Palomar Mountain Mutual Water Company, Inc.

Regular meeting of the Board of Directors

April 8, 2023

The meeting was held at the Water Co. office building.

Directors Present: Joanne Marugg, John Lesac, Brian Wagner, Brett Michael Hauser,

Diana Forero-Cook and Charles Black.

Absent: Mary Ellen Harshberger

Staff Present: Mike Probert [Operator], Linda Thorne [Office Manager], and Martin Marugg [Past President]

Members Present: Renee Ferero-Cook

The meeting was called to order at 9:10 AM

The minutes of the December meeting were read and approved with corrections. Brett moved, Brian seconded, and the Board approved.

Operator’s Report: Mike Probert

See the Operators written report as part of these minutes.

The well levels were not read this month because it was impossible to get down to Pedley Valley.

Meters read: None.

Testing is complete. The state requires that monthly coliform test results are submitted once a quarter.

Leaks: February 3rd [Zone A, the Lodge]. March 1 [Appelman #107]. March 1 [County Park #142].

During the winter season, Jeremy has been riding the tanks. He has been a godsend.

Alpha Analytical is now accredited. This is the old D-Tek that we used a few years ago. It is now under new management. The state seems not to have known about this lab and wanted to send us to National City or San Bernadino

The Fire Department has been using our water because the Christion Conference Center has not been able to provide it. Winter storms knocked out their storage tanks. Note that, under normal conditions, our water does not go on the ground. It is only used for firefighting..

Secretary’s Report: John Lesac

See the new share transfers spreadsheet as part of these minutes.

Treasurer’s Report: Brett Michael Hauser

See financials for February 2023

Linda Prepared the budget for the next fiscal year. This is included as part of these minutes.

Predicted income = $128,880.40. Predicted expenses = 128.970. We may need to initiate a special assessment in July for the 2023-2024 fiscal year for unexpected expenses. Our insurance is now over $10.500 a year.

The Board discussed the possibility of changing our fiscal year to the calendar year. Linda will call Debbie to see how hard that would be.

Insurance has gone up more than double in the last two years. Insurance may continue to increase if we can continue to get it. We are considered 95/100 fire risk. Lisa had a long discussion with our InterWest insurance representative [Lisa Bailey] about this.

Brett reviewed the financials. And discussed the high legal fees. Joanne said that these should be going down since a couple of our issues are resolved and soon to be.

Old Business

Discussion of the Bylaws. The latest version of the by-laws and the share certificate were discussed and accepted by the Board. Joanne will contact the lawyer regarding this. We will need a way to get the email addresses that we have into a form so that we can send them out with copies of the by-laws. Brian will help with this. Linda will have to get new share certificates printed.

Office Managers Assistant: Renee Forero-Cook has expressed an interest in training for the Office Assistant position when Linda gets too old to do the job. The Board thanked Renee and offered her a $100 training stipend. Linda will call Debbie to set this up.

Title Insurance for the Pedley Property: John asked about title insurance for the Pedley Property. We will look into this.

Memorial service for Glenn Borland: This will be held on May 13th at about 100:00 AM at the Community Center.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:10 AM.

Next meeting: May 13, 2023, at 9:00 AM.

Respectfully submitted

Linda Thorne [Office Manager]