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07-01-10SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT Richard Solbri•, General Mana•er Dale Rise, President James R. Jones, Director BOARD MEMBERS Eric W. Schafer, Director Paul Sciuto, Assistant General Mana•er Mary Lou Mosbacher, Vice President Chris Cefalu, Director REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT JULY 1, 2010 MINUTES The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in a regular session, July 1, 2010, 2:00 P.M., District Office, 1275 Meadow Crest Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA BOARD OF DIRECTORS: President Rise, Directors Cefalu, Jones, Schafer. Director Mosbacher was absent. STAFF: Solbrig, Sharp, Sciuto, Hughes, C. Stanley, Cocking, VanGorden, Ryan, Bledsoe, Attorney Herrema ROLL CALL Chris Stanley led the pledge to the flag. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Moved Schafer / Second Cefalu / Mosbacher Absent / CONSENT CALENDAR Passed to approve the Consent Calendar as submitted: a. Seasonal Help for 2010 Construction Season - Approved contract with the Substitute for seasonal help, not to exceed $53,500; b. Polymer Contract Renewal - Authorized one year renewal option of polymer contract with Polydyne, Inc., in the estimated amount of $123,050; c. Echo View and Angora Tank Replacement - Approved proposal from Bay Area Coating Consultants for inspection services, in the amount of $18,450; d. Temporary Help for Underground Repair Water - Approved contract with the Substitute or Blue Ribbon Personnel for two temporary employees, in the estimated amount of $70,000; REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JULY 1, 2010 PAGE - 2 e. Approved Regular Board Meeting Minutes: CONSENT CALENDAR Cy June 3, 2010. (continued) ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION District and City staff have been preparing the agree - agreements the City requested. El Dorado County will send another letter requesting direct negotiations between the supervisors and City council members. No Board action was taken. Moved Schafer / Second Jones / Mosbacher Absent / Passed to approve payment in the amount of $2,459,135.60. CITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PROJECT NO. 2 PAYMENT OF CLAIMS Water and Wastewater Operations Committee Meeting: BOARD MEMBER STANDING The committee met on June 28. Minutes of the meeting COMMITTEE REPORTS are available upon request. An estimate to provide sewer and water service to the old post office on Black Bart was prepared. The next step will be to figure out the value, including coverage. It might prove to be more practical to demolish the building and revegetate the site. The purveyors will submit projects to be funded from EL DORADO COUNTY WATER the $900,000 that was held in reserve. The purveyors AGENCY PURVEYOR REPORT will meet to review and mutually approve the projects selected. Richard Solbrig is assisting with rewriting job descriptions for four of the agency's positions. Director Rise reported on the consolidation of a Nevada water district and associated rate increase. He relayed that Tahoe City has already implemented water meter rates and requested staff get information on their rate structure. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS General Manager: Richard Solbrig reported the District's GENERAL MANAGER REPORT grants coordinator and other partners in the Prop. 50 grant gave a presentation to apply for the Prop. 50 supplemental grant. The District could be eligible for nearly $1M, which would be used for the Sierra Tract waterline project and to fund multiple years of the water conservation program. Assistant General Manager/Engineer: Paul Sciuto reported staff will write a letter to the California Department of Public Health requesting permission to reduce the number of meters to install and still retain the full dollar amount of the grant. This is due to the unexpected costs incurred during installations. Pre- liminary conversations with staff from the state indicate possible approval of the request since similar overruns are occurring throughout the state. STAFF REPORTS REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JULY 1, 2010 PAGE -3 District Information Officer: Dennis Cocking reported on two items: 1) A bill was introduced to move the water bond from 2010 to 2012 due to state budget woes. 2) The recent grand jury report contained information about special district web sites and he found the District's site far exceeded their recommendations. 2:35 P.M. 3:10 P.M. STAFF REPORTS ADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED SESSION RECONVENE TO REGULAR SESSION ACTION / REPORT ON ITEM DISCUSSED DURING CLOSED SESSION No reportable Board action. No reportable Board action. No reportable Board action. 3:10 P.M. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b)/Conference with Legal Counsel -Anticipated Litigation (One Case) Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a)/Conference with Legal Counsel — Existing Litigation re: Meyers Landfill Site: United States of America vs. El Dorado County and City of South Lake Tahoe and Third Party Defendants, Civil Action No. S-01-1520 LKK GGH, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Ca. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a)/Conference with Legal Counsel — Existing Litigation re: False Claims Act Case: United States, the States of California, Delaware, Florida, Nevada, and Tennessee and the Commonwealths of Massachusetts and Virginia ex rel. John Hendrix v. J -M Manufacturing Company, Inc. and Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A., Civil Action No. ED CV06- 0055-GW, United States District Court for the Central District of CA ADJOURNMENT REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JULY 1, 2010 PAGE - 4 ATTEST: Kathy Sharperk of the bard South Taho ublic Utility District Dale Rise, Board President South Tahoe Public Utility District r BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING GUEST SIGN -IN SHEET DATE: 1 - I l 1 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT: COMPLETION OF THIS INFORMATION IS VOLUNTARY, NOT MANDATORY, AND IS NOT A PRECONDITION FOR ATTENDANCE.