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MINUTES OF MEETING OF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.S
OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA
July 27,191.9,at 6:00 P.M.
Board of Supervisors Room
The Board of Directors met in regular session.
There were present:Directors Dick Drake (chairman),Irvin George
Gordon and Ross Greeley.Absent:None.
The joint meeting of the District Boards was called to order by
Chairman Virgil Reed at 8:10 P.M.
The Minutes of the regular meeting of July 13,l9t~9,and the spe
cial meeting of July 23,I9I~9,were approved as written.
Director Drake read a statement concerning the progress of the
sanitation program and filed said statement with the Secretary for
Districts Nos.5 and 6.
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Mr.Dennison,Attorney for Districts Nos.5,6,7 and 6 reviewed
the legal aspects of the actions taken by the Districts up to the
present time and discussed the action necessary for the sale of bonds.
Mr.Dennison stated that,in his opinion,no major deviation could be
made from the proposition as called for in the Engineer~s Report and
on the bond,election ballot.
Director Dick Drake of Sanitation Districts Nos.5 and 6 requested
that the Secretary read the last two paragraphs of a personal letter
that he had received from Mr.A M Rawn in reply to a statement pub
lished July 15th in the Santa Ana Register and attributed to Mayor
Pearson of Anaheim.Chairman Reed asked Mr.Drake if be had any objec
tion to having the entire letter read.Mr.Drake replied that he had
no objection,whereupon a motion was made,duly seconded and unanimous
ly carried,that said letter be read in its entirety.Following the
reading of this letter,Director Pearson stated that the statement in
the newspaper was based upon a conversation that their engineer had had
with Mr.Julian Hinds.
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RE:JOINT ,CONSTRUCTION On motion of Director Greeley,duly seconded
AND OPERATION AGREEMENT and unanimously carried,it was ordered that
immediate negotiations be entered into for
the execution of the Joint Construction and Operation Agreement between
all of the Districts.
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RE:APPOINTMENT OF On motion of Director Gordon,duly seconded
CHIEF ENGINEER-and unanimously carried,it was ordered
GENERAL MANAGER that,as the nominee of Districts Nos.5,
6,7 and 8,Mr.Fred D.Bowlus be appointed
Chief Engineer-General Manager of the project to be done jointly with
other S~itation Districts in accordance with the proposition adopted
by the electors at the election held February 28,l91.~9.
Mr.Leslie H.Eckel County Auditor,discussed the preparation
and submission of the l9~.9-l95O budgets for the districts.
At 10:05 P.M.,.upon the request of the District Boards,Chairman
Reed declared a recess of the joint meeting.At 10:35 P.M.the Chair
man called the joint meeting to order.
Mr.Eckel presented Warrant Registers for signature of the Secre
tary and Chairman.
Director Gordon of Districts Nos.5,6,7 and 8 suggested that
Districts Nos.1,2,3 and 11 appoint a registered civil engineer of
their choice,that Districts Nos.5,6,7 and 8 do likewise,and that
these two engineers appoint a third engineer to serve with them on a
three-man committee;said committee to review all applicants for the
position of Chief Engineer-General Manager and to nominate their
choice of a candidate for this position.
Director Weimer of District No.2 suggested that,in lieu of the
above method of arbitration,a committee composed of all of the
engineers in Orange County be asked to decide on the candidate for
Chief Engineer-General Manager.
No action was taken on either of the above suggestions for arbi
tration.
RE:ADDITIONAL On motion of Director Gordon,duly seconded
CANDIDATES FOR and unanimously carried,the following
CHIEF ENGINEER-additional candidates were nominated for
GENERAL MANAGER the position of Chief Engineer-General
Manager:Francis H.Bulot,Theodore M.Kuss,
Clyde L.Jenken,and Luis E.Kemnitzer.
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ADJOURNMENT On motion of Director Greeley,duly seconded
and unanimously carried,the meeting was
adjourned to Friday,July 29,191.~9,at 11:00 A.M.in the Mayor’s office,
City Hall,Newport Beach,California,for the purpose of approving the
19!i.9-SO budget.
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The Chairman declared the meeting adjourned at 11:00 P.M.
Chairman,Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No.S
Orange County,California
ATTEST:
CHARLES A.S EET
Temporary Secretary,Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No.5
Orange County,California