Title
Appoint nominees to governing boards of various districts that have insufficient nominees to cause an election on November 5, 2013.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Appoint nominees to governing boards of various districts that have insufficient nominees to cause an election on November 5, 2013.
SUMMARY:
Part 4 of Division 10 of the California Elections Code is known as the Uniform District Election Law and specifies the process for the nomination and appointment and or election of members to various special districts.
Elections Code Section 10500(b)(13) defines the supervising authority as the board of supervisors of the county in which all or most of the land of a district is situated. This Board of Supervisors is the supervising authority for various special districts situated within Monterey County.
Section 10515 requires the Registrar of Voters to notify the supervising authority when one person (or no one) has been nominated for a position on the governing board of a special district, and a petition requesting that said election be held has not been presented to the Registrar of Voters.
This code section further requires that, at a regular or special meeting held prior to the Monday before the first Friday in December, the supervising authority appoint the qualified nominees who have filed declarations of candidacy.
The persons identified in Attachment A are qualified nominees for the candidacy of the respective office, and against whom insufficient nominees were made to require or justify an election.
The Registrar of Voters recommends that persons be appointed to the governing boards of their respective districts, as detailed on Attachment A.
If no person has filed a declaration of candidacy for any office, the supervising authority shall appoint any person to the office who is qualified, or duly registered to vote in the district, as of the date of the scheduled election, or November 5, 2013. The Board of Supervisors should solicit potential appointees for the offices identified in Attachment B.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
None.
FINANCING:
There will be no additional cost to the County General Fund associated with this recommendation.
Prepared by: Sandra Henderson, Management Analyst, 1499
Approved by: Claudio Valenzuela, Acting-Registrar of Voters, 1499
Attachments:
Attachment A (Recommended Appointments)
Attachment B (Vacant Positions)