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ENCINA JOINT POWERS
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL JOINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1979
'AT THE
ENCINA WATER POLLUTION CONTROL 'FACILITY CONFERENCE ROOM
Ed Stiles, Chairman Stanley Mahr, Vice Chairman
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Stiles called the meeting to order at 9:03 A,M,
ROLL CALL
Present;
Vista Sanitation District
City of Carlsbad
Buena Sanitation District
San Marcos County Water District
Leucadia County Water District
Encinitas Sanitary District
County of San Diego
JAC Administrator
JAC Counsel
Encina Joint Powers
Absent;
Vista Sanitation District
Leucadia County Water District
Encina Joint Powers
Guests:
Encina Chief Operator
County of San Diego
L. A. Times
League of Women Voters
Leucadia County Water District
Joe Zapotocky
A, J, skotnicki, Mary easier
Ed Stiles
Jim McKay, Stanley Mahr
Dick Hanson, Eric Elliott
Mark Schneider, Jack Filanc
Gary Decker
Ron Beckman
Roy H. Gann, Esq.
Mary Taylor
Dan. Carr
Stan Van Sickle
Les Evans
Clyde Dietrich
Keith Boger
Nancy Ray
Ruth Honnold
Harold Henning
SPECIAL JOINT ADVISORY ^MITTEE MEET IMG
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1. ELEVENTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE BASIC AGREEMENT PROVIDING •
THE LEUCADIA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT BECOME OPERATOR AND
ADMINISTRATOR OF ENCINA WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITIES
Chairman Stiles called upon Mr. Zapotocky as chairman of the Management
Subcommittee.
Mr. Zapotocky said that the committee had met and each of them had ex-
pressed concerns which now had been incorporated in the draft. He felt
that Vista's concerns had been fully answered although he could not
speak for his board since Mr. Carr was out of town. He personally felt
that the draft had done the job which had been expected.
Mrs. Casler referred to SECTION 9 of the proposed supplement and moved
that it read as follows:
"SECTION 9: Leucadia, with the approval of the Joint Advisory Committee,
shall assign one person to the Encina Water Pollution Control Facility
whose sole responsibility shall be that of managing said facilities."
Mr. Skotnicki said that he wanted to mention to the entire JAC that he
had suggested that the manager report directly to the JAC for operation
of the plant and to Leucadia for everything else. This was something
that had been discussed and supported by the Carlsbad City Council to
give JAC a little more authority.
Mr. Gann said that it had been discussed at the Subcommittee Meeting that
any directions or any reports would be the responsibility of the operator/
administrator which would be Leucadia. If the JAC was unhappy or wanted
to give any directions, they should not be given to the manager but to
Leucadia because, legally, Leucadia has the responsibility.
Mr. Zapotocky referred to SECTION 12 and said the language was that which
was recommended by the Subcommittee. He noted that the Subcommittee also
gave Leucadia a way out which is in SECTION 11.
Mr. Hanson said that it was the intent that the manager do all of the re-
porting to the JAC as in the past and, if there are any particular dictates,
Leucadia would see to it that, the manager perform in that regard. He felt
that we had to be very careful, through the verbage of the agreement, to
not preclude the fact that they, as the operator, are responsible. Even
though the manager is an employee of Leucadia, if the JAC dictates that
something be done then it will be up to Leucadia to see that it's done.
Mr. Schneider moved to approve the Eleventh Supplement to include the mo-
tion previously made by Mrs. Casler. Seconded by Mr. Zapotocky, the motion
unanimously carried.
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Chairman Stiles noted there was a change in SECTION 15. In the seventh"
line of this paragraph, the word "if" should be changed to "is".
Mr, Zapotocky asked Mr Gann if, with the JAC recommendation, he would
prepare the necessary resolutions that could be signed in counterparts.
He also asked who would be responsible for the agreement itself.
Mr. Gann said that once he was advised that the boards are going to ap-
prove , he would prepare a resolution for adoption by each of the agencies.
When he sends them to the agencies, he will request that they send them
back to the JAC so that a complete set will be here at Encina. The mas-
ter is kept in Mr. Gann's office and is unsigned because he makes counter-
parts. When Mary gets all of them back, she inserts the date (the last
date being the date the last agency signed) and furnishes Mr. Gann a
copy. He continued that by keeping everything at Encina, we will have
continuity and can get to our records immediately.
Mr. Zapotocky asked what was necessary to terminate the present contract
with the County.
