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Home My WebLink AboutFINANCE ACTION SUMMARY 01-21-14Jl Central Contra Costa Sanitary District SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA SANITARY DISTRICT FINANCE COMMITTEE ACTION SUMMARY Chair Causey Member Nejedly Tuesday, January 21, 2014 3:00 p.m. Executive Conference Room 5019 Imhoff Place Martinez, California B0-41D OFDIREC'TORS: DAF7D R. IT=1.4.IIS' Prvs,ck„ r -1IICHAEL RAXUILL PresicenrPro Ten? R4rT H. ('4i'tiEF J.4-' IESA. NETEDL F T.4D J. PILECIJ PHOAE: (925) 228 -9500 E_ V. (925) 676 -7211 innr. centralsan. org PRESENT: Chair Paul Causey, Member Jim Nejedly, General Manager Roger Bailey, Finance Manager Thea Vassallo, Purchasing and Materials Services Manager Stephanie King (left after Item 3.), Safety and Risk Management Administrator Shari Deutsch (left after Item 4.), District Counsel Kent Alm (for Items 4. and 5.), Senior Administrative Technician Christina Gee 1. Call Meeting to Order Chair Causey called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. 2. Public Comments 1► reyn 3. Expenditures a. Review Expenditures (Item 3.b. in Board Binder) COMMITTEE ACTION: Reviewed and recommended Board approval. *4. Risk Management a. Review Loss Control Report and discuss outstanding claims Safety and Risk Management Administrator Shari Deutsch provided updates on the various claims listed in the Loss Control Report. She also distributed the quarterly Legal Expenditure Summary report (attached). Finance Committee Action Summary January 21, 2014 Page 2 COMMITTEE ACTION: Reviewed the reports. b. Discuss new claims, if any COMMITTEE ACTION: None. 5. Old Business a. Review staff's response to questions regarding the expenditures at the previous meeting: • Is it legally permissible to publish retiree Medicare costs in the Expenditures as is currently done? • Can multiple checks being sent to one household be combined into one mailing? COMMITTEE ACTION: Reviewed staff's response. Recommended that expenditure listing continue to list retiree names and Medicare reimbursements continue to be sent out separately. 6. Discuss National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) 2014 Financial Survey Program Chair Causey stated that he wanted to give staff advance notice in case they wished to participate in the survey. Responses are requested by April, and they are used significantly by NACWA in projecting costs and lobbying. COMMITTEE ACTION: Discussed the Survey Program. 7. Announcements a. Next meeting scheduled for January 27, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. (This meeting was subsequently cancelled. The next scheduled meeting is now February 11, 2014 at 3.00 pm.) b. General Manager Roger Bailey announced that the Board rate presentation has been postponed from January 23, 2014 to February 6, 2014. COMMITTEE ACTION: Received the announcements. 8. Suggestions for future agenda items Finance Manager Thea Vassallo asked if there was a need for further discussion at the Committee level following her comprehensive report to the Board on Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liability (UAAL) at its January 9, Finance Committee Action Summary January 21, 2014 Page 3 2014 meeting. General Manager Roger Bailey suggested that a similar report would be given at the Board level every year. 9. Adjournment — at 3:37 p.m. * Attachment Quarterly Legal Report to Finance Committee Fund /LoB GL GL PLL PLL PLL HR HR HR Dist Init. Counsel Meyers Nave Meyers Nave Meyers Nave Meyers Nave Meyers Nave MN /HB Hanson Bridgett Meyers Nave Jarvis Fay Case Name Heaney Office Depot Greg. Village' Schaeffer Riverwatch Negotiations Misc Labor AB 197 Chevron Prior Totals $ 7,661 $ - $ 267,772 $ 193,136 $ 10,070 $ 256,369 $ - $ 10,144 $ 14,939 Jul -13 $ 926 $ - $ 916 $ 99 $ 2,095 $ 385 $ 2,169 $ 3,397 $ - Aug -13 $ 7,654 $ 616 $ - $ 111 $ 718 $ 7,315 $ 1,506 $ 14,013 $ 172 Sep -13 $ 2,004 $ - $ 425 $ 570 $ 3,826 $ 22,637 $ 1,464 $ 18,761 $ 146 Oct -13 $ 881 $ - $ 653 $ 63 $ 329 $ 23,755 $ 5,525 $ 5,693 $ 453 Nov -13 $ 443 Dec -13 Total Legal Services Expert Expenses Total Legal $ 19,126 $ - $ 616 $ - $ 269,767 $ 84,817 $ 193,347 $ - $ 17,038 $ - $ 310,461 $ - $ 10,663 $ - $ 52,008 $ - $ 16,152 $ - $ 19,126 $ 616 $ 354,584 $ 193,347 $ 17,038 $ 310,461 $ 10,663 $ 52,008 $ 16,152 * includes work with RWQCB regarding CAO 1/21/2014 -P