01-20-2022SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
David Peterson, Vice President
Chris Cefalu, Director
BOARD MEMBERS
Shane Romsos, Director
Kelly Sheehan, President
Nick Exline, Director
John Thiel, General Manager Paul Hughes, Chief Financial Officer
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
January 20, 2022
MINUTES
The South Tahoe Public Utility District Board of Directors met in a regular session, 2:01 p.m., at the
District Office, located at 1275 Meadow Crest Drive, South Lake Tahoe, California.
ROLL CALL:
Board of Directors: Vice President Peterson, Directors Cefalu, Romsos, Exline
Absent: President Sheehan
Staff: Paul Hughes, Gary Kvistad, Melonie Guttry, Marla Sharp, Bren Barley, Tim Bledsoe, Julie Ryan,
Stephen Caswell, Shelly Thomsen, lvo Bergsohn, Jessica Henderson, Liz Kauffman
CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA OR CONSENT CALENDAR:
Melonie Guttry reported that there is a request to remove Agenda Item 4a from the Consent
Calendar.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
Moved Romsos/Second Exline/Sheehan Absent/Cefalu Yes/Romsos Yes/Peterson Yes/Exline Yes to
approve the Consent Calendar with changes as presented.
a.SECONDARY CLARIFIER NO. 3 REHABILITATION PROJECT
(Stephen Caswell, Principal Engineer)
Approved the request to reduce retention on the Secondary Clarifier No. 3 Rehabilitation
Project to 5%.
b.SOUTH TAHOE GROUNDWATER MODEL
(Iva Bergsohn, Hydrogeologist)
C.
Accepted the cost proposal in an amount not-to-exceed $36,225 from the Desert Research
Institute to provide as-directed groundwater modeling services for 2022.
REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES: January 61 2022
(Melonie Guttry, Executive Services Manager/Clerk of the Board)
Approved January 6, 2022, Minutes
REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES January 20, 2022
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
a.Approve Payment of Claims (Debbie Henderson, Accounting Manager)
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Moved Exline/Second Cefalu/Sheehan Absent/Cefalu Yes/Romsos Yes/Peterson Yes/Exline Yes
to approve Payment of Claims in the amount of $1,480,493.67.
STANDING AND AD-HOC COMMITTEES AND LIAISON REPORTS:
Director Romsos reported that the Ad-Hoc Workforce Housing Committee will be meeting today
immediately following the Board Meeting. Vice President Peterson reported the Operations
Committee met on January 18, 2022, and provided details regarding the discussions.
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS:
Vice President Peterson reported the Adopt-a-Hydrant program was mentioned in a recent local
newspaper article.
EL DORADO WATER AGENCY PURVEYOR REPORT:
Director Peterson reported that President Sheehan attended the January 12, 2022, El Dorado Water
Agency meeting in his absence.
STAFF/ATTORNEY REPORTS:
Attorney Kvistad reported that the District filed a demurrer to the complaint in the Alpine County
litigation. Alpine County has filed an opposition and it is scheduled to be heard in court on January
25, 2022. This will be discussed in more detail under Closed Session at the February 3 Board meeting.
GENERAL MANAGER REPORT:
•Liz Kauffman provided a staffing update•Liz Kauffman reported that since December 2021 the District has had 29 staff members
become ill with COVID-19.•Vice President Peterson reported that the 2022 Gener I Manager Goals will be deferred until
the February 3, 2022 meeting.
ADJOURNMENT: 2:09 p.m.
Melonie Guttry, Clerk of tr1 oard
South Tahoe Public Utility District
David Peterson, Board Vice President
South Ta hoe Public Utility District