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JOURNAL OF THE 1681st MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT
February 8, 2024
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MSD STAFF
Amy Fehr, Chair Brian Hoelscher, Executive Director/CEO
Richard Wilson, Vice-Chair Tim Snoke, Secretary-Treasurer
Greg Nicozisin Susan Myers, General Counsel
Michael Evans Rich Unverferth, Director of Engineering
Brian Watson - virtual Marion Gee, Director of Finance
Brian Wahby- absent Bret Berthold, Director of Operations
Dino Kiveric, Asst. Dir. Of Human Resources
Ginny Kienstra, Director of Information Technology.
Sean Stone, Senior Public Affairs Specialist
Todd Aschbacher, Attorney III
Marcus Stewart, IT Service Delivery Manager
Wendi Comello, Executive Assistant / Scribe
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
Tom Sullivan Kelly Dalton – Roth Living
Paul Harris – Roth Living Todd Brady – ABNA Engineering
Chairperson Fehr called the meeting to order at approximately 5:00 p.m. Roll call was taken, Trustees Fehr, Wilson,
Nicozisin, Evans, Watson were present; Trustee Wahby was absent.
Trustee Fehr asked for the approval of the preceding meeting journal: January 11, 2024, (1680th) Board Meeting. Motion was made by Trustee Wilson and seconded by Trustee Evans; all Trustees approved the motion.
Comments by Board Chair: None
Report of The Board Committees:
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT
The Program Management Committee met on January 30, 2024 at 7:30 a.m. The meeting was attended by Trustees Evans, Wahby and Wilson; with Nicozisin, Watson and Fehr online.
Chairperson Nicozisin called roll and had no further comments.
The minutes of the January 2, 2024 Program Management meeting were approved.
The agenda items to be introduced tonight were presented and discussed, including a detailed discussion regarding the following items:
Ordinance Numbers 16314 and 16315 – Staff provided details of two (2) CSO Volume Reduction Green Infrastructure Grants being awarded to reduce combined sewer overflows to the Mississippi River and the River Des Peres per the Consent Decree. Staff provided details of the grants being awarded to Tower Grove Community Development and Foster Funeral Homes for various volume reducing bio retention basins and permeable pavements.
Ordinance Numbers 16317, 16318, 16319 - Staff reviewed the details and bid information for three (3) construction projects bid over the past month. These ordinances will authorize contracts and appropriate the necessary funds for these projects.
Ord. Number 16320 – Staff requested funding and contract authorization for Crawford, Murphy, and Tilly. to provide design assistance for the Lambert Airport Restricted Access project. The project is a multi-year program to
rehabilitate and repair sewers within the Lambert Airport. The consultant will provide expertise in the development
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plans for access and scheduling for the proposed work. Staff answered questions regarding the projects from Trustees Wilson and Wahby.
Ordinance Number 16322 - Staff reviewed the details of the CSO Brentwood and Red Bud Combined Sewer Overflow project currently in easement acquisition. The project will separate the storm and sanitary sewers and eliminate a combined sewer overflow. Staff has been unable to obtain all necessary property rights through negotiation. Staff is requesting authorization to move forward with condemnation efforts on twenty-nine (29) parcels
to allow the project to remain on schedule.
The next Committee meeting is tentatively scheduled for March 5, 2024. The meeting was adjourned at 7:52 a.m.
This concludes the Program Management Board Comments Report.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
The Finance Committee met on January 30, 2024, at 7:53 a.m. The meeting was attended by Trustees Wilson,
Evans, Wahby with Trustees Fehr, Watson and Nicozisin online.
Chairperson Evans called roll and had no further comments.
The minutes of the January 2, 2024, Finance Committee meeting were approved.
The agenda item to be introduced tonight was presented and discussed by Finance Director Marion Gee:
Resolution No. 3879- District Independent Audit Services:
This resolution will authorize the District to exercise option year two of four renewal option years with
CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP for an independent audit of all accounts and funds of the District and Subdistrict for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.
