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STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
Orange County Sanitation District
The Steering Committee meeting convened on Wednesday, September 24, 2014,
at 5:39 p.m. in the Administration Building of the Orange County Sanitation
District.
A quorum was declared present, as follows:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
Tom Beamish, Chair
Brad Reese, Administration
Committee Chair
Scott Nelson, Member-At-Large
John Withers, Member-At-Large
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT:
John Nielsen, Vice-Chair
Brett Murdock, Operations Committee
Chair
Keith Curry, Member-At-Large
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None.
REPORTS:
STAFF PRESENT
Jim Herberg, General Manager
Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General
Manager
Nick Arhontes, Director of Facilities
Support Services
Jeff Reed, Director of Human
Resources
Rob Thompson, Director of
Engineering
Ed Torres, Director of Operations &
Maintenance
Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance &
Administrative Services
Kelly Lore, Acting Clerk of the Board
Norbert Gaia
Al Garcia
Laurie Klinger
Richard Spencer
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hagin, General Counsel
Chair Beamish informed the committee that the Legislative & Public Affairs Special
Committee meeting and the Groundwater Replenishment Steering Committee
Meeting will both fall on October 13, 2014. Chair Beamish suggested, with
concurrence from the committee, that the date of the Legislative & Public Affairs
Minutes of the Steering Committee
September 24, 2014
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Special Committee meeting be rescheduled to October 20, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. due to
this and other conflicts.
General Manager Jim Herberg reported on the following within his status report for
September 2014: General Manager's Work Plan for FY 2014-15; community
outreach efforts; Plant No. 1 Splitter Box Channel Emergency Repair; NACWA Gold
Award; the Excellence in Procurement Award and the Green Acres Project Water
Savings.
Director of Engineering, Rob Thompson provided an update on the Hydrogen Fuel
Cell project, which due to the high cost and lack of funding, may not be continuing.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
1. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Approve Minutes of the
August 27, 2014 Steering Committee Meeting.
AYES: Beamish, Nelson, Reese and Withers
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Curry, Murdock and Nielsen
2. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Approve the General
Manager's FY 2014 -2015 Work Plan.
AYES: Beamish, Nelson, Reese and Withers
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Curry, Murdock and Nielsen
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Minutes of the Steering Committee
September 24, 2014
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CLOSED SESSION
CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTIONS: 54956.9(d)(1) & 54957.6
The Committee convened in closed session at 5:48 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 Offic ial Book of Confidential Minutes of Board and Committee Closed
Meetings.
RECONVENED IN REGULAR SESSION: The Committee reconvened in regular
session at 6: 11 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.
ADJOURNMENT:
The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 6: 11 p .m.
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