[0:00] Good morning, thank you for coming. I'd like to follow the floor to the board meeting at the

[0:05] top of the city public utility district, Friday, November 15th, May 8th. If you will please

[0:13] stand for a thousand of the meetings.

[0:19] In a federal agenda, this is to the flag of the United

[0:22] States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, individual,

[0:30] with liberty and justice are out.

[0:39] Item B of the Council of Agenda.

[0:43] The Council of the Board have many changes

[0:45] in today's agenda.

[0:48] None of the staff have changed.

[0:50] It's not exactly in post-common.

[0:53] Public comment on claims agenda.

[0:56] Let's face it by then.

[0:59] You know, public comment and report online.

[1:03] motion approved based agenda, make a motion to introduce the agenda state of

[1:08] certain. Moved by mail, cited by John, although it is in favor, I say aye. Any opposed?

[1:19] Motion passes to answer.

[1:24] I don't see public comments. This is for public comment on items that are not on today's agenda.

[1:33] Does the public have any comment for items not on today's agenda?

[1:41] None in the room and none on anything.

[1:47] Item D, public hearing, conduct a public hearing at the hour at 8.30 a.m.

[1:54] to receive and consider all comments and protests regarding the proposed 2024 Super

[2:01] rate study and the 2024 water rate study as shown in the September 2024 notice of a close rate

[2:09] and freeze effective January 1st, 2025. I consider adoption of the 2024 sewer rate study and the

[2:17] 2024 water rate study.

[2:22] I'll open the public hearing in 8.33 a.m. Sean Corn will be

[2:30] providing a presentation for us. Sean Cork from HDR. Good morning board, great

[2:37] to be with you this morning. As we walk through this process, we'll talk about

[2:41] the key assumptions and development of the water and sugar rate study as well as

[2:47] the proposed rates that you will be reviewing as part of this.

[2:52] So start this off.

[2:59] I've started this off. We'll talk about how we establish the

[3:02] basis for our rates. We'll talk a little bit about the board's prior discussions on this topic

[3:08] at public meetings and then review the rate study results and recommendations. So as you may

[3:14] remember our last couple of meetings, then this is a recap of that information to provide that

[3:20] summary of the studies. At the end of that, you hold your public hearing and then have the board

[3:25] discussion in a direction. As we go through a rate study, we start off with key goals and objectives

[3:31] and some of those primary goals are establishing rate revenue so rates that are sufficient to support

[3:39] the operating and capital of means of each of the utilities on a stand-alone basis. So remember,

[3:46] water is an enterprise fund, sewer is an enterprise fund, and then we have the general fund which

[3:51] is the remainder of the district's operations. Each of these two enterprise funds water and sewer

[3:57] are in place to be self-sufficient and self-supported

[4:00] through annual rate revenues.

[4:03] The other key element of a rate study

[4:05] is to develop cost-based and proportional rates

[4:08] to meet the requirements of proposition 218.

[4:11] So water and sewer to the utilities,

[4:13] that must go through a proposition 218 process.

[4:16] And we need to provide the proportionality component of that

[4:20] of how we establish the rates,

[4:22] whether that's a fixed charge component

[4:24] or a variable of consumption for points

[4:26] actually charged on a wastewater side.

[4:29] The rate study also provides the basis

[4:32] and the administrative record for the study

[4:35] as part of the proposition to a team process.

[4:38] One of the key elements that we think about

[4:40] is we develop the rate study

[4:42] is maintaining included financial planning criteria.

[4:45] Some of this is addressed through the district's long-term

[4:47] financial plan, which outlines the future projections,

[4:51] the uses of water and sewer revenues

[4:53] and reserves as well as the general fund and in some cases it's a balance of those three of how we

[4:59] need to fund capital improvements. Again, water and sewer are self-sufficient but there may be

[5:04] opportunities to utilize other general funds that we'll talk about in the future moments. But some

[5:10] of those key financial criteria we need to maintain for each utility is the target debt service coverage

[5:16] ratio. The credit check for the utility. We have outstanding long-term debt primarily in water

[5:23] and we are looking at issuing additional long-term debt.

[5:26] So we need to maintain those financial metrics

[5:28] so that we can show that the utilities can repay

[5:31] that debt over the long term.

[5:33] We also need to consider and evaluate

[5:35] how we implement our renewal and replacement funding.

[5:38] So adequately funding reinvestment in the system

[5:41] on an annual basis amounts of key topic

[5:43] for this great study, as well as maintain

[5:46] our target reserve balances based on the board's policies

[5:49] that have been adopted in the past,

[5:50] as part of law and children's management plan.

[5:53] So to develop the studies for the district water sewer,

[5:56] we've developed those proposed rates using generally

[5:59] accepted methodologies, but Taylor's year specific system

[6:02] and customer characteristics,

[6:04] which provides a part of that proportionality answer

[6:07] as we go through the development of the rates.

[6:11] Speaking a little more about Proposition 218,

[6:14] it really provides the requirements for setting

[6:16] and implementing property related rates and fees

[6:20] in the California Constitution of Article 2D.

[6:23] And in summary, and very generalized,

[6:27] it needs the fees or rates in this case shall not exceed

[6:31] the reasonable cost of providing service

[6:34] and not exceed the proportional cost

[6:36] of providing service attributable to the parcel

[6:39] upon which it is opposed.

[6:42] So that's our key element of our rate study

[6:44] is how do we determine that reasonable cost,

[6:47] the cost basis, and then the proportionality.

[6:49] I mean, that's why we developed their confidence

[6:51] a race that we reach to.

[6:53] As part of that, it also does require customer notification,

[6:57] a protest process and a public hearing.

[7:00] So we are at the end of that public outreach

[7:03] and in an input from the public at public hearing,

[7:07] the protest was mailed out prior to this public hearing

[7:10] so that the customers were notified as part of that.

[7:14] If there is not a majority protest,

[7:16] which we'll talk about at the end of the public hearing,

[7:18] then the board may implement proposed rates that we've developed. Now just note these are the maximum

[7:24] rates. So this is the highest rate that the board can adopt during this time period that we're reviewing.

[7:32] So at any point in time the board could implement a lower rate during the budgeting process when

[7:38] these are reviewed then you could determine if that full maximum rate if adopted can be implemented

[7:44] on the board. The board in the past has not always gone to that maximum, so just as an example

[7:50] of how that works. So, as part of that, you'll be reviewing that on an annual basis when you

[7:56] established a budget. Now, I mentioned the need to establish the cost basis and the proportionality

[8:05] requirements of proposition to 18. And we do that through a comprehensive grade study. And this

[8:11] This includes three components, the revenue requirement, the cost of service, and the

[8:15] rate design.

[8:16] That revenue requirement compares our current revenues at today's rate levels to our annual

[8:21] operating and capital expenses.

[8:24] That provides the cost basis for how we establish the total level of revenue that we need to recover

[8:30] from customers from the lower utility and from the sewer utility separated, so that we can

[8:36] develop our proposed rates.

[8:37] The cost of service analysis proportionally distributes

[8:41] that cost, that total revenue requirement to each

[8:44] of the customer classes service within each utility based

[8:48] on how they impact the system.

[8:50] So we're looking at what their average date needs are,

[8:53] whether they're compatible capacity demands on the system.

[8:56] How many customers are there in each of those classes?

[8:59] And that means that portionality requirement,

[9:01] we've got the position to retain.

[9:03] Once we know the overall revenue,

[9:05] where and how we recover that through our customer classes and through our fixed and

[9:10] our variable charges, then we can design rates. So year one of a rate study is a call

[9:15] to reset gear. So we did a study five years ago. That set our rates for this next five year,

[9:22] that passed five year period. Now we're reviewing that cost of service again to review the

[9:27] portionality. So we are going to have some differences because customer class consumption

[9:31] characteristics change, the number of customers changed, and the district's costs have changed

[9:36] in some categories. And so we need to account for that. So, year one is cost of service specifically

[9:42] based. Year two and five of the rate setting process is an annual increase based on the total

[9:49] percentage of the need that we have established in the revenue requirement. Prior to the board

[9:54] implementing additional rates after this 218 notice in time, you'd have to go through a similar

[10:00] process and you're going to establish the basis for those grades.

[10:05] Some of our prior discussions back in August we gave an overall review of the revenue

[10:10] requirement and the overall revenue adjustments talking about the annual capital needs and how

[10:16] we were going to fund those capital projects. We've reviewed those preliminary adjustments to rates

[10:22] and average customer billing packs and then talked about our cost of service and rate design approach.

[10:27] But the end of that, the board gave us direction to continue on with this process.

[10:32] And in September 20, we came back and presented the final rate study recommendations,

[10:38] which include the proposed rates based on the results of our revenue requirement,

[10:42] coastal service analysis.

[10:44] And we received more direction to move forward with the proposition to 18 process

[10:48] and sent out that customer notification and set today November 15 as our public hearing date.

[10:56] So, as we walk through this process and work with the board, we've had some key goals

[11:00] that we want to make sure we incorporate it and work through the process.

[11:05] One of those is maintaining the current structure, so how are you actually charging

[11:09] your customers?

[11:11] We're maintaining that structure, it's an industry standard, it's a typical approach to how

[11:16] we establish rate structures for customers.

[11:19] The exception to that is the cost of service, right, is that year one is our reset year.

[11:23] The structure remains the same, but the level or how much each fix or variable component changes is specifically based on our cost of service.

[11:32] So I mentioned funding of annual capital needs is a key element of this study.

[11:37] As we looked at the funding needs for the capital plan, as part of this pursuer, we increased our annual rate-funded capital or the annual reinvestment in the system to 2.5 million pursuer at 3.8 million per watt.

[11:51] So this is what rates are funding on an annual basis to pay for capital.

[11:56] The remaining capital, if you're doing more capital than 2.5 and 3.8 million,

[12:02] will be funded through available reserves for the water utility or the sewer utility.

[12:06] Again, remember, these are standalone utilities as enterprise funds.

[12:11] And then the remaining may need to come from borrowing.

[12:14] Or as we'll talk about with our debt service going forward,

[12:18] it can be funded based on door direction by our property tax revenue or

[12:23] general fund reserves. So as an example, in prior years of the annual debt

[12:28] service for the West Lake Tahoe Regional Water Treatment Plan has been

[12:32] funded 50% from rates and 50% from part general fund side of the revenues.

[12:38] We're looking at a similar situation and projection in the discussion

[12:42] with the board for how we're funding the Tahoe Seaters of Man and Treat water

[12:45] system reconstruction projects. So approximately 67% of that will become of the debt service for that

[12:52] project will be funded through rather great revenues, which includes annual rates that we're talking

[12:58] about today, as well as the infrastructure improvement charge, which is adopted late last year,

[13:04] put into place beginning of this year. And then the remainder, roughly 33%, is being funded through

[13:10] those general fund property tax revenues that come in the board each year. So as we talk through

[13:15] this we'll look at what do we have in water, what do we have in sewer, how is that supplemented by

[13:20] some of the other revenues coming through of these are the board directives that we've received in the

[13:25] past. Now some of the public outreach since we met with you in September on the 23rd that brought to

[13:34] 18 customer notification was sent out to just over 10,000 addresses.

[13:40] There's been several social media posts on Facebook, Instagram, talking about the rate study

[13:46] workshops and the public hearing. There's been four articles published in the district's

[13:51] August, September, October and November newsletters. You held two public community workshops,

[13:57] October 29th and 30th, the website is up, which has a lot of good information on there. And then since

[14:03] We provided this last week that says one email,

[14:07] eight phone calls or been another one or two emails

[14:09] and a few more phone calls since that time as well.

[14:12] So try to get this information up to the public

[14:15] in addition to just that required customer notification.

[14:21] So to start talking about the specifics,

[14:23] we'll jump into the sewer utility.

[14:25] Remember a lot of information goes into this

[14:28] from our past meetings where we talk about

[14:30] what our annual ONM expense needs,

[14:33] how are those projected out into the future.

[14:36] This shows you the result of that revenue environment

[14:39] and what are those rate adjustments.

[14:41] So in the green chart on the top,

[14:43] what you can see is that average residential customer bill

[14:46] per month per EDU.

[14:48] So if we'll talk about here in a moment,

[14:50] single families want EDU, typically in general,

[14:54] on the commercial side, it's a little different.

[14:56] It's a portion of that based on a number of different factors,

[14:59] but that...

[15:00] Current EDU charge increases from where it is today, $56.60 to $61.98, so a $5.38 increase per month. As you go across the page here with our notice rates, what you'll see is that proposed rate is increased approximately $5.00 to $6.00 each year, which is roughly an 8% increase overall in the rate revenues and an 8% impact.

[15:27] I can see my customer sewer bill only.

[15:30] So remember, this is just a percentage change on the sewer rate

[15:33] as we looked at this now.

[15:35] As we've talked about, we have to adequately fund

[15:38] our sewer-owned expenses.

[15:40] So that's not just what we incur today,

[15:41] but also one of those inflationary impacts

[15:44] as we go out over this five-year period.

[15:47] And it changes in our own expenses.

[15:50] We need to talk about our annual funding

[15:53] of our capital infrastructure and our increase of $2.5 million of great funded capital in the

[16:00] final year. So we ramped up to that $2.5 million and maintaining our ending target reserves

[16:06] and death service. As we go through, it's now currently the minimal existing outstanding

[16:12] debt service is paid through property tax on the sewer side. So there's no great impact

[16:18] It's a customer from the debt service we have today for sure.

[16:23] Taking that overall revenue requirement,

[16:25] we take it to the cost of service.

[16:27] And remember, as I just mentioned,

[16:28] we charge on an equivalent dwelling unit or EDU basis.

[16:32] And so that's based on the relationship

[16:35] of the assumed flow by different customer categories

[16:39] for the commercial as to one customer.

[16:42] So for the commercial side, that may be based on

[16:45] the number of seats and may be based on the number of fixtures.

[16:48] There's a lot of different counts, and I'll show you here in a moment that we look at as we go through to this, so that we maintain that proportionality between our different customers now.

[16:58] What's a little bit you need for the district is you are a sewer collection system.

[17:03] So this is just collecting the sewer that ultimately makes its way into TTSA, which treats and they send the bill different separate bill for that treat.

[17:14] So, as we went through the cost of service, we developed our BDU charge, that's at $61.98

[17:20] for 2025, which was the same number on the price of the prior slide, for our year-one

[17:25] cost of service in the U.S. movement.

[17:29] Now as I mentioned in the commercial side, it's a little different.

[17:33] We have all these different categories, and each of these different categories is calculated

[17:37] based on their equivalent C factor 2, 1 in BDU based on pictures, seats, etc. as we go

[17:44] forward, and those are based on industry standards, relationships based on the volumes that are

[17:49] contributed based on these type of categories we can clearly.

[17:55] On the water utility side.

[17:57] So again, looking at our need to adequately fund our water and oil and M expenses,

[18:03] making sure that we're reinvesting in the system at an adequate level, that 3.8 million per year,

[18:08] and that's constant over the five year period. It's a fund our capital plan utilizing reserves

[18:15] were applicable, the funder capital projects,

[18:18] and then also remembering that the West Lake

[18:20] and Tolo treatment plant that 50% of that is again funded

[18:23] through rate revenues, 50% through property tax

[18:26] general fund dollars.

[18:28] And then for the Tolo Seaters Man and Creek Water

[18:30] System reconstruction, roughly 67%,

[18:33] a portion of that coming from the infrastructure charge,

[18:36] and then the rest of the rates

[18:37] and then remaining 33% from the property tax

[18:41] on the side. The impact overall to our typical residential customer is today $115.87 that

[18:50] would increase roughly $13 to $14 per month per year for the average customer. So one

[18:56] thing to remember, this is just an annual average customer. Other customer specific customers

[19:02] may have a lower bill, much lower bill on days like this or this type of year when we're

[19:07] not watering outside but in the summer when folks are watering that bill can go up or down based on

[19:12] the actual water consumption. Overall in year one it's an 11.3% increase to residential customers.

[19:21] Remember our overall system revenue adjustment is 12.5 so the cost of service showed that residential

[19:27] customers did not meet the increase as much as the total system and the 9.5% annually as we go out

[19:34] over time through this crop to 18 at a time period.

[19:39] When we look at our cost of service,

[19:41] once we developed our revenue requirement,

[19:44] then we do show, again, it's our reset year.

[19:47] And for water, it's a little different.

[19:49] We need to think of this in terms of our fixed cost

[19:53] and our cost of service and our consumption cost component.

[19:57] So as you look at the top part of this chart,

[20:01] you'll see our cost of service unit cost.

[20:03] So residential tier one is $3.74, tier two, 489, and so on as we go across, commercial is then

[20:11] final one, and then the fixed cost is 167. Looking down at the bottom half, that's our present rates.

