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WATER UTILITIES COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT
CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA
JANUARY 23, 1995 - 6:15 P.M.
MEETING MINUTES
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROLL CALL: Others Present:
Chairman Jean Perkins District Attorney Bill Farrell
Vice Chairman Robin Barker District Clerk Kathy Connelly
Mr. Douglas Coleman City Attorney Glenn Gimbut
Mr. Paul Perkins - Absent Interim City Manager George Hoffman
Mrs. Anne Surra District Treasurer Keith Lewis
Mrs. Pat Richmond Public Works Director Doug Dobson
Mr. Keith Hendricks Interim Dev. Serv. Dir. Jim Nakagawa
Jae Richards
Bill Carns
Mrs. Surra moved to pay the attorney fees for the Month of January 1995 according
to the statement. Mr. Hendricks seconded the motion. Approved unanimously.
Attorney Bill Farrell reported on the Bankruptcy Court hearings from January 5,
6, and 20. He stated that additional testimony would be heard on March 14, 16,
and 17. He stated they are hopeful , based on the testimony given, that JACO's
pl an for sal e of Consol i dated Water wi 11 be approved and schedul ed for 1 ate Apri 1
or the middle of May.
Mr. Gimbut clarified that the meeting on March 14 would be in the morning and on
March 16 in the afternoon.
Mr. Farrell stated that court hearings were open to the public that the court was
relocating, but he would inform the clerk of the board of the new location. He
clarified the district board has not made an offer to either Consolidated Water
or JACO and that they are working on a method of financing the bid offer.
Mr. Coleman inquired about the "request for proposal " and "request for
qualifications" as indicated in the agenda.
Mr. Farrell explained that at the time of sale the district needs to be in a
position to immediately operate the water company; that they need to start
gathering a short list for the district to determine whether they would like the
city to operate the system or to hire a private company to do it; and that they
also need to know the qualifications of prospective companies.
Mrs. Surra was concerned with doing that before knowing if the district will be
the successful bidder.
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Mr. Farrell explained that they would be looking for companies who may be
interested in providing these services, which may include the hourly rate for
staff and could be compared with that of city staff, but nothing would be binding
in nature.
Mr. Coleman asked if they might not be attracting the attention of other bidders
with advertising.
Mr. Farrell explained that it is possible and that there is competition in this.
Mr. Gimbut added that because of the Bankruptcy Court hearings this has already
become general knowledge.
Chairman Perkins asked if this transition would in any way affect subdivisions
coming in.
Mr. Farrell explained that it seems when cities offer water and sewer services
through the municipality, that tends to encourage developers to come in.
Vice Chairman Barker moved to authorize the issuance of request for proposal for
the purchase of non-Apache Junction Operating Systems and a request for
qualifications for the operation of the Apache Junction Operating System. Mr.
Hendricks seconded the motion. Approved unanimously.
Vice Chairman Barker moved to select March 27 as the next meeting date.
Mr. Hendricks seconded the motion. Vice Chairman Barker amended her motion to
include an executive session at 6:00 p.m. and a public meeting at 6:15 p.m.
Approved unanimously.
Adjournment at 7:48 p.m.
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Robin Barker, Vice Chairman
Kathleen Connel y
Clerk of the Board
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