MINUTES - JANUARY 22, 1997

MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
of the
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MONTECITO WATER DISTRICT
held at the
DISTRICT BOARD ROOM

583 SAN YSIDRO ROAD, MONTECITO, CALIFORNIA
at 10:00 a.m. on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1997

Present:	Directors Abel, Campbell, Muller, Puddicombe and Wilson
Absent:	None
Also Present:	C. Charles Evans, General Manager/Secretary Chip Wullbrandt, District Counsel Evalyn Kerman, Business Manager Jerry Paley, Financial/Computer Specialist Robert Jones, Retired District Counsel

The General Manager provided an introduction of the Board Financial Workshop. He particularly reviewed the ten year plan which was recently prepared. The Board discussed all of the items on the Board workshop agenda.

The Board also discussed establishing a minimum reserve fund for inclusion in the ten year plan.

The Board reiterated that the District would actively pursue selling the Summerland annual State Water Project entitlement, since it is believed that it is no longer needed. It was indicated that the District could sell up to 200 acre feet more than that amount of State Water Project entitlement or a total of 500 acre feet.

Campbell be nominated as Vice President of the Board. Director Puddicombe seconded the motion. There being no other nominations, the nominations were declared closed, and Tim Campbell was unanimously elected Vice President of the Board of Directors.

A motion was made by Director Campbell, seconded by Director Abel and unanimously carried that C. Charles Evans be appointed General Manager, District Engineer and Secretary to the District, as his present salary and under a blanket bond of $100,000.

A motion was made by Director Campbell, seconded by Director Wilson and unanimously carried that Evalyn Kerman be appointed Auditor, Business Manager and Assistant Secretary of the District, as her present salary and under a blanket bond of $100,000.

A motion was made Director Campbell, seconded by Director Jones and unanimously approved that the Board designate the Bank of Montecito as the depositor for District funds.

Counsel Wullbrandt advised the Board that while new Director Bob Jones had previously been employed by Price, Postel & Parma, he had retired from the firm, has now ownership interest and has received no compensation from the firm for some time prior to taking office. he said Director Jones does rent office space at the firm. This rental is on a month-to-month basis at market rate. District Counsel has consulted with the Attorney General’s office, which informally advised that this would be considered a permissible remote financial interest, but advised that Director Jones not participate in any action to retain Price, Postel & Parma. A motion was made by Director Abel, seconded by Director Puddicombe, and carried 3-0-1, with Director Campbell abstaining and Director Jones not participating, to retain the firm of Price, Postel & Parma as attorneys for the District. Director Campbell indicated he was abstaining because he is personally represented by Price, Postel & Parma. Director Jones did not participate because of his rental of office space from Price, Postel & Parma.

Designating the District’s time and place to hold the Board meetings was continued until January 20, 1998. The General Manager said he wanted to recommend going to one Board meeting per month; he distributed a tabulation of the pros and cons of that proposal.

President Puddicombe left the meeting at 5:40 p.m. and Vice President Campbell carried the remainder of the meeting.

A motion was made by Director Jones, seconded by Director Abel, and unanimously carried that the provisions of Government Code Section Nos. 54956 and 54956.6 be adopted as the manner by which special meetings and emergency special meetings shall be called.

A motion was made by Director Abel, seconded by Director Wilson and unanimously carried to adopt the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised for Board proceedings.

A motion was made by Director Wilson to approve Resolution No. 1851 concerning the inventory of District lands and air space. A roll call resulted as follows:

The General Manager explained that the position of Office Technician I had changed in responsibilities that warranted a reclassification to an Office Technician II position. A motion was made by Director Wilson, seconded by Director Abel, and unanimously carried to reclassify the Office Technician I position from a salary range schedule 151, $935 to $1,137 biweekly to an Office Technician II, salary range schedule 174, $1,080 to $1,312 biweekly effective immediately.

The General Manager said that the completed letter questionnaire from the Department of Water Resources regarding the Groundwater Management Plan was for Board action.

The General Manager reported on the field trip to Bradbury Dam to review the progress of the seismic safety work. He said that the final 20 feet of the safety berm had not been completed, and that the USBR indicated that it would be completed in 10 working days barring weather delays.

Director Wilson reported on the status of the SWRCB Board Order 94-5 studies and the fishery matters other than the 94-5 studies. A revised handout on these issues was presented to the Board.

The Vice President continued the verbal reports on meetings and committee report until January 6, 1998.

Note: The agenda for this meeting was posted at the front counter and outside front wall at the Montecito Water District on December 12, 1997.