Amador County – The Amador Water Agency Board of Directors took a request from a Camanche resident last week seeking operations, financing and internal information about the makeup of the elected board, with an Upcountry resident applauding the request. Mike Krisman, a member of the Camanche sewer and water committee at Water Improvement District 7, said he was speaking as a resident. He said he was “interested in the structure of the board,” including AWA’s charter or articles of incorporation. He also wondered what the “responsibilities for each one of the individual directors might be in delineating responsibilities down to the operations group.” Krisman said: “I’d like to know the guidelines for accountability to your constituents.” He asked the board what exactly is it “responsible to do” for the people it represents. He asked about the direction methods and oversight for operators, auditing and finance. Krisman said: “We’re deep in the hole. I would have to say that the past boards were negligent in their fiduciary responsibility, allowing about $150,000 a year to be in deficit for the last 7 years,” and losing $1.2 million. He asked why the past board’s fiduciary responsibility was so lacking, and “just exactly who is responsible for the balance sheets, when we’ve been in the red for so long?” He said the board might think about a workshop and open house for all district members, look at reorganization; and express their roles. He said it was an information request and he would come in and read the information. He suggested they make such political, operations and financial information available to the public, “so people can understand how you function. Marty Stein of Jackson Pines was surprised and gratified by Krisman’s request. Stein said information he received through informal e-mail conversations with AWA Board President Bill Condrashoff “concerns me greatly in terms of whether indeed you have a set of policies, procedures, guidelines, directions, role definition, requisite skills and training for the people to initiate and manage projects.” Stein said he found AWA’s public document on the Gravity Supply Line “alarming in terms of some of the potential issues that it raised.” But “after a lot of time and discussions with various board members” and the community, he came to be more concerned about an “ongoing history” of “weaknesses” in the agency. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 01:12
Camanche's Krisman Asks AWA Internal Operations Info
Amador County – The Amador Water Agency Board of Directors took a request from a Camanche resident last week seeking operations, financing and internal information about the makeup of the elected board, with an Upcountry resident applauding the request. Mike Krisman, a member of the Camanche sewer and water committee at Water Improvement District 7, said he was speaking as a resident. He said he was “interested in the structure of the board,” including AWA’s charter or articles of incorporation. He also wondered what the “responsibilities for each one of the individual directors might be in delineating responsibilities down to the operations group.” Krisman said: “I’d like to know the guidelines for accountability to your constituents.” He asked the board what exactly is it “responsible to do” for the people it represents. He asked about the direction methods and oversight for operators, auditing and finance. Krisman said: “We’re deep in the hole. I would have to say that the past boards were negligent in their fiduciary responsibility, allowing about $150,000 a year to be in deficit for the last 7 years,” and losing $1.2 million. He asked why the past board’s fiduciary responsibility was so lacking, and “just exactly who is responsible for the balance sheets, when we’ve been in the red for so long?” He said the board might think about a workshop and open house for all district members, look at reorganization; and express their roles. He said it was an information request and he would come in and read the information. He suggested they make such political, operations and financial information available to the public, “so people can understand how you function. Marty Stein of Jackson Pines was surprised and gratified by Krisman’s request. Stein said information he received through informal e-mail conversations with AWA Board President Bill Condrashoff “concerns me greatly in terms of whether indeed you have a set of policies, procedures, guidelines, directions, role definition, requisite skills and training for the people to initiate and manage projects.” Stein said he found AWA’s public document on the Gravity Supply Line “alarming in terms of some of the potential issues that it raised.” But “after a lot of time and discussions with various board members” and the community, he came to be more concerned about an “ongoing history” of “weaknesses” in the agency. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Latest from
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