Minutes December 21, 2025

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Board of Directors’ Meeting

Call to Order: Jim called the meeting to order at 9:30 am via Zoom.

  • Board Members Present: Jim Coats, David Canterman, Loren Conroy, William Enoch, Charlie Baughman

  • Board members absent: None

  • Staff Present: Allison Cash, Justin Swaen, Nick Kluge (joined the meeting at 9:35am)

Voting Status: All board members present are in good standing.  Quorum.        

Changes to the Agenda:

  • Add Update to USDA Appeal to President’s Report

  • Add Update to DOH Application to President’s Report

  • Add Questions from Jerry Crawford to Member Communications

  • Add Discussion of SWSMP Progress to President’s Report

Approval of Minutes & Consent Agenda         

  • Board of Directors’ Meeting Minutes-November 23, 2025

  • November 2025 Financial Reports

  • Staff Operations Report

  • December 2025 Wilson Progress Report-REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA

William motioned to approve the Consent Agenda and the November 23, 2025 Board of Directors’ Meeting Minutes. Loren seconded. All in favor.

Member Communications:

  • John Steere-Water Pressure

    • John spoke to Allison concerning his low water pressure. He is affected by a low-pressure zone as a result of his location in relation to the water tanks. He has proposed installing a water pressure booster and would like to know if LISECC will  help defray the costs of the equipment and installation.

  • Nick drafted an “Agreement for Installation and Maintenance of Auxiliary Water Pressure Equipment on Customer Owned Private Property” which provides a clause where a member can petition the LISECC Board for partial or full reimbursement of installation costs only if subsequent investigation by LISECC proves that the root cause of the specific low-pressure issue was a failure or deficiency within the LISECC water distribution system that was present at the time of the equipment installation.

    • Discussion of the need for backflow prevention if a booster system is installed.

    • Discussion of the need for a policy that clearly states how much LISECC will reimburse in these situations.

    • Charlie motioned to accept the Agreement for Installation and Maintenance of Auxiliary Water Pressure Equipment on Customer Owned Private Property. David seconded. All in favor.

  • Discussion of the Cross Connection Control Program that was revised and submitted to the board.

    • David motioned to accept the updated Cross Connection Control Program. William seconded. All in favor. The resolution will be added to the Governing Documents as Section 5.4.6.

Board Reports:

  • Operations/Water:

    • Nick reviewed some of the highlights of what operations staff have been working on in the past month.

    • Charlie is going to start having Operations committee meetings/work parties following the monthly board meetings.

(Nick left the meeting at 11:02 am)

  • President:

    • USDA appeal

      • In October, LISE appealed the USDA’s decision to deny our loan application. The appeal instructions that we were provided by the USDA included an outdated address, so the appeal was returned. Jim spoke to someone at the National Appeals Office and we have resubmitted our appeal using the correct address.

    • DOH Application/SWSMP

      • Wilson Engineering is working on their assigned tasks for the Small Water System Management Plan.

      • Loren motioned to approve the December 2025 Wilson Progress report. William seconded. All in favor.

    • Question from Jerry Crawford regarding whether LISE has a plan in place for snow removal.

      • Snow removal on community roads is currently done by a member on a volunteer basis and will continue to be done as long as the member is available to do so.

    • General Manager Report

      • Section 5.11 Facilities Assistant

        • Charlie motioned to approve Section 5.11 Facilities Assistant and allow Staff to proceed with hiring. David seconded. All in favor.

    • Vice President/Planning: No report

    • Secretary/Administration: No report

    • Finance:

      • We got clarification from our attorney that the interest earned on reserves can be counted toward our annual reserve contribution.

Old Business: None

New Business: None

Other Business:

  • Next Meeting:

    • Board of Directors’ Meeting: January 25, 2026 at 9:30 am

Adjournment: William motioned to adjourn the meeting at 11:33 am. Loren seconded. All in favor.