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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - February 4, 1998 G-02aAGENDA TITLE: Appointments to Various Boards and Commissions MEETING DATE: February 4, 1998 PREPARED BY: City Clerk RECOMMENDED ACTION: That Council, by motion action, concur with the Mayor's recommended appointments to various boards and commissions. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: There is currently a vacancy on the following boards and commissions. Following review of the applications, I recommend that the following appointments be made: San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control Jack Fiori Term to expire December 31, 1999 San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Citizens Advisory Committee Wade Broughton ltk . j 4a Jack A. Sieglock Mayor APPROVED: H. Don Flynn -- City Manager, November 10, 1997 Ms. Lois M. Sahyoun Clerk, Board of Supervisors San Joaquin County 222 E. Weber Avenue, Room 701 Stockton, CA 95202 Dear Lois: General Mills Box 3002 Lodi, Califomia 95241-1906 As you know, I am presently serving as the City Primary Member of the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) serving the Governing Board of the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (District). My term will expire on January 31, 1998. I am interested in continding my service on the CAC and respectfully request consideration for reappointment to a subsequent three-year term . Through my continued service, I hope to assist in maintaining an equitable burden in the improvement of the air quality in the Valley while preserving the maximum agency for Valley communities, citizens and businesses. If you have questions or need additional information, please contact me at (209) 334- 7090. Thanks for your consideration in this matter. Sincerely, W rough n Ci rimary mber, CAC cc: Mayor Phillip Pennino, City of Lodi Sissy Smith, Clerk to the Boards SJVUAPCD L. D. "Denny Hoeh, Chair, CAC SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY MOSQUITO AN u Qf=ONTROL DI .. 7759 SOUTH AIRPORT WAY, STOCKTON,'CR'CIrORNIA 95206-3918 (209) 982-4675 BOARD OF TRUSTEES ALLAN R.FETTERS PRESIDENT STOCKTON January 6, 1998 GERARD FONDSE VICE PRESIDENT RIPON J. DON LAYSON Honorable Jack Sieglock, Mayor City of Lodi SAN JOA OUINYCOUNTY WILLIAM BEEZLEY City Hall ESCALON P.O. Box 3006 JACK W. CORELL SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY Lodi, Ca 95241-1910 FRANK DEBENEDETTI SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY DR. KENNETH ERWIN MANTECA JANET L. JAMES LATHROP Dear Mayor Sieglock: ALVIN C. INMAN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY " JOHN R. STROH I MANAGER C 1T N 1J , � oV i a MICHAEL MANNA The Board of Trustees of the San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY District currrently has a vacancy due to the death of the City of Lodi CHESTERMILLER TRACY representative Robert Fuller. The City is authorized by law to appoint one member to the District's Board of Trustees. CHRISTOPHER K. ELEY provided for your review and consideration is basic criteria for the position of LEGAL ADVISOR trustee which can be used during the selection and appointment process. This information is provided as a guideline and should not be viewed as all-inclusive or limiting when considering eligible candidates. Do not hesitate to contact me at (209) 982-4675 or 1-800-300-4675 if I can be of assistance in the trustee appointment process. Sincerely, Manager Enclosures: 1 Cc: City Manager Dixon Flynn City Clerk Alice Reimche SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY MOSQUITO & VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD TRUSTEE APPOINTMENTS ENABLING LEGISLATION The San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District (District) was formed pursuant to Division 3, Chapters 5, 5.5 and 8, Sections 2200-2910, of the California Health and Safety Code. APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVES The District is an independent special district governed by a board of trustees (Board). Trustees are not elected, but appointed, to the Board of Trustees by both the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors and the City Councils of Escalon, Lathrop, Lodi, Manteca, Ripon, Stockton, and Tracy. Currently, there are five (5) trustees appointed by the Board of Supervisors and seven (7) appointed by the cities. TERMS OF OFFICE Trustees are appointed to an initial two-year term, and, if re -appointed, to either a two or four year term. Each trustee of the Board appointed by a city must be an elector and resident of that city; each trustee appointed by the County must be an elector and resident of the county. TRUSTEE SERVICE AND RESPONSIBILITIES Trustees represent and serve the entire District, not just their individual appointing authority. Collectively, trustees elect a President, Vice President and Secretary from among the Board. The Board of Trustees meets at least monthly to oversee finance, programs and policy. Trustees serve without pay, but receive up to $50 monthly for expenses incurred in attending business meetings of the Board. The Board is responsible for the hiring and implementation of a manager, who is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the District. DISTRICT BOARD POWERS Broad powers are given to the District's Board of Trustees in recognition of the need to act expeditiously to ensure rapid vector control activities to avoid a public health hazard. The Board may do all of the following, as outlined in the Health and Safety Code: • Take all necessary or proper steps for the control of mosquitoes and other vectors in or outside of the District. • Purchase, employ, and contract as pertinent. • Build, construct, maintain and repair dikes, levees, canals, or ditches on any land, and acquire by purchase or condemnation any land, right-of-way, easement, etc. for purposes of vector control. • Enter properties without hindrance or notice, either in the District or reasonably adjacent to, for the purposes of vector control. • Borrow money and issue warrants. • Sell, lease, or exchange any property of the District. • Provide a civil service system for District employees. • Abate vector nuisances, hold hearings, and assess penalties. • File liens and foreclosures. • Set taxes, assessments or service charges in agreement with current law. • Do any and all things necessary or incident to the powers granted by, and to carry out the objectives specified in the Health and Safety Code. TRUSTEE REQUIREMENTS Because trustees receive tremendous authority and responsibility upon being appointed to the Board of Trustees, it is imperative that the Board of Supervisors and City Councils use diligence and sound criteria in the trustee selection/appointing process. As stated earlier, trustees must be electors and residents from the area they are appointed, but this is just part of the requirements needed to be an effective public representative. Citizens contemplating service as a trustee should have the background, training, experience and time to fulfill the requirements of an