HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02231988 - IO.4 TO. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: t,JVI ltra
INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Costa
DATE: February 22, 1988
' @ SUBJECT: Appointment to the Human Relations Commission
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) a BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1 . Direct County Counsel to prepare an ordinance expanding the
Human Relations Commission from 15 to 17 members and return
the ordinance to the Board March 1 for introduction.
2 . Indicate the intent of the Board to appoint the following
individuals to the Human Relations Commission and direct the
Clerk of the Board to schedule these appointments on the
Consent calendar for April 12, 1988 :
o To the existing vacancy for a term expiring
November 4, 1990:
Wendell H. Williams
67 Orchard Estates Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94,598
o To one of the newly created seats, for a term
expiring November 4 , 1990 :
Kenneth R. Stanley
1013 Chadwick Circle
Pittsburg, CA 94565
o To one of the newly created seats, for a term
expiring November 4, 1989: .
Ronald R. Reagan
363 Kinross Dr.
Walnut Creek, , CA 94598
3 . Indicate the Board' s intent to make every effort to appoint
more women to the Human Relations Commission as vacancies
occur on the Commission.
4 . Remove this item as a referral to our Committee.
e
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT. YES SIGNATURE:
_ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR —X— RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S1: Sunne W. McPeak p .Tom Torlakson
ACTION OF BOARD ON 'February. 23, 1988 .7PPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER X
REFERRED back to the Internal Operations Committee.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT, THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I, III AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED _ V7
Chairman, HRC
�?3_,_/98�
Fred Persily, Interim Director,- HRCPHIL BATCHELOR- LERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY (a�� ,DEPUTY
M382/7-83 -
Page 2
BACKGROUND:
As the Board is aware, there is currently one vacancy on the
Human Relations Commission. Several candidates have been
interviewed both by a subcommittee of the Commission and by the'
1987 Internal Operations Committee. There is general agreement
that Mr. Williams would be an outstanding addition to the
Commission bringing, as he does, the unique perspectives of the
private sector as well as many years of personal commitment to
the field of human rights.
At the same time, our Committee believes that the gay community
and the fundamentalist religious community should also be
represented on the Commission. In an effort to resolve this
dilemma we have agreed to recommend the expansion of the
Commission in order to permit the appointment of Mr. Stanley and
Mr. Reagan.
Our Committee is sensitive to the concerns which have been
expressed by some members of the Commission that expanding the
Commission can establish a precedent where there will be pressure
in the future to expand the Commission to meet the needs of other
groups. We are also sensitive to the concern that this expansion
will dilute the representation of women on the Commission.
It is our Committee' s clear intent that this expansion be the
single instance in which the Commission is expanded. In
addition, we have specifically asked that the .Board declare its
intent to appoint more women to the Commission in the future as
vacancies occur.