June 26, 2025
Columbia County Pool District December Board Meeting
June 26, 2025
Fire District 3 Office
Members Present: Terri Hesler, Katie Leid, Ted Lowe
Absent excused: Dianne McKinley, Lisa Naylor
Terry Hesler opened the meeting at 5 pm.
There were no guests
Consent Agenda:
Ted moved, Katie seconded to approve the minutes of the April 2025 meeting. Minutes approved as corrected. The work session was held June 12, 2025.
There was no public comment
Friends of the Pool:
Fred Crowe reported that FofP has a P.O. Box number 192. There was discussion about FofP being the collection agent for donations from DHS Alumni for the new pool. Fred agreed to be the collection agent. "Donations for Pool Construction" will be the title for those donating during alumni weekend in July.
There was discussion about the structure of FofP and whether they will need by- laws as well as other documents to help a professional grant writer seek larger grants up to $1,000,000. Katie will contact Kerri Isaacson to see if she would meet with Fred to discuss these issues as soon as possible.
Business:
Terri reached out to Cole regarding the new website and the launch of it. Cole did not get back to her.
Katie reported that at the end of 5/31/25, the ending balance was $127,542.34. No bills were paid in May. The Geotechnical Exploration report and bill from Budinger & Associates was presented for $17,286.25. Ted moved and Terri seconded that we approve the warrant for this bill. Motion carried.
Katie reported that she has been in contact with Blue Mountain Community Foundation regarding a Grant/Capital Campaign consultant. Depending on the type of grant and amount of the request, a reasonable cost would be from $50-$150/hour. They would like to know the types of
grants that we are looking for and to provide them with a job description of the part time position for them to recommend several people to us.
The personnel Policy was tabled until the July meeting.
The Financial Management Policy was discussed as well at the Operating Policies from the Columbia County Treasurer's Office. Katie will scan the Operating Policies document from the Columbia County Treasurer's Office and send copies to all board members to review for the July meeting.
There was discussion about the Geotechnical report written by Budinger & associates. The good news is that they believe, after their testing, that the current pool site can be used as the site for the new pool.
After a brief discussion, Katie moved and Ted seconded that the CCP&PD select NAC as our Architect/Engineering firm. Motion approved.
There was a brief discussion about running the 2025 Levy. The three commissioners agreed that the levy should be run at the same level as the last levy ($0.20/$1,000); but there was no action taken. This will be an action item in July.
Next regular board meeting will be held on Thursday July 31, 2025.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:40 p.m.