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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-22-2015 Steering Committee MinutesMINUTES OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE Orange County Sanitation District Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. A regular meeting of the Steering Committee of the Orange County Sanitation District was called to order by Chair Beamish on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 5:02 p.m. in the Administration Building of the Orange County Sanitation District. A quorum was declared present, as follows: COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: John Nielsen, Chair Greg Sebourn, Vice-Chair Keith Curry, Administration Committee Chair John Withers, Operations Committee Chair Tom Beamish, Member-At-Large Lucille Kring, Member-At-Large David Shawver, Member-At-Large COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT: PUBLIC COMMENTS: None. STAFF PRESENT: Jim Herberg, General Manager Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance & Administrative Services Ed Torres, Director of Operations & Maintenance Nick Arhontes, Director of Facility Support Services Kelly A. Lore, Clerk of the Board Jennifer Cabral Jim Colston Dean Fisher Norbert Gaia Al Garcia Mark Kawamoto Laurie Klinger Laura Maravilla Julian Sabri Richard Spencer Gina Tetsch OTHERS PRESENT: Brad Hagin, General Counsel James Finete, Savage Finete, APLC 07/22/2015 Steering Committee Minutes Page 1 of 4 REPORTS: Chair Nielsen announced that due to a time constraint, the Chair and General Manager reports would be deferred to the Board meeting. CONSENT CALENDAR: 1. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Approve Minutes of the June 24, 2015 Regular Steering Committee Meeting. AYES: Beamish; Curry; Nielsen; and Shawver NOES: None ABSTENTIONS: Kring ABSENT: Sebourn and Withers 2. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: A. Award a Professional Consultant Services Agreement for Specification No. CS-2015-678 to EEC Environmental for 2015 Internal Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority Pretreatment Program Audit, for a total amount not to exceed $95,040; and B. Approve a contingency of $9,504 (10%). AYES: Beamish; Curry; Nielsen; and Shawver NOES: None ABSTENTIONS: Kring ABSENT: Sebourn and Withers NON-CONSENT ITEMS: 3. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Recommend to the Board of Directors to: Receive and File the General Manager's FY 2014-2015 Year-End Work Plan Update. AYES: Beamish; Curry; Nielsen; and Shawver NOES: None 07/22/2015 Steering Committee Minutes Page 2 of 4 ABSTENTIONS: Kring ABSENT: Sebourn and Withers Vice-Chair Sebourn arrived at 5:12 p.m. during the informational item. Director Withers arrived at 5:14 p.m. during the informational item. INFORMATION ITEMS 4. Classification & Compensation Studies -Comparison Agencies. Human Resources Manager, Rich Spencer provided a report on Item 15 including: history and purpose of the study; how the information is received; phases of the study; and criteria used during comparison. Comments were received from the committee regarding: elimination of Bay area agencies; consideration of similar size and industries compared; lowering the data points to 15 rather than 20; metrics available to equalize recommended agencies; deflate or inflate certain, economic considerations; consideration of competitiveness and retention; study not required by MOU's; best practices and necessity. Mr. Herberg and Mr. Spencer responded to questions regarding these items and responded that the hope is to draft a compensation policy for the future. CLOSED SESSION: CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS: 54956.9(d)(1); 54957.6 The Committee convened in closed session at 5:25 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. RECONVENED IN REGULAR SESSION: The Committee reconvened in regular session at 5:45 p.m. CONSIDERATION OF ACTION, IF ANY, ON MATTERS CONSIDERED IN CLOSED SESSION None. 07/22/2015 Steering Committee Minutes Page 3 of 4 OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICAT IONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS, IF ANY: None. ADJOURNMENT: The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 5:45 p.m . to the next Steering Committee meeting to be held on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. Submitted by: 07/22/2015 Steering Committee Minutes Page 4 of 4