[20:19] So 94, 57 is our fixed charge today, that would increase to 167. And then fire lines which are

[20:25] slightly different service level than our typical residential or commercial customers that is based

[20:32] based on the cost associated with providing that benefit to customers.

[20:36] So that has actually gone down just slightly, and again, this is where I talked about earlier,

[20:41] when cost shifts are changed based on how you budget and how you actually incur costs,

[20:47] these relationships reset each time you do a cost of service.

[20:50] Then we adjust by our annual average and then we reset at the next cost of service.

[20:55] So we will see some slight differences in our first year.

[20:59] So, on the top part, this is a really small apologize, but this is all our different rates here.

[21:06] This is what was in the PROC-2-18 notice.

[21:08] We have our base charge at the top.

[21:10] That's based on meter size.

[21:12] So, you can see that increases by meter size to reflect those capacity demands,

[21:17] that those larger meters can place on the system.

[21:21] And so, as an example, our two inch meter is roughly five times the capacity of our three quarter inch

[21:28] That's the demands that they can place on the system and that's the basis for the relationship

[21:33] based on the capacity of each meter sucks.

[21:36] You can see that increases each year as we go across for our five year period.

[21:42] We also have some slightly different levels of service in our combined fire service.

[21:47] This is also based on meter size, but this is a situation where we have a meter that provides

[21:53] full domestic or indoor and outdoor use as well as private buyer protection. So we have a different

[22:01] level of service for these customers. This looks at the relationship of the fixed charge by meter

[22:08] size and the fire protection charge that goes along with that larger meter size. So it's a combined

[22:15] rate for the different meters and again reflects our overall cost for providing that level of service.

[22:22] We also do have an unmetered rate, that's there for any customers where we need to have an unmetered rate as they come on to the system.

[22:30] So we base that on the average customer bill going forward.

[22:35] And then we have our tier rate for our residential customers.

[22:38] First, the cursor to show you where I'm at, right down here, the bottom third, and then

[22:45] that is 0 to 8000 for the first tier, 8 to 20,000 for the second, 20 to 40 to the third

[22:53] and over 40.

[22:54] And again, we went through a part of the rate study process, looked at the different consumption

[22:59] patterns of your residential customers and maintained the tiers that were in place, but ultimately

[23:04] We reviewed that to make sure that that reflected our overall policy goals and objectives as part

[23:10] of this process.

[23:11] And you can see the different rates as part of that for each of those tiers that's based

[23:15] on our cost of service and reflects how the customers within be to those tiers use water

[23:21] and how they impact the system given the requirements of providing that level of service at different

[23:26] times in the year.

[23:28] The commercial consumption charge, which is essentially all our other customers that is

[23:32] uniform rate, given our assumption of how those customers use water, having similar characteristics

[23:40] that we developed that uniform rate. As part of that, you can see that increasing over time,

[23:46] and then we have our private fire protection and private hydrant compiling as well,

[23:51] quick of all. So those are all rate schedule that may be applicable to the different customers

[23:56] that have the district's earnings. So if that, I will turn it back over to the board

[24:01] to receive and consider public comment, walking through and at the end of the public hearing,

[24:08] the written protests or possible withdrawal written protests, closing half public hearing,

[24:14] and then validating those protests and then foreign action, which we talked about a little bit more.

[24:20] So that'll take any questions or actually go to the next steps. Thank you, Sean.

[24:40] There's no more questions or comments.

[24:44] We'll go to public comment.

[24:47] Public comments are limited to three minutes.

[24:51] Terry, our district clerk, will have a third-second warning

[24:54] and then time sign.

[24:58] You will hold up just to remind work your time.

[25:02] All right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[25:08] There was mentioned the two workshops. two hundred workshops.

[25:15] We had two customers attend on the evening, the first day.

[25:23] The day 29 and then one customer attend on the 30.

[25:27] Okay, most of those public workshops.

[25:31] And then I guess at the end of this,

[25:32] we'll tell you how many protests.

[25:34] Correct.

[25:35] We've been receiving a long in those protests

[25:38] before the close of the public hearing today

[25:40] will be the final opportunity for anybody

[25:42] to file their protest with the clerk today.

[25:46] And then once we close the public hearing,

[25:48] we will not accept any more protests

[25:49] at that point.

[25:50] We'll count and just look at the counter.

[25:56] Thank you, Sean.

[25:58] Okay.

[25:59] Okay, so public comments, limited security movements,

[26:02] if you can start to the podium and don't mind it's one of the things.

[26:09] Okay, my name is Jim Cochran, and I've resided 31-01,

[26:15] my fourth road for the Glenn, and there's 234 condos here on the board.

[26:22] and the homeowners want to know why your rates and and the billing is so much higher than

[26:34] their water and sewer bills in their place in like in Sacramento, Valley, Palm Springs,

[26:45] the Bay Area. Why is it so much more expensive up here than down there?

[26:54] Jen? Yes. Any other question to your comments? So I'm sorry, just for the clarification, you're

[27:03] going to ask the questions and then staff can we press them? Yes, thank you. Just so you're

[27:09] not getting the minute to get there, sorry. Yeah, so a lot of questions. A lot of questions.

[27:17] questions as they're being asked. And then once all public comment is done, we'll ask

[27:25] the forward what comments or questions that like us to respond. So we'll make sure we're

[27:30] noting all of your questions or comments as we go. I just want to clarify, if anyone

[27:34] does want to file a protest and you haven't done so, you're welcome to do that now and if

[27:40] you can hand them to Terry, that he helped you. That way she can be counting them while we're

[27:45] I just want to make sure that one that everyone understands once the once the public hearing is closed, we will not accept any further ones.

[27:54] So if you want to do that, you're welcome to do that right now, while other folks are making a quick comment.

[28:00] So they've been responsible for the comment.

[28:08] It's going to start my time here.

[28:12] Thanks.

[28:12] This is Matthew Plunkett, Tacoma,

[28:16] objecting to the water rate increases.

[28:18] In total, it's about 60% over the next 40 years.

[28:22] We'll be paying about $5,000 a year,

[28:25] combined water and sewer before turning on the faucet once.

[28:28] The five-year budget contemplates 84.5 million capital spending

[28:33] of this amount, borrowing comprises 46.7 million,

[28:37] which will obviously be paid back over many, many years.

[28:41] The PUD is a very strong balance sheet,

[28:45] a massive 130th total cash investments total of $7.1 million,

[28:50] which was $14.7 million unrestricted cash

[28:54] and $32.4 million across various reserves,

[28:58] which is almost four years of operating expenses.

[29:00] I'm excluding the pay-as-you-go calvex there at the current 2020

[29:04] four-level or $12 million a year.

[29:07] So that's about $8,000 in cash per customer.

[29:10] ignoring for the difference in this purpose, the modest difference between water and sewer

[29:15] customer and person. 36.3 million of the cash and reserves are 77% are in the various general

[29:22] funded water accounts. So I believe that could easily be reallocated to the water capital.

[29:29] The cash reserves for government agencies are very different purpose than for a family.

[29:36] The

[29:36] down payment in the house or a wedding or retirement.

[29:40] This is essentially a customer money.

[29:44] So we're proposing, like an American

[29:46] proposing an alternate path that maintains fiscal strength

[29:49] that the PUP will have a more fruit and use of cash on hand.

[29:55] We've proposed to use 27 million or 75% of the T.

[30:00] Let's see if you need general funding powder and cash reserves to fund these CAPEX requirements over the next five years. Rate funded CAPEX would remain same in this proposal with 3.8 million per year, along with the 2 million and expected contributions to reserve fund over this time. Only 18 million and borrowing would be required, not 47 million. That can also be postponed to the end of the rate period. We all know that CAPEX is actually hard to spend on time.

[30:29] it often lives, what you expect.

[30:32] The sewer spending plan is already aligned with this proposal.

[30:36] The 20 million in sewer spending is split between 8.6 million from reserves at 11.3 million

[30:42] from case you go rates.

[30:45] Sewer reserves will also drop with 13.6 million to 5 million, if I read the presentations correctly.

[30:53] And then if the rate increases due remain in place and I now understand that that's a maximum

[30:59] level. Consider just using cash on hand plus the rate increases the pay for the cabbets.

[31:05] And that would provide substantial flexibility going forward. Finally,

[31:09] one other sort of unrelated objection is the combined rate that people pay with

[31:14] built-in fire extinguisher systems. We have a 1-inch line door house, which is split into a

[31:19] three-course line for domestic water and 1-inch line for fire extinguisher. We pay about 60 percent more,

[31:27] Sorry, 50% more than a customer with a three-four-cymch line, and statistically that one-inch line

[31:33] is going to be used like, I don't know, once in a thousand years, so I appreciate it.

[31:40] Okay, thanks, that's all I got.

[31:49] We'll be out of our follow-ups.

[31:56] I'm going to be there, I'm very grateful.

[31:58] Sure, I'm Rebecca Fein, and I've lived in the Hollywood area and it's a Berlin neighborhood,

[32:02] And I'm here just to raise some concerns about the proposed rate increase as well as the process associated with the proposal.

[32:11] So I, similar to some other people that have spoken already, have concerns about these proposed rates and even current rates being out of line with neighboring communities.

[32:21] So, for example, if we lived in North Toppo PUD's coverage district, my 3.4-inch meter would

[32:28] cost $44.25 a month. My one-inch fire length would cost $4.35 a month, just the biggest

[32:36] usage. Being in top city PUD coverage, $94.57 a month, and $53.07 a month. And, you know,

[32:44] we played with numbers similar to the gentleman earlier. If we saved that money, I would put

[32:49] our daughter has been college for a year, you know, so those are big numbers.

[32:54] And then

[32:55] just thinking about the process as well, so the gentleman earlier from each year, I believe,

[33:00] that brought up the proposal was sent out in September and then you started doing outreach

[33:05] and then this is, this is where you're taking the comment. So this feels a little bit like the

[33:10] dad strategy, you know, you decide, you announce it and then defend it. So hopefully we take these

[33:17] comments into consideration and push that timeline so that if you have meaningful comment and meaningful

[33:23] alternatives that those can be fully explored before putting in a rate increase that has significant

[33:30] impact on a large community. Thank you from time. I'm going back.

[33:40] I'm sorry, so I don't live in the area. I do want to business in town here. Commercial rates that

[33:46] Similar to what everyone else is saying,

[33:48] if I had my same lawn or mountain truckie,

[33:51] it'd be 70% cheaper for water.

[33:54] If I was in North Tahoe Beauty, 25% cheaper.

[33:58] But those are insane number differences.

[34:00] I don't know why the water's so expensive here

[34:04] with the lake right there.

[34:06] If I was in Phoenix, where there is no water.

[34:09] I'd be 38% cheaper down there.

[34:15] That's just, it's an unreasonable cost on businesses.

[34:20] And what we do is, as a business, we pass it on to the customers,

[34:24] who are people in this room, who are people that need the services.

[34:30] I just find it clear, for example, we're an explanation of why the rates here

[34:34] are so much more expensive than four miles down the road of an area.

[34:38] Thank

[34:41] you, Patrick.

[34:47] Thank you, Browseg, to Homer, for giving me a little sympathy I just had from Kansas City

[34:51] last night where they basically laughed at what I paid for water.

[34:56] My concern is that my wages don't match this increase in that I feel as though core community

[35:05] is getting priced out and we need neighborhoods now more than ever.

[35:10] If he was people like me and me, people, what happens to this place?

[35:14] I'm a story of this area, and I'm part of the reason as far as why people can come and visit here and get a little bit of education as to

[35:26] respecting the place and being a story of this place.

[35:31] So what happens if he, if he tries to keep going up, the people like me end up having to leave.

[35:37] So I beg you to consider that.

[35:40] Thank you.

[35:41] Thank you, Tracey.

[35:46] Just to warm up to Homa.

[35:48] Please let me know if any of my assumptions here are off.

[35:53] Most of your customers are on this three-quarter niche.

[35:58] All of the Homa is on this unmetered rate, which is 23% higher than the majority of your customers.

[36:06] House down the street just sold for $2.5 million.

[36:13] It's in private bedroom by a back.

[36:16] I'm paying the same rate as these people.

[36:20] Even more offensive is the short-term rental down the street that has six plus cars every weekend.

[36:28] On a two on two parcels with irrigation land savings.

[36:33] I live in an 800 square foot house with no dishwasher,

[36:38] no full bathroom, no bedrooms,

[36:41] and no functioning heating system.

[36:43] And I'm paying the same rate as these people.

[36:46] It seems really unfair and almost unethical.

[36:50] And the conundrum is no meters, right?

[36:54] But if you do a quick Google search,

[36:56] you'll find that other regions

[36:58] that do not have metering have come up with solutions to this

[37:01] that include tax rates and S work, but thank you.

[37:07] Thank you.

[37:09] My

[37:13] minutes have broken.

[37:14] I will not.

[37:15] And I just have one question if there is any plan to do around.

[37:21] Helping people with fixed income.

[37:23] It's really fun.

[37:24] That's fun.

[37:25] It's not really.

[37:26] Thank you.

[37:30] Thank you.

[37:31] Thank you.

[37:38] It's fried box under the Glen Ridge area, the south of Tolma, and as you know, our

[37:42] long-time matron was seed dyed, and you guys took over, and it's unfortunate, and it

[37:51] echoes what everybody's saying up here on my life.

[37:53] I want to be here on my life, but I'm on the edge, it's like, keep this going, the insurance

[37:57] and blah, blah, blah.

[37:59] So our rates almost doubled, and they're going to go to meter to some point.

[38:04] The biggest issue, like a lot of times, we have a 3-street area of about 50 something homes.

[38:10] And there's five year-round houses, couples mostly, and myself.

[38:15] And it's just, everything going to the point of doubling, doubling, doubling,

[38:19] just to get that question of, can I stay here? How can I do it? I want to retire here?

[38:23] And can I stop working at 65? I'm scrambling.

[38:27] And that's it, it's a heartfelt feeling of like, God, we do so much and millionaires,

[38:32] millionaires moving in and we get pushed to the side,

[38:36] you know, it's really tough to make

[38:38] that decision.

[38:39] And I'm sorry to think that I have to leave it, basically, but I'm very sorry, part of

[38:45] it.

[38:47] Thank you, Brian.

[38:51] Yeah, there are public comments in the room.

[38:58] Seeing none, we'll ask a public comment as long as you know other comments, I'm worried

[39:04] Thank

[39:07] you.

[39:08] But this time I'll close a couple of comments.

[39:12] If you have access to how required with the clerk yet,

[39:16] it's your last chance to do that.

[39:20] Or turn the corner.

[39:26] Can you further forward the discussion?

[39:34] Not in particular discussion, there were some few comments, a few questions asked, a bit

[39:42] of curious, other board members would like staff to be asked to follow up with the Nation

[39:49] Office.

[39:51] And I think one question that I did a few other times in a few other ways, but it was a comparison

[40:02] and rates here, it's compared to other markets in the state

[40:04] or other parts of the country, and what drives that.

[40:08] So that would be one, I know it doesn't.

[40:11] My opinion is that why some of that is case,

[40:14] but that has sat by its insight on that.

[40:20] Also, maybe something Sean could give you,

[40:23] those are comments made that make the buying base for fees or sewer

[40:28] and water, or $5,000 a year.

[40:32] that seems higher than the map that I've done is maybe a crash on to speak to that and just kind of what the base we're made is for a typical residential unit of 10 also,

[40:46] a base like 6,000 or 8,000 gallons per month, use or water, you know, kind of what those numbers aren't put together.

[41:01] I

[41:05] think there's a question about, can we have programs for individuals who are on

[41:10] fixing them?

[41:11] It's an instrument to put it on that.

[41:14] That may help prevent.

[41:18] And then also with SAP, I identify really this scale of some of the capital replacement

[41:28] work that we have scheduled over the next five years, primarily in the, in the, in the

[41:36] home area, and they've got that work system. So, in those of you who are five days,

[41:43] tonight, it's like it's an additional information staff on, you know, a lot of other board members

[41:47] have, uh, additional, uh, requests tonight.

[41:53] I think they're interested in the comparisons to trucky and more talkative unity rates

[42:00] as well.

[42:04] They did this quite a difference in costs.

[42:15] I don't know if we have that slide, but we would have a slide similar to the show's comparisons.

[42:20] that also not just the local rates, but the quick answer to by toggle water costs more than

[42:31] other areas where there's a higher population. The other thing is about many of us in

[42:36] different ways.

[42:38] Yeah,

[42:41] so let's start with a few. Let's start with the difference in the cost of water for

[42:48] associated with beauty and compared to any other public agency

[42:52] either in our area or in different areas.

[42:55] The simplest explanation is we have very few customers.

[42:59] We have 5,000 customers, and when you compare that

[43:02] to a larger area like Truckee or Reno or Phoenix Arizona,

[43:10] you're splitting the cost of running a water operation,

[43:13] let's say, in the Phoenix Arizona

[43:16] over millions, I don't know if their population is right, but the cost of running that water

[43:21] operation is simply divided by the number of customers in that system.

