HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-05-2008 Operations Committee MinutesMINUTES OF THE
OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
Engineering, Operations & Maintenance, and Technical Services
Orange County Sanitation District
March 5, 2008-5:00 p.m .
A meeting of the Operations Committee of the Orange County Sanitation District was held on
March 5, 2008, at 5:00 p.m . in the Sanitation District's Administrative Office.
(2) ROLL CALL
Following the Pledge of Allegiance, a quorum was declared present, as follows:
Operations Directors Present: Staff Present:
Larry Crandall, Chair
Charles Antos
Don Bankhead
Rose Espinoza
Patsy Marshall
Roy Moore
David Shawver
Harry Sidhu
Constance Underhill
Don Webb
James M. Ferryman, Board Chair
Doug Davert, Board Vice Chair
Operations Directors Absent:
Ken Parker, Vice Chair
Jim Ruth, General Manager
Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
Nick Arhontes, Dir. of Operations & Maintenance
Jim Herberg, Director of Engineering
Ed Torres, Director of Technical Services
Penny Kyle, Committee Secretary
Tod Haynes, Engineering Manager
John Linder, Engineering Manager
Mark Esquer
Norbert Gaia
Simon Watson
Chuck Winsor
Others :
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(3) APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR PROTEM MAR 26 2008
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(4) PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
(5) REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Chair Crandall did not give a report .
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(6) REPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER
Jim Ruth, General Manager, did not give a report.
(7) CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
a. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: Approve minutes of the February 6,
2008 Operations Committee meeting.
b. OP08-06
c. OP08-07
d. OP08-08
MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED : Recommend to the Board
of Directors to adopt Resolution No. OCSD08-XX, Establishing Support
for an Enhanced Source Control Program to Reduce the Discharge of
Emerging Pollutants of Concern .
MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED : Approve an increase in
the contingency for Newport Avenue & 151 Street Sewer Reconstruction ,
Project No . FE05-36, of 2.3% ($3, 703), for a total contingency of 24.1%
($38,703).
MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: 1) Award a purchase
contract for Purchase and Installation of Modular/Systems Furniture,
Specification No. E-2007-353BD, to OM Workspace for an amount not to
exceed $125,625 ; and,
2) Approve a contingency of 20% ($25,000).
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
e. No items considered.
(8) ACTION ITEMS
a. OP08-09 MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board
of Directors to : 1) Approve a budget increase of $1,867,942 for
Headworks Rehabilitation/ Refurbishment at Plant No . 1, Job No . P1-71,
for a total budget of $11,024,341 ;
2) Approve a Professional Consultant Services Agreement with Carollo
Engineers for Headworks Rehabilitation/Refurbishment at Plant No. 1,
Job No. P1-71, providing for construction support services for an amount
not to exceed $493,883; and,
3) Approve a 5% contingency ($24,694).
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(9) INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
There were none.
(10) DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS
Director of Engineering, Jim Herberg, reported the overall CIP change order rate is on a
downward trend towards the district's goal of 5%. Director of Technical Services, Ed Torres,
presented a brief report of Imperial County's biosolids importation ban, and on an article in LA
Times re pharmaceuticals in discharged water. Director of Operations and Maintenance, Nick
Arhontes, introduced Chuck Winsor, who reported on the removal of concrete grout material
blocking collections lines from the Gisler-Redhill Trunk Sewer in Tustin. The committee
requested this report be presented to the entire Board of Directors.
(11) OTHER BUSINESS, COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS, IF ANY
Chair Crandall recommended that staff present a report to the GWRS Steering Committee on
pharmaceuticals found near the outfall.
(12) CLOSED SESSION
There was no closed session.
(13) ADJOURNMENT AND FUTURE MEETING DATES
The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 5:40 p.m. The next Operations Committee
meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April2, 2008, at 5:00p.m.
Submitted by:
Penny Ky~
Committee Secretary
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