Minutes from the January 20th, 2011 PCCD regular scheduled meeting
to be presented on February 15th, 2011 for Board approval andsubject to corrections, additions, deletions and approval.

January 20th, 2011

Notices of this regular meeting were posted in the Hays and Caldwell County
Courthouses at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. Receipts of the notices
are on file in the office of Plum Creek Conservation District.
Checks were reviewed and signed, just prior to the call to order, by Vice
President, James O Lipscomb.
2:00 PM The meeting was called to order by President of the Board, James Holt, withthe following Board members present: James O. Lipscomb (Vice President ),Peter Reinecke (Secretary/Treasurer), Lucy Knight (Director), Ben Twidwell (Director) and Fred Rothert (Director). Also present were Johnie Halliburton(Executive Manager), Bob Wilson (PCCD Attorney) Feathergail Wilson(PCCD Geologist), Korey Schuelke and Dan Meyer. Minutes were taken byKorey Schuelke.
Mr. Halliburton then announced that Mr. Lipscomb, Mr. Twidwell, and Mr.
2:01PM Rothert had been elected to serve another term on the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Board of Directors. Mr. Halliburton then administered theoath of office to Mr. Lipscomb, Mr. Twidwell, and Mr. Rothert. Each newly
elected Director then signed the oath of office.
2:02PM President Holt then called for the election of officers for the 2011 Board of Di-rectors. Mrs. Knight made a motion to appoint James Holt as the Plum Creek
Conservation District’s Board of Directors’ President. Mr. Twidwell provided
the second and the motion passed unanimously. Mr. Rothert then made amotion to appoint James Lipscomb as the Plum Creek Conservation District’s
Board of Directors’ Vice-President. Mr. Twidwell provided the second and themotion passed unanimously. Mrs. Knight made a motion to appoint Peter
Reinecke as the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Board of Directors’ Secretary/Treasurer. Mr. Lipscomb provided the second and the motion passed
unanimously.
2:05PM President Holt requested motions or comments regarding the minutes of theregular Plum Creek Conservation District’s Board of Directors’ meeting held
on December 21st, 2010. Mr. Lipscomb made a motion to accept the minutesof the regular Plum Creek Conservation District’s Board of Directors’ meeting
held on December 21st, 2010 as circulated. Mr. Reinecke provided the second and the motion was passed unanimously.
2:06PM President Holt then requested any unfinished business that required theBoard of Directors’ attention. Mr. Bob Wilson and Mr. Halliburton then discussed the status of the property purchase from the City of Lockhart with theBoard of Directors. The Board of Directors appointed Mrs. Knight and Mr.
Reinecke to serve on the building committee for the possible new office.
2:15PM

President Holt then requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation
District’s Geologist, Mr. William Feathergail Wilson. Mr. Feather Wilson thengave the Board of Directors a presentation regarding the geology at the Plum
Creek Conservation District’s Flood Control Structures. Mr. Feather Wilson
then discussed some other maps that he had constructed with the Board ofDirectors. The Board of Directors then discussed the maps with Mr. Feather
Wilson in depth.

2:40PM President Holt then requested a report from the Natural Resource Conserva-tion Service’s District Conservationist, Mr. Isidro Morales. Mr. Morales was
not in attendance at the meeting.

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2:41PM President Holt then requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation

District’s GIS/IT, Mr. Daniel Meyer. Mr. Meyer then gave the Board of Directors a presentation on exempt water usage and the processes that he had
used to determine a value for exempt water usage in the Plum Creek Conservation District. Mr. Meyer then explained to the Board of Directors that hehad created an online well registration tool that, with their approval, he would
put into operation on the Plum Creek Conservation District’s website. Aftermuch discussion, Mrs. Knight made a motion that the Board of Directors implement the use of the exempt water usage figure that Mr. Meyer derived of173.13 acre feet per year for the GMA-13 exempt use numbers in the draft
MAG as opposed to the Texas Water Development Board’s number of 99
acre/feet per year.
3:07PM

