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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-036
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CORONA, CALIFORNIA,
APPOINTING THE CITY’S REPRESENTATIVES AND
ALTERNATES TO THE WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY
REGIONAL WASTEWATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND
REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 2022-018
WHEREAS, the Western Riverside County Regional Wastewater Authority (“WRCRWA”) exists for the purposes of planning, constructing, and operating a cost-effective regional water reclamation treatment system including constructing and administering a wastewater treatment facility providing treatment services for the benefit of its member agencies, and is governed by that certain Joint Powers Agreement Creating Western Riverside County Regional Wastewater Authority Riverside County, California effective as of April 23, 1992, along with all addendums thereto (“JPA”); and
WHEREAS, on July 18, 2012, the City Council (“City Council”) of the City of Corona (“Corona”) approved execution of Addendum No. 6 To The Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement Creating the Western Riverside County Regional Wastewater Authority (City of Corona Membership) which made the City a voting member of the WRCRWA; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5(A) of the JPA, Corona must designate and appoint by resolution two persons to act as Corona’s representatives on the WRCRWA Board of Directors, and shall designate and appoint by resolution two other persons to act as alternates for Corona’s representatives; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5(A) of the JPA, at least one of Corona’s representatives and the alternate for that representative must be members of the City Council, but the other representative and alternate are not required to be members of the City Council; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5(A) of the JPA, Corona’s representatives are vested with the authority to represent Corona on the WRCRWA Board of Directors; and WHEREAS, one of Corona’s representatives shall represent Corona on the Executive Committee of the WRCRWA Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS, on August 15, 2012, pursuant to Section 5(A) of the JPA, the City Council approved Resolution No. 2012-090 designating and appointing Corona’s Mayor and the Corona’s Department of Water and Power (“DWP”) General Manager to act as Corona’s representatives on the WRCRWA Board of Directors and designating and appointing Corona’s Vice Mayor to act as the Mayor’s alternate and the Corona’s DWP Operations Manager to act as the DWP General Manager’s alternate; and
WHEREAS, on September 3, 2013, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2013- 090 to include language to allow the DWP General Manager and Operations Manager, or his/or her JAMIER\06200.60100\10308273.2
designees to represent Corona as the non-City Council member representative and the non-City Council member alternate and repealed Resolution No. 2012-090; and WHEREAS, on March 2, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2022-018 to update the position titles for the General Manager and Operations Manager as Corona’s non-City Council member representatives. Resolution No. 2022-018 appointed the Director of Utilities, or his/her designee to represent Corona as the non-City Council Member representative and appointed the Assistant Director of Utilities, or his/her designee shall be appointed to represent Corona as the non-City Council Member alternate, and repealed Resolution No. 2013-090; and WHEREAS, the City Council now desires to include language to authorize the Mayor to appointment Corona’s designees and alternates to act as Corona’s representatives on the WRCRWA Board of Directors and to update the position titles for the Utilities Director and Assistant Utilities Director as Corona’s non-City Council representatives, and thereby repeal Resolution No. 2022-018.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Corona, California as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the person serving as Mayor of Corona to appoint Corona’s City Council representative on the WRCRWA Board of Directors, and the City Council member thereby appointed shall be vested with all authority to represent Corona on the WRCRWA Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby authorizes the person serving as Mayor of Corona to appoint the alternate for Corona’s City Council representative on the WRCRWA Board of Directors, and the City Council member thereby appointed shall be vested with all authority to represent Corona on the WRCRWA Board of Directors in the absence of the primary representative appointed pursuant to the authority granted in Section 1 of this Resolution.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby appoints the person employed as the Utilities Director, or his or her designee, as Corona’s non-City Council member representative on the WRCRWA Board of Directors and Corona’s representative on the WRCRWA Executive Committee, and the person employed as the Utilities Director, or his or her designee, is hereby vested with all authority to represent Corona on the WRCRWA Board of Directors and its Executive Committee.
SECTION 4. The City Council hereby appoints the person employed as the Assistant Utilities Director, or his or her designee, as the alternate for Corona’s non-City Council member representative on the WRCRWA Board of Directors and the alternate representative on the WRCRWA Executive Committee, and the person employed as the Assistant Utilities Director, or his or her designee, is hereby vested with all authority to represent Corona on the WRCRWA Board of Directors and its Executive Committee in the absence of Corona’s non-City Council member representative.
SECTION 5. This Resolution repeals and supersedes all previous resolutions appointing representatives to the WRCRWA Board of Directors, including Resolution No. 2012-090 adopted on August 15, 2012, Resolution No. 2013-090 adopted on September 3, 2013, and Resolution No. 2022-018 adopted on March 2, 2022.
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SECTION 6. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on the 4th day of June 2025.
Mayor of the City of Corona, California
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Corona, California
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CERTIFICATION
I, Sylvia Edwards, City Clerk of the City of Corona, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Corona, California, at an adjourned meeting thereof held on the 4th day of June 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAINED:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the officialseal of the City of Corona, California, this 4th day of June 2025.
City Clerk of the City of Corona, California
(SEAL)