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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 11191996 - D10 D. 9 & D. 10 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on November 19, 1996 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Bishop, DeSaulnier, Torlakson and Smith NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None - ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUBJECT; Kensington Solid Waste and Recycling Committee Establishment and Appointments IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that item of the recruitment process to appoint five Kensington residents to the Kensington Solid Waste and Recycling Committee and the item of the establishment of an advisory committee, consistent with the provisions of the Franchise Agreement for solid waste collection in Kensington are DELETED from Board consideration on this date; and Community Development staff, working with Supervisor Rogers, is DIRECTED to report on a selection mechanism for the sub committee and include the comments of the Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District (KCSD) on the recruitment process and the audit issue when these items are again before the Board; and Community Development staff is REQUESTED to write to the KCSD and solicit their input on those issues . CC : Community Development Department County Counsel County Administrator KCSD 1 hereby cater Mat thls Is a true and eerrecf spy of an action taken and entered on the mMu6ea 76011 (Board of Su sora on UP date sham. ATTESTED PHIL �CNAco} BY ��1 a D, Io TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HARVEY BRAGDON Contra FROM: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR f Costa O'0 s . County DATE: November 13, 1996 c°sr.....cou SUBJECT: ESTABLISH THE KENSINGTON SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING COMMITTEE SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. ESTABLISH the Kensington Solid Waste and Recycling Committee (Committee) effective January 1, 1997, as is required by Section 14 of the recently approved Franchise Agreement with Bay View Refuse and Recycling Services, Inc. for solid waste collection in the Kensington area, as an advisory committee to the Community Development Director and Board of Supervisors, with the following characteristics: ..A. The Committee shall have five members. B. If it wishes to do so, the Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District (District) may nominate two individuals to serve on the Committee. C. The terms of office for all members of the Committee shall be four years, beginning January 1, 1997, except that the initial members appointed shall draw lots so that the term of one member shall expire December 31, 1997, one shall expire December 31, 1998, one shall expire December 31, 1999 and two shall expire December 31, 2000, and every four years thereafter. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATOR . RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION 4FIOARD COMMI EE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON Nnvpmher 19,1 9913 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: AB IN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED Contact: PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF CC: SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR See Page 3 BY DEPUTY D. All appointments shall be made by the Board of Supervisors. The nominations from the District shall be made directly to the Board of Supervisors. The other three seats (or five seats if the District does not make any nominations) shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors from nominations made by the Board's Internal Operations Committee and for this purpose REFER this matter to the 1997 Internal Operations Committee. E. The Internal Operations Committee may do whatever recruitment, screening, and interviewing it wishes to do in order to arrive at its nominations. F. There shall be no compensation for serving on the Committee. G. Any necessary staff support to the Committee shall be provided by the Community Development Director. H. The Committee shall sunset effective December 31, 2000, unless its existence is continued by action of the Board of Supervisors. 2. DIRECT the Community Development Director to advertise the availability of these seats through a press release, the use of the CCTV Bulletin Board, and such other methods as may appear to be appropriate to permit interested residents of Kensington to know of and apply for a seat on the Committee in a timely manner. 3. RESTRICT membership on the Committee as follows: A. All applicants must be residents of Kensington. B. No current member of the Civil Grand Jury may be a member of the Committee; C. No employee of the Community Development Department who has as a portion of his or her responsibilities oversight of solid waste matters may be a member of the Committee. 4. AUTHORIZE the Committee to undertake the following activities: A. Review local service interests and needs, recycling and diversion programs, household hazardous materials programs, and the performance of the Contractor in the Kensington Franchise Area and under the Franchise Agreement; B. Participate in rate review; and C. Advise and provide recommendations to the Community Development Director and the Board of Supervisors on any such matters. 5. DIRECT the Committee to provide public notice of its meetings, REQUIRE that all meetings of the Committee be open to the public, and REQUIRE the Committee to comply with all applicable provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act and the County's Better Government Ordinance, both as amended from time to time. -2- 6. DIRECT the Committee to make an annual report to the Board of Supervisors on its activities during the month of December, including any recommendations the Committee wishes the Board of Supervisors to consider. BACKGROUND: The recently approved Franchise Agreement for solid waste collection in Kensington requires the establishment of a Kensington Solid Waste and Recycling Committee as a five-member Committee and provides the Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District with the right to nominate two of the members of the Committee. The Franchise Agreement also defines the role of the Committee. Staff is, therefore, recommending that the Committee be established as outlined above to be consistent with the terms of the Franchise Agreement and the Board's exi"sting policies relating to advisory boards, committees and commissions. cc: County Administrator Community Development Director County Counsel Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District Executive Director, CCTV -3-