Board Meeting - 2/14/2017
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, February 14, 2017. The meeting was held at the District Office located at 18021 Lincoln Street, Villa Park, California.
CALL TO ORDER: President Bryant called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.
ROLL CALL:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS PRESENT:
Frank Bryant President
Jerry Haight Board Member
C.L. “Larry” Pharris, Jr. Board Member
Greg Mills Board Member
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS ABSENT:
Richard A. Freschi Vice President
STAFF PRESENT:
Jerry Vilander General Manager
Ann Michel Director, Finance & Administration
Laura Heflin Administrative Assistant
Joel Kuperberg Legal Counsel
GUESTS PRESENT:
Katie Pringle Curt Pringle & Associates
Brad Reese Villa Park Resident
Robert Hunter Municipal Water District of Orange County
MWDOC PROGRAM OVERVIEW PRESENTATION – ROB HUNTER
Rob Hunter presented an overview of the Municipal Water District of Orange County’s choice service programs. Highlighted items included choice programs, summary of District participation, county wide communication, and schools program. Mr. Hunter was thanked for his informative presentation.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
BOARD MINUTES
Consideration of Serrano Water District Board Meeting minutes of January 10, 2017. Director Pharris moved that the minutes of the January 10, 2017 meeting be approved as amended, Director Mills seconded the motion, and the motion was unanimously carried with Directors Bryant, Haight, Mills and Pharris voting yes.
GENERAL MANAGER REPORT
General Manager Vilander summarized the status of Board Committee and management matters as agendized for the month of January. General Manager Vilander will contact the Interim City Manager at City of Villa Park regarding their support of the California Water Fix and Eco Restore.
STATUS OF DROUGHT RESPONSE AND WATER SUPPLY
General Manager Vilander reported that January was approximately 44% reduced in consumption compared to 2013.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Following presentation of the financial report by Ann Michel, Director of Finance and Administration, it was moved (Director Mills), seconded (Director Haight), and unanimously carried with Directors Bryant, Pharris, Mills and Haight voting yes to approve the disbursements in the amount of $1,093,900.36. Director Haight remarked that salaries are 10% over budget currently. He asked about a mid-year budget review and it was decided that staff would start to develop the mid-year budget.
Following discussion related to retired and current District lifetime health insurance, it was agreed via Board consensus that Attorney Kuperberg will work with District staff to do research related to this item and report back to the Board.
Director Haight asked Ann Michel to provide data regarding insurance premium increases during the last four years and to present at the next Board meeting.
WATER REPORT
Ann Michel, Director of Finance and Administration, presented the water report. It was moved (Director Pharris), seconded (Director Mills), and unanimously carried with Directors Bryant, Pharris, Mills and Haight voting yes to receive and file the water report.
UPDATE ON REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING IRVINE LAKE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SERRANO WATER DISTRICT
Following discussion led by General Manager Vilander, it was moved (Director Pharris), seconded (Director Haight), and unanimously carried with Directors Haight, Pharris, Bryant and Mills voting yes to active oppose efforts by Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board (“SARWQCB” or “Regional Board”) to amend the Santa Ana Region Basin Plan (“Basin Plan”) for Irvine Lake to add new “COMM” beneficial use, and to cooperate with other agencies to oppose efforts by State Water Resources Control Board (“SWRCB”) to promulgate new and potentially harmful regulation for reservoirs like Irvine Lake and provide direction to Staff and Counsel on appropriate regulatory engagement to protect the District’s futures use of Irvine Lake.
RESOLUTION NO. 2017-02-02 OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SERRANO WATER DISTRICT ESTABLISHING CERTAIN RESERVE GOALS AND ALLOCATING DISTRICT FUNDS TO DESIGNATED RESERVE ACCOUNTS
Following discussion led by General Manager Vilander, it was moved (Director Mills), seconded (Director Pharris), and unanimously carried with Directors Haight, Pharris, Bryant and Mills voting yes to adopt Resolution No. 2017-02-02 as amended with the addition of verbiage stating that the Division of Safety of Dams has identified that the tower requires repair or replacement.
SERRANO WATER DISTRICT SUPPORT FOR THE CALIFORNIA WATER FIX AND CALIFORNIA ECO RESTORE RESOLUTION NO. 2017-02-01
Following discussion led by General Manager Vilander, it was moved (Director Mills), seconded (Director Pharris), and unanimously carried with Directors Haight, Pharris, Bryant and Mills voting yes to adopt Resolution No. 2017-02-01 as presented.
RESOLUTION NO. 2017-02-03 NOMINATION TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY
Following discussion led by General Manager Vilander, it was moved (Director Haight), seconded (Director Mills), and unanimously carried with Directors Haight, Pharris, Bryant and Mills voting yes to adopt Resolution No. 2017-02-03 to support Fred J. Adjarian as an ACWA-JPIA Executive Committee Candidate.
CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence was reviewed as agendized.
DIRECTOR COMMENTS AND REPORTS
It was determined that the regularly scheduled July 11th Board meeting will be moved to the following Tuesday on July 18th.
ATTORNEY’S REPORT
Attorney Kuperberg reported that AB-1661 requires sexual harassment prevention training be taken within six months of taking office and every two years thereafter.
At 10:45 a.m., it was announced that closed session was being commenced.
CLOSED SESSION: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d): One case (Slope and Structure Damage at 18651 Cerro Villa Drive, Villa Park, CA 92861).
At 10:55 a.m., the meeting was reconvened in open session, and it was announced that there was no reportable action.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was formally adjourned at 11:00 a.m. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. at the District office.
Laura Heflin, Administrative Assistant