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<br />Western States Water Council <br />Executive Committee Minutes <br /> <br />Sioux Falls, South Dakota <br />May 3, 2007 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />WYOMING <br /> <br />Pat Tyrrell <br /> <br />STAFF <br /> <br />D. Craig Bell <br />Tony WiIlardson <br />Shaun McGrath <br />Cheryl Redding <br /> <br />GUESTS <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS <br /> <br />Chairman Duane Smith welcomed Committee members. The Executive Committee meeting was <br />held in Room 3 at the Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> <br />The minutes of the meeting held in Sheridan, Wyoming on October 5, 2006 were moved for <br />approval. A second was offered and the minutes were unanimously approved. <br /> <br />REPORT ON BUDGET AND FINANCES <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A. FY2006-2007 Year-to-Date Status <br /> <br />Weir Labatt noted that for the current fiscal year, as indicated under Tab D of the briefing book, <br />the actual fees collected versus the budgeted amount will be adjusted as the dues from both remaining <br />states have either been received or are in the process of being mailed. All dues will be 100% collected. <br /> <br />Weir then complimented staff on being very cognitive of a tight budget. Looking at the expenses <br />through February versus the year-to-date budget, we are almost $20,000 under budget. In terms of the <br />budget performance year-to-date, we are doing very well. <br /> <br />B. Proposed FY2007-2008 Budget, FY 2009 Dues, and Financial Projections <br /> <br />Duane provided a revised memo addressed to the Management Subcommittee regarding alternate <br />budget scenarios for the Executive Committee's review. <br /> <br />Craig reviewed the memo and stated that it is basically a summary of the options. The decision <br />last spring was that we ought to get back to a full-time Legal Counsel position. One option with respect to <br />the budget was to make a big jump in dues of 20%, which would fund that position. Others felt that an <br />incremental increase over a multi-year span would be preferable. That position prevailed. Thus, the dues <br />for FY2007-2008 are $27,500. <br /> <br />The proposed budget in the meeting books should be considered as one option. We could . <br />essentially continue as we have done - - hiring part-time law clerks, supplemented by Shaun McGrath of <br /> <br />2 <br />