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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08061985 - 2.7 i a,-7 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: � ��� Phil Batchelor, County Administrator ��Cwa DATE: August 1, 1985 County SUBJECT: Request to Call Special Election for Mt. Diablo Hospital District SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: Pursuant t10 the requirements of Chapter 382, Statutes of 1985 , and in response to the request of the Mt. Diablo Hospital District that a special election be called for November 5, 1985 for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether the Mt. Diablo Hospital District shall be dissolved and its assets transferred to a nonprofit corporation, call the special election, order the election consolidated with any other election held on that date, and request the County Clerk to perform all usual and customary duties regarding elections in connection with the special election of the District, jall costs of the election to be paid by the Mt. Diablo Hospital District, pursuant to Chapter 382 , Statutes of 1985 . BACKGROUND: r AB 1015, which was co-authored by Senator Boatwright, was signed by the Governor July 30 , 1985 and has been chaptered as Chapter 382 , Stati'tes of 1985 . AB 1015 enacts an uncodified section which requires the Board of Supervisors to call a special election to be held on November 5 , 1985 uponj;the request of the Hospital District. The Board has received the required request from the Mt. Diablo Hospital District and is, therefore, required to take the action recommended above. This language goes on to state that: "Neither the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County nor the Contra Costa County Local Agency Formation Commission shall have any authority, power, or duty to review and approve or disapprove with or without amendment, wholly, partially, or conditionally theproposal to dissolve Mt. Diablo Hospital District. " County Counsel has, in view of this language, indicated to this office that the calling of the special election is a purely ministerial act required to be taken pursuant to AB 1015 . I CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE X APPROVE li OTHER SIGNATURE(S) G�� L �4�� ACTION OF BOARD ON August APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _X OTHER I i i VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: 2 , 3. 4, 5 NOES: none AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: nolle ABSTAIN: 1 AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD County Administrator OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. County Counsel CC: County Clerk ATTESTED Gl Audi tor-Control ler - - -- 43 PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Mt. Dlabfo Hosp. District SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Senator Dan Boatwright `— --- -- ties.of Concord & Pleasant Hill o M382/7-83 iectlons BY — DEPUTY