Thu, Oct 30, 2025·Sacramento County, California·Boards and Commissions

Sacramento Area Sewer District Board Meeting — October 22, 2025

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I think we have a I think this looks like a quorum.

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Yes, Chris.

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Christoph, a quorum we have?

0:06

Okay.

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I'm going to call to order the meeting of the Saxua Area District for October 22.

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And I would ask uh representative from Folsom, Justin Rafel to lead us in the pledge.

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The United States of America.

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Which is one nation.

0:43

Well, we're ready to start this big agenda.

0:49

Would you please read the public statement?

0:53

May I take roll, please?

0:54

Oh, let's do a roll call first.

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Yes.

0:56

Director Desmond.

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Director Dickinson.

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Director Hume?

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Here.

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Director Jennings.

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Director Kaplan.

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Director Kennedy.

1:09

Here.

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Director Orasco.

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Here.

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Director Pluckenbaum.

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Director Rathel.

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Here.

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Director Robles.

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Here.

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Director Rodriguez.

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Here.

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Director Sander.

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Director Cernas.

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Here.

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Director Soon.

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Here.

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Director Viegas.

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Here.

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And Chair Kapinski Casta.

1:32

Present.

1:32

Thank you.

1:33

You have a quorum with the members present.

1:35

Okay.

1:36

Now we can read the public.

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Yes.

1:38

Madam Chair.

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This meeting of the Sacramento Area Sewer District is live and recorded with closed captioning.

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It is cable cast on Metro Cable Channel 14, the local government affairs channel on the Comcast and Direct TV Uverse Cable Systems.

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It is also live streamed at Metro 14 Live.gov.

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Today's meeting will play Sunday, October 26th at 9 a.m.

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on Metro Cable Channel 14.

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Once posted, the recording of this meeting can be viewed on demand at YouTube.com forward slash Metro Cable 14.

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Saxua board members are compensated 100 for their participation in board meetings.

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Compensation for Sacramento County Supervisors and City of Sacramento and Citrus Heights Council members is paid to the county and cities, respectively to partially offset the cost of those governments.

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Compensation for the other agencies is paid directly to the individual board members.

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Compensation for these legislative bodies meetings is verbally disclosed at each board meeting in accordance with California government code section 549 52.3 to make an in-person public comment.

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Please complete a speaker's speaker request form and hand it to the clerk.

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The chairperson will call your name when it's your turn to make a comment.

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You may send written comments by email to board clerk at SACCounty.gov.

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Your comment will be routed to the board and filed in the record.

2:59

This concludes your announcement.

3:01

Thank you very much.

3:02

Could you read the first item, please?

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The first item of consent items one through seven for approval.

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Does anyone want to pull any of the items for discussion or separate vote?

3:13

Seeing none.

3:14

Here a motion.

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I'll move it.

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Let me ask if there's any public comment on this.

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We have no public comment.

3:19

Okay, thank you.

3:20

No.

3:20

Thanks.

3:21

I was going to ask to pull items one through seven, so go ahead.

3:25

I'll move the consent calendar.

3:27

Second.

3:28

It was moved by Rathel and second by soon.

3:32

You may vote, please.

3:36

I appreciate that.

3:42

We have two that haven't voted.

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Your motion passes unanimously.

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Thank you.

3:52

The next item, please.

3:53

The next item is item number eight.

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Comments from the public on issues not on the posted agenda.

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We do not have any speaker request forms.

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And the next item.

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Number nine is miscellaneous district engineer matters.

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Uh presenter Christoph Dobson.

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Good morning, everyone.

4:11

Uh thank you for bearing with us.

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I know this is a very short meeting.

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Um there's one item on here that is uh related to our solids issue and that supplemental harvest.

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Uh the sooner we can get off of that supplemental harvest, the more money we can save.

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And so um it's uh to the tune of about three-quarters of a million dollars a month.

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Um, so any time that we can save, we're going for it.

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So we're trying to move this uh dedicated land disposal unit forward as quickly as possible, that project.

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And so that's why we had this meeting.

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Otherwise, we would have we would have canceled this one.

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The good news is that only one meeting in November.

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The meeting is on November 12th, and then also we only have one in December as well.

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So that's all I have.

4:56

Well, a meeting of the first the first meeting in December is still on, though.

4:59

Not the second, is that correct?

5:01

Correct.

5:01

Okay.

5:02

Yeah, it's usually the first meeting.

5:03

Yeah.

5:04

Is there another agenda item?

5:06

We have no other agenda items.

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Any comments?

4:59

I'm sorry, we do item 10 miscellaneous director matters.

5:15

Is that the one where we these are okay?

5:17

Are you directives?

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Anyone have any comments for future agenda items or any comments on anything else?

5:23

All right.

5:24

Is that it?

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That's it.

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Thanks all for coming.

5:28

All right.

5:28

Perfect.

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We're saving three quarter million dollars.

Discussion Breakdown

Procedural59%

Engineering And Infrastructure29%

Budget and Finance12%

Summary

Sacramento Area Sewer District Board Meeting — October 22, 2025

The Sacramento Area Sewer District (SASD) Board convened briefly, confirmed a quorum, approved the Consent Calendar unanimously, and heard a short district engineer update focused on accelerating a solids-related project to reduce costs associated with “supplemental harvest.” No public comments were received.

Consent Calendar

Items 1–7 approved on a single motion (moved by Director Rathel, seconded by Director Soon) with no items pulled for separate discussion.

Public Comments & Testimony

No public comments were submitted on non-agenda items (no speaker request forms received).

Discussion Items

District Engineer Update (Christoph Dobson):
- Dobson stated the meeting was held primarily to advance a solids issue effort tied to ending “supplemental harvest,” emphasizing that getting off supplemental harvest sooner would save money.
- Dobson stated the cost savings at stake were “to the tune of about three-quarters of a million dollars a month,” and said staff is trying to move the dedicated land disposal unit project forward as quickly as possible.
- Dobson noted upcoming meeting cadence: only one meeting in November (November 12) and only one meeting in December; the Chair clarified it would be the first December meeting (not the second).

Key Outcomes

Consent Calendar (Items 1–7): Approved unanimously.
No public testimony provided.
Project direction/next steps (staff): Dobson stated staff is moving the dedicated land disposal unit project forward quickly to reduce monthly costs associated with supplemental harvest.