DATE: December 3, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Nathan Magsig, Supervisor, District 5
Paul Nerland, County Administrative Officer
SUBJECT: Receive Recommendation regarding the Dunlap Cemetery District
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Direct staff to continue to work with the Dunlap Cemetery District to find two volunteers for the district's Board of Trustees until June 30, 2025, and if no qualified volunteers are found, Direct staff to bring back to the Board of Supervisors a different recommendation by August 5, 2025.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will receive the recommendation of and provide direction to staff to continue working with the Dunlap Cemetery District residents to find two qualified volunteers for the Dunlap Cemetery District Board of Trustees (District Board). This item pertains to a location within District 5.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may choose not to accept staff's recommendation and provide alternative direction to staff for the County of Fresno's response and actions to the situation at the District.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase to Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions.
DISCUSSION:
The District is an independent district governed by a Board of Trustees (District Board) that are appointed by the Fresno County Board Supervisor representing District 5. The District Board for has a total of three (3) trustee seats appointed to four-year terms. The District is located in the eastern portion of the County of Fresno. The infrastructure of the District consists of one three-acre cemetery facility that contains one low-maintenance building. The District's boundaries are rather complex and encompass the Dunlap area, within the upper portion of the Sierra Nevada foothills. According to the last Municipal Service Review (MSR) done by the Fresno Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) in 2017, the District service area consists of an estimated 1,654 population.
The District has ope...
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