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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-19-2026 Minutes1950 f/ SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT Joel Henderson, Director Nick Haven, Vice President Paul Hughes, General Manager BOARD MEMBERS Kelly Sheehan, Director Shane Romsos, President Nick Exline, Director Andrea Salazar, Chief Financial Officer REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT March 19, 2026 MINUTES The South Tahoe Public Utility District Board of Directors met in a regular session, 2:00 p.m., at the District Office, located at 1275 Meadow Crest Drive, South Lake Tahoe, California. ROLL CALL: Board of Directors: President Romsos, Directors Henderson, Sheehan Absent: Directors Haven and Exline Staff: Paul Hughes, Ryan Jones, Melonie Guttry, Shelly Thomsen, Brent Goligoski, Trevor Coolidge, Frank Abadondallo, Vincent Stagnaro, Adrian Combes, Greg Dupree, Donielle Morse, Mark Seelos, Laura Hendrickson, IV Jones, Ryan Lee, Anthony Gregorich, Star Glaze, Megan Colvey, Chris Skelly 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: 2. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: None 3. CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA OR CONSENT CALENDAR: Melanie Guttry announced changes to the Agenda. Due to logistical issues the Agenda will jump from Item 4 - Adoption of Consent Calendar to Item 9, followed by 10, 7, 8 and possibly 6d, and then back to the regular Agenda. 4. ADOPTION OF CONSENT CALENDAR: Moved Sheehan/Second Henderson/Henderson Yes/Haven Absent/Romsos Yes/Sheehan Yes/Exline Absent to approve the Consent Calendar as presented. a. RECEIVE AND FILE PAYMENT OF CLAIMS (Greg Dupree, Accounting Manager) Received and filed Payment of Claims in the amount of $1,569,060.30. b. REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES: March 5, 2026 (Melonie Guttry, Executive Services Manager/Clerk of the Board) Approved March 5, 2026, Minutes 5. CONSENT ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION/ACTION: None 6. STAFF/ATTORNEY REPORTS: REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES: March 19, 2026 PAGE - 2 a. Mark Seelos provided a presentation regarding the State of the Groundwater Basin and addressed questions from the Board. Director Exline joined the meeting at 2:1 1 p.m. b. Shelly Thomsen reported that Congressman Kiley recently presented the District with a $1.2 million check for the Park Avenue Waterline Project. She thanked Senator Padilla, Senator Schiff, Congressman Kiley, along with letters of support from City of South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, El Dorado Water Agency, and Team Tahoe. She is headed to Sacramento next week to lobby, then to Washington DC in early April. 7. GENERAL MANAGER REPORT: Paul Hughes reported on several items: • The Tahoe Keys Marina area is planning a redevelopment at the cost of $22 million to be completed by the end of 2027, including several restaurants, retail space and a very large boat barn. The District has had preliminary meetings with the developer and the Tahoe Keys Property Owner's Association (TKPOA). The TKPOA has asked the District to serve water to this development as they are too small to serve it. The developer will need to pay for a mainline extension down to the Marina. Additional facilities will be needed to meet fire flow needs at the Marina. • He will be on vacation next week. 8. ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION: a. 2026 Stateline Tanks Recoating Project (Brent Goiigoski, Senior Engineer) - Brent Goligoski provided details regarding the 2026 Stateline Tanks Recoating Project and he and Megan Colvey addressed questions from the Board. Moved Exline/Second Romsos/Henderson Yes/Haven Absent/Romsos Yes/Sheehan Yes/Exline Yes to 1) Adopt the Addenda to the design Plans and Specifications pursuant to California Government Code Section 830.6; 2) Find minor irregularities in the bid from Unified Field Services Corporation to be immaterial and waive immaterial irregularities; and 3) Award Contract for the 2026 Stateline Tanks Recoating Project to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, Unified Field Services Corporation, in the amount of $2,000,964. b. 2026 Advanced Metering Infrastructure Water Meter Installation Project (Laura Hendrickson, P.E., Associate Engineer) - Laura Hendrickson provided details regarding the 2026 Advanced Metering Infrastructure Water Meter Installation Project and specified that she is not asking the Board to approve Plans and Specifications today. Moved Sheehan/Second Henderson/Henderson Yes/Haven Absent/Romsos Yes/Sheehan Yes/Exline Yes to 1) Find Sensus meters as the sole -brand per Public Contracting Code Section 3400(c) reason 2; and 2) Authorize District staff to advertise for construction bids for the 2026 AMI Water Meter Installation Project. c. 2026 Facilities HVAC Upgrades (Laura Hendrickson, P.E., Associate Engineer) - Laura Hendrickson provided details regarding the 2026 Facilities HVAC upgrades project and addressed questions from the Board. Moved Exline/Second Romsos/Henderson Yes/Haven Absent/Romsos Yes/Sheehan Yes/Exline Yes to 1) Approve the proposed Scope of Work by Integrated Project Solutions for 2026 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES: March 19, 2026 PAGE - 3 Facilities HVAC Upgrades; and 2) Authorize the General Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement and Task Order No. 1 with Integrated Project Solutions in the amount of $128, 650. d. Liability Claim Against South Tahoe Public Utility District Received from Charter (Ryan Lee, Customer service Manager) — Ryan Lee provided details regarding the Liability Claim against the District received from Charter. He and Frank Abbondandolo provided additional details regarding the work staff did on the site. Moved Sheehan/Second Romsos/Henderson Yes/Haven Absent/Romsos Yes/Sheehan Yes/Exline Yes to reject the Claim against South Tahoe Public Utility District for losses allegedly sustained by Charter Communications. 9. STANDING AND AD -HOC COMMITTEES AND LIAISON REPORTS: Director Henderson provided details regarding the Operations Committee meeting held on March 10 and detailed presentations from staff. President Romsos acknowledged Megan Colvey regarding the multi -jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation plan workshop which was well attended and well presented. Megan Colvey added that the District is hoping to bring a plan forward for Board approval in the fall. Donielle Morse provided an update regarding El Dorado County applying for more funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which the District is included. 10. 9. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS: Director Henderson provided details regarding the Employee Communications Committee meeting that was held on Wednesday, which was well attended. The Employee of the Month is Garth Butz. 11. NOTICE OF PAST AND FUTURE MEETINGS/EVENTS 12. BREAK AND ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION: 3:05 p.m. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION: 3:14 p.m. a. Pursuant to Section 54956.9(d) (1) of the California Government code, Closed Session may be held for conference with legal counsel regarding existing litigation: Yolo County Superior Court Case CV 2021-1686, Alpine County vs. South Tahoe Public Utility District; et al. No reportable Board Action ADJOURNMENT: 3:15 P.M. Shane Romsos, Board President South Tahoe Public Utility District Melonie Guttry, Executive Services Manager/ Clerk of the BilQrd South Tahoe Public Utility District