Board of Public Utilities Meeting

AGENDA City of Tulare Board of Public Utilities Commission Thursday, April 15, 2021 4:00 p.m. Tulare Public Library & Council Chambers 491 North M Street, Tulare, California, 93274 MISSION STATEMENT To promote a quality of life making Tulare the most desirable community in which to live, learn, play, work, worship and prosper. Meeting audio will be uploaded to the City’s website www.tulare.ca.gov no later than the Tuesday following the meeting, barring any technical difficulties, accessible by selecting the appropriate meeting date on the City Meeting Calendar page. I. CALL TO ORDER REGULAR MEETING II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION III. CITIZEN COMMENTS - This is the time for citizens to comment on items on the Consent Calendar or within the jurisdiction of the Board. Comments related to General Business items will be heard at the time the item is discussed. The Board cannot legally discuss or take official action on citizen request items that are introduced tonight. Each speaker will be allowed three minutes, with a maximum time of 10 minutes per item, unless otherwise extended by the Board. IV. COMMUNICATIONS - No action will be taken on matters listed under Communications; however, the Board may direct staff to schedule issues raised during Communications for a future agenda. V. CONSENT CALENDAR - All Consent Calendar items are considered routine and will be enacted in one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these matters unless a request is made, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar to be discussed and voted upon by a separate motion. (1) Approve minutes of the March 18, 2021 regular meeting and the April 6, 2021 joint budget meeting. (2) Accept the monthly investments report for February 2021. (3) Receive the Public Works performance reports for March 2021. (4) Accept the Financial Status Report for March 2021. (5) Award and authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Valley Pump & Dairy Systems Inc. of Tulare, California in the amount of $477,417.00 for the Well #21 & Well #25 Rehabilitation Project (Project No. WT0020); and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to approve contract change orders in amounts up to 10% ($47,741.70) of the contract award. Page 1  Board of Public Utilities Agenda April 15, 2021 VI. 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) Receive a presentation on the 2021/2022 Fiscal Year Utilities Budgets and provide direction to staff. VII. ITEMS OF INTEREST (may include City Council, Planning Commission, Mid-Kaweah GSA updates) – GC 54954.2(3) VIII. ADJOURNMENT OF REGULAR MEETING In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Brown Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, including the receipt of the agenda and documents in the agenda package in an alternate format, please contact the City Manager’s Office at (559) 684-4200. Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35, 104 ADA Title I), and allow for the preparation of documents in the appropriate alternate format. [Note: Pursuant to Government Code 54957.5 - Effective 7/1/08 Documents produced and distributed less than 72 hours prior to or during an open session of a regular meeting to a majority of the legislative body regarding any item on the agenda will be made available for public inspection at the meeting and at the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall located at 411 East Kern Avenue during normal business hours.] Page 2