?PROCEEDINGS
CAMERON PARISH
WATERWORKS
DISTRICT 2
March 13, 2024
There was a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Water District No. 2 at 6:00pm, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at the Hackberry Waterworks Office.
PRESENT: Mr. Mark Trahan, Mr. Donald Buford, Mr. Brad Hinton, Mr. Mike Welch, Mr. Brian Brown
Employees present: Mr. Glenn Welch, Mr. Dalton Nunez, and Mrs. Shaun Kyle
Guests: Sempra Infrastructure – Jay Muschenheim, Marshall Berg, Maurice Gilbert, William Gardner
The meeting was called to order by Board President Mark Trahan who also led the pledge and prayer.
Public Comment period was given on all agenda items. No comments were made.
On motion of Brad Hinton, seconded by Donald Buford and carried unanimously, the minutes from the February 21, 2024 meetings were approved.
Representatives from Sempra Infrastructure met with the Board to inform them of their plan to develop an additional storage cavern in Hackberry and introduce the groundwater monitoring plan (GWMP). Their plan is regulated by FERC and will be monitoring the public fresh water supply to make sure there is not a negative impact on our drinking water. President Mark Trahan asked the representatives to provide the Waterworks with an estimated gallons per day of potable water the facility will need. The representatives stated they will have the answer within the week and the water is only for general office use and not for industrial use.
On motion of Brad Hinton, seconded by Mike Welch and carried unanimously, the Board elected to sign the CEA with the Police Jury to acquire the additional land connected to Wellsite #3 for the construction of a new ground water storage tank.
On motion of Brad Hinton, seconded by Mike Welch and carried unanimously, the Board elected to move forward with construction of the new 150,000-gallon ground storage tank at Wellsite #3.
Two sealed bids were opened for the two bedding sets and were awarded to the highest bidder for $556.78.
On motion of Brad Hinton, seconded by Mike Welch and carried unanimously, the Board elected to update the wording of the New Customer Agreement.
Monthly Operator updates were presented by Glenn Welch and Dalton Nunez. The line running under the canal between Gulfway and Lakebreeze roads was cut and abandoned. Dalton proposed the use of a new read-only cellular wellsite monitoring system.
On motion of Brad Hinton, seconded by Mike Welch and carried unanimously, the Board elected to have Fastwyre install the ethernet monitoring system at Wellsite #3.
The monthly updates and financial reports including the Actual vs Budget Report for the month ending February 29, 2024 was presented by Shaun Kyle.
On motion of Brad Hinton, seconded by Donald Buford and carried unanimously, the financial reports were accepted and all bills were approved for payment.
Our next meeting will be Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 6:00pm.
There being no further business, on motion of Donald Buford, seconded by Brian Brown and carried unanimously, the meeting was declared adjourned.
ATTEST
Mark Trahan, President
ATTEST
Shaun Kyle, Secretary
RUN: Apr. 18 (A 25)