No fiscal impact to the County from this action.
Each year when the Board of Supervisors reorganizes, the incoming Chair reviews and makes recommendations to the Board on committee assignments (Attachment II--Master List). The annual review of committee assignments is governed by a policy (Attachment I) adopted by the Board in March 2000.
Transmitted herewith are the recommendations of Chair Mary N. Piepho for 2012. These recommendations seek to provide policy oversight for all major County functional areas, balance the workload of the Supervisors, and consider some of the outstanding responsibilities and appointments of the Supervisors on regional and other bodies.
Chair Piepho proposes that the Board consider the following modifications to the roster of committee assignments:
1. ADD the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors appointments (two members) to the San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee to the Master List as Regional Type III appointments. The San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee (established by SB 1118, Statutes of 1997), is comprised of elected officials and members of the public representing 13 counties along the San Joaquin train route which include: Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare. The San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee meets quarterly at locations throughout the San Joaquin corridor to address current and future operational and safety issues, passenger services, rail facilities, and rail equipment needs along the corridor.
2. ADD the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors appointments (two members) to the Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority (Tri Delta Transit) Board of Directors to the Master List as Regional Type III appointments. The terms are for two years. Tri Delta Transit was established on August 3, 1976, by a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, signed by the Cities of Antioch, Brentwood, Pittsburg and Contra Costa County. When Oakley incorporated as as city in 1999, it joined the JPA as well. Tri Delta Transit exists as an agency to own, operate and maintain a public transit system in an effort to meet public transportation needs in Eastern Contra Costa County. An eleven member Board of Directors supported by a professional staff governs Tri Delta Transit. The Board of Directors includes two representatives from each of the four incorporated cities served by Tri Delta Transit, two representatives from the county, and one at-large member appointed by the other members of the board. The board meets once a month at Tri Delta Transit’s administrative office.
For administrative ease, the Master Resolution shall be amended and re-adopted from time to time as terms expire or if new appointments are made. The Master Resolution shall always reflect the complete roster of Board member appointments and shall be available to the public.
Unless the Board of Supervisors acts to adopt a Master List of appointments to committees, special county committees, and regional boards/committees/commissions, there is no official roster of Board member appointments to these bodies.