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2009-12-15: Board Meeting Agenda
AGENDA
VIRGIN VALLEY WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2009
3:00 P.M.
VIRGIN VALLEY WATER DISTRICT OFFICE
500 RIVERSIDE ROAD
MESQUITE, NEVADA
Call to Order
Prayer & Pledge
Public Comment: Public participation (no action will be taken on any item until it is properly agendized). Citizens wishing to speak during public participation are asked to state their name for the record and limit comments to a minimal duration.
Discussion: Board Comments
President of Board Comments
CONSENT AGENDA
All items listed under the consent agenda are considered routine and may be acted upon by the Board of Directors with one action and without an extensive hearing. Any member of the Board or any citizen may request that an item be taken from the consent agenda, discussed and acted upon separately during this meeting.
ITEM #:
1. Discussion & Action - Approve Agenda
2. Discussion & Action - Approve Minutes from 12/1/09 Regular Meeting
3. Discussion & Action - Approve Financial Statement for October 2009
4. Discussion & Action - Approve Bills Paid
5. Discussion & Action - Approve Purchase Orders Over $2,500
A. Iceberg Air Conditioning & Heating - $2,990.00 – Air/Heat Unit at Well #30
** END OF CONSENT AGENDA**
6. Discussion & Possible Action – Consideration to Approve Amendment to Contract with Bowen, Collins & Associates, Inc. to Finish Telemetry Work on the Arsenic Plants not to Exceed $30,844.00
7. Discussion – Discuss Correspondence/Letter from Mr. Don Paff Directed to Certain Board Members Regarding the Retention of Bingham & Snow, LLP as Administrative Legal Counsel for the Virgin Valley Water District – Requested by Kenyon Leavitt
8. Discussion & Possible Action – Consideration of Request by Cheetah Wireless Technologies, Inc. to Mount Antennas on the Freeway Water Tower Reservoir
9. Discussion & Possible Action – Consideration of the Handling of the Virgin Valley Water District’s (“VVWD”) Ongoing Disputes and Litigation with Vidler Water Company, Inc. (“Vidler”) and the Lincoln County Water District (“LCWD”) Regarding the Tule Desert Groundwater Basin, Including the VVWD’s Protests of Vidler and LCWD’s Applications to Appropriate Groundwater in the Tule Desert Groundwater Basin and the VVWD’s Intervention and Involvement in Pending State and Federal Actions of Vidler and LCWD. Potential Action May Include, but is not Limited to, Directives from the Board to the VVWD’s General Administrative Counsel Regarding Review and Assessment of the Pending State and Federal Actions and the VVWD’s General Administrative Counsel’s Participation in such State and Federal Actions.
10. Discussion & Possible Action – Consideration of Request by Longview Construction & Development, Inc. (“Longview”) that the VVWD Release Certain Funds under the Virgin Valley Water District Riverside Road Virgin River Crossing, Contract No. 2008-01, PWP-CL-2008-44 for Directional Drilling at the Bunkerville Bridge – Requested by Longview Construction & Development, Inc.
11. General Manager’s Report
12. Hydrologist’s Report
13. Public Comment
14. Adjournment
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- VIRGIN VALLEY WATER DISTRICT
500 Riverside Road
Mesquite, NV
- AMERICA FIRST CREDIT UNION
590 W Mesquite Blvd
Mesquite, NV
- BUNKERVILLE U.S. POST OFFICE
170 Main Street
Bunkerville, NV
- MESQUITE CITY HALL
10 E Mesquite Blvd
Mesquite NV 89024
- U.S. POST OFFICE
510 W Mesquite Blvd
Mesquite, NV
- WEBSITE: vvh2o.com