HEBER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1078 Dogwood Rd., Suite 104
Heber, CA, 92249
AGENDA

Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

ZOOM MEETING INFORMATION:

WEBSITE: https://zoom.us/join

MEETING ID: 796-978-5637

CALL IN PHONE NUMBER: 1 (669) 900-6833 or 1 (760) 336-1572

The District recognizes its obligation to provide equal access to those individuals with disabilities. Please contact the District (760-482-2440) two working days prior to the meeting with any special requests for reasonable accommodation.

1. CALL TO ORDER:
2. ROLL CALL:
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS:

The Board may set time limits on the amount of time any speaker can use to address the Board. Members of the public are allowed to make comments about anything not listed on the agenda. If the comments concern an agenda item, they must wait until that item is up for discussion. If you wish to address the Board, please speak to the Board Clerk or General Manager during the meeting and when recognized by the President of the Board address the Board. The Board can’t take action on any item not on the agenda.

6. CONSENT AGENDA:
7. 1. Approve the Minutes for the Regular Meeting March 16, 2023
8. 2. Approve Current Demands for March 2023

7. REPORTS:
   
   1. President and Director’s Comments
   2. Operations Report for March 2023
   3. General Manager’s Report
   4. Grants Update
8. NEW BUSINESS:  Discussion and Possible Action
   
   1. Information Only- Third Quarter Budget Report- General Manager
9. 2. Information Only- LAIF Update- General Manager
10. 3. Adopt the Calendar of Meetings Necessary to Review the Proposed Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget- General Manager
11. 4. Information Only-Recreation Center Policy Update- General Manager

9. OLD BUSINESS: Discussion and Possible Action
10. 1. Information Only- HPUD Scholarship Program Ad Hoc Committee- General Manager

10. ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Prop 218 protest period was open from January 27, 2023 to March 16, 2023 (49 days). HPUD mailed out letters to property owners and tenants informing them about the potential trash rate increase. There were 46 written protests that were turned in before the March Regular Board of Directors Meeting, and there were 2 written protests turned in at the March Regular Meeting. 48 total written protests were received and certified by HPUD. There was a total of 842 written protests needed. HPUD did not receive enough written protests to halt implementation of the trash rates.

The Board of Supervisors meets every Tuesday.  You can listen and watch the proceedings https://board.imperialcounty.org/.  

CSDA newsletter is available at www.csda.net.

11. CLOSED SESSION: 

To ensure privacy during Closed Session, we will observe the following procedures:

• A separate, private Zoom meeting for Closed Session will be created.
• Once a motion to move to Closed Session is approved, participants joining Closed Session will exit the public meeting and join the private Closed Session meeting.
• Once Closed Session is complete, participants will leave the private zoom meeting and re-join the public and adjournment.

1. Potential Litigation (Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1))

1 Case: Empire Cat

2. Public Employee Performance Evaluation (Government Code § 54957(b))

General Manager

12. ADJOURNMENT:

I, Moises Cardenas, hereby certify that the agenda for the Heber Public Utility District Board Meeting of April 20, 2023 at 6pm, was posted on April 14, 2023 at 4:30pm at the Heber Public Utility District Office and online at www.heber.ca.gov.