HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1954-03-10CONDENSED MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS
NQS.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11
March 10,1954 at ~:OO p.m.
Room 239,1104.West Eighth Street
Santa Ana,California
ROLL CALL
DISTRICT NO.1
Directors present:Courtney Pt.Chandler(Chairman),
Willis H.Warner and J.L.II’~Br~de
Directors absent:None
DISTRICT NO.2
Directors present:Frank J.Schweitzer Jr.(Chairman),
Hugh W.Warden,Willis H.Warner,
Charles E.Stevens,Charles Morgan,
L.N~Wisser,and Dean W.Hasson
Directors absent:None
DISTRICT NO.3
Directors present:Hugh W.Warden (Chairman),Nelson M.
Launer,Willis H.~.Tarner,L.N.Wisser,
Charles Stevens,Joseph Webber and
C.Pt.Miller
Directors absent:None
DISTRICT NO.5 .
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Directors p;ësent:Braden Finch (Chairman),
Willis H.Warner and Norman H.Miller
(Director Miller arrived at g:15 p.m.)
Directors absent None
DISTRICT NO.6
~lirectors present:A.H.Meyers (Chairman),Braden Finch
and Willis H.~iarner
Directors absent:None
DISTRICT NO.7
Directors present:Courtney Pt.Chandler (Chairman pro tern),
Wintford L.Tadlock and Willis H.
Warner
Directors absent:None
DISTRICT NO.11
~irectors present Willis H.Warner (Chairman),
(Roy Seabridge and Herbert A.Wood
Directors absent:None
OTHERS PRESENT:Lee M.Nelson,C.Arthur Nissori,Jr.,
Harry Ashton,Walter B.Chaffee,K.J.
Harrison,J.A.Woolley,George Holyoke,
Keith Murdock,Stephen Griset,Rodger
Howell,Richard Lindstrom,Bob Gievet
and Ora Mae Merritt,Secretary.
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The Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts
Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11 met in regular session at the h~ur
~:00 p.m.,March 10,1954 in Room 239 at 1104 West Eighth Street,
Santa Ana,California.
Chairman Chandler called the joint meeting of the Districts’
Boards to order at ~:C0 p.m.
The roll was called and the Secretary reported a quorum
present for each of the Distri~ts’Boards.
DISTRICT NO.7 The Board of Directors took the
Chairman pro tern following action:
Moved by Director WillisH.Warner,seconded by
Director Wintford L.Tadlock and duly carried:
That Director Chandler be appointed Chairman pro tern
of the Board of Directors ~f County Sanitation District No.7.
Approval of minutes The Boards of Directors took the
following action:
Moved by Director Hugh W.ivarden,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 arid 11:
That the minutes of the meeting held on February 24,
1954 be approved as mailed out.
Correspondence and The Secretary reported receipt of
communications certified copy of resolution adopted
by the Board of Supervisors on March
2,1954,granting withdrawal of certain territory from
County Sanitation District No.2.The Secretary reported
the territory so withdrawn was that which had previously
been annexed to the City of Santa Ana and gave that city
representation on the Board of Directors of County Sanitation
District No.2;that the withdrawal of this~area
automatically removed the Mayor of Santa Ana and ~is alter
nate from the Board of District No.2.
The Board of Directors took the following action:
Moved by Director Charles Stevens,seconded by Director
L.N.Wisser and duly carried:
That the communication from the Board of Supervisors
be received and ordered filed.
Engineers’Progress The Secretary read Progress Report No.
R~ort 19 submitted by Harrison &~vool1ey
and Headman,Ferguson &Carollo~
The Boards of Directors took the following action:
Moved by Director VJillis H.1i~arner,seconded by
Director Roy Seabridge and duly carried by the Boards of
Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,
7 and 11:
That the Engineers Progress Report No.19 be received
and ordered filed.
