Sweetwater Springs Water District
Board of Directors Meeting
MINUTES
Board of
Directors Meeting
Regular
Meeting
June 6, 2006
6:30 p.m.
Board Members Present: Gaylord Schaap
Jim
Quigley
Victoria
Wikle
Wanda
Smith
Michael
Torr (arr. 6:39 p.m.)
Board Members Absent: (None)
Staff in Attendance: Chuck
Howell, General Manager
Julie
Kenny, Secretary to the Board
Others in Attendance: Jack
Locey
Mike
Gogna
George Klineman
Cliff
Eckert
Quynh
Nhu Le
Lloyd
Guccione
Frank
Robertson
Bill
Koehler
Tom
Krohmer
Deborah
Kay
George
Zastrow
Chuck
Ramsey
Mr.
& Mrs. Matthew Mirabella
Lisa
Gygax
Elise
Sokolay
Doreen
Atkinson
Richard
Fiorentin
John
Uniack
Kevin
O’Shea
Prior to the Call to Order, member of the
public Lloyd Guccione provided a handout to the Board re various issues,
including the rate increase. The
properly agendized meeting was called to Order by President Wanda Smith at 6:35
p.m.
District counsel Mike Gogna noted the Agenda
had been revised to add Item VI-E, Discussion/Direction re RFP for Legal
Services, Selection of Candidates.
Public
comment was made by Lloyd Guccione.
Director Smith removed all items on the Consent Calendar except Item
III-D to Item VI-F. Director Torr
requested that the Consent Calendar be abandoned. Discussion ensued.
Director Torr then moved to approve Item III-D, Discussion/Action re
Resolution 06-07, Ordering an Election to be Held. Director Quigley seconded.
Motion carried 5-0.
The
following items were moved to be Item VI-F:
A. Approval
of the Minutes of the May 4, 2006, Regular Meeting
B. Approval of the Operations
Warrants/Online payments/EFT Payments/ Construction Warrants, and West America
account activity
C. Receipt of Item(s) of Correspondence
(D. Remained on the Consent Calendar.)
E. Discussion/Action re Resolution 06-09,
Providing for Destruction of Certain District Records
F. Discussion/Action re Resolution 06-10,
Amending the Employment Agreement with Daniel C. Howell, and Authorizing the
Board President to Execute Addendum 3 to the Employment Agreement with Daniel
C. Howell.
A. (6:46
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. Brief discussion
ensued. (There was no Outlay Report for
May.)
Public comment was made by Lloyd Guccione.
Public comment was made by Tom Krohmer.
(*
in order of discussion)
F. (6:57
p.m.) Approval of the Minutes of the
May 4, 2006, Regular Meeting. This item was originally on the
Consent Calendar. Public comment was
made by Lloyd Guccione. Director Schaap
moved to approve the Minutes of the May 4, 2006, Regular Meeting. Director Torr seconded. Motion carried 4-0. Director Torr abstained from voting as he
was absent for a portion of the May meeting.
F. (6:59
p.m.) Approval of Operations
Warrants/Online payments/EFT payments/Construction Warrants, and West America
account activity. This item was originally on the
Consent Calendar. Director Quigley
moved to approve the Operations warrants ($17,132.15), Online warrants
($18,711.90), and the West America account.
Public comment was made by Lloyd Guccione. Director Torr then seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0.
A. (7
p.m.) Public Hearing/Adoption of Ordinance 31, Amending Base Rate, Water Usage
Rate, and Multiple Unit Charge, and Establishing a Capital Debt Reduction
Charge. President Smith opened the Public
Hearing at 7:01 p.m. The following
members of the public made comments:
Lisa Gygax
Bill Koehler (California Water Service Company), with
handout
Michael Rogers
Tom Krohmer
John Uniack, with handout
Bob Dixon
Lloyd Guccione (provided handout earlier)
Kevin O’Shea
Chuck Ramsey
Elise Sokolay
Director Torr moved to close the Public Hearing. Director Quigley seconded. Motion carried 5-0. The Public Hearing was closed at 7:40 p.m. The GM then provided an overview of the rate
increase and rationale behind the rate increase. He then entertained questions from the following members of the
public:
Bob Dixon
Charles
Ramsey
John Uniack
Tom Krohmer
Lloyd
Guccione
Discussion ensued.
