January 16, 2020 VRSD Board Meeting

Consider and approve, by majority vote, minor revisions to the Board agenda items or related attachments and any item added to, removed from, or continued from the Board agenda.

Opportunity for members of the public to briefly address the Board on items NOT on the agenda, In accordance with Government Code Section 54953(a). Persons wishing to comment on agenda items should complete a speaker card and submit it (preferably before the meeting) to the Clerk. The Chairman will then recognize them at the appropriate time. Once recognized, persons should step to the podium, clearly state their name and address for the record, and address the item being considered in as brief, clear, and concise a manner as possible.

1. Conduct Annual Review of District 2.1.02 Investment Policy.
2. Approve the Proposed Revision to District 2.1.02 Investment Policy.
3. Provide direction, if any, to District Staff on any further revisions to District 2.1.02 Investment Policy. 

1. Conduct an election for the Chairperson of the Ventura Regional Sanitation District Board of Directors to the Chairman for Calendar Year 2020; and
2. Conduct an election for the Vice-Chairperson of the Ventura Regional Sanitation District Board of Directors for Calendar Year 2020. 

1. Designate the Board Chairperson, or the Chairperson’s designee, to represent the VRSD Board of Directors at the CASA Washington, D.C. Policy Forum, February 24 through 26, 2020; and
2. Approve payment of approximately $4,000 to cover cost of CASA 2020 Washington, D.C. Policy Forum attendance. 

1. Amend the Class Plan to add one additional Waste/Wastewater Worker; and
2. Approve budget adjustments in the amounts of $30,160 (expenditures) and $43,700 (revenues) for FY 2019-20.

1. Approve, and authorize the Board Chair to sign, Amendment No. 1 to VRSD Contract No. 19-038, with Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., in order to increase the total compensation by $25,000 for a revised total compensation amount not to exceed $50,000.
2. Approve the transfer of funds totaling $80,674 from approved Solid Waste capital funding for the Toland Expansion Phase 2C project to the Landfill Leachate project. The total transfer of funds is comprised of $25,000 for the amended contract with Geosyntec Consultants and the remainder $55,674 for construction related services and supplies for the new leachate treatment system that carried over into FY2019-20.

1. Receive and File the Staff report regarding the ongoing Consortium response to the Easy Fire-caused damages at the Tierra Rejada Landfill; and
2. Approve a budget adjustment appropriating $2,194,215 and increasing revenue projections by $1,645,661 with the difference of $548,554 coming from VRSD’s fund balance.

s   Feb. 4, 2020, 8:30 a.m. – P&F Committee Meeting

s   Feb. 6, 2020, 8:30 a.m. – Regular Board

s   Feb. 20, 2020, 8:30 a.m. – Regular Board Meeting

s   Feb. 24-26, 2020 – CADA 2020 Washington D.C. Conference

¨     Personnel & Finance Committee

Opportunity for Board members to briefly comment on matters they deem appropriate to the business of VRSD. A Board member may ask a question of staff for clarification, make a brief announcement, or make a brief report on his or her own activities related to the VRSD.   A Board member may also provide a reference to staff or other resources for factual information, or request staff to report back to the Board at a subsequent meeting concerning a matter related to the VRSD business. The Board may also direct staff to place a matter of business on a future VRSD Board agenda.

Brief announcements and report on General Manager and VRSD workforce activities.