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Sacramento Area Sewer District Board Meeting - October 30, 2025

Boards and Commissions — Thursday, October 30, 2025
BodySacramento County, California
SessionBoards and Commissions
DateThursday, October 30, 2025
StatusFILED
Video Record
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Transcript — Verbatim
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I think we have a I think this looks like a quorum.

0:04

Yes, Chris.

0:05

Christoph, a quorum we have?

0:06

Okay.

0:12

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

0:18

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

0:29

The United States of America.

0:33

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.

0:55

Yes.

0:56

Director Desmond.

0:59

Director Dickinson.

1:01

Director Hume?

1:02

Here.

1:03

Director Jennings.

1:05

Director Kaplan.

1:07

Director Kennedy.

1:09

Here.

1:09

Director Orasco.

1:11

Here.

1:12

Director Pluckenbaum.

1:15

Director Rathel.

1:16

Here.

1:17

Director Robles.

1:18

Here.

1:19

Director Rodriguez.

1:20

Here.

1:21

Director Sander.

1:23

Director Cernas.

1:25

Here.

1:25

Director Soon.

1:26

Here.

1:27

Director Viegas.

1:29

Here.

1:30

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.

1:37

Yes.

1:38

Madam Chair.

1:38

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

1:44

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

1:52

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

1:56

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

2:00

on Metro Cable Channel 14.

2:02

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

2:10

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

2:15

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.

2:26

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

2:32

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.

2:44

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

2:48

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

2:52

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

2:56

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

2:59

This concludes your announcement.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Procedural█████████████████████████████████████████████59%
Engineering And Infrastructure██████████████████████29%
Budget and Finance█████████12%
Summary of Proceedings

Sacramento Area Sewer District Board Meeting - October 30, 2025

The Sacramento Area Sewer District (Saxua) board held a brief meeting on October 30, 2025. The board unanimously approved the consent calendar and received an update from the District Engineer on cost-saving measures related to solids handling.

Consent Calendar

  • Items 1 through 7 were approved unanimously via a motion by Director Rathel, seconded by Director Soon, with no items pulled for separate discussion.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • No public comments were made on non-agenda items.

Discussion Items

  • District Engineer Christoph Dobson reported on the solids issue, specifically the supplemental harvest process. He noted that discontinuing the supplemental harvest would save approximately $750,000 per month. The district is expediting the dedicated land disposal unit project to realize these savings. Dobson also informed the board that only one meeting is scheduled in November (November 12) and one in December (first meeting).

Key Outcomes

  • Consent calendar approved unanimously.
  • No other votes or formal actions taken.

Meeting Transcript

I think we have a I think this looks like a quorum. Yes, Chris. Christoph, a quorum we have? Okay. I'm going to call to order the meeting of the Saxua Area District for October 22. And I would ask uh representative from Folsom, Justin Rafel to lead us in the pledge. The United States of America. Which is one nation. Well, we're ready to start this big agenda. Would you please read the public statement? May I take roll, please? Oh, let's do a roll call first. Yes. Director Desmond. Director Dickinson. Director Hume? Here. Director Jennings. Director Kaplan. Director Kennedy. Here. Director Orasco. Here. Director Pluckenbaum. Director Rathel. Here. Director Robles. Here. Director Rodriguez. Here. Director Sander. Director Cernas. Here. Director Soon. Here. Director Viegas. Here. And Chair Kapinski Casta. Present. Thank you. You have a quorum with the members present. Okay. Now we can read the public. Yes. Madam Chair. This meeting of the Sacramento Area Sewer District is live and recorded with closed captioning. It is cable cast on Metro Cable Channel 14, the local government affairs channel on the Comcast and Direct TV Uverse Cable Systems. It is also live streamed at Metro 14 Live.gov. Today's meeting will play Sunday, October 26th at 9 a.m. on Metro Cable Channel 14.

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