Board Meeting - 9/17/2015

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, September 17, 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 12:30 p.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

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS ABSENT:

Jerry Haight                              Board Member

STAFF PRESENT:

Jerry Vilander                           General Manager

Ann Michel                               Director, Finance & Administration

Joel Kuperberg                         General Counsel, Rutan & Tucker

Laura Heflin                              Administrative Assistant

GUESTS PRESENT:

Dave Noyes                             Contract CEO, Irvine Lake

PUBLIC COMMENT

None.

STATUS OF DROUGHT RESPONSE AND WATER SUPPLY

General Manager Vilander gave a brief update on the status of well #3.  The short term remedy is a reconditioned pump with no guarantee.  This reconditioned pump will be installed by the end of next week.  A preliminary estimate has been received from Southwest Pump.  General Manager Vilander will develop a scope of work and prepare documents to go out to bid.    General Manager Vilander also reported that there has been an estimated 36% reduction in consumption for the first two weeks of September. 

SWD WATER CONSERVATION PENALTIES RESOLUTION NO. 2015-09-01

Following a presentation by General Manager Vilander and discussion amongst the Board of Directors, it was moved (Director Rickerl), seconded (Director Pharris), and carried with Directors Bryant, Rickerl and Pharris voting yes and Director Freschi voting no to approve Resolution No. 2015-09-01 imposing amending the penalty structure imposed by Resolution No. 2015-05-01, to allow for banking of customer conservation in excess of that required by the mandatory restriction on water use, and authorizing expenditures for implementation and public information.

REVISED COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Committee assignments were presented by President Pharris and reviewed by the Board of Directors.  All Directors were amenable to the revised committee assignments.

RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL--ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (d)(2) of Government Code Section 54956.9: One potential case.

The Board of Directors announced that there wasn’t a need to go into closed session.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was formally adjourned at 2:20 p.m.  The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 @ 8:30 a.m. at the District office.                                                    

                                                                                                            Laura Heflin, Administrative Assistant