(The IID Board recently approved a new set of board policies)...The action is expected to help guide the operational and strategic direction of the district.

The Board's action to adopt the new governance system, currently used with success by other public utilities including the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, establishes a new structure and culture of strategic policy governance at the Imperial Irrigation District. The new Board policy replaces the Board of Directors Governance Manuel adopted in 2007, and establishes governance process policies that clarify the Board's responsibilities, board-staff linkage policies defining the board's collective relationship with, and delegations to, the general manager and management team, and strategic direction policies that focus on long-term results and performance metrics.