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County Sanitation Districts
of Orange County,California
DEC 13 1995 P.O. Box 8127 • 10844 Ellis Avenue
v Fountain Valley, CA 92728-8127
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MINUTES OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE
November 15, 1995 - 5:30 p.m.
A meeting of the Steering Committee of the County Sanitation Districts Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6,
7, 11, 13 and 14 of Orange County, California was held Wednesday, November 15, 1995,
at 5:30 p.m., at the Districts' Administrative office.
(1) ROLL CALL
The roll was called and a quorum declared present, as follows:
STEERING COMMITTEE: OTHERS PRESENT:
Thomas L. Woodruff, General Counsel
Present:
John C. Cox, Jr., Joint Chair
Peer A. Swan, Vice Joint Chair STAFF PRESENT:
George Brown, Chair, FAHR Donald F. McIntyre, General Manager
John J. Collins, Chair, PDC Blake P. Anderson, Assistant General Manager
Pat McGuigan, Chair, OMTS Judith A. Wilson, Assistant General Manager
Roger Stanton, Vice Chair, FAHR Jean Tappan, Committee Secretary
Nancy Wheatley, Director of Technical Services
Absent:
None
(2) APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR PRO TEM
No appointment was necessary.
(3) PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no comments by any member of the public.
(4) APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the October 25, 1995 Steering Committee meeting were approved
as drafted.
Minutes of the Steering Committee Meeting
Page 2
November 15, 1995
(5) REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR, GENERAL MANAGER AND
GENERAL COUNSEL
(a) There was no report by the Committee Chairman,
(b) There was no report by the General Manager.
(c) There was no report by Counsel.
(6) DISCUSSION ITEMS
(a) Preliminary Discussion re Governance and Committee System
Judy Wilson presented a calendar showing the days staff spends on
preparing agenda items for the working committees and Board meetings,
as well as attending the meetings. As currently structured, the purchase of
the landfills will leave little time to prepare for the meetings of that Board. In
order to streamline the Districts', staff would like the Directors to consider
combining the OMTS Committee with the PDC Committee (because they
are both operating committees), as well as eliminating the Executive
Committee, since it is acting as a "pass-through" committee. The majority
of the members of the Executive Committee also sit on the operating
committees.
Director Swan suggested that the Executive Committee continue to exist
and only meet on an as-called basis. General Counsel indicated that the
Executive Committee is charged with making policy decisions.
Staff was requested to try to reduce the number of employees attending
the meetings to only those making presentations.
Judy's memo on the subject will be revised to address additional options
and will be presented to the Steering Committee again in December.
Minutes of the Steering Committee Meeting
Page 3
November 15, 1995
(b) Status Report on Meetings regarding the Excess Capacity Charge
Don McIntyre and Nancy Wheatley have been meeting with various state
and local agencies and business development councils to reach an
agreement on the Excess Capacity Charge assessed to those businesses
that discharge a large amount of water to our system. After meeting with
several directors, staff agreed to add an item to the Boards agenda to
rescind the Excess Capacity Ordinances passed in July and return to the
original ordinance that charging large discharges on the basis of equivalent
residential charges, on a case-by-case basis.
(c) Report on Willful Destruction of Property at Plant No 2
Blake Anderson reported on the fiber optic cable-cutting incident at Plant 2
on November 1. Our Security Manager, the Chief Operator at Plant 2, and
the Instrumentation Manager are investigating. As a result of this damage,
all junction boxes will be locked down and all new cable will be metal-clad.
(d) Discussion of Pascal & Ludwig Engineers Accident at Plant No, 2
The fatal accident at Plant 2 was discussed. The Districts is a defendant in
a claim made by the estates of the decedents. Pascal & Ludwig is
responsible for the workers' compensation claims. This will be a closed
session item at a future Joint Boards meeting.
(7) CLOSED SESSION
There was no closed session.
(8) OTHER BUSINESS
Blake will be updating the Directors at tonight's Board meeting on the landfill
issues discussed in the Ad Hoc Committee meeting held earlier today.
(9) MATTERS TO BE REPORTED AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING
In January the Directors will be updated on the status of the consolidation effort.
The final report will be made in February, and at that time staff will seek final
recommendation from the Directors.
Minutes of the Steering Committee Meeting
Page 4
November15, 1995
(10) MATTERS ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR ACTION AND A STAFF REPORT
There were no matters for a future agenda.
(11) CONSIDERATION OF UPCOMING MEETINGS
The next meeting has been scheduled for December 13, 1995 at 5:30 p.m.
(12) ADJOURNMENT
The Steering Committee adjourned at approximately 6:55 p.m.
Submitted by:
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