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MINUTES OF REGULAR ~ETING
BfttRD OF DIRECTORS
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.1
March 12,1952 at ~:OO p.m.
Board of Supervisors’Room
Court House
Santa Ana,California
Chairman Finch called the joint meeting of the Districtst
Boards to order at ~:O5 p.m.
The roll was called and the Secretary reported a quorum of
the Board to be present:
Directors present:Courtney R.Chandler
J.L.McBride
Willis H.Warner
Directors absent:None
Others present:Raymond R.Ribal,Chief Engineer and
General Manager
C.arthur Nisson,Jr.,Attorney
Nat H.Neff
J.A.Woolley
K.J.Harrison
Loren Blakeley
William Carver
Ora Mae Merritt,Secretary
Minutes of~~u~ri A motion was made,duly seconded and
27~1~~~nd March carried,approving the minutes of
5~1952
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the regular meeting held on February
27,1952 and adjourned to and held on
March 5,1952.
Rules and Procedure The Board of Directors adopt~ed Resolution
No.132-1,establishing rules and pro
cedure for meetings and for the Executive Committee.Certified
copy of this Resolution is attached hereto and made a part
of these minutes.
~~rt of Chief Mr.Ribal,Chief Engineer and General
g~er~d manager made a report upon staff re
GeneralMg~quirements and recommended the employ
ment of Mr.Francis F.i1enchert.
A motion was made by Director Willis H.Warner
duly seconded and carried that the Chief Engineer and General
Manager be authorized to employ Francis F.Tenchert,Engineer,
at the rate of ~p516.OO per month for the interim period
pending the receipt of preliminary plans on the treatment
plant.
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Mr.Ribal read his report on the
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Preliminary Plans for Land and
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Marine Sections of the Outfall
which had been referred to him
by action of the Boards for study and report.Charts
were used in pointing out details in the general
discussion following the report.These charts are in
the office of the Chief Engineer and General Manager.Mr’s
Ribal expressed his desire that the Directors feel free to
come into the office at 1104.Wept Eighth Street,Santa Ana,
California at any time for discussion of the work and any
further information they might desire.
A motion was made by Director J.L.McBride,
duly seconded and carried that the report of the Chief
Engineer and General Manager on the engineers’preliminary
plans for land and marine sectione of the outfall be
referred to Mr.Ribal and the engineers for consideration
of details and a report be submitted to the Directors at
an adjouxned meeting to be held Wednesday evening,March
19,1952.
Operating Fund A motion was made by Director Warner,
Warrant Register duly seconded and carried,approving
District No.1 Operating Fund Warrant
Register for signature and payment of warrants to J~0.S.
member cities and sanitary districts,in accordance with the
Agreement of Sale and Purchase by funds transferred to
District No.1 Operating Fund from Districts Nos.2,3,and
7,as follows:
Warrant
Demand
No.
1—7
1-~
1—9
1-10
1—11
1-12
1—13
1-14
In Favor Of
City of Santa Ana
City of Anaheim
City of Orange
City of Fullerton
Buena Park Sanitary District
Garden Grove Sanitary District
La Habra Sanitary District
Placentia Sanitary District
17,674.15
6,224.71
5,~77.57
6,224.71
3~5.4l
963.71
1,542.03
963.71
~39.856~G~J
Adjournment Upon a motion made by Director ~\farner,
duly seconded and carried,the Chair
man declared the meeting adjourned at 10:35 p.m.to Wednesday
evening,March 19,1952 at the hour of a:0O p.m.,in the
Board of Supervisors’RoonI;C-)urt Hous?,Santa Ana,Calif
ornia.
ATTEST:
Chairman of,~he Board of Diredtors
County Sani~atiori District No.1
Orange County,California
Secretary of the ~oard of Directors
County Sanitation District No.1
Orange County,California
Report of Chief
En~jpeer and
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General Manager
Amount
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RESOLUTION NO.132-1
A RESOLUTION OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT
NO.oi~OF ORANGE COUNTY FIXING AND
ESTABLISHING RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR ~f lIE
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS OF THE DISTRI CT WHEN
ACTING AS A PART OF THE JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE
ORGANIZATION,AND FOR ORGANIZING THE HOARD
OF DIRECTORS OF THiS DISTRICT AND FOR ORGAN—
~ZING THE MFJ~I3ERS OF rfFlB.JOINT ADMINISTRA
TIVE ORGANIZATION.
