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2003 01-02SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT "Basic Services for a Complex World" Robert G. Baer, General James R. Jones, President BOARD MEMBER Richard er Edc Schafer, Vice President REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT JANUARY 2, 2003 MINUTES The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in a regular session, January 2, 2003, 2:00 P.M., City Council Chambers, 1900 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe, California. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: President Jones, Directors Mosbacher, Wallace, Schafer. Director Becker was absent but participated in Closed Session by teleconference from 3:15 - 3:50 p.m. STAFF: Baer, Sharp, Henderson, Cocking, Hoggatt, Hussmann, Attorney Kvistad Moved Mosbacher / Second Schafer I Becket Absent / passed to approve the Consent Calendar as submitted: CONSENT CALENDAR Section 125 Flexible Benefits Plan - (1) Authorized Plan Administrators to change plan year to coincide with calendar year; (2) Increased medical reimburse- ment cap to $2,500 per plan year; and (3) Authorized plan administrators to sign applicable agreements as needed to administer the plan; REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES ,- JANUARY 2r 2003 PAGE - 2 Effluent Control System Modifications - Approved Change Order Nos. 1, 2, and 3 in the total amount of $839; CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) Adopted Regular Board Meeting Minutes: November 21, 2002; Adopted Regular Board Meeting Minutes: December 5, 2002. iTEMS FOR BOARD ACTION Moved Schafer / Second Wallace / Becker Absent I Passed to approve payment in the amount of $642,006.07. President Jones announced the Board Committees and Liaisons for 2003: PAYMENT OF CLAIMS 2003 BOARD COMMITTEES AND LIAISONS Standin~ Committees Executive Committee (Jones/Schafer) Finance Committee (WallacelSchafer) Water & Wastewater Operations Committee (Jones/Becker) Planning Committee (Mosbacher/Schafer) Administration Building Committee (JoneslSchafer) Ad Hoc Committee Legislative Ad Hoc Committee (Wallace/Jones) Liaisons El Dorado County (Wallace) El Dorado County Water Purveyors (Wallace) Alpine County (Mosbacher) City of South Lake Tahoe (Becker) Association of California Water Agencies (Jones) California Association of Sanitation Agencies (Schafer) Water and Wastewater Operations Committee: The committee met December 20. Minutes of the meeting are available upon request. President Wallace reported on the following: (1) El Dorado County may derive money from SMUD relicensing; (2) The governance of the Coastal Commission was recently challenged in court and BOARD MEMBER STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS ....... EL DORADO COUNTY WATER AGENCY PURVEYOR REPRESEN- TATIVES REPORT PAGE - 3 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JANUARY 2 2003 was ruled unconstitutional. Term limits may now be imposed on appointees. The ruling may have ramifications for State water boards, and TRPA, since they have a similar form of governance. General Manager:. Robert Baer gave an update on efforts still underway to select a route alternative for the B-line Phase 3 Export Pipeline Replacement Project. EL DORADO COUNTY WATER AGENCY PURVEYOR REPRESEN- TATIVES REPORT (continued) GENERAL MANAGER REPORT Attorney Kvistad reported on recent amendments to the Brown Act regarding conflicts of interest and disqualifica- tion procedures. 2:45 P.M. ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION 3:50 P.M. RECONVENED TO REGULAR SESSION ACTION I REPORT ON ITEM DISCUSSED DURING cLOSED SESSION No reportable Board action. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.(a)lConference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation: STPUD vs. John Breese Mumford, et al., El Dorado County Superior Court Case No. SC20020030 No reportable Board action. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956(a)/Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation: STPUD vs. F. Heise Land & Live Stock Company, Inc., William Weaver, Eddie R. Snyder, Crockett Enterprises, Inc., ClV S-02-0238 MLS JFM United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento, CA REGULAR BOARD MEETING M!NUTES - JANUARY 2~ 2003 PAGE - 4 No reportable Board action. Note: 3:15 p.m. - Director Becker participated by teleconference for the remainder of the meeting. No reportable Board action. No reportable Board action. No reportable Board action. 3:50 P.M. 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, United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Pursuant to Govemment Code Section 54957.6(a)/Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation: STPUD vs. Lakeside Park Association, et al., County of El Dorado, Superior Court Case No. SC20010165 Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.6(a)/Conference with Labor Negotiators: Agency Negotiators - Board of Directors; Employee Organization - Represented and Unrepresented Employees Pursuant to Govemment Code Section 54957.6(a)/Conference with Labor Negotiators: Agency Negotiators - General Manager, Board of Directors; Unrepresented Employee Position - District General Counsel ADJOURNMENT ATTEST: ~ ~ ,,.-~--,~~ Ka;~hy sharp~lerk-of the Sc(a-rd South Tahoe Public Utility District