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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-04-2009 Operations Committee MinutesMINUTES OF THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Engineering, Operations & Maintenance, and Technical Services Orange County Sanitation District February 4, 2009 – 5:00 p.m. A meeting of the Operations Committee of the Orange County Sanitation District was held on February 4, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. in the Sanitation District’s Administrative Office. A quorum was declared present, as follows: Operations Directors Present: Bill Dalton, Chair David Shawver, Vice Chair Charles Antos Tom Beamish Troy Edgar Patsy Marshall Roy Moore Joy Neugebauer Sharon Quirk Constance Underhill Doug Davert, Board Chair Larry Crandall, Board Vice Chair Operations Directors Absent: Harry Sidhu Don Webb Staff Present: 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 Lilia Kovac, Committee Secretary Mark Esquer Dean Fisher Norbert Gaia Tod Haynes Pam Koester Others: Alternate Director John Anderson Alternate Director Ron Garcia Alternate Director Fred Smith Alternate Director Carol Warren Gino Rampagna Juanita Skillman Warren Sternin Chuck Winsor PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments. REPORT OF COMMITTEE CHAIR Committee Chair Dalton did not give a report. REPORT OF GENERAL MANAGER General Manager, Jim Ruth, did not give a report. Minutes of the Operations Committee February 4, 2009 Page 2 CONSENT CALENDAR (1-2) 1. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: Approve the minutes of the December 2, 2008 Operations Committee meeting. 2. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of Directors to: a) Approve a Professional Consultant Services Agreement with Black & Veatch Corporation to provide construction support services for the Central Generation Automation, Job No. J-79-1, for an amount not to exceed $779,546; and, b) Approve a contingency of $77,954 (10%). ACTION ITEMS (3-6) 3. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of Directors to establish a budget for Outfall Land Section and OOBS Piping Rehabilitation, Project No. J-112, in the amount of $7,858,836. 4. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of Directors to: a) Approve a Professional Design Services Agreement with Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. for Newport Force Main Condition Assessment, Project No. 5-60, providing for engineering design services for an amount not to exceed $1,120,418; and, b) Approve a contingency of $112,042 (10%). 5. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of Directors to: a) Approve a Professional Design Services Agreement with Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. for CenGen Cooling Water System Replacement, Job No. J-109, providing for engineering design services for an amount not to exceed $1,489,877; and, b) Approve a contingency of $148,988 (10%). 6. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of Directors to approve Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement for the Management of Biosolids, specifying biosolids from Orange County Sanitation District will no longer be transported to or beneficially reused at any sites operated by Tule Ranch / Magan Farms in Kern County, California, in a form approved by General Counsel. INFORMATION ITEMS (7) 7. Air Quality Permit Efficiencies Resulting in Cost Savings Ed Torres, Director of Technical Services, presented a brief report of the air quality efficiencies generated through successful negotiations with AQMD resulting in the amending of the Sanitation District’s permit conditions, allowing the District to burn all Minutes of the Operations Committee February 4, 2009 Page 3 digester gases, and estimating a $900,000 savings, while reducing greenhouse gases by 12%. DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS Director of Operations and Maintenance , Nick Arhontes , reported that outfall repairs were needed on a junction box near the beach ; however, due to the upcoming bird nesting season in April, staff acted quickly to repair it, and will be bring ing this $60,000 repair item for ratification at the next meeting. CLOSED SESSION There was no closed session. OTHER BUSINESS, COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS. IF ANY There were none. ADJOURNMENT The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 5 :30 p.m. The next Operations Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. Submitted by: a~~ Lilia Kovac Committee Secretary H :\dept\agenda\Operations Committee\Operations 2009\0309\04 .020409 Operations Minutes .docx