MONTEREY REGIONAL

WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

 

 

REGULAR MEETING

NOTICE & AGENDA

 

Friday

Boardroom

September 21, 2007

MRWMD Offices

 

14201 Del Monte Blvd.

 

Marina, CA

CALL TO ORDER AT 9:30AM

 

 

ROLL CALL AND ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM

 

 

Pledge of Allegiance

 

 

public communications

Anyone wishing to address the Board on matters not appearing on the Agenda may do so now.  The public may comment on any other matter listed on the agenda at the time the matter is being considered by the Board.

 

 

CONSENT AGENDA

These matters include routine financial and administrative actions, which are usually approved by a single majority vote.  Individual items may be removed from Consent for discussion and action.

1)      Approve Minutes of August 17, 2007 Regular Board Meeting.

2)      Approve Report of Disbursements.

3)      Declare Surplus Property and Authorize Disposition of District Equipment.

4)      Authorize Purchase of Office Equipment at a Cost of $14,245.35 from Peninsula Business Interiors of Salinas.

 

 

Items for Board consideration, discussion and action

5)      Presentation by Staff on Landfill Operations and Introduction of Heavy Equipment Operators and Site Personnel.

6)      Authorize Issuance of Request for Proposals from Contractors to Provide Services Related to the Excavation and Marketing of Sand at the District’s Site.

7)      Authorize Issuance of Request for Proposals for Classification and Compensation Study for Management Employees.

8)      Authorize Three-Year Contract with Vector Engineering, Inc., of Grass Valley, Not to Exceed $80,340, for Landfill Sliver Fill Final Cover Construction Quality Assurance (CQA).

9)      Authorize Contract with Shaw Environmental, Inc., of San Jose, Not To Exceed $15,000, to Review Air Quality Compliance Requirements Associated with the District Waste Management Operations.

10)    Adopt Recommendations of Ad Hoc Finance Committee.

11)    Report on Upgraded Waste Screening Program.

 

 

 

staff reports

12)    Financial, Operating, and Recycling Reports.

13)    Report on Public Education, Recycling, and Litter.

14)    Report on Acceptance of Regional Waste.

15)    Report on Recycling and Waste Management Legislation.

 

 

OTHER CORRESPONDENCE

16)    Letter to MBUAPCD RE: Request MBUAPCD Board to Remove the NESHAP Exemption for Single Family Dwellings.

17)    Letter to Monterey County Health Department RE: Consumer Confidence Report for Calendar Year 2006, MRWMD Domestic Water Supply System Serving On-Site Operations.

18)    Letter to Monterey County Health Department RE: Biannual Potable Water Supply Monitoring Report for Lead and Copper.

19)    Letters To and From SWANA RE: Applied Research Foundation Disposal Group Fees for 2007.

20)    Letter From Mayor of County of Maui RE: Thank You for Tour of Facilities.

21)    Letter to MRWPCA RE:  Request Meeting of Interagency Committee

 

 

General manager communications

General Managers Report

Landfill Gas Power Plant Explosion at Buena Vista Landfill

Last Chance Mercantile Appreciation

California Special District Publication

 

 

board communications

 

 

closed session

As permitted by Government Code Section 54956 et seq., the Board may adjourn to a Closed or Executive Session to consider specific matters dealing with pending or prospective litigation, real property negotiations, certain personnel matters, or to confer with District’s Meyers-Milias-Brown representative.

1)            Conference with Legal Counsel – Matters of Pending Litigation

2)      Conference with Labor Negotiators:

District Negotiators:       William Merry, Richard Norton and Tim Flanagan

Employee Organizations:          Operating Engineers, Service Employees International Union, Management Employees

3)      Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation

a)       Don Prescott v. Monterey Regional Waste Management District, et al.

Monterey County Superior Court Case No. M75658

 

 

Next meeting date:  october 19, 2007