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Minutes for the
GENERAL LEGAL SERVICES
AD HOC COMMITTEE
CALL TO ORDER
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
3:00 PM
Conference Room A
OC6SAN Administration Building
ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT 10844 Ellis Avenue
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
(714) 593-7433
A regular meeting of the General Legal Services Ad Hoc Committee of the Orange County
Sanitation District was called to order by Board Vice -Chairman Ryan Gallagher on
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. in the Administration Building of the Orange
County Sanitation District.
ROLL CALL AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM:
The Clerk of the Board declared a quorum present as follows:
PRESENT: Pat Burns, Jon Dumitru, Ryan Gallagher and Christine Marick
ABSENT: John Withers
STAFF PRESENT: Lorenzo Tyner, Assistant General Manager; Michael Dorman, Director of
Engineering; Laura Maravilla, Director of Human Resources; Riaz Moinuddin, Director of
Operations and Maintenance; Wally Ritchie, Director of Finance; Kelly Lore, Clerk of the
Board; Mo Abiodun; Jennifer Cabral; Brian Engeln; Tina Knapp; and Ruth Zintzun were
present in the Board Room.
OTHERS PRESENT: None.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
None.
NON -CONSENT:
1. GENERAL LEGAL SERVICES SOLICITATION CONSIDERATION 2023-3284
Originator: Lorenzo Tyner
Assistant General Manager Lorenzo Tyner provided a brief overview of the item and
introduced Finance and Procurement Manager Ruth Zintzun who provided an
informative PowerPoint presentation which included: scope of this Ad Hoc Committee;
a timeline of current General Counsel's services, solicitation process, and the annual
adjusted rate increase by CPI; a review of the current General Counsel services
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GENERAL LEGAL SERVICES Minutes November 1, 2023
AD HOC COMMITTEE
contract, including areas of counsel; comparison of services at other agencies;
advantages and disadvantages to consider prior to solicitation; a timeline and next
steps to consider.
The Committee discussed the advantages and disadvantages of solicitation and
were in favor of moving forward with a solicitation for General Legal Services.
MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO:
Recommend to the Steering Committee to: Modify the General Legal Services Ad Hoc
Committee to govern over a General Counsel Legal Services solicitation process.
OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS, IF
ANY:
None.
ADJOURNMENT:
Vice -Chair Gallagher adjourned the Ad Hoc Committee meeting at 3.22 p.m.
Submitted by:
Kell, A. Lore, MMC
Clerk of the Board
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