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Adopt a resolution to appoint Page Baldwin, Jr., and Mark Young for terms to expire December 6, 2019, and Matt Gause for a term to expire December 3, 2021 as Trustees of Reclamation District No. 2084
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution to appoint Page Baldwin, Jr., and Mark Young for terms to expire December 6, 2019, and Matt Gause for a term to expire December 3, 2021 as Trustees of Reclamation District No. 2084.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Reclamation districts are governed by boards of trustees, which are composed of landowners or their legal representatives in the district. As a rule, trustees are elected by mail-ballot elections occurring in odd-numbered years. Once an election is called, a district solicits nominations. If, on the 54th day prior to the election, the number of nominees does not exceed the number of vacancies, the district may cancel the election and ask the board of supervisors to appoint the persons nominated. If no person has been nominated, the district may ask the board of supervisors to appoint any qualified person.
The trustees serve 4 year terms and the terms are staggered: historically every two or four years. (Water Code section 50602.) Under the election statutes, the terms of the trustees expire on the first Friday in December of odd-numbered years. (Elections Code section 10505.)
Reclamation District No. 2084 has a three-member Board of Trustees. Recently, Westervelt Inc. purchased the entire tract [Little Egbert Tract] on which the District is located. On September 20, 2018, prior to the close of escrow and subject to the Board of Supervisors' approval, the Trustees confirmed the reappointment of Page Baldwin, Jr., for a four-year term ending on December 6, 2019, appointed Mark Young to complete the balance of Trustee Robert J. Hilardes' current te...
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