Regular Meeting Minutes

Talmont Resort Improvement District

Wednesday, December 10th, 2025, 8:30 A.M.

Howard J. Perry Maintenance Station, 2010 Silvertip Drive

1.     CALL TO ORDER Meeting was called to order at 8:32am

Directors present: Eileen Ilano, Jonathan Jochem, David Horovitz, Mike Towne and Kristen Anderson via phone

Others Present: Bugg Vokel, Rick Dewante, Willie Dodge

2.     ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO AGENDA: None

3.     PUBLIC COMMENT – None

4.     CONSENT CALENDAR

4.1  Approval of the regular board meeting minutes September 24th, 2025 and Special meeting Oct.1st and 15th. All Meeting minutes approved unanimously with Jonathan Jochem’s last name corrected.

4.2 Approval of the Paid Bills – Eileen asked about AT&T bill keeping the lines for backup communication of our water stations.  Paid bills approved by all

5.     NEW BUSINESS

5.1     Discussion on the climbing water usage throughout the district – There is a small percentage of accounts that use a lot of water. Discussion on charging more for higher consumption was brought up short term rentals was brought up to look at a commercial rate. The board created a subcommittee consisting of: Mike Towne and David Horovitz to look at possible options for higher-than-normal water users.

6.     UNFINISHED BUSINESS

6.1     TRID Lot survey results – Survey was complete and was found that none of our lots have been encroached except there are a few wood piles and a tree house that is on our property. Admin will reach out to the homeowners about tree house and wood piles on TRID property.

6.2     Skyline tank status – Skyline tank is just a storage tank and not a supply tank for the services in our district. Montclair and Silver Tip tanks have plenty of volume for all of our service needs. Our water manager did not think it was necessary to replace the tank. Rick is still investigating surge tank possibilities for Montclair or Silvertip. Goal is to have quotes for surge tanks for our April board meeting.

6.3     Generator covers – Admin will look into getting quotes for engineered steel generator covers built and installed.

7.     ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT – Cross connection control plan update – Final Cross connection control plan was submitted to the state water board and we are still waiting to here back if approved. TRID Admin Supervisor took the cross connection control exam so we can do in house hazard assessments. New metering software all in all is going great but working though some hiccups on a couple meters not pulling into the billing software.

8.     WATER MANAGERS REPORT – Radio telemetry all up and running with pretty much no issues, still using AT&T for backup communications. Winter will be the ultimate test for the telemetry system. No positives in the water system since June.

9.     SNOW REMOVAL REPORT – All equipment is ready to go, added well generator to service agreement meaning all 4 of our generators are now on a service plan.

10.  CORRESPONDENCE & DIRECTORS COMMENT’s – No correspondence – Secretary Jonathan Jocem brought up audit the audit went smooth a couple key points, reserves are good but continue watching electricity prices.

11.  ADJOURNMENT – Meeting adjourned at 9:47am
 

The site for the meeting is wheelchair accessible.

Bugg Vokel, Administrative Supervisor

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