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Mr.Nelson reported upon discussions
with the Construction Committee
relative to earthquake insurance for
the ocean outfall sewer;and that in his discussions with
insurance company representatives,found no standard type of
policy to cover this “acUity and was advised the insurance
people would require a letter stating the Boards~interest
in such a policy before making a survey to determine a
a special premium rate.
The Boards of Directors took the following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.Warner,seconded by
Director Hugh ~.Warden and duly carried by the Boards
of Directors of’County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,
5,6,7 and 11:
That the General Manager be instructed to advise
the insurance companies~r’epresenta.~ives that the BOF~rdS
of Directors are interested in con~’idering earthquai~
insurance or other types of coverage as it applies to the
ocean outfall sewer.
Accepting ~uitclaim The Boards of Directors of County
~ied from Pacific Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,
Electric Railway 5,6,7 and 11 adopted Resolution
No.355,accepting quitclaim casement
from the Pacific Electric Railway for an underground water
line and authorizing execution and recordation of this
document.Certified copies of these resolutions are On
record in the office of the Secretary.
Report of the Chairmens A copy of’the minutes of the meeting
meeting and recommendations held.by the Chairmen of Districts Nos.
upon matters referred 1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11 arid the
General Manager and legal counsel on
March 3,1954 was given to each of the Directcrs.Mr.
Nisson led a discussion upon each of the five reco~oendations
contained in these minutes.
Operatinn of jointly
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c’~ned facilities to
begin at time possession
of facilities obtained
Moved by Directnr Braden Finch,seconded by Director
A.H.Meyers and duly carried by the Boards of Directors
of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and
11:
That the recominendation~of the Chairmens’Committee
be adopted and that the joint sewerage works be operated
by the County Sanitation Districts pursuant to the Joint
Construction and Operation Agreement and the Joint Adminic
trative r~greement as soon as the Districts obtain possession.
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The Boards of Directors took the
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following action:
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Moved by Director Joseçh ~eb~er,
seconded by Director HerbertP~~c~ci
and duly carried by the Boards of Directors of County
Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11:
Report of the
General Manager
I
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The Boards of Directors took the
following action:
Directing the General
Manager to obtain list
of personnel to be trans
ferred from the J.O.S
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That the General Manager be authorized to ask.the
Joint Outfall Sewer what personnal from an operating
level down would be available to work with the County
Sanitation Districts when they take over,under comparable
starting salary,retirement benefits,vacations,etc.
Directing survey of
personnel be made
by the Personnel
Committee and the
G~nera1 Manager
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Moved by Director Charles Morgan,
seconded
by Director Joseph vVebber
and duly carried by the Boards of
Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,
6,7 and 11:
That the Personnel Committee meet with the General
Manager and work out the details of the transfer of
personnel and that this report be given to the J.O.S.
Mav-~/d2~L ~
The Districts to offer
maintenance service on
contractural basis for
operation of other organ
izatir~ns’facilities_______________________
Moved by Direct’r Roy Seabridge,
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seconded by Director C.R.Miller and
duly carriec~.by the Boards of
Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,
7 and 11:
That the County Sanitation Districts offer maintenance
personnel and services for sewerage facility maintenance
to any district or organization within any County Sanitati’n
District on a contractural basis based on cost of operation
for the purpose of offering a way to centralize all county
sanitation and sewerage problems into and under one county
wide organization.
cipation in State
EmployeesT Retirement
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Moved by Director Frank J.Schweitzer,
System Jr.,seconded by Director Hugh W.
Warden and duly carried by the Boards
of Directors of County Sanitati’n Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,
6,7 and 11:
That the General Manager is directed to institute
initial proceedihgs for the Districts participation in
the State Employees’Retirment System of the State of
California0
Report of the Finance Director Warner,Chairman of the
Committee Finance Committee,reported he had
reviewed the bills and found them
to be in order as listed on the Agenda and recommended
approval for payment.
Jo~.nt Administrative,
Revolving Funds and
Suspense Fund Warrant
Reaisters
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Moved by Director Hugh W.Warden,
seconded by Director Frank J.
