21 August 2025 Dearborn County Regional Sewer District Meeting Notes

 

21 August 2025 Dearborn County Regional Sewer District Meeting Notes

Board

Steve Renihan President County Commissioners 12-31-2027

Doug Baer Treasurer  County Board of Health 12-31-2027 

Brett Fehrman VP & Secretary City of Aurora 12-31-2025 

Jeff Bittner Board  County Council 12-31-2026 

Steward Cline Board  County Commissioners 12-31-2025 

ABSENT: Russell Beiersdorder -Board County Commissioners 12-31-2025 and Jeff Stenger- Board County Council 12-31-2028

Board Attorney - Frank Kramer

Also present: Mike Hrezo of Hrezo Engineering 

Renihan read the Public Access Statement as legally required.

Minutes: August 7th Minutes TABLED due to missing a member from that meeting needed to make a quorum from that meeting

Public Comment: none

Project Updates: Mike Hrezo presented  

Lake Dildear update 9/3 meeting scheduled with SEI Data out there to go over what is going to happen out there on US 50.(Dillsboro Plant gets this) Concern over the air release valve. He will show them where that is going. This has nothing to do with the easement. 

Guilford- Mike Hrezo- getting calls from homeowners as they are excited about getting on the line- also the fire dept out there wants to be sure lift station is out of flood plain. (It is) Several meets with contractor coordinating. Fehrman was asking about tank orientation out there. 12 ft diameter tanks. Working with Chaffee to be sure they don’t affect the connection to the plant negatively. Be sure to get Chaffee to show how they go in- don’t let them get set wrong. 

High Ridge WWTP -Has not been able to get more done on the expansion as he had several people out of office lately. Still getting to it. 

Steward Cline - Brock contacted by him about asset management plan. $16,500 to Hrezo to have it by Nov 2025 for preliminary engineering report  and NTE $10,000 for Steve Brock CPA ATTY for asset management plan. He wants to get this done by November. These are required for other grants etc. Renihan wants to be sure they allocate the expenditures appropriately in the operating budgets of these projects. Approved. 

Jeff Bittner wants to keep addressing the I and I on High Ridge too.Looking at cost of expanding holding tanks there. 

Renihan - If we are unsuccessful in first round we can still use this info and update it for the next round. 

Brett Fehrman- wants to know cost of an individual magnet meter to measure input and output from the house to calculate I and I. Is it thousands or ?? Someone checking into that. 

Doug said- IDEM goes through our reports every year. We get bumped for any coli tests that were bad. Chlorine tablets getting stuck in the tubes. IDEM would like to see it go UV instead of Chlorine. The letter has findings and Doug had to explain each of those issues in 8 days.That was submitted by email today. We are running the whole plant now and not just the one basin. More customers - the more waste. They get a truck down there for that. Bushes etc coming over the road there- Need to clear it out. Renihan wants board to go out there to see the operation. Make sure IDEM knows how to get a hold of us.  

Doug watched the fill at plant during a heavy rain- pretty sure Timberview downspouts are part of the problem. Digester might need to be part of PER (preliminary engineering report.) 

New Business: Cline said- Kelly gave them a list of accounts of over $200. Include a letter in Sept billing notifying them they need to pay in 30 days or set them up for lien. Making it a standard policy. Approved. 

Cline - Get bills in mail in Sept- one week later due to update and wants to let customers have 7 days leeway just for that month. Approved.  

Office Update:Doug Baer  $70.92- billing adjustments- Approved. 

Claims: $15.48 on operating claims. Approved.

No Guilford or Lake Dildear Claims. 

Discretion of the Board: Jeff Meinders- Mr Haake was here on Mt Tabor last month. How do you want us to service them? Board wants him served to be our customer- not via Huesman.  Maybe put the Huesman customers in the preliminary engineering report. Agreed. Aurora is having capacity issues.

Brett Fehrman- This coming Monday there is a special meeting with DCRC Redevelopment and Bright Fire Dept asking for money from them. He wants them to be aware as we need to seek the money back from the funds we gave them years back. Renihan said that DCRSD could ask for DCRC funds to help with some of these sewer line extensions. 

Renihan thanked everyone for all the projects and work going and we are on target pretty well. 

Adjourn: 6:10 PM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township