Each year, staff is tasked with preparing a budget for consideration at an annual Public Hearing in June.  The process leading up to the hearing includes several public meetings to provide the Board and the public with information for consideration and opportunities for input into the budget process.  These public meetings include workshops, committee, and Board meetings.  Beginning in January, committees review and update their respective Long Range Plans including the 10-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and Maintenance plans.  In February, staff gathers information in preparation for the budget.  February through March, the Board reviews and approves the Long Range Capital Plans and also provides staff with budget assumptions to be used based on the consumer price index and other economic factors.  Considering these guidelines, staff begins the process of preparing a draft budget.  Staff works with department managers and supervisors to obtain budge information and incorporates the data with the assumptions as directed by the Board.  The draft budget is reveiewed by management and presented to the Finance Committee for consideration prior to being presented to the full Board.  The Final Draft Budget is made available for review and a public hearing is held in June.  The Final Draft Budget is presented to the Board during the public meeting for final review, consideration, and adoption.  All of these are public meetings and the District encourages public attendance and participation.

The events listed below have been scheduled to promote public participation and ensure the public has the opportunity to become familiar with the budget process.

Media Contact:
Don Bartz, General Manager
​(760) 868-1212

PHELAN, Calif. (November 21, 2019) - Beginning December 20, 2019, and continuing for approximately four weeks, the Phelan Piñon Hills Community Services District ("District") will be installing a water mainline to serve the District's office, Phelan Community/Senior Center, Phelan Park, and future expansion areas of Phelan Park.  The project will extend along Sheep Creek Road from Nielson Road to the northern edge of the District's property located at 4128 Warbler Road.

Traffic control will be in effect for the duration of the project.  The District hopes to minimize the impact to traffic, particularly school traffic, by performing construction nearest the school area during the winter holiday break.

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For further information regarding this matter, please contact District staff at
​(760) 868-1212.

Media Contact:
Don Bartz, General Manager
(760) 868-1212

PHELAN, Calif. (November 21, 2019) - On November 13, 2019, the Phelan Piñon Hills Community Services District's Board of Directors ("Board") appointed Rebecca Kujawa to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Alex Brandon from the Board.

Director Kujawa, a resident of the area since 2004, was appointed after two seperate candidate interview periods and was sworn in on November 13, 2019.  Director Kujawa is a Special Education Instructional Associate for the Snowline Joint Unified School District and a former credit union employee.  Since 2016, Rebecca has been a member of the Phelan Chamber of Commerce and has been active in community events such as Phelan Phamily Phun Day and Music in the Park.  Director Kujawa was appointed to complete the remainder of the term which will expire in December 2020.

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For further information regarding this matter, please contact District staff at
​ (760) 868-1212.

​For those who remember, there used to be a tradition of Serrano Seniors sneaking up to the water tanks high on the hill overlooking Phelan, just off of Sheep Creek Road.  The Seniors would generally paint their class graduation year on one of the water tanks.  This spirited, somewhat subversive tradition was a fun one and the community and water officials generally turned a blind eye to the "vandalism".  The last class to carry out the tradition was the class of 2004.

This year, the tradition was renewed, albeit in more of an official capacity.  The PPHCSD has recently made a push to partner more frequently with Snowline Joint Unified School District. In this vein, Water Operations Manager Sean Wright approached Superintendent Holman and Marketing and PR Rep Chacon this year to re-ignite the tank painting tradition. 

And so, in the spirit of fun and tradition, representatives of the Class of 2019, supervised by Mr. Chacon, came out for two days this month and painted the tank with their year and some decorations.  Next time you head south on Sheep Creek, take a look up on the hill and see if you can spot their handiwork.

This February, PPHCSD will be promoting recycling and water conservation by sponsoring Mr. Eco, a popular YouTube conservationist, to visit local schools including Phelan Elementary and The Heritage School.  Mr. Eco has made a number of popular YouTube videos promoting recycling and conservation and has created a school outreach program that visits hundreds of schools all over the country promoting his program.  Some of his YouTube videos include "Save Some for the Fishes", "Recycle Robot", and "Litterbug".  Mr. Eco has visited our local schools for the past two years and is always well received by students and teachers alike.  The kids say he is funny and that they really like his music.

To learn more about Mr. Eco and his program, visit his website at www.mreco.org.