MINUTES
OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
September
19, 2007
The
regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Northwest Mosquito Abatement
District was held Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 7:30 pm.
There
being a presence of a quorum, Arnold D. Kincaid, President called the meeting
to order.
Trustees
present:
Also
present: Donald Veverka, Attorney;
Michael Szyska, Director.
The
minutes of the August 2007 meeting were read. Daniel R. Ansani 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 August 2007 was presented and all checks were approved
for payment. Richard A. David made a
motion to accept the report as read and Daniel R. Ansani 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.
Mr.
Veverka mentioned the Tax Levy report has not been sent yet. He reminded the Trustees that the Treasurer’s
statement will be signed at the October meeting. The Year-End Fiscal Audit has been sent to
the Herald for publication.
Mr.
Szyska mentioned that the new Entomologist has started.
Mr.
Szyska updated the Trustees on WNV locally and nationally. He mentioned that this is the first year
since WNV arrived that we have also had a severe nuisance mosquito
problem. This made it very difficult
since WNV takes precedence over nuisance mosquito control.
Mr.
Szyska mentioned that the underground storage tank testing has been delayed
until the end of October.
Mr.
Szyska is looking at a different test for WNV.
The manufacturer of the VecTest has had manufacturing problems this year
and IL Natural History Survey was unable to run PCR tests for a period of time
compounding the situation. The District
has enough VecTests to finish the season. He is concerned about next season and whether
the manufacturer will solve their problem.
The RAMP test will require more costly equipment to run it, takes longer
and only checks for WNV not St. Louis & EEE encephalitis. The assay is more sensitive than the VEC
test.
Mr.
Szyska mentioned that the last of the seasonal employees will be let go at the
end of the month. He requested a special
bonus for the lab assistants. They took
over most of the Entomologist’s duties after Ms. Shaunnessey left and have
helped show Mr. Anderson the District’s procedures. The Board approved the
bonus leaving the specific amount to Mr. Szyska but it should not exceed $500
per lab assistant.
The
Board opened the following truck bids
Hoskins Chevrolet $19,452.00
Stasek Chevrolet $18,665.00
Biggers Chevrolet $19,094.00
Hare Chevrolet $19,250.00
Packey Webb Ford $16,870.00
After
discussion of the specifications, and pending a review of them, Karen Mills
made a motion to purchase three trucks from Bill Stasek Chevrolet. The motion was seconded by Daniel R. Ansani.
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