Next on the agenda Secretary-Treasurer Tim Snoke reviewed the District’s Operating Fund Portfolio as of January 25, 2024. Tim indicated that the portfolio is in compliance with the District’s Investment Policy.
The next Committee meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, March 5, 2024. The meeting was adjourned at 7:57a.m.
This concludes the Finance Committee Board Comments Report.
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STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORTS
The Stakeholder Relations Committee met on January 30, 2024 at 8:00a.m. The meeting was attended by
Chairperson Wilson and Trustees Evans and Wahby, and participating on-line were Trustees Fehr, Nicozisin and Watson.
Chairperson Wilson called Roll and had no further comments.
The minutes of the January 2, 2024 Stakeholder Relations Committee Meeting were voted on and approved.
The Agenda and Discussion items were as follows:
The first agenda item was a discussion by Susan Myers regarding a Resolution authorizing the third (3rd) and final
one-year renewal term to the existing contract for Legal Consulting Services pertaining to Stormwater and Wastewater Rate Issues with Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP. This is Resolution No. 3880 on tonight's
agenda.
The second item was a discussion by Susan Myers regarding a Resolution to repeal and supersede Resolution No. 3309. Effective March 1, 2024, Todd Aschbacher will be added as an alternate District designee to execute EPA and MDNR grant loan documents and Susan Myers will be removed as an alternate signatory. This is Resolution
No. 3881 on tonight's agenda.
Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 8:03a.m. The next meeting is tentatively scheduled for March 5, 2024.
This concludes the Program Management Board Comments Report.
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Report of the Executive Director: Chairperson Fehr asked if there was a report of the Executive Director and Brian Hoelscher said he did have a statement:
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“Trustees, tonight will be General Counsel Susan Myers’ last meeting of the Board of Trustees before she retires on March 1, 2024. Susan came to MSD in August 2001 and became the General Counsel in March of 2011. Susan has done an outstanding job for the District and our Rate Payers and is both well respected and liked by all of her co-workers. On behalf of the District staff, I want to thank her for everything.”
Susan Myers asked for a few minutes to address the Board of Trustees: “I just wanted to take this opportunity to say it has been my pleasure to work with each and every one of you on the Board and I personally appreciate
the time and effort that you dedicate to the Board of Trustees. I wanted to say thank you. In addition, I would like to formally introduce MSD’s next General Counsel starting March 1st, Todd Aschbacher. Todd and I have worked together for the past twelve and a half years. I hired Todd to fill my Attorney III position when I became General Counsel. He has been an asset to me and the District since I hired him, and I am confident he will continue to be.”
“Chairperson Fehr, that concludes my report.”
Comments by the Public: Chairperson Fehr announced that there was one member of the public requesting to address the Board, Paul Harris from Roth Living:
Paul Harris said he was with Roth Living, a Sub-zero, Wolf, and Cove showroom on Clayton Road. He said he has been working with Craig Berry from MSD Project Clear and wanted to make a couple of comments after the last meeting for the record. He said Roth Living understands the importance of completing the sewer separation and wants to cooperate with the District to make it happen. The immediate issue Roth Living has is the current
condemnation plan presented which is going before the Board of Trustees for approval. He said if fully exercised as currently drawn, it would make his business difficult to operate with the loss of parking lot access for customers. Mr Harris thinks it would be better to run the sewer within the utility easement at the south of the property. He said it was understood that the landscaping would be temporarily impacted, but it seems that this would be better than the potential impairment or shut down of his business. He said if the sewer cannot be run within the existing utility easement, the plan needs to be modified to limit the scope of the temporary easement to minimize disruption of the
business and access to the parking lot.
Chairperson Fehr asked if the matter was on the agenda for approval and Brian Hoelscher said it was on the agenda for introduction only and it could be discussed at the next committee meeting before it is considered.
Submission of Public Hearing Report: None
Communications: None
The Secretary-Treasurer asked the Trustees if they would like to pull any items for a separate vote within the
Consent Agenda. Hearing none, Mr. Snoke then moved forward with the voting for Adoption of Agenda Item Numbers 10 through 28.
