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STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
Orange County Sanitation District
The Steering Committee meeting convened on Wednesday, November 19, 2014,
at 5:33 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
John Nielsen, Vice-Chair
John Withers, Administration
Committee Chair
Keith Curry, Member-At-Large
Greg Sebourn, Member-At-Large
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT:
Scott Nelson, Operations Committee
Chair
Steve Jones, Member-At-Large
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None.
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
Maria E. Ayala, Clerk of the Board
Jennifer Cabral
Al Garcia
Laurie Klinger
Andrew Nau
Rich Spencer
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hagin, General Counsel
James Ruth, Consultant
Steve Filarsky, Consultant
Minutes of the Steering Committee
November 19, 2014
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REPORTS:
Chair Beamish gave a brief report of the November 12 Legislative and Public Affairs
Special Committee meeting.
General Manager Herberg reported on the following: District's community outreach
events; biosolids audits; CSDA transparency award for the District; and an update
on the fuel cell station and the recent media coverage it has received.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
1. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Approve Minutes of the
October 22, 2014 Steering Committee Meeting.
AYES: Beamish, Curry, Nielsen, Sebourn, and Withers
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Jones and Nelson
NON-CONSENT CALENDAR:
Chair Beamish presented Agenda Item No. 2 and his recommendation to bring this
item forward and for approval.
2. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Recommend to the
Board of Directors to:
Approve Board Resolution No. OCSD 14-15 entitled, "A Resolution of the
Board of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation District approving salary
increase and salary range adjustment for the General Manager for Fiscal
Year 2014-2015," approving a base building salary increase for the General
Manager of 3% of salary and to adjust the corresponding salary range by 3%.
AYES: Beamish, Curry, Nielsen, Sebourn, and Withers
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Jones and Nelson
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November 19, 2014
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General Manager Herberg presented Agenda Item No. 3. Mr. Herberg briefly
reported on the recommended salary percentage increases.
3. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Recommend to the
Board of Directors to:
A. Adopt Resolution No. OCSD 14-16 entitled, "A Resolution of the Board
of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation District approving salary
increases, salary range adjustments and onetime non-base building
payment for at-will executive management team employees for Fiscal
Year 2014-2015," authorizing the General Manager to implement a
base building salary increase for Executive Management Team (EMT)
members up to of 3% of salary, to adjust the corresponding salary
ranges by 3%, and a one-time non-base building payment of up to
$1,000 to Executive Management Team members at the discretion of
the General Manager based on performance outcomes.
B. Adopt Resolution No. OCSD 14-17 entitled, "A Resolution of the Board
of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation District approving salary
increases, salary range adjustments and onetime non-base building
payment for unrepresented management employees for Fiscal Year
2014-2015," authorizing the General Manager to implement salary
range adjustments of up to 5.1 % for specific manager classifications
due to compaction with supervisor classifications, a base building
salary increase for Managers of 3% of salary, and a one-time non-
base building payment of up to $1,000 to Managers at the discretion of
the General Manager and Department Head based on performance
outcomes.
The Clerk of the Board conducted a roll call vote.
AYES: Beamish, Curry, Nielsen, and Withers
NOES: Sebourn
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Jones and Nelson
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November 19 , 2014
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CLOSED SESSION
CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTIONS: 54957.6
The Committee convened in closed session at 5:45 p.m . to discuss one item.
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.
RECONVENED IN REGULAR SESSION: The Committee reconvened in regular
session at 5:52 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 5:53 p.m.
Submitted by:
Maria \E. Ayaia
Clerk of the Boar
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