YOSEMITE SPRING PARK UTILITY COMPANY

30250-B Yosemite Springs Parkway

Coarsegold, CA  93614

Telephone (559) 658-7451 / Fax (559) 658-7866

MINUTES OF THE

 MONTHLY BOARD MEETING,

JUNE 21, 2011

CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:30PM

I.              Call to Order – Al Clark 

II.            Flag Salute – Bob  McDonough

III.           Invocation–  Tom Swire

IV.          Roll Call & Establishment of Quorum

               Al Clark, President                                    Bryan Smith, Vice President         

               Phil Farren, Secretary (absent)              Mark Zoeller, Treasurer                              

               Bob McDonough, Director                      Tom Swire, Director

               Dianne Cruce, Director (absent)           

V.           Approval of Minutes – 5/17/11

MOTION:  A motion was made to approve the May 17, 2011 minutes.  M/S/C (Swire, Zoeller), Ayes: 5, Nays: 0. Motion carried.

VI.          Public Comment

None at this time.

VII.         Financial Report – Mark Zoeller

Treasurer Zoeller showed graphs to the audience and directors.  He explained that the cash on hand in May is keeping up with what it was last year; $1M.  The Net Cash from Operations Monthly Chart showed it bouncing around, but he explained that each month of 2011 is at the same level of above that of the year before.  He also explained that the Aggregate Year to Date chart showed us well above last year.  He added that the financial statement numbers are preliminary.  He had just got them yesterday.  He went into details regarding the statement.  He added that he felt the numbers were correct.    

VIII.       YSPUC Update Report

a.    Manager’s Report – Ken Harrington

Manager Harrington asked that his report be entered into the minutes and entertained questions at this time. 

MOTION: A motion was made to enter the YSPUC Manager’s report into the minutes.  M/S/C (Zoeller, Swire), Voice vote. Ayes: 5, Nays: 0. Motion carried. 

President Clark asked Mgr. Harrington if he had installed 2 VFDs.  Mgr. Harrington stated that he actually installed 4.  He added that they have installed 3 factory startups and they were unable to install the fourth and explained why.  He went into detail regarding the installations and warrantees of the VFDs.   To answer a question from the audience; VFD stands for Variable Frequency Device.  Treasurer Zoeller asked about one of the replacements.  He wanted to know if it was within the warrantee period.  Mgr. Harrington explained the unit stopped working because of its age. 

IX.          Old Business

1.  Update on Beautification Project – Bryan Smith

Vice President Smith stated that plans have been drawn up by Mr. Clark and Marie Touitou ( Head of the Garden Club) is to design the appropriate plants, etc.  He added that he is working on a plan to get water to these areas.  He added that when all the plans are in place, they will take it to the ECC to get approved.  President Clark explained to the audience that YSPUC offered to co-sponsor the funding for the project.  He added that one area is at the entrance to the park.  They discussed the possibility of planting at the wells and why they wouldn’t be able to.  Mgr. Harrington explained why they couldn’t plant near the wells for replacement and/or repair.  Director Swire stated that they could plant Oleanders.  If they needed to cut them down, they would come back.  Treasurer Zoeller asked if YSPUC would be donating the water for the plants.  Vice President Smith explained that they have not made that decision, yet.

X.                  New Business

None at this time.
 

XI.          Director's Comments

None at this time.

XII.         Board to Adjourn to Executive Session

Not at this time.

XIII.       Adjournment of Meeting

The YSPUC Board adjourned at 5:48pm.

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