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October 3, 2019
TO: HONORABLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FROM: KATIE YOUNG, SECRETARYOF THE DISTRICT
SUBJECT: SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Attached are the draft minutes of the above Board meeting.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Draft Board Minutes 09-19-19
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_ CENTRAL SAN
CONTRACENTRAL •STA SANITARY DISTRICT 5019 IMHOFF
MINUTES* BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
DAVID R. WILLIAMS
President
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
MICHAEL R.MCGILL
Board Room President Pro Tem
Thursday, September 19, 2019 PAUL CAUSEY
1:30 p.m. DRAFT 'AMADJ PIJEDKI
Open Session — Board Room
(Video recorded)
ROLL CALL
A regular meeting of the Board of Directors was called to order by President Williams at
1:30 p.m. Secretary of the District Katie Young called roll:
PRESENT.- Members: Causey, McGill, Nejedly, Pilecki, Williams
ABSENT. Members: None
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Board, staff and audience joined in the Pledge of Allegiance.
ANNOUNCE CLOSED SESSION (pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.7)
District Counsel Kent Alm announced that a closed session would be held for Item 1.
RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
The Board recessed at 1:31 p.m. to reconvene in closed session in the Caucus Room.
Closed Session
(Not video recorded)
CLOSED SESSION
1. Personnel matters pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b)(1) —
Performance Evaluations for following members of Executive Management Team:
General Manager, Secretary of the District, and District Counsel
These summary minutes are supplemented by a corresponding video recording available on the District's
website at centralsan.org.
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RECESS TO OPEN SESSION
The Board recessed at 1:55 p.m. to reconvene in open session in the Board Room.
Open Session — Board Room
(Video recorded)
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
No report.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
No comments.
REQUESTS TO CONSIDER MATTERS OUT OF ORDER
None.
INTRODUCTIONS
2. New employee:
• Mark Turner, Electrical Technician, Operations Department, Plant Maintenance
Division, effective September 4, 2019
BOARD ACTION: Welcomed Mr. Turner.
CONSENT CALENDAR
3. Approve the following:
a. September 5, 2019 Board meeting minutes
4. Authorize the General Manager to execute a professional engineering services
agreement in an amount not to exceed $675,000 with Woodard and Curran, Inc. to
provide on-call services for the Planning and Development Division for a three-year
term
5. Authorize the General Manager to execute a professional engineering services
agreement in an amount not to exceed $150,000 with Carollo Engineers, Inc. to
provide on-call services for the Planning and Development Division for a three-year
term
6. Authorize the General Manager to execute a professional engineering services
agreement in an amount not to exceed $825,000 with Black and Veatch Corporation
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to provide on-call services for the Planning and Development Division for a three-
yearterm
7. Authorize the General Manager to execute a construction contract change order in
an amount not to exceed $350,000 with C. Overaa & Company for additional bypass
work under the Mechanical and Concrete Renovations, District Project 7351
8. Authorize the General Manager to purchase two additional rodding trucks to be
delivered in Fiscal Years 2020-21 and 2021-22 funded from the Vehicle
Replacement Program, District Project 8517
9. Adopt Resolution No. 2019-059 commemorating Special Districts Week
September 22-28, 2019
President Williams asked that Item 3 be removed from the Consent Calendar because he
wished to abstain from voting with respect to that item since he was unable to attend the
September 5, 2019 meeting.
BOARD ACTION: Motion was made by Member McGill and seconded by Member
Pilecki to adopt Items 4 through 9 on the Consent Calendar as recommended.
Motion passed by unanimous vote.
BOARD ACTION: Motion was made by Member Causey and seconded by Member
Pilecki to adopt Item 3 as recommended. Motion passed by the following vote:
AYES: Members: Causey, McGill, Nejedly, Pilecki
NOES: Members: None
ABSTAIN: Members: Williams
REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
10. General Manager— Reports
a. Receive the Fiscal Year 2018-19 Strategic Plan Annual Report
Management Analyst Christina Gee reviewed the presentation included with
the agenda material.
The Board praised staff and Ms. Gee on the accomplishments and
presentation of the strategic plan.
BOARD ACTION: Received the report.
b. Receive update on Mentorship Program and presentation of mentorship
project on Evaluation of Central San's Appraisal Process
Ms. Gee reviewed the presentation included with the agenda material.
