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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-22-2014 Steering Committee MinutesMINUTES STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING Orange County Sanitation District The Steering Committee meeting convened on Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. in the Administration Building of the Orange County Sanitation District. A quorum was declared present, as follows: COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Tom Beamish, Vice-Chair Brad Reese, Administration Committee Chair John Nielsen, Operations Committee Chair Keith Curry, Member-At-Large COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT: Troy Edgar, Chair John Withers, Member-At-Large PUBLIC COMMENTS: None. COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORT: Vice Chair Beamish did not provide a report. STAFF PRESENT Jim Herberg, General Manager Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager Nick Arhontes, Director of Facilities Support Services Nick Kanetis, Director of Engineering Jeff Reed, Director of Human Resources Ed Torres, Director of Operations & Maintenance Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance & Administrative Services Maria Ayala, Clerk of the Board Jim Colston Norbert Gaia Rich Spencer OTHERS PRESENT: Brad Hogin, General Counsel Minutes of the Steering Committee January 22, 2014 Page 2 of 4 GENERAL MANAGER REPORT: Mr. Herberg reported on the following: He and Chair Edgar's recent trip to Washington DC to meet with Orange County representatives over the possibility of future funding for various District projects and initatives; -Attendance at the State CASA Conference in Palm Desert. Jeff Reed, Director of Human Resources, gave a presentation at the conference on the Sanitation District's succession planning and, training and leadership programs; A representative from Congressman Allan Lowenthal's office recently visited the District and toured OCSD as well as OCWD; OCSD received the Large Plant Safety Award from the California Water Environment Association; Update on labor negotiation timelines; District had the budget kickoff this week, and this will lead to budget items being presented at future meetings leading up to budget adoption in the next few months; Provided an update to the General Manager's Mid-Year Work Plan, specifically on the SAWPA Arbitration and Sewer Transfers in Tustin; Chair Edgar's memo to the Steering Committee, being distributed tonight, on the SAWPA reimbursement for OCSD's remedial plan costs; In December, the District sold excess air pollution emission credits in the amount of $345,000. In 2008 the Board authorized the General Manager to sell these credits, and since then the District has generated over $4 million in revenue. AQMD has now issued a moratorium on sales of these credits. CONSENT CALENDAR: 1. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: Approve Minutes of the December 18, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting. AYES: Beamish, Reese, Nielsen, and Curry NOES: None ABSTENTIONS: None ABSENT: Edgar and Withers Minutes of the Steering Committee January 22, 2014 Page 3 of 4 INFORMATION ITEMS: 2. SAWPA Remedial Plan Update Mark Kawamoto, Engineer, provided a report SAWPA Remedial Plan that included updates on: final compliance, pretreatment program, SAWPA planned audits for its member and contract agencies' pretreatment programs, unresolved tasks, etc. Staff responded to questions from the Committee. CLOSED SESSION CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS: 54956.9(d)(1) and 54957(b)(1). The Committee convened in closed session at 5:45 p.m. to discuss two items. Confidential Minutes of the closed Session 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. RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION: The Committee reconvened in regular session at 6:12 p.m. CONSIDERATION OF ACTION, IF ANY, ON MATTERS CONSIDERED IN CLOSED SESSION: None. OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS, IF ANY: None. Minutes of the Steering Committee January 22 , 2014 Page 4 of 4 ADJOURNMENT: The Vice Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 6:12 p .m. Submitted by: