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Boards approve reorganizations, audits and multiple resolutions; consent items pass
Summary
At their joint Jan. 8 meeting the Carpinteria Valley Water District (CVWD) board and the Carpinteria Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) approved several consent items, elected board officers, received the independent auditor's report and adopted resolutions updating bank signers and conflict-of-interest codes.
Directors of the Carpinteria Valley Water District and members of the Carpinteria Groundwater Sustainability Agency took several formal actions Jan. 8, approving consent-agenda items, electing officers and receiving the independent auditors' report.
The boards unanimously or by recorded roll call approved routine items including disbursement and vendor reports, quarterly compensation reports and staffing appointments. The boards also approved a clean independent-auditor's report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 and adopted resolutions updating bank check signers and conflict-of-interest codes.
The meeting opened with roll call and moved through consent items. The boards took roll-call votes on each motion; several motions passed unanimously (5-0) where shown in the record. Item 4A (minutes of the Jan. 8, 2025 regular board meeting) was taken separately because one director abstained; the minutes passed on a recorded vote noted in the record as 4-1. A set of other consent items (disbursement reports, semiannual vendor payments, and a quarterly compensation report) were approved together on a 5-0 vote.
The boards completed annual reorganizational business: the GSA re-elected Case Van Wingerden as chair and named Casey (last name not specified in the transcript) vice chair; both motions passed on roll-call votes recorded as unanimous. Staff appointments were confirmed by roll call: Robert (Bob) McDonald as executive director, Norma Rosales as treasurer and Lisa Silva as board secretary (with Bob McDonald named alternate board secretary); that motion passed 5-0 in the GSA record.
Tracy Solomon of Bartlett, Pringle & Wolf delivered the independent auditors' presentation on the Carpinteria Groundwater Sustainability Agency's audit for the year ended June 30, 2024. Solomon told the board the firm issued an unmodified ("clean") opinion and that the audit did not identify material weaknesses or significant control deficiencies. The GSA motion to "receive and file" the audit report passed on a roll-call vote recorded 5-0.
The boards also adopted administrative resolutions: Resolution No. 035 (update check signers for the GSA) and Resolution No. 036 (GSA conflict-of-interest code update) passed on roll call. Later in the meeting the Carpinteria Valley Water District board passed Resolution No. 1165 updating its conflict-of-interest code; the record shows the motion carried as announced at the meeting.
Several agenda items were informational or referred to future board action, including project updates and presentations about funding options for the Carpinteria Advanced Purification Project (CAP) and a proposed water-supply impact fee. The boards did not adopt the CAP funding plan at this meeting; staff said additional outreach and further analysis are planned before any financing decision.
No litigation or bargaining settlements were announced in open session; the board convened a closed session on labor negotiations and later reported no reportable action.
Votes at a glance (recorded in meeting transcript): - Approve minutes of Jan. 8, 2025 (item 4A): motion passed (record shows 4-1; Director O'Connor abstained). Referenced in actions below. - Approve consent items 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E together (disbursement reports, semiannual vendor/payment report, quarterly compensation report, Hamner & Jewell scope/budget change): motion passed 5-0. - Reelect Case Van Wingerden as GSA chair (item 5A1): motion passed 5-0. - Elect Casey as GSA vice chair (item 5A2): motion passed 5-0. - Confirm staff appointments (exec. director, treasurer, secretary): motion passed 5-0. - Receive and file independent auditors report (BPW) for GSA FY2024: motion passed 5-0. - Adopt Resolution No. 035 (update check signers): motion passed 5-0. - Adopt Resolution No. 036 (update GSA conflict-of-interest code): motion passed 5-0. - Adopt Resolution No. 1165 (update CVWD conflict-of-interest code): motion passed as announced in the record.
Meeting adjourned after a closed session with no reportable action.
