HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-27-2016 Steering Committee MinutesMINUTES OF THE
STEERING COMMITTEE
Orange County Sanitation District
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 4:30 p.m.
A regular meeting of the Steering Committee of the Orange County Sanitation
District was called to order by Chair Nielsen on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at
4:36 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
STAFF PRESENT:
Jim Herberg, General Manager
Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
Celia Chandler, Director of Human
Resources
Jim Colston, Director of Environmental
Services
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
Marc Brown
Jennifer Cabral
Al Garcia
Stephanie Good
Lori Karaguezian
Mark Kawamoto
Randy Kleinman
Laurie Klinger
Tina Knapp
Mark Manzo
Laura Maravilla
Andrew Nau
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hagin, General Counsel
Rich Haller, SAWPA
Georg Krammer, Koff & Associates
Laura Kalty, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
07/27/2016 Steering Committee Minutes Page 1 of 4
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
No public comments were provided.
REPORTS:
Chair Nielsen did not provide a report.
General Manager Jim Herberg reported on the following: Rolling black outs and flex
alerts; grant application to support AquaCritox; UAAL unfunded pension liability pay
down; succession management and leadership; broker agreement on the Board
meeting agenda tonight; and a possible Special Steering Committee meeting in mid-
August.
Questions regarding the pay down of the unfunded pension liability, the date of pay
off, interest earned, and the risks of market fluctuation, were responded to by Director
of Finance & Administrative Services, Lorenzo Tyner.
Mr. Herberg also reported on recent community outreach efforts.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Clerk of the Board)
MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Approve Minutes of the
June 22, 2016 Regular Steering Committee Meeting.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
Beamish; Curry; Kring; Nielsen; Sebourn; and Shawver
None
None
Withers
2. GENERAL MANAGER'S FY 2015-2016 FINAL YEAR END WORK PLAN
UPDATE (Jim Herberg)
MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Recommend to the Board
of Directors to: Receive and file the General Manager's FY 2015-2016 Work
Plan Year End Update.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
07/27/2016
Beamish; Curry; Kring; Nielsen; Sebourn; and Shawver
None
None
Withers
Steering Committee Minutes Page 2 of 4
NON-CONSENT CALENDAR:
3. 2015 INTERNAL SAWPA PRETREATMENT PROGRAM AUDIT REPORT
(James E. Colston)
Director of Environmental Services, Jim Colston provided a brief presentation
regarding the preparation of the report; the recommendations and the
implementation plan.
Public comment was received from Rich Haller, Manager of Engineering and
Operations, SAWPA, who thanked the District for their assistance and
continued cooperation on the implementation of the Pretreatment Program.
Hearing no objection Chair Nielsen ordered the 2015 Internal SAWPA
Pretreatment Program Audit Report received and filed.
Director Withers arrived at 4:53 p.m.
4. COMPENSATION STUDY FINAL RESULTS (Celia Chandler)
The Clerk of the Board provided a late communication memo and the Executive
Summary of the Report of the Total Compensation Study to the Committee
Members.
Director of Human Resources, Celia Chandler introduced Georg Krammer, Koff
& Associates who provided a PowerPoint presentation regarding the
Compensation Study overview and methodology. Mr. Krammer reviewed the
goals of the study; survey elements including the benchmark classifications and
the data collected. The market findings were presented in percentiles according
to base pay and total compensation.
MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Recommend to the Board
of Directors to: Receive and file the Compensation Study final results.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
Beamish; Curry; Kring; Nielsen; Sebourn; Shawver; and
Withers
None
None
None
INFORMATION ITEMS:
None.
07/27/2016 Steering Committee Minutes Page 3 of 4
CLOSED SESSION:
CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTIONS 54957.6, 54956.9(d)(2) & 54956.9(d)(1 ):
The Committee convened in closed session at 5:05 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 5:50 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 5:50 p.m . to the next Steering
Committee meeting to be held on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.
Submitted by:
07 /27/2 01 6 Stee ring Committee Minutes Page 4 of 4