Posts by thomas

President’s Message

Welcome to the cold of winter and the season of giving. We have gotten snow, which is pretty to look at, but you must be diligent where your water supply is concerned. If you are not full time or you are away from the home for more than 2‐3 days, WINTERIZE. Save yourself a NextDoor…

General Manager’s Report

Dear Shareholders, The Holidays are here and so is the cold weather. We have had a little rain and snow, and some lower temperature days, so please remember to winterize your cabin. Our Infrastructure Improvement Project is progressing nicely, with water main, and new service box installation going on at Russell Dr., David Lee and…

LRPC

The Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) met on December 8th to review several topics that will be discussed with the Board of Director’s (BOD) at the January 2019 Meeting. A summary of the topics is as follows: BLSMWC staff has proposed several scope requests be added to the USDA Construction Project. Many of these address…

LRPC

The Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) presented the “Draft” Reserves Operating Procedure at the November 10th Board Meeting. Reviews have been completed to ensure that our Reserves Policy is within legal and accounting compliance regulations for not‐for‐profit mutual water companies. Based on recommended minor revisions to both the Reserves Fund Policy and Reserves Operating Procedure,…

General Manager’s Report

Dear Shareholders, Our Infrastructure Improvement Project is going along nicely with the installation of new water main and fire hydrants on Russell Drive and David Lee Road. This work will greatly improve our fire protection here in Blue Lake Springs. October Water Usage Usage since May of this year has been lower each month compared…

President’s Message

As you know the construction phase of our upgrade project is off and running. The Mozingo Construction Company has a crew at work and part of one neighborhood is all but done. The crew members are local Calaveras County residents and welcome a project close to home. Mozingo is also utilizing local subs as well.…

LRPC

The Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) presented the draft Reserves Policy at the October 13th Board of Director’s (BOD) Meeting. Based on recommendations from the LRPC members and concurred to by the BOD’s, due to the length and details within the policy, an additional more concise document will be prepared and serve as the Reserves…

President’s Message

Stuff is everywhere, and the project is in high gear. The blue pipe that you see, is designed for maximum flow and is destined for install in the Utility Right‐of –Way. The mounds of gravel go hand‐in‐hand with the pipe and is a grade of rock designed for this type of project. Mozingo Construction has…

General Manager’s Report

Dear Shareholders, Fall is here and I want to remind everyone to winterize. Colder days are coming soon and the last thing anybody wants is to come up to frozen or broken pipes. USAGE Water usage was down in September in spite of a good turnout for the Labor Day holiday: Here are the numbers.…

LRPC

The Long Range Planning Committee’s (LRPC) effort over the past month continues to focus on the formulation of an Asset Management Plan and a recommended Reserves Fund Policy. Both are still in process with the goal to discuss with our committee members in September and formulate a recommendation to present to the Board of Directors…