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STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
Orange County Sanitation District
The Steering Committee meeting convened on W ednesday, January 25, 2012, at
5:00 p.m. in the Administration Building of the Orange County Sanitation District.
A quorum was declared present, as follows:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Larry Crandall, Chair
Troy Edgar, Vice-Chair
John Anderson, Administration
Committee Chair
Tom Beamish, Operations Committee
Chair
John Nielsen
Brad Reese
John W ithers
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT:
None.
STAFF PRESENT:
Jim Ruth, General Manager
Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
Jim Herberg, Assistant General Manager
Nick Arhontes, Director of Facilities
Support Services
Jeff Reed, Director of Human Resources
Ed Torres, Director of Operations &
Maintenance
Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance &
Administrative Services
Michael Gold, Public Affairs Manager
Maria Ayala, Clerk of the Board
Ken Hernandez
Rich Spencer
Rob Thompson
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hogin, General Counsel
Drew Kolosky
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PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None.
COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORT:
Chair Crandall and Vice-Chair Edgar both reported on attending the CASA
Conference. Chair Crandall also attended the GW RS Groundbreaking Ceremony.
Chair Crandall announced that the Sanitation District was in receipt of a letter from
SAW PA. General Counsel, Brad Hogin, briefly summarized the contents of the letter.
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Januar y 25, 2012
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GENERAL M AN AGER REPORT:
Jim Ruth, General Manager, made the following announcements: CW A Magazine
featured an article on OCSD’s outreach campaign; OCSD received the NACW A
Award; and the show W omen in Dirty Jobs came to OCSD to record a segment.
Mr. Ruth also reported that the Human Resources staff has begun preliminary
meetings with the labor units.
CONSENT CALEND AR:
1. MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED: Approve Minutes of the
December 21, 2011 Steering Committee meeting.
Director W ithers was not present for this item.
ACTION ITEMS:
2. MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of
Directors to adopt Resolution No. OCSD 12-XX, Establishing the Procedure
to Conduct an Annual Performance Evaluation of the General Counsel.
Director W ithers was not present for this item.
INFORMATION ITEMS:
3. Public Affairs Report
Michael Gold, Public Affairs Manager, announced that the Sanitation
District is accepting applications for nominations for the Honor W alk. Last
week the Sanitation District submitted a grant application to the US Bureau
of Reclamation. Mr. Gold also reported that the Sanitation District
continues to receive support f rom Congressman Miller in moving forward
the 10 percent income bill. The Sanitation District is also making regulatory
reform progress in various other measures.
Director W ithers joined the meeting at 5:28 p.m.
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January 25, 2012
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CLOSED SESSION:
CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTIONS: 54956.9(a) and 54956.9(b)
The Steering Committee convened in closed session at 5:40 p.m. to discuss two
matters. Confidential Minutes of the Closed Session held by the Steering
Committee have been prepared in accordance with the above Government Code
Sections and are maintained by the Clerk of the Board in the Official Book of
Confidential Minutes of Board and Committee Closed Meetings.
CONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION:
The meeting reconvened into regular session at 6:20 p.m. with no report from
Closed Session.
OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
ITEMS, IF ANY:
General Counsel, Brad Hogin, announced that the Sanitation District is in receipt
of a letter from the Yorba Linda Water District, wherein they are requesting to have
a seat on the Board of Directors for the Orange County Sanitation District.
ADJOURNMENT:
The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 6:25p.m.
Submitted by:
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Clerk of the Board