HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - EVWD Board of Directors - 06/18/1973 EAST SAM BERMARDOMP CPIMTU WATER DOSTROCT
REGULAR ADJOURNED MEETING JUNE 18, 1973
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by President R. E.
Stallwood at 7:00 P.M.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE All those present joined in the Pledge of Allegiance
to the Flag of the United State of America.
ROLL CALL Directors Present: Disch, Forrest, Stallwood and
Wall
Directors Absent: Littleton
Others Present: General Manager-Secretary Rickert;
Assistant General Manager-Engineer Garcia; and
Auditor-Treasurer Hendricks.
1973-74 BUDGET The President announced that the purpose of the
WATER AND SEWER adjourned meeting was to review the 1973-74 Fiscal
DIVISIONS Year Budget of the Water and Sewer Divisions of the
District, and called upon the Chairman of the Finance
Committee, Mr. Wall, to comment on the Finance Com-
mittee's meeting of June 8, 1973, when the Committee
reviewed the Water and Sewer Budget with the Staff
Members item by item.
Director Wall indicated that both he and Director
Disch, who serves as the other Director of the
Finance Committee, did review the Budget and indi-
cated to the other Board Members that they were
satisfied with the budget; however, if it was the
desire of the other Board Members, they were willing
to review each of the items and discuss the amounts
allotted for next year.
President Stallwood then indicated that would be
his desire, and considerable time was spent reviewing
the Water Budget. It was pointed out that the Water
Budget was an extremely tight budget.
MOTION After reviewing each of the items on the Budget,
Director Disch motioned, duly seconded by Director
Forrest, and unanimously carried by those Directors
present, to request the Staff to make a Water Rate
Adjustment Study for presentation to the Board along
with the Budget at the Regular Board Meeting of
July 23, 1973.
PLANT #34 - PERRIS Director Disch requested that further discussion be
HILL RESERVOIR had on the $8,000.00 item for storage facilities, and
PAINTING MAINTENANCE Staff reported that this was for painting of the
CUT FROM BUDGET exterior of the tank at Plant #34 at a cost of
$8,000.00; whereupon, after further discussion,
Director Disch moved, duly seconded by Director
MOTION Forrest, and carried unanimously by those Directors
present, to delete the $8,000.00 repair and painting
of Perris Hill Plant #34 storage tank.
MEETINGS AND TRAVEL Director Disch requested an explanation of the
EXPENSES $5,000.00 item for meetings and travel expenses, and
Staff explained that this was for the purpose of
Directors and Staff Members to attend conferences,
conventions and meetings.
MOTION After considerable discussion of the matter, Director
Disch moved that in the future only two Directors
and one Staff Member be permitted to attend confer-
ences and meetings at the same time, and that they
should rotate, thus allowing all Directors and Staff
Members to attend the various conferences, meetings
and conventions from time to time, and requested a
cut of $2,500.00 on both the Water and Sewer Budgets
for this item. The motion died for lack of a second.
6/18/73
JUNE 18, 1973
1973-74 BUDGET The Chairman of the Finance Committee, Mr. Wall, indi-
SEWER DIVISION cated that both he and Director Disch had reviewed
the Sewer Budget with the Staff Members, and they
felt that the items, as presented, should be adopted.
Whereupon, Director Disch indicated that this Budget
also should be considered at the July 23, 1973 Board
Meeting.
COST OF LIVING Director Forrest asked the General Manager if the
INCREASE - 5% Budget reflected any cost of living increase, and he
was assured that the Budget reflected no cost of liv-
ing increase; however, the Budget did reflect the
step increases of the various employees.
After considerable discussion of the item, and com-
ment by Director Wall that in his opinion it was
necessary that the District consider a cost of living
increase for the employees, inasmuch as the State,
County, City and other agencies in the surrounding
area had already given cost of living increases to
their employees.
MOTION Whereupon, a motion by Director Wall, duly seconded
by Director Disch, and carried unanimously by those
Directors present, that a cost of living increase
of 5% be given across the board before the adoption
of the Budget to all employees except the General
Manager, Assistant General Manager-Engineer, Auditor-
Treasurer~ and Secretary to the General Manager, and
that the increase be effective July 1, 1973, and that
the Personnel Committee review and make recommenda-
tions for increases for the Staff Members and the
Secretary to the General Manager before adopting the
Budget.
ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the
Board, the President declared the meeting adjourned
at 10:05 P.M.
Harold G. Rickert-Secretary
Board of Directors
Approved:
R. E. Stallwood, President
Board of Directors