Finding F5
When the general manager is negotiating contracts, such as those for the easements and the contract with the City of Hollister, the Board is not receiving all of the pertinent details.
Jury report: The Waters Are Murky: An Investigation into Transparency Issues at Sunnyslope County Water District · PDF page 39
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Sunnyslope County Water District Board of Directors
Wholly disagrees and says no particular withheld contract information is identified.
Read official response · PDF page 6The response narrows its rebuttal to legally required information and requests specificity. It does not identify contract packets or reconcile all pertinent details with the report’s examples; statutory-position adequacy is not demonstrated factual completeness.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.