FVAWD manager resigns as of Sept. 15
By: Nicole Osborn, Tri-Lakes Tribune
06/27/2006
Forest View Acres Water District operations manager Dan LaFontaine, of Independent Water Services, submitted his resignation June 15 and will leave the district Sept. 15.
LaFontaine said he is leaving the district because he would like to pursue another career outside of water district operations and because he feels there has been a change in philosophy by the people on the board and a change of direction.
"I'm not sure we see eye to eye," LaFontaine said.
There is no ill will between LaFontaine and the district, said Forest View Acres Water District Board of Directors President Barbara Reed-Polatty.
LaFontaine said while he has an idea what he would like to do next, he is not ready to announce those intentions publicly.
"He was here ... while the district was considered a quaint, little quirky district," Reed-Polatty said, adding the district is no longer the same.
The district has grown some during the seven years LaFontaine has been operations manager.
He said over the last seven years, it seems there has been a lot in the water district that has degraded, but there has not been a lot of money put into the system to prevent this.
Reed-Polatty said there should be an interim operations manager working with LaFontaine before he leaves, but the board has not officially decided whether this will happen.
The district will advertise for the position, but if LaFontaine leaves and there has not been a permanent replacement hired, the interim manager would be able to take over until the position is permanently filled.
LaFontaine said residents in the district could expect the water system to operate the same as it has the past seven years during his last three months with the district.
"I will continue to operate the system to the best of my ability," LaFontaine said.
He also said it has been an honor to serve the residents of the district over the past seven years.
"I wish him well," Reed-Polatty said.
In other news:
* The board of directors received their positions at the Forest View Acres Water District meeting Thursday, June 22.
Barbara Reed-Polatty will continue to serve as president of the board, Lisa Johnson - from Special District Management Services Inc. - will continue to serve as secretary, Eck Zimmermann will serve as treasurer and Ketch Nowacki, Richard Crocker and Jeff Walker will serve as assistant secretaries.
