We’ve completed the budget details with explanations of the categories, a Q&A section and a future outlook of SLMC finances. If you have any questions, please refrain from turning to social media because they won’t get answered there. Instead, send your question to the office email and we’ll gather them to answer at the annual meeting. This way we cut down on answering the same question over and over. We’ll post the questions and answers too, so others can see. You can open the detailed budget here.
2022-2023 Budget Summary
The SLMC Board of Trustees has approved the Operations and Reserve Budgets. We plan to discuss the budget with the community at the Annual Board Meeting on May 14th @ 10am. We also hope that the community ratifies the budget at the annual meeting. We will distribute this summary to each community members mailbox and also make available here. If you have further questions about the summary or want a more detailed version in a spreadsheet format, please reach out to the office to obtain it.
Postponed Water System Work and Outage
The scheduled work for this week and the water shutoff on 4/27 is postponed until further notice. According to our contractor KCL, they haven’t received all the necessary parts to complete the work due to supply chain issues.
We will continue to communicate when this work is ready to be scheduled and plan the work to minimize as much water outage as possible.
Low-Income Home Water Assistance!
Scott Lake Maintenance Co. (SLMC) and Northwest Water along with the Community Action Council (CAC) of Thurston County has entered a joint contract to assist Thurston County households in a Low-Income Home Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). This program specifically addresses Thurston County water customers whose income is at or below 150% of federal poverty guidelines. This is a onetime payment for those that are facing imminent disconnection or are disconnected from water. LIHWAP is designed to assist customers with a grant of up to $2,500 to bring their accounts to a zero balance.
If you are behind on your water bill, and need some help paying, Community Action Council may be able to help! If you qualify under Federal income guidelines, they can give a one-time payment of up to $2500 to bring your balance to zero. For more information, you can call Community Action Council at 360-438-1100 and press 5.
The application is available for pickup at your community admin office, by email from the admin office or you can download here. Your community admin office can fax this application for any SLMC household.
Below are the income guidelines for assistance with water (it says LIHEAP, but they are the same income guidelines). For any client signing, we would need income for the three months prior to the signature date, so an April signature will need income for January, February, and March.. This application can get them help with water, as well as their PSE bill or other heating as applicable.
Each person applying, will need:
- Photo ID for the primary applicant
- Social Security Cards for everyone in the home
- Utility bill (water, sewer, electric, etc)
- Proof of income for the three months prior to the signature date…
Once the application is received and all the requirements are met, CAC will work with Northwest Water and SLMC to ensure that the payment for water is received and recorded.
We will need anything with original signatures physically returned, but anything else can be faxed or emailed. Fax # is 360 736-1891 and mailing address is: 3020 Willamette Drive NE Lacey WA 98516
Easter Breakfast
The SLAMS and HERS Clubs are hosting the Easter Breakfast. This is a fantastic fund raising event for these clubs the helps many events, one of which is coming up, the Fish Derby in May.
Come and enjoy a warm delicious breakfast, commune with your neighbors and celebrate Easter.
It’s happening on April 17th from 8-11am
Adults – $7.00, Kids 12 and under – $5.00, Kids 5 and under – Free
On the menu: Pancakes, Eggs, Link Sausage, Biscuits and Gravy. All you can eat until the food runs out. So come early.
Easter Sunrise Service in the Park
Littlerock Methodist Church will be holding a sunrise service in the park.
The Service will be at 8:30am on April 17th.
EFT/ACH Payments have finally arrived!
As mentioned in the newsletter, NWS(Northwest Water Systems) have enabled the ability to pay your water bill with EFT/ACH. This is a no charge to you service. You can download the form here. Once filled out, take to the office.
Happy Feet Easter Egg Dash!
It is with great pleasure to announce this years Easter Egg Dash. Provided by Happy Feet Playgroup with generous help from the SLAMS Club. A huge shout out to Stephanie Stender for driving this event from the ground up.
It’s happening on April 16th at 10:30am. There will be over 3,000 eggs in the field and more prizes in the community center.
Please consider purchasing a raffle ticket for one of the great baskets on the day of the event. All proceeds raised go towards next years Easter Egg Dash. Tickets will be 1.00 each or 6 tickets for 5.00.
It’s been since 2019 that this event has happened, so please come out and greet your neighbors both old and new.
Note: The last newsletter didn’t have all the detail that is in this post and also had some incorrect information. Apologies to the Happy Feet Playgroup for not taking a more thorough effort with this notice.
Annual rotation of three seats! Time to Vote!
We’ve reached that time of year to hear from you, our community and the potential Trustee Candidates. If you’re interested in running for the Board to serve this great community, please contact the office. Be prepared to provide a photo, resume and any proxies to be verified prior to the vote counting.
We will collect the list of candidates and make it available to the community. The ballots will be sent out at the April billing cycle(end of April).
Candidates, the deadline for entries is April 21st. This is to put together a bio and add to the ballot prior to printing.