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BOARD MEETING
ACTION SUMMARY
Board Room
Thursday
May 3, 2012
2:00 p.m.
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ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Members: Hockett, McGill, Williams, Nejedly
ABSENT: Members: Menesini
a. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
BOARD ACTION: Said Pledge of Allegiance.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
None.
AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
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a. Adopt Resolution 2012 -031 recognizing retired General Manager
James Kelly.
BOARD ACTION: Adopted the resolution and presented a copy to
retired General Manager James Kelly.
CONSENT CALENDAR
a. Approve minutes of Board meeting held on April 5, 2012.
b. Receive March 2012 Financial Statements and Investment Reports.
Reviewed by Budget and Finance Committee.
C. Set June 7, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. as the date and time for a public hearing to
consider adopting the following budgets for Fiscal Year 2012 -13:
• Operations and Maintenance Budget
• Debt Service Fund Budget, and
• Self- Insurance Fund Budget.
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d. Set June 7, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. as the date and time for a public hearing to
consider the draft Fiscal Year 2012 -13 Capital Improvement Budget (CIB) and
2012 Ten -Year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP).
e. Adopt Resolution 2012 -032 setting June 7, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. as the date and
time for a public hearing to consider to re- approval of the St. Mary's Road
Contractual Assessment District (CAD) No. 2011 -1 in Lafayette.
f. Adopt Resolution 2012 -033 setting June 7, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. as the date and
time for a public hearing to consider the establishment of a Smith Road
Contractual Assessment District (CAD) No. 2012 -1 in Alamo.
g. Adopt Resolution 2012 -034 authorizing the execution of quitclaim deeds for
abandoned sewer easements in Lafayette as follows: (1) Job 3898 - Parcel 1
(portion) to Douglas A. Norton and Christiann K. Norton, property owners of
3836 Happy Valley Road; (2) Job 3898 - Parcel 1 (portion) to Ronald C.
Nahas, Trustee under the Ronald Nahas and Mary Nahas Family Trust dated
September 5, 1990, as amended, property owner of 3840 Happy Valley
Road; and (3) Job 3898 - Parcel 2 to Cory Ernst Higgins and Gretchen Diane
Higgins, Trustees of The Higgins Family Revocable Trust dated January 1,
1998, property owners of 3838 Happy Valley Road; and authorizing staff to
record documents with the Contra Costa County Recorder.
h. Authorize extension of medical leave of absence without pay for Senior Plant
Operator Gordon Trapp through September 17, 2012.
i. Confirm publication of a summary of District Ordinance No. 270 amending
District Code Section 2.04.030, Compensation of Board Members.
BOARD ACTION: Adopted the Consent Calendar as recommended.
5. CALL FOR REQUESTS TO CONSIDER ITEMS OUT OF ORDER
Item 7. was taken out of order.
6. REPORTS
a. General Manager
1) Update on permit counter and connection fee collection matters.
BOARD ACTION: Received the report.
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2) Announcements
a) Update on Co -Gen Incident of March 29, 2012
b) Engineer's Reports for Contractual Assessment Districts (CADs)
C) Employees to Attend SunGard Annual Education and Training
Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, June 3 -7, 2012
d) Public Workshop and Public Bidding for Walnut Creek Sewer
Renovations, Phase 9, District Project 8401
e) Break -In and Theft from Collection System Operations (CSO)
Construction Truck
f) Recent Efforts to Support Proper Pharmaceutical Disposal in
Contra Costa and Alameda Counties
BOARD ACTION: Received the announcements.
b. Counsel for the District
No reports.
C. Secretary of the District
No reports.
d. Board Members
1) Board Member reports on future meetings or conferences for which
they will receive the stipend or for which the District will pay their
expenses; recent meetings for which they received the stipend; and
meetings or conferences for which the District paid their expenses.
Member Hockett
• April 25 -27, 2012 — California Association of Sanitation Agencies
(CASA) Spring Conference (expenses) and Executive Board Meeting
(stipend) in Napa.
Member McGill
• April 17 -20, 2012 - California Water Environment Association
(CWEA) Conference in Sacramento (expenses).
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• April 25 -27, 2012 — California Association of Sanitation Agencies
(CASA) Spring Conference in Napa (expenses).
• April 30, 2012 — Budget and Finance Committee meeting — Member
McGill (stipend) and President Nejedly (stipend).
• May 2, 2012 — The Industrial Association Annual Meeting and
Installation of Officers in Pittsburg (expenses).
BOARD ACTION: Received the reports.
2) Announcements
Member McGill provided a written report covering Announcements.
BOARD ACTION: Received the announcements.
7. EMERGENCY SITUATIONS REQUIRING BOARD ACTION
The Board added an item to the agenda allowing staff to exceed its $100,000
authority if needed in payment of costs to Carollo Engineers associated with
the co -gen incident of March 29, also finding that the item arose after the legal
posting deadline of the agenda, and requires Board action prior to the next
regularly - scheduled meeting.
The Board voted to authorize the General Manager to exceed the prior
$100,000 limit, if necessary, as she requested.
8. SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
None.
9. CLOSED SESSION
a. Conference with Legal Counsel — existing litigation pursuant to Government
Code Section 54956.9(a):
• Schaeffer, et al. v. Gregory Village Partners L.P. Central Contra
Costa Sanitary District, et al., Contra Costa County Superior Court
Case No. MSC11- 01307.
b. Conference with Legal Counsel — anticipated litigation — initiation of litigation
pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(c).
• One Potential Case
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C. Conference with labor negotiators pursuant to Government Code
Section 54957.6:
District Negotiators:
• Labor Negotiation and Benefits Counsel Edward L. Kreisberg, Esq.
• General Manager /Director of Engineering Ann Farrell
• Director of Collection System Operations Curtis Swanson
• Human Resources Manager Christopher Ko
• Secretary of the District Elaine Boehme
Employee Organizations:
• Employees' Association, Public Employees Union, Local One
• Management Support/Confidential Group (MS /CG)
• Management Group
BOARD ACTION: Held closed session on Items 9.b. and 9.c. only.
10. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
The Board provided direction to its labor negotiators.
11. ADJOURNMENT — at 4:29 p.m.