Regular Meeting Minutes
Talmont Resort Improvement District
Wednesday, April 8th, 2026, 8:30 A.M.
Howard J. Perry Maintenance Station, 2010 Silvertip Drive

1. CALL TO ORDER – Meeting was called to order by president Ilano at 8:30am
Members present: Eileen Ilano, Jonathan Jochem, Kristen Anderson and David Horovitz.

Others present: Bugg Vokel, Willie Dodge, Rick Dewante and Bill Bate

2. ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO AGENDA: None

3. PUBLIC COMMENT – Bill Bate asked status on the gogolewski legal battle, ran its course and wnet
no where

4. CONSENT CALENDAR

4.1 Approval of the regular board meeting minutes February 11th, 2026 – Motion to amend
administrative report by naming the new cross connection control specialist on staff as Bugg Vokel.
After change, all approved.

4.2 Approval of the Paid Bills – All approved

5. NEW BUSINESS

5.1 Preliminary Budget review – Went through line items and board wanted to check on AT&T
lines we could potentially cut since our radios for telemetry are working well. New Backflow
software needs to be added to the budget for review.

5.2 Capital reserve contribution transfer to the LAIF account – David Horovitz motion to approve
transfer, Jonathan Jochem second all approved

5.3 Add administrative supervisor as a signer to the BMO TRID account – Admin supervisor
needs access to TRID’s BMO account for setting up and using check scanner. After
discussion of cost board motioned to add Admin supervisor as an additional signer and
purchase check scanner with monthly fee. All approved

5.4 New board member election resolution – Going into the meeting we had 2 board members up
for election in November, by the morning we found one of our board members has sold their
home and will no longer be on the board. Admin supervisor will file paperwork for three vacant
board positions for the November election cycle.

5.5 Unpaid properties lien discussion – TRID has 7 properties that are 3 quarters or more behind
in payment. Discussion on turning off water, filing a lien and sending to collections was
discussed. All were in favor of sending to collections and filing a lien. Water shut off was going
to be discussed by the Admin supervisor with the CA state water board on process.

5.6 Discussion of topics to bring to Placer county board of supervisors – Topics Paving of our
roads, road signs for vehicle safety during snow events. Motion was made to create a sub
committee consisting of Eileen Ilano and Kristen Anderson. All approved

6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

6.1 Generator cover update – After the excessive cost of 167K, admin supervisor found that the
generators do not need covering per manufacture and maintenance tech at Cat. TRID will
research fire proofing intakes on the generators.

6.2 Surge tank costs – After discussion of surge tanks board recommended going with stainless
steel tanks and want to move forward on securing a contractor bid for install.

7. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT – Current backflow software is going from PC based to cloud base
with a monthly fee. Looking at other options and pricing. Looking at Hazard assessment
implementation per state water board. Talking with other water agencies on implementation.
Everything is going good meter reads are smooth we will need to replace or change out a non
transmitting meter.

8. WATER MANAGERS REPORT – Tank maintenance is going good. Pollen was brought up as a
possible source of a positive Bac-t result; solution would be blocking our tank vents with breathable
fabric to stop from pollen contamination.

9. SNOW REMOVAL REPORT – It’s been a slow year with snow removal last storm was pretty
significant but we hammered through it the hill wasn’t so lucky with a lot of crashes due to vehicles
not using chains.

10. CORRESPONDENCE & DIRECTORS COMMENT’s – David brought up the rate study and asked
for last studies Excel documents the admin manager is looking into getting them for him.

11. CLOSED SESSION – Board went into closed session at 10:19am

11.1 Closed session Pursuant to Government code section 54956.9(d)(2), Employee contracts

12. REGULAR SESSION – Regular session resumed at 10:42am
In the closed session administrative contract was updated to add; “routine compilation/update of
administrative supervisor handbook as a living document” Motion to approve Administrative
Supervisor contract(Bugg Vokel), Bookeeping contract(Libby Gregg) and Water managers
contract(Rick Dewante) was made by Secretary Jochem and 2nd by President Ilano, All approved.

13. ADJOURNMENT – Meeting was adjourned at 10:51am by President Ilano

The site for the meeting is wheelchair accessible.
By: ____________________________________
Bugg Vokel, Administrative Supervisor

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