The Orange County Sanitation District admitted to violating the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law, when it voted on pay raises for 17 managers and 18 “confidential” workers behind closed doors. They will conduct a revote.
Because the workers are not represented by a bargaining group, the public has the right to discuss the raises and witness the vote. -db
From the Orange County Register, November 7, 2011, by Tony Saavedra.
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We made a mistake.
That’s the bottom line – plain and simple. And we took action to correct the mistake immediately. The item is scheduled to go to the board in full session at the next board meeting.
The agenda for the meeting will be posted by close of business tomorrow (November 9, 2011) on the District web site at http://www.ocsd.com/about/board_of_directors/agenda_n_minutes.asp.
“As soon as the mistake was made and identified, I immediately directed corrective action be taken,” said General Manager Jim Ruth. “This agency’s core values demand that we aspire to the highest degree of integrity, honesty, trust, and respect with you our community.”
Read the confidential agenda reports Supervisor Nelson requested on October 24, 2011 at http://www.ocsd.com. Supervisor Nguyen, the representative to the Orange County Sanitation District Board attended the meeting.
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