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C. 16

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	HIRING OUTREACH OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Date:	March 10, 2015

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Costa

County

Subject:

Equal Employment Opportunity Council Appointments

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/10/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

A.Wilson, (925) 335-1455

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 10, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE the nominations of Amo Virk and Paula Lochin to the Advisory Council for Equal Employment Opportunity.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None

BACKGROUND:

The Advisory Council for Equal Employment Opportunity (ACEEO) was established in July 1991 to serve as an advisory committee to the Board of Supervisors regarding the implementation of the County's Affirmative Action Plan, to review the Affirmative Action Program and to recommend actions to facilitate attainment of the County's goal for affirmative action. The Council is composed of 13 members and a Board committee reviews nominations to all seats except those designated for County managers and labor unions. Terms of office for seats reviewed by Board Committee are three years.

In 2013, Internal Operations Committee (IOC) reviewed Board Resolution Nos. 2011/497 and 2011/498, which 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 for certain bodies, including the ACEEO.

For many years, the IOC served as the reviewing committee for ACEEO nominations; however, the mission of the ACEEO is more consistent with the Board's Hiring Outreach and Oversight Committee, which is now designated as the reviewing committee for ACEEO nominations to the following seats:

Community 1, 2 (vacant), 3, & 4
Education (vacant)
Business (vacant)
Labor Involved in Training
Veteran 1 & 2
Disabled
Union Seats 1 &2
Management Seats 1 & 2 (vacant)

The regular process for the above seats is that the Affirmative Action Officer would recruit for membership, the ACEEO or a subcommittee thereof would screen/interview applications or candidates, and then forward its nominations to the Hiring Outreach and Oversight Committee (formerly IOC) for consideration and possible recommendation to the BOS.

The ACEEO nominates Amo Virk to the Business seat and Paula Lochin to Management Seat #2 to complete the unexpired term ending November 30, 2015 and November 30, 2016, respectively. Attached are Mr. Virk's and Ms. Lochin's applications.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The ACEEO will not be able to serve the County and the community in manner for which it was established.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

None