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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final November 13, 2018 sold by only one manufacturer. Director Burke requested permission to waive the bid process and to receive approval to purchase the budgeted equipment from E.H. Wachs. A discussion ensued on this vendor's products and whether other municipalities had done business with them. A motion was made by Vice Chairman Solari, seconded by Commissioner Flescher, to approve staff's recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Chairman O'Bryan, Vice Chairman Solari, Commissioner Adams, Commissioner Flescher, and Commissioner Zorc 12.G.2. 18-2498 Surface Water Supply Topic - Deferred from Meeting of November 6, 2018 Recommended Action: Authorize staff to complete the Consumptive Use Permit modification process. Once that process has been completed, authorize staff to explore additional locations to handle surface water supply reservoir/treatment needs at the time it is forecast that additional water capacity will be needed. Attachments: Staff Report Staff Report from February 16 2016 BCC Meeting This item follows up on the October 23, 2018 meeting in which the Board asked staff to look into alternative water supply options for the future. Director of Utilities Services Vincent Burke recounted the previous studies done on this subject, including the approved 2015 Osprey Marsh Expansion; he referenced staffs memo for an analysis of those studies. Director Burke explained that his department was focused on completing modifications to the Consumptive Use Permit (CUP) which would allow the County access to enough water to serve residents for an estimated ten (10) years into the future. While the Utilities Department was poised to investigate alternative water supplies such as indirect potable reuse, surface water reservoirs, and deeper drilling, staff was requesting permission to continue focusing on the CUP modification before choosing a path forward for alternative supplies. Chairman O'Bryan stated that his goal was to keep this issue on the front burner, but approved of staff's request to complete the CUP modification process. The Board received information on utilizing existing wells in the County, and a discussion followed on the possibility of developing irrigation quality reuse water to offset groundwater use, especially on the barrier island. There was agreement on using the phrase "future water supply" rather than "alternative water supply". Indian Rlver County Florida Page 9