Minutes of July 15 2004 Board Meeting

M I N U T E S
REGULAR MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
JULY 15, 2004
6:00 p.m.

A. Call to Order & Roll Call

A meeting of the Santa Rosa Community Services District was held at the Santa Rosa CSD Office commencing at 6:00 p.m. on July 15, 2004. Present at the meeting were the following Directors:

Director Buescher
                Director Demos
                Director Kelly
                Director Roy

Director Rubin was absent.

General Manager Rogers was also present.

President Roy led the flag salute.

B. Sheriff

Deputy Lopez gave the Sheriff's Report for June 2004 and updated the Board on July activities. A copy of the written report is on file with the District Office. He reported that Deputy Hamilton’s replacement has been selected and will be introduced at the next Board Meeting. Deputy Lopez also discussed the problem of avocado pickers parking in the roadway.

C. Public Expression

Property Owner Pat Barber suggested that the Sheriff tow away any grove worker’s truck that is left in the roadway, or at a minimum that they be cited. General Manager Rogers was directed to write a letter to grove managers and packing houses about the problem.

D. Information Only

The Financial Statements and the Statements of Reimbursement and Investment Policy were received by the Board.

E. Consent Calendar

Motion was made by Buescher, seconded by Roy, to approve the Consent Calendar.

The motion carried unanimously.

F. General District Update

General Manager Rogers updated the Board on activities since the last Board Meeting and presented his written report which is on file with the District. He presented the traffic study done for the purpose of setting speed limits.

G. General Counsel

General Counsel Scott was not in attendance to give his report.

H. CalPERS Contribution

General Manager Rogers explained that the resolution to be considered allows the additional 1% contribution now being made by employees as a result of their 2004-05 Memorandum of Understanding to be made with pre-tax dollars. This will put the new contribution in the same tax contribution category as the existing employee portion.

Motion was made by Roy, seconded by Demos, to adopt Resolution No. 04‑10:

Authorizing CalPERS Employer Pick-Up per Internal Revenue Service Code 414(h)(2)

The motion carried unanimously.

I. Committee Meeting Schedule

General Manager Rogers confirmed that there would be no Engineering Committee meeting in July. The Board gave the General Manager authority to set the meeting schedule after conferring with Director Rubin.

The next Finance Committee meeting will be held on October 18th at 8:00 a.m., however, future meetings will be held at 5:00 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month following the end of each quarter.

J. RCWD Liaison Committee

General Manager Rogers explained that he had been contacted by Rancho Water about meeting with them on issues of common interest. He asked that an ad-hoc committee be formed for the purpose of discussing the coordination of future projects, communications, emergency service response, permits, etc.

An ad-hoc committee was formed consisting of General Manager Rogers and Directors Buescher and Roy, with Director Demos as an alternate.

K. Report of the Engineering Committee

Director Roy reported that the Engineering Committee did not meet in July.

L. Adjournment

There being no further business, President Roy adjourned the meeting at 7:00 p.m.