[43:26] So we operate a water system that's spread out, excuse me, over about 31s for a mile, about

[43:32] a hundred and a hundred miles of pipeline fire hydrants, associated wells and tanks, and

[43:41] that infrastructure all has to be paid for by 5,000 customers.

[43:45] So it's that's the easiest explanation each of the each of the water agencies has to spread their costs amongst the customer base that they have.

[43:54] So that's that's our biggest challenge I would say and it is very different. There's an agency in Sacramento. I think it's the Sacramento suburban water district and they survey a service area of 36 square miles, just a little bit larger than ours.

[44:10] and they have 288,000 customers.

[44:13] So you should do the math

[44:14] and you can divide their cost of operating the system

[44:17] by 258,000 customers versus 5,000,

[44:20] but that's our biggest challenge.

[44:22] We have no other way to supplement the water revenues.

[44:25] As Sean porn mentioned,

[44:27] these funds are independence of the water fund.

[44:30] It can only be, it can only use water revenue

[44:33] from customers.

[44:34] It can't use some general fund dollars

[44:37] that the board's discretion to help fund capital projects.

[44:41] The challenge there is that we also view parks and recreation,

[44:44] and that general fund dollars is the only source of revenue

[44:48] that we have to pay for parks and recreation services.

[44:51] So there's a balance there.

[44:54] That's, I think, the simplest answer as to why our rates are different.

[44:57] If there is no standard water rate among...

[45:00] And Sean can speak to one of this. Every agency is different. One of the unique differences

[45:07] in the task of APUD's water system compared to our local agencies, let's take it on top of

[45:14] the utility district, for example, is that our district over a long period of time has been

[45:19] very, I would say, forward thinking in acquiring formerly privately owned water systems. On behalf

[45:28] of customers who are already our sewer customers and our property tax payers. That has resulted in some real financial challenges.

[45:38] Those systems haven't been maintained, so a couple of folks here from the title of Seaters to Homa area, that was a formerly investor owned utility.

[45:48] that utility was owned by a family who made a profit on that water system and didn't invest

[45:57] in that water system for 78 years. When we acquired it on behalf of those customers, it is actively

[46:05] failing. So we have a water system reconstruction as part of this race study, part of that capital

[46:15] reconstruction of that system is included in this five year rate study. The overall system

[46:21] reconstruction is now estimated at about $70 million dollars for what 150 customers.

[46:30] One of the things that the customers in the title is seeders and

[46:35] and Madden Creek area, so those are a homea and homea. They're also paying an additional

[46:41] infrastructure improvement charge, which is $43 a month for the next 30 years.

[46:47] That's a charge that only those customers are paying, and that charge is

[46:51] specifically going to be used to help us fund the debt service pay for the

[46:55] reconstruction of their longer system. One of the main philosophy behind this

[47:02] historic acquiring of water systems is to try to create some efficiencies in

[47:08] in the way our water system operates.

[47:10] So within our 32 square mile service area,

[47:13] we operate seven independent,

[47:16] and in some cases,

[47:17] it's physically separate water systems.

[47:19] Each of those water systems requires essentially

[47:21] all of the same infrastructure

[47:23] that a water system requires.

[47:26] So it has to have some water source that has to have a well,

[47:28] has to have tanks,

[47:29] booster pump stations in the long run,

[47:33] and our board has taken a very long view.

[47:35] This agency has been here since 1938 and hopefully will be here for a lot longer serving you, but that these water system acquisitions and then the improvements in those systems are challenging in the short term.

[47:52] We have to figure out how to do that. One of the most urgent things that at least I've heard from our board as we've been discussing this over the last five years that many public meetings is that fire suppression is is really key to that philosophy.

[48:10] If a fire starts in an area like

[48:12] homewood that has very

[48:14] efficient fire suppression

[48:16] infrastructure, that is a threat

[48:18] to our entire community.

[48:20] It doesn't matter if the water system

[48:21] next door that we already

[48:23] on an operate has sufficient fire

[48:25] suppression, that fire starts

[48:27] in Sahoma where there is no

[48:30] water infrastructure to fight fires

[48:33] our entire communities at risk.

[48:35] And so this forward has taken

[48:37] I think the initiative

[48:38] to try to make some investments in those communities as quickly as they can.

[48:43] And one of the key investments in all those water system reconstruction projects is

[48:47] the off-size, the water mans and install fire hydrants to meet modern fire suppression standards.

[48:54] So those are some of the key things that this board has been grappling with over the last,

[48:59] I would say, weekly of fire top seeders in Manon Creek and Tim Berlin in 2018.

[49:05] And ever since that time, at many public meetings, this floor has spent considerable amount

[49:09] of time talking about long-term financial planning and reinvestment in the communities

[49:14] and constructions.

[49:16] It is challenging.

[49:17] There's no way.

[49:18] There's no two ways around it, and I can tell you, they understand the impacts that these

[49:23] reinvestments have on the customers.

[49:25] They're also the customers.

[49:28] So I kind of hit on the magnitude, so in addition of the investments that we're making in the

[49:36] next five years, over the previous five years, we've also made significant investments

[49:41] in water infrastructure on behalf of the community.

[49:44] We are very close to completing construction on the West Lake Tahoe Regional Water Treatment

[49:48] plant, which is a lake surface water treatment plant will treat water from Lake Tahoe, and

[49:57] will be a huge benefit to the West Shore, where we will be able to provide year-round

[50:04] water, and in particular, we will be able to meet modern fire suppression standards for

[50:08] flow in the event of a fire in Lake Tahoe.

[50:12] That's about a $25 million investment.

[50:15] As I mentioned, the reconstruction of the Tallah Seaters, that's the formerly owned, formerly

[50:21] privately owned water system into Homa, that's about a $70 million project we're asking

[50:27] right now is likely it'll take us seven to ten years to complete that reconstruction.

[50:32] It's part of the reason we don't have meters in Tallah Seaters yet, but all of the existing

[50:38] water pipelines in that community are in the backyards.

[50:42] When we do our reconstruction project, we will not be replacing those water lines in the backyards.

[50:47] We'll be putting them in the streets where most modern water systems exist.

[50:52] That will allow us to also install fire items.

[50:56] So, our plan is to meter that system, but once the water mains have been relocated to the students.

[51:04] We also need to reconstruct the water system in Homewood.

[51:07] That was also owned by the same family, that's estimated, I think, around $16 million or so.

[51:15] That one, our goal is to finish the reconstruction within the next three to four years.

[51:22] In addition to all of that, we have ongoing water infrastructure that we need to maintain

[51:27] so that we don't get in the position that these formerly private water systems got into

[51:32] where no investment for 80 years gets you a real challenging situation to take care of.

[51:39] So those are some of the unique challenges that we're facing and what are built into

[51:46] part of this rating increase.

[51:50] Let's see, I'm trying to think if there's –

[51:55] there was a question about the unneeded rate

[52:00] in in Tihoma. The on meter rate is based on what our average customer pays. So our average

[52:08] customer has a 3.4 inch meter and uses approximately 6,000 gallons a month. So the average customer

[52:17] is paying $115.87. Presently that rate that charge can go to $129.1. So we understand the

[52:30] There are some discrepancies down in the areas that are unmetered.

[52:33] The only areas in our system that are unmetered are really private water systems that we acquired

[52:38] in 2018.

[52:41] So we understand there's discrepancies there because of use patterns.

[52:45] We have no way of effectively measuring, you name out water, that customer needs them.

[52:50] And so we acknowledge that our goal is definitely to meter the systems that are set up once the

[52:55] reconstruction projects are completed.

[53:03] So we do have a water rate assistance program, currently that program, in order to be eligible

[53:12] for our water rate assistance program, you need to be on Liberty's care program.

[53:19] That's our mechanism to verify your eligibility.

[53:23] We are looking at, and we intend to have a discussion with board after the new year about expanding

[53:29] eligibility and under that program. So, stay tuned for that. There's more information

[53:34] that we can provide you about rate water rate systems program, but you do have a program

[53:38] that's coming to you.

[53:42] Are there any other specific questions of the board that I may have?

[53:45] I think I'm back to Sean just in terms of for a typical residential

[53:53] customer, you know, what what the annual water cost would be, the annual sewer cost would be.

[53:59] Yeah, so it's going to vary and some of it as some of the folks here have mentioned is the size of that meter.

[54:07] So that base charge on the top right so a three quarter inch meter, which is this was mentioned the vast majority of your residential customers.

[54:14] How that is charged and just put a comparison to next door for North Tahoe beauty, we have one base charge that includes our capital.

[54:23] Component. Nortal PV has two base charges that are added together. One is their base cost,

[54:29] the other is their capital component. So that 3.8 million that we're talking about in our water

[54:35] rates here today, that's rolled into our number here that we include there. Nortal has two separate

[54:41] schedules that you need to add together for them. So that's the fun part. Even for me, who lives in

[54:46] this world every day trying to figure out what other people charge is fun. I'll put it that way.

[54:51] But that's part of the difference that we're looking at.

[54:54] So when we think about a typical customer,

[54:57] they're going to pay that three-quarter inch charge.

[55:00] So I'm just going to make math easy.

[55:02] If we go to the 2025 rate, right?

[55:04] A hundred of them have rounded to $100 times 12.

[55:08] So we've got our $1200 there as part of that.

[55:10] Plus whenever they use.

[55:12] So that's 6,000 gallons is the average.

[55:15] So jumping down to the bottom where we have the consumption,

[55:18] If a customer stays under 8,000 gallons, then it's $3,374 per 1,000 gallons.

[55:26] If they go over 8, they pay 8,000 gallons at 3,74 per 1,000 gallons, so 8 times 3,74

[55:34] plus whatever it is up to 20,000 at 4,89.

[55:39] So it's that increasing blocks structure.

[55:42] So for the typical customer we have 1200 for the 5th charge for the water side plus our 60 times fossil 724 our sewer which would be our big ground round numbers here.

[55:56] 2000 now I believe what the gentleman was speaking about as part of this was looking at those fire combined fire service.

[56:03] So in the middle of the page here you see our CFS recorder one one and have two and greater than two.

[56:10] And so that is that combined service level where it includes full domestic use and fire protection use.

[56:19] And that is based on the capacity that's required to be provided in the system should there be a fire event.

[56:27] So it's no different than what we charge for the different private fire lines going into businesses or other types of buildings that have a sprinkler system for other fire suppression infrastructures part of them.

[56:39] That is where we'd be at 150 times 12, which I'm not going to do the math, but that would

[56:46] get us closer to the $5,000, I believe, the federal general that was speaking to the board.

[56:53] So a lot of numbers there, a typical three-quarter inch, which is probably 90 plus percent of our customers.

[57:04] service, using $6,000 down to $1,000 for a household use, when they're not doing any

[57:13] irritations on her, it's about $130 a month.

[57:17] Correct.

[57:18] And 12 months is whatever, about $1,500 a year, and then sewer is an additional $750, or

[57:32] So, you're, so, I think a typical company that gets two

[57:37] requests and services and photovolve water to the tab is going to be

[57:42] paying around 20 to $1,000 to $2,000,000, okay, and then

[57:49] there's going to be variations on that with buyer connections,

[57:52] larger service connections. It's probably 90% of our customers are

[57:57] in that range. I agree, yes, okay, it's

[57:59] And plus or minus, if you said the seasonality piece, right, yeah, from usage, and you've got a lot of landscaping in the summer.

[58:09] You'll pay more.

[58:10] Yes, you'll make your water.

[58:11] So correct.

[58:13] Right.

[58:13] Thanks.

[58:19] And if you want to follow up kind of on, you know, Sean's information, I mean,

[58:27] And we're very geographically inefficient here, you know, via CPV, we control the geography

[58:35] of the fact that we're kind of spread out and there's a linear fashion image between

[58:40] the lake and mountains with a need to connect, you know, all these testlers with pipelines

[58:46] in an amount of terrain in this long, narrow, carrot, or board, or that's a really linear point

[58:53] about if you get out of the flat land on bridge system with, you know, houses right next to each

[59:00] other on five thumbs per foot blocks or whatever it might be, that's very key, radically efficient

[59:06] from a water system standpoint. And wastewater collection standpoint has prepared to be

[59:13] spread out in the mountains where you're dealing with different elevations, which requires more equipment

[59:20] and where you're dealing with a lot more pipeline in the areas that are a lot harder to work in.

[59:27] So again, it's not to mention the whole of it in your summer,

[59:31] particularly if it comes into play.

[59:34] So I think that's part of the reality of the cost of water and waste water reflection out here as well.

[59:41] Thanks

[59:45] for your question.

[59:48] I'm sorry, but we did close public time.

[59:51] Well, all day, Tony, are we truly producing

[59:54] the side of water coming out during the evening?

[59:58] Yes.

[1:00:00] What I would recommend for both of you to have additional questions as early as close hearing, it would be catch up with staff afterwards. I think there's one or two small water systems still out there that we're up there to buy a veil. I think the bulk of the water systems have been offered, being operated by the, it was like, formerly by some. So, we can't ask questions after listening to you. We can't ask questions after getting this information.

[1:00:30] but I'll have to be done after meetings that really needs to be done.

[1:00:34] Is that really compensation?

[1:00:36] Yes.

[1:00:37] I may ask the board.

[1:00:40] I will give the board what to read and public to read.

[1:00:43] I don't know.

[1:00:44] But one more thing with me.

[1:00:46] Yeah.

[1:00:47] So I'm okay with really putting public in on that.

[1:00:50] I think we need to be mindful about kind of maintaining the structure and time meeting

[1:00:56] as well.

[1:00:59] So, and for those that already made a public comment,

[1:01:04] are you going to make a lovely comment?

[1:01:06] I guess it's public comment and I'll wait, sorry.

[1:01:09] Well, no, it's public.

[1:01:11] It's normally it's one in public comment.

[1:01:13] Yeah, definitely.

[1:01:14] Yeah.

[1:01:15] I think what I'd suggest, Sally, is that if you knew people choose

[1:01:18] the real public comment, a comment should be directed to the board.

[1:01:22] And then we can collect that information.

[1:01:23] and then decide, yes, those double comment and decide whatever additional dialogue we want to add on our information.

[1:01:35] What is the solution?

[1:01:36] I think it's up to you that it's just a suggestion.

[1:01:40] Thank you, Liam.

[1:01:42] We'll go with dance, right, and the nation will reopen public comment.

[1:01:47] and we'll collect comments, close public comment,

[1:01:51] and then address those comments in the questions.

[1:01:55] So we have reopened public comment.

[1:01:58] You may start to fill in this journey

[1:02:01] and then question your comment here.

[1:02:04] I've got a couple questions.

[1:02:05] Are we through purchasing these private

[1:02:07] and utility companies?

[1:02:10] And yes, so how far along are we

[1:02:15] and upgrading them to your code.

[1:02:20] Oh, we've 50% there, 80% there.

[1:02:23] Are we done with this?

[1:02:25] That's my question.

[1:02:28] Thank you, Jim.

[1:02:31] Next to you, Tom.

[1:02:32] Hi, I'm Molly Bollard.

[1:02:34] I'm going to talk about charging people,

[1:02:39] like second homeowners or people whose primary residence

[1:02:42] isn't in the community in which their house is higher rate,

[1:02:47] the different rate.

[1:02:47] Good.

[1:02:50] Thank you, Mona.

[1:02:56] I've been both on 12.5. Two questions.

[1:02:59] The new community building on the red floor was sat

[1:03:01] with three-digit data in collectible data.

[1:03:10] And, my, thank you for sharing your mieli.

[1:03:12] Thank you, Ted.

[1:03:13] Thank you, Diane, for your last message.

[1:03:16] Go ahead and hand them a floor.

[1:03:17] Vice president, come on.

[1:03:19] As far as these increases and how much of that is related

[1:03:23] to infrastructure, of which my understanding was that $43

[1:03:29] would change that we pay.

[1:03:31] That was for the capital infrastructure.

[1:03:35] How much of that was this increases

[1:03:37] for in-house operations?

[1:03:40] Lake Parks and Rackerel boards that we've been there,

[1:03:42] you can be pulled away from that if possible to compensate.

[1:03:53] We're back at buying from the Silverland neighborhood.

[1:03:56] So two follow-up questions.

[1:03:57] I would like a little bit more clarification on the difference in the cross scene for the fire service line.

[1:04:05] You know, just speaking from experience, the reason why we have a one inch fire line is because that was left on Valorant Hanan's truck.

[1:04:11] And then this stop when we're building a house we can go back, you know, 10 years ago, and go, okay, we'd like to choose to a similar one because that's a lot of things.

[1:04:19] And then also what opportunities for other types of fundings to support the infrastructure

[1:04:25] upgrades.

