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Home My WebLink About2026-04-01 Minutes Docusign Envelope ID:748E1E3B-206C-8947-8132-35411DCAC96E TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES TDPUD BOARD ROOM, 11570 DONNER PASS ROAD, TRUCKEE, CA 6:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026 1. Call to Order Meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. 2. Roll Call Directors Present: Jeff Bender, Christa Finn, Steve Randall, Vice President Courtney Murrell and President Tony Laliotis Staff in attendance: Brian Wright, General Manager; Scott Crow, Chief Information Officer/IT Director/Assistant General Manager; Mike Salmon, Chief Financial Officer; Steven Poncelet, Public Information and Strategic Affairs Director; Mike Swanson, Director of Electric Operations and Engineering; Jillian Steward, Director of Human Resources & Risk Management; Neil Kaufman, Water System Engineer; Josh Campbell, Senior Electric Engineer; Xander Thomassian, Network & Systems Administrator; Martina Rochefort, District Clerk/Executive Assistant Other Steve Gross, General Counsel 3. Pledge of Allegiance Director Bender led the Pledge of Allegiance. 4. Changes to the agenda No changes were made to the agenda. 5. Public Comment No public comment was received. DIRECTOR UPDATE 6. Director Finn shared the Climate Transformation Alliance (CTA) has its quarterly meeting next Friday. Truckee Magazine has a large feature on CTA this month. Director Finn also shared recent trends in the energy sector. President Laliotis thanked staff for the workshop meeting on Monday. DEPARTMENT UPDATES 7. Department updates were presented by Mike Swanson, Director of Electric Engineering and Operations, Jillian Steward, Director of Human Resources and Risk Management and Steven Poncelet, Public Information and Strategic Affairs Director. PUBLIC HEARING 8. Public Hearing Related to Adoption of the Annual Electric and Water Standby Charges 1 Docusign Envelope ID:748E1E3B-206C-8947-8132-35411DCAC96E TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES TDPUD BOARD ROOM, 11570 DONNER PASS ROAD, TRUCKEE, CA 6:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026 A. Conduct a public hearing at the regularly scheduled District Board Meeting on April 1 , 2026, at 6:OOPM, or as soon thereafter, to receive input on the adoption of annual Electric and Water Standby Charges; and B. Adopt the following resolutions: 1. Resolution 2026-06 Continuing and Fixing Electric Standby Charges for the Fiscal Year 2026-2027; 2. Resolution 2026-07 Continuing and Fixing Water Standby Charges for the Fiscal Year 2026-2027; 3. Resolution 2026-08 Requesting Collection of Electric and Water Standby Charges on County of Nevada Tax Roll; and 4. Resolution 2026-09 Fixing and Placing Electric and Water Standby Charges on Placer County Tax Roll for Collection. Public Hearing opened at 6:23 p.m. No public comment was received. Discussion was held. Public Hearing closed at 6:28 p.m. ACTION: Motion made by Director Bender to adopt Resolution 2026-06 Continuing and Fixing Electric Standby Charges for the Fiscal Year 2026-2027; Resolution 2026-07 Continuing and Fixing Water Standby Charges for the Fiscal Year 2026-2027; Resolution 2026-08 Requesting Collection of Electric and Water Standby Charges on County of Nevada Tax Roll; and Resolution 2026-09 Fixing and Placing Electric and Water Standby Charges on Placer County Tax Roll for Collection as presented, seconded by Director Murrell. Roll call vote taken. Finn —AYE Bender—AYE Randall —AYE Murrell —AYE Laliotis —AYE Motion passed. CONSENT CALENDAR 9. Consideration of Memorandum of Understanding with the Town of Truckee for Aerial Mapping Authorize the General Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with eight public agencies in the Tahoe Truckee area for Aerial Mapping 2 Docusign Envelope ID:748E1E3B-206C-8947-8132-35411DCAC96E TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES TDPUD BOARD ROOM, 11570 DONNER PASS ROAD, TRUCKEE, CA 6:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026 services in the amount of$16,392.47, plus a 10% change order allowance, for a total not to exceed amount of $18,032. 