HomeMy WebLinkAboutDistrict 08 Minutes 1949-06-22MINUTES OF MEETING OF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO0 8
OF ORANGE COUNTY~CALIFORNIA
JUNE 22k,l9L~99 at 8:00 P0M.
Board of Supervisors Room
The Board of Directors met in regular session0
There were present:Directors Irvin George Gordon (Chairman pro
tern),1,end Frank S.Fitts0 Absent:Director Emerson B.Milnor0
The joint meeting of the District Boards was called to order by
Chairman Willard Smith at 8:i~P.M.
Director Gordon was,elected Chairman pro tern of the District
No0 8 Board.
General Manager Warner stated that the District Boards should con~
sider establishing a suspense account for financing the administrative
organization.
RE:LETTER FROM The Secretary read a letter from the Executive
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF Board of the Joint Outfall Sewer0 A motion was
JOINT OUTFALL SEWER made1,duly seconded and unanimously carried1,
ordering that said letter be received1,filed
arid acknowledged.
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The Secretary read a communication from the County Board of
Supervisors In which a letter from engineers of the Sewerage Survey
Staff was referred by the Supervisors to this Board.Said letter was
read by the Secretary
Mr0 Weimer,Chairman of the Steering Committee1,reported that
the committee had been unable to reach an agreement on the matter of
a chief engineer.~general manager for the sanitation districts0
Mr.Drake1,Chairman of a sub~commIttee to the Steering Committee1,
reported on the work done by his committee in regard to the methods
of accomplishIng the engineering and inspection on the sewerage pro~
ject,
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‘RE:ELECTION OF
PERMANENT CHA IRMAN
OF JOINT MEETINGS
boards.
A motion was made9 duly seconded and unanimous
ly carried~,electing the Chairman of the
District No0 1 Board of Directors as permanent
chairman of the joint meetings of the district
Director Virgil Reed was seated as Permanent Chairman of the
joint meeting,replacing Temporary chairman Willard Smith.
RE:EMPLOYMENT OF On motion of Director Fitts9 duly seconded and
CONSULTING ENGINEERS carried,the Board of Directors authorized the
employment of Julian Hinds,Chief Engineer and
Genera:’.Manager of the Metropolitan Water Distr1.ct of Southern Cali~
fornia;A M Rawn,Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Los Angeles
County Sanitation Districts;and Franklin Thomas,President of the
American Society of Civil Engineers9 for the purpose of:(1)recommend
ing whether outside private engineering firms should be retained to
design and supervise construction of the sewerage project or whether a
chief •engineer~general manager and an engineering staff should be used
to perform this work9 and (2)recommending possible candidates for the
position of chief engineer-general manager.
AYES:
NOES:
DIRECTORS FRANK S.FITTS AND IRVIN GEORGE GORDONO
NONE.
ABSENT:DIRECTOR EMERSON B.MILNOR,
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RE:NOTIFICATION A motion was made9 duly seconded and carried9
OF CONSULTANTS appointing the sub-committee headed by Mr.
Drake to make the necessary arrangements for
the employment of the three~man consulting board consisting of Julian
Hinds,A M Rawn and Franklin Thomas.
ATTEST:
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CHARLES A.,SWEET
Temporary Secretary,Board of Directors
~County Sanitation ~i~strict No0 6
Orange County,California
The Chairman declared the meeting adjourned at 10:20
Orange County9 California