Shareholders Discussing Crestview Mutual Water Co.
Only 808.1 shares were present in person and by proxy at the annual meeting of shareholders called for May 20, 2026, not even close to the 1,253.4 shares needed for a quorum. So, there was no official meeting, election of Directors, or other votes, but the gathering did become a Continue reading There was no annual meeting because there was no quorum, but the informal meeting was informative.
Emergency Generator The Board received indications that a new portable diesel generator may come in substantially under the $400,000 budget. At the April 28 meeting, GM Gil Borboa reported that Crestview is now a member of Sourcewell, a cooperative buying organization for public and non-profit water purveyors. It has identified Continue reading April 28 Board meeting highlights: emergency generator, Calleguas negotiations, and Well #4 assessment
The Water Systems Superintendent’s report to the Board on May 29 noted that the sodium hypochlorite solution tank at Well #4 had sprung a leak, which was quickly contained with no impact on neighbors or the environment. (Sodium hypochlorite solution is used to disinfect well water before delivery to customers.) Continue reading Leak of sodium hypochlorite solution at Well #4 caused no harm.
The recent outage of Well #4 was caused by a short circuit. Tension on a wire caused the insulation to chafe in the junction box at the top of Well #4. Because this could have been caused by a serious problem at the bottom of the well or in the Continue reading Final report on the 3-months outage of Well #4.
Well #4, which suffered an “electro–mechanical problem” with the pump on January 30, is back online as of April 24. We asked what caused the failure and whether there would be a financial impact but were asked to wait for the General Manager’s report to the Board. Although the well Continue reading Well #4 restored to service.
Reinstallation of the pump and 680 feet of pipe was completed Friday, April 7. The electrical will be reconnected and a series of tests performed this week. If all goes well, the well should be back in service “in 1-2 weeks.” Well #4 shut itself down on January 30 because Continue reading Well #4 expected online by April 21.
President Frank Mezzatesta will be writing a message to shareholders on the back of every monthly invoice. In his first one, he writes about “optimal number of wells.” He explains that we need two working wells to produce enough water in the hot dry season to meet household and irrigation Continue reading President’s first monthly message to shareholders errs re Well #8 and redundancy.
Today we found the following notice on the Crestview website: On January 30th Crestview’s Well #4 was taken offline due to an electro-mechanical problem with the pump. In the meantime, Well #6 is supplying water for all our shareholders with no issues. We will need to pull the pump that Continue reading Well #4 is offline for “a few weeks,” and Well #6 will supply our whole system.
The SAC will have its first meeting Friday afternoon to review the Ad Hoc Committee’s draft criteria for eliminating unsuitable sites from detailed evaluation and for more detailed evaluation of remaining sites. We hear there are 21 or 25 nominated sites, but the SAC will not get the list until Continue reading Shareholder Advisory Committee to meet December 9 to review well site selection criteria.
You can still vote for directors until July 7. You can vote even if you were not at the meeting, and it does not matter if you submitted a proxy. Without your ballot, there may be no quorum and no decision. To get your ballot, call 805-482-2001 or email crestviewwater@live.com. Continue reading Balloting still open, and highlights of the Annual Meeting.