10. Board Meeting Minutes Consider approval of the March 4, 2026 Regular Board Meeting minutes 11. Treasurer's Report, April 2026 Consider Approval of the Treasurer's Report for April 2026 including: a. Fund Balances for the Month of January 2026 b. Disbursements for the Month of February 2026 12. Resolution 2026-03 to Request Election Services Consider adoption of Resolution 2026-03 declaring an election be held in the District's jurisdiction; requesting the Board of Supervisors of Nevada and Placer Counties, respectively, to consolidate this election with any other election conducted on November 3, 2026; and requesting election services by the respective County Clerks 13. Resolution 2026-04 to Nominate Director John Pang of Tahoe City Public Utility District to ACWA-JPIA Captive Insurance Company Adopt Resolution 2026-04, Nominating Tahoe City Public Utility District Board Director John Pang to the Association of California Water Agencies Joint Powers Insurance Authority Captive Insurance Company Fund Board 14. Consideration of an Updated Firm Electric Service Allocation Assignment Agreement with the City of Fallon Authorize the Board President to execute an updated Firm Electric Service Allocation Agreement with the City of Fallon No public comment was received. Director Murrell pulled item 12 for further discussion. ACTION: Motion made by Director Bender to approve Consent Calendar items 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14 as presented, seconded by Director Randall. AYES: Bender, Finn, Randall, Murrell and Laliotis NAYS: none ABSTAIN: none ABSENT: none Motion passed. Consent Calendar item 12 was discussed. No public comment was received. 3 Docusign Envelope ID:748E1E3B-206C-8947-8132-35411DCAC96E TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES TDPUD BOARD ROOM, 11570 DONNER PASS ROAD, TRUCKEE, CA 6:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026 ACTION: Motion made by Director Murrell to approve Consent Calendar item 12 as presented, seconded by Director Finn. AYES: Finn, Bender, Randall, Murrell and Laliotis NAYS: none ABSTAIN: none ABSENT: none Motion passed. ACTION ITEMS 15. Consideration of a professional services contract with Probolsky Research for the 2026 District Customer Survey. Authorize the General Manager to execute a professional services contract with Probolsky Research for the 2026 TDPUD Customer Survey in the amount of $29,750, plus a 10% change order authorization of $2,975, for a total not to exceed contract amount of $32,725. Public Information and Strategic Affairs Director presented the item. No public comment was received. Discussion was held. ACTION: Motion made by Director Finn to authorize the General Manager to execute a professional services contract with Probolsky Research for the 2026 TDPUD Customer Survey in the amount of $29,750, plus a 10% change order authorization of $2,975, for a total not to exceed contract amount of $32,725 as presented, seconded by Director Murrell. AYES: Finn, Bender, Randall, Murrell and Laliotis NAYS: none ABSTAIN: none ABSENT: none Motion passed. 16. Consideration of award of contract with West Coast Paving for the District Asphalt Replacement 2026 project Authorize the General Manager to execute a construction services contract and associated documents with West Coast Paving for the District Asphalt Replacement 2026 project for the bid amount of$122,942, plus a change order authorization of 10%, or $12,294, for a total contract authorization not to exceed $135,236. Brian Yohn, General Services Manager, presented the item. No public comment was received. Discussion was held. 4 Docusign Envelope ID:748E1E3B-206C-8947-8132-35411DCAC96E TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES TDPUD BOARD ROOM, 11570 DONNER PASS ROAD, TRUCKEE, CA 6:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026 ACTION: Motion made by Director Bender to authorize the General Manager to execute a construction services contract and associated documents with West Coast Paving for the District Asphalt Replacement 2026 project for the bid amount of $122,942, plus a 10% change order authorization of$12,294, for a total not to exceed contract amount of $135,236 as presented, seconded by Director Randall. AYES: Finn, Bender, Randall, Murrell and Laliotis NAYS: none ABSTAIN: none ABSENT: none Motion passed. 17. Consideration of Rejecting All Bids Received for Martis Valley Substation Civil Construction - 2026 Reject all bids received for the Martis Valley Substation Civil Construction - 2026, and direct staff to rebid the project. Josh Campbell, Senior Electric Engineer, presented the item. No public comment was received. Discussion was held. ACTION: Motion made by Director Bender to reject all bids received for the Martis Valley Substation Civil Construction — 2026, and direct staff to rebid the project, seconded by Director Finn. Roll call vote taken. Finn —AYE Bender—AYE Randall — NAY Murrell —AYE Laliotis — NAY Motion passed. 18. Consideration of Adopting Resolution 2026-05 Approving the Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement with Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems A. Adopt Resolution 2026-05 Authorizing and Approving the Amended and Restated Power Pooling Agreement with the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems for the Pool Project; Authorizing Execution and Delivery thereof; and related matters; and B. Authorize Board President to execute the Pooling Agreement Certificate on behalf of the District Brian Wright, General Manager, presented the item. No public comment was received. 