Ed Ackley reported that the Rural Water District was working on disaster documentation for FEMA in the event that the county is declared a disaster area for the flooding that occurred late last month. Currently, the situation is under review by Governor Blunt, who typically takes two weeks to decide on disaster declarations. Ackley said that there were about 4-5 locations damaged from the recent flooding and that he had taken pictures of the washouts.
New Dominion Farms had unusually high usage for their water; Ackley said that he would check and see if there was a leak at their place. There was also a leak reported on one of Kevin Harding’s farms.
The board voted to advertise for part-time help for the water district. The position will pay $10 per hour for 20 hours minimum; the job would involve maintenance of the rural water system.
The district has $6,878 left over from last year’s disaster declaration, and $2,113 from the ice storm. Ackley said that all of the major work from the flooding last year was done.
The board voted to send Shannon Burns and Ackley down to the Lake of the Ozarks for training. The board also voted to raise Ackley’s mileage compensation to 52 cents per mile from 40 cents, effective immediately.
Ackley will be working on a project to GPS the 520 Rural Water customers at a cost of around $8,000 to the district. The project will take between 4-6 weeks. Peggy Drake said she was doing a map of the customers and that her next task was to locate dead lines so that they could be mapped. One of the expenses for the district will be a new computer system that will handle the new GPS data, which will allow the district to find leaks better than they did before. The district will use the left-over grant money to buy the new computer system.
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