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05-05-11 Public MeetingSOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT Richard Solbrig, General Manager Paul Sciuto, Assistant General Manager Dale Rise, President BOARD MEMBERS Mary Lou Mosbacher, Vice President James R. Jones, Director Eric W. Schafer, Director Chris Cefalu, Director PUBLIC MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT MAY 5, 2011 MINUTES The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District held a Public Meeting on May 5, 2011, 6:00 p.m., District Office, 1275 Meadow Crest Drive, South Lake Tahoe, California. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: ATTENDEES Ank President Rise, Directors Mosbacher, Cefalu, Jones, IP Schafer STAFF: Bledsoe, Curtis, Frye, Henderson, Hoggatt, Hughes, Johnson, Mangiaracina, Rasmussen, Rieger, Sciuto, Solbrig GUESTS: Shawn Koorn, HDR consultant; 37 members from public A Public Meeting was held to present information on the 2011/12 Sewer and Water Enterprise Budgets, and to gather public input. Paul Hughes and Paul Sciuto gave a PowerPoint presentation of the 2011/12 Fiscal Year Budgets and long-term financial plans for the Sewer and Water Enterprise Funds. The sewer fund included a proposed rate increase of 3% and no pro- posed increase for the water fund. Staff and Board members received and responded to several comments from the public pertaining to: water meter installations, conservation, consumption and flat rate billings, and state mandates; Alpine County export processes, infrastructure replacement, and energy costs; and overall District operating expenses with current economic conditions. 2011/12 FISCAL YEAR BUDGETS: SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND AND WATER ENTERPRISE FUND PUBLIC MEETING MINUTES - MAY 5, 2011 PAGE - 2 The Board directed staff to present a budget based on a 3% increase in sewer, and for the Finance Committee to meet to further discuss water consumption thresholds and rates. The final budget is expected to be adopted at the May 19 Board meeting. Shawn Koorn of HDR Engineering gave a PowerPoint presentation on the 2011 water rate study, including revenue requirements, cost of service, and rate design used to formulate the 2011/12 proposed service rates. No Board action. 9:56 P.M. ATTEST: Kathy Sh , Clerk of tWe Board By: Susan asmussen, Finance Administrative Assistant 0 2011/12 FISCAL YEAR BUDGETS: SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND AND WATER ENTERPRISE FUND (continued) 2011 WATER METER SERVICE RATES ADJOURNMENT Dale Rise, Board President South Tahoe Public Utility District SIGN -IN SHEET SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT PUBLIC MEETING MAY 5 2o11a 6:00 P.M. REQUEST TO COMMENT ON 2011/12 PROPOSED BUDGET < - . ,-* NDEA-4 P5e-r. ;1( 173,AL1 --* Kv c cibr4 L.-(1)1/ _71 ,..--_-- Ai ( E CL A to (0 PAT 0 k C2