Reso 2013-838RESOLUTION NO. 2013 -838
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT DISSOLVING THE
OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AND DIRECTING THAT PERIODIC
STUDY SESSIONS BE HELD OF THE FULL BOARD
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District has
determined that the press of District business does not allow for all Board consideration
and approval at one monthly meeting but requires at least one additional meeting per
month where substantial policy decisions are discussed and options are fully explored;
and
WHEREAS, the Board has to date been utilizing an Operations Committee
system in which sewer and recycling matters have been considered by a standing
committee; and
WHEREAS, said Standing Committee discussion did not allow the full Board to
participate, but the full Board generally attended so that each director would be apprised
of the facts and issues being considered; and
WHEREAS, the Brown Act did not allow those directors not on that Committee to
participate in the discussion but required that they attend only as observers; and
WHEREAS, the Board has now determined that a study session of the full Board
is a better vehicle for deliberation and discussion and provides the public with the full
benefit of all Board members' input and debate;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District
does hereby RESOLVE as follows:
1. That the Operations Committee is hereby dissolved as a standing
committee.
2. That the Board shall establish periodic monthly meetings of the full Board
as study sessions. That those meetings shall be established as special meetings and
noticed for study purposes, with no action normally taken at those meetings.
3. That nothing herein established is meant to limit the Board from setting a
Special Meeting and taking action at that meeting provided the agenda clearly sets forth
in the agenda description the possibility of action being taken.
4. That to the extent Resolution No. 2011 -805 establishing Standing
Committees is inconsistent with this resolution, this resolution shall supersede that
resolution.
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Arthur Perry
Secretary, Costa Mesa Sanit istrict
Board of Directors
James -Berryman
resident, Costa Mesa Sanitary District
Board of Directors
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary
District at a regular meeting held on the 77 day of IjLnL? � 2013.
AYES: Board Members- Ferryman, Ooten, Perry, Schafer, Scheafer.
NOES: Board Members- None.
ABSTAIN: Board Members- None.
ABSENT: Board Members- None.
I HE EBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of Resolution
2013 - a39 adopted by the Board of Directors of Costa Mesa Sanitary District at its
regular meeting held on 711kOL � fi 2013.
Scott Carroll
Clerk of the Board