HEBER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1078 Dogwood Rd., Suite 103
Heber, CA, 92249

AGENDA (Amended)

Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.

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MEETING ID: 796-978-5637
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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:

1. Approve the Minutes for the Regular Meeting on March 19, 2024
2. Approve Current Demands for March 2024
3. Ratify Amendment to the Employment Agreement with Madeline Dessert, General Manager
4. Adopt Resolution 2024-1 to Ratify the Salary Schedule

7. REPORTS:

1. President and Director's Comments
2. Operations Report for March 2024
3. General Manager's Report
4. Grants Update

8. NEW BUSINESS:Discussion and Possible Action

1. Presentation regarding Senate Bill 1309 – District Representative, 18th District, Guillermo Hernandez
2. Authorize Board President to sign a letter in support of Senate Bill 1309 to Senator Steve Padilla – General Manager
3. Information Only: Third Quarter Budget Review – Finance Manager
4. Information Only: LAIF Update – General Manager
5. Adopt the Calendar of Meetings Necessary to Review the Proposed Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget – General Manager
6. Ratify Amendments to HPUD Policy Manual Replacing Office Manager with Grants Manager – General Manager
7. Discussion and Possible action regarding changes to HPUD Policy Manual Policy #2601, Meeting Stipend – As Requested by Director Sandoval

9. ANNOUNCEMENTS:

- May 19 – May 25th is Special Districts Week!

- HPUD Would like to welcome Jacob Bermudez to the team as our 1st Grants Manager

- Next Community Clean Up Day scheduled for April 27, 2024 7:00 am to 12:00 pm

- Reminder: Please file form 700s with the County Registrar of Voters – DEADLINE April 2, 2024.

10. CLOSED SESSION:

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

• The Board President will enter Closed Session. Members of the public will exit the boardroom.

1. Public Employee Performance Evaluation (Government Code § 54957(b))
   General Manager
2. Conference with Labor Negotiators (Government Code § 54957.6)
   Agency Designated Representatives: General Manager, General

11. ADJOURNMENT:

I, Madeline Dessert, hereby certify that the agenda for the Heber Public Utility District Board Meeting of April 18, 2024 at 6pm, was posted on April 13th, 2024 at 12:30pm at the Heber Public Utility District Office and online at www.heber.ca.gov.