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MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING
2009 STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOP
October 21, 2009
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
10844 ELLIS AVENUE
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 92708-7018
Minutes of Board Workshop
10/21/09
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ROLL CALL
A special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation District was
held on October 15, 2008 at 5:00 p.m., in the District’s Administrative Offices. Active and
alternate Directors present were as follows:
ACTIVE DIRECTORS ALTERNATE DIRECTORS
X Doug Davert, Chair John Nielson
X Larry Crandall, Vice Chair X Steve Nagel
X John Anderson Jim Winder
X Charles Antos Gordon Shanks
X Tom Beamish X Rose Espinoza
X Keith Bohr X Don Hansen
X Bill Dalton Andrew Do
X Jon Dumitru X Denis Bilodeau
X Troy Edgar Ken Stephens
X James M. Ferryman X Bob Ooten
X Phil Luebben X Prakash Narain
X Patsy Marshall X Fred Smith
X Roy Moore X Ron Garcia
X Joy Neugebauer X Al Krippner
X Chris Norby Janet Nguyen
X Sharon Quirk-Silva X Pam Keller
X Brad Reese Bill Mac Aloney
X David Shawver X Carol Warren
X Christina Shea X Steven Choi
X Harry Sidhu Lucille Kring
A Sal Tinajero X David Benavides
X Constance Underhill Joseph Aguirre
X Mark Waldman Henry Charoen
A Don Webb X Leslie Daigle
X John Withers Douglas Reinhart
STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Jim Ruth, General Manager; Penny Kyle, Clerk of the
Board; Bob Ghirelli; Nick Arhontes; Jim Herberg; Ed Torres; Lorenzo Tyner; Michael Gold;
Jeff Reed; Barbara Collins; Juanita Skillman; Ryal Wheeler; Paula Zeller
OTHERS PRESENT: Brad Hogin, General Counsel
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
Minutes of Board Workshop
10/21/09
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Update on Last Year’s Goals
Chairman Doug Davert and General Manager Jim Ruth provided opening remarks. Bob
Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager, briefly reviewed the Strategic Plan, created in 2007,
and noted that staff was able to complete 21 of 37 of the five-year goals contained in the
plan.
Proposed New Goals
Proposed new goals for the Strategic Plan update were presented by members of the
Executive Management Team on Leadership Development; Branding Initiative; Chemical
Supplies; and Full Cost Recovery.
Staff responded to Directors’ questions on the proposed goals. The Board directed staff to
refocus the branding initiative as a communications strategy. After much discussion, all
were in agreement that staff should move forward updating the Strategic Plan to include the
recommendations, as follows, and submit the plan to be considered by the Board of
Directors at the November 18th board meeting:
•Leadership Development
•Communications Strategy
•Chemical Supplies
•Full Cost Recovery
ADJOURNMENT: The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 6:58 p.m.
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Penny M. Kyle
Clerk of the Board
Orange County Sanitation District
SS/Penny M. Kyle