Memorandum
Date: June 23, 2026
To: The Honorable Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors
From: Robin Borre, Special Districts Administrator
Subject: (Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District, Board of Directors) Adopt Resolution revising the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Adopted Budget of the County of Lake by cancelling reserves in Fund 254 SE Regional Sewer System O&M Reserve Designation, in the amount of $1,012,708 to make appropriations in the Budget Unit 8354, Object Codes 783.14-00, 783.17-00, 783.18-00, 783.23-80, and 783.28-30 to replenish the LACOSAN operating budget due to the Robin Lane Spill
Executive Summary:
Attached for your review is a Resolution cancelling Fund 254 Lake County Sanitation District SE Regional O&M Reserve Designation in the amount of $1,012,708. The amount would be appropriated to Fund 254 Object Codes 783.14-00, 783.17-00, 783.18-00, 783.23-80, and 783.28-30 to replenish the LACOSAN operating budget due to the Robin Lane Spill expenses.
On January 11th the Robin Lane Spill incident occurred impacting 58 properties in the Clearlake area and emergency response activities were undertaken by Lake County Special Districts, which included but not limited to emergency response measures such as providing drinking water, portable showers, sinks, toilets, washer and dryers, emergency lodging, and the purchase of lime dolomite, flood barriers, and decon -30 to contain the spill and disinfect the area. The spill response also included the use of emergency pumper trucks from private businesses, the repair of the main utility line and staff labor that included overtime and regular hours by Special District staff.
The unexpected costs were not budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2025-26 adopted budget and funds were used from the existing operating budget, which has depleted the budget and now needs to be replenished.
The cost of the emergency response invoices was $543,963.09, the costs of the pumper trucks was $633,703.24, and t...
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