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STEERING COMMITTEE
Orange County Sanitation District
Wednesday, August 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, August 24, 2016 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
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
Janine Aguilar
Marc Brown
Jennifer Cabral
Marc Dorman
April Frost
Al Garcia
Stephanie Good
Randy Kleinman
Tina Knapp
Mark Manzo
Kathy Millea
Jeff Mohr
Andrew Nau
Wendy Sevenandt
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hagin, General Counsel
Laura Kalty, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
John Gallivan, Cushman & Wakefield
Kevin Turner, Cushman & Wakefield
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PUBLIC COMMENTS:
No public comments were provided.
REPORTS:
Chair Nielsen did not provide a report.
General Manager Jim Herberg did not provide a report.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Clerk of the Board)
MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Approve Minutes of the
July 27, 2016 Regular Steering Committee Meeting.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
Beamish; Kring; Nielsen; Sebourn; Shawver; and
Withers
None
None
Curry
NON-CONSENT CALENDAR:
2. PROPOSED ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT ENERGY POLICY
(Rob Thompson)
Director of Engineering Rob Thompson provided a brief presentation regarding
the proposed policy, received comments and answered questions regarding
food waste; anaerobic digestion; future rate setting at time of use; methane gas
self-contained facility; engine timing and shaving of energy during peak hours.
MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Recommend to the Board
of Directors to: Adopt Resolution No. OCSD 16-12 entitled, "A Resolution of
the Board of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation District adopting an
Energy Policy."
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
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Beamish; Kring; Nielsen; Sebourn; Shawver; and
Withers
None
None
Curry
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INFORMATION ITEMS:
3. GENERAL MANAGER'S FY 2016-2017 DRAFT WORK PLAN (Jim Herberg)
Mr. Herberg provided a brief overview of his proposed draft work plan and
asked for suggestions and input from the Committee before finalization of the
plan at next month's meeting.
CLOSED SESSION:
CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTIONS 54957.6, 54956.9(d)(2) & 54956.8:
The Committee convened in closed session at 5:18 p .m . to discuss three 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 5:58 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 5:59 p .m . to the next Steering
Committee meeting to be held on Wednesday , September 28 , 2016 at 5 :00 p.m.
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