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General manager outlines capital priorities: generators, Blacker Canal, insurance and pond treatment
Summary
The general manager reported on year-to-date finances, an IT consultant grant, a 14% insurance premium increase, duckweed pond treatment delays due to groundwater, estimates for pump-station generators, and uncertainty over federal BRIC/FEMA funding for Blacker Canal repairs.
General Manager provided a multi-part operations and capital update to the Reclamation District 900 board on April 16, reporting on year-to-date finances, grant and IT consultant activity, insurance-cost increases, planned pond treatment, pump-station backup-generator needs, and uncertainty over federal mitigation funding for the Blacker Canal project.
On finances the general manager said year-to-date revenue was about $3,900,000 and expenditures about $1,300,000, with approximately $12,900,000 held in the district treasury through Yolo County as of February 2025. He reported that an IT consultant engaged under the district's grant program had begun on-site work and would be helping district systems and recommendations over an anticipated three-year engagement.
On insurance, the general manager said the district's policy renewed April 1 with a roughly 14% premium increase to $137,000, driven by updated…
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