HomeMy WebLinkAboutDistrict 06 Minutes 1954-05-12MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS,COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.6
OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA
May 12,1954.at ~:OO p.m.
Room’239,1104 West Eighth Street
Santa Ana,California
Chairman Chandler called the joint meeting of the Districts’
Boards to order at ~:OO p.m.
The roll was called and the Secretary reported a quorum
of the Board to be present.
•Directors present:A.H.Meyers (Chairman)
Dora 0.Hill
Willis H.Warner
Dire~tors absent:None
Others present:Lee M.Nelson
C.Arthur Nisson,Jr.
Walter 13.Chaffee
K.J.Harrison
J.A.Woolley
Herman Hiltscher
Robert H.Boney
Clennel ~iilkinson
Ora Mae Merritt,Secretary
Election of Chairman Chairman Chandler announced the
of the Joint Adminis second meeting in May to be the
trative Organization time of annual election of Chair
man of the Joint Administrative
Organization and Chairman of each of the Districts’Boards,
and declared nominations open f~r election of Chairman of
the Joint Administrative Organization.
A motion was made by Director Willis H.Warner and
seconded by Director A.H.Meyers:
That Director Countney Ft.Chandler be nominated as
a candidate for the office of Chairman of the Joint Ad
ministrative Organization.
It was moved by Director J.L.McBride and seconded
by Director Herbert A.Wood and duly carried that nominations
be closed.
The vote was pollod and the Secretary announced that
Director Courtney Ft.Chandler had been elected Chairman
of the Joint Administrative Organization.
Election of Chairman A motion was made by Director
of the Board Willis H.Warner and seconded
by Director Dora 0.Hill:
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That Director A.H.Meyers be nominated as candidate
for the office of Chairman of the Board of District No.6.
There being:no other nominations,the vote was polled
and the Secretary announced Director A.H.Meyers had been
elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of County
Sanitation District No.6.
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Approval of Minutes The Board~of Directors took
the following action:
Moved by Director Hugh W.Warden,seconded by
Director.Herbert A.Wood and duly carried by the Boards
of Directors of County Sanitation.Districts Nos.1,2,
3,5,6,7 and 11:
That the minutes of the meeting held on April 2~,
1954 be approved as mailed out.
Correspondence and The Secretary reported she had
communications .been requested to announce
that the Santa Ana River Basin
Section of the California Sewage Works Association will
r~eet on Thursday evening,May13,1954 at 7:30 p.m.at the
new treatment plant.Mr.Lindstrom,resident engineer On
construction,will conduct a tour of facilities.Directors
and others interested are invited to attend.
Expression of appre ..
The Board of Directors adopted
ciation of the services Resolutions Nos.374 and 375,
of retiring Directors expressing appreciation of
services rendered the Districts
by retiring Board members,Directors Braden Finch and
Vincent L.Humeston.Certified copies of theseresolutiOns
are attached hereto and made a part of these minutes.
~port of the Copy.of Mr.Nelson’swrittefl
General Manager report was given to each of
the Directors.Copy of this
report is on record in the office of the Secretary.
Report of the Engineer$The Secretary read Progress
Report No.20,dated May 12,
1954,submitted by Harri~)n &Woolley and Headman,.
Ferguson &Carollo.Whereupon,the Boards of Directors
took the following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.Warner,.seconded by
Director Hugh W.Warden and duly carried:
That Progress Report No.20 submitted by Harrison
&Woolley and Headman,Ferguson &Carollo,be received
and ordered filed.,...
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Mr,Woolley reported that the “Bubbletrol”unit S
mentioned in their report as being in transit is not
essential in the operation of the plant.That a 5-day
test run is scheduled for May 17th to May 22nd,and the
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Bubbletrol unit will probably arrive before the end
of the test,If,the test proves satisfactory,the
plant can be accepted as completed.at the meeting of
the Boards on May 26th~.
Report of the At the request of Director
Personnel Committee Schweitzer,Chairman of the
Personnel Committee,the
Secretary read the minutes of the Committee’s meeting
on May 10,1954.Chairman Schweitzer reviewed the recom
mendations contained in these minutes.
Establishing classifi The Boards of Directors took
cations and fixing salaries the following action:
for personnel of the treat
ment plants Moved by Director Joseph
Webber,seconded by Director
Willis H.Warner:
That the resolution proposed by.the Personnel
Committee,relative to creating .positi~ns and establishing
salaries for personnel of the treatment plants,be
adopted.
During discussion of the motion,Director Hugh W.
Warden made a motion to the effect that all personnel
from administrative to operational be reviewed by the
Executive Committee for recommendation to the Boards
as to number,type,salary scales,vacation and sick
leave policy and other matters normally incident to
employment.