5 Docusign Envelope ID:748E1E3B-206C-8947-8132-35411DCAC96E TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES TDPUD BOARD ROOM, 11570 DONNER PASS ROAD, TRUCKEE, CA 6:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026 Discussion was held. ACTION: Motion made by Director Finn to adopt Resolution 2026-05 authorizing and approving the Amended and Restated Power Pooling Agreement with the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems for the Pool Project; authorizing execution and delivery thereof; and related matters; and authorize Board President to execute the Pooling Agreement Certificate on behalf of the District, seconded by Director Murrell. General Counsel noted there was a typographical error of the General Manager's last name on page 2 of resolution. ACTION: Director Finn amended her motion to adopt Resolution 2026-05 authorizing and approving the Amended and Restated Power Pooling Agreement with the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems for the Pool Project; authorizing execution and delivery thereof; and related matters; and authorize Board President to execute the Pooling Agreement Certificate on behalf of the District to include the change noted by Counsel, seconded by Director Murrell. AYES: Finn, Bender, Randall, Murrell and Laliotis NAYS: none ABSTAIN: none ABSENT: none Motion passed. 19. Consideration of Award of a Contract for the SCADA Reliability Improvement Project Phase 6 Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with Ruppert Inc. for the SCADA Reliability Improvement Project Phase 6, in an amount of$1,387,753, plus a ten percent change order allowance of$138,775, for a total authorization not to exceed $1,526,528. ACTION: Motion made by Director Bender to authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with Ruppert Inc. for SCADA Reliability Improvement Project Phase 6, in an amount of $1,387,753, plus a ten percent change order allowance, for a total authorization not to exceed $1,526,528, seconded by Director Randall. AYES: Finn, Bender, Randall, Murrell and Laliotis NAYS: none ABSTAIN: none ABSENT: none 6 Docusign Envelope ID:748E1E3B-206C-8947-8132-35411DCAC96E TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES TDPUD BOARD ROOM, 11570 DONNER PASS ROAD, TRUCKEE, CA 6:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026 Motion passed. 20. Approval of the Amended Development Agreements For the Soaring Ranch Phase 2 Utility Infrastructure Project and Soaring Ranch Offsite Infrastructure Improvement Project with J-Marr II, LLC A. Authorize the General Manager to execute the revised Development Agreement and associated documents between J-Marr II LLC and the District for the Soaring Ranch Phase 2 project, in substantially the same form as presented; and B. Authorize the General Manager to execute the revised Development Agreement and associated documents between J-Marr II, LLC and the District for the Soaring Ranch Offsite Infrastructure Improvement project, in substantially the same form as presented ACTION: Motion made by Director Bender to authorize the General Manager to execute the revised Development Agreement and associated documents between J-Marr II LLC and the District for the Soaring Ranch Phase 2 project, in substantially the same form as presented; and authorize the General Manager to execute the revised Development Agreement and associated documents between J-Marr II, LLC and the District for the Soaring Ranch Offsite Infrastructure Improvement project, in substantially the same form as presented, seconded by Director Randall. AYES: Finn, Bender, Randall, Murrell and Laliotis NAYS: none ABSTAIN: none ABSENT: none Motion passed. Open Session recessed at 8:29 p.m. CLOSED SESSION 21. Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), Conference with Legal Counsel, Existing Litigation, Regina Cooley v. TDPUD et al, Superior Court of the State of California, County of Nevada Case No. C00002116 22. Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), Conference with Legal Counsel, Existing Litigation - TDPUD and IBEW Local 1245 (Sheets), Grievance #01-2025, C.S.M.C.S Case # ARB-24-0305 Open Session reconvened at 9:05 p.m. 7 Docusign Envelope ID:748E1E3B-206C-8947-8132-35411DCAC96E TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES TDPUD BOARD ROOM, 11570 DONNER PASS ROAD, TRUCKEE, CA 6:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026 No reportable action was taken in Closed Session. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 9:05 p.m. TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ESigned by: / 740E Tony Laliotis, President Respectfully Submitted, by-Signed 9... Martina Rochefort, District Clerk 8