City Hall and Courthouse  
15 West Kellogg Boulevard  
Room 330  
City of Saint Paul  
Racquel Vaske, General  
Manager  
651-266-6815 or  
racquel.vaske@ci.stpaul.m  
n.us  
Meeting Minutes  
Board of Water Commissioners  
Mollie Gagnelius,  
Recording Secretary,  
651-266-6275 or  
mollie.gagnelius@ci.stpaul.  
mn.us  
Chair Mara Humphrey  
Vice Chair Nelsie Yang (on leave)  
Commissioner Anika Bowie  
Commissioner Rebecca Cave  
Commissioner Cheniqua Johnson  
Commissioner Saura Jost  
Commissioner John Larkin  
Commissioner Chris Tolbert  
Tuesday, May 14, 2024  
Roll Call  
5:00 PM  
SPRWS, 1900 Rice St  
6 - Chris Tolbert; Mara Humphrey; John Larkin; Rebecca Cave; Saura Jost  
and Cheniqua Johnson  
Present  
Absent  
1 - Anika Bowie  
Consent Agenda  
Note: Items listed under the Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion with no  
separate discussion. If discussion on an item is desired, the item will be removed from  
the Consent Agenda for separate consideration.  
Approval of the Consent Agenda  
Motion made by Commissioner Cave and seconded by Commissioner Tolbert;  
Consent Agenda has been Adopted  
Adopted Consent Agenda  
5 - Chris Tolbert;Mara Humphrey;John Larkin;Rebecca Cave and Saura Jost  
Yea:  
Nay:  
0
2 - Anika Bowie and Cheniqua Johnson  
Absent:  
Approving the minutes of the April 16, 2024 meeting.  
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2
Attachments:  
Adopted  
Approving the Financial Statements for the month of March 2024.  
Attachments:  
Adopted  
Amending the 2024 Saint Paul Regional Water Services spending  
budget to record the cost-neutral change in spending for principal and  
interest due on PFA note DW08.  
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4
5
Attachments:  
Adopted  
Pertaining to approving a development agreement with the Saint Paul  
Port Authority concerning the former Hillcrest Golf Course (“The  
Heights”) property.  
Attachments:  
Adopted  
Pertaining to a Professional Services Agreement with Advance Utility  
Systems to provide services to integrate Paymentus with CIS Infinity  
V4 to support the Board’s new electronic payment system.  
Attachments:  
Adopted  
Action Item  
Pertaining to approving master contracts with multiple firms to provide  
engineering services.  
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Attachments:  
Motion made by Commissioner Tolbert and seconded by Commissioner Cave; item is  
Adopted  
Adopted  
4 - Chris Tolbert;Mara Humphrey;John Larkin and Rebecca Cave  
Yea:  
Nay:  
0
2 - Anika Bowie and Cheniqua Johnson  
1 - Saura Jost  
Absent:  
Abstain:  
Discussion  
Disconnection Due to Non-payment Policy  
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Received and Filed  
PFAS (Forever Chemicals) - presentation  
Received and Filed  
Informational Items  
General Manager's Report  
9
Received and Filed  
Pipeline Express  
10  
Attachments:  
Received and Filed  
Adjournment