MINUTES

MONTHLY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

BOBCAT SPRINGS MUTUAL WATER COMPANY

February 21, 2018 @ Adriansen’s, 1301 Cougar Ridge Road

Mike Adriansen (MA) called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM. Other board members present were Bob Cash (BC), Steve Kantor (SK) and Dennis Beebe (DB). Also present was Jeanette Webber.

VERIFICATION THAT PREVIOUS MONTH’S MINUTES WERE REVIEWED, APPROVED, AND DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONICALLY. The Board did verify.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS- The Board unanimously re-elected all officers.

TREASURER’S REPORT- BC reported two homeowners in arrears. BC and MA will contact these homeowners directly before the board takes more stringent action. If required, a letter will be included in the water bills to be issued 1 March 2018.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Water – The board discussed potential changes to the 2019 budget to include allocating the fixed administrative costs to more equitably share these costs with homeowners who do not have meters, or who use minimal amounts of water. This approach was previously recommended by Robin Wilkins and approved in an advisory vote at the annual meeting. The board approved this approach for the 2019 budget (4-0; Motion: SK; Second:DB)

Finance – We have changed our insurance agent to California Rural Water Assn. Our insurance will renew 31 Mar 2018.

Local Planning Issues- DB summarized the progress in implementing the Sustainable Ground Management Act, an effort led by the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District. The good news so far: all milestones required by the State have been met and local control has been maintained. The District is now attempting to obtain grant funding for the next milestone, the (expensive) Sustainable Groundwater Management Plan.

OLD BUSINESS

Emergency Preparedness- No report

Systems manual update- No Report

NEW BUSINESS

The next meeting will be 19 April 2018 at 6:30 PM at MA’s house.

ADJOURN. MA Adjourned the meeting at 6:53 PM PM

Respectively Submitted, Dennis Beebe