Board Meeting - 3/24/2015

MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SERRANO WATER DISTRICT

The Board of Directors of the Serrano Water District met in a special board meeting on Tuesday, March 24, 2015.  The meeting was held at the District Office located at 18021 Lincoln Street, Villa Park, California.

CALL TO ORDER:  President Pharris called the meeting to order at 11:30 a.m.

ROLL CALL:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS PRESENT:

C.L. “Larry” Pharris, Jr.            President

Frank Bryant                            Vice President

Robert F. (Woody) Rickerl       Board Member

Richard A. Freschi                    Board Member

Jerry Haight                              Board Member

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS ABSENT:

STAFF PRESENT:

Jerry Vilander                           General Manager

Ann Michel                               Director, Finance & Administration

Jeremy Jungreis                        General Counsel, Rutan & Tucker

Laura Heflin                              Administrative Assistant

GUESTS PRESENT:

Adam Wood                            Curt Pringle & Associates

Sam Hunter                              Hunter Electric

PUBLIC COMMENT

None.

EMERGENCY APPROVAL OF SMITH RESERVOIR ELECTRICAL PANEL REPAIRS

Following lengthy discussion led by General Manager Vilander and a question and answer session held with Sam Hunter, it was moved (Director Rickerl), seconded (Director Bryant) and carried with Directors Pharris, Rickerl, Bryant and Haight voting yes, and Director Freschi voting no, to authorize the General Manager to move forward with electrical repair work to the Smith Pump Station in the amount of $183,721.07 and $66,278.93 to allow for contingency.

SMITH RESERVOIR TANK CONDITION ASSESSMENT - APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER

Following lengthy discussion led by General Manager Vilander, it was moved (Director Rickerl), seconded (Director Bryant), and carried with Directors Pharris, Rickerl and Bryant voting yes and Directors Freschi and Haight voting no, to authorize the General Manager to issue a change order in the “not to excced” amount of $20,000 to Carollo Engineering to explore items 5.1 operational alternative, 5.2 rehabilitation/retrofit alternative, 5.2.2 alternative 2 - mitigation of seismic vulnerabilities, and 5.3 replacement alternatives as detailed in the draft report structural evaluation of the Smith Reservoir by Carollo.

RESOLUTION NO. 2015-03-03 TO AMEND LEVEL I WATER CONSERVATION AND WATER SUPPLY SHORTAGE PROGRAM TO ADOPT INTERIM DROUGHT MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS MANDATED BY STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

Following presentation of Resolution No. 2015-03-03 by General Manager Vilander, it was moved (Director Rickerl), seconded (Director Haight), and unanimously carried with Directors Haight, Freschi, Rickerl, Bryant, and Pharris voting yes to adopt Resolution No. 2015-03-03 to amend level I water conservation and water supply shortage program to adopt interim drought management requirements mandated by the State Water Resources Control Board.

GENERAL MANAGER REPORT

General Manager Vilander reported that the Alert O.C. Drill will be held on April 7, 2015.  General Manager Vilander also informed the Board of Directors of the impending MET allocations.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was formally adjourned at 2:12 p.m.  The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 @ 8:30 a.m. at the District office.                                                         

                                                                                                            Laura Heflin, Administrative Assistant