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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF
THE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Orange County Sanitation District
Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at 5:30 P.M.
A regular meeting of the Administration Committee of the Orange County Sanitation
District was held on March 14, 2012, at 5:30 p.m., in the Sanitation District's
Administration Building.
Following the Pledge of Allegiance, a quorum was declared present, as follows:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
John Anderson, Chair
Brad Reese, Vice Chair
Joe Carchio
Steven Choi
Jim Ferryman
Prakash Narain
Janet Nguyen
Sal Tinajero
Mark W aldman
John W ithers
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT:
Larry Crandall, Board Chair
Troy Edgar, Board Vice-Chair
Jon Dumitru
STAFF PRESENT:
Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
Jim Herberg, Assistant General Manager
Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance
& Administrative Services
Jeff Reed, Director of Human Resources
Mike W hite, Controller
W es Bauer Rich
Castillon Dean
Fisher Dave
Halverson Ken
Hernandez
Randy Kleinman
Lilia Kovac
George Rivera
Rich Spencer
John Swindler
Rob Thompson
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hogin, General Counsel
Bryan Grueber, Lance, Soll & Lunghard,
LLC
Dennis Mulqueeny, Alliant Insurance
Services
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
There were none.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE CHAIR:
Committee Chair Anderson briefly reported that Chair Crandall, Mr. Ruth and himself
had met with Governor Jerry Brown at an event in Newport Beach, who expressed
support of OCSD’s efforts on water issues.
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REPORT OF GENERAL M AN AGER:
Mr. Ruth reported that staff had prepared a response to a newspaper article which had
negatively addressed the Sanitation District’s financial reserves.
REPORT OF DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTR ATIVE SERVICES
Director of Finance and Administrative Services, Lorenzo Tyner introduced the
presenters of the Integrated Emergency Response Plan, and the areas covered under
Volume I of the plan. Volume II will be presented at the April Administration Committee.
Assistant General Manager, Jim Herberg, introduced Engineering Manager Dean
Fisher, who presented an update to the CIP program.
CONSENT CALEND AR:
1. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: Approve minutes of the
February 8, 2012, Administration Committee Meeting.
ACTION ITEMS:
2. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of
Directors to:
Receive and file Internal Audit Reports on Employee Compensation and
Information Technology issued by the District’s Contract Internal Auditors.
3. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of
Directors to:
A. Reject the apparent low bid submitted by Govplace as deemed non-
responsive in accordance with specif ication requirements for Purchase of
Cisco Parts, Specification No. E-2012-521BD; and,
B. Approve a Purchase Order Agreement with CDW -G, the lowest responsive
and responsible bidder, f or Purchase of Cisco Parts, Specification No.
E-2012-521BD, f or an amount not to exceed $620,206; and,
C. Approve a contingency of $62,020 (10%).
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS:
Principal Financial Analyst , Randy Kleinman, introduced Dennis Mulqueeny, Senior
Vice President of Alliant Insurance Services, who presented an broad overview of the
insurance market rates and its contributing factors.
Safety and Health Supervisor, Wes Bauer, presented an update of the Worker's
Compensation Program and preventive measures set in place to manage its
effectiveness .
Finance Controller, Mike White, presented the Sanitation District's revenues as
proposed to be included in the FY 2012-13 and 2013-14 budget.
OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
ITEMS, IF ANY:
Chair Anderson reminded the committee members of the OCSD Plant Tour on
March 21 at 3 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 6:36 p.m.
Submitted by :
Lilia Kovac
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