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Receive a verbal update on the status of the Solano County Fair Governance Subcommittee comprised of Supervisors Monica Brown and Skip Thomson
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The County Administrator's Office (CAO) recommends that the Board of Supervisors receive a verbal update on the status of the Solano County Fair Governance Subcommittee comprised of Supervisors Monica Brown and Skip Thomson.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSON:
At the February 6, 2018 Board of Supervisor's meeting, the Board appointed Supervisor Monica Brown and Supervisor Skip Thomson to the Fair Governance Subcommittee to meet with Directors of the Solano County Fair Association (SCFA) to address concerns raised by the SCFA; to discuss revisions, clarifications and modifications to the SCFA By-Laws and the Fairgrounds Management and Operations Agreement; and to report back to the Board of Supervisors on recommendations on how to proceed going forward with the Fair. The SCFA Board of Directors appointed Directors Carole Paterson, Norma Placido, Mike Coakley, Ray Simonds and Lee Williams to the subcommittee. Directors Mike Coakley and Ray Simonds have resigned from the SCFA and no longer serve the subcommittee. Director Norma Placido who replaced Mike Coakley on the Subcommittee is currently on a leave of absence.
The two Board members and two remaining Fair Directors, Carole Paterson and Lee Williams, have meet four times (March 16, May 9, August 29 and October 16, 2018) since February 2018 with the next scheduled meeting on November 15, 2018. The meetings have alternated between County and Fairground locations with each party presenting items for discussion and the subcommittee working through items with the goal of presenting final recommendations to the Board of Supervisors.
Significant discussions have occurred with regard to the current By-Laws and Fair Management and Operations Agreemen...
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