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STEERING COMMITTEE
Orange County Sanitation District
Wednesday, October 28, 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 Nielsen on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at
5:05 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
John Withers, Operations Committee
Chair
Tom Beamish, Member-At-Large
Lucille Kring, Member-At-Large
David Shawver, Member-At-Large
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT:
Keith Curry, Administration Committee
Chair
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None.
REPORTS
STAFF PRESENT:
Jim Herberg, General Manager
Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General
Manager
Celia Chandler, Director of Human
Resources
Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance &
Administrative Services
Ed Torres, Director of Operations &
Maintenance
Kelly A. Lore, Clerk of the Board
Jennifer Cabral
Mark Esquer
Dean Fisher
Norbert Gaia
Al Garcia
Andrew Nau
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hogin, General Counsel
General Manager Jim Herberg introduced and welcomed the new Director of Human
Resources, Celia Chandler.
Chair Nielsen reported on the success of the 2015 State of the District event including
the District's accomplishments and the Annual Report which provided the first
communication piece that emphasized our "brand" as a resource recovery facility.
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Director Withers commended the staff on the "5 minutes per month" information push
that was initiated this month.
Chair Nielsen also reported on the Strategic Plan Update session that was held on
October 21. Staff will take the information received, make any necessary changes
and bring it back in December for adoption. He also announced that Adam
Hutchinson, OCWD's Recharge Planning Manager, will make a presentation on storm
water capture to the OCSD Committees in November.
Chair Nielsen then provided an update from the Legislative and Public Affairs (LAPA)
Committee including: outreach and educational efforts; State and Federal Lobbyist
contract renewals; and the upcoming presentation from Adam Link with CASA at the
November LAPA Committee meeting.
The Committee requested that the OCSD representatives on CASA's Legislative
Committees provide any agendas and updates to the LAPA Committee.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Clerk of the Board)
MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Approve Minutes of the
September 23, 2015 Regular Steering Committee Meeting.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
Beamish; Kring; Nielsen; Sebourn; Shawver and Withers
None
None
Curry
NON-CONSENT CALENDAR:
2. GENERAL MANAGER COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS (John Nielsen)
RECOMMENDATION: Recommend to the Board of Directors to:
Adopt Resolution No. OCSD 15-23 entitled, "A Resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Orange County Sanitation District approving salary increase,
salary range adjustment, and changes to benefits for the General Manager for
Fiscal Year 2015-2016," authorizing the Board Chair to implement a base
building salary increase and corresponding salary range adjustment of 7%
retroactive to July 10, 2015, and changes to the benefits package for the
General Manager, for a total amount not to exceed $41, 107.
AYES:
NOES:
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Beamish; Kring; Nielsen; Sebourn; Shawver and Withers
None
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ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Curry
CLOSED SESSION:
General Counsel, Brad Hogin announced that there will be no closed session this
evening.
OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
ITEMS, IF ANY:
Director Shawver requested that OCSD supply a truckload of compost for use in the
new community garden in the City of Stanton; the ribbon cutting to be held on
November 16, 2015. Staff will look into the availability and logistics .
ADJOURNMENT:
The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 5:24 p .m. to the next Steering
Committee meeting to be held on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 5:00 p.m.
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