FPUD asks LAFCO for consolidation; will seek another JPA partner

Despite the wishes of the Rainbow Municipal Water District board not to continue with plans to merge Rainbow and the Fallbrook Public Utility District, the FPUD board has submitted an application for the merger to San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation Commission.

A 4-0 FPUD board vote March 10, with Archie McPhee absent, approved the consolidation application which was delivered to LAFCO executive officer Mike Ott by FPUD general manager Brian Brady on March 11.

“I think there’s a general understanding that without the JPA structure or the (employee) leasing agreement, which also Rainbow h...