HomeMy WebLinkAboutDistrict 05 Minutes 1950-04-26MINUTES OF MEETING OF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.5
OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA
April 26,1950 at ~:OO P.M.
Board of Supervisors Room
The Board of Directors met in regular session.
There were present:Directors Braden Finch (Chairman)and
Ross Greeley;Administrative Officer Nelson M.Launer,Attorney
E.J.Marks,Attorney Harry Ashton and the Secretary.Absent:
Director Irvin G.Gordon.
The joint meeting of the district boards was called to order
by Chairman Virgil H.Reed at ~:1O P.M.
The Secretary announced that a certification had been received
from the City of Newport Beach appointing Councilman Braden Finch
to serve as Director on the District No.5 Board.
RE:ELECTION OF On motion of Director Greeley,duly
BOARD CHAIRMAN seconded and unanimously carried by
board members present,Director
Braden Finch was elected Chairman of the District No.5 Board.
A motion was made,duly seconded and carried,to approve the
Minutes of April 12,1950,as mailed out.
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RE:APPROVAL OF A motion was made,duly seconded and
WARRANT REGISTER unanimously carried by board members
present,approving for signature and
payment the Joint Administrative Warrant Register covering the
following Voucher Demands:
Voucher
Demand No.In Favor Of Amount
JA..-43 U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue ~11~.35
44 E.J.Marks and Adrian Marks 662.50
45 City of Santa Ana 136.40
46 Bales Office Equipment Company 1,166.04
47 Tiernan’s Office Equipment 1,465.10
4E~Fairchild Aerial Survey,Inc.12.46
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Voucher
Demand No.In Favor Of Amount
JA-49 Glenn R.Hamefl l4~.25
50 Santa Ana Typewriter Company 2.07
51 Orange County Blueprint Shop 16.95
52 Santa Ana Lumber Company 455.57
53 C.S.Sutherland 21.00
54 Dennis Printers and Stationers 722.99
Total ~4,927.6~
Administrative Officer Nelson Launer discussed the items
covered in his report to the Directors dated April 20,1950,and
recommended that office space in the Sanitation District Offices be
rented to the Regional Water Pollution Board for the next several
months on a month-to-month basis.
A motion was made,duly seconded and carried,approving the
recommendations of the Administrative Officer in regard to renting
temporary office space.
Mr.Launer asked the district boards for comments regarding an
appraisal of Section I of the Joint Outfall Sewer by the Sanitation
Districts.Following a general discussion on the amount to be paid
for these existing facilities,it was agreed that the price as shown
in the Engineer’s Reports dated December 22,l94~,be used.
Attorney E.J.Marks stated that the following agreements re
mained to be completed:(1)Agreement between Santa Ana and District
No.1 regarding purchase of the Santa Ana Outfalls,(2)Agreement
between District Nos.1 and 6 regarding joint use of the former Santa
Ana Army Air Base sewer across the Santa Ana River,(3)Agreement
between the County of Orange and District No.6 regarding the former
Air Base sewers,and (4)Agreement between Newport Beach and Districts
Nos.5 and 6 regarding purchase of existing sewerage facilities.
RE:NUMBERING On motion of Director Greeley,duly seconded
OF RESOLUTIONS and carried,the following Resolution No.1
was adopted:
WHEREAS,numerous Resolutions of the Boards of Directors
of County Sanitation Districts Numbers One,Two,Three,Five,
Six,Seven and Eleven are being introduced and passed;and
WHEREAS,for future convenience,it is advisable that
such Resolutions be numbered consecutively,commencing with
Resolution No.1,passed and adopted on the 26th day of
April,1950;
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THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that such Resolutions be
numbered consecutively,commencing with Resolution No.
1,passed on the 26th day of April,1950,and that such
consecutive numbering be continued until further order
of the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts
Numbers One,Two,Three,Five,Six,Seven and Eleven of
Orange County.
AYES:Directors Ross Greeley and Braden Finch.
NOES:None.
ABSENT:Director Irvin G.Gordon.
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RE:PAYMENT OF On motion of Director Greeley,duly
SALARIES,ETC.seconded and carried,the following
Resolution No.2 was adopted:
WHEREAS,it has become necessary for County Sanitation
Districts Numbers One,Two,Three,Five,Six,•Seven and
Eleven,with County Sanitation District Number Eight con
curring,to organize and establish a Temporary Administrative
Organization to act and function and administer the joint
affairs of said County Sanitation Districts until such time
as a permanent Joint Administrative Organization be created
and established,as contemplated in the Joint Administrative
Agreement dated December ~,l94~.It is therefore provided
as follows:
SECTION I.The temporary offices of Administrative
Officer,Engineer,Assistant Engineer,Secretary-Controller,
and Stenographer have been heretofore created by Minute
Orders of the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation
Districts Numbers One,Two,Three,Five,Six,Seven and
Eleven of Orange County,and the creation of said temporary
offices is hereby confirmed and approved,and said temporary
offices are created as temporary offices of said County
Sanitation Districts.
