RPVCCA_CC_SR_2015_01_06_01_Appoint_West_Vector_RepMEMORANDUM
RANCHO PALOS VERDES
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: CARLA MORREALE, CITY CLERK
DATE: JANUARY 6, 2015
SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT OF CITY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY WEST VECTOR CONTROL
DISTRICT BOARD
REVIEWED: CAROLYNN PETRO, DEPUTY CITY MANAGE
RECOMMENDATION
1) Appoint Elizabeth Sala as the representative to the City on the Los Angeles County
West Vector Control District Board of Trustees for a new two-year term of office
beginning on January 1, 2015, which will end on December 31, 2016; and, 2) Direct
staff to notify the West Vector Control District of the Council's decision.
DISCUSSION
Elizabeth Sala is the City's current representative to the Los Angeles County West
Vector Control District Board (Vector Control District). She was originally appointed to
this position by the City Council on December 17, 2013, to serve out a term of office
that ended on December 31, 2014. Council may recall, there was an item on the
December 16, 2014 Council agenda regarding appointments to intergovernmental
organizations, associations and City subcommittees, including the Vector Control
District. Staff recently contacted Ms. Sala and she has expressed interest in continuing
to serve as the City's representative for a two-year term of office.
Staff contacted Robert Saviskas, Executive Director of the Los Angeles County West
Vector Control District Board, regarding the appropriate procedure for this appointment.
He explained that the selection of the representative to the Vector Control District
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Appointment of City Representative to the LA Co West Vector Control District Board
January 6, 2015
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should be made collectively by the Council, per Health and Safety Code Section 2024
(see attached). He noted that the Council has the authority to appoint the
representative for either a two-year or four-year term of office and that the item should
be noticed as a separate agenda item, instead of part of the overall Council
appointments. Further, if the selection was made after the term end (December 31,
2014), the current representative would continue as the official representative to the
Board until an appointment or reappointment was made. It should be noted that Mr.
Saviskas commented positively on Ms. Sala's knowledge and professionalism as the
representative of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. Staff will commemorate the
Council's decision in a letter of notification to the District.
Attachment:
Excerpt from the Health and Safety Code — Applicable Section 2024 highlighted
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 2020-2024
2020. A legislative body of at least five members known as the
board of trustees shall govern every district. The board of trustees
shall establish policies for the operation of the district. The board
of trustees shall provide for the faithful implementation of those
policies which is the responsibility of the employees of the
district.
2021. Within 30 days after the effective date of the formation of a
district, a board of trustees shall be appointed as follows:
(a) In the case of a district that contains only unincorporated
territory in a single county, the board of supervisors shall appoint
five persons to the board of trustees.
(b) In the case of a district that is located entirely within a
single county and contains both incorporated territory and
unincorporated territory, the board of supervisors may appoint one
person to the board of trustees, and the city council of each city
that is located in whole or in part within the district may appoint
one person to the board of trustees. If those appointments result in
a board of trustees with less than five trustees, the board of
supervisors shall appoint enough additional persons to make a board
of trustees of five members.
(c) In the case of a district that contains only unincorporated
territory in more than one county, the board of supervisors of each
county may appoint one person to the board of trustees. If those
appointments result in a board of trustees with less than five
persons, the board of supervisors of the principal county shall
appoint enough additional persons to make a board of trustees of five
members.
(d) In the case of a district that is located in two or more
counties and contains both incorporated territory and unincorporated
territory, the board of supervisors of each county may appoint one
person to the board of trustees, and the city council of each city
that is located in whole or part within the district may appoint one
person to the board of trustees. If those appointments result in less
than five persons, the board of supervisors of the principal county
shall appoint enough additional persons to make a board of trustees
of five members.
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2022. (a) Each person appointed by a board of supervisors to be a
member of a board of trustees shall be a voter in that county and a
resident of that portion of the county that is within the district.
(b) Each person appointed by a city council to be a member of a
board of trustees shall be a voter in that city and a resident of
that portion of the city that is within the district.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law including the
common law doctrine that precludes the simultaneous holding of
incompatible offices, a member of a city council may be appointed and
may serve as a member of a board of trustees if that person also
meets the other applicable qualifications of this chapter.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that persons appointed to
boards of trustees have experience, training, and education in fields
that will assist in the governance of the districts.
(e) All trustees shall exercise their independent judgment on
behalf of the interests of the residents, property owners, and the
public as a whole in furthering the purposes and intent of this
chapter. The trustees shall represent the interests of the public as
a whole and not solely the interests of the board of supervisors or
the city council that appointed them.
2023. (a) The initial board of trustees of a district formed on or
after January 1, 2003, shall be determined pursuant to this section.
(b) The persons appointed to the initial board of trustees shall
meet on the first Monday after 45 days after the effective date of
the formation of the district.
(c) At the first meeting of the initial board of trustees, the
trustees shall classify themselves by lot into two classes, as nearly
equal as possible. The term of office of the class having the
greater number shall expire at noon on the first Monday in January
that is closest to the second year from the appointments made
pursuant to Section 2021. The term of office of the class having the
lesser number shall expire at noon on the first Monday in January
that is closest to the first year from the appointments made pursuant
to Section 2021.
2024. (a) Except as provided in Section 2023, the term of office
for a member of the board of trustees shall be for a term of two or
four years, at the discretion of the appointing authority. Terms of
office commence at noon on the first Monday in January.
(b) Any vacancy in the office of a member appointed to a board of
trustees shall be filled pursuant to Section 1779 of the Government
Code. Any person appointed to fill a vacant office shall fill the
balance of the unexpired term.
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