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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING,RECONVENED SESSION
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COUNTY S~NITATIuN DISTRICT NO.6
ORANGE COUNTY,Ci~LIFORNIA
July 9,1952 at 7:00 p.m.
Room 239.,1104 West Eighth Street
Santa Ana,California
The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.6
of Orange County,California,met Wednesday evening,July 9,1952
at the hour of 7:00 p.mi,in Room 239,1104 West Eighth Street,
Santa Aria,California,pursuant to adjournment of the meeting held
on June 23,1952.
Chairman Nelson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
The roll was called and the Secretary reported a quorum of
the Board to be present.
Directors present:C..M.Nelson (Chairman)
Andrew W.Smith
Willis H.Warner
Directors absent:None
Others present:Raymond Ft.Ribal,Chief Engineer and
General Manager
Francis H.Bulot
Robert Bulot
C.Arthur Nisson,Jr0
Harry Ashton
F.B.Owen
Ora Mae Merritt,Secretary
Opening of Sealed
Bids The hour of 7:00 p.m.having arrived and
this being the time and place fixed for
opening sealed proposals,the Board of Directors took the
following action:
Moved by Director Warner,seconded by Director Smith and
duly carried:
That the Secretary be instructed to open the sealed
proposals for the construction of Newport Boulevard Trunk
Sewer,17th Street Trunk Sewer and Old Santa Ana Road Trunk
Sewer,pursuant to legal publication calling for bids.
Whereupon,sealed bids for the construction of District
No.6 trunk sewers were publicly opened,examined and read.
~~ass of Bids Following the reading of bids,a
motion was made by Director Warner,
seconded by Director Smith and duly carried:
That the bids be referred to the Chief Engineer and
General Manager for canvass and report to the Board and the
design engineer.
Adjournm~it Upon a motion made by Director Warner,
seconded by Director Smith and duly
carried,the meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
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Orange County,California
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Secretary,Board of Dire~tors
County Sanitation District No.6
Orange County,California
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.6
ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA
July 9,1952 at ~:OO p.m.
Board of Supervisors’Room
Court House
Santa Ana,California
Chairman Finch called the joint meeting of the Districts’
Boards to order at ~:l5 p.m.
The roll was called and the Secretary reported a quorum of
the Board to be present.
Directors present:C.M.Nelson (Chairman)
Willis H.Warner
Directors absent:Andrew W,Smith
Raymond R.Ribal,Chief Engineer and
General Manager
C.Arthur Nissan,Jr.
Nat H.Neff
K.J.Harrison
Harry Ashton
F.B.Owen
Harvey House
Ora Mae Merritt,Secretary
~porovalof Minutes The Board of Directors took the
fcllo~iing action:
Moved by Director Warner,seconded by
Director Nelson,and duly carried:
That the minutes of the meetings held on June l~,1952
and adjourned session held on June 23,1952,be approved as
mailed out.
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Joint Administrative
Warrant’~
Moved by Director Chandler,seconded by
Director Langenbeck,and duly carried:
That the Joint Administrative Warrant Register be
approved for signature arid payment of:
Warrant
Demand No.
JA-154.
JA-155
JA-156
JA—157
JA-l5~
J A -159
JA-160
In Favor Of
City of Santa Ana
The Pacific Telephone &Telegraph Co.
McFadden Dale Hardware Co.
International Business Machine Corp.
Tiernan~S
Santa Ana Register
Huston,Suter and Huston,Inc.
Forwarded to next page
212.00
103 .
27.32
30.00
9.73
1.60
27.50
411.95
Others present:
Amount
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Joint ~dmin istrative
V7arrant Re~ister(~ontinued
Brought Forward 4~411.95
JA-161 Eastman Kodak Stores,Inc.17.14
J~-162 Orange County Blueprint Shop 3.11
JA-163 Dennis Printers &Stationers 39.32
JA-164 Bales Office Equipment C0.6~.45
JA-165 Dieterich-Post Company 15.59
JA-166 Ora Mae Merritt 12.53
JA-167 Nat H.Neff 3~.l2
JA—16f~State Con.pensation Insurance Fund
JP-169 Waiter Ramsey 5.10
~1~99.74
Report of the Exe Director Chandler,Chairman of the
cutive Committee Executive Committee,reported that
at the meeting held on the 25th of
June,1952,the Committee approved and recommended the
following items:
1.Adoption of the proposed Resolution relative to
establishing positions and fixing salaries for
the Joint 1~dministrative Organization and
Construction Personnel.
2.Passage of a motion recommended by the Chief Engineer
and General Man.~ger,fixing salaries for employees now
on the Joint Administrative and Construction pay
rolls,to become effective July 1,.1952.
3.Adoption of ~.e~o1ution recommended by the Chief
Enginee.r and General M4nager,authorizing employment
of consultants from time to time.
Director Chandler also reported that two bills sub
mitted by Harrison &~oo11ey,et al for services per
formed under the cost plus paragraph of their contract
were turned over to Mr.Nisson and the Engineers for
clarification and interpret.~tion of Section VIII
of their contract;and that Mr.Nisson is to make a
report to the Committee.
