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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. *** 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, *** ‘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, *** 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: *** 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