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UPCOMING MEETINGS


NEXT MEETING:
 Tuesday, July 14, 2009


 Regular Meeting:
 6:00 p.m.


 Conference Room
313 Spruce Street • Halstead, Kansas
Meeting Agenda

 

SPECIAL DISTRICT ANNOUNCEMENTS

FY 2010 BUDGET APPROVED

HALSTEAD - At the June 9th budget meeting, the Equus Beds Board of Directors adopted, by resolution, a budget totaling $381,904 for the next fiscal year, beginning January 1, 2010.  The approved expenditures are a 7.26% increase compared to the current FY 2009 budget.


The total value for land and water assessments, based on 2008 values, was $287,768.  Other revenue sources totaled $37,000 and included reimbursements and interest.  Carryover funds totaled $192,264.


The adopted rates to fund the FY 2010 budget are $0.05 per acre for land, and $0.80 per acre-foot for water, which is $0.02 less per acre-foot than the current budget.  The land assessment rate is at the maximum limit set by law, and the water assessment rate is below the maximum limit of $1.00 per acre-foot.


At the adopted assessment rates, a quarter section of land (160 acres) will be assessed $8; and 100 acre-feet of water will be assessed $80, or $0.00246 per 1,000 gallons.

WELL PLUGGING PROGRAM

HALSTEAD - Since the establishment of the Equus Beds Groundwater Management District water well plugging program in July 1990, water well owners have taken advantage of the well plugging program and have plugged over 1,500 wells.


The purpose of the program was to form a partnership with well owners to eliminate health, safety, and groundwater contamination problems caused by abandoned and unplugged water wells.


The program provides, at no cost to the owner, plugging information and offers technical assistance to well owners including:

  • A well site inspection,
  • A plugging materials and cost estimate,

  • A custom plugging plan and illustration,

  • On-site technical assistance, and
  • Filing the well plugging report.


For more information on this program, contact the Equus Beds Groundwater Management District.
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