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February 17, 1998
To: Board of Directors
From, Peter L. Holzmeister, General Manager
Subject: Monthly Manager's Report
AGENDA # 8
1. NCPA: It has been a busy month at NCPA. Mike McDonald, General manager of NCPA, has
announced that he is leaving the organization to accept a position with ENRON. I am serving on a
committee of member agency managers to participate in the process of recruiting a new General
Manager.
During the past month Jim Maass, Steve Hollabaugh and I participated in the NCPA .strategic plan
workshop. We spipnt a day and a half helping shape the direction of NCPA for the next year.
I attended the Business Unit board meetings in which our District participates.
2. Performance appraisals for management and salaried staff.' I spent time during the past month
reviewing the performance of our management and salaried staff. We setlob goals at the beginning of
each year and review performance compared to the goals. Our management_-arid salaried staff work
well together and focus very well on the established goals. We will spend time during the next two
weeks setting personal job goals for 1998. This process ensures that we are all pulling in the same
direction and promotes team performance.
3. Truckee govemance study. During the past month I was busy again drafting_our portion of the
Truckee governance study. LAFCo is again asking for the Truckee special districts and the Town to
move forward with the study, so I have been communicating with the other local agencies to get their
drat reports completed. Before our report is submitted to LAFCo, I will submit it to you for a review
and discussion.
4. Sphere of Influence report: Another LAFCo issue is the sphere of influence report which we
prepared and submitted to them for review. LAFCo is proposing significant changes in the northern
portion of our traditional sphere of influence map. I am worming with Pat Sutton in this matter, This,
too, is likely to come to you for discussion and action in the near future.
5. Utility Billing and Customer Information System: Mary Chapman and I have been participating in a
joint action effort with other California public power agencies to create the kind of billing system that
will be needed in the deregulated electric utility industry environment. We will probably have a
recommendation to submit to you in March.
6. Strategic plan preparation: There are so many changes occurring in our industry that the staff and
Board may no longer have a clear vision of our role and mission, or we may not all have the common
vision that is important to success. i spent time in the past month researching strategic planning
processes. I think I have identified a process that may be useful in planning the future for our District.
This is a matter that will come before the Board at the workshop on February 18,
7. Search for vacant land. The committee appointed by the Board to search for vacant land has met to
organize its effort. We clarified our material storage, vehicle parking, work space and access needs,
converted that information into a description of the ideal parcel. We concluded that we need
approximately ten acres of land which is easily accessed by major roadways. We are now surveying
land owned by the District that may be suitable for our needs, or that could be .sold to finance
acquisition of a new parcel.
8. Employee training: i have been working with Debora McDermed of The Vertical Dimension to
begin the customer service training recently approved by the Board, l told her of the Board's interest
in being included in the program and we will appear at a Board meeting in the very near future to
better define the Board's needs.
PLH/smc
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