HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12151998 - C34 ORDINANCE NO. 98- 46
(Establishment of County Children and Families First
Commission - Proposition 10)
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows (omitting the
parenthetical footnotes from the official text from the enacted or amended provisions of
the County Ordinance Code).
SECTION_1. Chapter 26-14 is added to the County Ordinance Code to,read:
Chapter 26-14-Children and Families
First Commission
26-X4.002 Purpose and Atathority. This chapter provides for the
establishment of Contra Costa County's Children and Families First Commission to
implement the provisions of Proposition 10 adopted on November 3, 1998 and its
Division 108 (commencing with Section 130100) added to the Health and Safety Code.
(Ord. 98--4L6§ 1.)
26-14.004 EstabUshment and Appointment. The children and families first
commission is established and shall have nine members appointed by the board of
supervisors.
(Ord. 98- 46 § 1: HAS.C. § 130140(a)(1)(A).)
2 4.00fa Composition. County commission members shall be appointed as
follows:
(a) One member of the county commission shall be a member of the
beard of supervisors.
(b) Two members of the county,commission shall be from among the
county health officer and persons responsible for management of
the following county functions: children's services, public health
services, behavioral health services, social services, and tobacco
and other substance abuse prevention and treatment services.
(c) The remaining members of the county commission shall be from
among the persons described in subsection (b) and persons from
the following categories:
(1) Recipients of project services included in the county
strategic plan;
(2) Educators specializing in early childhood development;
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(3) Representatives of a local child care resource or referral
agency, or a local child care coordinating group;
(4) Representatives of a local organization for prevention or
early intervention for families at risk;
(5) Representatives of community-based organizations that
have the goal of promoting nurturing and early childhood
development;
(6) Representatives of local school districts; and,
(7) Representatives of local medical, pediatric, or obstetric
associations or societies.
(8) Representatives of local mental health organizations.
(Ord. 98-�6 1.)
26-14.008 Terms. Commissioners shall be appointed for terms of four years,
and are subject to removal during their terms by the board at its pleasure.
(Ord. 98- 46 § 1.)
26-14.010 Organization and meetings. (a) The commission shall meet at
least every quarter and more often as necessary to perform and complete its duties as
required this chapter and law. The commission shall select its chair, and shall adopt, by
a majority vote, such rules as it shall deem expedient for the conduct of its business.
(b) The commission may establish standing or ad hoc committees of its member.
(c)All meetings of the commission shall be public except as provided by law.
(Ord. 98- 46 §1.)
26-14.012 Per diem and expense reimbursement.
Members of commission shall not be compensated for their services, except they
shall be paid reasonable per diem as fixed by board order and reimbursement of
reasonable expenses for attending meetings and discharging other official
responsibilities as authorized by the commission.
(Ord. 987 46 § 1.)
26-14.014 Plan adoption and state guidelines.
The commission shall adopt an adequate and complete county strategic plan for
the support and improvement of early childhood development within the county, The
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county strategic plan shall be consistent with, and in furtherance of the purposes of, the
California Children and Families First Act of 1998 and any guidelines adopted by the
state commission pursuant to subdivision (b) of the Health and Safety Code Section
134125 that are in effect at the time the county plan is adopted.
(Ord. 98 rE §1.)
26-14.016 plan content and adoption hearing.
(a) The county strategic plan shall, at a minimum, include descriptions
of the following:
(1) The goals and objectives proposed to be attained;
(2) The programs, services, and projects proposed to be
provided, sponsored, or facilitated; and
(3) How measurable outcomes of such programs, services, and
projects will be determined by the county commission using
appropriate reliable indicators.
(b) The county strategic plan shall not be deemed adequate or
complete until and unless the plan describes how programs,
services, and projects relating to early childhood development
within the county will be integrated into a consumer-oriented and
easily accessible system.
(c) The county commission shall conduct at least one public hearing on
its proposed county strategic plan before the plan is adopted.
(Ord. 98- 46§ 1.)
26-14.018 Annual plan review and revisions.
The commission shall, on at least an annual basis, periodically review its adopted
county strategic plan and revise the plan as may be necessary or appropriate. The
commission shall conduct at least one public hearing on its periodic review of the county
strategic plan before any revisions to the plan are adopted.
(Ord. 98---46§1)
26-14.020 State commission submittals. The commission in a timely
manner shall submit its adopted county strategic plan, and any subsequent revisions
thereto, to the state commission.
(Ord. 98-.t,� § 1.)
26-14.022 Annual audit reports ar)dhearings.
(a) County annual audit report. The commission in a timely manner
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shall prepare and adopt an annual audit and report pursuant to
Y Health and Safety Code section 130150. The commission shall
conduct at least one public hearing prior to adopting any annual
audit and report.
(b) State annual audit report. The county commission in a timely
manner shall conduct at least one public hearing on each annual
report by the state commission prepared pursuant to subdivision (b)
of section 130150 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Ord. 98--46. § 1.)
22-14M2 Local trust fund. The local Children and Families First Trust Fund
is hereby created and established in the Contra Costa County Treasury. Moneys
deposited in this trust fund shall be expended only for the purposes authorized by the
California Children and Families First Act of 1998 (Health and Safety Code §§ 130100
ff.) and in accordance with the commission approved county strategic plan.
(Ord. 98--A6 § 1: H.&S.C. § 1301'05(d)(2)(A).)
SECTIO I)�ll. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after
passage, and within 15days of passage shall be published once with the names of the
Supervisors voting for and against it in the Contra Costa Times, a newspaper of
general circulation published in this County.
PASSED ON December 15, 1998 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Uilkema, Gerber, DeSaulnier, Canciamilla, and. Rogers
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors and County Administrator
By: t�,-c.- ,.. r� - .
Deputy Clerk Bo rd Chair
[SEAL]
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