[1:04:27] We've seen some of the things that came out of the street in Timberland that was conveying

[1:04:32] water, so we appreciate that.

[1:04:34] But a lot of these are one-time things, they're not operational expenses, it's a one-time

[1:04:40] infrastructure upgrade in addition to the operational costs.

[1:04:43] So, I mean, we have to acknowledge the community that we live in, the huge amounts of TOT,

[1:04:48] tea, money, TBID, money, like all of those other sources, what

[1:04:53] expertion has been done to try and see grant funding or one

[1:04:56] time funding to support and offset the amount that homeowners are

[1:05:00] paying for that. And then I was curious. So we pointed out

[1:05:06] some of the costing that's hired here is associated with our

[1:05:10] small number of customers. So that enterprise fund model. Have

[1:05:15] You looked at other smaller communities.

[1:05:17] Are there different funding structures

[1:05:19] that are being used there?

[1:05:22] And just curiously, thanks.

[1:05:33] Any other public comments in the room?

[1:05:38] Say no, I'll check for public comments online.

[1:05:42] That online, wow.

[1:05:43] Thank you.

[1:05:46] On that course, public comment,

[1:05:47] and we'll go to staff for questions.

[1:05:51] Okay, I can answer a few of these

[1:05:53] and then I might ask Sean to answer a couple of those.

[1:05:56] Well, there's a question about

[1:05:57] are we through purchasing private systems. We're in contract currently to purchase the

[1:06:04] Natal Swiss village utility which is the former private water company that owns the water company

[1:06:13] in the Palau Times neighborhood and the Galenridge with that neighborhood. So we're in contract that

[1:06:21] that is pending the CQC approval process

[1:06:24] but we anticipate completing that acquisition

[1:06:27] in early 25.

[1:06:29] There is at least one other fairly significant

[1:06:35] private water company that's in the Tau Tau Park

[1:06:37] in Skyland, New York City area.

[1:06:40] So while I can't answer that question definitively,

[1:06:44] my guess is no, we're not there.

[1:06:47] And how far are along in rebuilding?

[1:06:50] I can't answer that percentage. What I know is that the two we applied three private water systems in 2018

[1:06:57] on this Timberland that system has been completely constructed

[1:07:01] Yeah, like to hold seeders. Yeah, there's a lot of seeders. We haven't even started it

[1:07:06] That's really something that we've done with that. So yeah, yeah, yeah, so

[1:07:10] By the way, Chris, yeah, so I can't answer that question for you guys. It's as you guys know

[1:07:18] We're in planning and design for it as a second term.

[1:07:24] So it's just a question, John.

[1:07:26] So as it relates to the total number of water customers

[1:07:30] that we currently have as compared to the number of water

[1:07:36] customers that are in private systems

[1:07:39] that we're not going to contract the rough numbers on that.

[1:07:44] say there's probably about 1,500 customers remaining.

[1:07:49] Some of those are in special districts.

[1:07:53] Within our service areas, some are in mutual water companies,

[1:07:57] and some are remaining in private.

[1:08:01] Investor of utilities, which probably between 5 to 600 customers left.

[1:08:07] And Sean mentioned the rest of them are in mutuals,

[1:08:10] Mutuals, which are a different way to invest their own utility and the two special districts that operate within our company.

[1:08:17] Any water district and talent.

[1:08:20] Right. So it seems that it's pretty unlike it's it's far less likely than the usual.

[1:08:28] It would.

[1:08:30] Merge in the future. Yeah. I think there's maybe five and 600.

[1:08:37] a kind of large system customers that we may find

[1:08:42] as our customers at some point in the future,

[1:08:44] as compared to our current, including how with Swiss Village

[1:08:48] and Glen Raid, what's our little customer base there?

[1:08:51] The water.

[1:08:54] We've got Swiss and Glen Raid?

[1:08:56] Yeah, we're a little from which $6,000, right?

[1:09:00] Yeah.

[1:09:00] So, we've seen those here for three days.

[1:09:02] So, just in terms of quarter of magnitude,

[1:09:04] there may be another, you know, 8% to 10% of the total population in the region that are

[1:09:14] currently not in PV customers that may be in PV, but reasonably to be interested in

[1:09:19] PV customers in the future. So next, thanks.

[1:09:24] I'll just touch on a couple others. There was a question about how much of these rate increases

[1:09:30] are related to parks and recreation and I want to be clear there's absolutely zero to parks and

[1:09:35] recreation. So there is no funding that comes through the water or sewer funds that is used for

[1:09:42] any sort of parks and recreation. Park and recreation is funded solely through property tax revenue.

[1:09:49] And what I will say that there is property tax revenue that is being contemplated to be used

[1:09:55] in the water and wastewater funds to help limit

[1:09:59] where our rating fixes started.

[1:10:04] There was a question about fire service size requirements

[1:10:08] I'd recommend you talk with us after.

[1:10:11] Understood what you're saying about,

[1:10:12] you may have had a service line

[1:10:14] that's built per a certain size.

[1:10:16] Those are a question we can help you

[1:10:17] our technical services team could help address

[1:10:20] and to determine whether you actually need

[1:10:23] that that water size we need for. So those are questions we can help you with after.

[1:10:30] What other question about what other funding is available? This district is very aggressive

[1:10:35] in looking for grant funding where we can. We've been successful in bringing in over $11 million

[1:10:41] in state federal and regional grants over the last six years. Specifically related TOT and TVID,

[1:10:49] we are also successful in bringing in those types of grants but those grants are typically

[1:10:54] we limited it to other parts on the right side.

[1:10:57] So the project is really a trails.

[1:10:59] We've been very successful in bringing in the using

[1:11:02] TOT grants.

[1:11:03] We, that right now, water and the structure,

[1:11:06] utility and the structure is not eligible for TOT

[1:11:09] or TBA, local grants.

[1:11:11] So we do typically going after federal and state grants

[1:11:15] for water and wastewater.

[1:11:16] We have been successful at least in securing a year mark

[1:11:23] community funding program grant from through Congressional Kylie of about a million and a half dollars to help put in to the

[1:11:34] Matt and Creek water system reconstruction project.

[1:11:40] And then other funding structures I'd have to leave Sean some of this is you know we're

[1:11:44] we're bound by California Constitution and Proposities.

[1:11:48] Yeah, I was going to touch on that one as well as Sean the you know the question of can we charge second homeowners more?

[1:11:53] You know that under Proposition 218 it has to be the proportionality between customers.

[1:12:00] So we cannot differentiate just based on who or what they are or sorry who they are.

[1:12:07] It's how they use the system and so if part that's driven why when you look at our rate

[1:12:11] structure here, that's the basis for that fixed charge and that consumption charge as part

[1:12:17] of that.

[1:12:17] That's how we maintain that proportionality between the different customers.

[1:12:21] As far as what other agencies do, there's not much difference between you and others, whether it's a city, a special purpose district,

[1:12:34] they're all generally water and sewer power enterprise funds, even a mutual is a very similar process and approach, maybe when you think of just being a water agency only, that's all you do is water.

[1:12:47] So those funds have to be supportive of your total costs.

[1:12:52] Think of another one would be,

[1:12:54] you said in a Terry district, right?

[1:12:55] They are sewer-only, sewer collection.

[1:12:58] They don't have water treatments, TTSA.

[1:13:01] So all of their revenues have to fund.

[1:13:03] So the district is in a similar situation.

[1:13:06] We just have three specific funds.

[1:13:08] We have our water, our sewer, and our general.

[1:13:11] And that's as Sean mentioned.

[1:13:13] Water and sewer cannot,

[1:13:14] not, why aren't your revenues cannot come out and go to general fund? That is one of the driving principles behind proposition 218.

[1:13:23] General fund dollars specifically property tax revenues are, as was mentioned, up to the words discretion of where those are used as part of.

[1:13:31] And so that is our primary driver here is meeting those requirements in proposition to 18 not only in the sense of how we develop the rates that the post rates that we have here, but that process that we have to follow as far as coming to the board with our recommendations.

[1:13:49] Setting the public hearing and issuing that customer notification and then forming the public hearing like today.

[1:14:01] There was one other question about infrastructure for mid-charge revenue.

[1:14:05] That revenue is contributing to the cost of reconstruction that system.

[1:14:13] Our current estimates are that the total revenue collected from those customers will fund maybe 15 to 20% of the actual cost of rebuilding that system.

[1:14:23] The rest is when you come from water rates and properties as from all questions.

[1:14:32] And I'll just offer a couple of editorial comments as well so, you know, because I get, you know,

[1:14:42] questions from constituents on the North Shore about, well, gee, why should we pay higher water

[1:14:49] rates that help me build, you know, formally, private, under the investment,

[1:14:56] massive water systems on the left-hand side of the net.

[1:15:07] So, if you can go way back in time, the Public City of PVD really didn't own any amount of water systems on west shore, if you can bad, you can go way back in the beginning, we didn't have a lot of systems anywhere, right?

[1:15:24] So the PV has basically on the water side is a compilation of private water system act additions of an happened over seven or eight decades now.

[1:15:35] And it kind of started north and then worked south. So we basically how the city area was the primary service area for the PV for four or five decades really, you know, for the formation of PV through the release.

[1:15:51] And during that entire time, property tax being generated

[1:15:56] throughout the district, but also on the west shore was helping fund the upgrades here in Thomas City.

[1:16:04] And effectively, what's happening now is that trend and shifted to, you know, the city system to require early industries and distance.

[1:16:14] The property tax, you know, from the west shore and the north shore.

[1:16:18] Along with the rates, we built a city system way back in the day.

[1:16:24] It's continuing to maintain that system in a significant way.

[1:16:31] And now some of that property tax and some of that rate revenue being generated in the city's area is helping to rebuild the westward system.

[1:16:40] So, it's kind of what comes around goes around type of thing, but it's just over a very long period of time, it was compared to, you know, within a three or four year window.

[1:16:52] So, and I personally think that's a good approach for us as a, I mean, we're not selling a trivial service.

[1:17:02] as we're providing public safety, global water,

[1:17:07] and a wastewater collection.

[1:17:09] And I think it can be argued that the purchase

[1:17:14] of the private systems may not be a great business

[1:17:18] investment at peace in the near term,

[1:17:21] but from the standpoint of having a sustainable community

[1:17:27] with a sustainable water system

[1:17:30] that's maintained at a high quality,

[1:17:33] that comes into play for us.

[1:17:35] For me, at least, for us in the public agency as well.

[1:17:38] So there's the dollar incentives that needs to make sense,

[1:17:42] but it's also what's good public policy,

[1:17:44] and having the liable water systems

[1:17:49] and wastewater collection is kind of the top of my list,

[1:17:53] in terms of what's important to maintain.

[1:17:55] and so I'll just get off my soap box, I'll add that I have a personal vested interest

[1:18:05] in seeing the fire protection was available to everybody.

[1:18:12] If you think for the fire will stop at a county mine or a block because they have a good

[1:18:18] water in there and the other people don't, it doesn't work that way.

[1:18:22] So, yeah, I think part of the expense in the future, here, especially into homeowner

[1:18:27] would be to outsize the water mains, provide better fire lines, that you've never been

[1:18:33] on a fire and run out of water, it's not a fun problem now.

[1:18:38] So I think that the, when, personally, I know it's an expensive problem, that I've tried

[1:18:44] to put the private owners of the company years ago to increase their water system to current

[1:18:51] codes. It didn't go anywhere. So now folks who are paying a lot less than we've

[1:18:59] asked when I haven't catch up and pay certainly more than they're used to, but I think it's

[1:19:05] off for a good cause. No reliable system. One that doesn't fail with a little

[1:19:10] subter when everybody turns the water on with a text to make it one that doesn't

[1:19:14] fail because the lines break all the time. So I think that I am hopefully

[1:19:18] We want to protect the community so that it doesn't spread from these things that we have a lot of life.

[1:19:37] So a lot like what we were saying again,

[1:19:44] those customers who have been sewer customers were not also water customers for a long time.

[1:19:49] and yet they still pay property tax.

[1:19:52] And we were able to take some of that property tax

[1:19:55] and put it into a separate plan to purchase some of the,

[1:19:59] or to help some of the purchase of some of the water systems.

[1:20:02] So we did acknowledge where some of that money

[1:20:07] had to come from because those people were paying

[1:20:11] in sewer but not paying water but working in property tax.

[1:20:14] The other thing about property tax is that one would think

[1:20:18] that since the pandemic, our property tax ran here skyrocketed. I've been

[1:20:23] shocked that it has not. It's gone out, but it hasn't gone out as much as one

[1:20:29] would think. I want to reiterate and I keep driving this home, they're

[1:20:35] wobbling through our enterprise funds. We can't take from one to pay for the

[1:20:40] other and anything that needs to be supplemented, it comes from property tax and

[1:20:45] and anything we take from property tax is going to impact something else,

[1:20:49] whether that's by trails, the golf course, programming,

[1:20:55] concerts at commas beach, pick your favorite thing,

[1:20:58] and that's coming from property tax. It's not coming from water or sewer,

[1:21:02] and so anytime we have to pull from property tax, that's what's being impacted.

[1:21:07] did.

[1:21:09] I paid the same rates and I'm sure about this and when I first came on the board

[1:21:17] which I thought it was the oldest bigger the oldest.

[1:21:22] The longest, yeah that's better.

[1:21:27] Was the last time we had a really substantial increase because I remember we had meetings

[1:21:33] out of right out. And those were substantial this and cost keep going up and to provide the kind

[1:21:42] of service that we have to provide to protect public health and safety, those costs keep going

[1:21:49] up. And I know everything else is going up. I get the same bills you do. I get delivery bills,

[1:21:53] the Southwest gas bills, the table bills, come on those. And I get it and everything is going up.

[1:21:59] I do commend our staff, and I go to a lot of meetings in this community more

[1:22:07] than several of these come to. And I know that we are out there looking for

[1:22:11] grants, looking for other monies. Every chance we get TOT can help us that

[1:22:18] trails, as you said, in recreation, but it can't help offset water sewer.

[1:22:24] The

[1:22:25] The other thing about the 2.18 that I think is important is that the 2.18 sets the limit.

[1:22:32] It doesn't set the cost, it doesn't set the rate, it just sets the limit.

[1:22:37] And I know in past years we have been able to smooth out the rates during budget processes,

[1:22:44] our annual budgeting, where we actually look at a kind of capital project being set aside

[1:22:51] push down the road. Do we have a grant that will help offset those costs? So the 218 isn't setting the

[1:23:00] rate and setting the maximum limit where we set rates and I invite you all to participate in,

[1:23:06] is the annual budgeting process where we look at what's our need going to be for that? Here what's

[1:23:12] on the calendar for capital projects? What can we set through grants or other federal or state funds

[1:23:21] that come down the pipe or what can we push out a little bit just like you do with your own

[1:23:26] budgets. I might not have to push something out in my own annual budget to pay for it next year

[1:23:32] because I can't afford it this year. So this is tough. These are substantial increases. I'm seeing

[1:23:40] them with other districts and seeing them across the board and yeah, this isn't helpful.

[1:23:53] I think it's so important at this time too, that we are creating efficiencies by upsizing

[1:24:06] all our lines because John hit on it, you know, the fires have come way too close, and

[1:24:15] And I think providing the water from our systems is of the utmost importance.

[1:24:26] So it's very hard, I agree with Judy, I pay the same Southwest gas liberty and we all

[1:24:47] My fellow board members have done a wonderful job expressing their concerns.

[1:24:52] They have expressed the concerns that I have as well.

[1:24:57] I do want you to keep in mind that optimizing the water lines,

[1:25:01] putting in proper hydrants facing just efficient in a lot of areas.

[1:25:07] Well, help invent fire and follow us when you go to your homeowners insurance.

[1:25:12] They want to know how many feet is it that he hears from you and he'll be able to say it's 50 feet, it's 100 feet.

[1:25:23] So he'll have that to go for you as well.

[1:25:27] I pay the same rates.

[1:25:29] I also pay the special infrastructure improvement charge because our water system.

[1:25:36] The seaters is in four of them for the show.

[1:25:47] So at this point, I would recommend that you make one final call for the final written

[1:25:54] process or any of the draws of the protest before you close the question.

[1:25:58] Okay.

[1:25:59] At this time, I'll make one final call for written protests.

[1:26:03] They need to be turned to be in with the district clerk and is there a final call for the

[1:26:10] We've been through all of those tests,

[1:26:30] so we'll formally close the public hearing at 9th and 7th a.m.

[1:26:44] The period of minutes has counted the final protests,

[1:26:48] and when you're ready, we'll just deliver the final results

[1:26:51] of the protests for the water to ensue.

[1:26:55] Sure.

