Sweetwater Springs Water District
Board of Directors Meeting
MINUTES
Board of
Directors Meeting
Regular
Meeting
February 2,
2006
6:30 p.m.
Board Members Present: Gaylord Schaap
Jim
Quigley
Victoria
Wikle
Wanda
Smith
Michael
Torr
Board Members Absent: (None)
Staff in Attendance: Chuck
Howell, General Manager
Julie
Kenny, Secretary to the Board
Others in Attendance: Jack
Locey, District Engineer
Mike
Gogna, District Counsel
Tom
& Christine Pharo
Nhu
Le & Lloyd Guccione
Cliff
Eckert
Lee
Torr IV
George
Klineman
Dennis
O’Rorke
Preston
M. Smith
The properly agendized meeting was called to
order by President Wanda Smith at 6:30 p.m.
The GM proposed that Item IX-A (Closed
Session – Conf with Labor Negotiator) be moved to follow Item III-C. There were no objections.
The GM proposed that Item VI-F (Prop 50
Grant Funding) be moved to follow Item IV.
There were no objections.
A. (6:33 p.m.) Announcement by Board
President Regarding Conduct of Board Meetings.
President Wanda Smith introduced herself and read a statement into
record. Brief discussion ensued. Public comment was entertained.
B. (6:37 p.m.) Approval of the Minutes of
the January 5, 2006, Regular Meeting. Director
Schaap moved to approve the Minutes of the January 5, 2006, Regular
Meeting. Director Wikle seconded. Motion carried 4-0, with Director Torr
abstaining as he was not present at that meeting.
C. (6:38 p.m.)
Approval of Operations
Warrants/Online payments/EFT payments/Construction Warrants, and West America
account activity. Director Quigley provided an overview of
January expenditures. He then moved to approve
the January Operations warrants ($50,567.42), Online payments ($0.00),
Construction Warrants ($0.00), EFT payments ($70,383.39), and the West
America accounting. Director Wikle
seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
D. (6:43
p.m.) Report of District Engineer re
CIP Phase III-B Construction/Approval of Outlay Report. District engineer Jack Locey gave an overview of CIP Phase
III-B status. Discussion ensued. (There was no Outlay Report for January.)
President Smith announced the item to be discussed in Closed
Session. At 6:45 p.m. the Board went
into Closed Session. At 6:55 p.m. the
meeting reconvened and the following action was announced:
A. Pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54957.6 –
Conference with Labor Negotiator
District
Negotiator: Glenn Berkheimer, IEDA
Employee
Organization: Stationary Engineers Local 39
No action taken.
(There was
no correspondence.)
VI. ADMINISTRATIVE (6:56 p.m.)
F. Discussion/Action
re Prop 50 grants. Director Smith opened this item by
moving to withdraw application for the Proposition Grant Funding. Director Quigley seconded. Discussion ensued. Public comments were entertained. On vote, motion carried 3-2, with Directors Smith, Quigley and
Wikle voting in favor, and Directors Torr and Schaap voting against. Direction was given to staff to withdraw
the grant application. Further
discussion ensued but no further action was taken.
Lloyd
Guccione requested additional items be place on the next Agenda, as stated in
his 1/8/06 letter to the Board.
Doreen
Atkinson also requested that additional items be placed on the next Agenda, as
stated in Mr. Guccione’s 1/8/06 letter to the Board.
Lee Torr IV
commented that the Monte Rio Sewer project had been approved by a 65% margin.
Lois Smith
commented that she seconded Lee Torr IV’s comment.
A. (6:41
p.m.) Discussion/Action re Discussion/Action re Resolution 06-01, Accepting the
Final Audit for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2005. The
GM provided an overview of the FY 2004-05 Audit. Discussion ensued.
Director Torr moved to approve Resolution 06-01, Accepting the Final
Audit for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2005. Director Wikle seconded.
Motion carried 5-0. Public
comments were entertained.
B. (There
was no Item B printed in the Agenda)
C. (7:47
p.m.) Discussion/Action re District website/newsletter. Director Smith provided an overview of this item. Discussion ensued. Public comments were entertained. No action was taken.
D. (7:52
p.m.) Discussion re Public Outreach Meeting held January 9, 2006. The GM provided an overview of this item. Director Schaap provided additional
commentary about the Public Outreach meeting held on December 12, 2005. Public comment was taken. Brief discussion ensued.
E. (7:57
p.m.) Discussion re Budget Committee Meeting.
The GM
corrected the title of this item, stating that it was in fact a Rate Committee
Meeting. He then provided an overview of
this item. Director Quigley provided
further commentary regarding a workshop for the Board. Discussion ensued. Public comments were entertained.
F. Discussion/Action
re Prop 50 grants (This item was rescheduled for
discussion after Item IV.)
The GM
provided an overview of the following matters:
1. Laboratory Testing
2. CIP Phase III Status Report
3. Grant Update
4. Budget and Rate Making Training
5. Storm of 2006.
Director
Wikle commented about the possibility of conducting AB 1234 training at the
District via remote participation.
President Smith announced the item to be discussed in Closed
Session. At 8:38 p.m. the Board went
into Closed Session. At 9:35 p.m. the
meeting reconvened and the following action was announced:
B. Pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54957.1.B
– Personnel Exception: Performance Evaluation: General Manager
No action taken.
1. Report/recommendations for Rate
Committee
2. Discussion re AB 1234 (MG)
3. Summary report of Public Outreach
Meetings (GS)
The meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Julie A.
Kenny
Clerk
to the Board of Directors
APPROVED:
Wanda Smith: ______________ _ ______
Victoria Wikle: ______________ _ ______
Jim Quigley: ______________ _ ______
Michael Torr: ______________ _ ______
Gaylord Schaap: ______________ _ ______