Proposed_Resolution A motion was made by Director Boney,
re:establishing seconded by Director Hirstein:
certain positions
That the matter of the resolution
and motion relative to personnel and salaries and.the pro
posed resolution authorizing the employment of consultants,
recommended by the Executive Committee,be referred back
to the comm~ttee for further study.
Upon roll call vote by Districts,the Secretary reported
the motion lost due to insufficient affirmative votes by
the Boards of Districts I\Tos.1,3,5,6,7 and 11
There followed a full discussion upon constu’ation inspect
ion now being performed on trunk lines of District No.1 and
ways and means which mi~ht be employed t.o increase salaries
of the inspectors,eitier by employment by District No.1
alone,or some method other than the proposed resolution
establishing salaries within a five—step plan,and the
proposed motion.Director Boney asked for a clarification
of the resolution adopted on April ~,
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1952,relative to authority of the Chief Engineer and
General Manager to fill positions in the first step of
the salary resolutions.
At the request of the Chairman,the Secretary read
Resolution No.140,adopted on April 9,1952,entitled
“Creating Positions in the Construction Organization
an~Authorizing the Filling of Positions.”
Mr.Nisson stated,that under Resolution No.140,
authority has been given the Chief Engineer and General
Manager to fill positions at the first step within
the salary schedule and that employment at a rate higher
then the first step is subject to prior approval of the
Districts’Boards.
Director Langenbeck led a discussion upon restrictions
imposed upon the Executive by a Resolution previously
adopted which set up certain rules and regulations.
At the request of the Chairman,the Secretary re~id
paragraph B of Resolution No.132,relative to rules and
procedure for the Executive Committee.
Mr.Nisson stated t~e opinion that the Executive
Committee may not meet until a matter is referred to
it by the Boards,but that when a meeting is held for
discussion of items so referred,the Committee may
discuss other matters as weil.
Monthly Reports The Boards of Directors of County
On Employees Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,
5,6,7 and 11 took the following
action:
Moved by Director Langenbeck,seconded by Director
McBride and duly carried:
That,as a matter of information to the Boards,the
Chief Engineer and General Man~ger be requested to submit
to the Boards a routine report once a month listing all
the employees of the Districts arid their salaries.
Salary Schedules The Boards of Directors of County
Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,
6,7 and 11 took the following action:
Moved by Director Warner,seconded by Director
Langenheck arid duly carried:
That the Chief Engineer and General Maniger be
requested to present a comprehensive salary schedule so
that it is known where the ernploym~t is within the
salary schedule.
Fixing Salaries The Boards of Directors of County
for Certain Sanitation Districts Mos.1,2,3,5,
Positions 6,7 and 11 took the following action:
Moved by Director Warner,seconded by Director McBride
and duly carried:
That the Chief Engineer and General Manager be and
he is hereby authorized to fix the salaries for the positions
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1 Supervising Engineer
3 Assistant
1 Draftsman
1 Sr.Stenographer-Clerk
1 Stenographer-Clerk
1 Controller-Accountant
2 Construction Inspectors
1 Chief of Party
1 Sr.Engineering Aide
1 Engineering Aide
Salary (Retainer)
rncrease for
Legal Counsel
4~6z~i.00
375.00
337.00
24~6 .00
200.00
355.00
375.00
395.00
337.00
303.00
The Boards of Directors of County
Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,
6,7,~and 11 took the following
Moved by Director Chandler,seconded by Director Miller
and duly carried:
That the salary (retainer)of the attorney for the
Districts,Mr.C.Arthur Nisson,Jr.,be increased from
*355.00 per month to *375.00 per month,’effective July 1,
1952.
Re:Employment of
Consultants
action:
The Boards of Directors of County
Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,
5,6,7 and 11 took the following
Moved by Director McBride,seconded,by Director Miller:
That the Boards adopt the proposed Resolution author
izing employment of consultants from time to time,total
cost not to exceed *5,000.00.
Director Chandler expressed the ‘opinion that the
Executive Committee had recommended adoption of this
Resolution provided that none of the funds authorized
therein would be used,for.re-design and requested that
the proposed Resolution b~so amended.
After a general discussion,Director McBride withdrew
his motion and Director Miller withdrew the second.
The Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts
Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11 took the following action:
Moved by Director McBride,seconded by Director Chandler:
That the Boards adopt the proposed resolution author
izing employment of consultants with the amendment “Provided
that none of these monies be expended for re-design work.”
Upon roll call vote by Districts,the Secretary reported
that the motion ‘to adopt the resolution as amended had
carried by the Boards of Districts Nos.1,2,3,7 and 11;
and that the motion failed to carry by the Boards of Districts
Nos.5~and 6 due to insufficient affirmative votes.
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now existing to the amounts indicated after the title,effective
July 1,1952;
action:
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Report of the Chief Mr.Ribal read his report to the
~ngineer and General Directors and recommended that the
M~n~g~r Boards adopt a Resolution authorizing
payment of ~l5O.OO to Peter Karalas
as damages to the bean crop resulting from drilling of test
holes on the proposed tre~trnent plant site.
