MONTEREY REGIONAL

WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

Home of the Last Chance Mercantile

Revised

     REGULAR MEETING

     NOTICE & AGENDA

Friday, May 21, 2021

 

9:00 a.m.

Please Note: The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom and is compliant with Governor Newsom's executive Order N-29-20 which allows local legislative bodies to hold public meetings electronically or via teleconference and to make public meetings accessible telephonically or otherwise electronically to all members of the public seeking to observe and address the local legislative body to avoid public gatherings, and which suspended all contrary provisions of the Brown Act. 

To join the zoom webinar, click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81619433475 copy/paste the link into your browser, or type the link into your browser.  If your computer does not have audio, you will also need to join the meeting via phone. To participate via phone, please call: 1-669-900-9128; Meeting ID: 816 1943 3475

Public Comments: if you are unable to participate virtually or via telephone, you may also submit your comments by e-mailing them to igonzales@mrmwd.org with one of the following subject lines "Public Comment Item #" (insert the item number relevant to your comment) or “Public Comment - Non Agenda Item".  Comments must be received by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 20, 2021. All submitted comments will be provided to the Board and may be read into the record or compiled as part of the record.

CALL TO ORDER AT 9:00 AM

ROLL CALL AND ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM

public communications

Anyone wishing to address the Board on matters not appearing on the Agenda may do so now.  Please limit comments to a maximum of three (3) minutes.  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 April 23, 2021 Regular Board Meeting.

2)   Approve Report of Disbursements, and Board and Employee Reimbursements for April 2021.

3)   Receive Report on May 5, 2021 Finance Committee Meeting.

4)   Receive Report on May 5, 2021 Personnel Committee Meeting.

5)   Authorize the General Manager to Execute a Contract with Boyds Asphalt Services for MRF and Landfill Access road Asphalt Pavement Repair in the Amount Not-to-Exceed $60,000.

6)    Authorize the General Manager to Execute Contract for a Single Stream Recycling Characterization Study with SCS Engineers Not to Exceed Cost of $134,000.

7)    Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract change order with Salinas Steel Builders Construction   Inc. (SSB) for Maintenance Shop Improvements – Office Addition in the amount of $39,000.

8)   Adopt Resolution (2021-05) Recognizing Public Works Week May 16-22, 2021.

 

RECOGNITION/PRESENTATIONS

9)   Recognition of Materials Recovery Facility Sorter II Hortencia Fernandez, MRF Operator I Veronica Lepe and Armando Escareno; MRF Operator II Luis Cazares; and Maintenance Shop Supervisor Victor Aguillon for Over 20 Years of Service. 

10)  Resolution 2021-05 Proclaiming May 16-22, 2021 as National Public Works Week. 

      11)  Presentation on Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Participation

 

Other Items for board consideration, discussion and action

12)   Approve the General Manager Amended Pay Schedule, Effective Retroactively to July 1, 2020.

13)   Adopt Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2021/22.

14)   Approve Memorandum of Terms Between Monterey Regional Waste Management District and Veterans Transition Center of Monterey County (VTC) for Operation of the Last Chance Mercantile.

15)   Accept Report on Employee Injuries and Property Loss Incidents for Calendar Year 2020.

16)   Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract change order with BSE General Engineering Inc. (BSE) of Descanso, CA for Gas Collection and Control System (GCC) Improvements for the Monterey Peninsula Landfill in the amount not-to-exceed $294,600.

staff reports

17)   Review Finance, Operating, and Recycling Reports

18)   Report on Update on Technical Advisory Committee and SB1383.

OTHER CORRESPONDENCE

19)   May 13, 2021 Letter from Monterey Bay Air District (MBARD)

GEneral Manager communications

board communications

CLOSED SESSION

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

1.    Conference with Property Negotiators

Property:     Landfill Site Space/Capacity

District Negotiators:      Tim Flanagan, Timothy Brownell, Guy Petraborg, Peter Skinner and Zoe Shoats

Negotiating Parties:      Green Waste Recovery

2.  Conference with Legal Counsel--Anticipated Litigation

Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of section 54956.9:

Two cases

RETURN TO OPEN SESSION with ANY REQUIRED ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION

Please note: A report out and announcement concerning the closed session will be provided to anyone requesting same by emailing igonzales@mrwmd.org.

 

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

Next meeting date:         June 18, 2021 at 9 a.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This agenda was posted at the District offices at 14201 Del Monte Blvd, Monterey County, CA.  Staff reports and additional information regarding these agenda items are available on the District website (www.mrwmd.org) and at the District offices during regular business hours (additional fee for copying).  All meetings are open to the public.  The District does not discriminate against persons with disabilities and the Boardroom is wheelchair accessible. Recordings of meetings can be provided upon request.  To request assistive listening devices, sign language interpreters, readers, large print agendas or other accommodations, please call Ida Gonzales at (831) 384-5313 or e-mail: igonzales@mrwmd.org. Requests must be made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.