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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Tuolumne County Grand Jury
• 2021-2022
Tuolumne Utilities District Report (released 5/12/2022)
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Recommendations 3
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R1Page 81: TUD should continue to seek grant funding R1.2: Because the timing and availability of grant for its capital improvement needs. Recognizing the funding are beyond TUD’s control, the TUD Board recent passage of the Infrastructure Investment and of Directors should also consider undertaking a Jobs Act, the next several years could be a new rate study by January 2023 that addresses watershed opportunity for funding upgrades to CIP funding, specifically: aging infrastructure in the utilities sector. TUD should ensure it is prepared to meet oncoming • the funding of infrastructure consolidation changes by: projects already in the CIP; • ensuring revenue supports not just the • staying abreast of grant qualification marginal cost of supplying water but CIP thresholds (i.e., proportional rate percent of and inflation; and MHI); • identifying additional savings opportunities • dedicating the best people and pool that could be applied to infrastructure resources to prepare successful grant modernization and improvement. applications; and • ensuring it has adequate resources for R1.3: The TUD Board of Directors should consider matching/contributing grant and loan undertaking a new rate study by January 2023 that funding requirements. re-evaluates the adequacy of TUD’s contingency reserve funding. This should include an analysis of the sufficiency of the two percent contingency target reserve and how reserve fund levels are tracked and reported. June 2022 Tuolumne County Grand Jury Final Report Summaries Tuolumne Utilities District: Water is Life Part 2. Personnel and Leadership This report includes findings on the potential Changes costs of leadership changes and offers recommendations on how TUD can minimize Leadership changes are a natural part of unnecessary personnel change, establish time- organizational maturity and community politics. proven selection criteria, and retain the district’s best workers. Recommendations
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R2Page 91: Prior to the next performance R2.3: Particularly in light of recent trends in the review/compensation cycle, the TUD board should labor market, TUD should, within the next year, adopt a policy that establishes the process for consider: hiring and firing, evaluating the performance of, and adjusting the compensation of the general • commissioning an updated evaluation of manager. employee salary structures and benefits packages; and
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R3Page 101: TUD should designate a “point person” to R3.3: By June 2023, TUD should actively develop answer public inquiries regarding the PG&E a plan and pursue funding for full implementation of acquisition. Without further delay, TUD should the PLPRP. disclose to the public all non-confidential information regarding the current state of R3.4: The TUD board should amend its strategic discussions regarding the PG&E acquisition. plan to include stronger environmental and recreational goals and objectives by June 2023.