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Approve the appointment of Supervisor Hannigan as the primary member and Supervisor Brown as the alternate member to the California State Association of Counties Board of Directors from December 3-6, 2019
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Published Notice Required? Yes ___ No _X _
Public Hearing Required? Yes ___ No _X _
DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the appointment of Supervisor Hannigan as the primary member and Supervisor Brown as the alternate member to the CSAC Board of Directors for the remainder of 2018 for purposes of voting at the annual CSAC conference being held in San Francisco, California from December 3-6, 2019.
Permanent appointments to the CSAC Board of Directors will be included as part of the 2020 Board appointments regularly scheduled in January each year.
SUMMARY:
The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) requires counties to annually appoint primary and alternate members to the CSAC Board of Directors by their respective Board of Supervisors in advance of the annual CSAC conference which is being held in San Francisco, CA this year from December 3-6, 2019. Permanent appointments to the CSAC Board of Directors can be made in January when the Board regularly makes its other Board appointments.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The costs associated with preparing the agenda item are nominal and absorbed by the department’s FY2019/20 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION:
The primary purpose of CSAC is to represent county government before the California Legislature, administrative agencies and the federal government. CSAC Board of Directors consists of a member elected by each county Board of Supervisors to serve a one year term. CSAC requires members on the Board of Directors to be approved each year prior to the Association’s Annual Conference where officers are appointed for the following year. This year’s Annual Conference is in San Francisco, California from December 3-6, 2019.
Currently, Supervisor Hannigan serves as primary representative on the CSAC Board of Directors and Supervisor Brown as the alternate. Supervisor Hannigan assumed the role of primary representative in November 2016 and prior to that was the alternate member when she assumed office for District 1 in January 2013. She currently serves as an alternate on the 2019 CSAC Executive Committee. Supervisor Hannigan serves as the Chair for Solano County’s Legislative Committee, which works closely with CSAC in monitoring legislative activities at the state capitol. She is also the Co-Founder of the CSAC Women’s Leadership Forum and served as the Co-Chair from 2014 to 2016.
Supervisor Brown assumed the role of alternate representative to the CSAC Board of Directors when she assumed office for District 2 in January 2017.
ALTERNATIVES:
The Board could choose to not make a temporary appointment to the CSAC Board of Directors. This is not recommended as Supervisor Hannigan pays a pivotal role at CSAC and will be attending the annual conference. In addition, Solano County is an active participant in CSAC whose long-term objective is to significantly improve the fiscal health of all California counties so they can adequately meet the demand for vital public programs and services.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
Notification was received from CSAC that they will be holding their first Board of Directors meeting at the CSAC Annual Conference on December 3, 2019 in San Francisco, California and requested that a primary and alternate member be elected by the respective Board of Supervisors for purposes of voting on policy issues.