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DATE:
SUBJECT:
DEPARTMENT
Agenda Item:
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by
December 14, 2010
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Patrick Bryant
APPOINTMENT OF CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GREATER LOS ANGELES
VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT
City Manager's Office
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council reappoint Robert Newman, Director of Public Works, to the Greater Los Angeles
Vector Control District Board to represent the City of Santa Clarita for a two-year term.
BACKGROUND
The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District is a non -enterprise, independent special
district, which acts as a public health agency as a result of legislation incorporated in the
California State Health and Safety Code. The District's objective is to protect the health of the
public from vectors, which are considered to be any animal or insect that is capable of
transmitting disease or is a public health nuisance. The District is comprised of 34 cities from
Long Beach to Santa Clarita and. unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County including
Stevenson Ranch and Castaic. To properly represent all areas of Los Angeles County, the Board
of Trustees is comprised of members from each individual city within the District.
The minimum qualifications for the position require the person to be appointed by the City
Council, to be a resident voter of the representative city within the vector control district, and
serve a minimum two-year term or a maximum four-year term. The board member's duties and
responsibilities include setting policy, establishing the budget, approving expenditures, and
retaining legal counsel. The regularly scheduled board meetings are held on the second Thursday
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of each month starting at 7:00 p.m. at the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District
headquarters in Santa Fe Springs. ,
On February 24, 2009, Council appointed Robert Newman, Director of Public Works, to
represent the City of Santa Clarita for a two-year term. Mr. Newman's term is set to expire
January 3, 2011.
Pursuant to Section 2024 of the California Health and Safety Code governing the dates of term of
office of members appointed to the Board of Trustees, the Council may consider reappointing
Trustee Newman, or appointing a new trustee for either a two of four-year term of the office,
commencing at noon on January 3, 2011.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Do not reappoint Robert Newman to represent the City of Santa Clarita as a member of the
Greater Los Angeles Vector Control District Board of Trustees and appoint a new trustee for
either a two or four-year term of office.
2. Other action as determined by the Council
FISCAL IMPACT
Approval of the recommended action will have no impact to the Adopted FY 10-11 Annual
Budget.
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