Honorable Mayor and Members of the Hermosa Beach City Council Regular Meeting of January 8, 2019
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APPOINTMENT OF CITY REPRESENTATIVE
TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY WEST VECTOR AND
VECTOR-BORNE CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD
(City Clerk Elaine Doerfling)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
City Clerk recommends that the City Council appoint a Hermosa Beach representative to the Los Angeles County West Vector and Vector-Borne Control District Board for the January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020 two-year term.
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Background:
In June 2018, the Beach Cities Health District asked the Council to consider appointing a City representative to the Los Angeles County West Vector and Vector-Borne Control District Board.
The City Council took the following actions at its September 17, 2018 meeting:
§ Appointed Councilmember Duclos to serve as the City’s representative to the L.A. County West Vector and Vector-Borne Control District Board for the remainder of the preset two-year term ending December 31, 2018; and
§ Authorized the City Clerk to advertise and request applications from Hermosa Beach residents, who are also registered voters, interested in serving on the Board as the City’s representative for the next preset two-year term of January 2019 through December 2020.
As the City Clerk reported in the recruitment status report presented at the December 11 Council meeting, no resident applications were received by the December 3 filing deadline. During discussion at the December 11 meeting, it was suggested that Councilmembers actively recruit bona fide residents and registered voters of Hermosa Beach and that the City Clerk’s office accept late applications. To date, none have been received.
The Council has the option to re-appoint Councilmember Duclos, if he agrees to another term, or any other Councilmember willing to serve as the City’s representative for the 2019-2020 two-year term. The appointment of any Councilmember would not be affected if the appointee opted not to run for another City Council term in next year’s municipal election. Members of the City Council qualify for consideration to serve as trustee only because they are both residents and registered voters of Hermosa Beach. As verified by Robert Saviskas, Executive Director, LA County West Vector and Vector-Borne Control District Board, the change in status from Councilmember to resident would not require Council action, but merely a change to the City’s records.
General Plan Consistency:
This report and associated recommendations have been evaluated for their consistency with the City’s General Plan. Relative policies re listed below:
Governance Element:
o 2.6 Responsive to Community Needs. Continue to be responsive to community inquiries, providing public information and recording feedback from community interactions.
o 4.3 Collaboration with Adjacent Jurisdictions. Maintain strong collaborative relationships with adjacent jurisdictions and work together on projects of mutual interest and concerns.
Fiscal Impact:
The total cost for the advertisements in the Easy Reader on September 27, 2018 and October 25, 2018 was $215.25.
Attachment:
1. Trustee Information Sheet
Respectfully Submitted by: Linda Abbott, Deputy City Clerk
Concur: Elaine Doerfling, City Clerk
Noted for Fiscal Impact: Viki Copeland, Finance Director
Concur: Suja Lowenthal, City Manager