To: Board of Supervisors
From: Internal Operations Committee
Report Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE MOSQUITO & VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES
☐Recommendation of the County Administrator ☒ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
REAPPOINT Chris Cowen to the At Large 2 seat and Darryl Young to the At Large 3 seat on the Mosquito & Vector Control District Board of Trustees to new four-year terms ending on January 1, 2029.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None to the County. The District provides an expense stipend of $100 per month conditioned upon meeting attendance.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector Control District was established in 1926. The boundaries of the current District are all of Contra Costa County. The District provides Countywide public health services through the control of mosquitoes, rats, skunks, yellowjackets and other vectors. This is important to prevent the transmission of disease and to minimize vector population outbreaks, which would interfere with recreational, residential, agricultural, and industrial activities. The District Board of Trustees meets on the second Monday of every other month at 7 p.m. in Concord.
Of the 22 members of the District Board of Trustees, the Board of Supervisors appoints three to represent the unincorporated area. The Internal Operations Committee (IOC) screens the nominations for the three County seats.
Applicants must be resident electors of the District to be eligible.
Staff recruited to fill two vacancies that will occur on January 6, 2025. Depending on the appointee, terms of office may be either two years for an initial appointment or four years for a reappointment. The current roster of County appointees is shown below.
|
Mosquito & Vector Control District Board of Trustees |
|
Position |
Name |
Start Date |
End Date |
City |
|
Appointee 1 At-Large |
James Pinckney |
3-Jan-23 |
2-Jan-27 |
Alamo |
|
Appointee 2 At-Large |
Chris Cowen |
3-Jan-21 |
2-Jan-25 |
San Pablo |
|
Appointee 3 At-Large |
Darryl Young |
3-Jan-21 |
2-Jan-25 |
San Ramon |
Two applications were received for the two seats, both from the incumbents. The Internal Operations Committee considered, at its regular meeting on December 9, 2024, the applications of the two incumbents, Mr. Cowen and Mr. Young, and recommends their reappointment.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the Board not approve the recommendation, the County would not be fully represented on the Mosquito & Vector Control District Board of Trustees.