November 25, 2014 at 10:30 AM - Executive Committtee Meeting

Rationale:  The Nebraska Water Conference and Nebraska Water Law Conference will be be held March 19 and 20 at the UNL College of Law in LIncoln.  Directors may attend a single conference or both depending on your interests.  Those wishing to attend should let Jill know.

Rationale:  A tentative agenda the NARD Legislative Conference, January 27-28 is attached.  Once again we will have our Dinner with the Senators on Tuesday, January 27th.   

Rationale:  Attached find Mountford's NRD/NARD Employee Benefits Committee and Intergovernmental Risk Management Pool Association Loss Control Committee Meeting which was held October 27, 2014, @ Fonner Park, Grand Island, NE.

Rationale:  Attached find absence requests from Director Johannes and Taylor for October Board Meeting Kavan, Taylor, Bailey and Hilger from November Board Meeting.

Rationale:  The Monthly Weaver Conference call will be held the first week in December.

Rationale:  We have not received Bob Weaver's monthly bill, but will have it before Board Meeting.

Rationale:  Mountford will give a short program on the LPNNRD Long Range Plan.

Rationale:  No new information since last month.

Rationale:  At the January Board Meeting yearly officer elections will take place.  It is necessary for the Board Chair to appoint a Nominating Committee to bring forth a slate of candidates.  In the past this committee has been the past Board Chairs who are Johannes, Kavan, McDermott, Saalfeld and Sabatka.

Rationale:  Our two year Retainer Agreement with Bromm, Lindahl, Freeman-Caddy & Lausterer terminates immediately following January 2015 board meeting.  Attached to the Executive Committee Minutes is a new retainer agreement proposed by Lausterer.  The only changes from the previous agreement is clarifying language in section 3.

Rationale:  The Lower Platte Basin Caucus meets every four years for the purpose of selecting a basin representative for the Nebraska Natural Resources Commission.  Clint Johannes has served as our representative for the past 12 years and done an outstanding job for our two districts.  Clint has made the decision to not serve another term on the Commission so another nominee will be needed.  It has previously been agreed that the NRC representative for the commission will be rotated so the nominee will need to come from LPSNRD.  It is important that we have representatives at the basin caucus which is scheduled for January 16 at 9:30 a.m. at Lower Platte South's Office in Lincoln.  Our directors from Fremont reside in the Elkhorn Basin and are not eligible to vote at the caucus.  Bob Hilger resides in the Blue Basin and is also not eligible to vote at the Lower Platte Basin Caucus.

Rationale:  At the November Board Meeting a Director Vacancy Sub-Committee (McDermott, Sabatka, Veskerna, Gibney and Kavan) were appointed and directed to report back at the December Board Meeting.  The position was advertised in the Wahoo Newspaper with self nominations being due by December 1.  The committee will likely bring a nominee forward at our December 8 Board Meeting for approval by the Board. 

Rationale:  Mike Sousek has accepted the General Manager position with Lower Elkhorn NRD.  Miyoshi is requesting that we begin advertising the position as soon as possible.  We are required to advertised staff positions for three consecutive weeks unless promoting a current employee.

Rationale:  Discussion can take place concerning the Operations and Maintenance/Rural Water Technician Position.

Rationale:  The October Financial Statement was distributed to all Directors.

Rationale:  Attached find Manager Miyoshi's time and expense sheets.

Rationale:  Review attached Accounts Receivable Over 90 Days

Rationale:  Our $400,000 Line of Credit with Union Bank is due for renewal in December.

Rationale:  We have budgeted to pay down the Union Bank Note (Wanahoo) $700,000 this fiscal year using NRD tax receipts.  We are currently waiting a reimbursement for WS/CC land purchased which should come in December.  Once this reimbursement is made management is recommending that we make a $350,000 payment on the note.  The current note balance is $5,563,714.84 with $2.5 million expected from the NRDF Fund and $700,000 from NRD funds.

Rationale:  Our semi-annual interest payment to Union Bank is due in December in the amount of $55,492.76.