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,

MAY 17, 2011

CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:30PM

I.              Call to Order – Al Clark 

II.            Flag Salute – Tom Swire

III.           Invocation–  Mark Zoeller

IV.          Roll Call & Establishment of Quorum

               Al Clark, President                                    Bryan Smith, Vice President         

               Phil Farren, Secretary                              Mark Zoeller, Treasurer                              

               Bob McDonough, Director (absent)       Tom Swire, Director

               Dianne Cruce, Director   

V.           Approval of Minutes – 4/19/11

MOTION:  A motion was made to approve the April 19, 2011 minutes.  M/S/C (Swire, Zoeller), Ayes: 6, Nays: 0. Motion carried.

Vice President Smith stated that Richard Yarnell of PG & E has requested a 6 hour photo op event for May Day.  The date has yet to be determined.  The coordination of this event is being taken care of by the General Manager, Michael Neveu.

VI.          Public Comment

None at this time.

VII.         Financial Report – Mark Zoeller

Treasurer Zoeller stated that there is no Financial Report, since he has not received the April Financial Statement, yet.  He did say that he had looked up our bank on line and shows that we have over $1M.  Director Cruce asked if the reason why we are lacking those reports is due to Clubsoft or is there another reason.  Treasurer Zoeller said that he has sent him questions regarding the accounting software.  He stated the questions he had sent.  He has not received a response, yet.  Director Swire explained that Michael had sent him an email and indicated that Kristine has had a medical problem.  Kathy Casey (standing in for GM Neveu) stated Michael’s reasoning for the lack of April’s financial report.  He stated that they were unable to finish by yesterday with other events happening and Kristine’s medical problems.  He expects to produce them on Wednesday and will adjust the numbers to report payroll entries.  Treasurer Zoeller added that he still has concerns regarding the new software.  President Clark asked him to write the questions down and email all the directors so that they can look forward to the answers to all the questions. 

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.  He stated that he had brought in the newly purchased leak detector for the directors to see.   President Clark asked about the wordage in a section of his report.  It had stated decrease when it should’ve stated increase.  He also mentioned another section that had stated wrong information.  Treasurer Zoeller added that he has assumed a decrease in production in April was due to the weather we had.  Mgr. Harrington said that he thought it was a good assumption.  They have been shutting some wells down for that reason.   Usually there’s an increase in water during this time.  The Treasurer also asked if the pumps shut off if the wells are full.  The YSPUC Manager stated that they don’t have the telemetry systems yet.  The Board had allocated the funds for it, but he’s still getting information on different companies for their cost.  He explained further. 

MOTION: A motion was made to enter the YSPUC Manager’s report into the minutes.  M/S/C (Smith, Zoeller), Voice vote. Ayes: 6, Nays: 0. Motion carried. 

IX.          Old Business

1.        Approval of Directors’ Handbook – Mark Zoeller

Treasurer Zoeller stated that he had sent the updates to the directors.  He stated            they would be approving the YSPUC portion of the book.  A lengthy discussion took place regarding the handbook. 

MOTION.  A motion was made to accept the Directors’ Handbook.  M/S/C (Zoeller, Smith).  Ayes: 6, Nays: 0. Motion carried.

X.                  New Business

1.        Leak Detector Service to Homeowners – Al Clark  

President Clark explained this item to Mgr. Harrington.  Mgr. Harrington explained that the new equipment may not be useable to smaller lines.  It is designed to be used on water mains.  He was told that it will work on 2” lines, but very few homes have 2” supply lines.  He could check into it.  They discussed the machines abilities.  President Clark explained his concerns regarding this service.  He mentioned the loss of man power on the crew to take care of individual homeowner service line leaks detections.  The directors went into further detail regarding the machine and service. 

XI.          Director's Comments

None at this time.

XII.         Board to Adjourn to Executive Session

The Board adjourned at 6:00 pm.

XIII.       Adjournment of Meeting

The YSPUC Board adjourned at 6:08pm.

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