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Orange County Sanitation District
Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at 5:30 p.m.
A meeting of the Steering Committee of the Orange County Sanitation District was held on
Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at 5:30 p.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, Operations Committee Chair
Mark Waldman, Administration Committee
Chair
Jim Ferryman
Phil Luebben
David Shawver
DIRECTORS ABSENT:
OTHERS PRESENT:
STAFF PRESENT:
Jim Ruth, General Manager
Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
Nick Arhontes, Director of Oper. & Maintenance
John Linder, Engineering Manager
Ed Torres, Director of Technical Services
Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance and
Administrative Services
Michael Gold, Legislative Affairs Liaison
Jeff Reed, Human Resources Manager
Penny Kyle, Clerk of the Board
Ryal Wheeler
Gino Rapagna
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Chair Davert extended the invitation to all Steering Committee members to attend the mid-year
CASA conference to be held January 21-24, 2009 in Indian Wells.
REPORT OF GENERAL MANAGER
Jim Ruth, General Manager, provided a brief overview of his monthly status report.
REPORT OF GENERAL COUNSEL
Brad Hogin, General Counsel, reported that the hearing on the motion to dismiss, filed by certain
defendants in the Federal case NRDC et al. v. SCAQMD et al., in which the Sanitation District
joined, was continued by the Court to February 2, 2009. The case challenges the SCAQMD's
continued use of offsets of emission exchanges.
Minutes of the Steering Committee
December 17, 2008
Page 2
ACTION ITEMS (1)
1. MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED : Approve minutes of the November 17,
2008 Steering Committee meeting . Director Shawver abstained.
INFORMATION ITEMS (2)
2 . Legislative Affairs Report-Government Affairs Manager, Michael Gold, advised that
the state senate and assembly were meeting on a new proposal that the democrats
believe will not require an approval of 2/3 majority to pass due to some loopholes .
CLOSED SESSION
The Steering Committee convened at 5:25p.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 5:35p.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, January 28, 2009. The Chair
declared the meeting adjourned at 5:35 p.m.
Submitted by:
Clerk of the Board