CSD Meeting May Announce New General Manager

Big Bear, Ca, January 17, 2012, 12:00pm - The Big Bear Community Services District will hold their meeting tonight due to yesterdays Martin Luther King Day holiday.  The meeting will include employee service recognition awards, information on which board members have been assigned to committees, and a board member will be elected to the Association of California Water Agencies.  The board will go into closed session where they will speak with legal counsel over existing litigation, and will also discuss the appointment of a new general manager.  It has not been confirmed if the appointment of a new GM for the CSD will occur at tonight’s meeting, which will take place at 5:30pm in the CSD offices located on Big Bear Blvd, just east of Greenway.

CSD General Manager Search Continues

Big Bear, Ca, January 4, 2011, 3:00pm - The Big Bear City Community Services District is moving forward in their search for a new general manager.  The board is currently in the middle of the process to find a new GM.  The process is being overseen by Bob Murray and Associates, a company that specialized in finding applicants for high level executive positions.  In the coming weeks the CSD will hold a special meeting to interview candidates.  In the meantime, Interim General Manager Tim Moran recently retired on December 31st, and appointed Shari Strain as the Acting Manager while the board conducts and finilizes the search for a GM.  Strain, the CSD’s Finance Officer has been with the CSD since March of 2007.

CSD Gets New Water Superintendent & Looks for New GM

Big Bear, Ca, December 8, 2011, 12:00pm – The Big Bear City Community Services District will be moving people into new positions in the next few months.  Currently the CSD board has been reviewing qualified candidates for the position of General Manager.  At a special meeting scheduled for Monday, December 12^th, board members will decide on how many candidates they want to interview.  According to Mary Reeves, at the CSD, a new GM should be selected by the end of January or beginning of February.  As for the Water Superintendent position, the CSD Board recently selected Jerry Griffiths for the job.  Griffiths was originally hired in October of 2002 as a water service worker, and was promoted to Water Forman in 2007.  Griffiths will begin the new position on December 31^st.  Current Interim General Manager Tim Moran will be retiring on December 30^th after 32 years of service, first as a paid call firefighter in 1979, then transitioning in April of 1981 as a water service man in the water department, was promoted to Water Forman in 1984, Water Superintendent in 2007, and has been both the Water Superintendent and Interim General Manager for the past year.  Moran told KBHR that the CSD was “a great place to work… I couldn’t ask for a better career anywhere.”  KBHR thanks Moran on his many years of service to the Big Bear Community, and congratulates him on his retirement.

CSD Meeting To Discuss Apprentice Fire Fighter Program

Big Bear, Ca, December 5, 2011, 3:00pm - The Big Bear City Community Services District will hold its regular meeting tonight at 5:30pm, at the CSD offices, located on Big Bear Blvd, near Greenway Drive.  On the agenda, the board will assign the Chief Board Advisor, with the following duties: to research alternative investment opportunities and actuarial recommendations for retiree health benefits.  The board will also discuss and possibly approve an Apprentice Fire Fighter Program; in which paid call firefighters would apply to be in the program that would be a position for three years, in which they would work to become a full time fire fighter.  According to Fire Chief Jeff Willis, other fire departments have similar programs in place and have seen good results.  The CSD Board will also go into closed session, and will discuss the appointment processes for the Water Superintendent and the General Manager.  The public is encouraged to attend the meeting and may speak during public comment time.

CSD Meeting To Discuss Organizational Chart

Big Bear, Ca, November 7, 2011, 1:00pm - The Big Bear City Community Services District will meet tonight for their regular board meeting at 5:30pm.  Board members will consider approving the new job description and pay scale for the Human Resources Manager/ Board secretary position, and the new District Organization Chart.  The CSD Board will go into closed session and will discuss the General Manager hiring process, and will conference with labor negotiators for the Big Bear City Professional Firefighters Association, and the Big Bear CSD Employees Association.  The meeting will take place at the CSD offices, located at 139 E. Big Bear Blvd, and the public is encouraged to attend.

