Arrowbear Park County Water District
Regular Meeting
November 4, 2011
6:30 p.m.
The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Arrowbear Park County Water District was
held November 4, 2011 at the water district office, 2365 Fir Drive, Arrowbear Lake, California.
Open Session
Directors in attendance: Directors who were absent:
President Rick Weber None
Vice President Sheila Wymer `
Director Mark Bunyea
Director Pat Oberlies
Also present were the following: Visitors who were present:
General Manager Mike Scullin Terisa Bonito
Chief Burt Kent Jenkins
Secretary Mary Dvorak Cameron Brown
Assistant Chief Hall Antoinette Weber
Melissa Brown
Cesar Ramos
Consent Agenda Discussion:
Vice President Wymer questioned the claim reimbursement from the insurance company,
Inland Counties Insurance, for the stolen radios at the fire station. She then questioned
the Firefighter Calls & Drills, Running Springs Water District Quarterly invoice and
the Action Auto vehicle repair invoices. Manager Scullin and Chief Burt answered her
questions to her satisfaction.
Approval of Consent Agenda:
President Weber made a motion to accept the Consent Agenda. Second was by Vice
President Wymer. Motion passed unanimously.
Public Comments:
None
President Weber started with the Discussion Items instead of the Action Items. He said
He would go back to the Action Items when Director Bunyea arrived.
Discussion Items
Manager Scullin said there were 4 normal repairs for month of October. He explained
that the servicemen had also replaced a fire hydrant on Music Camp that had been run
over by a car. Manager Scullin announced that Warren, the representative from Winzler
& Kelly, came up to finalize our sewer system maintenance plan. This is a program that
assures our sewer system is maintained properly. He said they are in the final draft stage
and expects to have it complete by the end of December. The plan will then be mailed to
the State. Manager Scullin also announced that Jay Das, from the State Health
Department, came up to review our reporting and processing procedures. While he was
up here, he also inspected the new treatment plant. Jay said we will have full approval
after he makes adjustments to the report. Manager Scullin said as soon as we have the
final approval, the new treatment plant will be put on line and the old one will be taken
off line for maintenance work. Manager Scullin pointed out the letters from Auditor,
that are in the Board packet, which are verifications of their findings during the audit.
Manager Scullin said he worked with the Public Relations Committee in developing the
November Waterline, which will be mailed out with the November billing. Vice
President Wymer asked if they will be able to review the waterline prior to mailing.
Director Oberlies stated they would able to review it on November 15th and they will be
mailed on November 23rd. Vice President Wymer asked how many applications have
been given out for the General Managers position. Manger Scullin said 5 and informed
the Board an ad has been placed in the Big Bear Grizzley, Mountain News and Shopper,
California Rural Water Association and on Rimoftheworld.net.
Director Bunyea reviewed the Public Relations Committee meeting held on October
18, 2011. In attendance were Manager Scullin, Director Oberlies, and Director Bunyea.
He said that Manager Scullin, Chief Burt, Assistant Chief Hall, Director Oberlies and Director Bunyea all wrote the eight articles for the November 2011 Waterline. After Director Bunyea briefly reviewed the content of the eight articles for the November
Waterline, Manager Scullin invited the public to participate in writing future Community
interest articles for the Waterline quarterly mailers. He said if someone has an article
they would like to submit, they may contact Director Bunyea.
Action Items
President Weber began with questions for the residents who were interested in filling
the vacant Board member seat. The two residents were Cameron Brown and Cesar
Ramos.
Cameron Brown is a civil engineer with construction experience and works for the
Redlands Unified School District. Cesar Ramos retired from the Running Springs
Post Office two years ago and has had two years of college accounting classes. All of the
Directors asked the applicants questions about their ability to attend all Board and
Committee meetings as well as their ability to make decisions that their Community
friends may not like. The Board members expressed concerns that the applicants are
interested in being a Board member, yet neither of them have attended a recent Board
meeting.
Manager Scullin explained that the district is involved in litigation. This seat is for the
remaining two years of the previous board members seat. Manager Scullin said if the
district were to loose the litigation, the new board member would have to relinquish the
seat back to the previous Board member. He explained that if a Board member is not
selected tonight, the District would have to arrange for an election to secure a new
Board member.
The votes were tallied and Secretary Dvorak announced that there was no majority
vote for either candidate. Therefore, the seat was not filled at this time. President Weber
thanked Cameron Brown and Cesar Romero for their interest in becoming a Board
Member and for coming to the meeting. President Weber announced that there will be
a special election held in June to fill the vacant seat and invited them to become
candidates for the election.
Discussion Items
Chief Burt reported there were 2 calls in district and 4 calls out of district last month. He
said he submitted the year end calls and drills for the Firefighters. He said the total calls,
for this past year, were 114, the year before it was 152 and year before that there were
200. Chief Burt reminded everyone of the Christmas party on December 8th. Director
Bunyea asked what the final result on the boy scouts using the fire station. Manager
Scullin said that the Attorneys opinion was to not allow it because of the liabilities that
would be incurred. He said the board had left him the responsibility to research it and
make a decision. Manager Scullin said he talked to Danny Wagner and expressed the
Board's concerns. Danny, understanding their concerns, withdrew the request.
Announcements:
Director Bunyea again thanked Cameron Brown and Cesar Romero for coming and
invited them to consider running for the seat in June. Chief Burt announced that Santa
is coming to the Fire Station on November 23rd at 6:00 pm.
Adjournment of Open Meeting:
There being no further business President Weber adjourned the meeting at 8:15 pm.
The next board meeting will be December 9, 2011 at 6:30 pm.
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Rick Weber, President Secretary
