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Consider Board of Supervisors’ appointments to various boards, commissions and committees for 2020
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Published Notice Required? Yes ____ No _X _
Public Hearing Required? Yes ____ No _X _
DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors consider appointments to various boards, commissions and committees for 2020.
SUMMARY:
At the beginning of each year, the Board of Supervisors considers appointments of the supervisors to various boards, commissions and committees. Please find the following documents attached:
1) 2020 Requested Appointments (Attachment A) - reflects Board member requests of board assignments for 2019.
2) 2019 Appointment List (Attachment B) - reflects the current 2019 Board assignments.
3) Summary of Committees and 2019 Appointments (Attachment C) - provides a brief purpose description for the various Board committees with current appointed Board members and the County support staff associated with the respective committee.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The costs associated with meeting attendance for each Board appointment is included in the supervisorial districts and associated departmental support budgets. Some appointments have reimbursement for travel and/or meeting stipends which are identified on the Board of Supervisors Appointments document under “Compensation” and reported as required in Government Code 53232.3(d).
DISCUSSION:
At the beginning of each year, the Board of Supervisors considers appointments of the supervisors to various boards, commissions and committees. These boards, commissions and committees are national, state, regional, and countywide in nature, while others are Board committees.
The Board of Supervisors’ Committees are formed at the direction of the Board of Supervisors and are advisory in nature. They are made up of two Board members and the role of each committees is to study matters and report back and/or make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors. Board committee commitment of County resources, including inquiry/research by support staff and commitment of resources for individual Board member initiatives requires a majority approval from the Board of Supervisors.
The attached 2019 Appointments List reflect current support staff contact information for each board, commission and committee, as well as the appointment date, term lengths and meeting times. The appointment lists also indicate whether compensation is provided to the appointee and whether a Statement of Economic Interest is required.
The attached 2020 Requested Appointments is a consolidation of requests by the supervisors for 2020 appointments. The appointments shown in blue on the attachment indicate that the supervisor has requested to remain in the appointment. The appointments shown in red or green indicate a request by a supervisor for a change in that appointment. In summary, the following three requests for changes were received from the supervisors:
1) Supervisor Hannigan has requested to be appointed as an Alternate to the Local Agency Formation Commission. Supervisor Thomson is currently appointed as the Alternate member. Two primary appointments and one alternate appointment is required by this commission.
2) Supervisor Brown has requested to be appointed to the Legislation Committee and to the Solano Land Trust.
3) Supervisor Vasquez has requested to be removed from the Legislation Committee and from the Solano Land Trust.
ALTERNATIVES:
The Board could choose not to appoint any representatives at this time.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The County Administrator’s Office was involved in the preparation of this report.