[1:27:01] So 43 protests were received for sewer, it's 7,758 sewer customers, 3,880 protests were

[1:27:12] required for a protest vote. So we received 43 total protests. Water, we have 5,759

[1:27:22] nine customers and we received 43 protests, 288 were required for a protest vote.

[1:27:37] Thank you very much.

[1:27:40] It's the 43 sewer protests and 43 water protests.

[1:27:46] Now they're just not made for the threshold to protest the gene

[1:27:56] items.

[1:27:58] Great.

[1:27:59] I think it's a bigger scene.

[1:28:05] Thank you, so just for the benefit of the Board and the public, we've just reviewed

[1:28:13] the number of protests and the number of our water and sewer customers.

[1:28:18] The significance of that is related to the California Constitution as amended by proposition

[1:28:28] to 18, and we conveniently refer to the California Constitution and Proposition to 18 is Prop to 18.

[1:28:39] Prop to 18 adopted or approved by the California voters in 1996.

[1:28:45] Limits the ability of this board to raise water and sewer rates in a couple of significant ways.

[1:28:56] is one, it requires that we not charge more for water or sewer than the cost to provide

[1:29:06] the service and that cost of service. We spent a lot of time over many board meetings

[1:29:12] and today we're doing the cost of service studies. And secondly, prop to a teen provides another

[1:29:20] limitation on the board to adjust rates and prop to 18 prohibits the board from increasing water

[1:29:28] or sewer rates if there is a majority protest by the customers to those proposed rate increases.

[1:29:39] So the district has been going through and combined with the proposition 218 process by providing

[1:29:47] written notice to customers that it was considering and may increase water

[1:29:53] rates and sewer rates. We have conducted the public hearing today. We've

[1:30:01] The board would be prohibited from increasing rates for water or sewer if we received 50% plus

[1:30:11] one protests for water or sewer. As the district clerk announced, we received 43 protests

[1:30:23] for the proposed sewer rates and 43 protests for the proposed water rates, we would have needed to have received more than 3700 protests with respect to sewer and more and about approximately 2880 protests for the water rates.

[1:30:47] We have not received 50% plus one protest.

[1:30:53] Therefore, the protest has not prevented the board from acting.

[1:30:59] And the board has the authority to proceed with the additional items on the agenda today to adopt ordinances with respect to the water and sewer rates.

[1:31:13] and then to establish those rates for 2025.

[1:31:18] So I hope that's clear.

[1:31:20] If you're happy to answer questions, if you're ahead of it.

[1:31:23] That's not the voices go.

[1:31:25] And this is the answer.

[1:31:26] That's our adjournment, please.

[1:31:31] John, we've answered the slides to the next.

[1:31:35] I do have a quick question just to clarify that process.

[1:31:38] Judy, if you had asked it, there's a new question.

[1:31:41] So are we able to ask questions about that?

[1:31:51] So at this point, the President feels, turn it back to you guys as he mentioned, you are allowed to proceed at this point with the next item on the agenda.

[1:32:02] And that may turn to questions, otherwise these five items in front of the first two

[1:32:13] are to adopt the rate studies that are included in your work packet.

[1:32:16] And we have been available on our website.

[1:32:19] There's one for the sewer comprehensive sewer rate study, one for the comprehensive water

[1:32:23] rate study.

[1:32:24] And then subsequently to adopting those two rate studies, the board can then adopt board

[1:32:30] in some of the 312, which establishes the 5-year maximum allowable sewer rates as director

[1:32:35] Freeman mentioned.

[1:32:36] So it does not set rates yet for 2025.

[1:32:40] We'll prepare that at a later item, the board of the DOFs, and then I am e5 is to adopt

[1:32:45] the water ordinance, which again sets the 5-year schedule of the maximum allowable rates

[1:32:51] for water based into consumption rates.

[1:32:55] Thank you, Sean.

[1:32:57] So, item D2, adopt resolution number 24-33, adopting the HCR-2024 Complenance of Suerth Raid Study.

[1:33:10] I'll make a motion read out resolution 24-33.

[1:33:16] I

[1:33:19] have to motion on the table, any board comments on this item,

[1:33:27] any public comments on this

[1:33:29] item.

[1:33:32] In the room?

[1:33:34] No.

[1:33:35] There's.

[1:33:35] I mean, sorry.

[1:33:37] I think there is a public comment.

[1:33:38] Sorry.

[1:33:39] Yes.

[1:33:40] Some clarification could be provided.

[1:33:42] Judith mentioned the rate of adoption. What is the typical timeline when that happens?

[1:33:50] This obviously, it's just the study so that you've had guidance on the max rate. Like, if you said,

[1:33:56] so when will the actual error hasn't already happened? Sure. So let's continue with public comment,

[1:34:34] and plus public comment. And it's been going on for a lot past four months at public meetings. And so we've been having

[1:34:40] notified, you know, board agenda where the board has been discussing a budget since on August.

[1:34:47] And it opened up a workshop that we hold annually. It's our budget workshop on November,

[1:34:53] where the board does another review of the final proposed budget, and then today we'll be

[1:34:59] recommending that the board include set rates for 2025 and approve the budget. That that happens

[1:35:07] It happens annually in November of every year,

[1:35:10] but the preceding months, there are agenda items

[1:35:14] on our wonderful agenda to discuss and review

[1:35:16] the segments of that budget in each year.

[1:35:19] And if I could just say, as you're setting your calendar

[1:35:23] to come to all those meetings,

[1:35:24] we also do it at every committee meeting.

[1:35:27] So finance, tolerance, or parking rack,

[1:35:32] we go through those several months

[1:35:34] before we get to the extra budget, which is our all

[1:35:38] accompaniments.

[1:35:39] All right.

[1:35:39] Sean, one other question.

[1:35:41] I believe we have a list served.

[1:35:43] So they're seeing the goals they want to receive.

[1:35:46] Effectively, push notifications from us, like on our agenda,

[1:35:49] so we can take a side up for that.

[1:35:52] Take a side up for that.

[1:35:54] Yeah, absolutely.

[1:35:55] And Aaron, husband or public affairs specialist in the back,

[1:35:58] if you're interested in getting on any of those email

[1:35:59] notifications, just talk to Aaron and make sure you go.

[1:36:04] And the items where we are addressing adopting the budgets and the rates is actually

[1:36:16] I don't know.

[1:36:18] Those are in another but featured second minutes today's agenda on your action items.

[1:36:28] So you have a motion and a second on the floor and you close public comment on the item.

[1:36:34] I don't know.

[1:36:35] Okay.

[1:36:35] That was moved by Dana and the circumvented panel.

[1:36:38] And since this is a resolution,

[1:36:41] I'd like to roll to all the other things.

[1:36:43] Director Rockins?

[1:36:44] Yes.

[1:36:44] Director Payne?

[1:36:45] Yes.

[1:36:45] Director Spogel?

[1:36:46] Yes.

[1:36:47] Director Friedman?

[1:36:48] Yes.

[1:36:48] President Gibbs?

[1:36:49] Yes.

[1:36:51] Resolution passed assumed in the sling.

[1:36:57] Item D3.

[1:36:58] Adopt resolution number 24-34.

[1:37:02] Adopting the HCR 2024 companies of water rent study.

[1:37:06] I will move approval.

[1:37:10] Revolution.

[1:37:10] Right.

[1:37:11] Very important.

[1:37:18] Motion.

[1:37:19] My name.

[1:37:19] Second.

[1:37:20] Right.

[1:37:20] John.

[1:37:22] Any.

[1:37:23] Working.

[1:37:23] No.

[1:37:26] Public comments on this item.

[1:37:30] In the room.

[1:37:32] Public comments.

[1:37:32] Online.

[1:37:33] Not much.

[1:37:36] And again, it's a resolution.

[1:37:37] I want to vote for.

[1:37:39] Please.

[1:37:39] Director.

[1:37:39] Yes.

[1:37:40] Director.

[1:37:41] Yes.

[1:37:45] Director.

[1:37:45] President of the United States of New Zealand.

[1:37:51] Item D4, adopt ordinance number 312,

[1:37:55] establishes sewer service rates, fees and charges.

[1:37:59] Amending and modifying ordinance number 255,

[1:38:03] sewer ordinance rules, regulations,

[1:38:05] rates and charges, governing the use,

[1:38:09] operation, and management to go to

[1:38:11] sewer system facilities.

[1:38:13] It's a make-beloved solution to adopt ordinance number three 12.

[1:38:24] Move by hand, second by hand.

[1:38:28] Any more comments?

[1:38:30] Thank you.

[1:38:33] Public comment on this item.

[1:38:36] Now in the room, public comment online.

[1:38:39] Non-ononymous.

[1:38:41] In census, this ordinance, I'll ask you for a roll call here.

[1:38:45] Director Wilkins.

[1:38:46] Yes.

[1:38:46] Dr. Pan?

[1:38:47] Yes.

[1:38:48] Dr. Spudel?

[1:38:49] Yes.

[1:38:49] Dr. Friedman?

[1:38:50] Yes.

[1:38:53] Ordinance passes unanimously.

[1:38:56] Item D5.

[1:38:58] Adopt ordinance number 313, establishing water service rates, fees, and charges, amending and

[1:39:06] modifying ordinance number 263, covering the use,

[1:39:13] excuse me, water ordinance rules, regulations,

[1:39:17] rates and charges covering the use of operation and management of the district water system facilities.

[1:39:26] I will read it out for this. We were three for two.

[1:39:29] Second that was by John's second by Gale.

[1:39:38] Four comments.

[1:39:40] None public comments on this item.

[1:39:43] None in the room.

[1:39:45] And none online.

[1:39:47] Because this is an ordinance.

[1:39:49] I ask for gold, gold, brick, tokens,

[1:39:51] $30,000, yes, $30,000, yes, the new gets.

[1:39:57] Yes.

[1:39:59] Organized classes unanimously.

[1:40:10] Right in the consent calendar.

[1:40:12] We'll take on the grade.

[1:40:16] Yes.

[1:40:19] Sure.

[1:40:20] Sure.

[1:40:21] Thank you.

[1:40:22] Yeah, we can take the 5th and the 8th, the meeting will resume at 10, 16.

[1:40:29] It's good to go to the dining room.

[1:40:30] This is the 6th, that's very convenient.

[1:40:34] Go to the dining room.

[1:40:35] Go to the dining room.

[1:40:37] Go to the dining room.

[1:40:38] Go to the dining room.

[1:40:39] You don't care.

[1:40:40] No, no, no.

[1:40:41] No, no.

[1:40:42] It's fine.

[1:40:43] I think I'm allowed.

[1:40:44] No, it's fine.

[1:40:46] I know what it's like.

[1:40:50] No, no, it's fine.

[1:44:57] 143.

[1:48:45] I

[1:48:48] know that it's not a good to have you.

[1:48:52] Local government meeting, motion, second, aye,

[1:49:30] okay, okay, okay.

[1:49:30] approval of the consent of candidates.

[1:49:32] I will second.

[1:49:34] I'm going to

[1:49:41] second by Dale.

[1:49:44] Any public comment?

[1:49:47] In the room and none online.

[1:49:51] Item e3 is resolution.

[1:49:54] So I'll ask for a well-called vote in the consent of no window.

[1:49:58] Direct to vote this.

[1:49:59] Yes. Director Payne.

[1:50:00] Yes.

[1:50:01] Director Felga.

[1:50:02] Yes. Director Friedman.

[1:50:05] Yes, motion passes unanimously.

[1:50:17] Action items, out to one, the doc resolution number 24-35 establishes sewer rates of the group composition 2820 raised for 2025.

[1:50:31] Thank you.

[1:50:32] Thank you.

[1:50:33] Thank you.

[1:50:34] I have the next five items.

[1:50:36] I have a brief PowerPoint.

[1:50:38] It will be representing a few slides that you've seen over the course of the last few months.

[1:50:45] We have brought back the reloaded custom cover slides requested at our board.

[1:50:49] So I have a question for the other board members.

[1:50:52] We've been through this multiple times recently.

[1:50:57] And I know from my I appreciate the fact that we have a presentation for some of them, but from my perspective, I feel like I'm pretty at the speed on this and don't necessarily need the presentation.

[1:51:10] But if you had more members would like.

[1:51:13] I agree with you only because I think we presented this public.

[1:51:22] I'll take that direction and go very quickly, then hand it off to Indra for us to provide

[1:51:27] foster recovery slides.

[1:51:30] I mean, to be clear, if they don't want to see it, let me do it, it's up to you guys.

[1:51:38] I'm good.

[1:51:39] I think the providers cost recovery slides and we had asked for lots of other meetings, we

[1:51:46] look at that.

[1:51:46] Okay, that would be great, but like I said, we kind of did all the research on it, right?

[1:51:52] I'm very happy to turn it up for you, Dan. So thank you.

[1:51:59] Thank you. You are. Thank you,

[1:52:01] board. I know you are up to speed and then run and then run this over. Are you going to speak

[1:52:07] from there? Yeah, I'll speak from here. Thank you for the record and we win for us Director of

[1:52:12] Parks and Recreation. So I'll be brief. At the last meeting we have really good robust

[1:52:18] discussion about this modeling and about these slides.

[1:52:22] So as a request from the board,

[1:52:25] we'd separate out the expenses to reflect both the direct expenses

[1:52:29] as well as the allocations, those dollar amounts.

[1:52:33] Additionally, you'll see down below

[1:52:35] that we separated out the cost recovery

[1:52:37] percentage by both direct expenses

[1:52:41] as well as overall.

[1:52:44] So hopefully that's helpful.

[1:52:45] We also, as you can, as you remember, we had some footnotes on these slides.

[1:52:50] They kind of explained some of the variances here on year.

[1:52:54] Let me take a minute to look at those.

[1:52:56] We did discuss this at the last meeting, but happy to answer any questions.

[1:53:01] So our, I'll call it our overhead charges are near, near the same amount of time.

[1:53:10] And this has no real direct nexus to the cost

[1:53:16] of operating that facility.

[1:53:19] So, our total allocations are divided up essentially

[1:53:23] by the decision.

[1:53:25] Direct and by percentage of the total direct operating costs.

[1:53:29] Right.

[1:53:30] The district and we have, as you've seen above no,

[1:53:33] but no, we have various tiers of allocations.

[1:53:36] We'd have us currently speaking that parts of right-wing evacuation would have been

[1:53:41] stored.

[1:53:43] And my recollection by the workshop was that in staff lots to bring more focused on

[1:53:50] versus in fact.

[1:53:51] Yes, absolutely.

[1:53:52] On the topic, I think I've come here to evaluate whether the method we're using is the best

[1:54:00] method to give it the circumstances.

[1:54:01] Yes, correct. We specifically related to cost recovery goals program and business. Okay,

[1:54:12] ready for the next slide.

[1:54:18] Yeah, so same exact thing here. All three of these slide will work the same as far as what we added.

[1:54:24] And then you get to your point where there is allocation is on all three or the allocations are

[1:54:31] similar to what the directions are. And as Sean mentioned, we will be framing this. We'll have

[1:54:36] discussion about the methodology that relates to posture recovery as well as, you know,

[1:54:43] what we would be including and what our expected posture recovery model will apply.

[1:54:48] Of course direct expenses, preventing portions of allocations,

[1:54:52] I'm going to turn to you there, and then also, you know, we look at some of the different

[1:54:57] components differently, so, you know, there might be some new ones between, say, what

[1:55:04] about the worst cost recovery model looks like as compared to the VODRAM, so we'll have

[1:55:09] a little discussion, you know, we'll dive back to that, or, of course, I would imagine 3-4

[1:55:14] regions.

[1:55:15] And then just one question. So the obsession air that has to do to the bar there.

[1:55:25] It's that.

[1:55:27] Where does that show up in this?

[1:55:30] In the revenue side was light out of.

[1:55:32] Where are we going?

[1:55:34] That went to never have this.

[1:55:38] It's in here.

[1:55:43] But that's a good point. We will look at food in beverage as it relates to the venue separately.

[1:55:49] As a component of the cost recovery, but we'll probably itemize that out separately.

[1:55:55] Okay. Her discussion for electricity.

[1:56:00] Then you can see the same thing here that we added.

[1:56:31] We're going to turn the attention back to adopting the rates and budget adoptions as to

[1:56:35] items for one of the sewer rates at 1 and at 2, we'll take it to those and then we have

[1:56:42] three resolutions to adopt sewer, water,

[1:56:46] and find an effective amount.

[1:56:49] Tipping news.

[1:56:51] I am happy to read these for you

[1:56:53] or if I could help people for to read them.

[1:56:57] Well, let me read them.

[1:56:58] Thank you, I'm happy to do it.

[1:56:59] I even wrote out the numbers when we get to the other ones.

[1:57:03] So item that one, adopt resolution number 24-35,

[1:57:08] by establishing similar rates at the approved opposition to 18 rates for 2020-25.

[1:57:19] We did offer resolution 24-35.

[1:57:23] Second.

