SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION

MINUTES

AUGUST 28, 2006, at the Meadows Restaurant, Solvang

 

Attendees:

Attendees:

Position

Representing:

Arnold, Chuck

Director

Montecito Sanitary District

Azoury, Kamil

General Manager

Goleta Sanitary District

Blair, Charles

Trustee

Mosquito & Vector Mgmt Dist, SBCo

Bower, Rick

Manager

Goleta Cemetery District

Carastro, Joseph

Director

Embarcadero Muni. Improvement Dist.

Cunningham, Jack

Director

Goleta Water District

Emerson, George

Director

Goleta Sanitary District

Fox, John

Director

Goleta Sanitary District

Fox, Tony & Guest

Director

Vandenberg Village CSD

Geyer, Craig

Trustee

Goleta Cemetery District

Maler, Carl

Director

Santa Ynez CSD

Martin, Bobbie

General Manager

Santa Ynez CSD

McCalob, C.M.

District Engineer

Montecito Sanitary District

Meyer, Larry

Director

Goleta West Sanitary District

Peters, Oscar

Guest Speaker

S B Co Employee Retirement System Administrator

Raggio, Jim

CEO

Lompoc Healthcare District

Schlottmann, Cathy

Director

Mission Hills CSD

Walsh, Kevin

General Manager

Goleta Water District

Warnstrom, Susan

Director

Mission Hills CSD

Wilson, Larry

Director

Montecito Water District

Wyckoff, Robert, & Guest

Director

Vandenberg Village CSD
     

President Susan Warnstrom called the meeting to order at 6:28 p.m. The attendees were introduced. All present participated in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States.

Approval of Minutes: Motion, second, unanimous, to approve the Minutes of July 24, 2006 as presented.

Treasurer’s Report: Chuck Arnold said the checking account has $2,519.10 and the savings account has $3,393.65 for a total of $5,912.75.

LAFCo Report: John Fox said the Los Alamos CSD MSR is complete. The meeting on government options for the area between the cities of Santa Barbara and Goleta will be held on October 7, 2006.

Grand Jury: John Fox suggested we notify the county Grand Jury that we are available to testify on special district matters. During discussion, it was suggested the Grand Jury might not have authority over special districts that do not receive tax money.

CSDA Report: John Fox noted the annual conference will be held at Squaw Creek September 26-28th. After discussion, due to the number of people attending the CSDA Conference, it was consensus we not hold a September meeting.

Annual Awards: President Warnstrom said the applications for the annual awards are due September 15th. Presentations will be made at out annual meeting in October

Legislative Report: George Emerson distributed a CSDA letter regarding Proposition 90.

Nominations for 2007: Nominations for 2007 are: Jim Raggio for President; Charles Blair for Vice-President; Cathy Schlottmann for Secretary; Chuck Arnold for Treasurer; Craig Murray for District 1; Jack Cunningham for District 2; Larry Meyer for District 3; Bob Wyckoff for District 4; Tom Gibbons for District 5; Susan Warnstrom for Immediate Past President; At Large Directors are George Emerson, John Fox, Larry Wilson, and Tony Fox.

Motion, second, unanimous, to accept the nominations. The vote will be at the next meeting.

Guest Speaker: Oscar Peters, Administrator of the Santa Barbara County Employees Retirement System: Mr. Peters said he is speaking only for Oscar Peters and his career has been managing defined benefit contribution plans. The County has a defined benefits retirement system. The County’s plan is similar to PERS. While PERS has $236 billion, the County’s plan has $1.6 billion, it is a small plan. The disadvantage of a defined benefits plan is that future costs can not be controlled. Defined contributions plans are offered through Public Agency Retirement System (www.pars.com). Both the County’s system and PERS have a health insurance component plus disability and other items. Mr. Peters compared defined benefit plans with defined contribution plans He said government employees are urging more post-retirement benefits. Any plan should consider each employee’s life cycle and strive for balance between stocks and bonds with risk appropriate for their age.

Old Business: None.

New Business: None.

Annual Meeting: Peter Detweiler will be the guest speaker at our annual meeting on October 30, 2006. This will be out next meeting.

Adjournment President Warnstrom adjourned the meeting at 8:00 p.m. The next meeting will be Monday, October 30, 2006 at this location.

s/ Cathy Schlottmann

Cathy Schlottmann

Secretary, SBCSDA