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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.
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