[1:57:27] Any other board comments on this resolution?

[1:57:32] Public comment on this resolution.

[1:57:36] None in the room and none online was named by Dan and second by John.

[1:57:44] and I'll ask for a vote.

[1:57:46] Please.

[1:57:47] Director Williams.

[1:57:47] Director Penn.

[1:57:48] Yes.

[1:57:49] Director's Gov.

[1:57:49] Yes.

[1:57:50] Director Bigman.

[1:57:51] This is President Giff.

[1:57:52] Yes.

[1:57:54] President Bush, the House is unanimously.

[1:57:58] We've gone on to item 2, an adopt resolution number 22,

[1:58:05] to work at 36, establishing water-based and tiered resumption rates at the approved

[1:58:12] composition to rate 10 rates.

[1:58:16] So, I'll second.

[1:58:21] We'll approach on in a second by fail.

[1:58:25] Any forward discussion against any, any discussion on this?

[1:58:30] I'm supportive of it.

[1:58:31] I do want to make comment for the first half better than next year when we're at the rate setting.

[1:58:40] I'm going to be interested to, you know, we set targets as part of our study.

[1:58:47] We just did enough. That's sort of a lot of rates. It's the elementary capital.

[1:58:50] We want to throw off each year or want to go into capital replacement.

[1:58:55] So, what we do this next year, I'm going to be interested in seeing how our budget

[1:59:03] for next year ends, our rates are blinded up with that capital replacement amount.

[1:59:10] And in my mind, as we should be indexed, we can, if we're going to be under our capital

[1:59:15] replacement amount, we're just going to have to suck that out, if we're going to be over

[1:59:18] it, you know, I would want to have a conversation with board about whether we should be targeted

[1:59:23] did that capital replacement amount by setting rates

[1:59:27] like we lowered and actually should that be an opportunity

[1:59:29] for us, and that kind of goes for, you know,

[1:59:33] to do a red lotter, so I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

[1:59:35] Yeah, I wanted to do that.

[1:59:39] I don't know about another comment.

[1:59:41] Should there still be public watching this process?

[1:59:45] Adopting these resolutions isn't being done in a vacuum

[1:59:50] and it is as a result of the budget workshop

[1:59:52] that we had on November 5th, and then six months prior to that, that we've discussed previously, so.

[2:00:00] I'm just wondering if anybody think that we just are saying these for the first time and because of their indeed factions.

[2:00:17] We'll talk about comments on this item in the room, not in the room and on the line because this is a resolution.

[2:00:42] We'll move on to adopting the budgets. And I'll read this resolution. I mean, this item has three. Adopt resolution 24-37. Adopting the silver fund operating non-operating special studies and capital budgets.

[2:01:00] for 2025 in the total amount of $9,739,081, which reflects direction provided by the board

[2:01:11] at the November 6, 2024, PCPU resolution.

[2:01:16] I can make a motion to adopt resolution number 24 dash 30 standard.

[2:01:22] Sure.

[2:01:27] One by Dale, second number on board comments,

[2:01:32] comments for resolution.

[2:01:35] None I'll take public comment on this resolution.

[2:01:39] None in the room and none online.

[2:01:43] Because it's a resolution I'm asking for a role called

[2:01:46] Director Wilkins.

[2:01:48] Yes.

[2:01:48] Director Pen.

[2:01:49] Yes.

[2:01:49] Director Goville.

[2:01:50] Director Beeman.

[2:01:51] Yes.

[2:01:52] Yes. Resolution costs is unanimously. Moving on to item 5-4, the water time budget adoption,

[2:02:02] adopt resolution number 24-38, adopting the water funding operating, non-operating special

[2:02:10] studies and capital budgets for 2025, and the total amount of $30,759,834,000. The tree flex

[2:02:21] directions provided by the board. I have no member 6, 24, PC, PUD, budget work shot.

[2:02:30] New approval of Resolution 24-38. A second.

[2:02:37] And by being second by Gail, any forward comments?

[2:02:42] None. Public comments in the room. None in the room and none online.

[2:02:47] and since a resolution, I'll ask for a vote.

[2:02:52] Director Wilkins?

[2:02:53] Yes.

[2:02:53] Director Payne?

[2:02:54] Yes.

[2:02:54] Director Spogel?

[2:02:55] Yes.

[2:02:56] Director Friedman?

[2:02:56] Yes.

[2:03:00] Resolution on process renownes lately.

[2:03:04] The final item and the final budget for the governmental funds, item F-5, the document resolution

[2:03:12] machine number 2439, adopting the governmental funds operating, non-operating,

[2:03:18] special studies in the total budgets for 2025, and the total amount of 26,100,

[2:03:26] $400,000, $300,000, $317,000, which reflects, you're actually provided by the board in the

[2:03:34] November 6th, 2024, to see the Canadian graduate school.

[2:03:39] I

[2:03:42] would do a resolution, 44-year-old.

[2:03:46] Second.

[2:03:51] Motion by Dan, second by Carol.

[2:03:53] Any board comments?

[2:03:57] Seeing none, I'll take a follow-up comment in the room.

[2:04:00] None in the room.

[2:04:02] And online.

[2:04:04] Because this is a resolution, I'll ask for a roll call vote.

[2:04:07] Director Wilkins?

[2:04:08] Yes.

[2:04:08] Director Penn? Yes. Director's Gov.

[2:04:10] Director Bremen. Yes.

[2:04:12] Yes.

[2:04:13] Resolution process.

[2:04:14] Thank you.

[2:04:17] Thank you.

[2:04:18] Thank you.

[2:04:19] Thank you.

[2:04:20] Thank you.

[2:04:23] Thank you.

[2:04:26] You guys, there's your engagement about the bonds in your direction.

[2:04:29] It's supported this and I just don't want to think that this is such a

[2:04:33] medicine.

[2:04:33] We're getting all of this put together and checked, double checked and triple checked and

[2:04:37] ready to be able to get this so they did a great job.

[2:04:40] I appreciate it.

[2:04:42] Thank you Sean.

[2:04:43] We're back there.

[2:04:49] Oh, that's bad.

[2:04:51] I'm about to see Scott.

[2:04:54] I'm about to see Scott.

[2:04:56] I'm about to see Scott.

[2:04:58] Yeah.

[2:05:06] Okay, we'll go to item 6, a work construction contract with a lower meets paid pressure reduce and value project.

[2:05:18] Thank you.

[2:05:19] It's a requesting approval to award a construction contract against aware of construction.

[2:05:27] Let's see a little bit or this item was presented with sewer and water committee. However, subsequent to that we found a bit of population error in our bid.

[2:05:36] So we prepared an updated memo with all the new dollar values in it.

[2:05:41] and are presenting here in action.

[2:05:46] We're going to prove it.

[2:05:48] Just so you know the, the, the result that was presented,

[2:05:53] sewer and water was $646,000.

[2:05:55] $25.00 should have been somewhere out in the actual amount.

[2:05:59] It's $695,000, $1925.00.

[2:06:03] As presented in the amount of, maybe about the front of you.

[2:06:07] So, for us, 13,500 dollars more, exactly, more than what we had put in that sort of

[2:06:15] government.

[2:06:15] That caused a trickle up back into some of the budget numbers presented just when we had

[2:06:20] what, regardless, still under the budget that you just approved.

[2:06:34] You know, working issues.

[2:06:37] I would move that we had ordered the construction contract for the lower needs days.

[2:06:53] I just confirmed that the motion is to approve the three items that's let's get in.

[2:07:01] Yeah, but we're not getting to approve this.

[2:07:08] Thank you.

[2:07:09] Yeah, great. I was human for a second by you take a couple of comments on this item in the room. There's none public comment online.

[2:07:24] I don't have to do a walkover. Yes. All right. All those in favor, please say aye.

[2:07:31] Any opposed?

[2:07:35] Motion passes unanimously.

[2:07:49] I'm F7, a doc resolution of our 24-41 in recognition of Tony Laiwis, the police.

[2:07:58] If not, if not, if not, if not, if not.

[2:08:25] I'll take this off today, this is a bittersweet moment, I don't know, but I'll take this off today,

[2:08:32] I'm very excited for Tommy and his family and Lisa, thanks for being here for the next adventures that Tommy gets to undertake.

[2:08:43] I'm incredibly grateful for his contributions to the districts over 25 years and more incredibly grateful to his contributions to me and my career and my family and Tommy's role in my life as a friend and as a professional colleague.

[2:09:02] I'm going to read a resolution that we put together first and then, and then we'll pass it around.

[2:09:10] I'm sure there's a few other people that want to recognize Tony today.

[2:09:15] We also do have a party plan for Tony on next.

[2:09:20] Thank you.

[2:09:21] So I'm going to save some of my comments for that.

[2:09:25] I want to start by first reading a resolution that we've prepared.

[2:09:32] The resolution 2031, a resolution of the Toll City Public Utility District in recognition

[2:09:38] of Tony Lollio's 25 years of exemplary service.

[2:09:42] Whereas Tony Lollio has joined the Toll City Public Utility District on March 15, 1999, as utility

[2:09:49] superintendent has served the district of unwavering dedication for the past 25 years.

[2:09:54] and whereas during his tenure as utility superintendent from 1999 to 2008, Tony was instrumental

[2:10:02] in overseeing the operation and maintenance of TCPD water and sewer utilities, managing

[2:10:07] field staff supporting the engineering department in the success of execution of capital projects,

[2:10:12] completing numerous in-house improvement projects and rebuilding TCPD's reputation with regulatory

[2:10:17] agencies. And whereas in 2008, Tony was promoted to Director of Utilities,

[2:10:23] a role in which he has continued to drive the progress and efficiency of the utilities department while leading a team of dedicated

[2:10:30] employees through several retirement cycles and significant projects and has overseen the department's annual budget as it's grown from $3 million

[2:10:38] to over $7 million, the great precision.

[2:10:43] And whereas Tony's strategic vision and leadership during the 2008 rate study were critical to developing the district's long-term

[2:10:50] and commitment to infrastructure renewal

[2:10:52] and was instrumental in the acquisition

[2:10:54] and integration of eight water systems.

[2:10:57] Expanding T-Series water connections

[2:10:59] from approximately 3,853 in 1999

[2:11:03] to over 5,700 today,

[2:11:05] ensuring reliable water services for the community.

[2:11:09] And whereas in 2014,

[2:11:11] Tony's demonstrate commitment to the pursuit of excellence

[2:11:13] and belief that innovation, learning, and growth

[2:11:16] were critical to that pursuit,

[2:11:18] inspired the formation of TCQD's core values.

[2:11:22] Day after day, Tony set the standard for acting like an owner

[2:11:25] and demonstrated taking personal responsibility

[2:11:28] for the district's success.

[2:11:30] And, whereas Tony has consistently modeled initiative

[2:11:33] from designing and building a temporary water treatment plan

[2:11:36] to ensuring the district's state current best practices

[2:11:39] and advanced technologies, including designing and installing

[2:11:43] the first AMR meter system, then upgrading that system

[2:11:46] to an AMI system to championing, championing the transition to GIS system mapping and computerized

[2:11:54] maintenance management systems. Tony has continuously driven innovation within the district,

[2:12:00] ensuring that TCPUD remains in forward-thinking and efficient organization.

[2:12:05] And whereas Tony's unique approach to leadership fostered a culture of ownership and pride within

[2:12:11] than the utilities team.

[2:12:12] Encouraging team involvement in designing, building,

[2:12:15] and supporting infrastructure improvements

[2:12:17] that elevated performance and skill.

[2:12:22] And whereas Tony's dedication to service

[2:12:24] instilled in the utilities team a deep commitment

[2:12:27] to engaging directly with customers in the field,

[2:12:30] providing an exceptional level of service

[2:12:32] and ensuring that the district's operations

[2:12:35] are performed with the utmost professionalism and care.

[2:12:39] And whereas Tony has received numerous awards,

[2:12:41] including the TCPD employee of the year in 2003 and supervisor of the year from the California Water

[2:12:48] Environmental Association in 2002 and 2005, reflecting his exceptional contributions.

[2:12:55] And whereas Tony has served as TCPD's representative to regional organizations, including his chairman

[2:13:01] of the Tahoe Waters Applied Association in 2009 and 2011, and his own community has a board member

[2:13:07] the Rokitruky-Don or troubled utility districts since 2000.

[2:13:11] And whereas Tony's willingness to share his resources and knowledge and time

[2:13:15] earned him a sterling reputation across the region,

[2:13:19] with colleagues and agencies frequently seeking his professional advice and guidance.

[2:13:24] And whereas Tony's legacy includes the designing construction of a temporary

[2:13:28] service water treatment plant that remained in operation for nearly 20 years,

[2:13:32] and his critical role in the designing construction of the new state-of-the-art

[2:13:36] blessed late-toil regional water treatment plan. His oversight in leadership and so many infrastructure

[2:13:41] improvements, including the bunker tank replacement and the installation of backup generators across

[2:13:46] the system. And whereas Waltoni's contributions often went unseen, they have profoundly benefited

[2:13:53] tea skewed infrastructure and the North Late-toil community, leaving a lasting impact for decades to

[2:13:59] cover. And whereas Tony studied leadership and commitment over the years, including during critical

[2:14:04] storm and fire events, provided reassurance to his teams, colleagues, and every board member

[2:14:11] and general manager he served on. And his presence will be deeply this.

[2:14:23] There are four behaviors, all, and the board of directors in the top of the public,

[2:14:27] silly districts. Everybody extends its serial appreciation and gratitude.

[2:14:33] To tell me all the others for 25 years about the state of service, innovation, and leadership.

[2:14:39] Excuse me, the board passes this, we passed the adopted on the 15th day of November,

[2:14:44] 2024.

[2:14:47] Sorry.

[2:14:51] The show needs made an incredible amount of contributions, as we all know, to our

[2:14:55] and structure and we try to represent most of that.

[2:15:00] In the resolution, there's so much more I'm sure that you missed. But again, I think that I go back to that last part, where Tony's

[2:15:10] steady leadership and commitment to this district through some really challenging times.

[2:15:15] Before I got here, then obviously, well, I can't explain how much that reassurance means having people

[2:15:25] But I hit this level with that level of commitment and dedication where there's no doubt that from there's a challenge I would show up and they'll work and so they figure out how to protect their team and protect public. I would say Tony said stand for that every day.

[2:15:42] So it's been a real privilege to have had the opportunity.

[2:15:46] I met Tony, well, a long before I started working for the district.

[2:15:50] I mean, I played soccer, I started back in 2000 and knew each other before we were married

[2:15:56] and had kids.

[2:15:57] And I had this unique opportunity to work alongside each other as friends.

[2:16:04] And one of the things that I think is most important to me and Tony and I talked about this

[2:16:10] This is that we have this level of professionalism toning and others in this district have demonstrated

[2:16:17] this level of professionalism where, you know, we were able to work together as professional

[2:16:23] colleagues, but remain friends and never had to worry about those lines in cross because

[2:16:30] the level of integrity that Tony has, you know, we were able to work together at a very high

[2:16:37] level on professional basis and and still be friends which is pretty good to have that opportunity.

[2:16:44] So I will miss Tony's presence every day in this building but I'm very grateful for everything he's

[2:16:51] done through this district and for me and I'm excited to celebrate him a little bit more informally

[2:16:57] that our party next week. With that, I am not saying anybody else, you guys, comments.

[2:17:15] So I'm going to move the resolution. I'm going to move the resolution.

[2:17:25] I'm going to move the resolution. I'm going to move the resolution.

[2:17:33] Oh, he changed it all back in his under-protest, moved by Judy and signed in by

[2:17:43] mail, and still looking out of the name.

[2:17:48] I can film it now.

[2:17:55] A lot of support.

[2:17:58] I've known Toni 16 or 18 years.

[2:18:02] Mettej Tears.

[2:18:04] That chance to work with us in Tr Knox isние a director.

[2:18:10] I'm cutting out a few of you that you've done that for 16 years, and that was in the height.

[2:18:17] Yeah. So, you know, kind of, he's obviously a leader in the steel.

[2:18:22] He's very, uh, approachable, knowledgeable, uh, kind of approaches,

[2:18:30] approach to things from a solution based, uh, gets framed by it.

[2:18:37] And we said, Lisa's gone a hour, too.

[2:18:43] You can see that this is going to be more fun.

[2:18:46] Yeah.

[2:18:47] What I've seen in the Crystal Smarties stuff.

[2:18:50] But yeah, we're going to be issues to build on in,

[2:18:53] but you're paying a few things saying,

[2:18:55] you're going to shoot a goal.

[2:18:56] At least for now, we're trying to.

[2:18:59] And yeah, it's going to be.

[2:19:02] community chapter around your

[2:19:04] now with, you know, that they can see it back.

[2:19:07] You're going to create new.

[2:19:09] So you stop coming in.

