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
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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 .
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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 .
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