February 3, 2022 at 8:30 AM - Operations Committee Meeting

Rationale:  There is no unfinished business to consider.

Rationale:  The tree removal contractor continues to work on the Wanahoo area.
Staff met with Biologist Scott Luedtke on Feb. 2 to discuss and update future O & M plans on the Wanahoo wildlife areas. We discussed prescribed burning, haying, and the PATH Program (Youth Mentor Hunting).

Rationale:  The O & M staff have continued to remove trees at the Homestead & Czechland areas. Perform maintenance on equipment and vehicles.

Rationale:  The de-watering wells are working very good. The groundwater is down below the piezometer level. The groundwater is estimated to be down 18-19' or greater. Valley is working on building causeways for working in the basin bottom and establishing the same GPS coordinates with their equipment and FYRA's survey equipment. They will be installing the filter materials by the end of the week.
Change Order #2 is attached.
RFQ's were sent to 16 Engineering Consulting Firms for the Basin Apron Floor repair. A site showing is Friday, February 4 at 10:00 a.m. and proposals are due by Friday, February 18 at Noon. They will be forwarded to directors for review and discussion at the Directors Retreat.

Rationale:  The easements for the six lots at Thomas Lakes will be filed with the Deeds Office before the Board meeting. Heimann will then have a Title Company do a title search. The Saunders County Surveyor has agreed to do a stake search/survey for each lot.
We can then determine if we will sell them to a political subdivision or go to auction.

Rationale:  A site showing was held on Thursday, January 20 with three Well Drilling Companies attending. Another has inquired by phone. Bids are due by 4:00 pm on March 1, 2022.

Rationale:  Heimann sent a request for bids to Concrete Repair Specialist.  Four contractors were shown the spillway steps and the cracks to be filled. Bids are due by 4:00 pm on Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Rationale:  The District received revenue from Rosendahl Farms of $1,049.19 and $1,036.20 from Rezac Seed with each having 11 cooperators use the drills.
This rental period is from July - December.

Rationale:  We have not received any new inquiries or applications.

Rationale:  For the month of January, the District received $12,837.50 in annual park permit revenue. The year by year breakdown for annual permits sold during the month of January is listed below.
 

Month	Monthly Total	YTD Total
January 2022	12,837.50	17,882.50
January 2021	12,277.50	17,002.50
January 2020	11,645.00	16,115.00
January 2019	10,372.50	14,957.50

Rationale:  For the month of January, the District received $4,019.50 in camping revenue. For the 2022 camping season (December 1st, 2021 to January 31st, 2022), the District has received a total of $5,778.73.

Rationale:  During the month of January, the building was rented 15 times, with 2 NRD events. Revenue for the month was $1,000.

Rationale:  January’s KTIC Radio ad featured the upcoming Nitrogen and Water Management Workshop held February 1^st in Schuyler. The Wahoo Newspaper e-ad is for Nitrogen certification class lists, visit our website for full details.
 

Rationale: 

FACEBOOK	Total Reach	Engagements	Followers
January	31,463	2,550	1,325
December	2,159	95	1,299
November	2,235	30	1,298

 

TWITTER	Total impressions	Engagements	Followers
January	5,527	333	353
December	2,024	114	348
November	3,008	78	345

Top Posts on Facebook and Twitter:
• Ice jam/flood monitoring cameras are now available with USGS and partnership with Papio-Missouri NRD, Dodge County and City of Fremont (over 16,000 on Facebook, over 1,000 on Twitter saw, liked, commented or shared the post)
• The Schuyler Nitrogen and Water Management Workshop held February 1
• Bees and Brews event flyer
• Assistant Manager vacancy
• Director at Large vacancy
 

WEBSITE	Users	Traffic Channel	Top Pages	Devices
January	1,598	Organic 57% Direct 27.1% Referral 13.1% Social 2.9%	Home Lake Wanahoo Downloads Forestry Staff	Desktop 55.63% Mobile 41.30% Tablet 3.07%
December	954	Organic 53% Direct 33% Referral 10.7% Social 3.3%	Home Lake Wanahoo Downloads Staff Contact	Desktop 59.75% Mobile 38.36% Tablet 1.89%
November	809	Organic 52.1% Direct 33.7% Referral 10.4% Social 3.7%	Home Lake Wanahoo Czechland Lake Downloads Forestry	Desktop 50.31% Mobile 46.35% Tablet 3.34%

58 clicks from Game and Parks website.
56 from NARD’s website.
14 clicks from our ad on Wahoo-Ashland-Waverly newspaper website.
39 clicks from Facebook to our website and 9 clicks from Twitter to our website.
 

Rationale:  The :60 I & E video is running on News Channel Nebraska through January and will continue through February.

Rationale: 

• January 6th: Coffee, Lakeside: hibernation.
• January 19th: Bees & Brews
  • Close to 65 people attended this event!
• January 20th: St. Wenceslaus Pre-K meeting: Ice Fishing
• January 24th: I & E meeting in Lincoln.
• January 26th: Career Fair at Newman Grove High School
• January 27th: Wahoo Middle School Survival Club

Attended 2 different educational workshops & conferences this month.

Rationale: 

• February 2nd: Test your well night prep @ East Butler.
• February 8th: Lions club education update. 
• February 9th: Test your well night and career Fair @ East Butler.
• February 10th: Coffee, Lakeside: Migration.
• St. Wenceslaus Pre K; survival club; and more classroom visits TBD during this month. 

Rationale:  The RWD will be following the legislature's progress is allocating American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds as there will be funds earmarked for rural infrastructure.  LB1014e currently up for debate has $60 million ($30 million over 2 fiscal year allotments) allocated to NDEE under the Drinking Water Facilities Loan Fund.
The RWD has been working with NDEE to rollover pertinent documentation from DHHS format.  
RWD completed the requisite paperwork to qualify for DHHS Low Income Household Water Assistance Program.  The program is to launch the first week of March.  Under this program any approved household (currently behind payment more than 2 months) will qualify to have their accounts paid up to date with a direct payment to the utility.

Rationale:  The Village Board voted to increase the sewer rate by $3.00 for the effective April billing period.  The RWD will include a notice in this month's bill.
Routine sampling completed, meters read and bills mailed 2/1.

Rationale: 
Routine sampling completed, meters read and bills mailed 2/1.