Minutes of Public hearing
Wells fargo bank board room
307 n. esplanade
Board Members Present: Errol John Dietze, Bubba Steen, Bob Davis, Gary Colman, Tim Voelkel.
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: Bob McCurdy, Kay Wild, Jim Allison.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Venkatesh Uddamerri of
VISITORS: Mela Walker, Bill Braden,
Curtis Wild
#1 Call to order: A quorum present, and all
notices properly posted, the meeting was called to order at
#2. WELDOME: Bob
McCurdy welcomed the Board and visitors to the public hearing, and introduced
Dr. Uddamerri.
#3 Proposed Budget and
TAx RAte: Jim Allison gave an
over-view of the proposed tax rate and budget.
The increase in tax assessment, which falls mostly in gas and oil value with
little increase in property tax, will give the PVGCD approximately a 19%
increase in revenue for 2006. The PVGCD Board of Directors voted in a
previous meeting held on August 2nd, to accept the proposed tax increase of
.015%, as opposed to the effective rate of .0135% which would produce the same
amount collected last year. Explanation from
Jim Allison for accepting this increase is to build up the contingency fund for
extraordinary expenses that might arise in the future, such as research or to
respond to legal issues. Mr. Allison
explained that the PVGCD operates on a very small budget, and there is great
need to build up the contingency fund. He
explained further that the District can set the tax rate at any level it needs
to support the budget. A public comment
was made regarding investing the contingency funds. Bob McCurdy responded that previously there
were not enough funds to invest. With
the increase, Mr. McCurdy said that a portion of the contingency could be
considered for investment, and he was currently looking into that
possibility. At this time public comment
was closed and the Board moved on to the next agenda item.
4. CANCELLATIONOF ELECTION: The PVGCD holds elections every two (2)
years. The positions that were up for
election this year are Prect. 2, 4, and at-large. Jim Allison explained the section of the
Election Code Schedule that states that if only one candidate files for a
position, that candidate can be certified as an unopposed candidate and the
election can be canceled. After the
November 8th election date, the District will file a certificate of
election and oath of office. A motion
was called to adopt the order of election and to cancel the election. Bubba Steen made the motion, second by Tim
Voelkel, the motion carried. The order
was signed by the Board president and secretary to be filed with the
5. PRESENTATION OF THE ALIANCE GROUNDWATER
ASSESSMENT MODELING (GAM), BY DR. UDDAMERRI
#6 ADJOURNMENT: A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Bubba Steen, second by
Bob Davis, and the meeting was adjourned at
Sec/Gary
Colman
Recorded: Kay Wild/Office Asst/PVGCD