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STEERING COMMITTEE
Orange County Sanitation District
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
A regular meeting of the Steering Committee of the Orange County Sanitation
District was called to order by Chair Sebourn on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 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:
Greg Sebourn, Board Chair
David Shawver, Board Vice-Chair
Chad Wanke, Administration Committee
Chair
Ellery Deaton, Member-At-Large
Tim Shaw, Member-At-Large
Donald Wagner, Member-At-Large
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT:
John Withers, Operations Committee
Chair
STAFF PRESENT:
Jim Herberg, General Manager
Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
Rob Thompson, Assistant General
Manager
Celia Chandler, Director of Human
Resources
Jim Colston, Director of Environmental
Services
Ed Torres, Director of Operations &
Maintenance
Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance &
Administrative Services
Kelly Lore, Clerk of the Board
Janine Aguilar
Jennifer Cabral
Cliff Casanova
Al Garcia
Torn Grant
Tina Knapp
Mark Manzo
Jeff Mohr
Andrew Nau
Tiffany Nguyen
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hogin, General Counsel
Gary Weisberg, Assistant General
Counsel
James Finete, Savage Finete, APLC
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PUBLIC COMMENTS:
No public comments were provided.
REPORTS:
Chair Sebourn announced that the Orange County Sanitation District and the Orange
County Water District had recently won the Grand Prize for "Environmental
Communications for the Groundwater Replenishment System Bottled Water
Communications Campaign" from the American Academy of Environmental
Engineers and Scientists.
General Manager 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
Regular Meeting of the Steering Committee held on March 28, 2018.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
NON-CONSENT:.
Deaton; Sebourn, Shaw; Shawver; Wagner; and
Wanke
None
None
Withers
2. TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES (Celia Chandler)
Director of Human Resources Celia Chandler provided a brief overview of this
item and responded to questions from the Committee.
MOVED. SECONDED. AND DULY CARRIED TO: Recommend to the Board
of Directors to: Authorize the General Manager to increase the current
Temporary Employment Services (Specification No.CS-2009-421 BO) funding
of $1, 187, 190 by $80,000 with temporary service firms for a new total amount
not to exceed $1,267, 190 for the remainder of the fiscal year (through June 30,
2018).
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
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Deaton; Sebourn, Shaw; Shawver; Wagner; and
Wanke
None
None
Withers
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3. SELECTION OF 2018 HONOR WALK RECIPIENTS (Jim Herberg)
Mr. Herberg introduced Public Affairs Supervisor Jennifer Cabral who provided
an introduction to the item and provided information on each of the nominated
recipients.
MOVED, SECONDED. AND DULY CARRIED TO:
A Approve nominated former employees Barbara Collins and Doug Kanis
as Honor Walk brick recipients for the year 2018.
B. Approve former Board Member Willis H. Warner as Honor Walk brick
recipient for the year 2018.
AYES: Deaton; Sebourn, Shaw; Shawver; Wagner; and
Wanke
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
None
None
Withers
INFORMATION ITEMS:
None.
CLOSED SESSION:.
CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT T01 GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTIONS 54956.8.,, 54956.9(d.}i1) & 54956.9(2):
The Committee convened in closed session at 5:12 p.m. to discuss three items.
Supplemental Item No. CS-4 was not heard. Confidential minutes of the Closed
Sessions 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 6:01 p.m.
CONSIDERATION OF ACTION, IF ANY, ON MATTERS CONSIDERED IN CLOSED
SESSION:.
General Counsel Brad Hagin did not provide a report.
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OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
ITEMS, IF ANY:
None.
ADJOURNMENT:
Chair Sebourn declared the meeting adjourned at 6:01 p.m. to the next Steering
Committee meeting to be held on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
Submitted by:
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