Board Members present: Dorothy Anderson, Peter Bartel, Susie Smith, Patrick Lanning, and Sandra Bishop.
Others present: Randy Berggren, JoAnn Andersen, Tom Buckhouse, Ken Beeson, Marty Douglass, Dick Helgeson, Roseanna McArthur, Lance Robertson, Laurie Muggie, Jean Meyers, Tom Martin, Mat Northway, and Krista Hince of the EWEB staff; Joe Sams, City of Eugene Minutes Recorder, and members of the public.
President Anderson called the EWEB Work Session to order at 7:30 p.m.
AGENDA CHECK
President Anderson noted that Agenda Item 8 on the agenda had been addressed during the Work Session.
CONSENT CALENDAR
President Anderson pulled the minutes of the July 3, 2001 Work Session.
Vice President Bartel, seconded by Commissioner Smith, moved to approve the remaining items on the consent calendar. The motion passed unanimously.
ITEMS FROM BOARD MEMBERS
There were no items raised by board members.
CORRESPONDENCE
General Manager Randy Berggren noted that there was a rate proposal session scheduled for the upcoming Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m.
Mr. Berggren noted that the September 19 meeting had been postponed until September 21. He added that the Board Governance meeting had been move from September 26 to September 25.
PUBLIC INPUT
There were no members of the public wishing to speak.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS RFP APPROVAL
Laurie Muggy, Human Resource Specialist II, requested approval for the recommendations made during the previous Work Session.
Vice President Bartel, seconded by Commissioner Lanning, move to approve the staff recommendations submitted during the previous Work Session. The motion passed unanimously.
FINAL LEGISLATIVE REPORT
Libby Henry, Legislative Lobbyist, provided a presentation accompanied by the written 2001 Legislative Report. The presentation contained section topics such as Operations, Water, Energy, Personnel, and Public Contracting.
Ms. Henry said that the latest Public Employee Retirement System, (PERS), proposal had been defeated because there was no Tier 3 included in the plan.
Ms. Henry opined that the Telecommunications Industry would try for legislation to hamper EWEB's telecommunications project in the next legislative session.
In response to a question from President Anderson regarding the status of House Bill 2084, Ms. Henry said she would check on the status and forward that information.
GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT STATUS
Jay Bozievich, Senior Water Engineer, provided a presentation on groundwater development status. He noted that the accelerated schedule, (Plan B), was moving forward and said that six sites, two with offers to the City of Eugene pending, had been identified.
Mr. Bozievich noted that there were issues with wellhead protection for private property owners that might affect their ability to further develop their property but that he hoped to finalize acquisitions from the City of Eugene by the end of the Year. He said that acquisition and water rights were critical timetables.
In response to a question from Vice President Bartel regarding possible impacts to City of Coburg wellheads, Mr. Bozievich stressed that EWEB's acquisitions would have no impact on them.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
President Anderson offered a correction to the minutes of July 3, 2001 Work Session, page 13. She noted that the second paragraph had missing. She offered the following corrections;
"...President Anderson said she too favored the flat general service rate." "...She said that the testimony suggested that customers who were low income often grew food for themselves and needed a certain amount of water to support their crops." "...She added that a summer/winter rate structure made sense for residential with an inverted rate in consideration of low income customers."
Vice President Bartel, seconded by Commissioner Bishop, moved approval of the minutes of July 3, 2001. The motion passed unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
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Assistant Secretary President