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958th
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT
February 10, 2010
TIME |
5:00 P.M. |
PLACE |
District Office, 23187 Connecticut Street, Hayward |
TRUSTEES |
John D. Hughes, President, City of Fremont Marisel Brown, Vice-President, City of Oakland Jan O. Washburn, Secretary, City of Berkeley Dennis Bray, County-at-large Edgar I. Centeno, City of Pleasanton James N. Doggett, City of Livermore T. David Edwards, City of Alameda Paul T. Garcia, City of Hayward Jim Golden, City of Emeryville James Kohnen, City of Dublin Denny McLeod, City of Piedmont Jim Prola, City of San Leandro Ronald Quinn, City of Union City William M. Spinola, City of Newark |
President John Hughes called the Board meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
Trustee McLeod was absent from the meeting.
The minutes of the 957th meeting held January 13, 2010 were reviewed and approved (Garcia/Prola– unanimous with abstention by Edwards).
Michael O’Connor, CPA , R. J. Ricciardi, Inc. presented the annual audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009. The audit opinion was without qualification and the management letter only including one item of recommendation to clarify a vacation policy. The Board did note some minor errors in date and the use of city instead of county on one page. The audit was unanimously approved with the amendments (Prola/Doggett – unanimous).
President Hughes presented a plaque to Past-President William Spinola in appreciation for his service as President of the Board in 2009.
The Board reviewed the warrants dated January 15, 2010 numbering 035110 through 037410 amounting to $76,695.80 and warrants dated January 31, 2010 numbering 037510 through 040510 amounting to $92,155.44.
Jim Golden presented the Long Range Planning Committee report. The District received authorization from the Golden Gate Bridge Authority to use the trust document that they developed. The committee will be meeting with a representative of PFM Asset Management LLC in San Francisco this Friday.
The District Policy Review Committee met prior to the Board meeting to discuss chapter one of the District Policy. Marisel Brown was appointed chair of the committee by President Hughes. The committee will bring the Chapter updates to the Board for approval as they are completed.
Form 700, Statement of Economic Interests for 2009 were distributed to Board members and designated staff.
District Manager, John Rusmisel, presented the Monthly Operational Report for January. The District received a total of 15 requests for service during January. There were 2 mosquito-biting reports. The ten-year average for adult mosquito service requests in January is 5.6. 10 requests for mosquitofish were received and 3 requests for inspections of potential mosquito sources. District staff completed work on clearing ditches in tidal salt marshes in January. 370 linear feet of ditch were cleared of vegetation and debris.
The Board received updates from the District Manager on several other outside agencies:
The Alameda County Chapter of the California Special Districts Association’s chapter annual dinner meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 25th at the Marriott Hotel in Pleasanton.
Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) election for Special District Representative, nominations are due March 12th along with name of presiding officer or designee who will vote at the election which will be held on Wednesday, April 14th at the HARD office in Hayward at 10:00 a.m. Both of the incumbents plan to run again for their seats. (Ayn Weiskamp and Louis Andrade). Marisel Brown will be the Designated Representative at the election.
Forms from the State Controllers Office were filled out for reimbursement for preparing meeting agendas compliant with the Brown Act requirements. The State will reimburse the district for the last four years totaling approximately $7,100.
The Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California annual conference was held in Sacramento February 7-10th. Trustees Bray, Garcia, Golden, Edwards, Hughes, McLeod, Quinn, Kohnen, and Washburn attended along with staff members Rusmisel, Kirkpatrick, Mead, Castillo, Busam and Wood.
Vector Control Joint Powers Agency (VCJPA) Member and Property Trust fund statements along with guidelines or recommendations for the amount of funds to keep in the Member Trust Fund were distributed to the Board.
Board members Bray, Garcia, Golden, Edwards, Hughes, McLeod, Quinn, Kohnen, and Washburn provided a group report on the MVCAC conference. NPDES permits and the cost of monitoring was the recurring theme of the conference along with state budget problems that impact the University of California Mosquito Research program and Legislative work. Trustee Hughes mentioned the problems with getting information on the inert ingredients for the pesticides we use. Trustees also received useful information on HR issues and documentation from Richard Bolanos of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore at the Trustee session.
President Hughes asked if there were any items to add to agenda for the next Board meeting on March 10th, hearing none, the meeting was adjourned at 6:18 p.m.