12-16-93MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
DECEMBER 16, 1993
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in
a regular session December 16, 1993, 3:00 PM, City Council Chambers,
1900 Lake Tahoe Boulevard.
3:00 - 4:00 PM EXECUTIVE SESSION
The meeting was called to order at
3:15 PM by Vice President Mosbacher.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Vice President Mosbacher, Directors
Mason, Wallace, Strohm, Jones
STAFF:
Baer, Mamath, Attorney Clifford
3:15 PM
4:15 PM
4:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(b) (1)/Bottini
vs. South Tahoe Public Utility
District
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was called to order at
4:18 PM by Vice President Mosbacher.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Directors Mason, Jones, Wallace,
Strohm, Mosbacher
STAFF:
Baer, Solbrig, McFarlane, Mamath,
L. Eddy, Schroeder, Noble, Brown,
Garcia, Hydrick, Hoggatt, Gwinn,
Hrbacek, Hussmann, Johnson, Twomey,
Adams, Powers, Attorney Sare
GUESTS:
Frank DuQuite/City Council, Ty Baldwin,
Jeff DeLong/Tahoe Daily Tribune, John
Wynn, Bob Weeteling, Ann Jones, Barney
Mosbacher, Jean Persson
Jean Persson, a resident within Lake-
side Park Assn. boundaries, referenced
the 10/8/93 letter from STPUD to John
Hulin, LPA Secretary; she urged the
STPUD Board to reevaluate LPA's request
to be acquired by STPUD.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
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Shop Steward:
Mike Adams read aloud a statement to
the Board regarding Agenda Item VI.
(4)/Union Employee Health Insurance
Coverage. (The statement becomes a
part of these minutes as Exhibit 1.)
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
(continued)
Staff requested Consent Item 3/Harvey
Place Reservoir be brought forward
for discussion prior to Board action.
CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA OR CONSENT
CALENDAR
Director Jones requested Consent Item
i/Board Minutes be brought forward for
individual vote.
Moved Mason/Second Wallace/Passed
Unanimously to approve the Consent
Calendar as amended:
CONSENT CALENDAR
2)
Approved RDC's Change Orders No.
5/$7,292.79, No. 6/($573.86) &
No. 7/($4,161.21) for the A1 Tahoe
Well No. 2 project;
4)
Approved revised and amended
District Pension Plan Document
Agreement by adoption of Resolu-
tion 2585; directed Plan Trustees
to prepare and execute Plan Document
and Summary Plan Descriptions;
5)
Authorized extension of Manager's
MOU to March 3, 1994.
CONSENT ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR ACTION/DISCUSSION
Moved Mason/Second Wallace/Strohm
& Jones Abstained/Passed to approve
the November 18, 1993 Regular Board
Meeting minutes.
REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES
(Consent Item 1)
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
Moved Jones/Second Strohm/Wallace
Abstained/Passed to elect Duane Wallace
to the office of President of the Board.
At this time, Director Mosbacher ex-
changed places with Director Wallace;
Director Wallace presided over the
remainder of the meeting.
Moved Strohm/Second Jones/Passed Unan-
imously to elect Bob Mason to the
office of Vice President of the Board.
ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS
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Manager Baer made an oral and visual
presentation covering both sewer and
water operations, titled: "State of
the District". The presentation was
outlined in a handout distributed to
Board members at the meeting. (A
copy of the outline is included with
the minutes as Exhibit 2.)
STATE OF THE DISTRICT ADDRESS
Manager Baer suggested several Board
Workshops were needed to discuss
future projects in detail. As a
result, President Wallace and
Manager Baer planned to meet to
prioritize the subjects for the
Workshops.
No Board Action.
Presented by Chris Twomey.
STATELINE STORAGE PROJECT
Moved Strohm/Second Jones/Passed
Unanimously to authorize staff to
enter into a Cooperative Agreement with
Tahoe Resource Conservation District in
an amount not to exceed $6,000 for
environmental document preparation
services.
Manager Baer noted during past neg-
otiations with Union reps the issue
of whether the employees wanted a
level of benefits or a set cost for
benefits had been discussed. This
request made by the Union to distribute
the premium savings amongst the Union
employees involved this issue.
UNION EMPLOYEE HEALTH
INSURANCE COVERAGE
Mike Adams/Shop Steward spoke to the
Board supporting the Union's request
to divide the insurance premium savings
amongst Union personnel.
