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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
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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.
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