Schweitzer,Jr.,and duly carried by roll call vote of the
Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts I’Tos.
1,2..5.t,7 and 11:
The Boards of Directors t~ok the
following action:
The Boards of Directors took the
following action:
Directing institution of
proceedings for parti
The Boards of Directors took the
following action:
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The Boards of Directors took the
following action:
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That the following be approved for signature of the
Chairmen:
Joint Administrative Warrant Register totaling ~412.56
Revolving Funds’Warrant Register totaling 153,129.52
Suspense Fund 1~arrant Register totaling 37,447.20
and the County Auditor isauthorized to pay ~l90,989.28
in accordance with warrant demands listed below:
Joint Adminis
trative Warrant
Demand No.In Favor Of
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Suspense Fund
Warrant Demand
No.
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61
62
63
64.
65
66
67
Revolving Funds
Warrant Demand.
No.
G-26
G-27
G.-28
City of Santa Ana
City of Anaheim
City of Fullerton
City of Orange
Buena Park Sanitary District
Garden Grove Sanitary District
La Habra Sanitary District
Placentia Sanitary District
City Water Department
Newport Beach
Pacific Air Industries
Fred J.Early,Jr.Co.,Inc.,
and Peter Kiewit Sons’Co.
$17,674.15
5,020.31
6,224.71
4,673.17
385.40
963.72
1,542.02
963.72
$37,44.7.20
$957.11
10.30
152,062.10
C.Arthur Nisson,Jr.
$53.13
46.88
DISTRICT NO.1
Authorizing quitclairn
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The Board of Directors adopted
Resolutin N’.356-1,auth-rizing
aeea for aoandoned sewer execution of quitclaim deed conveying
line and right of way abandoned sewer line and right of
way to the City of Santa Ana.Certi
fied copy of this resolution is on record in the office of
the Secretary.
That District No.1 Operating Fund Warrant Register
be approved for signature of the Chairman and the County
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C JA-485
486
487
488
489
490
491.
492
493
City of Santa Ana
Dennis Printers and Stationers
Slim’s Motor Clinic
Santa Ana Blueprint Company
Santa Ana Typewriter Co~pany
The~Pacific Telephone &Telegraph
John R.Scott
Ora Mae Merritt
F.R.1-larwood,Postmaster
Amount
$212.00
6.29
15.62
.62
31.25
88.05
5 .63
23 .10
30,00
$412.56
A-90
G-29 100.01
~153,l29.52
~p190,989.2~
-DISTRICT NO.1
~arating Fun~1 ~Jarrant
~~ister
:rd duiy carF~~—.~
The Board of Directors took the
following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.Warner,
seconded by Director J,L..McBride
Auditor is authorized topay the following warrant demands:
Warrant
Demand No
1-31
32
33
34.
Willis Hd Warner
J.L.McBride
Santa Ana Register
Courtney R.(-‘handler
Amount
~51.4.6
50.75
58.59
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~211.22
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The Boards of Directors of County
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Sanitation Districts Nos,2 and 3
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adopted Resolutions Nos.357-2 and
357-3,respectively,employing
Walter B.Chaffee as special legal counsel for each of these
Districts.Certified copies of these resolutions are on
record in the office of the Secretary.
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The Board of Directors took the
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following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.~varner,
seconded by Director Dean ‘~.Hasson and duly carried:
That District No.2 Operating Fund Warrant Register
be approved for signature of the Chairman and the County
Auditor is authorized to pay the following warrant demands:
Warrant
Demand No
2-75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
In.Favor Of
Willis H,Warner
L.N.Wisser
Charles E.Stevens
Charles Morgan
Dean ~.Hasson
Hugh ~.Warden
Anaheim Bulletin
Courtney R.Chandler
Frank J.Schweitzer,Jr.
