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TO*, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM Phil Batchelor Contra
County' Administrator
Costa
DATE: April 11., 198& 1 jy I/'�1/
SUBJECT:' Wlal �l�
Legislation: Assembly Evill 3422 (Johnson)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION-
Adopt a position in support of AB 3422 by Assemblyman Johnson
which clarifies a provision of law regarding . the publication of
Board : agendas. to substitute -the word "posted" for "published" in
order to make the requirement consistent with the Ralph M. Brown
Act.
BACKGROUND"'
The Ralph M,. Brown Act (Brown Act) requires that the Board post
an agenda at least 72 hours prior to each regular meeting of the
Board.. However, another section of law, not a part of the Brown
Act, deals with Board meetings which address the issue of
salaries of County employees. This section requires that such
meetings be open -to the public except when the Board is meeting
with its own employee representatives. This section requires
that notice . of: a meeting pertaining to salaries of County
employees be announced at the meeting next preceding the meeting
regarding salaries, or that the notice . be included in the
"regular published agenda of the board" .
Since the Brown Act makes no reference to a "published" agenda,
-AB 3422 amends this latter provision to require that the notice
be included in the '.'regular posted agenda of the board" . By
doing so AB 3422 •. resolves an inconsistency . in State law and
clarifies that the.. Board' s agenda, whether regarding employee
salaries, or any other , matter, need only be "posted" as is
required by the Brown Act.
County Counsel recommends that the Board support AB 3422 and this
office concurs with that recommendation.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT' YES - SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF, COUNTY 'ADMINISTRATOR _ RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
_!•APPROVE _. OTHER
SIGNATURE(S
ACTION OF BOARD ON April 19. 1983 -APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS'
1 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:. ABSTAIN' OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: ATTESTED
County Administrator APR 19 1988
County Counsel
Clerk of the. Board PHIL-BATCHELOR, CLERK OF-THE BOARD OF
Assemblyman Johnson . SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CSAC '
Ralph Heim, Jackson/Barish
BY
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