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' MINUTES OF THE
YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING
December 3, 2010
1. CALL TO ORDER
The December 3, 2010 regular meeting of the Yorba Linda Water District Board
of Directors was called to order by Vice President Beverage at 3:02 p.m. The
meeting was held at the District's Administrative Office at 1717 E Miraloma Ave,
Placentia CA 92870.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
DIRECTORS PRESENT STAFF PRESENT
Michael J. Beverage, Vice President Ken Vecchiarelli, General Manager
Ric Collett Steve Conklin, Engineering Manager
Phil Hawkins Lee Cory, Operations Manager
Gina Knight, Human Resources Mgr
' Annie Alexander, Executive Secretary
DIRECTORS ELECT PRESENT
Robert R. Kiley
Gary T. Melton
DIRECTORS ABSENT
William R. Mills, President
John W. Summerfield
OTHER VISITORS
Brett Barbre, Director, Municipal Water District of Orange County
Nancy Rikel, Mayor Pro Tern, City of Yorba Linda
Barbara Kiley, Resident
Lynn Melton, Resident
Mark Schock, Resident
4. ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA
None.
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Director Barbra addressed the Board and invited them to attend the MWD
' inspection tours to be scheduled during the next year.
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6. ACTION CALENDAR ,
6.1. Administer Oath of Office
Mr. Vecchiarelli administered the Oath of Office to newly elected Directors
Hawkins, Kiley and Melton.
7. DISCUSSION ITEMS
7.1. New Board Member Orientation
Mr. Vecchiarelli provided the Board with a PowerPoint presentation
regarding the following: the District's mission and vision; the Board's role
in setting policy for the District; the General Manager's duties and
responsibilities; primary District initiatives; and District opportunities and
threats.
During the presentation Vice President Beverage requested staff to
provide the Board with the following: copy of the recent QualServe
Survey; electronic version of the Board orientation binder; a map of District
facilities; information regarding the District's reserves and debt/bond ratio;
an updated organizational chart; and a list of frequently used acronyms.
Staff will also look into scheduling a District facilities tour for the Board at
sometime in the near future.
Mr. Vecchiarelli then provided the Board with an overview of the '
information contained in the Board orientation binder. Topics included the
District's organizational chart, meeting information and calendar, rules for
organization and procedure and the District's Conflict of Interest Codes.
Director Beverage requested that staff prepare an agenda item for the
next Executive-Administrative-Organizational Committee meeting to
discuss the District's organizational chart.
A brief recess was declared at 4:20 p.m.
The meeting was reconvened at 4:26 p.m.
The Board then continued to review the information contained in the
orientation binder. Topics included the Districts expense reimbursement
policy, Directors' compensation, the District's ethics policy, water and
sewer rate information, required forms and training, and the Brown Act.
Following the end of the discussion, Director Hawkins suggested that the
employee recognition luncheon scheduled December 16, 2010 be
rescheduled to facilitate Board member attendance as 3 Directors would '
be attending the CRWUA conference that week. Staff will reschedule this
event to another date in January, 2011.
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' 8. ADJOURNMENT
8.1. The meeting was adjourned at 4:53 p.m. The next regular meeting of the
Board of Directors will be held December 9, 2010 at 8:30 a.m.
Ken Vecchiarelli
Board Secretary
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