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B. DISCUSSION REGARDING DRAFT OF PROPOSED RULE CHANGE REGARDING WATER SERVICE TO CONSUMERS/RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF BILLS: Ms. Garson said she did not have a chance to discuss this thoroughly with Customer Service. In the meantime, Mr. Sumada had submitted a number of other rules that he wanted to revise, she said. Ms. Garson suggested that the Board look at a comprehensive revision of the Rules and Regulations beginning in January next year. She noted that the last such revision took place in 2004. She said that in conversations with the Department,there was a desire to revise certain things such as the facilities charge and how developers get credited, etc. Ms. Garson suggested putting the matter off until next year, when there is a full Board and a new Manager-Chief Engineer. At that point,the Board can take a good look at all of the Rules, but may choose to revise the Rules piecemeal. For any Rule change, a Public Hearing must be held. Therefore, it would be easier if the Board went to Public Hearing with a bunch of revised Rules at the same time, she said. In any case, it is the Board's call. If the Board wants to push this particular Rule Change (regarding water service to consumers/responsibility for payment of bills)towards the end of the year, it would be up to the Board to decide. Chairperson Mukai said he concurred with Ms. Garson's advice to put it off to next year,when his term as Chairperson is over. Ms. Garson said that if the Board agrees, she will remove this Item from the Agenda, and put it back on the Agenda in January. C. REPORT OF AD HOC COMMITTEE TO REVISE THE MANAGER-CHIEF ENGINEER'S EVALUATION FORM: The Water Board's Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee to Revise the Manager-Chief Engineer's Evaluation Form, Mr. Ken Kaneshiro, has been looking at a revised Manager-Chief Engineer Evaluation Form. Mr. Kaneshiro said there was no report. He said that the Board needed to move on this matter before the new Manager-Chief Engineer is on board. D. ENERGY MANAGEMENT ANALYST UPDATE: Ms. Myhre reported that she presented at the HWWA conference on energy management best practices, on why the four counties' water departments should partner, and on Hawaii County's perspective. She noted that she drew a tough time slot, at 3:00 p.m. when many attendees were sleepy. She did get some good feedback from attendees who paid attention to the presentation, she added. Prior to the presentation, Ms. Myhre met with Maui County engineers, who are interested in installing a hydro- generator. She took the engineers to DWS's various hydro-generator sites. Maui is looking into hiring an energy management person, she said. E. MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT: No discussion. F. REVIEW OF MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: Mr. Taniguchi asked what caused DWS's receivables to increase so much, noting that it was a huge jump. He asked whether it was a matter of timing of the billing. Mr. Sumada said yes, in this case it was a matter of timing. He said that it takes two months to bill the entire island so the change in the balance sheet from one month to the next only shows half of the accounts. Page 12 of 21 10-25-11—Water Board Minutes js