Title
Consider adoption of a resolution amending the Bylaws of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors concerning Board member participation on standing and advisory committees. (Staff Presenting: Ara Azhderian)
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Adoption of a resolution amending the Bylaws of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (Agency) Board of Directors concerning Board member participation on standing and advisory committees.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Agency's Bylaws require the Chair to be an ex officio member of all committees with the right to vote, including: Finance, Planning, Personnel/Administration, Reservoir Operations Advisory Committee, and the Basin Management Advisory Committee. Given the current composition of these committees and Board direction, the attached draft Bylaws would remove the requirement that the Chair of the Board of Directors serve as an ex officio member on all committees, while providing the Chair discretion to serve on committees, and continuing to allow other Board members to sit on the committees. This can allow for additional involvement by other Board members on committees.
Specifically, for the Finance Committee, Planning Committee, and Personnel/Administration Committee, the language would change from the composition being "three Board members and the Board Chair", to "a Committee Chair and three other Board members." For the Reservoir Operations Advisory Committee, and the Basin Management Advisory Committee, the language would change from the composition being "three Board members, the Board Chair, and non-Director members", to "a Committee Chair and three other Board members, and non-Director members." In addition, the Agency's Planning Committee recommends removing the Reservoir Operations Advisory Committee's non-Director member representing the Salinas River Channel Coalition since that entity has been disbanded.
The Planning Committee has recently discussed making other wholesale ame...
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