HomeMy WebLinkAboutDistrict 08 Minutes 1949-05-25MI]~flJTES OF MEETING OF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.8
ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA
May 2S,l91~9,at 8:00 P.M.
Board of Supervisors Room
The Board of Directors met in regular session.
There were present:Directors Emerson 13.Milnor (Chairman)and
Irvin George Gordon.Absent:Director Frank S.Fltts.
The joint meeting was called to order by Chairman Willard Smith
at 8:20 A.M.
The Minutes of the meeting of May 11,i9L~.9,were approved as
read.
RE:CONSULTANTS On motion of Director Gordon,duly
FOR ENGINEER’S seconded and unanimously carried by
REPORT Board members present,the Board voted
to retain Mr.A M Rawn and Mr.Fred D.
Bowlus as consultants on the District No.8 Engineer’s Report at
$100 per day per man plus the necessary traveling expenses and for a
period not to exceed four days;the costs to be paid from Sanitation
District No.8 funds.
General Manager Willis H.Warner submitted his resignation,to
become effective by June 1,l9L~9.After filing the resignation with
the Secretary,Mr.Warner retired from the meeting.
Mr.Nelson Launer,President of the La Habra Sanitary District,
was granted the floor to discuss State Senate Bill No.i6L~.Follow
ing a general discussion,it was agreed by all present that this
Bill,as amended,should receive the support of the Sanitation Dis
trict Boards.
RE:SENATE A motion was made,duly seconded and
BILL NO.1614 unanimously carried by Board members
present,to go on record as favoring the
adoption of Senate Bill No.i6L~.(as amended to limit sanitary district
representation on sanitation district boards to “those sanitary dis
tricts existing at the time of formation of the sanitation district”),
and the Secretary was instructed to notify Senator Clyde A.Watson of
this action by the Board of Directors.
In the discussion relating to Senate Bill No.1614,it was
announced that opposition to the Bill was coming from Santa Cruz and
Santa Clara Counties.Engineer Vinton W.Bacon was authorized to
leave immediately for Sacramento to first determine the exact loca
tion of and reasons for the opposition and then to visit those
counties or areas to further investigate this matter and to
attempt to gain support for the Bill.The District Boards were
advised that the Board of Supervisors would approve county payment
of expenditures incurred by Mr.Bacon on this assignment.
RE:RESIGNATION OF On motion of Director Gordon,second
GENERAL MANAGER ed by Director Milnor and unanimously
AND RESOLUTION carried by Board members present,the
OF APPRECIATION resignation of Willis H.Warner as
General Manager was accepted to
become effective as of June 8,l9L~.9,and the following Resolution was
adopted:
RESOLVED:That upon the resignation of Willis H.Warner as
General Manager of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,~5,6,7,
8,and 11 of Orange County,California,we,the Directors,do hereby
express to him our sincere appreciation for his loyal services and
cooperation as General Manager and for his devotion and untiring
efforts in promoting the Sanitation Districts of Orange County.
RE:REPLACEMENT A motion was made,duly seconded and
FOR MR.WARNER unanimously carried by Board members
present,directing the Steering Com
mittee (consisting of the Chairman of the eight District Boards)to
make a report at the next regular meeting.on a replacement for
Mr.Warner.
The Secretary read a communication from the State Department
of Finance stating that the Allocation Board had approved the appli
cation for ~5~3,968.OO of State Chapter 20 funds for use on ocean
outfall construction.
The Chairman declared the meeting adjourned at 10:20 P.M.
Cha man,•Bo of rectors
County Sanitation District No.8
ATTEST:Orange County,California
CHARLES A.SWEET
Temporary Secretary,Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No.8
Orange County,California