3:49PM

3:50PM

President Holt then requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation
District’s Executive Manager, Mr. Johnie Halliburton. Mr. Halliburton informed the Board of Directors that the Site 3 principal spillway had been repaired with a new valve installed inside the principal spillway by Performance
Plus, Inc. from Geary, Oklahoma. Mr. Halliburton then informed the Board ofDirectors of other principal spillways in need of repair and requested theirguidance. It was the opinion of the Board of Directors that the principal spillways be repaired. Mr. Halliburton then informed the Board of Directors of arequest by a homebuilder at the Four Seasons Farm subdivision in Kyle,
Texas, near the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Site 2 Dam, that askedfor an easement change on two subdivision lots. The Board of Directors discussed the options available regarding the Plum Creek Conservation District’s easement line and whether the request of the homebuilder could bemet. The Board of Directors instructed Mr. Bob Wilson to look at the legalities and possibly draft paperwork releasing the Board of Directors from liability regarding the homebuilder’s request and provide it for the Board of Directors’ perusal at the next regularly scheduled meeting. Mr. Halliburton thenstated to the Board of Directors that the Texas State Auditor’s Office had
been notified that the policies recently adopted by the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Board of Directors were in place and that the Texas State Auditor’s Office was satisfied. Mr. Halliburton then gave the Board of Directors anupdate of the easement acquisitions at Site 5. Mr. Halliburton informed theBoard of Directors that letters were sent to the Site 8 landowners regarding
the repair completion at that site. Mr. Halliburton also informed the Board ofDirectors that Murfee Engineering had to cancel their presentation for thismonth, regarding their proposed water quality enhancement program at Site
10, and they would be presenting at the February, 2011 meeting. Mr. Halliburton informed the Board of Directors that Mr. Schuelke had recently beencleaning debris, taking soil samples, and performing maintenance inspections
with the Natural Resource Conservation Service. Mr. Halliburton also informed the Board of Directors that he would be taking bids for brush removal
at Site 6. Mr. Halliburton then gave the Board of Directors a brief synopsis oftopics discussed at a recent Texas Association of Watershed Sponsors meeting he had attended.
President Holt then requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation
District’s Attorney, Mr. Bob Wilson. Mr. Bob Wilson informed the Board ofDirectors of bills currently being presented to the legislature and their possible repercussions. Mr. Bob Wilson also stated that Mr. Danny Green had secured an attorney to assist Mr. Green with his request to build a berm aroundhis property to protect it from flooding. Mr. Bob Wilson then informed theBoard of Directors of the status of the easement acquisitions at the Plum
Creek Conservation District’s Site 5.
President Holt then requested any public comments of which there werenone.

3:51PM President Holt then announced that there would be a five minute break fol-

lowed by the Board of Directors entering into executive session.

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4:25PM President Holt called the regular meeting back to order from executive ses-sion. Mr. Twidwell made a motion to raise Mr. Halliburton’s salary to fiftyseven thousand dollars ($57,000.00) per year. Mrs. Knight provided the second and the motion was approved unanimously. Mr. Twidwell made a motion
to promote Mr. Daniel Meyer to Assistant Manager of the Plum Creek Conservation District at a salary of forty-two thousand dollars ($42,000.00) peryear. Mrs. Knight provided the second and the motion was approved unanimously. Mr. Twidwell made a motion to raise Mr. Schuelke’s salary to thirtyeight thousand dollars ($38,000.00) per year. Mr. Lipscomb provided thesecond and the motion passed unanimously. Mr. Twidwell made a motion toraise Ms. Bassett’s salary to thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) per year.
Mr. Lipscomb provided the second and the motion was approved unanimously. The Board of Directors stated that all raises in salary were to be retroactive back to January 1st, 2011.

4:28PM Mr. Twidwell made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Reinecke provided the secondand the motion was approved unanimously.