The Secretary read a motion recommended by the Chief
Engineer and General Manager,authorizing certain addenda to
the plans and specifications for the Ocean Outfall Sewer.
Authorizing Payment The Boards of Dire~tors of County
to Mr.Peter Karalas Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,
3,5,,6,7 and 11 took the following
action:
Moved by Director Don B.Haiber,seconded by Director
Hugh W.Warden,and duly carried:
That the Resolution authorizing payment of ~l5O,OO to
Peter Karalas for damage to his bean crop be adopted.
Resolution so authorizing this payment has been
numbered l~5-6
.,
certified copy of which is attached
hereto and made a part of these minutes.
Authorizing Addenda Director Warner recommended that
to Plans and Sped the resolution presented by the
fications for the Chief Engineer and General Manager
Ocean Outfall relati~re to addenda to the Ocean
Outfall Plans and.Specifications
be amended to read “written ap~’roval of the design
engineers...‘~The Boards of Directors of County Sanitation
Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11 took the following
action:
Moved by Director Langenbeck,seconded by Director
Chandler and duly carried:
That the Chief Engineer and General Manager,with the
concurrence and written approval of the Design Engineers
and the Attorney for the Districts,is hereby authorized
to issue such addenda to the Plans and Specifications for
the Ocean Outfall,Land and Marine Sections,as may be
necessary to clarify and properly interpret said plans and
specifications.
Referral to~the Director Haiber expressed the opinion
Executive Committee that immediate action should be taken
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to decide what policy is to be
established for the supervision of construction engineering
and inspection.Director Haiber recommended a gentlemen’s
agreement whereby a majority vote would rule rather than
a 2/3rds vote of each of the Districts’Boards.
Mr.Nissan stated that each District would have to
pass upon the matter.
The Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts
Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11 took the following action:
Moved by Director ~varner,seconded by Director Miller
and duly carried:
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That the matter of supervision of construction engineering
and inspection be referred to the Executive Committee for a
report to the Boards at the next meeting.
Construction Fund The Board of Directors took the
Warrant Register following action:
Moved by Director Warner,seconded by Director Nelson
and duly carried:
that District No.6 Construction Fund Warrant Register
be approved for signature and payment of:
Warrant
Demand No.In Favor Of Amount
6-7 A.Carlisle &Company ~91.16
6-g Orange County Blueprint Shop 99~l~
6-9 Freedom Newspapers,Inc.4~.35
6-10 Francis H.Bulot 23Fk.94
$477.63
~4journment The Boards of Directors of County
Sanitation Districts Nos.5 and
6 took the following action:
Moved by Director Warner,seconded by Director Finch
and duly carried:
That the meetings of these Boards be adjourned to the
hour of 7:30 p.m.,Wednesday evening,July 16,1952,in Room
239 at 1104 West Eighth Street,Santa Aria,California.
Whereupon,the Chairman declared the meetings of the Boards
of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.5 and 6 so
adjourned at 10:15 p.m.
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County Sanitation District No.6
ATTEST:Orange County,California
Secretary,Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No.6
Orange County,California
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RESOLUTION NO.i8~-6
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COUNTY
SANITATION DISTRICT NO.6 OF ORANGE COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,AUTHORIZING THE PAYNENT OF $150.00
TO PETER ICARALES FOR DAMAGES TO BEAN CROPS RE
SULTING FROM THE DRILLING OF TEST HOLES ON THE
PROPOSED TREATMENT PLANT SITE.
WHEREAS,it was necessary to enter upon the property of Peter
Karales for the purpose of drilling test holes for the proposed
sewage treatment plant,and
WHEREAS,in the drilling of the test holes,certain uriavoid—
able damage was done to growing bean crops and
WHEREAS,Peter Karales has agreed to accept the sum of
$150.00 as payment in full f or said damages,
NOW,THEREFOR BE IT,
RESOLVED:That the sum of $150.00 be and the same is hereby
authorized to be paid to Peter Karales as compensation for damage
to his property upon receipt of a written release therefor.
FURTHER RESOLVED:That the pa~nen~be made from Revolving:Fund
The foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular
meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District
No,6,on the 9th day of July,1952.
Secretary,Board of ~irectdrs
County Sanitation District No.6
Orange County,California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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CQUNTY OF ORANGE )
I,ORA MAE MERRITT,Secretary of the Board of Directors of
County Sanitation District No.6 of Orange County,California,r~
hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adoptecL
at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitat±or
District No.6 of Orange County,California held on the 9thda~Cf
July,1952,by the following roll call vote;
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A1ESL-•~D1i’ectors WillisH.Warner and C.M.Nelson
NOES:None
ABSENT:Director Andrew W.~nith
IN v~ITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of County Sanitation District No.Six of Orange County,
California,this 9th day of July ,1952.
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Seci~etary,Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No,6
Orange County,California
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