CCWWA Minutes 11/23/2015 November 23,2015
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COLLIER COUNTY —
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LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Collier County Water and Wastew'dr"_ ority in
and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on this date at ,
2:00 P.M. in REGULAR SESSION at the Collier County Growth Management Department
Conference Room 609/610, 2800 Horseshoe Drive North, Naples, Florida, with the
following members present:
CHAIRMAN: Patricia Sherry (Excused)
VICE CHAIRMAN: Lowell Lam
Jerry Morgan
Eloy Ricardo
Dr. Sherwin Ritter
ALSO PRESENT: Ken Kovensky, Director, Operations and Regulatory Management
Ashley Lang, Senior Management/Budget Analyst
Scott Stone, Assistant County Attorney
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I. Call to Order(Determination of Quorum) and Roll Call
Vice Chairman Lam called the meeting to order at 2:07 p.m.
Roll call was taken and a quorum established.
H. Approval of Agenda—Meeting of November 23,2015
Mr. Kovensky submitted an updated Final Order 2015-04 (North Marco Utility Company, Inc.)which
removed a reference to water rates. Their tariffs only include wastewater rates.
Mr. Morgan moved to approve the Agenda, as amended. Second by Mr. Ritter. Carried unanimously 4-
0.
III. Approval of Minutes—Meeting of November 23,2015
Mr. Ritter moved to approve the minutes of the November meeting as presented. Second by Mr. Morgan.
Carried unanimously 4-0.
IV. Items Requiring Action by Authority
A. Updated Tariff Sheets Due to Decrease in the Regulatory Assessment Fee/Rescinding Final
Order 2012-03.
Mr. Kovensky summarized the staff report:
At the Authority's May 13, 2015 meeting, staff brought forward an item to reduce the regulatory
assessment fee from 3%to 2%,which the Authority unanimously approved. The item was brought before
the Board of County Commissioners and approved at their September 22,2015 meeting. Staff sent notices
to the affected utilities and requested updated tariff sheets be submitted. When North Marco Utility
(NMU)had submitted their revised tariff sheets, it was discovered that they had based their revised rates
using tariff sheets that had been approved by the Authority from 2010,not the ones that had been approved
by the Authority in 2012. NMU had never implemented the approved rates from 2012 because their
proposed increase in rates were intended to pass through the City of Marco's increased rates,but the City
of Marco decided not to move forward with their rate increase. In order to allow NMU to use the rates
approved in 2010, it was necessary to rescind the final order that approved the rate increase in 2012.
All final orders are effective December 1, 2015.
Attachment"A"—Final Order No. 2015-02 - Ave Maria Utilities Company, LLLP (Revised tariffs)
Mr. Morgan moved to approve Final Order No. 201 5-02 as presented. Second by Mr. Ritter. Carried
unanimously 4- 0.
Attachment "B"—Final Order No 2015-03 - Orange Tree Utility Company, Inc. (Revised tariffs)
Mr. Ritter moved to approve Final Order No. 2015-03 as presented. Second by Mr. Morgan. Carried
unanimously 4—0.
Attachment "C"-Final Order No. 2015-04-North Marco Utility Company, Inc. (Revised tariffs)
Mr. Ricardo moved to approve Final Order No.201 5-04 as presented. Second by Mr. Ritter. Carried
unanimously 4—0.
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Attachment "D"-Final Order No. 2015-05 North Marco Utility Company, Inc. (Rescind Final Order
No. 2012-03)
Mr. Ritter moved to approve Final Order No. 2015-05 as presented.Second by Mr. Ricardo. Carried
unanimously 4-0.
V. Staff Discussion
A. Orange Tree Utility Company(OTU)
Mr. Kovensky stated that OTU continues to be delinquent on remitting their Annual Report that was due
on June 30th 2015. Staff has requested many times that the report be submitted. OTU has paid the fine
imposed by the Authority for being late with their 2014 Annual Report.
Staff is providing information to the law firm representing the County regarding its intent to take over
OTU. They had questions regarding refundable advance agreements and whether the Authority or staff
has ever audited them. Staff only reviews and acknowledges these agreements, but does not audit them.
There was some discussion whether OTU has had any water quality issues and it was stated they have not
had any for many years. There was also discussion noting the progress of the proposed Publix in the OTU
area.
B. Rural Land West(formerly Big Cypress)
There was a question if Rural Land West was going to be served by Ave Maria. Mr. Stone stated
everything is too preliminary to discuss utility service in this area.
VI. Open to Public
None
VII. Authority Member Discussion
None
There being no further business for the good of the County,the meeting was adjourned by the order of
the Chair at 2:40 PM.
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These Minutes were approved by the Board/Chairman on 0( I; 16 , as presented ,or as
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