[2:19:10] It's not next week we have it.

[2:19:13] What's your name?

[2:19:16] Okay.

[2:19:18] Yeah.

[2:19:21] I'm visiting my phone.

[2:19:25] Which is fine.

[2:19:27] We really did get a new phone.

[2:19:31] Congratulations, jealous.

[2:19:35] With your last, but not too sad.

[2:19:38] We'll always see you around another bastard soon.

[2:19:40] And we started over 60 soft on me.

[2:19:47] Not yet.

[2:19:52] It turns on.

[2:20:01] Yeah, I like to thank Joni, I've got a ministry before I got here too, and I walk in the streets

[2:20:07] of Bruegan, where we stay or whatever, look up for weeks, and scratch in our heads.

[2:20:14] You know, getting the buildings, you know, like no idea what we're doing, once you look at

[2:20:18] it, you know, he said, there's water coming out of here somewhere, and he came up and

[2:20:23] It's a great attitude and we've got to really know through the years and one of those

[2:20:28] sides of your discussions, I think, points were pretty much EIS up and doing it again.

[2:20:34] That was a big step and I'm telling you that, thank you and China, if you're probably involved

[2:20:40] with that too.

[2:20:41] So it really helped me out with my former job, so yeah, good job and you enjoy the next

[2:20:48] after your life, I'm gonna know.

[2:20:51] You're a real comedian, really.

[2:20:53] Unless you're a different man.

[2:20:55] Yeah, different man.

[2:20:57] Yeah.

[2:20:59] And I mean, we've always wanted to get a new Tony prior to the Q&D.

[2:21:05] And they saw Paul with Sean and Tony and Lisa.

[2:21:10] The Times had.

[2:21:12] And then, uh, always saw him at the golf course.

[2:21:18] The graphs will miss you here at Holti Sela, the Walters,

[2:21:26] especially when Lisa kicks

[2:21:27] them out.

[2:21:33] So these pictures, you tell the story of a chapter of your life, you're kind of astounding

[2:21:41] or suddenly going way back.

[2:21:43] And so I said to Tony, thanks for answering my stupid questions and to Tony for me, so

[2:21:49] that they're on a student question, so I'd like the rest of you to remember that.

[2:21:55] But I remember the stories in 2017 being in the kitchen flipping pancakes and totally

[2:22:03] showing me how the news gave the system was working and you could tell where the generators

[2:22:07] were going up and going down and all hell was breaking loose and it was just as cold as a

[2:22:13] time or so. You added so much to this district, you are a part of it and you'll always be a part of

[2:22:22] this history and it's accomplishments for longing to the future because a lot of this is going to

[2:22:29] last all of us there, your name is all of the words. Thanks for it.

[2:22:37] When I first got to know you from the

[2:22:40] The other side of the room, not the side, and appreciated the feedback that you put.

[2:22:51] And of course, when you didn't come to the time of seniors, early-overs, early-overs

[2:22:56] association and meeting, was the district first, the system.

[2:23:03] and I had to write your name in the name,

[2:23:05] because I was circling while the Otis.

[2:23:09] Yes, yes, yes.

[2:23:12] Thank you.

[2:23:14] Thank you for your services.

[2:23:18] Cannot be summed up.

[2:23:20] We still have to get at least this chilling for the chilling meeting.

[2:23:24] That's a good idea.

[2:23:25] No, I've heard about it.

[2:23:26] From the point that they even buy it anytime and get it out of this one!

[2:23:28] I'll get it out of this one.

[2:23:30] So lovely.

[2:23:32] Please.

[2:23:32] There could be Joe.

[2:23:33] Sadly, I have to practice his name when I go out here.

[2:23:36] Now, that's all I call him.

[2:23:38] Well, he has a first name.

[2:23:41] So I have been privileged to sit next to him.

[2:23:43] Has it been?

[2:23:44] When would you be able to be over by me?

[2:23:45] I don't know why, but they did.

[2:23:47] But when Sean was talking, there was something you said, and what I planned to have this vulnerability.

[2:23:52] Tony allows us to be vulnerable, and I wrote something,

[2:24:01] so if you have a presence that

[2:24:03] radiates for patients in kindness, I would take the time to truly listen whenever I need

[2:24:09] to support this very person. Your generosity with your time has meant so much to me a session

[2:24:14] on its time with the patterns, or sometimes when all I need was someone with a sense.

[2:24:21] Because if you are a better version of myself, and I can't express a deeply grateful

[2:24:27] I am for your success that's for you, you're not, um, you've not only been a great

[2:24:35] holiday to your friend, and while I'm happy for you, as you move on to the next chapter

[2:24:41] or not a shame, maybe not so secretly, I wish you weren't going, so I miss you more than

[2:24:49] words can say, so I'll just say I'm happy to see you go and happy for you. So there you go.

[2:24:57] I think I'm getting my mother back.

[2:25:01] I think it's so funny that how Tony scared the heck out of me.

[2:25:06] He's here having to walk into that office and standing desk and his interesting organizational

[2:25:12] style and do things I mean for me that like things very organized the way but it's so funny and

[2:25:20] hindsight because that is all that it is and and I learned a lot about Tony's a version of

[2:25:29] shoes sponges because I swear anytime I used a sponge in the kitchen Tony could smell it and

[2:25:36] would come in there and tell them we use them in a different way, which I would get that

[2:25:41] same thing at home, so I always appreciate that.

[2:25:46] And then I think we separated Matt and Tommy a long time ago, because these two can't be

[2:25:52] crossed in each other in four meetings, that was like 20s, well, perfect.

[2:25:57] And then as you look at this, you can appreciate Tommy's fragility in his own clothing choices

[2:26:06] But I will miss you so very much.

[2:26:11] Can I say a few words?

[2:26:18] Thanks.

[2:26:19] Tony, congratulations on your retirement.

[2:26:23] Well earned, well deserved.

[2:26:25] Keep my comments short in your spirit.

[2:26:30] You're just calm, cool, and collected.

[2:26:33] a man of few words,

[2:26:38] public service clearly runs through your veins, and we're all better

[2:26:43] for it. Our communities are. And you're the dream client because your moral and ethical

[2:26:50] compass is always pointed in the right direction. Never have to be concerned about that. So I

[2:26:57] know that I'll be seeing you again, but wish you the best and congrats on your retirement.

[2:27:11] I will not be able to do justice. I just want to get through it to 25 years. Tony, congratulations. I won't be able to look at him.

[2:27:22] Congratulations. As everyone said, we are going to miss him.

[2:27:26] Tony is a problem-solver. Tony is a doer. We all know that. He's not afraid to talk, but in the end he is a person of action.

[2:27:38] Tony is a sounding board for everybody.

[2:27:44] He's an advocate.

[2:27:50] He's an expert in many things.

[2:27:52] We all know he's an expert in sewer and water use so it's also an expert in power utilities.

[2:27:58] He's an expert in cars.

[2:28:00] He's an expert in salt and freedom.

[2:28:02] He's an expert in U2 and Rush.

[2:28:07] So many other things.

[2:28:09] And he's taught me and many of the engineers here.

[2:28:14] Just about everything we know about.

[2:28:18] He's an advocate for a staff or this was great for the engineering department and me personally.

[2:28:31] It's kind of useful.

[2:28:33] He suits a quiet confidence.

[2:28:36] That is a nice thing.

[2:28:38] And I'll try to tell a story.

[2:28:39] Many fires floods.

[2:28:42] Power ravages snowstorms.

[2:28:45] Cindy and I would typically arrive to the district before,

[2:28:49] and I don't mean just because we looked a little closer.

[2:28:52] And we would run around with chickens with our heads cut off,

[2:28:55] not sure what to do or who would have called.

[2:28:59] And then very briefly, Tony would show up about 20 minutes later,

[2:29:04] and we would just go, because he would walk,

[2:29:08] and he'd already made all the phone calls,

[2:29:10] he'd had all the answers.

[2:29:12] And I know that this happens throughout the very great projects that we're running issues

[2:29:18] when it crews out in the field and tells shows up.

[2:29:22] It has a solution that out of all of it.

[2:29:44] Thank you for your partnership.

[2:29:45] in front of you.

[2:29:48] I hope that people send a log into the group.

[2:30:00] Any else? All right, so I got 10 pages worth of information that it is.

[2:30:09] I'll never add down to that item. As this case, I want to keep this short. Thanks to Tony for all their support.

[2:30:19] I've been working with Point for 40 years, so I'm going to grow, and then I want to

[2:30:29] want to end and know that we will be missed, appreciate everything we've done for me,

[2:30:33] as a boss, as a friend, and the best in the next chapter.

[2:30:50] It's going to be easy for you.

[2:30:53] You've done it so hard.

[2:30:58] First of all, I would like to thank you for giving me one leap off from the time I graduated

[2:31:05] college.

[2:31:06] So when time begins, we've been in full time position, back in May of 2000, so one week,

[2:31:15] the guy did make snow

[2:31:22] this guy has been my boss for over half of my life,

[2:31:29] so needless to

[2:31:30] say.

[2:31:31] We have shared a bit of quality time together.

[2:31:34] We want to go, I asked you on to read something

[2:31:37] I might be happy during the report meeting.

[2:31:41] When 2020 is 2015, your service was recognized.

[2:31:46] Now I wanted to touch on a few of those comments again today.

[2:31:50] I want to thank to any person I want you to expertise,

[2:31:54] the dedication, the leaders, the department,

[2:31:58] district starting from day one and advancing our bleeds getting rid of the old

[2:32:04] 1980s diesel board trucks that had even half lift days. The back of these

[2:32:09] trucks were at chest height. So when you had heavy stuff, I mean you have to

[2:32:15] really get after it. So I was young back then. I was married to the old head

[2:32:26] And I also have one of those once on vehicles that I was driving back in the day, I was trying to get up the hill.

[2:32:36] A very good rich sewer station pretty steep hill.

[2:32:39] I made it halfway up the hill and then the truck didn't have much power.

[2:32:43] So I came all the way back there and locked it in before it all went to heaven and it's important to get the power.

[2:32:50] So, that's a little bit of what we have back in the day, and now I drive on all electric

[2:32:58] boards.

[2:32:59] So, we really don't have to come all the way, is there anything?

[2:33:13] So, I have to thank him for all the technical logical advances in the water and sewer stations,

[2:33:21] new control panels.

[2:33:23] We have to upgrade the municipal pumps into a driver, so we can pump him even though we

[2:33:28] go, maybe submerge,

[2:33:34] new water tanks, generators, backup generators, I'm going to solve the site.

[2:33:39] See, there's really quite some time when we're going to have to power out two minutes after

[2:33:43] go out and feel with a portable generator and a blizzard and hook that thing in, pump down,

[2:33:50] move on to the next one. So backup generators, really, really makes it very easier. That was his

[2:33:59] support site to appreciate that. While the improvements made in the underground infrastructure,

[2:34:07] throughout the district can keep rebuilt and played for us for a system pipeline of replacements

[2:34:14] to remain rehabs and bypassed for installations, water meter installed projects,

[2:34:20] and upgrades drive by reads to the cell reads through technology actually

[2:34:30] in surplus rating.

[2:34:33] His undying commitment to improve when everything he's touched here has benefitted everyone

[2:34:39] sitting in his room right now, and he will be we serve in the environment we're here

[2:34:44] to protect.

[2:34:48] We made a lot of decisions together over the years, such as providing a vector target on

[2:34:55] a beach to assist in repairing a sewer forced main in a neighboring district.

[2:34:59] I don't know if that was a decision we made together.

[2:35:03] That was you, just take it.

[2:35:06] Good.

[2:35:07] Stephen.

[2:35:08] Another one is how we're going to bypass 70 feet of supermaid that we're missing three.

[2:35:16] For a two to three month period and how we're going to install a new section by the, to

[2:35:24] the difficult personal, personal decisions we have made that affected people.

[2:35:30] We were close to her route or career, no matter what the decision was or how hard it was

[2:35:40] to make.

[2:35:41] We always made the decision based on what was best for this district and clean.

[2:35:50] Another thing I want to put it to me is focus and incredible utilities team we have today.

[2:35:57] And our focus to hire people that are genuinely good people that share the values of this

[2:36:06] district.

[2:36:08] The teamwork, the pottery, and experience that have on us through a special, it's a pleasure

[2:36:15] to be a part of, and it's something to be proud of.

[2:36:20] I

[2:36:26] think we're

[2:36:31] going to pick in first friendship and allowing me a career where I hit the opportunity

[2:36:37] to do it personally, professionally, and truly have a positive impact on my life.

[2:36:45] And you've been obviously in public and took a district in this community.

[2:36:50] A better place to go.

[2:36:52] I hope you have your life, brother.

[2:36:59] That's stunning.

[2:37:00] Yeah.

[2:37:03] We'll be short and sweet.

[2:37:07] So Tony called me about nine and a half years ago at all for me to job here at the district.

[2:37:11] And since then, we've been able to forge a working relationship relationship and a relationship outside of work.

[2:37:18] I don't want to sit up here and tell you all the things we've already heard or know about Tony and already.

[2:37:23] But if you have one personal anecdote, I think we'll all enjoy it, but it really just kind

[2:37:29] of underscores Tony's simple but effective communication style.

[2:37:34] So we just happened to be camping at a lake one year.

[2:37:39] I didn't know each other were shown up.

[2:37:40] We just happened to see each other there and joined a larger group of friends.

[2:37:44] We're all sitting down there and joining the afternoon sun, maybe a beverage or two, and

[2:37:50] and all of a sudden Tony just says,

[2:37:52] Hey, Vickers, your dog's poopin' in the lake.

[2:37:55] I'm fine.

[2:37:56] I'm fine.

[2:37:57] And I drive that and the entire group looks up

[2:37:59] and of course there's the dog.

[2:38:02] Silhouetted by the sun,

[2:38:03] and apparently, and I just, again,

[2:38:06] I'm in deep, and indeed, it emphasizes,

[2:38:08] it's just simple, but effective communicative.

[2:38:14] So Tony, personally, I will miss your mentorship,

[2:38:17] your perspective, your knowledge,

[2:38:20] and then

[2:38:24] to the entire team.

[2:38:27] and just having you around every day to rely on the kick ideas around it.

[2:38:30] I want to express my gratitude.

[2:38:33] They've prepared a key done for me in the district.

[2:38:34] Everybody in this room is better for it.

[2:38:37] And congratulations with the arm of goodness in.

[2:38:49] I also want to keep things down, anticipating it to be an emotional moment.

[2:38:56] So I'd like to share key things on Tony's day.

[2:38:58] Shortly after joining the district, I was asked to write a funding application.

[2:39:01] This is part of a project.

[2:39:04] Being new, I wasn't familiar with where to find the data for the justification.

[2:39:08] I asked the vendor and her manager how I should go about finding the information.

[2:39:12] She told me a text to the utility director who was on vacation.

[2:39:18] I still want to hop around me, texted Tony who I did not know well at all.

[2:39:23] A few very specific questions such as maximum daily demands out of the water system and other operational specifics.

[2:39:29] And within a minute he responded with detailed numbers and data.

[2:39:34] I could only assume he must have committed all of it to memory and was shot.

[2:39:38] I now know that is the case.

[2:39:40] Tony is the institutional memory of the district.

[2:39:44] And I can imagine that we'll all be texting him over the next year as we learn to adapt about him.

[2:39:50] Tony and I have offices kidding corner to one another and the sound ricochets off the wall between our offices.

[2:39:56] since it's provided a lot of opportunity

[2:39:58] over here each other's conversations over the years.

[2:40:02] Many occasions, Sonny's popped over to comment

[2:40:04] or simply holler to his input.

[2:40:06] On whatever I'm noodling over in the comments.

[2:40:10] His spontaneous commentary is always shockingly useful.

[2:40:14] I'm gonna miss his shared wisdom

[2:40:15] and consider myself lucky to have learned so much from him.

[2:40:19] At the heart of it, Tony is a teacher.

[2:40:22] He loves to share knowledge.

[2:40:26] He loves to share knowledge and teach other mechanics

[2:40:28] of how things work.

[2:40:30] We've poured over countless equipment cut sheets

[2:40:32] on his computer, which always has an overwhelming number

[2:40:35] of documents, internet tabs, and spreadsheet

[2:40:38] open at any given time.

[2:40:40] That's true.

[2:40:42] When I reflect on that career, there are certain individuals

[2:40:45] that have had an indelible impact on my professional

[2:40:47] and personal growth.

[2:40:49] Tony is one of them.

[2:40:50] He's always looking out for the district's best interest,

[2:40:53] but he also looks out for his peers

[2:40:54] and ways that are thoughtful and kind.

[2:40:57] From checking the tire tread and reminding me to change my snow tires,

[2:41:01] to recommending personal generators, snowblowers, and all types of small engine equipment,

[2:41:06] to the daily musings and sharing of parenting challenges and life's ups and downs,

[2:41:11] I will listen so much.

