The Board of Supervisors made the following 12 referrals to the 2023 Internal Operations Committee, which are described in Attachment B:
Standing Referrals
- Continued policy oversight and quarterly monitoring of the Small Business Enterprise and Outreach programs, and e-Outreach
- Review of the annual financial audit schedule
- Review of annual Master Vehicle Replacement List and disposition of low-mileage vehicles
- Local Bid Preference Program
- Advisory Body Candidate Screening/Interview
- Fish and Wildlife Propagation Fund Allocation
- Advisory Body Triennial Review
- Animal Benefit Fund Review
- Language Interpretation for Public Meetings
- Racial Justice Oversight Body Dysfunction
- Status Update on Commission for Women and Girls
- Ad Hoc Arts Council Steering Committee, Work and Final Disposition
The Committee members have selected the second Monday of each month at 10:30 a.m. as the standing meeting date/time for 2023.
Effective March 1, 2023, the Board's standing committees have been directed by the Board to use a hybrid meeting format that will enable the public to continue to participate in meetings electronically from remote locations. Under new legislation, Committee members may attend meetings remotely for limited "just cause" or "emergency" reasons no more than two times nor more than 20% of the regular meetings per calendar year, as long as at least one Committee member (a quorum) participates in person. Additionally, the Brown Act and County's Better Government Ordinance permits remote participation of a Committee member under these rules:
- At least a quorum of the Committee (one member) must participate from a location in the county.
- Each telephone conference location and the meeting location must be shown on the agenda for the meeting. In addition, the agenda must provide an opportunity for members of the public to give public comment from each teleconference location.
- In addition to the usual agenda-posting agenda locations and the County website, an agenda must be posted at each teleconference location 96 hours in advance of the meeting.
- Each teleconference location must be open and accessible to members of the public.
- All votes taken during a teleconference meeting must be by roll call.
A hybrid format would consist of either a two-way audiovisual platform, or a two-way telephonic service and a live webcasting of the meeting, so that the public may remotely hear and visually observe the meeting, and remotely address the body. The Board's standing committees are scheduled to meet in Conference Room 110 at the County Administration Building, 1025 Escobar Street, Martinez. This room is equipped to host hybrid meetings.
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