Title
Receive a preliminary analysis report in response to Board Referral No. 2025.03 (Askew) seeking to encourage broad diverse applicant pools with transparent outreach.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive a preliminary analysis report in response to Board Referral No. 2025.03 (Askew);
b. Receive a demonstration on the new Boards, Commissions, and Committees Application and Administration Portal; and:
1) Direct that staff proceed with completion of referral based on description in this report; or,
2) Direct that staff:
i. Proceed with completion of referral based on modifications by the Board; or,
ii. Return to Board with a more comprehensive analysis of referral and anticipated effort for completion; or,
iii. Rescind referral.
b. Provide further direction, as appropriate.
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS:
Referral Summary & Background:
On April 15, 2025, Supervisor Wendy Root Askew submitted Board Referral No. 2025.03. The referral seeks to ensure compliance with the Maddy Act. The Maddy Act Government Code 54972 requires local agencies to post a list of upcoming board and commission vacancies. The goal of this referral is to increase the transparency of outreach and encourage broad and diverse applicant pools for County Board, Committees, and Commissions (BCCs), and Special Districts.
To achieve this goal and to comply with the Maddy Act the Clerk of the Board's Office, in partnership with the Information Technology Department, developed a new and improved web application to help manage all Boards, Commissions, and Committees in October 2023.
This new application displays accurate meeting information, board legislative references, a list of current appointments, unscheduled vacancies and vacancies for the current year and the upcoming year and automatically calculates vacancies based on the current memberships and appointments to the different Boards, Commissions and Committees. This enables compliance with th...
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