appointed member of the District's Board of Trustees. Verifiable education, training and/or experience in agriculture, business or public administration, and biological or environmental science is applicable to the position of Trustee. Listed below are some of the basic capabilities and requirements needed to fulfill the position of Trustee for the San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District: Basic Service Ability to attend regularly scheduled meetings, held the third Tuesday of each month at the District's main office in Stockton. Meetings are generally held at 2:00 p.m. and last approximately two (2) hours. Ability to participate on committees of the Board, generally for the purposes of budget and policy development. The Budget and Policy committees meet at least three (3) times per year for approximately two (2) hours per meeting. Other committees are created at the discretion of the Board President and meet as needed. Ability to receive reports and correspondence at home and analyze information prior to meetings. Monthly meeting information is sent to trustees approximately five (5) days prior to meetings and includes agendas, agenda information, draft minutes, financial reports, operational reports, and other District communications. Community and Public Relations Ability to receive input and criticism from the public; ability to participate in public meetings, both in Board meetings and other official forums. Ability to represent the District before local, state and federal agencies; capable of participating in state and national associations. Fiscal Ability to read and review financial documents such as budget reports, financial reports, spreadsheets, audit reports, and self insurance fund reports. Ability to interpret and respond to recommendations of staff and Board committees as to budget development, expenditure requests, and investment policies. Ability to analyze financial forecasts and revenue development proposals. Ability to interpret and implement tax and assessment programs. Policy Ability to interpret and implement administrative and operational policies as they currently exist. Ability to interpret policy and procedure needs of the organization and propose changes. Ability to analyze and interpret draft policy changes from staff and committee. Ability to implement and enforce civil and administrative action on District property owners and land managers. Program Ability to assist in planning, development and implementation of District vector control programs, including biological and chemical control of vectors. Ability to deal with multiple variables involving environmental manipulation and vector occurrence. Ability to represent the District's position on vector development and environmental issues. Ability to analyze the District's programs with relation to agriculture, urban and suburban development, and environmental protection. Ability to develop and evaluate District educational programs. Current Issues Before the Board of Trustees Following are just two of the many critical issues currently faced by the District's Board of Trustees: 1. Tax limitation measures such as State of California Proposition's 4, 13 and 218 have greatly diminished the Districts ability to secure stable revenues for operations. Within San Joaquin County, taxpayers have been reluctant to authorize local government to increase or levy taxes and assessments for local services. The Board of Trustees is charged with securing stable sources of revenue to perform vector control well into the 21st century. Revenue options are limited, but could come in the form(s) of a special tax proposal, the development of a long-term benefit assessment plan, and a plan to charge vector -producing land owners for the cost of surveillance and control. Last, but not least, the Board would need to consider the reduction or elimination of some District services. None of these options have appeal, but would be necessary to maintain essential Districts programs. 2. There is considerable interest by environmental organizations, federal and state resource agencies, and local landowners to create and manage thousands of acres of permanent and seasonal wetlands throughout the District. Mosquitoes breed in, and migrate from, wetlands. Mosquitoes migrating from wetlands create both a public health as well as general nuisance for human populations. Wetland proponents are not always agreeable to vector control measures and recommendations. The County and cities regulate wetland development, but without respect to vector control, and the District does not have regulatory authority over wetland development. Additional wetland acres will without doubt tax the District's ability to provide acceptable levels of mosquito control. The Board will be faced with many complex issues in both the near and distance future. It is important that the Board be comprised of individuals that possess the ability to deal with fiscal, public health and environmental issues on behalf of the citizens of the District. cc CITY COUNCIL JACK A. SIEGLOCK, Mayor KEITH LAND Mayor Pro Tempore STEPHEN J. MANN PHILLIP A. PENNINO DAVID P. WARNER Mr. Wade Broughton General Mills P. O. Box 3002 Lodi, CA 95241-1906 Dear Wade: CITY OF LODI CITY HALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET P.O. BOX 3006 LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1910 (209)333-6702 FAX (209) 333-6807 February 5, 1998 H. DIXON FLYNN City Manager ALICE M. REIMCHE City Clerk RANDALL A. HAYS City Attorney Congratulations! The City Council, at its meeting of February 4, 1998, has concurred with my recommendation to reappoint you as the City Primary Member of the Citizens Advisory Committee serving the Governing Board of the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District. I hope you will continue to find your work with this group to be rewarding, and on behalf of the Lodi City Council, thank you for serving your community. Should you have questions regarding your reappointment, please feel free to call the City Clerk's office at 333-6702. JASIJLT boardslmisc\congrats.doc Sincerely, ack A. Sieg lock Mayor, City of Lodi LL CITY COUNCIL JACK A. SIEGLOCK, Mayor KEITH LAND Mayor Pro Tempore STEPHEN J. MANN PHILLIP A. PENNINO DAVID P. WARNER Jack Fiori Lodi, CA 95240 Dear Jack: CITY OF LODI CITY HALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET P.O. BOX 3006 LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1910 (209)333-6702 FAX (209) 333-6807 February 5, 1998 H. DIXON FLYNN City Manager ALICE M. REIMCHE City Clerk RANDALL A. HAYS City Attorney Congratulations! The City Council, at its meeting of February 4, 1998, has concurred with my recommendation to appoint you to the San Joaquin County Mosquito & Vector Control District. I hope you will find your work with this group to be rewarding, and on behalf of the Lodi City Council, thank you for serving your community. Should you have questions regarding your appointment, please feel free to call the City Clerk's office at 333-6702. JAS/JLT boards\misc\congrats.doc Sincerely, a�Sieglock Mayor, City of Lodi