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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 11011988 - 2.2 "� 0 0" TO* ,BOARD OF SUPERVISORS oklo � FIRM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator COt1t!'a @ Cuilty Costa DATE: October 25, 1988 SUBJECT: PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CSAC CONSTITUTION SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: Determine whether the Board wishes to take a position on the attached letter from the County Supervisors Association" of California proposing an amendment to the CSAC Constitution which will be voted on at the Board of Directors meeting in San Diego in November. BACKGROUND: The Board has received the attached letter from the Executive Director of CSAC. Currently CSAC officers are selected on a rotating basis from counties based on the size of the county, Urban, Suburban and Rural. The change which is being proposed would group counties geographically by North, Central and South and officers would be chosen from these geographical groupings on a rotating basis. Currently, Contra Costa County is one of ten counties classified as Urban. Under the new proposal, Contra Costa would be one of 23 Central counties. CSAC has asked that this item be placed on the agenda so the Board can determine what position it wishes its ' representative to take at the Board of Directors meeting next month at the CSAC annual meeting. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER S i GNATURE(S l: ��%7/� ACTION OF BOARD ON November 11 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER X DETERMINED to take no position on the proposed amendment to the CSAC Constitution VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT 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: Each Board T90c Reinber ATTESTED /(a-(/�Ly»� �� f Larry Naake , Executive Director, CSAC PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF County Administrator SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR M382/7-83 BY �.�R.lr ,DEPUTY County SupermoqorsLCorfra cos�a Coun A&"elodtion ��of �y"f�� OCT 18 1988 Office of October 17, 1988 TO: All County Supervisors FROM: Larry E. Naake, Executive Director RE: PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CSAC CONSTITUTION As the CSAC Board of Directors will consider a proposed constitutional amendment at their meeting at the Annual Conference, we are asking each county to place it on its agenda for discussion prior to the Conference. Last year, then CSAC President Kay Ceniceros appointed Kings County Supervisor Les Brown to chair the Blue Ribbon Task Force newly established to review the CSAC structure and bylaws and to recommend changes, if any, to better meet the needs of the Association membership. The product of this study was reviewed by both the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors and was sent to the six regional associations for comment and recommendations. Briefly, the proposal suggests that the CSAC officers be selected geographically rather than by size of county, and retains the present process for selecting the members to the CSAC Executive Committee by Rural, Suburban and Urban sections. The following report outlines an implementation process for the proposal which would begin with the election of the Second Vice President in 1989. Final determination of the initial rotation would be made by the Board of Directors following the 1989 election of officers with a complementary geographic rotation for the next Second Vice President. The enclosed chart lists population figures for each county with total population for each group. Also listed are the percentages of population to total state population and regional association affiliation. A map reflecting the regional groupings accompanies the chart. NOMINATION PROCESS Prior to the Annual Conference, 'all counties would be advised by mail of the geographic groupings of the counties and the process for nomination of the appropriate CSAC officer. This will include a caucus of the three regional groupings for the officer nomination in addition to the Section meetings to nominate Executive Committee members. CSAC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President,BARBARA SHIPNUCK,Monterey County ■ First Vice President,BILL COATES.Plumes County ■ Second Vice Presi- dent,WILLIE KENNEDY,San Francisco ■ Immediate Past President, KAY CENICEROS, Riverside County ■ JUDY ANDREEN, Fresno County ■ MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH,Los Angeles County ■ CRAWFORD BOST,Nevada County ■ ALFRED GINSBURG,Madera County ■ GRANTLAND JOHNSON,Sacramento Coun- ty ■ ZOE LOFGREN,Santa Clara County ■ DON PERATA,Alameda County ■ PETE PETERS,Shasta County ■ MEL VARRELMAN.Napa County ■ LARRY- WALKER,San Bernardino County ■ HARRIETT M.WIEDER,Orange County ■ BRIAN RICHTER,Sacramento County Administrative Officer,Advisor ■ JAMES LINDHOLM,San Luis Obispo County,Advisor ■ LARRY E.NAAKE,Executive Director Sacramento Office / 1100 K Street, Suite 101 / Sacramento, CA 95814-3941 / 916-441-4011 Washington Office / 440 First St., N.W., Suite 503 / Washington, D.C. 20001 / 202-783-7575 ROTATION The annual rotation would be North-Central-South; the first rotation would be determined by the Board of Directors following the election of Officers in 1989 and be geographically complementary to the results of that election; and that subsequent years would continue the rotation North-Central-South. For example: Year of Election Section/Region 2nd VP Ist VP President 1987 Urban 1988 1989 1990 1988 Suburban 1989 1990 1991 1989 Begin New Process 1990 1991 1992 PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL LANGUAGE ARTICLE VII OFFICERS C. ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE•PRESIDENTS 1. Eligibility. Eligibility for the office of President shall be limited each year to members of the Association in one of the three Seetioaq regional groupings of counties, and the same rule shall apply with regard to eligibility for the offices of First Vice President and Second Vice. President, so that each seetfoa Regional Group is represented in one office for the year. Commencing with the •-984 1989 election for Second Vice President,. there shall be an annual rotation between the €•ire--most mei-�•l�a�a•-mad--�ko-#�ivo-�regt-sox •her-a--corral•icy-�k��-�k$-��ba�r-�eo�ie�r: three Regional Groupings each year. Also, eligibility for an office shall be rotated among the beet-io" Regional Groups each, year, so that each Seetioa Regional Group is represented in the office every third year. The Seetiow annual rotation will be North-Central-South with the initial rotation determined by the Board of Directors following the 1989 election for Second Vice President. The initial rotation will be geographically complementary to the results of the Second Vice Presidential selection.4n e-f-€eet-#�F}o-F- �9g� ke>)-be-a�eis�eiaeEl 2. Nomination. The members of a Seetioa-Regional -Group holding positions on the Board of Directors shall meet at the Annual Meeting of the Association and nominate one or more members in the Seetioa--Regional Group for the office to be filled from that &eetioi--Regional Group for the year. Such nominations shall be presented to the President of the Association, who shall place them before the general membership at the Annual Meeting for election. At that time, any member of the Association may place an additional name in nomination for any office, provided that such nominee is a member of the Association and from the Seet6oa-Regional Group to be represented in that office for the year. IMPLEMENTATION The proposal, recommended by the CSAC Blue Ribbon Task Force and approved in concept by the CSAC Executive Committee, was forwarded to the CSAC Board of 4 Directors for discussion at its April 14, 1988 meeting. The Board sent the proposal to the regions for discussion and recommendations. There is a dual process for amending the CSAC Constitution: by resolution at a General Assembly of the membership or by the Board of Directors; both must take place at an annual conference of the Association. Gener 1 Assembly approval requires a quorum of a majority of the Association membership (198 supervisors) with a two-thirds affirmative vote. Any Board of Supervisors maintaining membership in the Association may propose a resolution for consideration by the General Assembly. Board of Director approval requires an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the membership of the Board of Directors (presently 61 members or 41 affirmative votes). In both procedures, a notice of the proposed amendment, including the text thereof, shall be mailed to all members of the Association at least 30 days before the first day of the General Assembly at which the amendment will be considered.. As a constitutional amendment by the General Assembly requires a quorum of 198 supervisors, and CSAC has never had 198 supervisors at a General Assembly, the amendment will be submitted to the CSAC Board of Directors for approval in November. Therefore, each county is asked to place the item on its agenda for discussion prior to the Annual Conference so that their newly appointed Board of Director member may be prepared to act on the proposal at the November 18 meeting in San Diego. The Regional Association Presidents will be asked to report their recommendations to the Board at that time. LEN/MS/m cc: County Administrative Officers Presidents, County Regional Associations PROPOSED REGIONAL GROUPINGS OF COUNTIES • NORTH (23) Population CENTRAL (23) Population S Butte 165,600 U Alameda 1,212,000- R ,212,000R Colusa 15,000 R Alpine 1,200 R Del Norte 19,100 R Amador 23,900 R El Dorado 108,000 R Calaveras 27,900 R Glenn 23,000 U Contra Costa 729,800 S Humboldt 113,200 S Fresno 584,000 R Lake 49,000 R Kings 85,700 R Lassen 24,900 R Madera 78,700 R Mendocino 74,400 S Marin 227,300 R Modoc 9,400 R Mariposa 13,700 S Napa 104,500 S Merced 163,300 R Nevada 70,900 S Monterey 336,300 S Placer 142,800 U Sacramento 916,700 S Plumas 19,400 R San Benito 32,100 S Shasta 132,600 S San Francisco 744,600 R Sierra 3,400 S San Joaquin . 431,000 R Siskiyou 42,500 S San Mateo 615,400 S Sonoma 344,800 U Santa Clara 1,403,300 R Sutter 58,800 S Santa Cruz 218,100 R Tehama 44,700 S Solano 286,000 R Trinity 13,500 S Stanislaus 315,100 S Yolo 125,800 S Tulare 285,700 R Yuba 54,000 R Tuolumne 42,300 TOTAL: 1,759,300 (6.5%) TOTAL: 8,744,100 (32.5%) 0 Urban 5 Urban 7 Suburban 10 Suburban 16 Rural 8 Rural 9 Nor-Cal counties 9 Central Coast counties 8 Sacto. Mother-Lode Counties 6 Sacto. Mother-Lode counties 6 North Coastal Counties 8 San Joaquin Valley counties SOUTH (12) Population S Imperial 108,300. R Inyo 18,000 S Kern 490,900 U Los Angeles 8,292,800 R Mono 9,200 U Orange 2,171,000 U Riverside 864,600 U San Bernardino 1,138,000 U San Diego 2,205,900 S San Luis Obispo 195,100 S Santa Barbara 338,000 S Ventura 615,400 TOTAL: 16,447,400 (61%) 5 Urban 5 Suburban 2 Rural 11 SCRACS counties 1 San Joaquin Valley county CALIFORNIA'S 58 COUNTIES 4��64M OEtt NORT ! ;. SISKIYOU MoOOC + o TFINITY SHASTA LASSEN .f : .. TEHAMA . ' PLUMAS 22 GLENN BUTTE IERRA ' LAKEq POLO E UOLUMh4 CONTRA SAM FRA,4clsco y MONO W MATE SANTA SANTA tt1l CLARA ERCED P ..: 'y?p FRESNO I Nr0 MONTERE ULARf KINGS SAN :4 LUIS OBISPO KERN SAN BEWARDIND SANTA BARBARA LOS VeVrjjRA ANGELES •ti ` RIVERSIDE CRA u, : SAN DIE a IMPERIAL �Et,CO