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Ojai Basin agency reviews draft budget, proposes higher GM authority and flags model conversion costs
Summary
The agency presented a draft fiscal budget based on 3,500 acre‑feet of extractions and flagged major costs for the five‑year GSP evaluation and a future conversion of the groundwater model to open‑source code; staff proposed raising the general‑manager professional‑services signing authority to $25,000 and purchase authorization to $5,000.
At its Aug. 28 meeting the Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency reviewed a draft budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 and discussed proposed revisions to the agency’s financial policies.
General Manager Julia said she "based the income amounts on 3,500 acre feet of extractions over the fiscal year" and noted that extractions through June stood at about 2,500 acre‑feet. She identified the five‑year periodic evaluation of the Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) and…
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