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

583 SAN YSIDRO ROAD, MONTECITO, CALIFORNIA
at 9:00 A.M. on TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2000

CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, DETERMINATION OF QUORUM
The meeting was called to order by President Puddicombe at 9:00 a.m.
Those in attendance were:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS/CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTOR
The Board met and considered several applicants to fill the vacancy of Director due to the resignation of Robert M. Jones. After much discussion, a motion was made by Director Abel, seconded by Director Bachman and unanimously carried to appoint William W. Drewry for the position of Director.

GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT
Manager Adjarian had nothing new to report at this time.

ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:27 a.m.

Approved:

_____________________________
Robert W. Puddicombe, President

Attest:

_________________________________
Fred J. Adjarian, Secretary

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

583 SAN YSIDRO ROAD, MONTECITO, CALIFORNIA
at 9:00 A.M. on TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2000

CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, DETERMINATION OF QUORUM
The meeting was called to order by President Puddicombe at 1:00 p.m.
Those in attendance were:

PRESENTATION BY DR. ALAN LIVINGSTONE, LIVINGSTONE REPRESENTING THE EPLER COMPANY REGARDING A PROPOSED DISTRICT COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY
Manager Adjarian stated that the formulation of an MWD compensation philosophy by the Board was the beginning step in the salary survey to be performed by the Epler Company and Lingstone & Associates. He then introduced Dr. Livingstone of Livingstone & Associates. Dr. Alan Livingstone outlined his approach in developing a compensation philosophy for public and private organizations like MWD. Specifically, Dr. Livingstone reviewed the key elements of a compensation philosophy, base salary and employee benefits. These concepts were discussed at length with the Board, and will serve as the framework for the study. The Board was interested in Dr. Livingstone collecting data from the Ventura and Santa Barbara counties for all experienced and entry-level (i.e., non-exempt) staff, and from the California coastal communities region for all management level (i.e., exempt) staff. For purposes of the study, Director Wilson suggested that Dr. Livingstone contact Mr. Mark Schneip of the UCSB Economic Forecast to get local data on the cost-of-living in the Santa Barbara area.

GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT
Manager Adjarian had nothing new to report at this time.

ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 2:57 p.m.

Approved:

_____________________________
Robert W. Puddicombe, President

Attest:

_________________________________
Fred J. Adjarian, Secretary