Amount
$51.46
53 .00
52.4.4
53,75
34,50
53.75
u~_
40,20
63.50
$465.10
DISTRICT NO.3
Operating Fund
Warrant Register
Warrant
Demand No
3-61
62
63
64
65
66
67
69
The Buena Park 1~”~ws
L.N.Wisser
Charles E.Stevens
Hugh W.Warden
Willis H.Warner
Nelson M.Launer
Joseph Webber
C.R.Miller
Amount
$66.53
53.00
52.44
55.25
51.46
62.00
59.00
32.50
432.38
In Favor Of
DISTflI~TS NOS.2 and 3
Employment of special
1e~a1 counsel
DISTRICT NO.2
Q~e rating Fund
Warrant Register
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The Board of Directors took the
following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.V~arner,
seconded by Director Charles E.Stevens and duly carried:
That District No.3 Operating Fund Warrant Rogi~.cr
be aporoved for signature of the Chairman and t.he County
Auditor is authorized to pay the following warrant demands:
.
In Favor Of
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DISTRICT NO.5 The Board of Directors took the
Operating Fund following.action:
•Warrant Register
Moved by Director Braden Fineh,
seconded by Director Norman H~Miller and duly carried:
That District 5 Operating Fund ½arrant Register be
•approved for signature of the Chairman and the County
Auditor is authorized to pay the following warrant demands:
Warrant
Demand No~In Favor Of Amount
5-59 Harry Ashton $37.50
60 Col.Andrew Smith 10.60
61 Willis H.Warner 61.76
62 Braden:Finch 56.3a
63 Norman H.Miller 30.00
64 Heinz Kaiser 10.19
$2O6.43~
DISTRICTS NOS.5 and 6 The Boards of Directors of County
Suspense Fund Warrant Sanitation Districts Nos.5 and 6
.of took the following action:
Di~~r~Lcts Nos.5 ai~~
Moved by Director Braden Finch,
seconded by Director A.H.Meyers and duly carried by.
roll call vote of the Boards of Directors of County Sani
tation Districts Nos.5 and 6:
That Districts Nos.5 and 6 Suspense Fund Warrant
Register be approved for signature of the Chairman of Diet
rict No.6 and the County Auditor is authorized to pay the
following warrant demands:
Warrant
Demand No.In Favor Of Amount
5-6-Si Harrison &Woolley,and Headman,$2,500.00
Ferguson &Carob
DISTRICTS NOS.5 and 6 The Boards of Directors of County
Accepting final plans Sanitation Districts Nos.5 and 6
and specifications -adopted Resolution No.35~,accepting
Section 10 of the and adopting final plans and specifi
Engineers’Report cations for facilities under Section
10 of the Engineers Report dated
January 10,1954.Certified copies of these resolutions are
on record in the office of the Secretary.
DISTRICTS NOS.5 and 6 The Boards of Directors of County
Directing the Secretary Sanitation Districts Nos.5 and 6
to publish notice invit adopted Resolution No.359,direct
ing bids ing the Secretary to advertise for
bids for construction of force main
for Rocky Point Pumping Station,in accordance with Section
10 of the Engineer&Report.•Certified copies of these
resolutions are on record in the office of the Secretary.
DISTRICT NO.6 The Board of Directors took the
Operating Fund frllowing action:
Warrant Register
Moved by Director Willis H.Warner,
seconded by Director A.ii.Mè~Fers arid duly carried:
That District No.6 Operating Fund Warrant Register
be approved for signature of the Chairman and the County
Auditor is authorized to pay the following warrant demands:
Warrant
Demand No
6-67
6a
69
70
71
72
Harry Ashton
Willis Ho Warner
A.H.Meyers
Braden Finch
Norman H..Miller
Heinz Kaiser
Amount
62,49
61.76
S8.33
42.02
30.00
20.56
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The Board of Directors took the
following actir~n:
Moved by Director Willis H.f~larner,
seconded by Director ~‘~intford L.Tadlock and duly carried:
That District No,7 Operating Fund ~iJarrant Register
be apnroved for signature of the Chairman and the County
Auditor is authorized to pay the following warrant demands:
Warrant
Demand No
7-4.7
49
50
51
In Favor Of
Willis H.Warner
Courtney R.Chandler.
