New Albany Storm Water Board Meeting - August 13, 2026
New Albany Storm Water Board Meeting - August 13, 2026
The New Albany Storm Water Board met on August 13, 2026, at 10:00 AM in Room 100 at City Hall. The meeting included approval of minutes, staff reports, a financial update, and approval of claims. No public comments or new/old business were discussed. The board approved the consent agenda and adjourned.
Approval of Minutes
- The board reviewed and approved the regular meeting minutes from July 23, 2026, via a motion that passed unanimously (voice vote, no dissenting votes noted).
Staff Reports
- Stormwater Director’s Report (substitute): A staff member reported on activities since the last meeting: 71 spots on the grass list had been cut, 12 creek clearing jobs completed, minor catch basin and structure repairs performed, and the back truck was out flushing and maintaining lines. The report was described as short due to Director Phillip Aldridge being absent due to illness.
- QPI Inspections Report (Westley Fair): Westley Fair was not present, but his written report was submitted into the record.
- Financial Report (Ed Wilkinson): Ed Wilkinson stated that finances are running smoothly. The only large item noted was insurance, typically handled about three months out of time, to be transferred to the SPRO file. The bank balance was approximately $100,000 as of August 1.
Claims
- The claims list covered July 23 to August 12, 2026, with a grand total of $162,723.01. A board member inquired about an item for the Environmental Product Group, which was clarified as being for the street sweeper. A motion to approve the claims was made, seconded, and carried by voice vote.
Adjournment
- With no new or old business, a motion to adjourn was made and seconded. The meeting adjourned. (Note: The transcript includes an informal comment about a previous vote count of 4-3, but no further detail or action was taken.)
Meeting Transcript
Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to look for which one nation with liberty tests for all. All right. First order of business would be to uh review our amends from our July 23rd meeting. Get a chance to review those. Like the motion to approve as presented. I'll second. I'll pray that motion. Aye. I'll oppose motion's been approved. We have any communications from the public. I'm not taking the fact that there's no one in the audience that doesn't know. Any communications from city officials? All right, and then we'll move on to our staff reports. Do you have a report for us? Yeah, I kind of have a short one. Um I wasn't quite prepared. I didn't know Phil was gonna be sick today. Um since the last board meeting, we've had 71 spots on our grass list that's been cut. Um we've done about twelve jobs of creek clearings, uh minor catch basin repairs or minor structure repairs on the system, in addition to having the back truck out flushing and maintaining the lines. Okay. Yeah, we've been pretty good. That's good. Yeah, thank you. All right, thanks for your report. Thank you. All right. Then we got a report from Wesley, he's not here, but we've got his written reports to put into the record. And Ed, would you like to go over the financials? Uh basically the finances are running pretty smooth. Uh the only large item for the lot is the uh insurance that we usually do about three months out of time. Transfer to the SPRO file. Otherwise, uh we've got about a hundred and thousand in the bank as of the first one. So questions for you. All right, not one for one of them to the claims. Uh the date range is July twenty-third to August twelfth, twenty twenty-six. Grand total is one hundred and sixty-two thousand seven hundred and twenty-three dollars and one penny. Would you know with the environmental product group? What? The environmental product group. Uh it's for the street sweeper. Street sweeper. Okay. I'll second. Aye. Thank you. All right. Do we have any new business? Do we have any old business? None. Is there a motion to adjourn?
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