CSD General Manager Search Process To Start Soon

Big Bear, Ca, September 28, 2011, 5:00pm - The Big Bear City Community Services District will be starting the search process for a new General Manager soon.  According to CSD Board Secretary, Mary Reeves an executive search firm, Bob Murray and Associates, was selected to head the search process at the September 12^th  meeting of the CSD.  The firm will be taking the lead on the search process and is currently working on finalizing the position brochure.  The firm will advertise through their network both locally and nationally in their search for the next CSD General Manager, and will present qualified candidates to the board for the final interview and selection.  Jeff Newsome, current CSD board chair had expressed interest in applying for the position earlier in the year, and has since announced that he will not resign from the board to apply.  Deanne Johanson, CSD Human Resources Manager told KBHR that the firm hopes to have the process finalized by December.

New Fire Chief for Big Bear Lake Sworn In

Big Bear Lake, Ca July 14, 2011 12:00 pm - Yesterday’s meeting of the Big Bear Lake Fire Protection District was notable in many ways.  With most items on the agenda entered on the Consent Calendar, the board was able to focus their attention on a presentation on the Healthy Urban Forest Initiative by David Yegge and the final item on the agenda, the swearing in of the District’s new Interim Fire Chief, Jeff Willis.  With his installation, Willis retains his current position as Fire Chief for the Big Bear City Fire Department and will be dividing his time between the two departments.  Willis’ services are contracted to the Big Bear Lake fire district by the Community Services District, with half his salary being reimbursed to the CSD by Big Bear Lake.  The contract renews annually, unless terminated by either the CSD or the Big Bear Lake Fire District.  Under the provisions of the contract, Chief Willis’ duties include evaluating the potential for sharing more fire services between the two departments.  He is required however, to refrain from allowing his position to prejudice the options available for possible merger or consolidation of the fire services.  Willis’ services as Chief for Big Bear Lake will be supervised by the Big Bear Lake Fire Protection District.  His work as Chief of the Big Bear City Fire Department will continue to be supervised by the CSD.

Big Bear City Community Services District Meeting Tonight

Big Bear City, CA, June 20, 2011, 8:00am - The Big Bear City Community Services District Board of Directors will have their regular meeting tonight at 5:30pm. The board meeting will include discussion and possible action regarding the election of a vice president, and standing committee assignments. On the Consent Calendar, the board will recommend approval of agreements for chipping services, a resolution of the board adopting the Annual Statement of Investment Policy, and chief board advisor duty assignments. The meeting will be held at the District Offices at 139 East Big Bear Boulevard in Big Bear City.

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CSD Brings On Two New Board Members

Big Bear, Ca, June 7, 2011, 1:00pm - On June 6^th the Big Bear City Community Services District turned over a new leaf as they brought on two new board members, Karyn Oxandaboure and Larry Walsh, to replace James Smith and Rick Ollila who resigned from their board seats earlier this year.  Oxandaboure and Walsh were two of 16 applicants who submitted their resume to the CSD.  Board Secretary Mary Reeves told KBHR a few people dropped out of the running before the decision was made, but that the process went smoothly.  Karyn Oxandaboure comes to the CSD board with 23 years of working experience with the CSD, as she was the Administrative Services Manager/ Board Secretary for 21 years and a Customer Services Representative for two years.  Larry Walsh graduated from Big Bear High School as a valedictorian,is a former Sheriff’s deputy, and MWD Lake Operations Manager.  CSD Board Chair Jeff Newsome told KBHR that he is hopeful and excited to see where the new full board will take the CSD. 

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CSD Verifies Voter Registration Status Of Applicants

Big Bear City, CA, May 25, 2011, 3pm - The Big Bear City Community Services District has verified the voter registration status of the 16 applicants to fill the vacancies on the Board Of Directors  recently created when Rick Ollila and James Smith resigned earlier this month. The following 16 people are now considered qualified candidates for appointment: Patricia M. Miller, Carl Hayner, Christopher Jackson, John Day, David M. Strandberg, Denise Proffer, Thomas A. Love, Susan Chaidez, Roger J. Mannex, Al Ziegler, Karyn Oxandaboure, Bob Ybarra, Michelle Kirkoff, Bob Colven, Renee Dunlop, and Larry Walsh. Board Secretary Mary Reeves tells K-BEAR that the process will be talked about at the Special Meeting of the CSD Board of Directors tomorrow at 5:30pm.

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