Council Chamber
City of Santa Rosa
100 Santa Rosa Avenue
Board of Public Utilities
Special Meeting Minutes - Final
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
12:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Chair Galvin called the meeting of the Board of Public Utilities to
order at approximately 12:00 p.m.
6 -
Present
Chair Daniel Galvin III, Vice Chair William Arnone Jr., Board Member
Lisa Badenfort, Board Member Mary Watts, Board Member Glen
Wright, and Board Member Matt Mullan
1 - Board Member Christopher Grabill
Absent
2. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY BOARD MEMBERS
No statements of abstentions were made by Board members.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS (COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA)
None.
4. REPORT ITEMS
4.1
REPORT - APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES WITH BOLD, POLISNER,
MADDOW, NELSON & JUDSON, PC
BACKGROUND: The City Attorney’s Office provides legal services to
the Water Department and the Board of Public Utilities (BPU). The
Assistant City Attorney currently providing these legal services has
resigned from the City effective October 8, 2020. Given the number of
matters and scope of the work performed for the Water Department and
the BPU, the City Attorney’s Office does not have the resources
necessary to immediately address this need and proposes seeking
outside legal services for an interim period to allow the City to recruit for
this position. The City Attorney’s Office has negotiated a professional
services agreement (PSA) with the firm based on the City’s standard
PSA with a not to exceed amount of two hundred thirty thousand dollars
($230,000).
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Board of Public
