14/06-22
CITY OF SIMI VALLEY
MEMORANDUM
June 27, 2022
TO: City Council
FROM: Department of the City Manager’s Office
SUBJECT: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A REPRESENTATIVE TO
THE VENTURA COUNTY AREA AGENCY ON AGING ADVISORY
COUNCIL
RECOMMENDATION
The Simi Valley Council On Aging (COA) recommends the City Council ratify the appointment of Janet Plant as one of the City’s representatives to the Ventura County Area Agency on Aging (VCAAA) Advisory Council with a term commencing on July 1, 2022, and concluding on June 30, 2024.
BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW
The VCAAA Advisory Council represents the concerns of senior citizens countywide. It provides leadership, advocacy and visibility for persons aged 60 and over within Ventura County. The VCAAA Advisory Council is comprised of two (2) representatives from each city within the County, and serves to advise the VCAAA on matters related to person s aged 60 and older. Each city’s Council On Aging Executive Board selects its two representatives, which are then ratified by the respective City Councils and appointed to the 20 -member VCAAA Advisory Council. The By-laws of the VCAAA allow for members to serve three consecutive two-year terms on the Advisory Council before a waiting period of one year must lapse in order to be eligible for another term. The term of one of the City’s two representatives to the VCAAA Advisory Council will expire on June 30, 2022.
FINDINGS AND ALTERNATIVES
In compliance with the VCAAA Advisory Council Guidelines for the Election of Representatives from Councils On Aging, the Simi Valley Council On Aging (COA) began soliciting applications for the upcoming vacancy on May 9, 202 2, a nd closed the recruitment on June 10, 2022. During this period, one interest form was received.
On June 13, 202 2, the COA Executive Board voted to recommend the appointment of Janet Plant (Attachment A, page 3) , subject to the City Council’s ratification. If ratified, this will be Ms. Plant’s first term. Pursuant to the VCAAA By-laws, she will be eligible to serve three consecutive two-year terms before a waiting period of one year must lapse in order to be eligible for another term.
AGENDA ITEM NO.
3A(1)
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The COA recommends that City Council ratify its appointment of Janet Plant as one of the City’s representatives to the VCAAA Advisory Council. If the appointment is ratified, Ms. Plant will serve a term commencing July 1, 2022, and concluding June 30, 2024.
The following alternatives are available to the City Council:
1. Ratify the appointment of Janet Plant as one of the City’s representatives to the Ventura County Area Agency on Aging (VCAAA) Advisory Council with a term commencing on July 1, 2022, and concluding on June 30, 2024;
2. Provide the COA with alternative direction.
The Council On Aging recommends Alternative No. 1.
SUGGESTED CITY COUNCIL MOTION
I move to ratify the appointment of Janet Plant as one of the City’s representatives to the Ventura County Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council with a term commencing on July 1, 2022, and concluding on June 30, 2024.
SUMMARY
The term of one of two City of Simi Valley representatives to the VCAAA Advisory Council will expire on June 30, 2022. The Simi Valley COA conducted a recruitment and received one interest form for the upcoming vacancy. On June 13, 2022, the COA Executive Board voted to recommend the appointment of Janet Plant as a representative to the VCAAA Advisory Council, subject to ratification by the City Council. The COA recommends tha t the City Council ratify the appointment of Janet Plant as one of the City’s representatives to the VCAAA Advisory Council with a term commencing on July 1, 2022, and concluding on June 30, 2024.
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Linda Swan
Assistant City Manager
Prepared by: Robert Martin, Assistant Community Services Manager
INDEX Page
Attachment A – Application .......................................................... 3
ATTACHMENT A
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