SECTION II.The salaries of said temporary officers
and employees are hereby fixed and apportioned as follows:
Administrative Officer,$450.00 per month;Engineer,$550.00
per month;Assistant Engineer,$400.00 per month;Secretary-
Controller,$325.00 per month;and Stenographer,$200.00 per
month.Said salaries shall be paid from the joint administra
tive fund and shall be apportioned among County Sanitation
Districts Numbers One,Two,Three,Five,Six,Seven and
Eleven,and shall be paid as follows:
County Sanitation District Number One,29.12%thereof;
County Sanitation District Number Two,2l.6E~%thereof;
County Sanitation District Number Three,17.20%thereof;
County Sanitation District Number Five,~.77%thereof;
County Sanitation District Number Six,10.04%thereof;
County Sanitation District Number Seven,~.l2%thereof;
County Sanitation District Number Eleven,5.07%thereof;
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SECTION III.Nelson M.Launer has been heretofore
employed and appointed as temporary Administrative Officer
of said County Sanitation Districts,his temporary appoint
ment to commence on January 16,1950,at said monthly
salary;said temporary employment is hereby confirmed on
a month-to-month basis.He is authorized and directed to
generally administer the affairs of said County Sanitation
Districts and to employ temporarily the necessary assist
ants and office help upon a month-to-month,daily or hourly
basis.Nat H.Neff has been employed and appointed as
temporary Engineer and Daniel H.Nelson as temporary Secre
tary-Controller,said employment of each to commence on March
15,1950;and Charles A.Sweet has been appointed and employed
as temporary Assistant Engineer,said employment and appointment
to commence on March 16,1950;and Ora Mae Merritt has been
employed and appointed as temporary Stenographer,said employ
ment to commence on March 17,1950.Said temporary employments
are hereby ratified and approved on a month-to-month basis.
SECTION IV.Said temporary Administrative Officer is
hereby authorized and directed to employ such additional
temporary help at such salaries or wages as may be necessary,
the salaries to be approved by the Board of Directors of
each of said County Sanitation Districts,and each employment
to be on a temporary month-to-month,daily orhourly basis.
SECTION V.The temporary Administrative Officer is
hereby authorized and directed,on the first day of each
month,to prepare and process monthly payrolls for said
temporary officers and employees for services actually
performed by each of them during the preceding calendar
month and to approve such payrolls over his signature,
and present the same to the County Auditor of Orange
County for payment.The County Auditor is hereby author
ized and directed to pay to each of said temporary officers
and employees the amount specified for services actually
performed during the preceding calendar month;said pay
ments to be made on or before the fifth day of each calen
dar month for services rendered by each of said temporary
officers and employees during the preceding calendar month;
said payments to be made on the basis of the salaries here
inbefore set forth.
SECTION VI.This Resolution,together with similar
Resolutions passed and adopted by the Boards of Directors of
the other County Sanitation Districts hereinbefore named
shall be the “mutual”agreement by which the County Sanitation
Districts do determine a specified charge to be paid by each
District during the interval between the formation of the
Districts and the issuance of bonds for construction purposes
as provided in paragraph tT3??of subdivision “b”of provision
“1”of the Joint Administrative Agreement dated December ~,
194g.
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Directors Ross Greeley and Braden Finch.
None.
Director Irvin G.Gordon.
RE:PAYMENT OF
BILLS OF JOINT
ADMINISTRATIVE FUND
On motion of Director Greeley,duly
seconded and carried,the following
Resolution No.3 was adopted:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
County Sanitation
County Sanitation
County Sanitation
County Sanitation
County Sanitation
County Sanitation
County Sanitation
District Number
District Number
District Number
District Number
District Number
District Number
District Number
One,29.12%.
Two,2l.6~%.
Three,17.20%.
Five,~.77%.
Six,10.04%.
Seven,E~.12%.
Eleven,5.07%.
