File #: 2023-3164    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Status: Passed
File created: 8/16/2023 In control: STEERING COMMITTEE
On agenda: 8/23/2023 Final action: 8/23/2023
Title: UPDATE TO FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS POLICY
Sponsors: Wally Ritchie
Attachments: 1. Agenda Report, 2. Resolution No. OC SAN 23-19 (Redlined), 3. Resolution No. OC SAN 23-19 (Final), 4. Banking Agreement
Related files: 2023-3152
FROM: Robert Thompson, General Manager
Originator: Wally Ritchie, Director of Finance

SUBJECT:

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UPDATE TO FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS POLICY
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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION

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RECOMMENDATION:

Adopt Resolution No. OC SAN 23-19 entitled: "A Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation District, Authorizing the Establishment of Miscellaneous Banking Accounts, Establishing Policies Governing the Transactions related thereto, and Designating Employees to act on Orange County Sanitation District's behalf for said accounts; and Repealing Resolution No. OCSD 18-06".
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BACKGROUND

The Orange County Sanitation District (OC San) has established policies governing banking transactions and has designated employees to act on OC San's behalf for the banking accounts. Recent position title and personnel changes at OC San brought about the need to update this Resolution and employee designation.

RELEVANT STANDARDS

* Ensure the public's money is wisely spent
* Comply with OC San Policy governing banking transactions

PROBLEM

Position title and personnel changes have made the current policy outdated and there is a need to designate a different employee for banking transactions.

PROPOSED SOLUTION

Update the Resolution and policy to reflect current titles and personnel, along with changing the designated employee.



TIMING CONCERNS

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RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT TAKING ACTION

OC San will not be in compliance with its own policy.

PRIOR COMMITTEE/BOARD ACTIONS

May 2018 - Adopted Resolution No. OCSD 18-06, entitled "A Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation District, Authorizing the Establishment of Miscellaneous Banking Accounts, Establishing Policies Governing the Transactions Related Thereto, and Designating Employees to Act on the District's Behalf for Said Accounts; and Repealing Resolution No. OCSD 98-24".

July 1998 - Adopted Resolution No. OCSD 98-24 selecting Union Bank to provide ban...

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