CONSENT AGENDA Adoption of Ordinance No. 16294 - Daniel Boone - Lawnview Creek I/I Reduction (12326) An appropriation of Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00) from the Sanitary Replacement Fund to be used for sanitary sewer construction and private I/I removal in Daniel Boone – Lawnview Creek I/I Reduction (12326) in the City of Florissant and Unincorporated St. Louis County, Missouri; and authorizing the Executive Director and
Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Contract No. 53053 with Plattin Creek Excavating, LLC DBA PCX Construction, LLC for sanitary sewer construction and private I/I removal.
Adoption of Ordinance No. 16295 - Outer Ladue and Chipper Storm Sewer (11034) An appropriation of Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($375,000.00) from the Operations, Maintenance, Construction, and Improvement Fund of Deer Creek to be used for storm sewer construction in Outer Ladue and Chipper Storm Sewer (11034) in the City of Frontenac, Missouri; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Contract No. 53027 with Plattin Creek Excavating, LLC DBA PCX Construction, LLC for storm sewer construction.
Adoption of Ordinance No. 16296 - General Services Agreement – Geotechnical (2024) Contract A (13105) An appropriation of Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00) from the Districtwide Stormwater Fund to be used for general geotechnical services in General Services Agreement – Geotechnical (2024) Contract A (13105) in various locations within the District; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Contract No. 53081 with Geotechnology, LLC for general geotechnical services.
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Adoption of Ordinance No. 16297 - General Services Agreement – Geotechnical (2024) Contract B (13106)
An appropriation of Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00) from the Sanitary Replacement Fund to be used for general geotechnical services in General Services Agreement – Geotechnical (2024) Contract B (13106) in various locations within the District; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Contract No. 53082 with Hanson Professional Services, Inc. for general geotechnical services. Adoption of Ordinance No. 16298 - General Services Agreement – Geotechnical (2024) Contract C (13107)
An appropriation of Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00) from the Sanitary Replacement Fund to be used for general geotechnical services in General Services Agreement – Geotechnical (2024) Contract C (13107) in various locations within the District; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Contract No. 53083 with Terracon Consultants, Inc. for general geotechnical services. Adoption of Ordinance No. 16299 - General Services Agreement – Sewer and Channel Design (2024) Contract A (13095)
An appropriation of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) from the Sanitary Replacement Fund and making an appropriation of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) from the Districtwide Stormwater Fund to be used for general engineering services in General Services Agreement – Sewer and Channel Design (2024) Contract A (13095) in various locations within the District; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Contract No. 53084 with KdG, a Division of Shive-Hattery, Inc. for general engineering services.
Adoption of Ordinance No. 16300 - General Services Agreement – Survey Services (2024) Contract A (13113) An appropriation of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) from the Districtwide Stormwater Fund to be used for general surveying services in General Services Agreement – Surveying Services (2024) Contract A (13113) in various locations within the District; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Contract No. 53076 with Civil Design, Inc. for general surveying services. Adoption of Ordinance No. 16301 - General Services Agreement – Survey Services (2024) Contract B (13114)
An appropriation of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) from the Sanitary Replacement Fund to be used for general surveying services in General Services Agreement – Surveying Services (2024) Contract B (13114) in
various locations within the District; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Contract No. 53077 with Prairie Engineers, Inc. for general surveying services. Adoption of Ordinance No. 16302 - General Services Agreement – Survey Services (2024) Contract C (13115) An appropriation of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) from the Districtwide Stormwater Fund to be used for
general surveying services in General Services Agreement – Surveying Services (2024) Contract C (13115) in various locations within the District; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Contract No. 53078 with Sabur, Inc. for general surveying services.
Adoption of Ordinance No. 16303 - General Services Agreement – Survey Services (2024) Contract D (13116) An appropriation of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) from the Sanitary Replacement Fund to be used for general surveying services in General Services Agreement – Surveying Services (2024) Contract D (13116) in various locations within the District; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Contract No. 53079 with Volz Incorporated for general surveying services.
