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Orange County Sanitation District
Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at 5:30p.m .
A meeting of the Steering Committee of the Orange County Sanitation District was held on
Wednesday, November 19, 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
Larry Crandall, Vice Chair
Bill Dalton
Jim Ferryman
Phil Luebben
Ken Parker, Operations Committee Chair
Mark Waldman, Administration Committee
Chair
DIRECTORS ABSENT
OTHERS PRESENT:
Ryal Wheeler
Brent lves
Chris Town send
Heather Dion
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments .
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR
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
Administrative Services
Michael Gold, Legislative Affairs Liaison
Tod Haynes, Engineering Manager
Penny Kyle, Clerk of the Board
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Chair Davert reported that the CASA Conference would be held January 21-24, 2009 at Indian
Wells. He reminded the Directors that an ethics training session would be held at the Sanitation
District on December 2nd, and to contact the Clerk of the Board to reserve a seat. It was also
reported that Director Parker would be leaving the Board next month. He was appointing Bill
Dalton as the Chair of the Operations Committee and Dave Shawver as the Vice Chair .
REPORT OF GENERAL MANAGER
Jim Ruth, General Manager, provided a brief review of his monthly status report . An update on
the Strategic Plan was provided by Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager. The updated plan
includes five new initiatives provided at the Strategic Plan Workshop at no additional costs.
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November 19, 2008
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REPORT OF GENERAL COUNSEL
Brad Hog in, General Counsel, reported that the Sanitation District joined Los Angeles County
Sanitation Districts in filing a motion to intervene in a Federal case which challenges the South Coast
Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to continue using internal offsets of emission
exchanges. The case is scheduled to be heard December 11 , 2008.
ACTION ITEMS (1 -2)
1. MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED: Approve minutes of the October 22, 2008
Steering Committee meeting.
2 . MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of Directors to:
a) Approve the Five-Year Strategic Plan dated November 2008; and,
b) Direct staff to implement the goals and strategies contained in the Plan.
INFORMATION ITEMS (3)
3. Legislative Affairs Report-Government Affairs Manager, Michael Gold, reported that
the Legislative Workshop would be held on January 28, 2009, at 4:30p.m., prior to the
Steering Committee meeting . The committee received an update via telephone by the
federal lobbyists, and suggested a trip to Washington, DC should be considered in
February or early March to meet with the delegates. The state lobbyists, Christopher
Townsend and Heather Dion, were also in attendance and provided a brief update .
CLOSED SESSION
The Steering Committee convened at 6:11 p.m. in Closed Session, pursuant to Government
Code Section 54956.9(b) 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 6:25 p.m. in regular session.
OTHER BUSINESS, COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS, IF ANY
There were none.
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Minutes of the Steering Committee
November 19, 2008
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ADJOURNMENT
The next Steering Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 19, 2008 . The Chair
declared the meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m .
Submitted by:
Penny M. le
Clerk of the Board