Audit by Mauldin and Jenkins
Approved a resolution permitting restricted and unrestricted reserves currently held to several BNY Mellon Investment accounts to be invested in the Georgia State Fund 1 Treasure Pool
Approved the purchase of two (2) new Vac-Con trucks for use in the Stormwater Utility and pass a resolution for the approval of
Engineering Committee – Chairman Patterson
Approved Task Release No. 001 with Jacobs Engineering for an Industrial Pretreatment Surcharge Review
Personnel Committee – Chairman Dr. Anissa Jones
Approved the Target Worker’s Compensation Mod for the Safety Incentive Program for fiscal year 2021
Review of Monthly Financial Report by Guy Boyle
Addressed historical issue with call volume and wait times.
Volume and Abandonment Rate – trending downward
Average Call handle time, Average Wait Time and Abandonment Rate trending down, October wait time was more than 17 minutes; January average wait time was 7:13 and February 3:17
Lobby is open again; soft opening this week; don’t know how that will affect customer call traffic
Stormwater Financials
Report of Executive Director – Tony Rojas
Turned over to Kate Kubesheski – Director of Wastewater Treatment. Better shape than last time. Effluent results are better. Able to run aerators non-stop. Still very chemical dependent on polymer we are bringing in. Removing a lot of solids. Feeding less polymer. In compliance since February 18th
Stormwater. Continue to have meetings with key customers (e.g. Board of Education) about stormwater. Stormwater fee begins January 1, 2022
Talked to Wynn and Howell about going before MB Commission
Scheduled Tour March 11th beginning at 8:00 am
March 25-26 Planning Retreat at Central GA Tech
No kids fishing derby this year due to pandemic.
Stocked first big pond with trout – usually have two stockings – this year only one delivery because no fishing derby
Referrals to Committees
Bids referred to Finance
Branding for MWA and Stormwater
Update Engineering Committee on Stormwater Management Program
Plans to make improvements at or about Oakhaven Park – 3M gallon tank; met with Vineville Neighborhood Association about it
Heard from Monroe County that they approved contract that we had negotiated with them, but want to change contract to purchase more water (5M gallons)
How to deal with landscape and yard companies about fines for blowing debris into drains
Went into Executive Session for Pending litigation and Personnel Matters