Mosquito and Vector Management District

of Santa Barbara County

 

Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees

Hope School, Central Library, 3970 La Colina Road, Santa Barbara, CA

 

May 14, 2009, 2:00 PM

 

DIRECTIONS TO THE MEETING LOCATION: The building is on the north side of La Colina Road. The Board Room is located at the front of the building towards the street, and the Library is at the center of campus east of the flagpole.

ADA Compliance: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, special assistance can be obtained by contacting the General Manager at 805-969-5050 extension 222. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will facilitate reasonable accommodation in most cases.

Public Records Availability: pursuant to California Government Code Section 54957.5, any public records that are distributed less than 72 hours prior to this meeting to all, or a majority of all, of the Board of Trustee members in connection with any agenda item (other than closed sessions) will be available for public inspection at the time of such distribution or during the Board meeting or at the District office located at 2450 Lillie Ave. in Summerland, CA.

AGENDA

1.      ROLL CALL

 

2.      CONFIRMATION OF AGENDA

 

3.      STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS regarding District business

 

4.      CORRESPONDENCE

 

5.      PUBLIC COMMENT. Time reserved for the public to address the Board of Trustees relative to matters of District business not on the agenda. Comment time regarding specific agenda items will be available during consideration of the particular agenda items.

 

6.      ITEMS OF GENERAL CONSENT. The following items can be approved by a single action of the Board. Items requiring additional discussion may be withdrawn from the listing and addressed in separate actions. [see attachments for each]

 

A.     Approval of Minutes of the regular meeting held April 9, 2009. (pg. 1)

B.  Approval of Financial Statements for County Fund 4160, for April 2009. (pg. 5)

C.  Approval of the Warrant Register, for April 2009. (pg. 8)

D.  Approval of the Disease Surveillance Report, for April 2009 (pg. 9)

E.  Approval of the District Operations Report, for April 2009 (pg. 11)

 

7.      OLD BUSINESS

A.     Discussion and Approval of Modified Logo Design – Discussion regarding the modifications made to the winning college logo submission. Approval of changes and adoption of logo or direction for continued changes.

B.     Approval of Policy and Procedures Manual – Manual contains all changes as recommended by Board of Trustees and recommendations from District Council.

C.    Discussion of Proposal by Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District – The Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District has requested that and ad hoc committee be formed comprised of two trustees from each district.

 

8.      NEW BUSINESS.

A.     Approval to Transfer an Amount Necessary to Maintain YTD Accumulated Depreciation in Fund 4161 – Asset Reserves – The auditors recommended maintaining an asset reserve fund in an amount equal to the District’s total accumulated appreciation. Currently Fund 4161 contains $282,356.36; total accumulated appreciation to date is $339,932 which accounts for a difference of $57,575.64.

B.     Discussion of Draft FY 2009-10 Budget – Budget has been reviewed by budget committee, discussion regarding direction on specific line items (additional staff, travel expenses, long range planning, etc.) (pg. 12).

C.    Approval of Resolution 2009-01 – Approval to declare intent to levy assessments, approve the engineers report and provide notice of public hearing for FY 2009-10 Zone 1 benefit assessment (pg. 14).

D.    Approval of Resolution 2009-02 – Approval to declare intent to levy assessments, approve the engineers report and provide notice of public hearing for FY 2009-10 Zone 2 benefit assessment (pg. 18).

E.     Approval of Resolution 2009-03 – Approval to provide an accumulated sick leave for service credit exchange option for staff in the Santa Barbara County Retirement System (pg. 22).

F.     Discussion of NPDES Permit Status and the Progress of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Cotton Industry Decision – Summary of case progress and the measures being taken by the District to comply with this ruling (pg. 23).

G.    Discussion of Operational Strategies in Relation to the Wildfire Burn Areas – Discussion and direction form board on operational focus, workload management and additional costs associated with mosquito breeding in the Tea fire and Jesusita fire areas.

H.    Discussion and/or Approval for Trustee Blair to Attend the Santa Barbara County Special District Association (SBSDA) Chapter Meeting in Solvang on May 18, 2009. The purpose of the SBSDA is to advocate constructive means for the improvement and functioning of independent Special Districts within the County of Santa Barbara, and to assist such independent Special Districts and their governing bodies. Trustee Blair would like to attend as a representative of the MVM District and estimates his expenses to be less than $65. To date an agenda for this meeting has not been posted to the SBSDA website.

 

9.      MANAGER’S REPORT (pg. 25)

 

10.  BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

11.  CLOSED SESSION – None

 

12.   ADJOURNMENT     (next scheduled meeting: Thursday, 11 June 2009, 2 pm)

 

 

 

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF POSTING

 

I, Brian Passaro, General Manager of the Mosquito and Vector Management District of Santa Barbara County, verify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California, that the foregoing agenda was posted not less than 72 hours prior to the afore mentioned meeting.

 

 

 

 

______________________________

Brian N. Passaro

General Manager