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INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	12/12/2022
Subject: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE INTERVIEW
Submitted For:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Department:	Health Services
Referral No.:	IOC 22/5
Referral Name:	Advisory Body Recruitment
Presenter:	Wade Finlinson, IPM Coordinator	Contact:	Wade Finlinson 925-655-3214

Information

Referral History:

Board Resolutions 2020/1 and 2 stipulate that applicants for At Large/Non Agency-Specific seats on specified bodies are to be interviewed by a Board subcommittee. The Resolutions further permit a Board Committee to select a screening committee to assist in interviewing applicants for appointment. Upon review of the eligible seats, the IOC made a determination that it would conduct interviews for At Large seats on the following bodies: Retirement Board, Fire Advisory Commission, Integrated Pest Management Advisory Committee, Planning Commission, Treasury Oversight Committee, Airport Land Use Commission, and the Fish & Wildlife Committee; and that screening and nomination fill At Large seats on all other eligible bodies would be delegated each body or a subcommittee thereof.

Referral Update:

The Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Advisory Committee was established by the Board of Supervisors in November 2009 to advise the Board regarding the protection and enhancement of public health, County resources, and the environment related to pest control methods employed by County departments. The IPM Committee has eight voting members as follows: two ex-officio members (Health Services Department and County/Unincorporated County Storm Water Program) and six public members (one County Sustainability Commission representative, one County Fish and Wildlife Committee representative, one At Large Environmental Organization representative, and three At Large Public Member appointees); plus one Public Member Alternate seat.

The following seats will become vacant on December 31, 2022: Public Member #3 (Type 2), Public Member-Alternate (Type 2) and the Environmental Organization (Type 3).

Attached is a letter from the IPM Coordinator transmitting the two applications received from the recruitment for thePublic Member vacancies, and describing the recruitment process, and the current Committee roster. Note that an applicant for the Environmental Organization seat will be recommended to the full Board of Supervisors at a later date.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

INTERVIEW the following two candidates for the Public Member #3 and Public Member-Alternate seats on the Integrated Pest Management Advisory Committee for terms that will expire on December 31, 2026, and DETERMINE recommendations for Board of Supervisors consideration:

Susanna Thompson, Brentwood (Applicant for Public Member #3 seat)
Thomas Fenster, Richmond (Applicant for Public Member-Alternate seat)

Fiscal Impact (if any):

No fiscal impact.

Attachments
Staff Transmittal Memo
Application_Susanna Thompson_IPM Adv Cte
Application_Thomas Fenster_IPM Adv Cte