Sweetwater Springs Water District
Board of Directors Meeting
MINUTES*
(*In order
discussed)
Board of
Directors Meeting
Regular
Meeting
September 3,
2009
6:30 p.m.
Board Members Present: Victoria Wikle
Wanda
Smith
Sukey
Robb-Wilder
Board Members Absent: Jim
Quigley
Gaylord
Schaap (arr. 6:57 p.m.)
Staff in Attendance: Steve
Mack, General Manager
Julie
A. Kenny, Secretary to the Board
Others in Attendance: Mike
Gogna, District counsel
Lloyd
Guccione
The properly agendized meeting was called to
Order by President Victoria Wikle at 6:30 p.m.
Director Wikle requested that Item V-C, re
Approval of Resolution 09-22, be amended to read “. . . request up to 75%
funding . . . “ rather than “ . . . request 75% funding . . . “. There were no objections.
Director Wikle requested that Item Closed
Session Item VIII-B, re Conference with Labor Negotiator, reference Mike Gogna
as District Negotiator. (This change had
already been made.)
Director Smith requested adding an item
regarding the fire tower. Her request
was denied.
Director Wikle requested that Closed Session
be started no later than 9:30 p.m. Upon
discussion, the Board agreed to start Closed Session no later than 9 p.m.
Director
Smith moved to approve the Consent Calendar.
Director Robb-Wilder seconded.
Motion carried 3-0. The following
items were approved:
A. Approval of the Minutes of the August
6, 2009 Board Meeting
B. Approval of Operations Warrants/Online
payments/EFT payments/Construction Warrants, and
C.
Receipt of Item(s) of Correspondence: (There
was no correspondence.)
D. Authorize GM to submit ballot for
election of CSDA Board of Directors representative
Public
comment was made by Lloyd Guccione.
A. (6:37
p.m.) Public Hearing; Discussion/Action re Approval of Resolution 09-21,
Overruling Protests and Confirming Report on Annual Flat Charges for the
Sweetwater Springs Water District. Director
Wikle opened the Public Hearing at 6:37 p.m.
Public comment was made by Lloyd Guccione. Director Wikle closed the Public Hearing at
6:38 p.m. Director Robb-Wilder moved to
adopt Resolution 09-21, Overruling Protests and Confirming Report on Annual
Flat Charges for the Sweetwater Springs Water District. Director Smith seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
B. (6:38
p.m.) Discussion/Action re Adoption
by reading of title only of Ordinance 40, Adding Policy Numbers 3020.142
through 3020.148 to the District’s Policies & Procedures, Capacity Charge. The GM provided an overview of this
item. Public comment was made by Lloyd
Guccione. Director Smith moved to adopt
by reading of title only Ordinance 40, Adding Policy Numbers 3020.142 through
3020.148 to the District’s Policy and Procedures, Capacity Charge. Director Robb-Wilder seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
C. (6:48
p.m.) Discussion/Action re Status report on application for FY 2009-10 funding
from the Russian River Oversight Committee/Sonoma County Redevelopment Agency
for CIP IV-B; and
Approval
of Resolution 09-22, Amending the 2010-2015 Capital Improvement Program to
include the Bonita Terrace Project ($238,000) with FY 2009-10 projects and
Amending the Request for Grant Funding from the Sonoma County Redevelopment
Agency and the RRROC for FY 2009-10 and 2010-11 to include the Bonita Terrace
Project and to request up to 75% funding.
The GM
provided an overview of this item. Board
questions ensued. Public comment was
made by Lloyd Guccione. Further
discussion ensued. The Board Clerk read
the following amendments to Resolution 09-22 into the record:
On page 3 of the Resolution, amend
the second to last line of item 2. to read “. . . funding would total
$1,994,250….” and amend the remaining portion of item 2. in such a way as to
reflect that the District would contribute the remaining funds necessary to
complete the project.
Director
Robb-Wilder moved to approve amended Resolution 09-22, Requesting Grant Funding
from Sonoma County Redevelopment Agency and the Russian River Redevelopment
Oversight Committee for Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2010-2011, Revising
Resolution 09-15 to Include Main Replacement Work on Bonita Terrace and
Revising Resolution 09-04, which Approved the 2010-2015 CIP, to Include Said
Work on Bonita Terrace. Director Smith
seconded. Motion carried 4-0.
D. (7:28
p.m.) Discussion/Action re Approval of Resolution 09-23, Approving the Second
Amendment to Services Agreement Between Sweetwater Springs Water District and
Dale Dross. The GM provided an
overview of this item. Board discussion
ensued. Public comment was made by Lloyd
Guccione. Further Board discussion
ensued. No action was taken, but general
direction was given to staff to gather additional information. This item was continued to the October Board
meeting.
E. (7:46
p.m.) Discussion/Action re District reserve policy. The GM made a PowerPoint presentation on this item. Board questions ensued. Public comment was made by Lloyd
Guccione. Board discussion ensued. Direction was given to staff to develop
tables showing options for varying levels of reserves. This item was continued to the October Board
meeting.
F. (8:20
p.m.) Discussion re
G. (8:34
p.m.) Discuss/Action re Potential disposition of District property. The GM provided an overview of this item. Board discussion ensued. Public comment was made by Lloyd
Guccione. This item was continued for
further discussion at the October Board meeting.
*** At
8:49 p.m. a break was announced. The
meeting reconvened at 8:57 p.m. ***
VI. GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT (9:03 p.m.)
VII. BOARD MEMBERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMENTS
(9:03
p.m.)
Director
Wikle announced a “Sunday in
Director
Wikle announced a Russian Riverfest would be held at Burke’s Canoe’s
VIII. CLOSED SESSION (9:04 p.m.)
At 9:04
p.m. President Wikle announced the items for discussion in Closed Session. At 9:06 p.m. the Board went into Closed Session.
At 10:15 p.m., the meeting reconvened and the following action on the Closed
Session item was announced:
A. Pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54957 – Personnel Exception:
Performance Evaluation: General Manager.
No
action was taken.
B. Conference with Labor Negotiator pursuant to subdivision
(f) of Section 54957.6 of the Government Code.
District Negotiator: Board of Directors (Mike Gogna,
District counsel)
Unrepresented employees: Steve Mack, General Manager
Direction was given to legal
counsel.
C. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation,
pursuant to subd. (a) of Section 54956.9
Name of case: Cross-Complaint of F. Korbel &
Bros. v. John Bruce Berry, et al.
No action was taken.
D. Conference with Real Property
Negotiators pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54956.7.
Property:
14139 Sunset Avenue, Guerneville
Agency
negotiator: Steve Mack
Negotiating
parties: SSWD and
No action
was taken.
1. RRROC/Sonoma
County Redevelopment application
2. Meter
reader contract
3. District
Reserve policy
4. District
property
6.
Communication
towers and fire (WS)
The meeting adjourned at 10:17 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Julie A.
Kenny
Clerk
to the Board of Directors
APPROVED:
Wanda Smith: ______________ _ ______
Victoria Wikle: ______________ _ ______
Gaylord Schaap: ______________ _ ______
Sukey Robb-Wilder: ______________ _ ______
Jim Quigley: ______________ _ ______