Mr. Gann said that a very short termination agreement could be prepared
which could be adopted at the same time as.the resolution approving the
Eleventh Supplement.
Mr. Decker said there was some verbage in the County's contract that ter-
mination be performed at the end of a fiscal year.
Mr. Hanson said it was the intent for the takeover to become effective
July 1, 1979 assuming that the ratification of this Supplement can be
accomplished by the May 23, 1979 regular JAC meeting.
Mr. Zapotocky said that his next Board meeting would not be until June 2,
1979. He continued that the County retirement system would take some
time to terminate and it would also take some time to get involved in
Leucadia's retirement system.
Mr. Hanson said that Leucadia had been somewhat reluctant to sit down
with the County employees because the JAC had not taken any direction.
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Mr. Zapotocky said that he couldn't offer'any guarantee until his Board
signs on the dotted line but he felt that the process should be started.
He said that possibly he could get a special meeting to convene on May 14,
but there were two council members out of town at the present time. He
also said that the biggest problem we would have would be with the Board
of Supervisors because they don't move as quickly as some of us are able
to.
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Mr. Hanson asked if it would be alright with the JAC if Leucadia would
hold personal discussions with the employees to inform them how the
transition might take place, the benefits and sick leave, etc. might
be handled.
Chairman Stiles urged Leucadia to sit down with the employees as quickly
as possible because if some of them didn't want to go to Leucadia, they
should be prepared to get outside people.
Mr. Hanson asked that Leucadia be authorized to obtain from the City of
Carlsbad what has been done to date on the General Manager and that a
committee be .formed to meet and review the applications and recommend
the final selections to JAC.
Mr. Zapotocky moved to Mr. Hanson's request as written above. Seconded
by Mr. Mahr, the motion unanimously carried.
Chairman Stiles said there had been two Selection Committees, one of
which sat down and reviewed all of the applications. Then, this committee
recommended their choices to another Selection Committee who decided which
would be the best. The Selection Committee to review the applications
will consist of:
Joe Zapotocky Ed Stiles
A. J, Skotnicki Dick Hanson
Jim McKay Mark Schneider
Mr. Decker questioned whether the County would continue to perform the
industrial waste monitoring.
The JAC agreed that it would be more advantageous to have County continue
these services.
Mr. Zapotocky moved that Leucadia be instructed to develop an agreement
with the County, following the ratification of the Eleventh Supplemtnt,
to perform industrial waste monitoring.
Seconded by Mr, Mahr, the motion unanimously carried.
Mr. Zapotocky said he was very much concerned with the capital assets of
the plant and wondered if it was possible to get an inventory of what
belongs to the member agencies and what replacements would have to be
made in the way of trucks, etc.
Mr. Hanson felt that Leucadia had sufficient equipment to see them
through the interim.
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Mr. Decker said that County had a problem with the number of chemists
they had aboard. If the chemist leaves to go with Leucadia, the County
will be out of luck because, at the present time, the chemist divides
his time between Encina and San Elijo. There has been a proposal sug-
gested that there may be some consideration with regard to overall lab-
oratory operation and perhaps a joint type of operation could be looked
into.
Chairman Stiles said that this was a good opportunity for Leucadia to
think of a plan, discuss it with County.and come up with an answer.
2. REVISED BUDGET
Chairman Stiles asked if there were any questions on the revised budget
sheets.
Mr. Schneider wondered why the budget had gone up so much. Chairman
Stiles asked Mary if she would look into this and report back to the
JAC.
3. DECREASING OF DIGESTERS
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Chairman Stiles asked Mr. Dietrich to report on the degreasing of the
digesters.
Mr. Dietrich said that we had removed the grease and no results had been
received as yet on the testing which was being done by C M Engineering.
The heavy metals in the digester are in suspension and when grease is
added, it releases these metals and puts them into solution. Since the
grease has been removed and is being hauled away, the operating parameters
are exactly where we want them.
He suggested that we continue hauling the grease out because the digesters
were working great. The only thing he couldn't brag about, was that the
gas production because the gas meters are not operating properly but the
quality of gas is outstanding. He continued that Mr. Rognlie and Mr. Row-
Ian, our chemist, are working very closely together on these digesters.
Chairman Stiles said that this was very encouraging to hear and that this
was the first good report we have had in years. The JAC agreed.
ADJOURMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 A.M.
Respectfully submitted,
M. Gunn Taylor
to the JAC
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