SHADY COVE — Jim Collier resigned his position as president of the Shady Cove Water District board of directors Tuesday, then was unanimously appointed the district's first manager.
"I'll be doing mostly what I've been doing when I wasn't conducting a meeting," Collier said. "But I can't be an employee of the district and on the board at the same time."
He said he would receive a salary, but a final figure has not been set.
"There will be a personal- services contract worked out and it will be presented to the district board for approval at the December meeting," he said. "Nothing has been put down on paper yet. Nothing has been finalized.
"Once the document has been written and presented to the board and accepted, it will be made public — the entire document."
The resignation and appointment took effect immediately after a 15-minute meeting.
Judy Shanrock, who recently lost a race for City Council, was appointed to fill Collier's seat on the board.
"I'm ready to do the job," she said. "I suspect that Dee Hawkins will be our new president, but I don't know for sure."
The board voted to delay repaying nearly $20,000 in loans to the district until it can offer saleable water and is operating with a stable income.
The loans funded a legal challenge to an election that had disbanded the district in 2005. The district argued the election should not have been held and after nearly three years of opposition, it prevailed in the Oregon Court of Appeals last February.
In answer to a Mail Tribune public information request in July, Collier said he had personally loaned the district $18,310.
The district has been billing residents a monthly $6 water service fee, prompting many to complain they were being billed for water the district could not provide.
"Most people separate goods from services," Collier said. "Water will be the goods and the services are those elements that will bring the water to the community."
He listed 12 services being provided by the district, including office space, billing, accounting and contact with state, national and local public agencies.
Norman Fincher, who last month challenged the board and demanded answers to 28 questions, was not at the meeting because of prior business commitments.
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