WHEREAS,County Sanitation District No.One of Orange
County is now also known as a part of the Joint Administrative
Organization by virtue of an agreement dated December ~,194~as
contemplated in Sections 4~L~O,4~41 and 4~42 of the Health and
Safetj Code;and
WHEREAS,it is desired to establish rules of procedure to
facilitate the orderly handling of business to come before the
Joint Administrative Organization.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED:
Section 1.That the business of the District to come
before the District,and before the District as part of the business
of the Joint Administrative Organization shall he carried on and
conducted in accordance with the provisions of the 75th Anniversary
Edition of “Robert’s Rules of Order Revised”,a copy of which is
on file in the office of the Secretary of the Joint Administrative
Organization,except wherein the special provisions hereinafter
set forth conflict therewith or constitute a change thereto.
A.Quorum:’A rrajority of the Directors in five of the
eight County Sanitation Districts of Orange County constituting
~he members of the Joint Administrative Organization shall con
stitute a quorum of the Joint Administrative Organization.
B.Executive Committee:There shall be a permanent
committee designated as the Executive Committee which shall con
sist of the chairman of the directors o~’each district.The
Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Joint Administrative
Organization shall be an ex-officio member.Any director member
unable to attend a meeting of this C~nimittee may designate
another director of the District he represents to serve in his
place and stead.
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(1)The Executive Committee shall meet to consider
those matters referred t~o it by the Joint Administrative Organ
ization.
(2)The Executive Committee may elect a chairman at
its second meeting in May of each year to serve at the pleasure
of the majority of the Committee.The.Executive Committee may
fix a regular meeting time and place,
(3)The Chief Engineer and General Manager may cancel
any regular meeting by giving oral notice of such cancellation
thereof ~there there is no business to come before the rieeting.
(Li.)Members of the Executive Committee shall be
entitled to mileage and compensation for attendance at Executive
Committee meetings,or for other District business.
(C)Motion to Refer to Executive Committee:Any
director at a Joint Administrative meeting may move to have any
matter of policy,or other activity affecting the members of the
Joint Administrative Organization,or any one of the m~iber
Districts,referred to the Executive Committee for study and
report.This motion shall be a privileged motion and when duly
seconded,discussion thereof shall be limited to directors only,
and for a period not to exceed two minutes per person.It shall
be passed by an affirmative vote of a majority of the Districts.
(D)iviotions to CQne Before Joint Administrative Organ
ization:Any motion or resolution to come before the Joint
Administrative Organization for joint action by all of the parti
cipating Districts,excepting only District No.8,shall be hand
led in the following manner;
The motion or resolution may be introduced by any mem
ber and when so introduced shall be read or repeated by the
Chairman of the Joint Administrative Organization.The Chairman
shall thereafter call for discussion on the motion or resolution
at which time any member may discuss the matter pending.Any
person other than a director present at the meeting may speak to
the motion if the Chairman recognizes him or her.Sole discre
tion to the extent of discussion outside of the membership of
the Joint Administrative Organization shall rest with the Chair-
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man.At the close of discussion the Chairman may,in his dis
cretion,repeat the motion or resolution pending,and thereafter
call for vote in the follo~ng manners
The Secretary will poll each District in the following manner:
“On the motion for District No.“.(Roll call for resolu
tions,voice vote for routine motions,except in case of close
vote.)The Secretary shall determine whether or not the matter
is passed.
E.Expenditure of Funds or Appropriation of Funds:
Any action calling for the expenditure or appropriation of funds
of the Districts not previously authorized by each District,
must be approved by each District so affected.
F.Chairman of the Joint Administrative Organization:
A chairman of the Joint Administrative Organization shall be
elected by a majority vote of the Districts at the first meeting
in Nay of each year.The Chairman shall serve at the pleasure
of the majority of the Districts.
G0 Chairman of the District:A chairman shall be elected
by the members of the District Board at the first meeting in
May of each year,and said Chairman shall serve at the pleasure
of the majority of said members.
H.Amendment of Rules of Procedure:The foregoing rules
of procedure may be amended by the à~option of a resolution by
each of the eight member districts in respect to the conduct of
the business of the District as a part of the Joint Adriinistra—
tive Organization.As to the other business of the District
said rules may be amended bya two-thirds majority vote of the
members of the district.
I.So much of Resolution No,21 as is in conflict herewith
is hereby repealed.
The fore~ing resolution was introduced by Director J.ii
McBride ,who moved its adoption.Said motion was se
conded by Director Willis H.Warner ,
and was carried by the
following vote:
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AYES:Directors J.L.McBride,Willis H.Warner and Courtney
R.Chandler
NOES:None
ABSENT;None
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I,ORA MAE MERRITT,Secretary of the Board of Directors
of County Sanitation District No.One of Orange Count~,r,Calif
ornia,hereby certify that the abovo and foregoing resolution was
duly and regularly adopted by said Board at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 12th day of March
,l9~2.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 12th day of March
,1952.
~cretary of the Board of Dir~ctors
of County Sanitation District No.1
of Orange’County,California.