Sweetwater Springs Water District
Board of Directors Meeting
MINUTES
Board of
Directors Meeting
Regular
Meeting
November 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
Mike
Gogna
George
Klineman
Susan
Keach
The properly agendized meeting was called to
Order by President Wanda Smith at 6:30 p.m.
Director Smith requested a report of the
October 28, 2006 Special meeting. No
action was taken.
Director
Schaap requested the Actual vs. Budgeted Expenditures be discussed as a
separate item. Director Torr moved to
approve the Consent Calendar as amended:
A. Approval
of the Minutes of the October 5, 2006, Regular Meeting
B. Approval of Operations Warrants/Online
payments/EFT payments/Construction Warrants, and West America account activity
C. Receipt
of Item(s) of Correspondence. (None)
Director
Schaap seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
(None.)
A. (6:33
p.m.) Report of District Engineer re
CIP Phase III-B Construction. District Engineer Jack Locey gave an
overview of CIP Phase III-B status.
Discussion ensued.
B. (6:42
p.m.) Discussion/Action re Russian
River Oversight Committee RRROC Grant Funding.
The GM
provided an overview of this item.
Discussion ensued. Direction was
given to staff to investigate two alternative projects with the RRROC and bring
a Resolution for approval at the December meeting.
C. (7:03
p.m.) Discussion/Action re Neeley Road
Slide. District counsel Mike Gogna gave a
report of the legal aspects of the claim.
Discussion ensued. The GM
provided further overview. No action
was taken.
D. (7:12
p.m.) Discussion/Action re Actual vs.
Budgeted Expenditures Report (removed from the Consent Calendar). Discussion ensued re format of financial documents submitted
to the Board. Direction was given to
staff to attach the Actual vs. Budgeted Expenditures report to the General
Manager’s Report, and add footnotes explaining either unbudgeted or unusually
large expenditures.
VI. GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT (7:25 p.m.)
The GM
provided comments on the following subjects:
A. Laboratory
Testing
B. CIP
Phase III Status Report
C. Neeley
Road Slide
D. Election
of Board Officers
E. Rate
study
F. Monte
Rio Emergency Generator
VII. BOARD MEMBERS’
ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMENTS
(7:40 p.m.)
Director
Wikle commented and provided a handout re Public Workshops and CEQA Scoping
Meetings and suggested staff be directed to review proposed amendments to
determine impact to the District.
Director
Wikle commented re the need for guarantee on insurance of invested funds.
Director
Smith commented re the October 28, 2006, Special Board meeting.
At 8:03
p.m., the Board went into Closed Session.
At 9:03 p.m., the meeting reconvened and the following action on Closed
Session items was announced:
A. Conference with Legal Counsel –
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
54956.9.
Number
of cases: 4
Facts and circumstances:
Claims relating to Neeley Road slide
No action
was taken.
B. Public Employee Discipline pursuant to
Government Code Section 54957.
Number of cases: 1
Direction
was given to legal counsel.
1. Election of
officers
2. Seating of
new Board Members
3. RRROC
funding/Board resolution
4. FY 2005-06
Audit Report
The meeting adjourned at 8:13 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Julie A.
Kenny
Clerk
to the Board of Directors
APPROVED:
Wanda Smith: ______________ _ ______
Victoria Wikle: ______________ _ ______
Gaylord Schaap: ______________ _ ______
Ken McLean: ______________ _ ______
Susan Keach: ______________ _ ______