Agenda - 09-04-2018 8-a - Minutes

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 43 Commissioner Jacobs said the SWAG group discussed at their last meeting about accelerating the County's approach to gathering food waste, and would begin looking more aggressively at goals in September while updating the County's solid waste plan. He said Ms. Brooks does a very good job, but if the County is going to do something more aggressive then what is being done now, then he wants to make sure there is still the opportunity to do so. He said Robert Williams, Solid Waste Management Director, assured him there is the flexibility in the contract to do both, and he wanted to the BOCC to hear and understand this. He said this will be a several year process. Robert Williams said Commissioner Jacobs asked some interesting questions by email, to which he responded. He said the contract calls for expanding services to businesses, schools, multi - family units, etc. He said he is also looking at enhancing the program with the solid waste plan, so as to not leave anything out. He said it is important to remember that the organics has to have a process, a place to store it, and to remove the final product, which is compost. He said this is a multi -year plan, which will be included within the solid waste plan. A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Price to approve this contract with Judy D. Brooks Contractor, Inc. that enables the County Solid Waste Management Department to provide collection, hauling and processing for separated food waste and other organic materials to commercial and institutional establishments throughout Orange County and authorize the Manager to sign. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 8 -r: Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board Request to Exceed State Salary Limit for the ABC Board General Manager The Board considered voting to approve a request from the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board to exceed the statutory salary limitation imposed on ABC Board General Managers by up to four percent (4 %). Commissioner Rich said this was a request by the ABC Board to give their General Manager a salary raise of up to 4 %. She said this seemed high, and the optics of this raise did not look good, because the County and other municipalities are working on a 2% raise for employees. She said she spoke with Travis Myren and the Chair of the ABC Board, and learned that the General Manager's salary needs to be within the range of the Clerk of Court's salary, but the BOCC can give approval to go higher. She said since the abstract was written, the salary for the Clerk of Courts has increased (as seen in the handout at the Commissioners' places), and after the conversation with the ABC Board Chair this afternoon, it has been determined that this increase should be changed to up to 2 %, not up to 4 %. She said the General Manager will be getting more than a 2% range, because he is starting at the new salary, but the desire is to go up to 2% beyond that. Chair Dorosin said a 2% increase is being asked for, but a $2,000 raise has already occurred, which leads to about a 4% increase anyway. Commissioner Rich said the increase is up to 2% and certain targets needs to be met prior to any raise being given. She said the original packet indicates it will likely be a 3.4% raise in total, including the $2,000 salary increase. Chair Dorosin clarified that the concern was that everyone else in the County is getting 2 %; and even with a reduced percentage, this employee will still get more than a 2% raise. Commissioner Rich said the 2% raise is on top of any bonus that an employee may be receiving, and it will vary across the County.