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MINUTES OF REGULAR ?~ETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.~
March 12,1952 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 ~:O5 p.m.
The roil was called and the Secretary reported a quorum of
the Board to be present:
Directors present:Willis H.Warner (Chairman),Jack Greer
and Vernon E.Langenbeck (Director Langenbeok
arrived at 8:30 p.m.)
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 Februar~A motion was made,duly seconded and
27,1952 arid March carried,approving the minutes of
5,.1952 —the regular meeting held on February
27,.1952 and adjourned to and held.on
March 5,1952;
Rules and Procedure The Board of Directors adopted 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.
Report of Chief Mr.Ribal,Chief I~ngineer and General
Engineer and manager made a report upon staff re
General Manager quirements and recommended the employ-
ment of Mr.Francis F.Tenchert.
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 ~p5l6.OO per month for the interim period
pending the receipt of preliminary plans on the treatment
plant.
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Directors Director Vernon E.Langenbeck arrived
Arriving at 8:30 p.m.
Late
Report of Chief Mr.Ribal read his report on the Pre—
Engineer~and liminary Plans for Land and Marine
General Manager Sections of the Outfall which had been
referx~ed 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.Ribal expressed his desire that the
Directors feel free to come Into the office at llOL~West
Eighth Street,Santa Ana,California at any tine for dis
cussion of the work and any further Information they might
desire.
A motion was made by Director Langenbeôk,duly second
ed and carried that the report of the Chief Engineer and
Ger~ral Manager on the engineerst preliminary plans for
land and marine sections of the outfall be referred to Mr.
Ribal and the engineers for consideration of details and
areport be submitted to the Directors at an adjourned
meeting to be held Wednesday evening,March 19,1952.
Warrant Register A motion was made by Director Langen
beck,duly seconded and carried appro
ving District No.11 Warrant Register
for signature and payment of:
Warrant
Deriand
No •In Favor Of Amount
11-8 Harry Ashton ~lL~.S9
Adjournment Upon a motion made by Director Greer,
duly seconded and carried,the Chair—
man declared the meeting adjourned at lO:.1O p,m.to Wed
nesday,evening,March 19,19.52 at the hour of 8:00 p.m.,
in the Board of Supervisors’Room,Court House,Santa Ana,
Cal if orni a.
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Chairman,Bo rd of Directors of
County Sanitation District No.11
of Orange County,California
ATTEST:
Secr~ary,Board or,TI~Irectors
County Sanitation District No.11
of Orange County,California
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RESOLUTION NO0 l32~l1
A RESOLUT:EON OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTI:tICT
~~EV~OF ORANGE COUNTY FIXING AND
ESTAflL.T&HING RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE
CONDw;~OF BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT WHEN
ACTI~L~AS A PART OF THE JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE
ORGANIZATION,AND FOR ORGANIZING THE BOi~RD
OF DIRECTO1~OF THIS DISTRICT AND FOR ORGAN
IZING THE MET~3ERS OF THE JOINT ADMINISTRA
TIVE ORGANIZATION.
~IHE.REAS,County Sanitation District No0 11 of Orange.
County is now also known as a part of the Joint Administrative
Organization by virtue of an agreement dated December ~,l94~as
contemplated in Sections 4~4O,4~4l and l÷~42 of the Health and
Safety Code;and
WHEREAS,it is desired to establish rules of procedure to
f.~cilitate the orderly handling of business to come before the
Joint Administrative Organization0
NO~J,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED:
Section 10 That the business of the District to come
before the District,and before the District as part of the bus~.ri~3s
of the Joint Administrative Organization shall be carried on ar1d
conducted in accordance with the provisions of the 75th Anniversary
Edition of t?Robert~s Rules of Order Revised”,a copy of which is
on file in the office of the Secretary of the Joint Administrative
Organizati:~,except wherein ihe special provisions hereinafter
set forth conflict therewith or constitute a change thereto0
A0 Q’~iorum;A rrajority of the Directors in five of the
eight County Sanitation Districts of Orange County constituting
t~ic~members of the Joint Administrative Organization shall con
stitute a quorum of the Joint Administrative Organization0
B.Executive Committee:There shall be a permanent
committee designated as the Executive Committee which shall con
sist of the chairman of the directors of each district0 The
Chief ~ngineer and General Manager of the Joint Administrative
~rg~iization shall be an ex~officio member0 Any director member
unable to attend a meetirigof this Committee p~y 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 to itby the Joint Administrative Organ
ization1
(2)The Executive Committee may elect a chaimtisn 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 meeting.
(~)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 rathiber
Districts,referred to the Executive Committee for study and
report.This motion shall be a privileged motion and when &ily
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)Motions to Come 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 Or~anizatio~,The Chairman
shall thereafter call fox’discussion on the motion or re~olution
at which time any rn~bor may discuss the matter pending.Any
person other than a director present at the meeting may s~peak 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 manner;
The Secretary will poll each District in the following manlier:
ttOn the motion for District N0.______‘,(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 pproprlation 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 May of each year.The Chairman shall serve at the pleasure
of the majority of the Dist~.cts.
G.Chairman of the District:A chairman shall be elected
by the members of the District Board at the first.meotdng in
May of.each year,and said Chairman shall serve at tI~pleasure
of the majority of said members.
H.Amendment of Rules of Proced~e:The foregoing rules
of proceduLre may be amended by the adoption 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 by a two-thirds majority vote of the
members of the district.
I.So much of Resolution No.21 as is in conflict here~iith
is hereby repealed.
The foregoing resolution was introduced by Director Jack
Greer ,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 :
NOES:
ABSENT:
Directors Jack Greer and Willis H.Warner
None
Vernon E.Langenbeck
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STATE OF CALIFOnNIA)
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COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I,ORA MAE NERRITT,Secretary.of the Board of Directors
of County Sanitation District No,11 of Orange County,Calif
ornia,hereby certify that the above and foregoing resolution was
duly and regularly adopted by said Boardat 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 ,l9~2..
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Se~retary of’the Board of it~irectors
of County Sanitation District No.~l
of Orange County,California.