Board of Public Utilities Meeting

3107 ACTION MINUTES OF BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONERS CITY OF TULARE March 15, 2018 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Utilities Commissioners, City of Tulare, was held on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. in the Tulare Public Library & Council Chambers. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: James Pennington, Howard Stroman, Thomas Griesbach, Gregory Blevins BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Chris Soria STUDENTS PRESENT: Esmeralda Arellano STUDENTS ABSENT: Maribel Lupercio, Alicia Aroche STAFF PRESENT: Joe Carlini, Sarah Tobias, Michael Miller, Darlene Thompson, Trisha Whitfield, Nick Bartsch, Tim Doyle, Frank Rodriguez, Ben Siegel, Steve Bonville, Roxanne Yoder I. CALL TO ORDER REGULAR SESSION President Pennington called the regular session to order at 4:02 p.m. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION President Pennington led the Pledge of Allegiance and an invocation was led by Vice President Stroman. III. CITIZEN COMMENTS President Pennington advised that comments from the public are for items within the jurisdiction of the Board. Speakers will be allowed three minutes. There were no citizen comments presented. IV. COMMUNICATIONS There were no items for this section on the agenda. V. STUDENT REPORTS No report.  3108 VI. CONSENT CALENDAR It was moved by Vice President Stroman, seconded by Board Member Griesbach and unanimously carried that the items on the Consent Calendar be approved as presented with the exception of item(s) 3, 6 & 7. (1) Approve minutes of March 1, 2018 regular and/or special meeting(s). (2) Receive, review and file the Monthly Investment Report for January 2018. (3) Accept the Financial Status Report. President Pennington pulled the item for clarification. Staff responded thereto. Following discussion it was moved by President Pennington, seconded by Board Member Griesbach and carried 4 to 0 (Board Member Soria absent) to approve the item as presented. (4) Award Bid 18-649 to Will Tiesiera Ford in the amount of $122,255.67 for the purchase of three (3) 2018 Ford Three Quarter (3/4) Ton Regular Cab Trucks for the Water Division. (5) Accept Water System Development Program update. (6) Receive the Public Works performance reports for February 2018. President Pennington pulled the item for clarification. Staff responded thereto. Following discussion it was moved by President Pennington, seconded by Vice President Stroman and carried 4 to 0 (Board Member Soria absent) to approve the item as presented. (7) Accept Public Works Monthly Water System report. Board Member Griesbach pulled the item for clarification. Staff responded thereto. Following discussion it was moved by Board Member Griesbach, seconded by President Pennington and carried 4 to 0 (Board Member Soria absent) to approve the item as presented. VII. GENERAL BUSINESS: Comments related to General Business Items are limited to three minutes per speaker for a maximum of 30 minutes per item unless otherwise extended by the Board. (1) Update and discussion regarding roll-off services. Public Works Director Trisha Whitfield provided a report for the Board’s consideration. Questions and comments posed by the Board addressed by staff. Following discussion, the Board suggested, by consensus staff take steps to update the Resolution revising the list of haulers, clarifying who hauls and those materials the City will not process, reporting requirements, and that third party private haulers, that own their own containers, may pull the material they choose from within containers. Staff will continue to research the matter and will bring back at a future meeting.  3109 (2) Receive information regarding the loss of savings for the City due to the delay of the commissioning test performed by Southern California Edison for the fuel cell. City Manager Joe Carlini provided a report for the Board’s review and consideration. Questions and comments posed by the Board addressed by Mr. Carlini. Informational item only. (3) Receive the Fuel Cell performance report for February 2018 and provide direction for additional reporting or modifications. Management Analyst Ben Siegel provided a report for the Board’s review and consideration. The Board expressed having both graphs and numbers on future reports to be presented every two months (i.e. February’s data to be reviewed in April, etc.) VIII. ITEMS OF BOARD INTERESTS (may include City Council and Planning Commission updates) – GC 54954.2(3) Items of Board interest were discussed among the Board and staff. IX. ADJOURN REGULAR MEETING President Pennington adjourned the regular meeting at 5:56 p.m. __________________________________ President of the Board of Public Utilities Commissioners of the City of Tulare ATTEST: __________________________ Secretary of the Board of Public Utilities Commissioners