Adoption of Ordinance No. 16304 - General Services Agreement - Survey Services (2024) Contract E (13117) An appropriation of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) from the Sanitary Replacement Fund to be used for general surveying services in General Services Agreement – Surveying Services (2024) Contract E (13117) in various locations within the District; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Contract No. 53080 with Juneau Associates, Inc. for general surveying services.
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Adoption of Ordinance No. 16305 - Smith Creek Ladue Road Sanitary Relief (Royal Manor Dr. to Hewlett Ct) (12202) Declaring the necessity for the acquisition of easements and temporary easements in certain real property within The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District for the purpose of construction of sewers and related appurtenances in the project known as Smith Creek Ladue Road Sanitary Relief (Royal Manor Dr to Hewlett Ct) (12202) in the City of Creve Coeur, Missouri to serve the needs of residents of the area, and authorizing staff to proceed with further condemnation efforts related to the project, including but not limited to the purchase and/or the filing of all necessary
court pleadings or documents to commence and prosecute formal legal proceedings for the acquisition of said easements and temporary construction easements.
Adoption of Ordinance No. 16306 - Upper Fishpot East Sanitary Relief (Field Ave to Wolff Ln) (12242) Declaring the necessity for the acquisition of easements and temporary easements in certain real property within The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District for the purpose of construction of sewers and related appurtenances in the project known as Upper FishPot East Sanitary Relief (Field Avenue to Wolff Lane) (12242) in the City of Ellisville, Missouri to serve the needs of residents of the area, and authorizing staff to proceed with further condemnation efforts related to the project, including but not limited to the purchase and/or the filing of all necessary court pleadings or documents to commence and prosecute formal legal proceedings for the acquisition of said easements and temporary construction easements.
Adoption of Ordinance No. 16307 - Linear Asset Management Services Authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter a contract with Aquasight, LLC to provide software and professional services in Linear Asset Management
Services Districtwide. Adoption of Ordinance No. 16308 - Hellmich Hill Retter General Legal Services
Authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into a contract with the law firm of Hellmich Hill & Retter LLC, whereby Hellmich Hill & Retter LLC, will provide General Legal Services to the District commencing on July 1, 2024. Adoption of Ordinance No. 16309 - Quarles & Brady General Legal Services Authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
to enter into a contract with the law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP, whereby Quarles & Brady LLP will provide General Legal Services to the District commencing on July 1, 2024.
Adoption of Ordinance No. 16310 - Rynearson Suess General Legal Services Authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into a contract with the law firm of Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch & Champion L.L.C. (RSSC), whereby RSSC will provide General Legal Services to the District commencing on July 1, 2024.
Adoption of Ordinance No. 16311 - Thompson Coburn General Legal Services Authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into a contract with the law firm of Thompson Coburn L.L.P., whereby Thompson Coburn L.L.P., will provide General Legal Services to the District commencing on July 1, 2024. Adoption of Ordinance No. 16312 - White Coleman General Legal Services
Authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into a contract with the law firm of White Coleman & Associates, LLC, whereby White Coleman & Associates, LLC will provide General Legal Services to the District commencing on July 1, 2024. Motion was made by Trustee Evans, seconded by Trustee Wilson for adoption of
Ordinance Nos. 16294 through 16312 Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS ORDINANCES
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RESOLUTIONS
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NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES
Introduction of Ordinance No. 16314 - CSO Volume Reduction Green Infrastructure – Crossroads Senior Living at Bevo Mill (14088) Authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into an agreement with Tower Grove Community Development Corporation, for cost sharing for green infrastructure construction in CSO Volume Reduction Green Infrastructure – Crossroads Senior Living at Bevo Mill
(14088) in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. Motion was made by Trustee Wilson, seconded by Trustee Evans that Ordinance No. 16314 be introduced. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent
Introduction of Ordinance No. 16315 - CSO Volume Reduction Green Infrastructure – Foster Funeral Home (13810) Authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
to enter into an agreement with Foster’s Services for Funerals, for cost sharing for green infrastructure construction in CSO Volume Reduction Green Infrastructure – Foster Funeral Homes (13810) in the City of St. Louis, Missouri.