After a call for a point of order,Mr.Nisson,
legal counsel for the Districts,ruled that Director
Warden’s motion to refer to the Executive Committee
took precedence over the pending question,pursuant
to Resolution’No.132,being a priviledged motion and
limiting discussion to two minutes per person.
After discussion of the resolution propo~ed by
the Personnel Committee relative to policy ~tipu1ated
therein being that which is now in effect with the
Joint Outfall Sewer Organization until the Districts
adopt a formal policy,and the necessity of employing
personnel for operation of the treatment plant when
completed,Director Warden withdrew his motion.
Whereupon,by roll call vote of the Boards of
Directors of County Sanitation Districts NOS.1,2,3,
5,6,7 and 11,Resolution No~373 was adopted,
creating positions and fixing salaries for certain
personnel of Joint Administrative Organization,and
repealing all previous resolutions or actions of the
Board in conflict therewith.Certified copy of this
resolution is attached hereto and made a part of
these minutes.
Referral to the The Boards of Directors took
Executive Committee the following action:
Moved by Director Hugh W.Warden,seconded by
Director Dean W.Hasson and duly carried by the Boards of
Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,
6,7andll:
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That in view of the fact that the Personnel,
Committee feels that a review of the personnel re
quirements of the Joint Administrative Organization
is beyond the scope of the functions of the Personnel
Committee,and in view of the fact that a competent,.
efficient and econcomical Joint Administrative Organ
ization is essential to the proper operation of the
facilities of the Districts,that the Executive Com
mittee study and review the entire organization of the
Joint Administrative Organization and make recommendations
with respect to changes or improvements in the organi
zational setup and also with respect to the personnel
required for the operation of the ~JQint Administrative
Organization from managerial to operational personnel;
and
Further,that the Executive Committee be instr
ucted to consider and recommend with respect to the
possibility and desirability of establishing a central
organization competently organized and manned to main
tain and operate sewer trunk lines;treatment plants
and ocean outfall of the Sanitation Districts and other
governmental bodies involved;and
Further,that the Executive Committee should make
recommendations with respect to the number and type
of personnel required in the Joint Administrative Organ
ization with respect to salary scales,vacation and
sick leave and other matters normally incident to
employment.
Report of the .Director Warner,Chairman
Finance Committee .of the Finance Committee,
reported he had reviewed
the Districts’bills and found them to be in order as
listed on the Agenda,and recommended that the Boatds
approve payment.Director Warner expressed the opinion
that authorization for and reimbursement of expenses for
Mr.Galloway’s trip to Sacramento to attend the Calif
.ornia Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association confer
ence should be ratified by the Boards.
Joint Administrative ‘The Boards of Directors took
and Revolving Funds the following action:,
Warrant Registers
Moved by Director Roy Seabridge,
seconded by Director Hugh U.Warden and duly carried by
roll call vote of the Boards of Directors of County Sani
tation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,Y and 11:
That the General Manager’s action in authorizing
Robert N.Galloway to attend the California Sewage and
Industrial Wastes Associati~n Conference in Sacramento
at the expense of the Districts from May 5th to May ~th,
1954.,inclusive,be and it is hereby approved and rati
fied;and Mr.Galloway’s expenses for this trip as
itemized in Warrant Demand No,JA-513 are hereby approved
for payment;the following warrant registers are here-
by approved for signature of the Chairman:.
Joint Administrative,totaling .
~.3,O51.~6
Revolving Funds,totaling .61~O3O.O7
and the County Auditor is authorized to pay ~64.,O8l.93
in accordance with the following warrant demands:
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Joint Administrative WarrantRegister
Warrant
Demand No.In Favor Of Amount
JA 512 Standard Oil Company of California 19.01
513 Robert N.Galloway 122.34
514.Pacific Telephone &Telegraph Company 105.05
515 The ‘flow Chemical Company 536.00
516 Davis Stationers 15.27
517 Ora Mae Merritt 16.95
5l~Bender-Moss Company 23.1~
519 City of Santa Ana 212.00
520 Santa Ana Typewriter Company 23.91
521 Murphy Paint and Art Center 2.2~
522 John,R.Scott 13.13
523 Huston,.Suter &Huston,Inc.1,93~.04
524 Dennis Printers and Stationers .4.5
525 Bales Office Equipment Company 1.55
526 Deckert Surgical Company 22.70
~3,051.86
Revolving Funds’Warrant Register
A-95 Lee N.Nelson 21.00
A-96 Harry Ashton 262.50
A-97 C.Arthur Nisson,Jr.300.00
G-33 Fred J.Early,Jr.Cot.,Inc.and
Peter Kiewit Sons’Company 60,392.57
G-35 Peter Karales 54.00
4~61,030.07
Total -Joint Funds ~64,0~l.93
New Business Director McBride reported that
an industrial firm had re
quested information as to rules and procedure established
for connection to the lines of District No.1 in an area
in unincorporated territory within the District.