RE:TRAVEL
EXPENSES
On motion of Director Greeley,duly
seconded and carried,the following
Resolution No.4 was adopted:
WHEREAS,it is necessary for the officers,agents,
employees and appointees of County Sanitation Districts
Numbers One,Two,Three,Five,Six,Seven and Eleven to
travel on business of said County Sanitation Districts;
THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that,when any of the
same do so travel and use their own automobiles for such
transportation,they shall be allowed and paid the compen
sation of 7-l/2 for each mile or fraction thereof necessarily
traveled on said business.
In case any of said persons are required to travel on
business of the County Sanitation Districts by public trans
portation,they shall receive the necessary railroad or bus
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
RESOLVED,that all bills for materials,supplies,services,
equipment and other expenses incurred in connection with the
Joint Administrative Organization which cannot be readily
segregated and allocated to one District shall be paid from
the Joint Administrative Fund and shall be charged against
each of County Sanitation Districts Nos.One,Two,Three,
Five,Six,Seven and Eleven to be paid by and apportioned
to said County Sanitation Districts on the following percent
ages:
Directors Ross Greeley and Braden Finch.
None.
Director Irvin G.Gordon.
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fare therefor and,if overnight trips are involved,the
cost of a Pullman sleeper,together with the cost of meals
consumed on said trip.
That said expenses to be paid shall be apportioned
among County Sanitation Districts Numbers One,Two,Three,
Five,Six,Seven and Eleven by the percentages set forth in
a Resolution adopted concurrently herewith,which Resolution
provides for the apportionment of the salaries and wages of
certain temporary officers and temporary employees of said
County Sanitation Districts.
AYES:Directors Ross Greeley and Braden Finch.
NOES:None.
ABSENT:Director Irvin G.Gordon.
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Secretary Charles A.Sweet submitted his written resignation
to become effective as of April 27,1950.
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RE:APPOINTMENT On motion of Director Greeley,duly
OF SECRETARY seconded and carried,the following
Resolution No.5 was adopted:
WHEREAS,Charles A.Sweet has tendered his resignation
asSecretary of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation
District Number Five.
Said resignation is hereby accepted,effective the 27th
day of April,1950,and Daniel H.Nelson is hereby appointed
Secretary of said County Sanitation District,his appointment
to take effect upon the effective date of the resignation of
Charles A.Sweet as such Secretary.
AYES:Directors Ross Greeley and Braden Finch.
NOES:None.
ABSENT:Director Irvin G.Gordon.
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RE:EMPLOYMENT OF On motion of Director Greeley,duly
ATTORNEY HARRY seconded and carried,the following
ASHTON Resolution No.7 was adopted:
WHEREAS,Sanitation Districts Nos.5 and 6,of the County
of Orange,State of California,are negotiating with certain other
Sanitation Districts,Sanitary Districts and Municipalities in
connection with the county wide sanitation plan and in negoti
ating purchase agreements and joint operation and construction
agreements;and
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WHEREAS,said Sanitation Districts Nos.5 and 6 are in
need of the services of an attorney to advise them in connection
with the negotiation and execution of said contracts and in
connection with other matters that may arise from time to time;
and
WHEREAS,the said Sanitation Districts Nos.5 and 6 have
heretofore employed Harry Ashton,as attorney,to prepare
and submit the Agreement for Sale between Sanitation Districts
Nos.5 and 6 and the City of Newport Beach,for the purchase of
Newport Beach Trunk A,Units 1,2 and 3,and the said attorney
is agreeable to continuing said employment on an hourly basis
for the time actually spent in services to these districts,at
the rate of Twelve and 50/100 Dollars ($12.50)per hour,said
rate to be retroactive to the original employment of said
attorney,and it is for the best interests of said Sanitation
Districts Nos.5 and 6 that said attorney be employed;
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that Sanitation Districts
Nos.5 and 6 employ Harry Ashton,Attorney at Law,to represent
said Sanitation Districts in all matters in connection with
their negotiation of contracts with reference to the purchase
of certain facilities from the City of Newport Beach and in
connection with the negotiation of said joint operation and
construction agreements,and other matters that may arise from
time to time,at an hourly rate of Twelve and 50/100 Dollars
($12.50)per hour for the time actually spent by said attorney
in services to said Sanitation Districts,and that such compen
sation be paid out of the funds of these Districts upon demands
presented by such attorney,such payment to be made equally by
said Districts.
AYES:Directors Ross Greeley and Braden Finch.
NOES:None.
ABSENT:Director Irvin G.Gordon.
At 9:50 P.M.District No.5 Board adjourned.
Chairman,Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No.5
Orange County,California
ATTEST:
CHARLES A.SWEET
Temporary Secretary,Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No.5
Orange County,California
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