Gold Mountain Community Services District
Minutes
Special Meeting
February 20, 2026 10:00 AM
150 Pacific Street, Portola, CA 96122
https://www.gmcsd.org/

1. Call to Order
   The meeting was called to order at 10:00 am by President Patricia Ryan.

   Jon Gresley, Vice President, participated remotely for just cause per California Government Code Section 54953.8.3 - travel while on official business for another local agency.

   
   
   
   1. Roll Call
      

      Present: President Patricia Ryan, Vice President Jon Gresley, Director Kathy Kogge, Director Shaun Pairish

      Absent: Finance Director Rene St. Pierre

      Staff Present: New hires: Elizabeth Garcia, Office Administrator, and Traven Carnes, Maintenance Worker/Operator-in-Training.

      
      
2. Appoint General Manager, Skyler Allingham, as Interim Board Secretary.

   Motion to appoint Skyler Allingham as Board Secretary until new Office Administrator receives appropriate training. Motion carried unanimously.

   President Patricia Ryan motioned to approve. Director Kathy Kogge seconded the motion.
   
   The roll call vote:
   
     Aye   President Patricia Ryan     Aye   Vice President Jon Gresley     Aye   Director Kathy Kogge     Aye   Director Shaun Pairish     Absent   Finance Director Rene St. Pierre  
   
   
3. Public Comments

   None

4. Designate Authorized Signers for the District's Plumas Bank accounts.

   Motion to approve only the following individuals as Authorized Signers for the District's Plumas Bank accounts:

   Skyler Allingham
   Joleen Cline
   Jon Gresley
   Kathy Kogge
   Richard "Shaun" Pairish
   Patricia Ryan
   Rene St. Pierre

   Motion carried unanimously.

   President Patricia Ryan motioned to approve. Director Kathy Kogge seconded the motion.
   
   The roll call vote:
   
     Aye   President Patricia Ryan     Aye   Vice President Jon Gresley     Aye   Director Kathy Kogge     Aye   Director Shaun Pairish     Absent   Finance Director Rene St. Pierre  
   
   
5. Policy Review - #5100 Water Service Policy

   Finance Director Rene St. Pierre arrived at 10:09 am.

   1st reading of revised Policy #5100, Water Service. Discussed policy and recommended changes to be made to policy prior to 2nd reading.

6. Policy Review - #5101 Potable and Non-potable Outdoor Water Use

   1st reading of new Policy #5101, Potable and Non-potable Outdoor Water Use. Discussed policy and recommended changes to be made to policy prior to 2nd reading.

7. Proposed overall policy review.

   President Ryan reported that while researching one policy she discovered that some policies hadn't been retired by board action, some hadn't been properly adopted, and others weren't renumbered to align them with CSDA recommendations.

   A. Motion by President Ryan, seconded by Rene St. Pierre, to form an Adhoc Policy Review Committee to investigate currency of District pollicies & return to the board with recommended actions. Motion passed unanimously.

   B. Motion by President Ryan, seconded by Rene St. Pierre, to appoint Patricia Ryan and Shaun Pairish to the Adhoc Policy Review Committee. Motion passed unanimously.

   President Patricia Ryan motioned to approve. Finance Director Rene St. Pierre seconded the motion.
   
   The roll call vote:
   
     Aye   President Patricia Ryan     Aye   Vice President Jon Gresley     Aye   Director Kathy Kogge     Aye   Director Shaun Pairish     Aye   Finance Director Rene St. Pierre  
   
   
8. Adjournment

   Meeting adjourned at 11:43 AM

Posted 3:54 pm on March 9, 2026

3:54 pm March 9, 2026