Mr.Nelson reported t,hat data on procedure has been
compiled;that indi’ridual members of the Board of Distr
ict No.1 have expressed the opinion that connection to
the trunk lines should be through an assessment district
of some kind;and,~s other districts will face the same
problem,he believed that standard rules sh’uld be
established for all districts insofar as possible.Mr.
Nelson suggested that the Board of District No.1 meet
to consider this problem for its District and the findings
of that Board be presented to other districts for consid
eration.
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Adjournment The Boards of Directors
took the following action:
Moved by Director Roy SéáhrIdge,seconded by
Director Herbert A.Wood and duly carried by the Boards
of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.5,•6
and 11:
That this meeting be adjourned.
Whereupon,the Chairman declared the meeting ~f
the Boards of Directors of Count;y Sanitation Districts
Nos.5,6 and 11 so adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
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County San~i7 tion District No.6
Orange Cou’rIty,California
ATTEST:
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Secretary,Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No.6
Orange County,California
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RESOLUTION NO.373 6
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING EMPLOYEE POSITIONS
AND FIXIi’JG SALARIES THEREFORE;AND AUTHOR
IZING THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EMPLOY NECES
SARY PERSONNEL
The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.6
resolves as follows:
That there be created in the Joint Administrative Organi
zation the following positions of employment with the purpose of
operating the sewerage facilities owned and operated by the
County Sanitation Districts of Orange County by and through the
Joint Administrative Organization:
Salary per month
Number Cia ssi fi cation ~~O1~ç~urweek)
1 Superintendent of P~arits $450.00
1 Assistant Superintendent of Plants 375.00
1 Chemist 45O~OO
1 Laboratory Assistant 320.00
Plant Operators 350.00
4 Chlorinator UDera~ors 340,00
4.Utility Men 309.00
1 Pump and Meter Maintenance Man 350.00
BE2 IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That the General Manager is hereby authorized to employ
personnel as needed for said positions herein created at salaries
not to exceed those set opposite the positions named above.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That said employmen.t positions carry with them the
same retirement,vacation and sick leave privileges as the policy
now in effect with the Joint Outfall Sewer Organization until a
formal pclicy is established by the Sanitation Districts0
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That any and all previous actions of the Board of Directors
of County Sanitation District No.6 of Orange County,
California,whether by resolution,motion,or otherwise in
consistent herewith,are hereby repealed and made of no further
effect
The foregoing Resolution was approved and adopted at a
regular meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation
District No~6 of Orange County,Oaiifo~rnia,c~n th~l2~h day
of May,l95~
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Secretary,Board of D3rectors
County Sanitation District No~6
Orange County,California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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COUNTY OF ORANGE
I,ORA MAE MERRITT,Secretary of the Board of Directors of
County Sanitation District Nor.6 of Orange County,California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of County
Sanitation District No.6 of Orange County,California held
on the 12th day of May ,1954 by the following roll
call vote:
AYES:Directors A.H.Meyers,Dora 0.Hill and
Willis H.Warner
NOES:Directors None
ABSENT:Directors None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of County Sanitation District No.6 of Orange County,
California,this 12th day of May ‘1954.
Secretary,Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No.6.
Orange County,California
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RESOLUTION NO.374
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS NOS.1,
2,3,5,6,7,~and 11 OF ORANGE
COUNTY,IN APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC
SERVICES RENDERED BY RETIRING MEMBER,
DIRECTOR BRADEN FINCH.
The Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts
Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7,~and 11 of Orange County,California,
do resolve as follows:
WHEREAS,Director Braden Finch.Councilman from the City
of Newport Beach,California,became a member of the Boards of
Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.5 and 6 of
Orange County,California,on the 26th day of April,1950;and
WHEREAS,Director Finch has untiringly devoted his time
and constructive effort onbeh~.lf of the County Sanif~ation
Districts and the Joint Administrative Organization thereof
while serving in the offices of:
CHAIRMAN:
Board of Directors of April 26,1950 to April 14,
County Sanitation District No05 1954
CHAIRMAN:
Joint Administrative May 9,1951 to May 13,
Organization 1953
MEMBER:
Executive Committee of the August 23,1950 to April 14,
Joint Administrative Organi—1954
z at i on
MEMBER:
Finance Committee of the July 30,1952 to April 14,
Joint Administrative Organi—1954.
zation
and;
WHEREAS,The Boards of Directors of the County Sanitation
Districts of Orange County,California acknowledge with regret
the retirement of Director Finch from the offices of Councilman
of the City of Newport Beach and Director of the Boards of
Districts Nos.5 and 6.
