CORCORAN IRRIGATION DISTRICT
June 14, 2022
The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corcoran Irrigation District was held on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at the office of the District, 1150 6 ½ Avenue, Corcoran, California at 9:00 a.m.
Directors Present:
- Peter Rietkerk
- Erik Hansen
- Michael Boyett
- Matthew Gilkey
- Beau Howard
Directors Absent:
- None
Others Present:
- Gene Kilgore, General Manager
- Misty Vasquez, Human Resources
- Mike Martinez, Operations Manager
- Tammy Stephens, Office Administrator
- Devin Eagle, Operations Technician
- Fred Holt, Landowner
- Brandon Spain, Landowner’s Forman
There were no additions or deletions.
Mr. Kilgore informed the Board that Ms. Stephens’ mom had passed on the 11th and asked for moment of silence for her mom, Margaret Hart.
Upon motion of Director Boyett, seconded by Director Howard, and unanimously carried, the Board approved and authorized Mrs. Stephens to draw Warrants on the Treasury of the District to pay invoices in the Warrant Register amounting to $1,782,778.12.
Upon motion of Director Gilkey, seconded by Director Hansen, and unanimously carried, the Board approved the minutes of the April 12, 2022 District Board of Directors meeting as presented.
Mr. Kilgore reported the beginning May 1, 2022 General Fund checking account balance of $2,027,387.48 and ending May 31, 2022 with a balance of $1,894,083.78.
Mr. Kilgore reported on certificate of investments at Kings Federal Credit Union, having a beginning May 1, 2022 balance of $278,767.61 earning interest of $177.57, amounting to an ending balance of $278,945.18. The Kings County Treasurer investments beginning May 1, 2022 balance reported was $4,366,582.07, no interest was reported. The District’s total investments, reported as of May 31, 2022, amounted to $4,645,527.25.
Mr. Kilgore reported on the accounts receivable aging summary, with no growers being delinquent.
Mr. Kilgore stated the May 2022 water deliveries totaled 4,987 acre-feet. Canal use totaled 1,541 acre-feet. Total water deliveries and Canal Use for May was 6,528 acre-feet. Year-to-date water sales and canal use, amounts to 25,867 and 17,985 acre-feet, respectively. May water supplies were provided by the District’s well field. There was 0 inches of rainfall in May. Rainfall reported to date was 5.19 inches. The water year run-off is expected to be 38%.
Mr. Eagle reported on the state of the District’s well field, with two wells in need of repairs and three wells recently repaired. Current total well Production is 115 CFS, with a potential of 123 CFS.
Mr. Kilgore reported the Cost of Operations at $164.00 per acre-foot for the year.
Mr. Kilgore presented the 2022 Budget Variance with no concerns from the Board.
Staff asked the Board to accept Resolution 2022-4 Service Acknowledgement of General Manager Gene Kilgore. Upon motion of Director Boyett, seconded by Director Gilkey, and unanimously carried, the Board approved Resolution 2022-4.
Mr. Kilgore informed the Board that Juanita Martinez would like to sell flowers on the corner of Whitley and 6 ½ avenue on Corcoran Irrigation District (CID) property. The Board unanimously rejected Ms. Martinez request to sell flowers.
- Aye: None
- Noes: Directors Rietkerk, Gilkey, Boyett, Hansen, and Howard
- Abstained: None
Mr. Kilgore updated the Board on Grant Funding. The application for the Reservoir Project had been awarded and Corcoran Irrigation District will be receiving grant funding for roughly 1.9 million dollars to add capacity to the Salyer’s Reservoir. The second grant for the Pipeline Conveyance Project is still in the qualifying process and Mr. Kilgore is waiting to see if CID will be awarded the grant funding.
Mr. Kilgore informed the Board that California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) is in the process of evaluating installing automated trash racks on the West Branch. Mr. Kilgore is requesting that CHSRA pay for two replacement automated trash racks, along with the cost of 30 years of energy to run the automated trash racks as well as labor cost. Mr. Kilgore is also requesting that CHSRA enclose the North Corcoran ditch in pipe.
Mr. Kilgore informed the Board that WhitePine is moving forward with the Reservoir 1-D floating solar project, but WhitePine was having issues with the delivering of materials and supplies and is not expected to be available for delivery until next year, 2023.
Mr. Kilgore informed the Board that El Rico meeting was scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Mr. Kilgore also informed the Board that EL Rico will be resubmitting the Groundwater Sustainability Plan by July 27, 2022.
Mr. Kilgore informed the Board that there was no new information on legislation.
The Board of Directors and Mr. Kilgore went into closed session at 10:30 a.m.
Director Rietkerk reconvened open session at 11:10 a.m., the Board took into consideration the promotion of Devin Eagle to General Manager (GM). Upon motion of Director Hansen, seconded by Director Gilkey, and unanimously carried, the Board approved promoting Devin Eagle to the new GM, effective June 12, 2022 with an annual salary of $80,000.00.
- Aye: Directors Rietkerk, Gilkey, Boyett, Hansen, Howard
- Noes: None
- Abstained: None
Next Board meeting was set for July 12, 2022.
There being no further business before the Board, meeting was adjourned.