HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-10-03 Agenda Packet - Board Truckee Donner Public Utility District
REGULAR MEETING Directors
6:00)I PM, Wednesday, October 3, 2007 Joseph R. Aguera
TDPUD Board Room J. Ron Nemig
Patricia S. Sutton
AGENDA /' Tim Taylor
Bill Thomason
1. Call to order Interim General Manager
John Ulrich
2. Roll call
CLOSED SESSION
3. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (b), the Board of Directors
may briefly retire to closed session to confer with legal counsel in connection with a
potential threat of litigation made outside a public meeting.
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
4. Public input (approximately 6:30 PM) — This is time set aside for the public to address the
Board on any matter not on the agenda. Testimony related to any agendized matter
should be addressed at the time that item is considered. (The public may comment on any
subject that is not on the agenda. Each speaker will be limited to three (3) minutes, but
speaker time may be reduced at the discretion of the Board President if there are a large
number of speakers on any given subject.)
DIRECTOR UPDATE
5. This item provides time for a Director to suggest/request new or previous items for future
agendas. (Each Director will be limited to three (3) minutes).
SPECIAL WORKSHOP
6. Workshop on Hirschdale arsenic removal.
ACTION ITEMS (Action item discussions will utilize the following format: (a) staff
report, (b) public input, and (c) Board discussion and action
7. Consideration of a joint meeting of the Board with the Town of Truckee Council
a. This item involves a request from the Town of Truckee to participate in meetings to
discuss planned growth and water availability.
8. Consideration of hiring a note taker for the Citizen Advisory Water and Power
Conservation Committee.
a. This item involves a request from conservation committee to hire a person to take notes
at their meetings and prepare the minutes.
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9. Consideration of a contract to perform services related to environmental review of the
proposed District pipeline replacement projects - 2008.
a. This item involves a contract with Inland Ecosystems for CEQA review and SWPPP
preparation associated with 2008 pipeline construction.
10. Consideration of a close out change order and a resolution accepting District Pipeline
Replacement Project for 2007 -Contract A as complete and issuing a notice of completion.
a. This item involves the closeout of the District Pipeline Replacement-2007-Contract A
contract to Teichert Construction.
11. Consideration of designating the Interim General Manager as Districts labor negotiator
with all unrepresented employees.
CLOSED SESSION
12.Pursuant to Governmental Code 54957.6 (a) conference with labor negotiator, Districts
representative, Interim General Manager, regarding all unrepresented employees.
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
WORKSHOPS- BUDGET
13.Discussion of the Mission/ Goals/ Objectives
a. This item relates to the Goals and Objectives and how they relate to budget programs
and activities.
14.Discussion of Labor
a. This item involves discussion of what goes into the District labor force: union,
management wages, pay rate increases (study based), benefits, structural changes,
rearrange employees, with possible direction or action by the Board.
15.Discussion of Finance: Debt
a. This item is related to budget debt, with possible direction or action by the Board.
16.Discussion of Conservation (not SB1-Solar initiative)
a. This item involves various conservation programs as they relate to the 2008 budget,
with possible direction or action by the Board.
17.Discussion of the Electric Department capital expenditures
a. This item relates to discussion of 2008 capital activity, with possible direction or action
by the Board.
ROUTINE BUSINESS
18.Board Information Requests.
a. Distribution of Prosser Dam soils map with dry well locations.
b. Distribution of maps indicating routing of Public Bike/Pedestrian Trail on
District Property.
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19.Staff Reports
a. Power contract price
b. Payson Natural Gas
20.Consideration of minutes for September 5 and 19, 2007
21.Treasurer's report for August 2007
a. Approval of Treasurer's report through August, 2007.
b. Approval of August 2007 disbursements.
ADJOURNMENT
Note regarding agenda topics likely to come before the board during the next three
months:
• Financial Workshops: Broadband, unfunded liabilities
• Discussion of water meters
• Discussion of bottling water
• Discussion of low income water and electric rate; small residence water rate wording change
• Discussion of District Property: East River, Euer Valley, Glenshire Dr, McGlashan
• Planning for new corporation yard
• Discussion of Broadband business planning
• Review of District organizational structure
• Review of the monthly Glenshire billing surcharge
• Discussion of Donner Lake assessment/rehabilitation recap
• Review of various District procedural policies
• Discussion of exempting parcels from Donner Lake assessment district
• Review Conflict of Interest Code language.
The agenda is available for review at the
TDPUD office and the Truckee branch of the Nevada County Library
Posted and mailed on September 28, 2007
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Barbara Cahill, Deputy District Clerk
A copy of the agenda packet is available for public review at the district administrative office: 11570 Donner Pass Rd.Public participation is
encouraged. The meeting location is accessible to people with disabilities. Every reasonable effort will be made to accommodate
participation of the disabled in all of the District's public meetings. If particular accommodations for the disabled are needed(i.e.,disability-
related aids,or other services),please contract the Clerk of the Board at(530)582-3909,at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
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