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Member Causey inquired about the time spent on the mentorship program
and key performance indicators (KPI) measurement. Human Resources
Manager Teji O'Malley stated that those measurements will be included in the
future.
It was suggested by Member Causey to have a graduation where the Board
Members are invited to see all the successful presentations that have been
implemented. Mr. Bailey appreciated the Board Members'thoughts and said
he would be glad to involve the Board more in the future programs.
Administrative Assistant Heather Fryman reviewed the presentation on her
mentorship project evaluating Central San's appraisal process.
Staff responded to questions regarding the new process and several Board
Members provided suggestions for staff to consider. There was discussion on
performance improvement plans.
In response to a request from President Williams on a measurement of
performance levels, Ms. O'Malley stated that staff is planning to provide a
"snapshot"of the District's performance once the new process has been
implemented.
BOARD ACTION: Received the update and presentation.
C. Receive update on Central San's Pollution Prevention Week activities and the
2019 Pollution Prevention Awards presented at the Sustainable Contra Costa
Annual Awards Gala on September 17, 2019
Senior Environmental Compliance Inspector Colleen Henry reviewed the
presentation included with the agenda material.
Member Pilecki complimented Ms. Henry and the Communications
Department staff on a job well done.
Member Causey concurred and suggested implementing a teacher program
recognition award for the Pollution Prevention training next year.
BOARD ACTION: Received the update.
11. General Manager—Announcements
a. Announcements — September 19, 2019
1) Staff to attend Elevate 2019 Annual Conference in Hollywood, Florida,
September 23-26, 2019
2) Moody's affirms Central San's Rating as Aal
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3) Staff to present at Adobe ColdFusion Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada,
September 30-October 2, 2019
No further announcements were made during the meeting.
BOARD ACTION: Received the announcements.
12. Counsel for the District — No report.
13. Secretary of the District
Ms. Young announced the following upcoming Committee meeting:
Finance — Tuesday, September 24 at 2:00 p.m.
BOARD ACTION: Received the announcements.
14. Board Members — Committee Minutes
a. September 3, 2019 — Engineering & Operations Committee — Chair Nejedly
and Member Pilecki
b. September 12, 2019 —Administration Committee — Chair Williams and
Member McGill
BOARD ACTION: Received the Committee minutes.
15. Board Members - Reports and Announcements
Board Member reports on recent meetings or conferences for which they received the stipend or for
which the District paid their expenses.
a. Member Causey
• September 17, 2019 — Sustainable Contra Costa 9th Annual Awards Gala
in Pleasant Hill
Member McGill
• September 5, 2019 — Contra Costa County Mayors' Conference hosted by
the City of San Pablo
• September 9-11, 2019 —Annual WateReuse Symposium in San Diego
• September 13, 2019 — Executive Team Performance Evaluations
Member McGill also provided a written report covering his announcements
and other meetings.
Member Nejedly— No report.
Member Pilecki
• September 17, 2019 — Sustainable Contra Costa 9th Annual Awards Gala
in Pleasant Hill
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President Williams
• August 21-23, 2019 — California Association of Sanitation Agencies
(CASA) Annual Conference in San Diego
• September 13, 2019 — Executive Team Performance Evaluations
BOARD ACTION: Received the reports and announcements.
16. Board Members - Requests for Stipend/Reimbursement or Conference Attendance
Authorization to receive a stipend for meeting attendance or expense reimbursement not specifically
addressed in the current Board Compensation Resolution, or authorization for conference attendance
not previously approved by the Board.
No requests.
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
None.
REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
a. Member McGill requested an item be brought to the Board to acknowledge Water
Professionals Appreciation Week October 5-13, 2019.
b. Member Pilecki requested information on AB 5, new legislation that simplifies the
test for when a "gig"worker(such as those who drive for Uber and Lyft) should be
classified as an employee. He asked that a report on this topic be presented to the
Administration Committee as to how it may impact Central San job classifications.
C. Member Causey requested a report on the Highway 4 interchange project because
he is concerned with tall piles of dirt on Central San's buffer property near the
airport.
d. Member McGill requested an update on the levy improvement project from the
County Flood Control District.
All Board Members agreed on adding the above future agenda items.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 3:22 p.m.
David R. Williams
President of the Board of Directors
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
County of Contra Costa, State of California
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COUNTERSIGNED:
Katie Young
Secretary of the District
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
County of Contra Costa, State of California
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