Regular Meeting Minutes

Talmont Resort Improvement District

Thursday, June 4th, 2026, 8:30 A.M.

Howard J. Perry Maintenance Station, 2010 Silvertip Drive

1. CALL TO ORDER Meeting was called to order by Board president at 8:33am

Members present: Eileen Ilano, Jonathan Jochem, Kristen Anderson and David Horovitz

Others present: Bugg Vokel, Rick Dewante, Bill Bate and James Nicholls

2. ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO AGENDA: None
3. PUBLIC COMMENT – Member from the public asked of status on past board member Mike Towne
4.  CONSENT CALENDAR

4.1 Approval of the special board meeting minutes May 28th, 2026 – Motion to approve, approved by all.

4.2 Approval of the paid bills – Motion to approve, approved by all.

5.    NEW BUSINESS

5.1 Fire Protection Implementation, measures and schedule – Plan to set up a time with Rick and Jonathan to go over the fire prevention implementation – sprinkler install around pump houses and tree trimming around Montclair and skyline.

5.2 Examine itemized AT&T lines for discussion – Data lines are reasonably low monthly costs it’s our voice/alarm lines that are expensive. Look at going to starlink for our Maintenance station and maybe switching over to fusion for our other voice lines.

5.3 Board vacancy discussion – After speaking with counsel and Placer County election services our most recent seat vacancy will need to be filled up to the remainder of that term which is December 2028. This seat will be added to the other 2 seats up for election in November 2026.

5.4 Past due account discussion – Board discussed Liens and Pre-intercept which is filing with the CA state franchise board to collect past due account from customers year end taxes. Board motion to send out certified notice of lien letters to very past due accounts with return receipts. Motion was 2nd and approved by all. The board also motioned to approve Pre-intercept as an additional avenue to collect past due accounts. Motion was 2^nd and approved by all.

5.5 Rate study discussion and committee appointment – board member David Horovitz and Jonathan Jochem were selected and appointed to the rate study committee

6.    UNFINISHED BUSINESS

6.1 Surge tank full install estimate(s) – Rick discussed going with another Engineer and having some numbers by next board meeting. His best guess would be around $150K

7.    ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT – Placer County road maintenance update – No annual road maintenance is scheduled for this year. Working on past due bills, applying past due charges, consolidating all our AT&T lines and working on election paperwork.
8.    WATER MANAGERS REPORT – Tank cleaning on 3/27 went good, inspections are showing the tanks look good for their age with light to moderate wear. We need to go out to bid to paint and patch the exterior of our tanks
9.    SNOW REMOVAL REPORT – Nothing to report except helping with trouble shooting the pressure issues on the fire suppression system at the maintenance yard.
10. CORRESPONDENCE & DIRECTORS COMMENTs – None
11. OTHER BUSINESS – Next board meetings will be on 8/12 and 9/5
12. ADJOURNMENT – Meeting adjourned at 10:18am

The site for the meeting is wheelchair accessible.

By:  ____________________________________

Bugg Vokel, Administrative Supervisor

4/10/2026

2010 Silvertip Dr., Tahoe City, California 96145 | Phone: (530) 583-8743 | www.talmontrid.org