During discussion it was noted the
premium had gone up and with this re-
duction it was now the same amount
as was being paid by the District at
the time the present MOU was signed.
Board members felt this issue should
be discussed with Union reps. during
the next Union negotiations: Mainten-
ance of benefits or agreeing to the
cost of benefits, i.e., a refund
when the premiums go down and co-pay
when the premiums go up. Director
Jones felt future trends would
probably show premiums going up.
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Moved Jones to approve the new med-
ical health insurance covered by
Local 39 and ask that staff bring
back additional information regarding
how to approach the apparent savings.
Motion died for lack of a Second.
UNION EMPLOYEE HEALTH
INSURANCE COVERAGE
(continued)
Moved Jones/Second Strohm/Passed
Unanimously to continue to pay the
health insurance premiums through
Local 39 and approve the request to
move the coverage to the Public
Employee Fund.
Presented by Manager Baer who
directed the Board's attention to
the memo written after the 12/8/93
Special Meeting Workshop which outlined
his understanding of the Board's direc-
tion at that Meeting.
After discussion it was the consensus
of the Board to have staff continue to
gather details (in numbers), to con-
tinue negotiations with City staff,
and to continue with the priorities
set at the 12/8/93 Workshop.
No Board Action.
Moved Jones/Second Mosbacher/Mason &
Strohm Abstained/Passed to authorize
payment in the amount of $466,413.18.
Presented by Manager Baer who ex-
plained the present status of the
appeal.
Also discussed was Director Jones
EPA contacts and his consent to
travel to EPA, Region IX's San
Francisco office to discuss the
grant.
Moved Jones/Second Mason/Passed
Unanimously to authorize an addit-
ional $10,000 to the Holland &
Knight legal firm for appeal
assistance.
Finance Committee met to discuss
Management/Board medical insurance.
Operations Committee met to discuss
the water tanks in the Stateline area.
SEWER CONNECTIONS FOR THE
1994/95 BUILDING SEASON
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
HARVEY PLACE RESERVOIR
CONSTRUCTION GRANT: APPEAL
TO EPA FOR ADDITIONAL GRANT
FUNDING
(Consent Item 3)
BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS
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Manaqer:
STAFF REPORTS
Manager Baer reported on 2 items:
1)
2)
Lahontan would have the ACL
(Administrative civil Liability)
District fines on their January
14, 1994 Board meeting. The
fines are for:
$35,000 - Spill at the Marina,
$ 2,000 - Spill at Luther Pass
Pump Station;
E1 Dorado County Water Agency
has suggested a joint Board
meeting on January 10, 1994 @
2:00 PM.
Grant Administrator:
Pat Mamath reported on the recent
,,pre-audit" conducted by a team of
people (2 from EPA, Region IX and 1
from the State Controller's office).
The grants reviewed by the team
were: ERB Grant, Step 1, 2, & 3
of the Harvey Place Reservoir
Grant.
Human Resources Director
Nancy Hussmann reviewed several plans
she had narrowed down from the 58
medical and 28 dental plans she had
received. Various insurance options
were discussed; Hussmann recommended
Principal's option 1 Plan. She said
she would continue to investigate
the 3rd party administrator option
and would update the Board's
Committee members (Wallace/Mason)
on her findings.
Attorney:
Attorney Sare distributed a memo to
the Board re the District's application
to LAFCO for annexation of the Heavenly
Valley ski area. He explained the
reasons for the annexation and the
District's options in the acquisition
process, including the LAFCO require-
ments. It was the consensus of the
Board to have Attorney Sare pursue
annexation of the "islands" described
by LAFCO and the two "islands" which
presently exist within District
boundaries.
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7:13 PM
7:27 PM
8:25 PM
MEETING BREAK
MEETING RESUMED ANDADJOURNED TO
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(b)(1)/Discussion
of significant exposure to
litigation/HDR claim, Melvin
Schwake, E1 Dorado County Water
Agency.
ADJOURNMENT
DUANE WALLACE, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
ATTEST:
PAT A. MAMATH, C~.ERK OF BOARD
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
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EXHIBIT 1
December 16, 1993
Looal 39 has consistently bargained in good faith and considered
the increased cost of health insurance in its proposals to
management. We have over the years earned all the increased cost
of health insurance and by not passing along savings to the members
the District is not acknowledging that we have paid for these
increases.
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EXHIBIT 2
December 16, 1993
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