Motion was made by Trustee Wilson, seconded by Trustee Nicozisin that Ordinance No. 16315 be introduced. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent Introduction of Ordinance No. 16316 - SCADA System Upgrade (13467) A supplemental appropriation of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from the Sanitary Replacement Fund to be
used for planning, design, and engineering during construction phase services in SCADA System Upgrade (13467) at various locations within the District; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Amendment No. 3 to Contract No. 22010 with EMA, Inc. for planning, design, and engineering during construction phase services.
Motion was made by Trustee Nicozisin, seconded by Trustee Evans that Ordinance No. 16316 be introduced. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent
Introduction of Ordinance No. 16317 - Friedens (Partial) I/I Reduction (Chain Of Rocks Dr and Fontaine Pl)
(12185) An appropriation of One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,700,000.00) from the Sanitary Replacement Fund to be used for sanitary sewer construction in Friedens (Partial) I/I Reduction (Chain of Rocks Dr and Fontaine Pl) (12185) in the Cities of Bellefontaine Neighbors and St. Louis, Missouri; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Contract No. 53074 with Gershenson Construction Company, Inc. for sanitary sewer construction. Motion was made by Trustee Nicozisin, seconded by Trustee Watson that Ordinance No. 16317 be introduced.
Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent
Introduction of Ordinance No. 16318 - Spoede Road Sanitary Sewer Improvements (13623) An appropriation of Five Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($580,000.00) from the Sanitary Replacement Fund to be used for sanitary sewer construction in Spoede Road Sanitary Sewer Improvements (13623) in the Cities of Frontenac and Creve Coeur, Missouri; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Contract No. 53071 with Gershenson Construction Co., Inc. for sanitary sewer construction. Motion was made by Trustee Nicozisin, seconded by Trustee Evans that Ordinance No. 16318 be introduced. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent
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Introduction of Ordinance No. 16319 - Glenmary to White Rose Storm Improvements (11314)
An appropriation of Five Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($540,000.00) from the Operations, Maintenance, Construction, and Improvement Fund of University City to be used for storm sewer construction in Glenmary to White Rose Storm Improvements (11314) in the City of Olivette, Missouri; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Contract No. 53073 with J.H. Berra Construction Co., Inc. for storm sewer construction. Motion was made by Trustee Wilson, seconded by Trustee Nicozisin that Ordinance No. 16319 be introduced. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent
Introduction of Ordinance No. 16320 - Lambert Airport Restricted Access Assets Inspection and Repair (13747) An appropriation of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) from the Sanitary Replacement Fund to be used for design in Lambert Airport Restricted Access Assets Inspection and Repair (13747) in Unincorporated St. Louis County, Missouri; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District to enter into Contract No. 53095 with Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. for design. Motion was made by Trustee Nicozisin, seconded by Trustee Evans that Ordinance No. 16320 be introduced. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent
Introduction of Ordinance No. 16321 - Deer Creek OMCI Reimbursements Program (City of Frontenac Agreement) (13487) Authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Frontenac, for cost sharing for municipal stormwater expenditures in Deer Creek OMCI Reimbursements Program (City of Frontenac Agreement) (13487) in St. Louis County, Missouri. Motion was made by Trustee Wilson, seconded by Trustee Nicozisin that Ordinance No. 16321 be introduced. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent
Introduction of Ordinance No. 16322 - CSO Brentwood and Red Bud Ave CSO Interceptor (I-118)/Outfall (L-111) Elimination and Sewer Separation (12139)
Declaring the necessity for the acquisition of easements and temporary construction easements in certain real property within The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District for the purpose of construction of sewers and related appurtenances in the project known as CSO - Brentwood and Red Bud Ave CSO Interceptor (I-118)/Outfall (L-111) Elimination and Sewer Separation (12139) in the Cities of Clayton and Richmond Heights, Missouri to serve the needs of residents of the area, and authorizing staff to proceed with further condemnation efforts related to the
project, including but not limited to the purchase and/or the filing of all necessary court pleadings or documents to commence and prosecute formal legal proceedings for the acquisition of said easements and temporary construction easements. Motion was made by Trustee Fehr, seconded by Trustee Evans that Ordinance No. 16322 be introduced. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent
RESOLUTIONS Adoption of Resolution No. 3874 – Expressing the Board of Trustees’ appreciation to Bonnie S. Hubert for her
15 years of exemplary service to the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District from August 4, 2008, to her retirement effective February 1, 2024. Motion was made by Trustee Nicozisin, seconded by Trustee Evans that Resolution No.3874 be adopted. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent Adoption of Resolution No. 3875 – Expressing the Board of Trustees’ appreciation to Carole L. Willis for her 38 years of exemplary service to the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District from July 21, 1986, to her retirement effective February 1, 2024. Motion was made by Trustee Wilson, seconded by Trustee Nicozisin that Resolution No.3875 be adopted. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent
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Adoption of Resolution No. 3876 – Expressing the Board of Trustees’ appreciation to David C. Wiegand for his 19 years of exemplary service to the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District from June 14, 2004, to his retirement effective February 1, 2024. Motion was made by Trustee Nicozisin, seconded by Trustee Wilson that Resolution No.3876 be adopted. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent Adoption of Resolution No. 3877 – Expressing the Board of Trustees’ appreciation to Michael D. Jackson for his
32 years of exemplary service to the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District from January 6, 1992, to his retirement effective February 1, 2024.
Motion was made by Trustee Wilson, seconded by Trustee Nicozisin that Resolution No.3877 be adopted. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent Adoption of Resolution No. 3878 – Expressing the Board of Trustees’ appreciation to Rosalie M. Jackson for her 28 years of exemplary service to the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District from December 26, 1995, to her retirement effective February 1, 2024. Motion was made by Trustee Nicozisin, seconded by Trustee Evans that Resolution No.3878 be adopted. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent
Adoption of Resolution No. 3879 – Independent Audit Services The adoption of Resolution No. 3879 will exercise option year two (2) of the contract previously authorized by Ordinance No. 15824, adopted December 9, 2021, which authorized the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into a contract with CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, whereby CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP would provide an independent audit of the accounting records of the District. Motion was made by Trustee Wilson, seconded by Trustee Nicozisin that Resolution No.3879 be adopted. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent Adoption of Resolution No. 3880 – Contract Renewal for Legal Consulting Services
The adoption of Resolution No. 3880 will exercise option year three (3) of the contract previously authorized by Ordinance No. 15627, adopted March 11, 2021, which authorized the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer
on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into a contract with Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP, whereby Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP will provide legal consulting services on matters involving Stormwater and Wastewater Rate consulting and associated regulations and policies. Motion was made by Trustee Wilson, seconded by Trustee Evans that Resolution No.3880 be adopted. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained
Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent
Adoption of Resolution No. 3881 – Authorized Representatives for EPA and MDNR Grant and Loan Projects
Resolution No. 3881 repeals and supersedes Resolution No. 3309, adopted October 13, 2016, and enacts a new Resolution in lieu thereof which adds Todd Aschbacher as an alternate signatory to periodically file with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources applications for grants and loans to aid in the construction of projects to mitigate water pollution within the District’s area of jurisdiction and responsibility and effective March 1, 2024 removes Susan M. Myers as an alternate signatory Motion was made by Trustee Wilson, seconded by Trustee Evans that Resolution No.3881 be adopted. Motion passed: 5 Ayes - 0 Nays - 0 Abstained Poll Taken: A. Fehr AYE, R. Wilson AYE, G. Nicozisin AYE, M. Evans-AYE, B. Watson-AYE, B. Wahby-Absent ITEMS PROPOSED FOR INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING
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ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT MAY PROPERLY BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD:
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ADJOURNMENT
Trustee Fehr asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:19 p.m. Motion was made by Trustee Evans and seconded by Trustee Wilson.
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