Coastside board adopts updated utility regulations, approves spare mixer gearbox and authorizes committee appointments

The Coastside County Water District board on Feb. 10 adopted a comprehensive update to its regulations governing water-utility system improvements and approved a pair of governance and procurement items.

Staff told the board the recodification (Resolution 26-01) modernizes the district’s engineering and permitting workflow, moves construction and materials details into a separately maintained standard-drawings document, relocates fees to the rate-and-fee schedule, expands the appeals process and updates as‑built and GIS submittal requirements. Speaker 11 summarized key technical limits added to the regulation: “the maximum head losses…shall not exceed 13 feet per 1,000 feet of mainline at peak hour demand conditions…Design velocity shall not exceed 6 feet per second during peak hour demand conditions, 10 feet per second under maximum day demand plus fire flow conditions.”

Speaker 2 moved to adopt Resolution 26-01; after a second the board approved the motion by roll call. The record shows affirmative votes from Directors identified in the roll call (including Director Mikkelsen, Director Reynolds, Vice President Mulrich and the President).

On procurement, staff described the rapid mixer used for coagulation at the new water‑treatment plant and said the mixer’s gearbox is sold in the region only by the authorized representative. Speaker 2 moved to authorize the general manager to purchase a spare SPX FLO gearbox from Misco Water Pacific LLC for $39,004.64 on a sole‑source basis (Resolution 25‑07). Board members discussed lead time and replacement logistics—staff noted a quoted lead time of 30 days in paperwork but others recalled it could be about six weeks, and staff said that if the unit failed they could replace it on the same day. The motion was seconded and approved on a roll-call vote with the recorded affirmative votes.

On governance, the board approved an item authorizing the board president to create board advisory committees, make committee appointments of directors to district committees, and appoint district representatives to external organizations. The discussion produced a new Interagency Affiliation/Outreach Committee (IAC); the president said he would appoint two members to the committee (the transcript records the names as John Mueller and a director identified in the record as Mickelson/Michelson). Speaker 3 clarified that advisory committees act in an advisory capacity only and cannot act for the board without later board action.

Votes at a glance: consent calendar approved (motion by Speaker 5; second by Speaker 4; roll call affirmative); Resolution 26‑01 adopted (motion by Speaker 2; roll call affirmative); Resolution 25‑07 authorizing the gearbox purchase adopted (motion by Speaker 2; roll call affirmative); motion authorizing the board president to create advisory committees adopted (motion by Speaker 1; second recorded). The meeting record does not supply a consolidated official vote tally for each item beyond the quoted roll‑call confirmations.

The meeting proceeded to other business after the votes, including capital project updates and a general manager report.