CITY OF PACIFICA
COUNCIL AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT
11/24/2025
1 SUBJECT:
Appointment to the San Mateo County Mosquito & Vector Control District RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Re-appoint Peter DeJarnatt to the San Mateo County Mosquito & Vector Control District Board of Trustees as the City of Pacifica representative for a four-year term to expire December 31, 2029.
STAFF CONTACT:
Sarah Coffey, City Clerk
650-738-7307
[email protected]
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION:
The San Mateo County Mosquito & Vector Control District serves the citizens of San Mateo County with a mission to safeguard health and comfort of citizens through a science-based Integrated Vector Management Program. The San Mateo County Mosquito & Vector Control District’s Board of Trustees is comprised of 21 members, one representative from each city / town and one representative for the County at-large. Board meetings are held at 6:00pm on the second Wednesday of each month at the District office at 1351 Rollins Road in Burlingame.
Peter DeJarnatt, currently holds the position as the City of Pacifica representative on the Board of Trustees of the San Mateo County Mosquito & Vector Control District. Trustee DeJarnatt’s current term expires December 31, 2025. Trustee DeJarnatt was previously appointed as the City of Pacifica’s representative on the San Mateo County Mosquito & Vector Control District’s Board of Trustees in February 2018 and re-appointed in December 2021. In 2021, the City recruited applicants for the position on the Board of Trustees and the incumbent, Peter DeJarnatt, submitted the sole application in response to the recruitment.
The California Health and Safety Code, Section 2020-2030, dictates appointments to Vector Control Boards:
• The City Council of each city or town may appoint one person to the board of trustees; • The term of office for a member of the board of trustees shall be for a term of two or four years;
• Terms of office begin at noon on the first Monday in January A City Councilmember may now be appointed to the Board of Trustees due to the incompatibility of office doctrine being addressed by SB 1588 (2002).
Upon notification of the expiring term, Trustee DeJarnatt indicated interest in being re-appointed as the City of Pacifica’s representative on the San Mateo County Mosquito & Vector Control Pacifica City Council 2
November 24, 2025
District’s Board of Trustees for a subsequent four-year term to expire December 31, 2029.
Trustee DeJarnatt has represented the City of Pacifica well in this capacity and the recommended action is to re-appoint Peter DeJarnatt to the San Mateo County Mosquito & Vector Control District Board of Trustees for a subsequent four-year term.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
Council may choose to re-appoint Peter DeJarnatt to a subsequent term on the San Mateo County Mosquito & Vector Control District Board of Trustees to a two-year term to expire December 31, 2027. Council may choose not to re-appoint Peter DeJarnatt to a subsequent term on the San Mateo County Mosquito & Vector Control District Board of Trustees and direct staff to open a full recruitment for interest to residents of the City of Pacifica to serve as Pacifica’s representative on the Board of Trustees for the San Mateo County Mosquito & Vector Control District and make an appointment to a two or four-year term from applications received.
Council may choose to nominate and appoint a Councilmember as the representative on this District for either at two or four-year term.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
ORIGINATED BY:
City Clerk
ATTACHMENT LIST:
Attachment A: Notice of Expiring Term SMC Mosquito & Vector Control District (PDF) Attachment B: Application to SMCMVDC - DeJarnatt, Peter (2021 recruitment) (PDF)