Cotati City Council
Agenda Staff Report
Item type: REGULAR AGENDA (ACTION)
To: City Council
Subject: MAYORS AND COUNCILMEMBERS COMMITTEE
APPOINTMENTS
Date: March 25, 2025
Written by: Damien O'Bid, City Manager
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council review letters of interest received and provide the Mayor with Direction for voting at the upcoming Mayors’ and Councilmembers’ Association Board of Directors meeting.
Background
The City of Cotati is a member of the Sonoma County Mayors’ and Councilmembers’ Association and the Sonoma County City Selection Committee. Each body appoints members to various regional Boards and Commissions. The voting delegates from the City are the Mayor (primary) and Vice Mayor (alternate). If there are no letters of interest, the by-laws of the Sonoma County Mayors’ and Councilmembers’ Association allows for nominations from the floor at the meeting.
Analysis/Discussion
At its April 10, 2025 meeting, the Sonoma County Mayors’ and Council Members’ Association (SCMCA) Board of Directors will make appointments for the following vacated positions:
Measure H Oversight Committee – 2 Seats. 3-year term starting in May. *Note – you must be an independent County resident; active fire chiefs, active fire directors, County employees, or spouses to any such individuals may not serve on the committee. Meeting schedule details are pending.
Letters Received:
Jeff Okrepkie, Santa Rosa
Evelyn Mitchell, Healdsburg
Sandra Lowe, Sonoma
Neysa Hinton, Sebastopol
Jill McLewis, Sebastopol
North Bay Division LOCC, Executive Board – 2 Seats (to fill expiring terms of Susan Harvey of Cotati and Janice Cader Thompson of Petaluma) 1 primary seat and 1 alternate seat. 2-year term starting in April.
Letters Received:
Susan Harvey, Cotati
Janice Cader Thompson, Petaluma
Stephen Zollman, Sebastopol
Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District Citizens Advisory Committee – 2 Seats (to fill expiring terms of John Shribbs of Petaluma and Kevin McDonnell of Petaluma). 2-year term starting in April.
Letters Received:
John Shribbs, Petaluma
Marjorie Morgenstern, Cloverdale
Karen Nau, Petaluma
Financial Considerations
Not applicable.
Environmental Issues
This action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a project which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378.