Board Meeting - 4/8/2014
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SERRANO WATER DISTRICT
The Board of Directors of the Serrano Water District met in a regularly scheduled board meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. The meeting was held at the District Office located at 18021 Lincoln Street, Villa Park, California.
CALL TO ORDER: President Rickerl called the meeting to order at 8:32 a.m.
ROLL CALL:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS PRESENT:
Robert F. (Woody) Rickerl President
C.L. Pharris, Jr. Vice President
Jerry Haight Board Member
Richard A. Freschi Board Member
Frank Bryant Board Member
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT:
Jerry Vilander General Manager
Ann Michel Director, Finance & Administration
Joel Kuperberg General Counsel, Rutan & Tucker
Laura Heflin Administrative Assistant
GUESTS PRESENT:
Harvey De La Torre Municipal Water District of Orange County
Alyson Loyd Curt Pringle & Associates
Diana Fascenelli City Council Woman, City of Villa Park
Dave Noyes Contract CEO, SWD Recreation, Inc.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Villa Park City Council Woman Fascenelli reported that there will be several bond measures on the ballot in November for improvements to the schools in Villa Park which will represent an additional $60 per $100,000 in property tax payments.
MWDOC PRESENTATION PROPOSED BUDGET, WATER RATES AND EXPLANATION OF METROPOLITAN FIXED REVENUE COMPONENTS: RTS, CAPACITY CHARGE AND AD VALOREM - HARVEY DE LA TORRE
Harvey De La Torre gave the Board of Directors a presentation on the proposed budget, water rates and explanation of Metropolitan’s fixed revenue components. Highlighted items included the review of the proposed biennial budget for fiscal years 2014/15 and 2015/16, rate scenarios, and revenue components. A question and answer session immediately followed. The Board of Directors thanked Mr. De La Torre for his informative presentation. General Manager Vilander will follow up with Mr. De La Torre to determine if lifetime medical is still being offered to new hires.
CORPORATE MINUTES
Consideration of Serrano Water District Board Meeting minutes of March 11, 2014. Director Freschi moved that the minutes of the March 11, 2014 meeting be approved as amended, Director Haight seconded the motion, and the motion was unanimously carried with Directors Bryant, Freschi, Pharris, Rickerl, and Haight voting yes.
GENERAL MANAGER REPORT
General Manager Vilander presented the general manager’s report and summarized the status of Board Committee and management matters as agendized for the month of March. General Manager Vilander reported that the Orange County Water District has approached the District with the request that we pump above our basin pumping percentage. General Manager Vilander will speak with John Kennedy and report back to the board with the results of this discussion. Southwest Pump did perform a pump text on well #4 and determined that it was producing 120 gallons per minute. The Construction Committee will meet next week to review this situation. General Manager Vilander will review the well #4 agreement with the Orange County Water District for the potential feasibility of placing a cell site tower. A potential location for an emergency intertie has been identified in close proximity to Fernando Circle The aerial photography project has been postponed at this time. The regulatory calendar is close to be completed by WQTS, and the bulk of their charges have already been paid.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Following presentation of the financial report by Ann Michel, Director of Finance and Administration, it was moved (Director Pharris), seconded (Director Bryant), and unanimously carried with Directors Bryant, Freschi, Rickerl, Pharris and Haight voting yes to approve the disbursements in the amount of $451,731.40. It was pointed out that the inventory of purchased water will be set up to not impact the income statement all at once.
WATER REPORT
Ann Michel, Director of Finance and Administration, presented the water report. The water report was received and filed.
RESOLUTION NO. 2014-04-01 OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 12-05-02 TO ESTABLISH A POLICY FOR COMPENSATION FOR WHAT CONSTITUTES ATTENDANCE AT A MEETING OR RENDERING SERVICE AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Following presentation of Resolution No. 2014-04-01 by Attorney Kuperberg, it was then moved (Director Haight), seconded (Director Freschi), and carried with Directors Freschi, Rickerl, and Haight voting yes and Directors Pharris and Bryant voting no to adopt Resolution No. 2014-04-01 as amended with the addition of verbiage dictated by Attorney Kuperberg to be added in Section 4, Item C and the removal of Section 3.
SUPPORT FOR RICHARD FRESCHI FOR LAFCO ALTERNATE SPECIAL DISTRICT SEAT AND JOHN WITHERS FOR LAFCO REGULAR SPECIAL DISTRICT SEAT
Following discussion led by General Manager Vilander, it was moved (Director Haight), seconded (Director Bryant), and unanimously carried with Directors Bryant, Freschi, Rickerl, Pharris and Haight voting yes to support Dirctor Freschi for LAFCO alternate special district seat and John Withers for LAFCO regular special district seat.
DIRECTOR COMMENTS AND REPORTS
Director Freschi reported that he had been contacted by the President of GrandPoint Bank enquiring as to why he wasn’t notified of the District’s intent to move its’ banking relationship. Director Freschi stressed the importance of improving communication moving forward and remarked that he apologized profusely on behalf of himself and the District.
CORRESPONDENCE
None.
ATTORNEY’S REPORT
None.
CLOSED SESSION - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
The meeting was recessed back into open session and 11:45 a.m., and it was announced that no formal action will be taken at this time.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was formally adjourned at 11:46 a.m. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 @ 8:30 a.m. at the District office.
Laura Heflin, Administrative Assistant