Agenda Item: 5
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
DATE: November 22, 2022
SUBJECT: LOCAL APPOINTMENTS LIST/DECLARING VACANCIES
DEPARTMENT: Administrative Services
PRESENTER: Mary Cusick
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council:
1. Approve the Local Appointments List.
2. Declare vacancies on the Planning Commission; Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission; Arts Commission; Open Space Preservation District Financial Accountability and Audit Panel; and Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control Board.
3. Approve a four-year term for the City’s appointment to the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control Board; and
4. Approve the recruitment process for the vacancies.
BACKGROUND
Section 54970 et seq. of the Government Code, also known as “The Maddy Act,” takes into consideration a vast and largely untapped reservoir of talent which exists among the citizenry that frequently is not aware of the opportunities for participation on local regulatory and advisory boards and commissions. For that reason, the Maddy Act was enacted for maximum public awareness of appointments to be made by the Governor, the City Council, or other legislative bodies.
Government Code Section 54972 requires that, on or before December 31 of each year, the legislative body (City Council) must cause to be prepared a list of appointments of all ongoing boards, commissions, and committees which are appointed by the City Council. The list must include which terms will expire during the next calendar year, with the name of the incumbent appointee, the date of appointment, the date the term expires, and the necessary qualifications for
the position. Section 54973 requires that legislative bodies designate the public library with the largest service population within the jurisdiction to receive a copy of the list.
Terms of various Planning Commissioners, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commissioners, Arts Commissioners, and Open Space Preservation District Financial Accountability and Audit Panel members will expire on December 31, 2022. The term of the Trustee of the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control Board expires January 8, 2023. The various appointees, their appointment dates, the dates those appointments expire, and names of the Councilmembers who made the appointments are provided in the attached Local Appointments List.
Pursuant to applicable resolutions and/or ordinances, members of the Planning Commission, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission, Arts Commission, and Open Space Preservation District Financial Accountability and Audit Panel serve at the will of the Council for regular appointed terms of four years. The City’s appointment to the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control Board is set forth by Health & Safety Code section 2000 et seq. and can serve a two or four-year term. Staff recommends, for consistency with the other appointments, that the City Council approve a four-year term.
Pursuant to procedures adopted by the City Council in Resolution 91-194, below is a recommended schedule for the appointment process:
November 22 Council declares vacancies
November 23 City Clerk posts and prepares for publication the Notice of Vacancies December 15 Deadline for City Clerk to receive applications January 10 Nominating authority submits nominations for ratification by the City Council
It is anticipated the City Clerk will administer the oath of office for the newly appointed members to the City’s commissions, panel, and board at or prior to their next regularly scheduled meetings following appointment.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
Costs of publishing the Notice of Vacancies have been budgeted in Fiscal Year 2022-23.
ATTACHMENTS
Local Appointments List
Resolution 91-194