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Home My WebLink About08-25-2010 MinutesOrange County Sanitation District MINUTES BOARD MEETING August 25, 2010 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 10844 ELLIS AVENUE FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 92708-7018 Minutes of Board Meeting 08/25/10 Page 2 of 5 ROLL CALL A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation District was held on August 25, 2010 at 6:30 p.m., in the Administrative Offices. Following the Pledge of Allegiance and invocation, the roll was called and the Clerk of the Board reported a quorum present as follows: ACTIVE DIRECTORS ALTERNATE DIRECTORS X Larry Crandall, Chair Steve Nagel Troy Edgar, Vice Chair X Ken Stephens X John Anderson Jim Winder X Charles Antos Gordon Shanks A Tom Beamish Rose Espinoza X Bill Dalton Andrew Do X Doug Davert John Nielsen X Jon Dumitru Denis Bilodeau X James M. Ferryman Bob Ooten X Cathy Green Jill Hardy X Phil Luebben Prakash Narain X Patsy Marshall Fred Smith X Roy Moore Ron Garcia X Joy Neugebauer AI Krippner X Janet Nguyen VACANT X Sharon Quirk-Silva Pam Keller X Brad Reese Bill Mac Aloney X David Shawver Carol Warren A Christina Shea Steven Choi X Harry Sidhu Lucille Kring X Sal Tinajero David Benavides X Constance Underhill Scott Nelson X Mark Waldman Henry Charoen X Don Webb Nancy Gardner X John Withers Douglas Reinhart STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Jim Ruth, General Manager; Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager; Lilia Kovac, Associate Clerk of the Board; Nick Arhontes; Jim Herberg; Ed Torres; Lorenzo Tyner; Cindi Ambrose; Kim Erickson; Michael Gold; Norbert Gaia; Laura Maravilla; Jeff Reed; Juanita Skillman; Rob Thompson; Ryal Wheeler; Paula Zeller. Minutes of Board Meeting 08/25/10 Page 3 of 5 OTHERS PRESENT: Brad Hogin, General Counsel; Drew Kolosky; Bob Ooten PUB LIC COMMENTS There were no public comments. REPORTS Board Chair Crandall recognized Director of Engineering, Jim Herberg, who presented a 20 year service award to Wendy Sevenandt. Assistant General Manager, Bob Ghirelli, introduced Donna Terrones as the new Clerk of the Board of Directors. Ms. Terrones is scheduled to start August 30th in her new position. Chair Crandall, reported he had attended the CASA Conference in Monterrey, and reviewed the meeting schedule for September. General Manager, Jim Ruth, recognized Human Resources Specialist, Kim Erickson, who briefly presented the enhanced 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan. It was reported that OCSD received two leadership awards from the National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators for its successful Plan Design and Administration, and Effective Communication. Mr. Ruth also presented an overview of the strategic plan "Beyond 2012," which is designed to realign current resources to match the future operational needs of the Sanitation District. Mr. Ruth also presented the year's Annual Report brochure highlighting OCSD's accomplishments. RATIFICATION OF PAYMENT OF CLAIMS 1. MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRI ED: Ratify payment of claims, as set forth on Exhibits "A" and "B", attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. ALL DISTRICTS Totals 07/15/10 07/31/10 $12,468,358.77 $52,292,800.07 Director Dumitru abstained from discussion and voting on warrant numbers 32017, 32021, and 32379. Directors Nguyen, Sidhu and Stephens abstained from discussion and voting on all warrants. Abstentions were pursuant to California Government Code Section 84308. Minutes of Board Meeting 08/25/10 Page 4 of 5 CONSENT CALENDAR 2. MOVED, SECON DED AND DULY CARRI ED: Approve the minutes for the regular meeting held on July 28, 2010. 3. MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRI ED: Authorize the General Manager to negotiate and subsequently approve the cancellation of a Construction Contract with Engineering/Remediation Resources Group, Inc. for P1 Outfall Pipeline Disconnects at Scrubber Overflow, Project No. FE03-42, to include all associated cancellation costs. STEERING COMMITTEE Chair Crandall briefly reported that the committee had received a state and federal update, approved the minutes, and met in closed session on four matters. 4. MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRI ED: Order Steering Committee Minutes for the regular meeting held on July 28, 2010 to be filed. CLOSED SESSION CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(b)(c), and 54954.5(f). The Board convened in closed session at 7:02 p.m. to discuss three matters. Confidential Minutes of the Closed Session held by the Administration Committee have been prepared in accordance with Government Code Section 54954.5(f), and are maintained by the Clerk of the Board in the Official Book of Confidential Minutes of Board and Committee Closed Meetings. RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSI ON: The Board reconvened in regular session at 7:25 p.m. General Counsel reported that the Board of Directors took the following action in closed session: 5a.1 The Board of Directors had approved a settlement with Shea Construction regarding Headworks Replacement Project, Job No. P2-66, in which Shea agreed to waive all delay and damage claims relating to the barscreen construction portion of the project. It was also reported that OCSD had agreed to extend the construction schedule, and commissioning of the barscreens to be complete 267 days after original bid date, and final project completion to be 328 days after the original deadline, and there will be no liquidated damages or extra compensation that will apply to these extensions. Minutes of Board Meeting 08/25/10 Page 5 of 5 ADJOURNMENT: The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 7:26 p.m. Lilia Kovac Associate Clerk of the Board Orange County Sanitation District