MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

September 16, 2009

The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District was held Wednesday, September 16, 2009 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; Daniel R. Ansani, Vice President and Assistant Secretary; Richard A. David, Secretary and Assistant Treasurer; William Schneck, Treasurer; Karen V. Mills, Vice President and Assistant Secretary/Treasurer.

Also present: Donald Veverka, Attorney; Michael Szyska, Director.

The minutes of the August 2009 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 August 2009 was presented and all checks were approved for payment. Daniel R. Ansani 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.

Mr. Veverka mentioned that the Treasurer’s Statement will be signed at the October meeting. The fiscal year-end audit must be published before the end of October. The County anticipates that the taxes will be due sometime in November. At the next Board meeting the Board will review the minutes from the Executive Sessions.

Mr. Szyska highlighted several items from the staff reports. The remaining seasonal employees will be released at the end of next week except for the lab assistants. The UST at the Bartlett facility now complies with the new regulations.

Mr. Szyska mentioned that there will be truck bids to open at the October meeting. The District will be replacing 3 trucks. The District will also replace some sprayers. Mr. Szyska explained some changes by the FCC to narrow the band width for radios by 2013 which will require replacing most of the radios. Mr. Szyska and Mr. Thennisch are meeting with some distributors about the changes, GPS capabilities, the new digital radios and the costs. DesPlaines Valley is converting to a digital radio system and have several 2 year old radios they would like to sell. These radios will be compatible with the narrower band width. After discussion the approved the purchase if the District stays with an analog narrowband capable system.

Mr. Szyska updated the Board on WNV. There is one human case in Cook County and that is in Chicago. To date there are only 3 in the state.

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