City Hall and Courthouse  
15 West Kellogg Boulevard  
Room 330  
City of Saint Paul  
Patrick Shea, General  
Manager  
Meeting Minutes  
651-266-8943 or  
Patrick.Shea@ci.stpaul.mn  
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Board of Water Commissioners  
Mollie Gagnelius,  
Recording Secretary,  
651-266-6275 or  
mollie.gagnelius@ci.stpau  
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Chair Mara Humphrey  
Vice Chair Nelsie Yang  
Commissioner Amy Brendmoen  
Commissioner Rebecca Cave  
Commissioner John Larkin  
Commissioner Alene Tchourumoff  
Commissioner Chris Tolbert  
Tuesday, March 14, 2023  
Roll Call  
5:00 PM  
Legislative Hearing Room, 330 City Hall  
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Present  
Amy Brendmoen; Chris Tolbert; Mara Humphrey; Nelsie Yang; Alene  
Tchourumoff; John Larkin and Rebecca Cave  
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 Vice President Yang and seconded by Commissioner Tolbert;  
Consent Agenda has been Adopted  
Adopted Consent Agenda  
7 -  
0
Yea:  
Nay:  
Amy Brendmoen;Chris Tolbert;Mara Humphrey;Nelsie Yang;Alene  
Tchourumoff;John Larkin and Rebecca Cave  
Approving the minutes of the February 14, 2023 meeting.  
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Attachments:  
February 14, 2023 Board Minutes  
Adopted  
Approving the Financial Statements for the month of January 2023.  
Attachments:  
January 2023 Financial Statements  
Adopted  
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Pertaining to a Tenth Rider to Agreement with the City of Vadnais  
Heights allowing the installation of Stormwater Drainage Infrastructure  
within certain Board-owned property.  
Attachments:  
Staff Report  
Tenth Rider to Agreement  
Exhibit A  
Resolution 23-377  
Adopted  
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Pertaining to a Permanent and Temporary Easement and Agreement  
with Roselawn Cemetery and the City of Roseville.  
Attachments:  
Staff Report  
Permanent and Temporary Easement Agreement  
Resolution 23-378  
Adopted  
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Pertaining to 2023 Administrative Order No. 1 for the transfer of funds  
from various accounting units to establish a dedicated accounting unit  
dedicated to pump station and storage assets.  
Attachments:  
Staff Report  
Resolution 23-379  
Administrative Order No. 1  
Financial Analysis  
Adopted  
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Pertaining to a Professional Services Agreement with Ferguson  
Enterprises Inc. to provide cloud-based meter reading solutions to  
support the Board’s metering system upgrade to an Advanced Metering  
Infrastructure system.  
Attachments:  
Staff Report  
Agreement  
Resolution 23-380  
Adopted  
Action Items  
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Recognizing Lisa Veith for dedicated service to the Board of Water  
Commissioners.  
Attachments:  
Staff Report  
Resolution 23-381  
Motion made by Vice President Yang and seconded by Commissioner Cave; item is  
Adopted  
Adopted  
7 -  
Yea:  
Nay:  
Amy Brendmoen;Chris Tolbert;Mara Humphrey;Nelsie Yang;Alene  
Tchourumoff;John Larkin and Rebecca Cave  
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Pertaining to a Professional Services Agreement with Mythics, Inc. to  
provide professional consulting services for the implementation of a new  
Enterprise Asset Management System.  
Attachments:  
Staff Report  
Resolution 23-382  
Motion made by Vice President Yang and seconded by Commissioner Brendmoen;  
item is Adopted  
Adopted  
7 -  
0
Yea:  
Nay:  
Amy Brendmoen;Chris Tolbert;Mara Humphrey;Nelsie Yang;Alene  
Tchourumoff;John Larkin and Rebecca Cave  
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Pertaining to a Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Saint Paul to  
designate costs for professional consulting services for the  
implementation of a new Enterprise Asset Management System.  
Attachments:  
Staff Report  
Joint Powers Agreement  
Resolution 23-383  
Motion made by Vice President Yang and seconded by Commissioner Cave; item is  
Adopted  
Adopted  
7 -  
0
Yea:  
Nay:  
Amy Brendmoen;Chris Tolbert;Mara Humphrey;Nelsie Yang;Alene  
Tchourumoff;John Larkin and Rebecca Cave  
Informational Items  
General Manager's Report  
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1. SPRWS was audited by the US EPA in August and December of 2022  
These Audits were extremely through and focused both on SPRWS and how MDH  
provides oversite and compliance with safe Drinking water act requirements.  
We are expecting some enforcement action.  
The budget adjustment approved tonight is directly related to the Board's external  
assets (booster stations and water storage) are part of the actions we are taking to  
address some of the identified concerns.  
2. Garden Property  
Reached out to Maplewood after the Board meeting and have had conversations  
with a prior representative of the previous developer. He indicated he is working on how  
dividing the parcel into 3 would/could work.  
Currently, there is nothing to take action on.  
We will keep BOWC updated if/when any movement is made.  
3. Hiring  
Directly related to lead free SPRWS  
29 people to start on 3/27 - Over 80 applicants  
Utility Trainee – 10 to start in early May – over 100 applicants  
4. April Board Meeting  
Presentation on the McCarrons Project in April  
Resolution of Support for SPRWS to provide water to North Oaks  
Received and Filed  
Pipeline Express  
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Attachments:  
Pipeline Express - February 10, 2023  
Pipeline Express - February 24, 2023  
Received and Filed  
Adjournment