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INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	05/10/2021
Subject: RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE COUNTY CONNECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Submitted For:	Monica Nino, County Administrator
Department:	County Administrator
Referral No.:	IOC 21/5
Referral Name:	Advisory Body Recruitment
Presenter:	Julie DiMaggio Enea	Contact:	Julie DiMaggio Enea (925) 655-2056

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Referral History:

County Connection was formed in 1980 as a Joint Powers Agency under the legal name The Central Contra Costa Transit Authority. Today County Connection provides fixed-route and paratransit bus service throughout the communities of Central Contra Costa County. The County Connection Advisory Committee meets bi-monthly to review, analyze, and advise the County Connection Board of Directors on issues and policies relating to fixed-route and paratransit bus service. Committee members also act as a citizen liaison from the represented jurisdictions.

Prior to 2019, the County Representative seat on the County Connection Advisory Committee had been vacant for many years. In 2019, the Board of Supervisors appointed, at the recommendation of the IOC, Marjorie McWee to the County seat.

Referral Update:

The current term of the County Representative appointee on the County Connection Advisory Committee will expire on June 30. Staff conducted a four week recruitment and received one application, from incumbent Marjorie McWee.

For advisory body vacancies, our standard advertising includes:

Posting a notice in the News Flash section of the homepage for the duration of the nomination period.
Promoting with a recruitment announcement on CCTV’s CountyNet bulletin board
Emailing to area print/online publications, plus KCBS Radio and KKDV Radio.

Ms. McWee has been an active member of the Advisory Committee and has applied to continue her role. Staff recommends her reappointment.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

RECOMMEND to the Board of Supervisors the reappointment of Marjorie McWee to the County Representative seat on the County Connection Advisory Committee to a new term that will expire on June 30, 2023.

Attachments
Press Publication_County Connection_3-26-21
Candidate Application_Marjorie McWee_County Connection CAC