Sweetwater Springs Water District
Board of Directors Meeting
AGENDA
January 7, 2010, Regular Meeting
District Offices, 17081 Hwy. 116, Ste. B
Guerneville, California
6:30 p.m.
NOTICE TO PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES: It is the policy of the Sweetwater Springs Water District to
offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily
accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities. Upon request made at least 48 hours in
advance of the need for assistance, this Agenda will be made available in
appropriate alternative formats to persons with disabilities. This notice is in compliance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act (28 CFR, 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II).
Any person who has any
questions concerning any agenda item may call the General Manager or Assistant
Clerk of the Board to make inquiry concerning the nature of the item described
on the agenda; copies of staff reports or other written documentation for each
item of business are on file in the District Office and available for public
inspection. All items listed are for
Board discussion and action except for public comment items. In accordance with Section 5020.40 et seq. of
the District Policies & Procedures, each speaker should limit their
comments on any Agenda item to five (5) minutes or less. A maximum of twenty (20) minutes of public
comment is allowed for each subject matter on the Agenda, unless the Board
President allows additional time.
I. CALL TO ORDER (Est.
time: 2 min.)
A.
Board
members Present
B.
Board
members Absent
C. Others in Attendance
II. CHANGES
TO AGENDA and DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT (Est. time: 2 min.)
III.
CONSENT CALENDAR (Est. time: 5 min.)
(Note: Items
appearing on the Consent Calendar are deemed to be routine and
non-controversial. A Board member may
request that any item be removed from the Consent Calendar and added as an
“Administrative” agenda item for the purposes of discussing the item(s)).
A. Approval
of the Minutes of the December 3, 2009 Board Meeting
B. Approval
of Operations Warrants/Online payments/EFT payments/Construction Warrants, and
West America account activity
C.
Receipt
of Item(s) of Correspondence.
(1) Letter (undated) from Lloyd Guccione;
E-mail from Steve Mack to Lloyd Guccione dated 12/23/2009; E-mail response
dated 12/27/2009 from Lloyd Guccione
Please note: Correspondence
received regarding an item on the Administrative Agenda is not itemized here,
but will be attached as back-up to that item in the Board packet and addressed
with that item during the Board meeting.
IV. PUBLIC
COMMENT: The District invites public participation regarding
the affairs of the District. This time
is made available for members of the public to address the Board regarding
matters which do not appear on the Agenda, but are related to business of the
District. Pursuant to the Brown Act,
however, the Board of Directors may not conduct discussions or take action on
items presented under public comment.
Board members may ask questions of a speaker for purposes of
clarification.
V. ADMINISTRATIVE
A. Discussion/Action
re Introduction by title only of Ordinance 42, Amending Policy 5010, Annual
Organizational Meeting (Est. time: 10 minutes)
B. Discussion/Action re Introduction by
title only of Ordinance 43, re Method of Approving Changes to Rates and Fees by
the Board (Est. time: 10 minutes)
C. Discussion/Action re Status report on
application for FY 2009-10 and FY 2010-11 funding from the Russian River
Redevelopment Oversight Committee/Sonoma County Redevelopment Agency for CIP
IV-B (Est. time 10 min.)
D. Discussion/Action re 6-year Capital
Improvement Program (Est. time 20 min.)
E. Discussion/Action re Staff report on
the FY 2010-11 Budget process and possible changes to District water rates and
fees (Est. time 20 min.)
VII. BOARD MEMBERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMENTS
A. Conference
with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation, pursuant to subd. (a) of Section
54956.9.
C. Conference
with Labor Negotiator (pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54957.6):
District
negotiator: Steve Mack
Employee
Organization: Stationary Engineers Local
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IX. ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA (Est. time: 5 min.)