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BOARD MEETING MINUTES

WORKSHOP MEETING
MAY 10, 2000

A.    CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

President Jim Zell called a workshop meeting of the Board of Directors of the Stinson Beach County Water District to order at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10, 2000, at the District Office located at 3785 Shoreline Highway in Stinson Beach, California.

Directors present:
Jim Zell, President
Robert Oliver, Vice President
Charles Dutkin, Director
Joe Veit, Director

Directors absent:
Elizabeth Sapanai, Director

Treasurer absent:
Richard Gamble

Staff present:
Richard Dinges, General Manager
Raven Schauf, Recording Secretary

B.    PUBLIC EXPRESSION

Larry Wall-Sneddon, of 5 Avenida Farralone, offered a group membership to the Board and District employees.

C.    ADOPTION OF AGENDA

Item three was moved ahead of item one. The agenda was adopted as revised.

D.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

February, 2000 Financial Statements were received by the Board.

E.    GENERAL BUSINESS

  1. Consideration of Leak Adjustment at 168 Seadrift, Margaret Graham: Mark Casselli, contractor for the owner, summarized the circumstances surrounding the leak. Motion to grant a $976.83 leak reduction made by Joe Veit, seconded by Robert Oliver, granted by unanimous vote.
  2. Discussion of the Employee Meet and Confer for Fiscal 2000-2001: Richard Dinges advised the Board that he had met with President Zell to discuss District Staff requests. Further discussion will take place during closed session at the next meeting.
  3. Discussion of the First Draft 2001 Budget: Richard Dinges summarized the Draft Budget and answered questions from the Board and the public.

F.    COMMITTEE REPORTS

Marion Weber, Educational Liaison, summarized submitted information regarding pesticide/herbicide usage and discussed the development of a District policy addressing this topic.
Robert Oliver, representing the Bolinas-Stinson Resource Recovery Project, stated that high quality compost is available.

G.    Projects

Richard Dinges reported that the 1999 Annual Water Report will be mailed within the week and that connections have been made to the downtown six inch main.

H.    ADJOURNMENT

Motion to adjourn made by Joe Veit, seconded by Charles Dutkin, meeting adjourned at 5:15 p.m. by unanimous vote.

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