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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12052006 - C.31 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTRA FROM: John Cullen, County Administrator COSTA Y .fi DATE: December 5, 2006 ri's,;,�,;. _ ;:>°=� COUNTY a coun+� SUBJECT: Election of Retirement Board Member Alternate SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION(S): Adopt the attached Resolution Nu-mber 2006/744 entitled "In the matter of Election of Retirement Board Member Number 7 Alternate". BACKGROUND: A vacancy has occurred in the member number 7 (alternate) seat on the Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association Board due to the retirement of the incumbent Louis Kroll, Safety Member. The attached Resolution provides for the election of a qualified individual to fill this office for the remainder of the former incumbent's three-year term ending June 30, 2008. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR_RECOMMENDATION OF 7ARD COMMITTEE __APPROVE _OTHER SIGNATURE(S): 4.,,. kAe ACTION OF BOA N =6APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OT ER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS / I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A `� UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ON MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF D(S-1P4Cr 31C SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED`I)E(y,rr` g 5. '-^"v"-' CONTACT: Toni Warren 646-5741 JOHN CULLEN,CLERK O THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR cc: CAO County Clerk—Elections Division Retirement Board B ,DEPUTY Louis Kroll THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Resolution on December 5, 2006 by the following vote: AYES: SUPERVISORS PIEPHO, UILKEMA, GLOVER, AND GIOIA NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE DISTRICT IV SEAT VACANT f SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF ELECTION ) OF RETIREMENT BOARD MEMBER ) NUMBER 7 ALTERNATE ) Resolution No. 2006/744 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RESOLVES THAT: 1. The office of the following member of the Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association Board has become vacant due to the retirement of the incumbent: Member Number Name 7 (Alternate) Louis Kroll, Safety Member The safety members of the Retirement Association may elect someone to fill this office for the remainder of the former incumbent's three-year term ending June 30, 2008, as provided below. 2. Government Code Section 31520.1 provides in part: "The alternate member shall be that candidate, if any,for the seventh member from the group under Section 31470.2 or 31370.4,which is not represented by a board member who received the highest number of votes of all candidates in that group." The seventh board member is from the group under Section 31470.4 (fire suppression.) The alternate member candidates must be from the group under Section 31470.2: "All sheriffs, under sheriffs, chief deputies sheriff,jailers, turnkeys, deputies sheriffs, bailiffs, constables, deputies constable, motorcycle officers, aircraft pilots, heads and assistant heads of all divisions of the office of the sheriff, detectives and investigators in the office of the district attorney, marshals and all regularly appointed deputy marshals are eligible. 3. Nominations shall be on forms provided by the County Clerk and filed in that office not later than 5 p.m. on January 5, 2007. The Clerk shall have ballots printed with the nominee's names and with blank spaces for write-in candidates. The Clerk shall have a ballot mailed no later than March 5, 2007 to each member of the Retirement Association who are members as of February 1, 2007 with a ballot envelope in which to enclose the ballot when voted, imprinted "Retirement Board Ballot" or similar words, together with a "return postage guaranteed" envelope addressed to the County Clerk for mailing the ballot envelope to that office, and with instructions that the ballot shall be marked and returned to the County Clerk before 5 p.m. on election day. (See No. 4 below.) 4. Election Day is hereby fixed as Tuesday, April 3, 2007. Any ballot reaching the County Clerk's Office after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 shall be voided and not counted. 5. Notice of election and nomination procedure shall be given by the Clerk by publishing a copy of this resolution at least once in the Contra Costa Times,West Contra Costa Times, San Ramon Valley Times, and the Ledger Post Dispatch at least ten days before the last day for receiving nominations. (See No. 3 above.) 6. On Wednesday, April 4, 2007 the County Clerk shall cause all valid ballots to be publicly opened, counted, and tallied by an Election Board, which shall forthwith certify the return to this Board; and this Board shall declare the winners elected, or arrange for a run-off election in case of a tie. 7. If the County Clerk receives no valid nominations for this position, he shall so inform this Board which shall call a new election therefore; and if the Clerk receives only one nomination for this position, he shall so notify this Board which shall declare that person elected to that position. Orig.Dept: Employees'Retirement Association Contact Person: Toni Warren 646-5741 1 hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the cc: County Administrator Board of Supervisors on the date shown. County Clerk—Elections Division Retirement Board ATTESTED: Louis Kroll dett0 11_ 2Z6 JOHN CULLEN,Clerk of thd Board of Supervisors and County Administrator By:y Deputy RESOLUTION NO. 2006/744