04-10-2023 BPU RPT 10 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Members of the Board: Cour Standing Rules of the Board of Public Utilities, (in Section 8), states that appointments to the 3 Standing Committees of the Board, (Electric, Water and Finance/Customer Relations), shall be made annually by the Board Chair in consultation with the individual members. For the past year, the positions on the Standing Committees have not been filled based on recommendation of the past Chair of the Board and supported by the rest of the Board. Since we have members that are still learning about our utilities through meetings with staff and many important issues face the utilities whick require the full Board to be educated and informed. I ask your support to continue with the practices we have established over the past year as follows. I propose that we: 1. Forego filling the Standing Committee seats. 2. Implement a monthly cycle for the Board tours of the utility facilities and education sessions. 3. Seek cost-effective Board training opportunities at workshops, webinars and conferences to supplement the information provided by the City Clerk's office, G. Instruct staff to bring important topics as presentations or discussion items at regularly scheduled Board meetings before the Board meeting in which final decisions need to be made. 5. Utilize Ad -Hoc meetings as necessary for specific purposes as conducted this past year. 6. Ask Board members to share information learned from various sources at Board meetings to raise the collective knowledge of the Board. i. Ask each Board member to meet with the General Manager and/or Deputy General Manager on a monthly basis to foster more effective communications. (I have had conversations with our General Manager and he is aligned with this.) I look forward to a very productive year working together as we serve our rate payers on important issues which impact our community. Gil Qceguera---RPU Board Chair