MINUTES
OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
December
17, 2008
The
regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Northwest Mosquito Abatement
District was held Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 7:30 pm.
There
being a presence of a quorum, Arnold D. Kincaid, President called the meeting
to order.
Trustees
present: Arnold D. Kincaid,
President; Richard A. David, Secretary
and Assistant Treasurer; William Schneck, Treasurer; Karen V. Mills, Vice
President and Assistant Secretary/Treasurer.
Trustees
absent: Daniel R. Ansani, Vice President and Assistant Secretary.
Also
present: Donald Veverka, Attorney;
Michael Szyska, Director.
The
minutes of the November 2008 meeting were read. Karen V. Mills made a motion to
accept the minutes as read and William Schneck seconded the motion.
The
Secretary called the roll and all ayes had been cast for approval of the motion
and thereby declared the motion carried.
The
Treasurer's Report for November 2008 was presented and all checks were approved
for payment. Richard A. David made a
motion to accept the report as read and Karen V. Mills seconded the motion.
The
Secretary called the roll and all ayes had been cast for approval of the motion
and thereby declared the motion carried.
As
in prior years, the Board unanimously agreed to form a budget committee
composed of the Board of Trustees and Michael Szyska to prepare the Tentative
Budget.
Mr.
William Schneck made a motion, seconded by Karen V. Mills that the slate of
officers of the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District should be as
follows: Arnold D. Kincaid be elected
President; Daniel R. Ansani be elected
Vice President and Assistant Secretary;
William Schneck be elected Treasurer;
Richard A. David be elected Secretary and Assistant Treasurer; and Karen
V. Mills be elected Vice President and Assistant Secretary/Treasurer.
The
Secretary called the roll and all ayes had been cast for approval of the motion
and thereby declared the motion carried.
The
President is instructed to advise the aforementioned elected officers that
their term of office has commenced as of this date and shall terminate at the
first regular meeting of the Board of Trustees in the month of December 2009 or
until their successors are duly elected.
Mr.
Veverka mentioned that the District should be receiving the forms for filing
for our property tax exemptions soon.
The District should also receive the information on filing the list of
people required to fill out Ethics Statements.
Mr.
Szyska highlighted a few items from the staff report. The leaking water heater has been replaced
and the return hot water line installed.
The crew cab, dump truck and 2 old pickup trucks have been sold. The plow and other equipment for the new snow
plow truck has been ordered. Some of it
has already been received.
The
Board will discuss the health insurance renewal in the Executive Session.
Mr.
Szyska mentioned that he has been invited to visit some water reclamation areas
around here with the CDC in the middle of January. He attended a symposium hosted by Clarke on a
new larvicide which the EPA has organically certified.
A
Motion was made to adjourn into Executive Session pursuant to 5 ILCS
120/2(c)(2), and it passed unanimously.
The
Board reconvened the regular meeting.
There
being no further business to come before the Board a motion was made to adjourn
and it passed unanimously.
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President
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Secretary