HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-24-2016 Steering Committee MinutesMINUTES OF THE
STEERING COMMITTEE
Orange County Sanitation District
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 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, February 24, 2016 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:
None
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
No public comments were provided.
REPORTS
STAFF PRESENT:
Jim Herberg, General Manager
Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
Nick Arhontes, Director of Facility
Support Services
Celia Chandler, Director of Human
Resources
Rob Thompson, Director of Engineering
Ed Torres, Director of Operations &
Maintenance
Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance &
Administrative Services
Kelly A. Lore, Clerk of the Board
Jennifer Cabral
Jim Colston
Ann Crafton
Norbert Gaia
Al Garcia
Tina Knapp
Mark Manzo
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hagin, General Counsel
Chair Nielsen provided an update from the recent Legislative and Public Affairs
Committee meeting including: collateral material design concepts toward a resource
recovery agency; AB 2022 (Gordon) bottling recycled water for educational purposes;
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$1 million in Prop. 84 funding received for the Newhope-Placentia project; grant
applications through Prop. 1 funding; and possible dates for legislative lobby visits to
Sacramento and Washington D.C.
General Manager Jim Herberg provided information regarding: OCTA proposed
widening of the 405 freeway, the affects to OCSD; and the draft agreement currently
being negotiated.
Mr. Herberg announced that nominations for the Honor Walk Program are being
sought for past employees and past Board members. Nomination forms were
distributed and should be returned by March 16; final approval will be April 27 at the
Steering Committee meeting; and the ceremony will be held on May 25.
He then announced recent awards received by OCSD including: Two honor awards
from AAEES for: Research for Critical Assessment of Process Odorants and
Environmental Sustainability for our Central Generation Emissions Control Project;
and two awards for the GWRS Initial Expansion: Water/Wastewater Project of the
Year from ASCE and Engineering Project Achievement from AEC.
Mr. Herberg informed the Committee of the projected timeline for the new two-year
budget process.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Clerk of the Board)
MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Approve Minutes of the
January 27, 2016 Regular Steering Committee Meeting.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
Beamish; Curry; Kring; Nielsen; Sebourn Shawver and
Withers
None
None
None
NON-CONSENT CALENDAR:
Chair Nielsen spoke in regards to Item No. 2. He stated that the Ad Hoc Committee
(Chair Nielsen, Vice-Chair Sebourn, and Director Curry) convened on
February 19, 2016; interviewed the four firms listed; and unanimously selected
Liebert, Cassidy and Whitmore to serve as the Chief Negotiator. Chair Nielsen
recommended the following alternate recommendation:
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2. LABOR RELATIONS -CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS (Celia Chandler)
MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED TO : Recommend to the Board of
Directors to: Authorize the Board Chair to execute an agreement with the
external Chief Negotiator selected by the Ad Hoc Committee.
Execute an agreement with Liebert, Cassidy & Whitmore, at a cost not to
exceed $100,000, to serve as OCSD's Chief Negotiator as selected by the Ad
Hoc Committee.
INFORMATION ITEMS:
3 . ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER
MANAGEMENT (Bob Ghirelli)
Chair Nielsen provided information regarding a proposal by several agencies
within Orange County to meet with SAWPA to discuss changes in the future
approval and distribution of Proposition 1 and Proposition 84 water bond funds.
Chair Nielsen stated that the interaction with SAWPA will be done in a collegial,
cooperative fashion, in line with the positive working relationship we have with
them.
CLOSED SESSION:
General Couns e l Brad Hagin announce d that th ere will be no clos ed session this
evening .
OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
ITEMS, IF ANY:
Director Withers suggested a possible meet and greet between our Board Chair and
the newly appointed Chair of OCTA Board of Directors, Lori Donchak.
ADJOURNMENT:
The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 5:23 p .m . to the next Steering
Committee meeting to be held on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.
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