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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-22-2008 Steering Committee Minutes1:1': MINUTES OF STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING Orange County Sanitation District Wednesday, October 22, 2008, at 5:30p .m. A meeting of the Steering Committee of the Orange County Sanitation District was held on Wednesday, October 22 , 2008, at 5:30p.m., in the District's Administrative Office. A quorum was declared present, as follows: STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS: DIRECTORS PRESENT: Doug Davert, Chair Mark Waldman, Administration Committee Chair Bill Dalton Phil Luebben DIRECTORS ABSENT Larry Crandall , Vice Chair Ken Parker, Operations Committee Chair Jim Ferryman OTHERS PRESENT: Ryal Wheeler Layne Baroldi Drew Kolosky , Liberty Composting PUBLIC COMMENTS STAFF PRESENT: Jim Ruth , General Manager Bob Ghirelli , Assistant General Manager Nick Arhontes, Director of Oper. & Maintenance Jim Herberg, Director of Engineering Ed Torres, Director of Technical Services Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance and Administrat ive Services Michael Gold, Legislative Affairs Liaison Penny Kyle, Clerk of the Board FIL~~~~J~ ~~~~t~~D OR1~~E COUNTY SAN ITATION DISTR ICT NOV 19 2008 BY:;-=r4=-e-~<[=. ===--~ Drew Kolosky stated that his employer, Liberty Composting , was interested in purchasing the Sanitation District's land in Kings County and was prepared to offer the Sanitation District a proposal of $42/ton of biosolids for fou r years, with a minimum of 50 ,000 tons per year. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR Chair Davert reported that the board meeting would be adjourned in memory of Cornell Norby, Director Norby's father. He also reported that Director Crandall was attending the WEFTEC conference in Chicago where he was participating on a leadership panel and also the Utility Executive's Forum. Minutes of the Steering Committee October 22, 2008 Page 2 REPORTOFGENERALMANAGER Jim Ruth, General Manager, advised staff was proceeding with preparing the update to the Strategic Plan, and the update would be ready for presentation at the November board meeting. He also provided a brief update on negotiations with SAWPA, a tour of EnerTech in Rialto, and status on SARI line repairs. REPORT OF GENERAL COUNSEL There was no report . ACTION ITEMS (1 -2) 1. MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED: Approve minutes of the September 17, 2008 Steering Committee meeting . 2. MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of Directors to approve an agreement with the City of Fountain Valley for permitting P1 Miscellaneous Buildings Office Improvements, Project No . FE07-08 , and authorize payment and development fees for an amount not to exceed $356,835, in a form approved by General Counsel. INFORMATION ITEMS (3-4) 3. Legislative Affairs Report-Government Affairs Manager, Michael Gold, informed the Committee that the list of state bills being tracked by OCSD was in their packet with the final actions taken by the Governor. Gold mentioned that many of the bills OCSD opposed were vetoed. As a result of the growing state budget deficit, it is likely that a special session will be called by the Governor after the election to deal with the impending crisis; however, a bright spot in the state's situation was that the Governor was successful in selling about $5 billion in bonds to the public to cover the short-term cash crunch . In Washington , D.C ., Gold reported that the likelihood of a stimulus package including infrastructure funding was growing when the Federal Reserve Chairman expressed his support for it. With Bernanke's support, the President signaled he also might be willing to support infrastructure funding. Finally, Gold reported that at the November Steering Committee meeting , the lobbyists would be available to discuss the implications of the election . 4 . Republic of (South) Korea Environmental Management Corporation -Jim Herberg , Director of Engineering, noted that the Memorandum of Understanding focuses on key areas of exchange of information , technology, joint research and cooperative projects, and future visits to OCSD. Minutes of the Steering Committee October 22, 2008 Page 3 CLOSED SESSION The Steering Committee convened at 5:46 p.m. in Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8 to discuss one matter. Confidential Minutes of the Closed Session held by the Steering Committee have been prepared in accordance with Government Code Section 54957.2, and are maintained by the Clerk of the Board in the Official Book of Confidential Minutes of Board and Committee Closed Meetings . The Steering Committee reconvened at 5:58 p.m. in regular session . OTHER BUSINESS, COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS, IF ANY There were none. ADJOURNMENT The next Steering Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 19, 2008 . The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 5:58 p.m. Submitted by: