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Regular  Meeting

Governing Board of Sweetwater Authority

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 3:30 p.m.

CALL MEETING TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Director Pocklington

OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
Opportunity for members of the public to address the Board 
(Government Code 54954.3)

CHAIR’S PRESENTATION

ITEMS TO BE ADDED, WITHDRAWN, OR REORDERED IN THE AGENDA

1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

A. Minutes of the Adjourned Regular Meeting of June 30, 2003.
B. Minutes of the Regular Meeting of July 9, 2003.

2. APPROVAL OF DEMANDS AND WARRANTS

3. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS TO REPLACE DIRECTOR JAMES S. WOLNIEWICZ.

CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS

Items to be acted upon without discussion, unless a request is made by a member of the Board, the Staff, or the Public to discuss a particular item. All consent calendar items are approved by a single motion.

4. FINANCE AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE (Meeting of July 21, 2003)

A. Consideration of Fiscal-Year 2003-04 membership renewal in Western Coalition of Arid States.
Recommendation: Approve the Regular V membership renewal for Fiscal- Year 2003-04 in the amount of $2,060.

B. SCADA-related projects – Recommendation to award contract.
Recommendation: Award a sole-source contract to Tesco Controls as the Authority's SCADA integrator for as-needed SCADA Integration requirements, and that a one-year contract be approved for any additional projects requiring SCADA Integration work beyond those currently identified. 

C. Chlorine dioxide plant testing and concrete coating work at Robert A. Perdue Water Treatment Plant – Recommendation to award contracts.
Recommendation: Award a contract in the amount of $80,000 to ERCO Worldwide to conduct a chlorine dioxide plant test for a period of 120 days; that Sika and Raven Products be used for the concrete test work with a maximum combined contract amount of $20,000; and that funding for the chlorine dioxide test be made available by transferring $111,000 from Budget Project 03-03E to Budget Project 01-33W.

D. Classification and Compensation Study.
Recommendation: Approve the continuation of the current consultant agreement with Fox Lawson and Associates, LLC, by addendum, to complete a classification and compensation study for the Middle Management and Professional bargaining groups in an amount not to exceed $22,500, with funding from the Unallocated Reserve Fund.

ACTION CALENDAR ITEMS

All action items are placed on the Agenda so that the Board may discuss and take action, if the Board is so inclined.

5. NEW BUSINESS

A. Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) – Call for Nominations – Seeking candidates for President and Vice President positions for the 2004-2005 term.

B. Request from Municipal Water District of Orange County to concur in the nomination of Susan Hinman for the position of Board Member of ACWA Region 10.

6. REPORT OF THE SOUTH BAY IRRIGATION DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE AND THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY
Report by representatives for the purpose of briefing the Board on items of interest and importance that appear on the next San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors’ agenda and to receive direction from the Sweetwater Authority Board in representing its interests at the San Diego County Water Authority.

7. APPROVAL OF DIRECTORS’ ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

A. Request for approval of per diem for Directors' attendance at Chula Vista Nature Center Shark & Ray Experience Pre-opening Celebration, July 25, 2003.

B. First Friday Breakfast meeting with Renée Bahl, Director of the San Diego County Department of Parks and Recreation as speaker - August 1, 2003, San Diego Country Club, Chula Vista.

C. Ocean Water Desalination Workshop – West Basin Municipal Water District, Carson, CA - August 8, 2003.

D. Olivenhain Recycled Water Reservoir Dedication, Encinitas, CA – August 11, 2003.

E. Chula Vista Lemon Festival - August 17, 2003.

F. California Special Districts Association, San Diego Chapter, Quarterly Dinner – August 21, 2003, Doubletree Club Hotel of San Diego (conflict with Finance and Personnel Committee and Urban Water Inst. Conference).

G. Urban Water Institute – 10th Annual Southern California Urban Water Conference – August 20 – 21 – 22, 2003 – Hyatt Regency Islandia Hotel, Mission Bay, San Diego. (Conflict with Operations Committee on the 20th and Finance & Personnel Committee on the 21st)

REPORT AND INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

The following agenda items are placed on the agenda to allow the persons designated to provide information to the Board and the Public. There is no action called for in these items. The Board may engage in discussion on any report upon which specific subject matter is identified on the agenda, but may not take any action other than to place the matter on a future agenda.

8. REPORT OF TREASURER – WANDA AVERY

9. BUDGET REPORT – DIRECTOR OF FINANCE GAUS
Report as of June 30, 2003

10. MANAGEMENT REPORT

N. Report of Operations Manager Rogers.
O. Report of General Manager Bostad.

11. REPORT OF CALFED/BAY-DELTA OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND NWRA REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTOR WRIGHT

12. DIRECTORS’ COMMENTS
Directors’ comments are comments by Directors concerning Authority business that may be of interest to the Board. Directors’ comments are placed on the agenda to enable individual Board members to convey information to the Board and the Public. There is no discussion or action taken on comments made by Board members.

13. CLOSED SESSION
At any time during the regular session, the Governing Board may adjourn to closed session to consider litigation, personnel matters, or to discuss with legal counsel matters within the attorney-client privilege. Discussion of litigation is within the attorney-client privilege, subject to the appropriate disclosures and may be held in closed session, Authority: Government Code Section 54956.9.

14. ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to August 13, 2003, at 6:00 p.m.