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C. 10

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David Twa, County Administrator
Date:	October 23, 2018

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Subject:

RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/23/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Julie DiMaggio Enea (925) 335-1077

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: October 23, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPOINT Ariana Rickard (Pleasant Hill) to the At Large #6 seat on the Commission for Women to a term expiring on March 1, 2021.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

In September 2017, the IOC held a discussion about problems that had been reported concerning the Commission for Women including a spate of member resignations, inability to achieve a meeting quorum, blurred responsibilities, disagreement over the Commission's mission, factions and fragmentation, open meeting act errors, and loss of interest among some of the membership.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

In February 2018, IOC staff presented five recommendations to address the problems identified by some of the former and current Commission members. The Committee generally concurred with staff's recommendations and preliminarily recommended to the Board of Supervisors that the size of the Commission be reduced from 20 to 15 members to improve cohesion and also the probability of achieving a meeting quorum. The Board approved this recommendation on April 24, 2018. Assuming the Commission

would thus be able to convene proper meetings, the IOC requested the Commission to consider the remaining CAO recommendations and possible bylaws update, and report back to the IOC in October.

The Commission website is not up-to-date. According to their minutes, they last met on May 18, 2018 (http://www.womenscommission.com/agenda.html). The Clerk's Office was unable to find any agenda or announcement of a May 18 Commission meeting. Also, according to the minutes from each of the 2018 meetings, the Commission appears to have met without a quorum of members present. The May 18 Commission minutes indicate that some discussion occurred regarding the recommended bylaw changes, but there is no further information in the minutes.

The Commission for Women has a small group of very devoted members who try to keep the Commission moving forward. However, they currently do not have enough members to do their business. In April of this year, the Board of Supervisors reduced the Commission's membership size from 20 seats down to 15 to assist them in achieving a meeting quorum, which is now 8. Even with the 5-seat reduction, the Commission appears to be struggling to achieve a quorum. Last month, the Board accepted another resignation from the Commission.

To assist the Commission in achieving a quorum so that it can meet and recruit additional members, we recommend that the Board appoint Ms. Rickard to an At Large seat on the Commission.