DATE: September 10, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Brandi L. Orth, County Clerk/Registrar of Voters
SUBJECT: Board Appointments to Firebaugh Resource Conservation District's Board of Directors
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Consider candidates and appoint directors to the Firebaugh Resource Conservation District Board of Directors. Wyatt McBee and Wayne Gowens terms expiring in 2022, and Wayne Western term expiring in 2020.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the Fresno County Board of Supervisors to appoint three directors to the Firebaugh Resource Conservation District (Firebaugh RCD) Board. The Firebaugh Resource Conservation District (RCD) is governed by the California Public Resources Code ("PRC"). Records indicate the District has been inactive since at least 2007, and possibly as far back as 2002. The five (5) prior board of directors members' terms have since expired. The Firebaugh RCD five (5) member board of directors are elected to serve a staggered four-year term. This item pertains to District 1.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the recommended action is not approved, the Firebaugh RCD would be unable to conduct business due to lack of quorum. California Government Code section 1780, subdivision (h)(1)(2), which provides, in relevant part: (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if the number of remaining members of the district board falls below a quorum, then at the request of ... a remaining member of the district board, the appropriate board of supervisors ... shall promptly appoint a person to fill the vacancy. (2) The board of supervisors ... shall only fill enough vacancies by appointment or by election to provide the district board with a quorum.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action.
DISCUSSION:
Resource Conservation Districts are governed by the California Public Resources Code ("PRC"). Under PRC section 9314 and 9316, the Board o...
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