EXHIBIT 24-A

 

Draft Minutes

Administrative Committee of the

Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

August 6, 2010

 

 

Committee Members present:          Alvin Edwards, Judi Lehman and David Pendergrass

 

Staff members present:      Rick Dickhaut, Stephanie Pintar, Sara Reyes, and Kevan Urquhart  

 

Call to Order

 

The meeting was called to order at 8:05 AM in the District Conference Room.  

 

Oral Communications

 

No public comment was received.

 

Items on Board Agenda for August 16, 2010

 

Consider Expenditure of Budgeted Funds to Contract with Spot Water Management to Conduct Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor Training in the MPWMD

 

Stephanie Pintar, Water Demand Manager, reported on this item and answered questions from the committee.  The committee voted 2 to 0 to recommend the Board authorize the General Manager to enter into a contract with Spot Water Management to conduct the Landscape Irrigation Auditor training for an amount not-to-exceed $5,500.  Director Edwards was absent for this item.

 

Consider Expenditure of Budgeted Funds to Contract with the California Conservation Corps for Fall 2010

Vegetation Management Activities

 

Rick Dickhaut, Chief Financial Officer/Administrative Services Supervisor, reported on this item and answered questions from the committee.  The committee voted 2 to 0 to recommend the Board authorize the General Manager to enter into a contract with the California Conservation Corps for assistance with vegetation management in the Carmel River, at a cost not-to-exceed $16,200.  Director Edwards was absent for this item.

 

Consider Expenditure of Budgeted Funds to Contract with DHDettman to Provide Support on Sleepy Hollow Steelhead Rearing Facility Priority Tasks

 

Kevan Urquhart, Senior. Fisheries Biologist, reported on this item and answered questions from the committee.   The committee voted 3 to 0 to recommend the Board approve expenditure of funds in a not-to-exceed amount of $4,000 to contract with DH Dettman to: 1) provide ongoing advice on recommended approaches for emergency repairs at the Sleepy Hollow Steelhead Rearing Facility (SHSRF), 2) assist District staff in the review and revision of plans, grants and contracts to retrofit the water intake at the SHSRF’s Rescue and Rearing Management Plan (RRMP), and 3) assist District staff in the final review and revision of the SHSRF’s RRMP, based on final public comments received after NMFS publishes the RRMP in the Federal Record.

 

Consider Expenditure of Budgeted Funds to Purchase Compact Hybrid Sedan

 

Rick Dickhaut distributed a revised staff report containing bid information received on August 3, 2010.  The committee voted 2 to 0 to recommend the Board authorize expenditure of budgeted funds to purchase a 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid from Cypress Coast Honda at a total cost of $21,293.26.  Director Edwards was absent for this item.

Consider Ratification of Expenditure of Budgeted Funds to Purchase Microsoft Office 2010 Upgrades and Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 Server Software

Rick Dickhaut reported on this item and answered questions from the committee.  Mr. Dickhaut reported that due to the Chief Technology Officer Inder Osahan’s unanticipated absence from work, authorization of the purchases of the Microsoft Office and Sharepoint software was not obtained from the Administrative Committee and Board of Directors in advance of the purchases.  Staff is requesting ratification of these purchases at this time.  The committee voted 3 to 0 to recommend the Board consider ratification of expenditure of budgeted funds for the purchase of 30 copies of the Microsoft Office 2010 upgrade at a total cost of $7,650 and various Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 server software components at a total cost of $6,277. 

 

Consider Approval of Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2009-10 Investment Report

 

Rick Dickhaut reported on this item and answered questions from the committee.  The committee voted 3 to 0 to recommend the Board approve the Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2009-10 Investment Report.

 

Other Business

Review Draft Agenda for August 16, 2010 Regular Board Meeting

 

Sara Reyes, Office Services Supervisor, distributed a revised August 16, 2010 agenda and reported that Consent Calendar Item 3 – Consider Adoption of Procedure for Selection of Board Representative to the Watermaster, was added to the agenda.  The committee made no changes to the agenda.

 

Adjournment

 

The meeting was adjourned at 8:26 AM.

 

 

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