HEBER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

AGENDA

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

                                                  Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

Members of the public may attend this meeting in person or via the application Zoom.

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 of Regular Meeting on February 16, 2023
8. 2. Approve Current Demands for February 2023

7. REPORTS:
   
   1. President and Director’s Comments
   2. Operations Report for February 2023
   3. General Manager’s Report
   4. Grants Update
8. NEW BUSINESS:  Discussion and Possible Action
   
   1. PUBLIC HEARING: Regarding Solid Waste rate increase, effective April 1, 2023

Open Public Hearing: -CR&R Presentation

                                 -Receive public comments regarding the Solid Waste rate increase

Close Public Hearing: After receiving comments from the public regarding the proposed Solid Waste rate increase.

1. 2. Adopt Resolution 2023-02 setting Residential and Commercial Solid Waste Collection rates- General Manager
2. 3. Authorize utilization of COVID-19 Fiscal Relief Funds, in the amount of $130,000 to cover cost of repairs to the Wastewater Treatment Plant- General Manager
3. 4. Information Only- Establishing the HPUD Scholarship Program- General Manager
4. 5. Increase contribution to SHS Band, waiving Policy No. 3036 -Presented by General Manager, Requested by Director Diaz-Molina

9. OLD BUSINESS: Discussion and Possible Action
10. 1. Authorize repairs to the Tito Huerta Park Snack Bar and approve the appropriate budget modification- General Manager

10. ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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.

Applications for Water/Wastewater Operator and Parks Maintenance closed on Wednesday, March 8. Interviews for both positions were held on Tuesday, March 14. The Water/Wastewater position had 76 applications. The Parks Maintenance position had 260 application. 

USDA Rural Development State Director for California, Maria Gallegos Herrera at the Wastewater Treatment Plant for a tour and to discuss possible funding sources on March 15.

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 March 16, 2023 at 6pm, was posted on March 10, 2023 at 4:30pm at the Heber Public Utility District Office and online at www.heber.ca.gov.