[2:41:14] Tony, congratulations on your well-ordered retirement.

[2:41:17] Whether or not we're ready for it, the day has arrived.

[2:41:19] Please keep an eye out for my tests and stay in touch.

[2:41:38] I just want to say thanks for seeing so many five years ago, you've hired me as well.

[2:41:43] I think it will be a policy if you'd be lecturing for ever, obviously a very knowledgeable,

[2:41:50] really definitely a mentor leader from me as long. I appreciate the relationship we've

[2:41:58] been able to have for the last couple of years when I've been in the office especially

[2:42:04] she's been awesome to get done with all of you. I'm excited to give you a share to just

[2:42:11] I don't know how about just the January school relationship

[2:42:15] and doing this, maybe I think it's our time.

[2:42:22] Sean, so I go over the different perspectives.

[2:42:27] I've only had the opportunity to work

[2:42:28] for some of you for eight months,

[2:42:30] and I'm extremely grateful and thankful for that.

[2:42:34] I didn't meet Tony several years ago.

[2:42:37] Tony, I was working at another special district

[2:42:41] in the basin as the general manager and we were hiring a director of public works and telling

[2:42:46] people it's very school enough to come over and help us with that. And we really struggled and

[2:42:51] we didn't feel like we had the best candidate. I remember leaning over to my engineering manager

[2:42:56] and he said, how do we get that bad? I never went there so much.

[2:43:02] But I can't say you have

[2:43:06] times out of city and meetings with my staff and you know things were come up and staff would say

[2:43:12] well we need to call Tony over in Thou City. I guarantee he's going to know the answer to this

[2:43:17] question. So the point to that Tony is I think everyone in this room would agree that

[2:43:24] not only have you been an outstanding asset and leader in teammate here with Thou City public utility

[2:43:36] to make sure that you know that's a big part of your legacy.

[2:43:41] And I do appreciate the advance that I had out in New York.

[2:43:44] I

[2:43:52] just want to say Tony, with this,

[2:43:54] utilities team that you've built,

[2:43:56] you've created in the positive change

[2:43:59] that you've created the long,

[2:44:01] almost seven years I've been here.

[2:44:03] It's just another reason for me personally to want to be here

[2:44:06] in the next 30th century.

[2:44:08] Thank you.

[2:44:13] A little great to see you.

[2:44:15] Yeah.

[2:44:16] Everyone's talked a lot about how much knowledge Tony has and I just want to share how it can impact me personally.

[2:44:22] I came from another fellow agency, kind of knew of someone, how things worked.

[2:44:27] But how Tony's knowledge kind of trickles down to many of us has trickled over to us.

[2:44:33] To me, kind of the summary is, like, gives, has given me a lot of confidence to do my job.

[2:44:38] And so, like, I see a lot of the stuff going the ground and get to manage some of the projects.

[2:44:45] And a lot of the confidence that I have is through, from trickle down, conversation with Tony about, had over, sometimes extremely detailed stuff.

[2:44:57] I mean, it's our mission.

[2:44:58] Global traps.

[2:45:00] I mean, we'll be talking with you. Very detailed stuff, but Tony also, let's see the big picture all the time. And I just want to thank him for the confidence that that teaching has kind of distanced until we spread all of us.

[2:45:25] Just to end it, you know, this presentation purposes. Every time we hear the temporary water treatment plan, you always heard WTP. Well, it doesn't stand for water treatment plan. It's after we was Tony's project.

[2:45:53] I'll make it so everyone says such gracious things about telling you, even the park super antenna,

[2:46:00] you wouldn't think that the utilities director you have a lot of interaction with, but Tony

[2:46:05] taught me something really early on. I got involved in, you know, an employee situation.

[2:46:11] I was a scaler hearing, you know, Tony was my, um, scaler officer. I mean, we don't

[2:46:19] worry about people to say anything. Anyway, we went through the process and, you know,

[2:46:26] Tony listened to everything and finally I'm sitting down in the director's office and Tony gives his

[2:46:32] summarization of them. And I felt personally like, oh my gosh, I just got ripped up

[2:46:38] apart for the way I presented my case. But what I realized is Tony's clarity on

[2:46:45] everything is so pure. And after that day, he was someone I was like, I have to get

[2:46:52] to know him better. And I did. And Tony taught me leadership-wise in so many ways.

[2:46:57] And, you know, he, he's touched everything.

[2:47:01] It's sure, my big critic has said it.

[2:47:03] We need personally now professionally,

[2:47:05] just following his guide.

[2:47:07] And he says, I'm really

[2:47:21] not sure who you guys are talking

[2:47:23] about.

[2:47:24] I'll take that first,

[2:47:33] I'm going to take my family.

[2:47:35] My wife is here,

[2:47:43] so I'm going to choose me to be here

[2:47:47] and do the things that I've been talking about today,

[2:47:51] in

[2:47:57] the frustrations and the time away that they grant me

[2:48:20] this board and

[2:48:22] produce boards.

[2:48:30] We've heard here today all the things you've accomplished

[2:48:34] and

[2:48:37] it takes trust and respect from the board to sit there and improve

[2:48:50] and make top decisions that's for making this organization better in what it is today.

[2:49:02] So I recognize that on part of another board and how hard that is to listen to these types of public hearings

[2:49:11] and put aside personal feelings to what is right for the community.

[2:49:18] The millions and millions of dollars in the approved

[2:49:25] projects in staffing,

[2:49:32] hiring,

[2:49:33] qualified general managers and trusting the general manager to staff hired qualified people

[2:49:42] you are the foundation of that success.

[2:49:50] We can only build from that.

[2:49:51] You can only have the opportunity to build from that.

[2:49:54] So thank you.

[2:49:55] This board, previous board is for trusting and respecting

[2:50:00] the staff to allow me to put a finger on making

[2:50:05] this community better.

[2:50:11] To GM's current and staff,

[2:50:16] us. Thank you for trusting me.

[2:50:21] Thank you for standing up in front of the board to

[2:50:25] support things that I felt were important for this agency, for this community.

[2:50:34] It's important that Sean, for his friendship, he explained how we have this unique

[2:50:42] relationship, which some people would shake their head, but you know what, I think it goes

[2:50:49] to the testament of, you know, our ability to be what's right first. That's our career.

[2:50:56] But

[2:51:02] I also want to thank Sean for really taking this organization to the next level.

[2:51:10] I'm proud to say that since

[2:51:16] I've been here and it's not because of me,

[2:51:18] because of everyone and the boards, is that this agency has been on a steady set.

[2:51:25] But it's a day I got here and the word excellence is

[2:51:38] not enough to describe what this organization

[2:51:45] has been and it is to always be as long as we maintain the same ideals, principles, values,

[2:51:56] and keep following forward, and I thank Sean for really pushing this organization in the last seven, eight years to argue on excellence.

[2:52:07] Thank you.

[2:52:07] being

[2:52:17] a mentor, a friend,

[2:52:23] a golf buddy,

[2:52:30] these relationships goes two ways.

[2:52:34] No, I have many conversations that I miss you because I need to tell you

[2:52:42] who's always there for me personally,

[2:52:52] and just so they're good friends.

[2:52:59] I appreciate that.

[2:53:03] There are so many other professional staff members and

[2:53:06] And for members over the years that I worked with, I would sit here for a day and say thank

[2:53:16] you.

[2:53:17] And lastly, I want to focus on my staff.

[2:53:22] Some of them who are here today,

[2:53:27] we are the final of the puzzle.

[2:53:32] For our success as an utility agency, the crew is only successful as we are.

[2:53:40] But the groups on the ground that we have worked tirelessly for the last 25 or 26 years

[2:53:50] to help, to mentor, to bring in people that want to be part of what we feel here.

[2:53:58] I

[2:54:01] would honestly say, in Colby Union, thank you.

[2:54:06] I'll be asking you to get a day

[2:54:07] when I'm most proud of,

[2:54:12] say name off 20 projects

[2:54:17] that I'm most proud of, and I am proud of it.

[2:54:20] But what I'm most proud of is my staff

[2:54:26] that we built them here today.

[2:54:31] They're professionals, they're learners,

[2:54:36] They had come out of their shelter,

[2:54:40] they want to be part of something important.

[2:54:44] They don't look at it.

[2:54:46] It's just a job anymore.

[2:54:51] And this community is lucky to have the staff that we build.

[2:54:59] They've taken ownership of the idea of service, which is our first core value of their.

[2:55:06] And I could honestly say that customers in this district, those

[2:55:15] groups that I know,

[2:55:19] and

[2:55:19] have the best service from this organization, that money can afford.

[2:55:26] But

[2:55:28] Francisco,

[2:55:33] Dan, we're in this range today,

[2:55:37] today with me in the Longues,

[2:55:41] Francisco, thank

[2:55:42] for your dedication, your honesty, and your friendliness, and your openness, and your

[2:55:50] embracing of core values, your desire to make this district better,

[2:55:58] and laughing on

[2:56:00] at least they have a new office,

[2:56:09] that would be best for us.

[2:56:17] You were my first hire to

[2:56:24] be honest.

[2:56:25] You set the bar out of the gate even at the ceiling.

[2:56:34] Or what it was to be a professional utility employee.

[2:56:43] You said give me the tools and I'll do the job.

[2:56:46] And

[2:56:50] that's all I had to do.

[2:56:55] You got in that factor truck for 10 years,

[2:57:00] a six in the morning.

[2:57:02] You didn't get out of that truck until 5 o'clock at night

[2:57:07] until we finished cleaning every sewer line

[2:57:10] in this district every year.

[2:57:13] Nobody has touched that.

[2:57:16] But

[2:57:24] what it taught me as a very young supervisor

[2:57:27] is that the

[2:57:34] difference between someone who looks at this, it's just a job.

[2:57:43] Someone who looks at it as ownership.

[2:57:50] He's taking ownership of a job, which has led to where you are today,

[2:57:57] which is

[2:58:00] leading staff professionals, leading staff, expecting excellence from your staff.

[2:58:09] pushing them to be better, pushing them to be more productive.

[2:58:15] And that starts with you, now started with you.

[2:58:20] So I am very grateful for your, for

[2:58:25] composing those valuables on green,

[2:58:28] and early age, and early in my career,

[2:58:32] so that I can see how important that was for this organization and people in the neighborhood.

[2:58:41] So,

[2:58:47] it would be a great goal for everyone in the swim and

[2:58:54] for the past and present,

[2:58:58] staff, past and present.

[2:59:00] Everyone here is contributing to my success and I'm only successful as successful as we

[2:59:06] are as a team.

[2:59:11] So, we're new here, feeling like a blood disorganization at a time when it is at expense.

[2:59:19] all

[2:59:23] had something to do with that and we should all be proud until they were

[2:59:31] here to celebrate.

[3:00:00] Okay, so there's a motion made by Julie second, but I don't. And because it's a resolution, we need another

[3:00:11] vote, I vote for this. Director Wilkins? Yes. Director Payne? Yes. Director Wilkins? Yes. Director Green? Yes. Motion passes, we'll

[3:00:21] Thanks for allowing us the time to recognize some of you for everything Tony and we'll celebrate some more in a week.

[3:00:33] That will be off record, right?

[3:00:36] Thank you.

[3:00:37] Thank you.

[3:00:41] See, the project reports and updates will start with TNAS for a moment.

[3:00:48] Thank you.

[3:00:49] Nothing to add.

[3:00:49] Happy to answer any questions.

[3:00:56] I'm going to say this for the last time.

[3:00:59] It's so used to pertinent.

[3:01:10] I have nothing to have any questions.

[3:01:14] You really have to win.

[3:01:15] Not really.

[3:01:16] We have a bomb bar here.

[3:01:18] No, we need to write that book.

[3:01:28] Go to engineering.

[3:01:29] We've been.

[3:01:31] It's going to be a lot of games.

[3:01:33] Questions.

[3:01:37] One of the first and round.

[3:01:41] I'm going to keep this.

[3:01:42] We so said.

[3:01:43] There's some way that.

[3:01:45] What.

[3:01:46] When it was you expect to open it.

[3:01:49] but they 30, 30, and around with 30.

[3:01:56] So general managers report Sean,

[3:01:59] and I'll have him consider this meeting with the lawyers.

[3:02:02] I'm good, I have two updates

[3:02:04] to some of what's in the package today.

[3:02:06] I did first of all, I wanted to congratulate

[3:02:08] director Bielin's director three,

[3:02:09] and director Bielin's on pre-election

[3:02:11] with the task in any board.

[3:02:13] Appreciate all the contributions

[3:02:14] that you all have helped us make over the years.

[3:02:18] It's something kind of tough Sean.

[3:02:20] We've got a lot into process

[3:02:21] and so I'm going to look forward to having your knowledge and come to your

[3:02:25] need for one board for a particular board. So I appreciate it. I'm going to look at certain people who

[3:02:29] are in that capacity against congratulations.

[3:02:32] And then I just want to give you an update. Yesterday, we found out that the CPC

[3:02:37] is not expect now to issue their final approval of the

[3:02:41] TOSFIS village until the act was put before the year end.

[3:02:45] They told us that the client had been in January now,

[3:02:49] which does throw a wrinkle on our plans to begin building for water services at the beginning of the year.

[3:02:55] We just come inside the space so we'll be meeting a lot of trust with Steve or the next week hand,

[3:03:00] but the task list still, which I think the company represented, it's the bigger outer plan.

[3:03:04] Once we have a plan in place, we will start messaging customers.

[3:03:09] We will be messaging customers in those service areas that they will be going

[3:03:15] to sewer monthly billing starting January 1st in anticipation of starting the water

[3:03:21] billing as soon as the acquisition can be completed. So they'll be receiving,

[3:03:26] customers there will be receiving notification, informing and with the change to the sewer

[3:03:32] billing and then we'll be working on some additional notifications regarding the way to expect

[3:03:38] the water system acquisition. The time being it won't change. We'll continue to operate

[3:03:42] under the agreement that's in place, you just really need to figure out

[3:03:46] so they'll be part of it. So, I just want to give you that update.

[3:03:50] Oh, that's all I have to add and I'll be answering questions.

[3:03:53] I'll turn it over to you. Yeah,

[3:03:58] I just wanted to draw your attention to a couple

[3:04:01] items in the legislative report. Following the election, just to point out that

[3:04:06] the proposition for the climate bonded past, and so we will be working.

[3:04:11] We've already started initiating some meetings with some agency departments to talk about how those funds, how that funding will roll out.

[3:04:20] This bond did include language that does create eligibility for water infrastructure for fire suppression projects, so we're really hoping to be able to happen to some of that funding.

[3:04:33] And then the other proposition, prop 5, that lowers the super majority, basically for funding public infrastructure.

[3:04:43] It did not pass. And I know that was kind of an potential impact to the active rack facilities discussion, which you guys will be having later. So I just wanted to point this out.

[3:04:55] And I just add that the reason the language on water and the structure is in that climate

[3:04:59] violence, thanks to Kim and our partners at Blake's high water partnership.

[3:05:04] So, that we were for the reason that our partnership, we love you soon, we've got that language

[3:05:09] blood.

[3:05:10] So, it's not a slam dunk, but it serves so many sort of ways to lift that door, hasn't it open

[3:05:16] before?

[3:05:18] Good job.

[3:05:18] Uh, I failed by a lot.

[3:05:23] Um, it was.

[3:05:27] Yeah.

[3:05:29] That's it before happening.

[3:05:36] I guess it's additional verbal reports.

[3:05:47] I will be going to the.

[3:05:49] in the upper jbary, New England,

[3:05:51] over the weeks,

[3:05:52] and we're very much in the district there.

[3:05:55] Hope so, by and then,

[3:05:57] we'll have a little more understanding of where our church is going,

[3:06:00] and we know it's not going down.

[3:06:04] But, we've been lessenly going back to the very end.

[3:06:12] Any board comments on the pertinence reports?

[3:06:19] Public comment on the pertinence reports?

[3:06:22] in the room, online,

[3:06:31] within age correspondence.

[3:06:34] Do we have any board comments and negotiations?

[3:06:40] Tell what your comment on course summons,

[3:06:43] not in the room and non-online.

[3:06:48] Item I, Director Sforum,

[3:06:51] is any Director?

[3:06:53] Yes, none.

[3:06:56] Okay.

[3:06:57] Item J, meeting your name, staff direction.

[3:07:00] Thank you.

[3:07:01] Today, I did not know anything outside of our action item to the agenda.

[3:07:08] Sorry.

[3:07:08] Well, sorry.

[3:07:09] I missed anything.

[3:07:11] Thank you for your engagement, as I said, for the budget and the rate process.

[3:07:19] We appreciate that.

[3:07:20] Thank you.

[3:07:21] Okay,

[3:07:25] and with that, all is adjourned at 1138.

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