Amador County – The Amador Water Agency board of directors voted 5-0 Thursday to offer Gene Mancebo the agency’s general manager position, an upgrade from his interim status as head of the agency. The board spent 2 periods in closed session on discussion to evaluate Mancebo’s work performance, with one starting 9 a.m. Thursday, and being adjourned at 10:30 a.m., to be reconvened at 1 p.m. During the meeting, the item was pushed back even later as the board heard a presentation from a consultant, and discussed some of its 9 other items on the agenda. The meeting eventually ended at 7:30 p.m. The board reentered closed session from 6-7 p.m., and in open session discussed the G.M. post. Mancebo said Friday that there were no specifics as yet to release, and he and the board will work out the details of a contract and terms. He said at the board’s meeting this week he “will provide something to the board officially accepting” the position. Mancebo said he feels good about the offer, and has been in the position as interim manager for some time. He took over as interim G.M. upon Jim Abercrombie’s exit more than 7 months ago. Mancebo said: “We have a lot of challenging issues to deal with” and “it’s certainly no walk in park,” but he looks forward to challenges that lie ahead. The AWA board reportedly received 18 letters supporting Mancebo’s handling of the interim general manager job, and one letter from David Evitt opposing his appointment. Also Thursday, the board approved changes to its “Conservation Plan.” Finance Manager Mike Lee said the latest draft “represents our goals and objectives as well as our best estimates regarding the costs to implement and comply with Assembly Bill 1420, which includes a part-time water conservation coordinator position.” Leslie Dumas of RMC Water and Environment, presented the latest draft. The board made comments and Dumas said she would incorporate those into a cleaned up draft, which can be disseminated. Dumas said the plan would help meet requirements of the 20 By 2020 Plan put in place by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, including reducing water usage statewide by 20 percent. Dumas said there was a target deadline to publish AWA’s “urban water management plan” by July, in order to qualify for certain state funding. Dumas will try to have a clean version of the draft conservation plan for the Amador County Fair in July. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.-
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Amador County – The Amador Water Agency board of directors voted 5-0 Thursday to offer Gene Mancebo the agency’s general manager position, an upgrade from his interim status as head of the agency. The board spent 2 periods in closed session on discussion to evaluate Mancebo’s work performance, with one starting 9 a.m. Thursday, and being adjourned at 10:30 a.m., to be reconvened at 1 p.m. During the meeting, the item was pushed back even later as the board heard a presentation from a consultant, and discussed some of its 9 other items on the agenda. The meeting eventually ended at 7:30 p.m. The board reentered closed session from 6-7 p.m., and in open session discussed the G.M. post. Mancebo said Friday that there were no specifics as yet to release, and he and the board will work out the details of a contract and terms. He said at the board’s meeting this week he “will provide something to the board officially accepting” the position. Mancebo said he feels good about the offer, and has been in the position as interim manager for some time. He took over as interim G.M. upon Jim Abercrombie’s exit more than 7 months ago. Mancebo said: “We have a lot of challenging issues to deal with” and “it’s certainly no walk in park,” but he looks forward to challenges that lie ahead. The AWA board reportedly received 18 letters supporting Mancebo’s handling of the interim general manager job, and one letter from David Evitt opposing his appointment. Also Thursday, the board approved changes to its “Conservation Plan.” Finance Manager Mike Lee said the latest draft “represents our goals and objectives as well as our best estimates regarding the costs to implement and comply with Assembly Bill 1420, which includes a part-time water conservation coordinator position.” Leslie Dumas of RMC Water and Environment, presented the latest draft. The board made comments and Dumas said she would incorporate those into a cleaned up draft, which can be disseminated. Dumas said the plan would help meet requirements of the 20 By 2020 Plan put in place by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, including reducing water usage statewide by 20 percent. Dumas said there was a target deadline to publish AWA’s “urban water management plan” by July, in order to qualify for certain state funding. Dumas will try to have a clean version of the draft conservation plan for the Amador County Fair in July. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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