News
- September 7, 2026
Board Meeting September 3, 2026
Mountain Meadows Mutual Water CompanyThe meeting was called to order by President David Richman at 7:04 PM.
Present board members were David Richman, Blair Hafner, Ryan Dore, Tim Gallagher, and Hal Cady.Updates: All systems are up and operational except for two water meters.
Ziptility went online and is available to David and Trish in Administration; Bob and David for Service; Mike, Natalie, Bob, David, and Joe in Operations.
The phone voice messaging system is in service with a phone number of (760)935-8589; Extension 1 is for Administration; extension 2, Service; extension 3, Emergencies.
David will meet with Trisha tomorrow for an introduction to Administration responsibilities and he will meet with Natalie on Saturday for her introduction into operational
responsibilitiesThe board discussed salary increases for MMMWC operators and compensation for David. A motion was made by Ryan to approve changes in payment to all. The motion was seconded by Tim. The motion was unanimously approved by the board.
The board discussed cost impacts on the MMMWC reserve fund, including: inflation; capital projects; increased compensation cost, including the hiring of two new workers this year. The board felt that a rate increase is required to keep the operating and reserve amounts at an acceptable level. The board will make a proposal at the MMMWC annual shareholder meeting in October.
Ryan will compile a status report on the backflow certification program for the MMMWC annual shareholder meeting.
The meeting was Adjourned at 7:45 PM.
- September 4, 2026
Board Meeting
Mountain Meadows Mutual Water Company
August 27, 2026Meeting called to order at 7 PM by President David Richman
Board members present: David Richman, Blair Hafner, Ryan Dore, Tim Gallagher, Hal Cady.
Ryan moved to approve August 27, 2026, minutes. Blair seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.The water system telemetry system is back up and operating.
The pressure reduction vault has finally arrived .
David worked with Mike and replaced two MIU Batteries and installed one MIU.Succession Update. As a follow-up, David contacted the owner of Sierra Water Operators to ask whether they were still interested in operating Mountain Meadows Mutual Water Company. Buck responded that it would be too much responsibility to take on. As of this date David has not heard back from Water Work Force.
The Board discussed hiring Trish Corto for managing administrative services for the Mountain Meadows Mutual Water Company. A motion was made to hire Patrica Corto to assume administrative duties by Tim and seconded by Ryan. The board voted unanimously to hire Patrica Corto.
Operations.
Bob said he is willing to stay on for one year, take calls, and respond to trouble alarms, but he would like a raise in pay and an increase in emergency-response pay. Mike is currently willing to continue working for MMMWC, and Bob will talk with Joe about his continuation for MMMWC.The board discussed hiring Natalie Riffel as a system operator. A motion was made by Ryan to make a job offer to Natalie. The Motion was seconded by Blair. The vote was passed unanimously. David will draw up a contract, and the board will meet with and discuss the contract with Natalie next week.
David was going to look onto installing a call forwarding phone line at well three’s pump house.
Next board meeting was Scheduled for Thursday September 3, 2026, at 7PM.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 PM.
- September 1, 2026
Potential High Winds
In light of the potential power outages announced by SCE, due to high winds, the MMMWC previously adopted a power outage irrigation policy known as P.O.I.S.O.N. (Power Outage Irrigation Shut-Off Notice). The impetus of this policy is the State’s advice that we should plan on continuing planned power outages lasting four to six days.
When a power outage occurs for any duration, especially longer than 24 hours, unintended stress is placed on our water system. This includes the depletion of the water supply in the tanks for consumption and fire suppression along with failures of the telemetry system caused by erratic power fluctuations.
The MMMWC will notify members by e-mail if a shut-off appears prolonged. It will be the responsibility of the member to turn off their irrigation system during the outage. Failure to turn off the irrigation system may result in the MMMWC shutting off service to the home along with a $300 charge for disconnection and re-connection. Re-connection will not occur until a representative of the member is available at the site and the availability of personnel to turn the water back on.
- September 1, 2026
Contact Information
Check out the updated contact page. You can now connect to the water company by calling 760.935.4847 and reach administration; service; and report emergencies.
- August 20, 2026
Board Meeting August 18, 2026
Mountain Meadows Mutual Water CompanyThe Board meeting was called to order by President David Richman at 7:02 PM.
Board members president: David Richman, Blair Hafner, Ryan Dore, Tim Gallagher and Hal Cady.
The minutes from the last meeting were unanimously adopted.Last Thursday’s storm caused the failure of the water system’s telemetry system. Well three and the two water tanks rebooted and came back online but still are not operating correctly. Well 5 remains offline due to lighting damage along with well five’s solar controller. Sierra Control will be out to repair the damage on Friday.
David is still inputting information into the Ziptility program.
Succession Planning
David and Tim interviewed Natalie Raffel. She expressed interest and discussed the boards expectations for the Operators position.
Jason Hatter declined the management position due to other obligations.
The board will be meeting with Sierra Water Operators on August 23rd.
David found a company named Water Work Force that expressed interest and will provide the board with a proposal; however, the company is not from this area.
The board discussed current and prospective operators but postponed making a decision until all interested parties are interviewed.
The next board meeting will be on Thursday August 27th at 7PM.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:45PM.