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10-07-25 Board Agenda

AGENDA

EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD

ROOSEVELT OPERATIONS CENTER

TRAINING ROOM

 

4200 ROOSEVELT BLVD, EUGENE

 

October 7, 2025

The October board meeting will be held in-person and offer a live stream of the event in real time.  Customers and the general public are welcome and encouraged to attend in-person or view the live stream.  Visit the Public Meetings page for the Live Event link.

Members of the public wishing to provide input are invited to do so virtually or in-person.  Please note that start times for agenda items are approximate.  Attendees wishing to provide testimony during public input, or a public hearing are encouraged to be present when the meeting is called to order.

Public Input

In-Person (at the EWEB Roosevelt Operations Center located at 4200 Roosevelt Blvd.) - No advance sign-up necessary. Sign-up forms available upon arrival.
By Telephone - Complete the Sign up to Speak web form. Requests to speak by phone can be submitted any time, but not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day of the board meeting.  Speakers will be contacted with instructions for calling in to the meeting.

Testimony will be included in the meeting's audio/video recording and noted in the meeting minutes. Both are made available on eweb.org following the meeting.

Watch the Meeting

To watch the meeting, click on the link above to access the meeting link.  You may receive one or two pop-up windows after clicking the link.  If prompted:

The first pop-up will ask if you would like to "Open Microsoft Teams".  Click "Cancel".
The second asks you to select either "Download the Windows app" or "Watch on the web instead."  Select "Watch on the web instead."
The next screen welcomes you to the live event and asks you to "Sign in" or "Join anonymously".  Select "Join anonymously".  

If the meeting has started, you will join the live event automatically.  If it has not yet begun, you will get a message indicating the live event has not yet started.  You will automatically join the meeting once it begins.  

Please note attendees need to enable third-party cookies in their browsers to watch a live event.  iOS and other devices may require you to download the MS Teams app to view.   

The live stream will also be available on YouTube by the end of board meeting week.  Visit eweb.org to access the link.


REGULAR SESSION
Call to Order: 5:30 p.m.

Topic

Objective
Start
Time

Length
1.

Agenda Check

5:30 --
2.

Items from Board Members and General Manager
Note: General Manager Lawson will be absent. Asst. GM Hart will be acting in the GM capacity.

Information 5:30 10
3.

Correspondence (PDF)
Deborah Hart, Asst. General Manager/Chief Financial Officer

Review 5:40 10
4.

Public Input: In-person or by Telephone
Members of the public wishing to provide input are invited to do so virtually or in-person.  Speakers will have up to
three minutes to speak. Please give your name, and your ward if known.
In-Person: No advance sign-up necessary.
By Telephone: Sign up to speak - Requests to speak by phone can be submitted any time, but not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day of the board meeting. Speakers will be contacted with instructions for calling in to the meeting.
All testimony will be summarized in the meeting minutes.

Public Input 5:50 20
BOARD ACTION ITEMS
5.

Approval of Consent Calendar - A (PDF)
(Minutes and Routine Contracts)

Action 6:10 5
6.

Approval of Consent Calendar - B (PDF)
(Non-routine Contracts and Other Consent Items)

Action 6:15 5
7.

Items removed from Consent Calendar

Action 6:20 5
8.

Upper Willamette SWCD Investments and Opportunities (PDF)
Karen Kelley, Chief Operations Officer Action

Action 6:25 15
9.

General Manager Recruitment (PDF)
Diedre Williams, Chief People Officer
Lanie Mycoff; Managing Director, Mycoff Fry Partners, LLC

Action 6:40 45
GENERAL BUSINESS ITEMS
10.

Draft Upcoming-Year (2026) Electric & Water Budgets and Long-Term Financial Plans Update (PDF)
Deborah Hart, Assistant GM and Chief Financial Officer

Update 7:25 15
11.

Public Hearing on Upcoming Year 2026 Budget Assumptions and LTFP
John Barofsky, Board President Public Hearing

Public Hearing 7:40 10
12.

Break

7:50 10
13.

Draft Upcoming-Year (2026) Electric & Water Budgets and Long-Term Financial Plans Update 
Deborah Hart, Assistant GM and Chief Financial Officer

Direction 8:00 15
14.

Annual Dam Safety Update (PDF)
Lisa Krentz, Generation Manager
Laura Ohman, Chief Dam Safety Engineer

Direction 8:15 30
15.

Future Board Agendas (PDF)
Deborah Hart, Asst. General Manager/Chief Financial Officer

Review 8:45 5
16.

Board Wrap Up
EWEB Board of Commissioners

Review 8:50 10
17.

Adjourn

9:00 --

CONSENT CALENDAR "A" - Minutes and Routine Contracts
MINUTES
1.

September 2, 2025 Regular Session (PDF)

CONTRACTS
2.

General Pacific, Inc. (PDF) - for 115kV Circuit Breakers. $3,200,000 based on Formal Request for Proposal.
Contact Person is Karen Kelley 541-685-7153 / Tyler Nice 541-685-7419

CONSENT CALENDAR "B" - Non-routine Contracts and Other Consent Items
3.

CONTRACTS

Carollo Engineers, Inc. (PDF) - for Engineering and Construction Management Services for the Willamette River Intake and Water Treatment Plant. $12,950,000 (through December 2029) based on Formal Request for Proposal.
Contact Person is Karen Kelley 541-685-7153 / Mike Masters 541-685-7549

4.

Irby Utilities (PDF) - for Douglas Fir Crossarms. $410,000 (over 5-years) based on Formal Invitation to Bid.
Contact Person is Karen Kelley 541-685-7153 / Tyler Nice 541-685-7419

INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS
5.

City of Eugene (PDF) – for billing and collection services.
Contact Person is Julie McGaughey 541-685-7066 / Danielle Wright 541-685-7074

RESOLUTIONS
6.

Resolution No. 2517 (PDF) - Annual Investment Policy Review.
Contact Person is Deborah Hart 541-685-7695

OTHER
7.

Formal Approval of General Manager Position Description (PDF)
Contact Person is Diedre Williams 541-685-7091


CORRESPONDENCE
 
  • Bertelsen Project Update (PDF)
  • McKenzie Valley Service Territory Realignment Study Update (PDF)
  • EWEB Board of Commissioners reserves the right to add or delete items as needed, change the order of the agenda, and discuss any other business deemed necessary. Action items that do not require a public hearing may be moved up earlier in the meeting.

    This meeting location is wheelchair-accessible. An interpreter can be provided with 48 hours' notice prior to the meeting. To arrange for this service, call 541-685-7000.