The following action was taken at the Board Meeting on March 8, 2005.


Reservation of System Development Funds

The Board directed staff to reserve $1,000,000 from the System Development fund to the Master Plan Phase V Reserves.

Water System Development General Funds

The Board directed staff to reserve $569,024 from the Water System General Fund to the Master Plan Phase V Reserves to be designated as an accelerated repayment of the loan previously made to the Reserves for the EASi Project.

Master Plan Phase IV-B to Phase V Reserves
The Board directed staff to release $2,000,000 of the General Fund from Master Plan Phase IV-B, to be transferred to the Master Plan Phase V Reserves.

Modifications to Master Statement
The Board approved revisions to the Master Statement of Investment Policies and Objectives, to authorize the investment of Plan assets in Exchange Traded Funds (EFT) and Index Funds.

Revisions to Employee Handbook
The Board approved several revisions to the Employee Handbook dealing with issues of Part-Time Employment, Vacations, Floating Holidays, Sick Leave, The Family and Medical Leave Act and Pay Period Paychecks.

Change Order on Projects

The Board approved a change order to Projects 275 through 278 in the amount of $32,730.56 with CAS Construction, Inc.

Proposal Accepted
The Board authorized acceptance of the Proposal from Easton Electrical Services and Systems for modifications to the Motor Control Center at the Kansas River Pre-Sedimentation Facility in the amount of $66,074.00 and further waived the public bidding requirement due to this equipment and installation being available only through a sole source vendor.