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District to add appointing authority to public materials; board approves minutes and $312,758.27 in payables
Summary
Board members agreed to add each member's appointing authority to agendas and letterhead to comply with a new state law. The board also heard a treasurer's report and approved the May 8 meeting minutes and accounts payable totaling $312,758.27 by voice vote.
At its meeting, the St. Joseph County Regional Water and Sewer District acknowledged a new state disclosure requirement and approved the May 8 meeting minutes and accounts payable totaling $312,758.27.
A staff member told the board the district must disclose each member's appointing authority under a recently referenced House Enrolled Act ("House Enrolled Act number 15 o 9"), and that information should appear on official publications such as agendas, the website and letterhead. The staff member said Mary would prepare a format template to add at the bottom of the district letterhead where members are listed.
The disclosure requirement prompted brief questions about whether the appointing authority must appear on all notices or only on formal items such as meeting agendas. A staff member said the district would prefer to include the appointing authority liberally and that staff would review individual outgoing materials on request.
The treasurer reported account balances as of July 31, 2025: general account ending cash $20,868; Aughton account balance $45,725 with a deposit in transit of $3,008.63; Granger balance $420,692 with a deposit in transit listed in the report; Landing/Carrage Hills balance reported as $201,118; Wyatt ending cash $181,767 with a deposit in transit of $20,003.76. The board was also presented with accounts payable through the period, with a bottom-line total of $312,758.27.
The board took two formal voice votes. A motion to approve the May 8 meeting minutes was made, seconded, and carried by voice vote. Later the board moved to approve the accounts payable; a second was given, the board voted aye by voice, and the motion carried. The meeting packet and discussion show the board completed signatures on the payable form that was circulated.
Board members discussed record retention and whether district email accounts should be made available to members so official communications are maintained centrally. Staff raised the records-retention benefit of district-controlled email and said implementing district addresses would require support from county IT.
The meeting concluded after other agenda items and a motion to adjourn passed by voice vote.
The district did not provide a public roll-call tally for the votes; both outcomes were recorded as carried by voice vote.
