Half Moon Bay City Council Special Meeting Approves 2023-2024 SAM Budget Committing to Keep Sewer Plant Operations Going

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VIDEO. From the Half Moon Bay City Council Special meeting on Tuesday, June 28th, 2023 at 7:00pm, as a hybrid meeting.

 

The budget will now go back the the next Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM) director’s meeting.

 

Granada Community Services District, the last of the joint-power authority, will meet to approve next week.

Stay tuned.

 

 

More on Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM) on Coastside Buzz

 


 

 

 

City Council of Half Moon Bay Meets ~ 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 7:00pm

 

The City Council of Half Moon Bay is the City’s governing body, and consists of five elected members. The Council sets priorities and policies, makes final decisions on all major City matters, adopts ordinances and resolutions, appoints the City Manager and City Attorney, and approves the annual budget.

City Council members are elected at-large to four-year, overlapping terms. There are no term limits in Half Moon Bay. The City Council selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and one to serve as Vice Mayor, on an annual basis.

The Half Moon Bay City Council typically meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month starting at 7 pm at the Ted Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly Avenue.

Watch streaming, or the Pacifica Coast TV video, that we will post. Stay tuned!
The meeting will be held at the Adcock Community Center for any members of the public who wish to speak in person, though we do encourage all members to participate remotely.
The meeting will be:

Members or the public are welcome to submit comments (in accordance with the three-minute per speaker limit) via email

to [email protected] prior to or during the meeting, via Facebook live during the meeting, and via two phone lines during the meeting – (650) 477-4963 (English) and (650) 445-3090 (Spanish).
The City Clerk will read all comments into the record.

Half Moon Bay City Council member’s Contact

  1. Deborah Penrose

    Mayor
    Phone: 650-726-8250 (leave message with Clerk’s office)
  2. Joaquin Jimenez

    Vice Mayor
    Phone: 650-726-8250 (leave message with Clerk’s office)
  3. Debbie Ruddock

    Councilmember
    Phone: 650-726-8250 (leave message with Clerk’s office)
  4. Robert Brownstone

    Councilmember
    Phone: 650-726-8250 (leave message with Clerk’s office)
  5. Harvey Rarback

    Councilmember
    Phone: 650-726-8250 (leave message with Clerk’s office)

 

 


Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM) Meetings ~ 2nd & 4th Mondays @ 7:00pm

Watch remotely. Comments and questions by email.

SAM Agendas and Zoom Links

SAM Meeting Videos via Pacific Coast TV

Regular Board Meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at 7:00pm.

 

Contact Us

Our regular office hours are 7:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The Authority can be reached 24-hours a day at:

(650) 726-0124

 

Our Mailing Address is:

Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside
1000 Cabrillo Hwy N.
Half Moon Bay,  CA  94019

(650) 726-7833 (fax)

 

Regular Board Meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at 7:00pm.

From time to time a meeting date may be changed, cancelled or relocated. Check the posted agenda for any changes to the normal schedule (click on links below).

The Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM) provides wastewater treatment services and contract collection maintenance services for a population of approximately 27,000 in the following areas:

  • City of Half Moon Bay
  • El Granada
  • Miramar
  • Montara
  • Moss Beach
  • Princeton by the Sea

 


 

SAM Directors

SAM is a joint powers authority (JPA) created by its three member agencies: City of Half Moon Bay (City), Granada Community Services District (GCSD), and the Montara Water and Sanitary District (MWSD).

 

The JPA is a separate, independent, public agency created by the member agencies to perform functions and share powers common to the member agencies. Those powers are outlined in a joint exercise of powers agreement (Agreement). The Agreement creating SAM can be found on the Documents page.

 

Each Agreement identifies how the independent agency will be governed. In the case of SAM, each member agency appoints two members from its governing board to represent it on the SAM Board of Directors, for a total of six directors.

 

The Agreement also establishes the weight of each director’s vote. The vote by each representatives from the City is given the weight of two votes. The vote by each representative from GCSD and MWSD is given the weight of one vote. The total number of possible votes is eight. A quorum is a minimum of five votes and resolutions require at least six votes to pass.

 

Barbara Dye

Vice-ChairRepresenting the Granada Community Services District

Deborah Ruddock

Secretary/TreasurerRepresenting the City of Half Moon Bay

Peter Dekker

Director, Representing the Montara Water & Sanitary District

Matthew Clark

DirectorRepresenting the Granada Community Services District

 

 

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