PRESIDf,NT
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VICE PRESIDENT
Ali Saleh, Bell
SECRf,TARY-TREASt]RER
Melissa Ra/fioso, Artesia
GREATER LOS ANGELES COUNTY
VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT
12545 Flore e Avenw, S.ntr Fe Springs, CA m670
Omce (562) 944-9656 F,x (562\ 9tA-7916
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Susanne Kluh
September 25, 2024
Mr. Daniel Calleros
Interim City Administrator
4305 S. Santa Fe Avenue
Vernon. CA 90058
Re: Appointmeny'Re-appointment of R€presentative to the Creater Los Angeles County Vector Control District Board of Trustees
Dear Mr. Calleros:
This correspondence is to inform you that the term ofoffice for Trustee Leticia Lopez as a member of the Board of Trustees ofthe Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District will expire on January 6,2025. Pursuant to Section 2024 ofthe State Health and Safety Code (SHSC) goveming the dates ofterm of office of members appointed to the Board ofTrustees, the City Council may consider reappointing Trustee Lopez or appointing a new ffustee for a 2- or 4-year term ofoffice, commencing at noon on the first Monday of January (i.e., January 6,2025). Please note, per the State Health and Safety Code, representatives must be appointed to serve a full 2 or a 4-year term commencing on January 6,2025 and should not be appointed on a yearly basis. Furthermore, the District does not accept or recognize the rppoitrtmetrt of slternrte repres€ntatives.
Please review all subsections ofthe SHSC 2022 (i.e., a-e) enclosed. Subsections a and b require that each person appointed by a board of supervisors or by a city council shall be a voter and resident within the respective county or city ofthe appointing body. Section 2022 (c) incorporates language that clarifies the issue over the doctrine of Incompatibility of Office, exempting and enabling an appointee who holds elected offices to also simultaneously serve on the District's Board ofTrustees. Trustees represent the mission and interests of the District at large rather than the individual interests ofthe appointing body. Once appointed, the representative cannot be removed at-will by the appointing city or county. The representative will serve until the expiration of his/her term unless he/she resigns, vacates the office due to absences, or is no longer a voter and resident within the respective county or city of the appointing body.
Representatives are expected to attend the district's general board meetings held monthly on the 2'd Thursday ofthe month.
Pursuant to California Govemment Code Section 1770(g), the Trustee's seat will be considered abandoned if the person holding the office ceases to discharge the duties ofthat office for a period of three consecutive months, except when prevented by sickness or specified excuses. Please make your appointmenVreappointment prior to January 6, 2025, as stipulated in the SHSC.
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Susanne Kluh
General Manager
Enclosure: Sections 2022 & 2024 ofthe SHSC
cc: Ms. Leticia Lopez
Ms. Deborah Harrington
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(a) Each person appointed by a board of supervisors to be a member of a board of trustees shall be a voter in that county and a resident of that portion of the county that is within the district.
(b) Each person appointed by a city council to be a member of a board of trustees shall be a voter in that city and a resident of that portion of the city that is within the d istrict.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law including the common law doctrine that precludes the simultaneous holding of lncompatible offlces, a member of a city council may be appointed and may serve as a member of a board of trustees if that person also meets the other applicable qualifications of this chapter. (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that persons appointed to boards of trustees have experience, training, and education in fields that will assist in the governance of the districts.
(e) All trustees shall exercise their independent judgment on behalf of the interests of the residents, property owners, and the public as a whole in furthering the purposes and intent of this chapter. The trustees shall represent the interests of the public as a whole and not solely the interests of the board of supervisors or the city council that appointed them.
(Added by StoL\. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. ElJective lonuqry 1, 2003.) 2024.
(a) Except as provided in Section 2023, the term of office for a member of the board of trustees shall be for a term of two or four years, at the discretion of the appointing authority, Terms of office commence at noon on the first lvlonday in January.
(b) Any vacancy in the office of a member appointed to a board of trustees shall be filled pursuant to Section 1779 ot the Government Code. Any person appointed to fill a vacant office shall flll the balance of the unexpired term. (Added b)) Stots. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective lonuary 1, 2003.)