DEERFIELD REGIONAL STORM WATER DISTRICT
Special District Board Meeting
As part of the
Deerfield Township Trustees Regular Board Meeting
4900 Mason-Montgomery Road, Suite 180
Mason, OH 45040
February 17, 2009
The Deerfield Regional Storm Water District Board of Trustees appeared at the Deerfield Township Trustees Meeting for purpose of on-going communications between the two entities and other general purposes.
President Dan Corey resumed their regular meeting from an executive session and called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
ATTENDANCE:
Those present at the meeting were:
DFTWSP Members: Dan Corey, Dan Evers, Pete Patterson
DFTWSP Attorney Thomas Swope, Esq., Frost, Brown & Todd
DFTWSP Fiscal Officer John Wahle
DFTWSP Staff Members Lois McKnight, Director of Community
Development, Lt. Brian Tinch, WCSO, Chris Eisel,
DT Fire Chief, Fran Klatte, Public Relations Director
DFTWSP Asst. to Admin. Peggy Monjar
DRSWD Members: Walt Daniels, Tim Greive, and Travis Fliehman
Administrative Assistant: Cathy Herrick
Public Members: Susan Berger, Bill Coffey, Michael Rakes, Kristin Spiekerman, George Pitstick, Sheheryar Jamali.
OFFERING OF PRAYER: Patrick Vail, Director of Elementary Ministries, Montgomery Community Church
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG: Dan Corey
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Comments from public members were addressed at this time with two members of the public expressing their concerns to the Deerfield Township Trustees.
President Corey then commented it was an honor and privilege to recognize, Susan Berger, who recently stepped down from her position as a Board member with the Deerfield Regional Storm Water District after five years of service to the community. Mr. Corey commended Ms. Berger for having been a charter member of the DRSWD Board and her dedication and integrity in serving the community.
Walt Daniels advised that the DRSWD Board had previously recognized and thanked Ms. Berger, at the Board’s regular meeting on February 10, 2009, for her service to the community, as well as, the many tasks she performed to help build and establish the District including but not limited to the website, public relations and education, establishing and maintaining the storm water fees and billing thereof, as well as being instrumental in creating regulations and policies for future endeavors of the District.
Dan Evers, Deerfield Township Administrator, added Ms. Berger was very helpful in orienting him as to the purpose, goals and intentions of the District.
President Corey then advised of a plaque to be presented to Ms. Berger as a representation of the appreciation of Deerfield Township for her many years of service to the community.
After the formal presentation of the plaque, President Corey called for a break in the meeting at 6:55 p.m. for a reception and refreshments in honor of Susan Berger.
At 7:20 p.m., President Corey reconvened the Regular Board Meeting.
President Corey then introduced Travis Fliehman as the newest member of the DRSWD Board. Mr. Fliehman was chosen and appointed to the Board last week after the Township Trustees interviewed four interested candidates. Mr. Corey added, each candidate had excellent attributes and the Board was pleased that many community members were interested in serving the community.
Mr. Fliehman introduced himself and gave a brief background of his personal information and his public position as a community member within Deerfield Township.
President Corey then shared a document which the Township Trustees created and entitled, “Philosophical Position with Respect to the Operations of the Deerfield Storm Water District Board”. The position statement highlighted four main points of interest:
(1) The DRSWD Board should always utilize a fiscally conservative philosophy in its approach to all issues, e.g., leveraging other resources and entities, such as Warren County, etc., should always occur;
(2) The DRSWD Board’s primary objective is addressing NPDES Phase II. This
should be evident when considering all resources available to the Board;
(3) The DRSWD Board shall not provide funds for the construction phase of
Private property issues;
(4) The DRSWD Board should communicate with the DT Board of Trustees
Regularly to eliminate potential redundancies and ensure alignment of
Purpose and resources, but especially when making decisions that will have
significant political or fiscal impact.
This information was reviewed and a discussion ensued with Walt Daniels indicating that he agreed in principle with the philosophy as presented but would like to discuss the details of each point at a later date. Walt also recommended the two Boards set up a structured meeting schedule rather than on an as needed basis as that has not worked well in the past due to everyone’s busy schedule. It was agreed both Boards should attempt to set up regular meetings and on-going communications to share information and activities. Mr. Corey agreed the two Boards should set up a structured meeting schedule and offered up one of the DFT Trustees “Work Sessions” on a quarterly basis.
Ø Action Taken/Required: Travis Fliehman motioned, seconded by Tim Grieve to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 p.m. Vote: All Yes.
Next Regular Meeting: March 10, 2009
The Deerfield Regional Storm Water District Board meets the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m., unless otherwise notified.
Attest:
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Walter Daniels, President