Amador County – The Amador Water Agency Board of Directors will hold a special meeting at 1 p.m. today (Thursday, Aug. 4) to hold a public hearing on delinquent water and wastewater standby accounts, and will discuss a resolution to transfer those delinquencies to the Amador County tax rolls.
A staff report by Human Resources and Office Manager Karen Gish showed 182 delinquent water or wastewater standby accounts, which have balances between 30 and 60 days past due. The report included a “direct charge certification letter” from Amador County Auditor and Controller Joe Lowe describing liabilities of the Agency placing debts on the Tax Roll. The report also included a total of just over $21,000 to be added to tax rolls for the total amount of the 182 accounts.
Gish’s report recommended adopting a resolution to send the report of delinquent standby and assessment charges to be filed with the Controller’s office for including on the Tax Rolls. She said per Agency water code, the “Agency may annually submit a list to the County for collection of delinquent standby and assessment fees for water and wastewater systems to assist us in the collection of unpaid” charges. She said “in previous years, although not 100 percent collected, this has been a successful avenue for the collection of fees.” ¶ She noted a “$1 fee for each parcel submitted to the County.”
The AWA Board today will also discuss an amendment to a “memorandum of understanding” with the Management Bargaining Unit. The MOU that was struck in 2008 and expires July 30, 2013, and this would be the third amendment to the MOU, for concessions secured to by Agency negotiators.
The Board action sought would authorize agency negotiators Gish, General Manager Gene Mancebo, and Directors Robert Manassero and Paul Molinelli Senior, to sign the agreement with the Bargaining Unit.
Gish in a report to the board said the estimated cost savings for the concessions would be $92,300; including changes in cost of living adjustments and “estimated merit,” adding 12 furlough days (worth $37,000), and the elimination of “deferred compensation.”
The Agency also will have a closed session special meeting of the Board at 3 p.m. today, for a conference with the negotiators and Management Bargaining Unit, which represents seven employees and one professional status employee.
The Board will also get a verbal report regarding the agency’s participation in the Amador County Fair.
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