Tuesday, October 9, 2007

6:00 p.m.

Location

Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District

43-420 Trader Place

Indio, CA

(760) 342-8287

AGENDA

Call to Order – President Duran

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

1. Confirmation of Agenda

2. Approval of Minutes for September 11, 2007, Board Meeting (Pg. 1)

3. Public Comment

(Note: Those wishing to address the Board should complete a Public Comment Card and provide it to the Clerk of the Board.)

Non-Agenda Items: Anyone wishing to address the Board on items not on the agenda should do so at this time. Each presentation is limited to no more than 3 minutes.

Agenda Items: Comments should be made when the agenda item is called. Each presentation is limited to no more than 3 minutes.

4. Announcements

5. New Business

A. Audit presentation of Fiscal Year 2006/2007 by Greg Fankhanel, CP, partner of Teaman, Ramirez & Smith, Inc. (Pg. 9)

6. Correspondence (Pg. 13)

7. Approval of Expenditures for September 12-30, 2007 and October 1-9, 2007 (Pg. 17)

8. Committee Reports

A. Finance Committee – Secretary/Treasurer Underwood, Chair (Pg. 35)

B. Executive Committee – President Duran

C. Personnel Committee – Trustee Nigosian, Chair

9. Report of District Activities (Pg. 41)

A. General Manager

B. District Programs; progress and events since last Board meeting. Reports by:

1. Admin/Fleet/Facilities – Brian Passaro

2. Laboratory and Biocontrol – Branka Lothrop, Ph.D

3. Operations – Jim Saulnier

4. Community Outreach – Diane Glanz

10. Informational Items

A. Mosquito Hawk (Pg. 63)

B. Too much water here? Whoda thunk? (Pg.64)

C. Report from Assistant to the General Manager Glanz regarding Special Districts Seminar in Seaside, CA, on Special District Finance, September 6-8, 2007. (Pg.65)

D. Presentation by Mirta Sudaric, PhD Candidate from Croatia, Josip Juraj Strossmayer - University of Osijek, Department of Biology, Osijek. (Pg. 66)

E. Presentation by Ivana Dragicevic and Ana Stefanovic, students from Serbia, University of Novi Sad, Department of Biology, Center for Biodiversity of the Balkan Peninsula. (Pg. 67)

11. Consent Calendar

A. Approval for Administrative Assistant Anita Jones to attend the Annual California Public Employers Labor Relations Association (CALPELRA) Training Conference, November 14-16, 2007, in Monterey, in an amount not to exceed $1,500.00 from Fund #7600.01.225 – Staff Training. (Pg. 71)

12. Old Business

A. Update/Discussion regarding Riverside Local Agency Commission’s final draft regarding Mosquito and Vector Services Study for Riverside. – General Manager Gomsi (Pg. 77)

13. New Business –cont’d

B. Discussion and/or approval to conduct aerial reconnaissance of the urban areas of the Coachella Valley for backyard green pools and water features in an amount not to exceed the entire remaining budget of $159,000.00 from Fund # 7850.1.500 (Aerial Application). – Operations Manager Saulnier (Pg. 137)

C. Approval of Resolution 2007-14 for Finance Administrator, with authorization from the Treasurer or designee, to transfer funds by wire between the District’s Desert Commercial Bank Market Rate Account and its Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF). – Finance Administrator I’Anson (Pg. 138)

D. Approval of Resolution 2007-15 to appoint and authorize the Board of Trustees to be the system administrator for Desert Commercial Online Banking and to authorize the Finance Administrator to transfer funds between the District’s Desert Commercial Bank accounts. – Finance Administrator I’Anson (Pg. 140)

E. Approval of funding for the 2007 Annual Board President’s Luncheon in an amount not to exceed $7,000.00 from Fund #6120.01.250 – Trustee Support. – President Duran (Pg. 142)

F. Approval of Resolution 2007-16 to authorize General Manager Gomsi, Assistant to the General Manager Glanz, and Administrative Services Manager Passaro to approve transfers of funds between the District’s Desert Commercial Bank accounts. – Finance Administrator I’anson (Pg. 143)

14. Closed Session

A. CLOSED SESSION – Closed Session Conference with Legal Counsel Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9 (a), Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District v. Desert Hot Springs pending in Riverside County Superior Court as Case No. INC 068335.

B. CLOSED SESSION – Closed Session Conference with Legal Counsel Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9 (a): Association to Prevent Environmental Damage et al. v. State of California Resources Agency et al. pending in Riverside County Superior Court as Case No. INC 068977.

15. Trustee Comments

The Board may not legally take action on any item presented at this time other than to direct staff to investigate a complaint or place an item on a future agenda unless (1) by a majority vote, the Board determines that an emergency situation exists, as defined by Government Code Section 54956.5, or (2) by a two-thirds vote, the board determines that the need for action arose subsequent to the agenda being posted as required by Government Code Section 54954.2(a). Each presentation is limited to no more than 3 minutes.

16. Adjournment