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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-27-2010 Steering Committee MinutesMINUTES OF STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING Orange County Sanitation District Wednesday, January 27, 2010, at 5:30p .m. The Steering Committee meeting convened on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 , at 5:30 p.m . in the Administrative Offices of the Orange County Sanitation District. A quorum was declared present, as follows : STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS: DIRECTORS PRESENT: Doug Davert, Chair Larry Crandall, Vice Chair Phil Luebben, Administration Committee Chair Troy Edgar, Operations Committee Chair Tom Beamish Jim Ferryman John Withers DIRECTORS ABSENT N/a PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORT STAFF PRESENT: Jim Ruth, General Manager Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager Simon Watson, Maintenance Manager Jim Herberg, Director of Engineering Ed Torres, Director of Technical Services Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance and Administrative Services Michael Gold, Public Affairs Manager Jeff Reed, Human Resources Manager Penny Kyle, Clerk of the Board John Linder Jim Burror Pat McNelly Juanita Skillman OTHERS PRESENT: Brad Hogin, General Counsel * * * * * * Chair Davert welcomed the new Chairs and Vice Chairs of the Administration and Operations Committees as follows: Phil Luebben, Administration Committee Chair; John Withers, Administration Committee Vice Chair; Troy Edgar, Operations Committee Chair; and Tom Beamish, Operations Committee Vice Chair. A brief report was given on the CASA conference that both Directors Davert and Crandall attended which was held in Palm Desert earlier that month . r~lt~~~~J·'6~ ~~~~fb~~o ORANGE CO UNTY SAN ITATION DISTR ICT FEB 2 4 2010 BY: f.i-~1l!'n!:!W10l w•auaa ::w 1\./linutes of the Steering Committee January 27 , 2010 Page 2 GENERAL MANAGER REPORT Jim Ruth, General Manager, provided an overview on his mid-year progress report . Simon Watson , Maintenance Manager, reported on the impact of the recent storms to both plants . ACTION ITEMS 1. MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED : Approve revised minutes of the December 16, 2009 Steering Committee meeting . 2 . MOVED , SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED: Approve Honor Wa lk nominee Dale Sparks for 2010. INFORMATION ITEMS 3 . Item pulled from agenda . 4 . Legislative Platform Michael Gold discussed the Legislative Platform and the proposed goals for 2010. He explained that in past years , staff held a workshop with the Steering Commi ttee , lobbyists and staff but since the goals were not changing too much for 2010, the process was streamlined . The goals were presented for discussion and Gold explained they would be brought back to the Steering Committee for approval in February . Gold also discussed the status of OCSD's appropriations requests and explained that this year we need letters of support from local government officials and circulated a memo explaining the process. CLOSED SESSION There was no closed session. ADJOURNMENT The next Steering Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 24 , 2010, at 5:30 p.m . The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 6 :21 p.m . Submitted by :