Public comment was made by Elise Sokolay. The President polled the Board for their opinion on holding over
the multiple unit portion of the rate increase or going forward with the
Ordinance as drafted. Director Wikle
moved to adopt Ordinance 31, Amending Base Rate, Water Usage Rate, and Multiple
Unit Charge, and Establishing a Capital Debt Reduction Charge. Director Torr seconded. The Clerk of the Board announced that there
were 10 verbal protests to the rate increase and 15 written protests. Discussion ensued. Motion carried 5-0.
*** At 8:50 p.m., President Smith
announced a 5-minute recess **
B. (8:57
p.m.) Introduction of Ordinance 30,
Amending Policy Number 4070 of the District’s Policies and Procedure Relating
to Reimbursement of Actual and Necessary Expenses Pursuant to AB 1234. District Counsel Mike Gogna provided an overview of this
item. Discussion ensued. The GM provided further overview. Further discussion ensued. Director Torr moved to introduce Ordinance
30, Amending Policy Number 4070 of the District’s Policies and Procedure
Relating to Reimbursement of Actual and Necessary Expenses Pursuant to AB 1234,
by title only. Director Smith
seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
C. (9:07
p.m.) Discussion/Action re Format of
Board Minutes. The GM provided an overview of this
item. Discussion ensued. Public comment was made by Lloyd
Guccione. Direction was given to staff
to make suggestions or options regarding the format of the Minutes. However, upon further discussion of the
Board, the direction to staff was withdrawn.
D. (9:23
p.m.) Discussion/Action re Resolution
06-08, Approving a Short-Term Agreement for Legal Services with Meyers, Nave,
Riback, Silver & Wilson. The GM provided an overview of this
item. Director Torr moved to approve
Resolution 06-08, Approving a Short-Term Agreement for Legal Services with
Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson.
Director Wikle seconded. Motion
carried 5-0.
E. (9:25
p.m.) Discussion/Direction re RFP for
Legal Services, Selection of Candidates.
The GM
provided an overview of this item.
Discussion ensued. Public
comments were made by Tom Krohmer, Lloyd Guccione, and George Klineman. Director Smith moved to table this
item. Discussion ensued. No action was taken.
F. (9:35
p.m.) Discussion/Action re Resolution
06-09, Providing for Destruction of Certain District Records; Discussion/Action
re Resolution 06-10, Amending the Employment Agreement with Daniel C. Howell,
and Authorizing the Board President to Execute Addendum 3 to the Employment
Agreement with Daniel C. Howell. These items were moved from the
Consent Calendar. Director Torr moved
to approve Resolution 06-09, Providing for Destruction of Certain District
Records. Director Smith seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
Director
Torr moved to approve Resolution 06-10, Amending the Employment Agreement with
Daniel C. Howell, and Authorizing the Board President to Execute Addendum 3 to
the Employment Agreement with Daniel C. Howell. Director Wikle seconded.
Public comments were made by Lloyd Guccione, Nhu Le, and Tom Krohmer. The GM made a comment. On vote, motion carried 5-0.
The GM provided
an overview of the following matters:
1. Laboratory Testing
2. CIP Phase III Status Report
3. Planned Projects
4. Water Sales
Director
Wikle announced that the Sonoma County Open Space District is celebrating their
15th anniversary on June 10 and June 11.
At 9:50
p.m., President Smith announced the items to be discussed in Closed
Session. At 10 p.m., the meeting
reconvened and the following action on Closed Session items was announced:
A. Pursuant
to Gov. Code Section 54957.6 -- Conference with Labor Negotiator
District Negotiators: Glenn Berkheimer, IEDA;
Chuck Howell, General Manager
Employee Organization: Stationary Engineers
Local 39
Direction
was given to staff.
B. Conference with Labor Negotiator
pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 54957.6 of the Government Code.
District Negotiator: Chuck Howell
Unrepresented
employees: Field Manager, Office Manager, Senior Crew Supervisor, Crew
Supervisor
Direction
was given to staff.
The meeting adjourned at 10:03 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Julie A.
Kenny
Clerk
to the Board of Directors
APPROVED:
Wanda Smith: ______________ _ ______
Victoria Wikle: ______________ _ ______
Jim Quigley: ______________ _ ______
Michael Torr: ______________ _ ______
Gaylord Schaap: ______________ _ ______