Vincent L.Huineston
Wintford L.Tadlock
C,Arthur Nisson,Jr.
Amount
~75.66
70.5a
64.20
10.60
~461.67
Uarrant
~id No.In Favor Of
In Favor Of
DISTRICT NO.7
rating Fund
Warrant Register
DISTRICT NO.11
Ope rat in’~Fund
Warrant Register
The Board of’Directors took the
following action:
Moved b.y Director Herbert A.~iood,
seconded by Director Roy Seabridge and duly carried:
~District No.11 Operating Fund ~Jarrant Register
he ~r.’-~d for signature of the Chairman and the County
Au~itc~i L~authorized to pay the following warrant demands:
11—59
60
(‘1
62
Willis H.Warner
Roy Seabridge
Herbert A.Wood
Harry P~shton
DISTRICT NO~11
Construction ~
Warrant R~gjster
Amount
51.47
59.75
60.50
~ip ~_~ta~
*
$
The Board of Directors took the
following action:
Moved by Director Roy ~eabridge,
seconded by Director Herbert A.Wood and duly carried:
That District No.11 Construction Fund Warrant
Register be approved for signature of the Chairman and
the County Auditor is authorized to pay the following
warrant demands:
Warrant
Demand No.In Favor Of Amount
11-37 Fred J.Early,Jr.Co.,Inc.$~29.26
Referral to legal Mr.Nisson reviewed dra-ft of contract
counsel a proposed in which he had incorporated recom—
contract for sale of mendati~ins of the Chairmen’s Corn-
sewage effluent mittee’.-At the request of Director
McBride,a discussion was held upon
the advisability of stipulating a time limit in the
contract,or provision for re—negotiation of price at
specific intervals.The Chairman called upon Mr.Rodger
Howell,attorney for the “Users,”who reported upon the
purpose of formation of an assessment district in t}’o
Talbert Valley area for purchasing sewage effluent s~~d
-construction of facilities for distribution.Mr.Howell
stated,he believed that within fifteen or twenty years
water levels would be built up by use of Metropolitan
Water through the operations of Orange County water
District.
Whereupon,the Boards of Directors took the
following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.~iarner,seconded by
Director Joseph ~ebber and duly carried by the Boards
of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,
3,5,6,7 and 11:
That the draft of a proposed sewage effluent agree
ment between County Sanitation Districts,as Suppliers
and ~4mer Farnsworth,Alban Holtz and Max C.Hoeptner,
as Users,be referred to the attorneys to work out the
time element.
New Business At the request of Director J.L.
McBride,the General Manager
reported upon status of bill from the J.O,S.for
expansion of treatment plant No.1.Mr.Nelson stated
that Mr.Ellis C.Diehi will make an audit of the
account and the County Auditor will acce~t this audit
and make payment upon the basis of Mr.Diehi’s certi
fication of the amount due.
DISTRICT NO.1 Director J.L.McBride requested
Rules for connection information on rules to govern fees,
to the District’s lines place of connection,etc.,for
connection to lines of District No.
1 when the Holly Sugar Company and others are ready to make
connections for sewage disposal.The General Manager
reported Ordinance No.1 defined characteristics of
adrnissable sewage and that work could be started on
regulations for physical connecti°ns to the lines.
The Board of Directors took the following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.Warner,seconded oy
Director J.L.McBride and duly carried:
That the General Manager be instructed to prepare
for adoption,-rules and regulations for connection to
the trunk lines of District No.1.
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Adjournment The Boards of’Directors took
the following action:
Moved by Director Herbert A.~j~od,seconded by
Director Roy Seabridge and duly carried by the Boards
of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,
3,5,6,7 and 11:
That this meeting be adjourned~
~hereupon,the Chairman declared the meeting so
adjourned at 9:10 p.m.
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Secretary
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