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Regular Board of Directors Meeting
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Office of DWSD
9250 E. Costilla Avenue, Suite 400
Greenwood Village, CO 80112
APRIL 15, 2025 BOARD MEETING AGENDA
Dominion Water & Sanitation District, Board Meeting Agenda of the District and it’s Sterling Ranch Water & Wastewater Activity Enterprise
Board of Directors & Term Expiration:
Jeffrey LaForte, President, May 2025
John K. Ostermiller, President (Interim), May 2027
Harold R. Smethills, Treasurer, May 2027
David Kerr, Secretary, May 2027
Brock Smethills, Assistant Secretary, May 2025
*Richard Shaw, Special Advisor to the District Board, N/A
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Date: April 15, 2025 – Tuesday
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Office of DWSD
9250 E. Costilla Avenue, Suite 400
Greenwood Village, CO 80112
Introductory Business
1. Call to Order / declaration of quorum.
2. Review and consider approval of Agenda and meeting location.
3. Review and consider approval of March 10, 2025, Regular Board Meeting Minutes. (Enclosed)
4. Board Study Session
a. Review and discuss and April 2025 Dominion Staff Reports.
5. Public Comments:
Members of the public may express their views to the Board on matters that affect the District. Comments will be limited to three (3) minutes per person. Comments will be taken in the order reflected on the sign-in sheet.
6. Board Matters:
a. Review and consider approval of Resolution honoring Brian Vogt with Botanic Gardens. (Enclosed)
7. Communications Update:
a. None.
Action Items
8. Consent Agenda – The following can be approved with a single motion, or pulled from the consent agenda and discussed separately:
a. Review and consider approval of claims totaling $810,347 represented on the Accounts Payable Report for the month of February 2025. (Enclosed)
9. Consultant Agreements and Work Orders / Change Orders
a. Review and consider approval of the Independent Contractor Agreement (ICA) with Merrick & Company for the design of the Louviers Lift Station and Force Main for a total not to exceed the amount of $389,052. (Scope of Work Enclosed)
b. Review and consider approval of the Independent Contractors Agreement (ICA) with Tetra Tech, Inc. for the raw water line design, for a total not to exceed $850,000. (Handout)
District Leadership
10. Operation Matters:
a. Provide an update on the Eastern Regional Pipeline.
b. Provide an update on the plan for optimizing the Moore Water Treatment Plant for effective manganese removal.
c. Provide information related to the Master Meter(s) analysis and brief the Board on recommendations.
d. Provide an update on anticipated WISE losses. (Enclosed)
11. Financial Matters:
a. Discuss next steps and develop a revised scope of work for Pinnacle to provide more robust accounting and financial services for the District.
a. Provide an update on the Audit, to include schedule.
b. Provide an update on Bank of Oklahoma transition.
c. Dominion’s Q1 Budget to Actuals Comparison. (Handout)
12. District Management Matters:
a. Update on Water Master Plan Summary.
b. Update on Chatfield Basin Water Reclamation PDB. (Monthly Report Enclosed)
c. Regional Opportunities Update.
Executive Leadership
13. Executive Session:
Executive session of the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 24-6-402(4)(e), Colorado Revised Statutes, for the purpose of determining positions relative to matters that may be subject to negotiations, developing strategies for negotiations, and instructing negotiators as it relates to certain regional wastewater matters including a regional water and wastewater service request, water rights acquisition, negotiations with Denver Water, and contract amendments with Aurora, and Roxborough.
14. Legal Matters
a. Review and consider approval of the 2nd Amendment to the IGA for Water Delivery between Dominion and Castle Rock Approval of the Castle Rock IGA Amendment. (Enclosed)
Conclusion
15. Administrative Matters:
a. None.
16. Adjournment