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NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,that we,the Directors
of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7,~and
11 of Orange County,California,do hereby express our appre
ciation for and acknowledge the valuable public services rendered
by Director Braden Finch during the tenure of his offices with
the Districts and throughout the difficult periods of organiz
ing a countywide sanitation program and constucting facilities
owned jointly the the Districts.
The foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a
regular meeting of the Boards of Directors of the County
Sanitation Districts of Orange County,California,on the 12th
day of May,1954,by the following roll call vote:
AYES:Directors Courtney R~Chandler,J.L.McBride,Willis
H~Warner,L.N.Wisser,Hugh W.Warden,Frank J.
Schweitzer,Jr,Charles E.Stevens,Charles E.
Morgan,Nelson M.Launer,Joseph Webber,
C.R.Miller,Dora 0.Hill~,Norman H.Miller,A.H..~
Meyers,Jerome Kidd,Roy Seabridge and Herbert A.
Wood
ABSENT:Directors Dean W.Hasson,Harold E.Edwards and
Nolon M.Doss,Sr.
NOES:None
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I,ORA MAE MERRITT,Secretary of each of the Boards of
Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,
7,~and 11 of Orange County,California,hereby certify that
the foregoing resolution was duly and regular adopted by said
Boards at a joint meeting thereof held on the 12th day of May,
1954.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand this
12th day of May,1954.
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Secretary of the Boards of Directors
of County Sanitation Districts Nos.
1,2,3,5,6,7,~and II of Orange
County,California
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RESOLUTION NO.375
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS NOS.1,2,
3,5;6,7,~and 11 OF ORANGE COUNTY,
IN APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES
RENDERED BY RETIRING MEMBER,DIRECTOR
VINCENT L.HUMESTON3
The Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.
1,2,3,5,6,7,~and 11 of Orange County,California,do
resolve as follows:
WHEREAS,Director Vincent L.Humeston,Mayor of the City of
Tustin,California,became a member of the Board of Directors
of County Sanitation District No0 7 of Orange County,California,
on the 13th day of April,1949;and
WHEREAS,Director Humeston has untiringly devoted his time
and constructive effort on behalf of the County Sanitation
Districts and the Joint Administrative Organization thereof while
serving in the Offices of:
CHAIRMAN:
Board of Directors of County April 13,1949 to April 14,
Sanitation District No.7 1954
MEMBER:
Executive Committee of the Joint August 23,1950 to April l1~,
Administrative Organization 1954
MEMBER:
Public Relations Committee of the May 27,1953 to April 14,
Joint Administrative Organization 1954
and;
WHEREAS,The Boards of Directors of County Sanitation
Disttricts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7,~and 11 of Orange County,
California,acknowledge with regret the retirement of Director
Humeston from the offices of Mayor of the City of Tustin,and as
a Director on the Board of County Sanitation District No.7,
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,that we,the Directors of
County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7,~and 11 of
Orange County,California,do her€by express our appreciation for
and acknowledge the valuable public services rendered by Director
Vincent L.Humeston during the tenure of his offices as Mayor of
the City of Tustin and Director of County Sanitation District
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No.7,and throughout the difficult periods of organizing a
countywide sanitati’)n program and constructing facilities owned
jointly by the Districts.
The foregoing resolution was passed and adonted at a
regular meeting of the Boards of Directors of the County Sani
tation Districts of Orange County,California on the 12th day
of May,1954,by the fol1oi’~ing roll call vote:
AYES:Directors Courtney r..Chandler,J.L.McBride,~i1 is
H.!arner,L.N.~isser,Hugh W.Warden,Frank J.
~ch~~eitzer,Jr.,Char1e~E3 Stevens,Charles E.
Morgan,Nelson Li.Launer,Joseph Webber,C.R.
Miller,Dora 0.Hill,Norman H.Miller,A.H,
Meyers,Jerome Kidd,~oy Seabridge and Herbert A.
~ood
Noes:None
Absent:Directors Dean ;.Hasson,Harold ~.Ldwards and
Nolon M.Doss,Sr.
STATE OF CALIFOii~NIA)
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COUNTY OF O~~ANGL )
I,~i~lAJ~1~SRRITT,Secretary of each of the Boards of
Directors of County Sanitation i)istricts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,
7,~and 11 of Orange County,California,hereby certify that
the foregoin~resolution was duly and re~:u1ar1y adopted by
said Boards at a joint meeting thereof held on the 12th day of
LIay,1954.
IN ~ITNSSS .~HIifli~OF,I have hereunto set my hand this
12th day of May,1954.
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Secretary of the boards of
Directors of uounty Sanitation
Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7,8 and 11
of Orange County,California.