SALIDA
SANITARY DISTRICT
Regular
Meeting of the Board of Directors
June
13, 2024
The
regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Salida Sanitary District was
called to order by President Gary Horton at 6:00 p.m. Other Directors present were Gary Dew, Lana
Moore, Donna Murphy and Brad Johnson.
Others present were District Manager-Engineer Antonio Tovar, and
Secretary Linda Walker. Attorney Dennis
L. Hay was in attendance virtually.
Members
of the public were invited to address the Board, but no comments were made.
The
minutes of the regular meeting held May 9, 2024 were unanimously approved as
submitted.
Bills
of the District totaling $188,139.20 were presented for payment. A motion was made by Director Moore, and
seconded by Director Murphy, to adopt Resolution No. 1777, “Resolution
Authorizing Payment of Bills.”
District
Manager-Engineer Antonio Tovar’s report included the following:
1.
Final
submission of the Salida Recycled Water Planning Study to the State Water
Resources Control Board was completed.
Staff is preparing the final reimbursement grant request.
2.
Four
(4) staff members attended the California Water Environment Association’s Sewer
System Spill Workshop, which was held in Ripon.
3.
Staff
is in the process of making repairs to aeration diffusers at one of the ICEAS
tanks.
4.
Staff
has responded to over 500 underground service location requests over the past
two weeks.
President
Horton reported he and Director Moore attended a J.P.A. meeting on June 4,
2024. He has the agenda packet from that
meeting available, should anyone wish to review it. The Mello-Roos bonds will be paid off in
September of 2028.
A
motion was made by Director Dew, seconded by Director Moore and on vote
unanimously carried to adopt Resolution No. 1778, “Resolution Scheduling Public
Hearing on Service Charge Report.” Resolution No. 1778 schedules the Public
Hearing for the Service Charge Report on July 11th at 6:00 p.m. and
directs the Secretary to prepare the report, which contains a description of
each parcel receiving sewer service, and the amount of charges for the fiscal
year for each parcel.
Director
Murphy moved to accept the renewal of the workers compensation insurance policy
from Zenith Insurance Company. The
motion was seconded by Director Johnson, and on vote unanimously carried.
District
Manager-Engineer Antonio Tovar presented to the Board, a proposed operations,
maintenance and capital improvements budget for the fiscal year 2024-2025. A motion was
made
by Director Dew, seconded by Director Moore, and on vote unanimously carried to
adopt Resolution No. 1779, “Resolution Adopting Budget for Fiscal Year
2024-2025.”
Director
Murphy moved to approve an increase to purchase order #2023-025 with True Blue
Automation in the amount of $6,250.00 for additional work necessary to complete
the
emergency
bypass system for the ICEAS basins. The
motion was seconded by Director Dew, and on vote unanimously carried.
As
there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
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Secretary
ATTEST:
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President
of the Board