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SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
Richard Solbrig, General Manager Shannon Cotulla, Assistant General Manager
Randy Vogelgesang, President BOARD MEMBERS Kelly Sheehan, Vice President
Chris Cefalu, Director James R. Jones, Director Duane Wallace, Director
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
January 4, 2018
MINUTES
The South Tahoe Public Utility District Board of Directors met in a regular session, 2:04 p.m., at the
District Office, located at 1275 Meadow Crest Drive, South Lake Tahoe, California.
ROLL CALL:
Board of Directors: President Vogelgesang, Directors Cefalu, Jones, Sheehan, Wallace
Staff: Paul Hughes, Richard Solbrig, Shannon Cotulla, Gary Kvistad, Melonie Guttry, Buck McClelland,
Julie Ryan, Stephen Caswell, Mike Chieffo, Doug Van Gorden, Cliff Bartlett, Bren Hoyle, Jeremy
Rutherdale, Tim Bledsoe
CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA OR CONSENT CALENDAR:
None
CONSENT CALENDAR:
Moved Wallace Second Sheehan Va el esan Yes Cefalu Yes Jones Yes Sheehan Yes Wallace
Yes to approve the Consent Calendar as presented.
a. REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES: December 27 2017
(Melonie Guttry, Executive Services Manager/Clerk of the Board)
Approved December 21, 2017, Minutes
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
a. Wastewater Treatment Plan Emergency Generator Replacement Project (Stephen Caswell, Senior
Engineer) -Staff provided an overview of the project.
Moved Jones Second Sheehan Vo ei esan Yes Cefalu Yes Jones Yes Sheehan Yes Wallace
Yes to waive the minor deviation in the bid and award Wastewater Treatment Plant Emergency
Generator Project to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, Cal Electro, Inc., in the amount
of $6,136,545.
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b. Al Tahoe Sewer Pump Emergency Repair/Replacement (Chris Stanley, Manager of Field Operations) —
Staff provided an update on the project.
Moved Vogetgesang/Second Wallace/Vogeigesang Ye$/Cefalu Yes/Jones Yes/ Sheehan
Yes/Wallace Yes to continue emergency action to repair Al Tahoe Sewer Pump #2, and
purchase an additional pump pursuant to Resolution No. 3075-17.
C. Approve Payment of Claims (Debbie Henderson, Accounting Manager)
Moved Sheehan Second Cefalu Vv el esan Yes Cefalu Yes Jones Yes Sheehan Yes Wallace
Yes to approve Payment of Claims in the amount of $898,007.46.
STANDING AND AD-HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS:
The next Ad -Hoc Committee Meeting is Friday, January 12 at 9:00 a.m. at the City. Agenda Items for
now are Snow Globe, drainage issue at Pioneer Trail Mobile Home Park, Pinter and Sierra Boulevard
drainage, and legal challenge to firefighting infrastructure being funded through water service rates.
President Vogelgesang reported the Board received a copy of last year's committee appointments
and 2018 calendar year appointments will be discussed at the January 18 Board meeting.
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS:
Director Wallace reported he recently read a CalPERS report regarding rates.
EL DORADO COUNTY WATER AGENCY PURVEYOR REPORT:
The next meeting is Wednesday, January 10 at 10:00 a.m.
GENERAL MANAGER REPORT:
Richard Solbrig reported on several items:
• The District received grants totaling $559,000 from Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) to help cover damages from last winter's storms in addition to an insurance rebate of
approximately $78,000.
• Water usage for December 2017 was 15.3% less than December 2013 and 6.2% less than
December 2016.
STAFF/ATTORNEY REPORTS:
Flows over the weekend were at a high at 4.78 million on December 31, with the average flows at 4.5
million over the weekend.
Staff reported on a court case in the City of Glenwood regarding a challenge to the Proposition 218
process relating to firefighting infrastructure. Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) is filing
an Amicus brief on this case and Attorney KvIstad provided details regarding the firefighting
infrastructure logic.
Richard Solbrig reported a memo was sent by Human Resources regarding the General Manager's
2017-2018 Goals, which will be discussed on the next Agenda under Closed Session.
ADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED SESSION: 2:53 pm
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RECONVENED TO OPEN SESSION: 3:03 p.m.
ACTION REPORT ON ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING CLOSED SESSION
a. 54956.9(b)/Conference with Legal Counsel Potential Litigation (one case).
No reportable Board action
ADJOURNMENT: 3:03 P.M.
Melonie Guttry, 6lerk of e Board
South Tahoe Public Utility District
Randy Vogelgesang, Board President
South Tahoe Public Utility District