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
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
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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