MONTEREY
REGIONAL
WASTE
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
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REGULAR
MEETING DISTRICT
NOTICE
& AGENDA
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February 18, 2022 |
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9:00
a.m. |
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Please
Note:
The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom and is compliant with California
Government Code Section 54953(e)(1)(A), with Governor Newsom's executive
Order N-29-20 and with the Recommendation of the Monterey County Health
Official dated September 22, 2021, regarding social distancing including remote
meetings of legislative bodies, which together allow 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, and as a regular meeting, To join the zoom webinar, click
on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89242619769
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: 892
4261 9769 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, February 17, 2022. All
submitted comments will be provided to the Board and may be read into the
record or compiled as part of the record. |
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CALL TO
ORDER AT 9:00AM
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. 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.
WELCOME
NEW BOARD MEMBER MAYOR PEAKE
WELCOME
NEW DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION HELEN RODRIGUEZ
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 Resolution No. 2022-07, regarding the
Ralph M. Brown Act (California Government Code §§54950- 54963, hereinafter the
“Brown Act”) and Assembly Bill 361, making certain findings, and authorizing
the District to implement remote teleconferenced
public meetings of the Board and the District’s standing committees (i.e.,
Finance and Personnel) for the period February 18, 2022 through March 20, 2022.
2) Approve Minutes of January 18, 2022 Regular Board Meeting.
3) Approve Report of Disbursements, and Board and Employee
Reimbursements for January 2022.
4) Receive Report on
February 2, 2022 Finance Committee Meeting.
5) Receive Report on
February 2, 2022 Personnel Committee Meeting.
6) Authorize the General
Manager to Execute a Contract with Mathews Mechanical of Newark, CA for
Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) Maintenance Access Improvements in the Amount
of $153,500 (includes 5%
contingency).
8) Approve Amended Operations Unit Pay Schedule
Other Items for board consideration, discussion and
action
staff reports
9) Review Finance, Operating, and Recycling
Reports
10) Report on Technical
Advisory Committee (TAC) and SB 1383 – January 19, 2022
Meeting.
OTHER CORRESPONDENCE
11) Letter from LAFCO
Re: Nominations
GEneral
Manager COMMUNICATIONS
board
communications
ADJOURNMENT
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 Legal
Counsel--Anticipated Litigation
Significant exposure to
litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of section 54956.9: One
case
2.
Conference
with Labor Negotiators:
District Negotiators: Felipe
Melchor, Timothy Brownell, Helen Rodriguez and Berta
Torres
Employee Organizations: Operating
Engineers
3. Conference with Property Negotiators
Property: Landfill Site Space/Capacity
District Negotiators: Felipe Melchor, Timothy
Brownell, Guy Petraborg, and Garth Gregson
Terms Being Negotiated: Price and Terms
of Payment
Negotiating Party
#1: Waste Connections, Inc.
Negotiating Party #2: Premier Recycling
and Waste, LLC
Negotiating Party #3: ReThinkWaste.org of
San Mateo, CA (speculative; presented as an example of a
third party)
Next
meeting date: March
18, 2022 at 9 a.m.