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Consider:
a. Adopting a policy on Board committees, including rotating appointments to Board Standing Committees; and,
b. Making permanent appointments to Board Standing Committees and Non-County Entities for 2022.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors consider adopting a Board policy on Board Standing and Ad Hoc Committees, and Non-County Entities to which the Board makes appointments, with appointments to Standing Committees made on a rotating basis. In addition, it is recommended that the Board make permanent appointments to Standing Committees for 2022, either as the start of a rotation process or as stand-alone appointments, as only interim appointments have been made (2022 appointments to Ad Hoc Committees were made at the January 11, 2022 meeting). Finally, it is recommended that the Board make permanent appointments to Non-County Entities for 2022.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Board previously created an Ad Hoc committee to discuss options for appointments to Board standing committees. The full Board considered recommendations from each of the Supervisors on the Committee at its meeting of February 8, 2022. The background is set forth in our prior Board Report for that meeting, which is enclosed as Attachment 1.
After discussion at the February 8, 2022, meeting, staff was directed to return on March 1, 2022, with policy language for rotating assignments based on the comments at the meeting. As the subject of Board committees was last discussed by the Board in 2010, staff has prepared a revised overall Board Policy that establishes the various committees of the Board and lists the Non-County Entities to which the Board makes appointments; directs the Clerk of the Board to keep track of the various committees and entities; and provides for appointments to the committees and entities. The draft Policy is enclosed as Attachment 2. Ad Hoc Committee and Non-County Entity appointments are proposed to continue as annual...
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