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C.23

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David Twa, County Administrator
Date:	March 31, 2009

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Amendment to Bylaws for First 5 Contra Costa Children and Families Commission and Approve Appointments

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/31/2009

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Dorothy Sansoe, 335-1009

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: March 31, 2009
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve changes to the bylaws for the First 5 Contra Costa Children and Families Commission, approved by the Commission at its March 2, 2009 meeting, as recommended by the Commission, and APPOINT alternate members to seats and terms shown below.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None

BACKGROUND:

On March 2, 2009 the First 5 Contra Costa Children and Families Commission (Commission) approved revisions to its Bylaws - Article III, Commission Membership; Sections 1, 3, 4, and 5. The Commission requests that the Board of Supervisors approve these changes and make associated appointments.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

Commission members are appointed by the Board of Supervisors. In accordance with the County ordinance and the Commission’s Bylaws, County appointees serve on the Commission as long as they hold their County office; public members are appointed with a term, and can be reappointed by the Board. (C.C.C. Ord. C. § 26-14.010; Bylaws, Art. III, Sec. 4.)

Although the Commission’s Bylaws currently describe membership, terms, and vacancies for Commission members, Alternate Commission members are not specifically identified in those sections. Several Alternate Commission members have been appointed to the Commission without a term, while others have been appointed with three year terms. Therefore, the changes to the Bylaws were completed in order to clarify and correct sections that describe membership, terms, and vacancies for Alternate Commission members.

The Commission has requested that the Board of Supervisors adopt appointment terms for all Alternate Commission members and set terms for those Alternate Commissioners who were previously appointed without a specified term (see below). For consistency, the Commission is requesting that the terms for those currently without a term be set for three-year periods beginning April 1, 2009 and expiring April 1, 2012. However, in the case where the Alternate's corresponding Commission Member’s term expires in 2012, then the requested expiration date is April 1, 2013, so that the Member and Alternate terms do not expire in the same year.

Appointee	Seat	Term Expiration
Susan Wittenberg	District I Alternate	August 16, 2012
Belinda Lucey	District II Alternate	August 16, 2013
Toni Robertson	District V Alternate	August 16, 2013