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STEERING COMMITTEE
Orange County Sanitation District
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
A regular meeting of the Steering Committee of the Orange County Sanitation
District was called to order by Chair Nielsen on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at
4:03 p.m. in the Administration Building of the Orange County Sanitation District.
A quorum was declared present, as follows:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: STAFF PRESENT:
John Nielsen, Chair Jim Herberg, General Manager
Greg Sebourn, Vice-Chair Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
Keith Curry, Administration Committee Celia Chandler, Director of Human
Chair Resources
John Withers, Operations Committee Jim Colston, Director of Environmental
Chair Services
Tom Beamish, Member-At-Large Rob Thompson, Director of Engineering
Lucille Kring, Member-At-Large Mark Esquer, Engineering Manager
David Shawver, Member-At-Large Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance &
Administrative Services
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT: Kelly A. Lore, Clerk of the Board
None Janine Aguilar
Jennifer Cabral
Al Garcia
Stephanie Good
Lori Khajadourian
Randy Kleinman
Laurie Klinger
Tina Knapp
Mark Manzo
Laura Maravilla
Andrew Nau
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hogin, General Counsel
Georg Krammer, Koff &Associates
Alyssa Thompson, Koff&Associates
Laura Kalty, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
No public comments were provided.
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REPORTS:
Chair Nielsen announced that the OCSD/OCWD Joint Open House will take place on
August 13th at 10:00 a.m. and encouraged all to attend.
General Manager Jim Herberg reported on the following: Closure of OCSD
Administrative Offices on Monday, July 4t" (Independence Day); Heal the Bay's
Orange County Beach Water Quality report card with A+ to B grades for both summer
and winter; Awards received this month: Graphic Design USA award for In-house
design of the Annual Report, and the ACC-OC Golden Hub of Innovation award for
the Newport Beach Outreach Program; State Senate Environmental Quality
Committee hearing where, Director of Environmental Services, Jim Colston testified
on behalf of AB 2022 (Gordon); and the objectives and progress of the first agency-
wide employee engagement survey.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Clerk of the Board)
MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Approve Minutes of the
May 25, 2016 Regular Steering Committee Meeting.
AYES: Beamish; Curry; Kring; Nielsen; Sebourn; and Shawver
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Withers
NON-CONSENT CALENDAR:
None.
INFORMATION ITEMS:
2. GENERAL MANAGER'S FY 2015-2016 WORK PLAN UPDATE
(Jim Herberg)
General Manager Jim Herberg provided a brief presentation, highlighting the
five major categories of his FY 2015-16 work plan: Safety, Succession
Planning, Resource Recovery, Reliability, and Operational Optimization.
Director Withers arrived at 4:17 p.m.
3. PRELIMINARY CLASSIFICATION & COMPENSATION STUDY RESULTS
(Celia Chandler)
Director of Human Resources, Celia Chandler provided a brief history of the
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item and introduced representatives with Koff & Associates (consultant),
Georg Krammer, Chief Executive Officer and Alyssa Thompson, Project
Manager, who provided a PowerPoint presentation of the preliminary
compensation study overview including: Goals and elements of the study;
benchmark classifications and comparator agencies; benefits and data
collection; market findings; compensation structure and strategy development;
compensation philosophy and internal relationships.
The Committee requested the following additional information: a chart of the
market position percentile of each of the comparison agencies; the number of
agency employees lost due to compensation matters; and a list of which
agencies we have lost employees to and why. Ms. Chandler will review data
from exit interviews of past employees and produce the additional information
requested.
Chair Nielsen thanked Mr. Krammer for completing this preliminary report in
such a short time.
CLOSED SESSION:
CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTIONS 54957.6, 54956.9(d)(2), 54957(b)(1) & 54956.9(d)(1):
The Committee convened in closed session at 4:35 p.m. to discuss four 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 Session
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.
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ADJOURNMENT:
The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 5:52 p.m. to the next Steering
Committee meeting to be held on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.
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