EQUITY COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: September 18, 2023
Subject: Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity Member Interview
Submitted For: Equity Committee
Department: County Administrator
Referral No:
Referral Name: ACEEO Appointments
Presenter: Antoine Wilson, EEO Officer
Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-655-2057
Referral History:
The Board of Supervisors makes appointments to two distinct types of seats on its advisory bodies. The following process will be followed for appointments to these two types of seats:
Type 1: Supervisorial District Appointments: Applications may be delivered to either the Clerk of the Board or to the District Supervisor's office. Applications received by a Supervisor's office are to be sent to the Clerk of the Board, and a copy is to be retained by the Supervisor's office. The Clerk of the Board will ensure that the Supervisor has a copy of all applications originally filed with the Clerk of the Board.
Type 2: At Large/Countywide Appointments: Applications are sent to the Clerk of the Board. The Clerk of the Board will distribute the applications to the appropriate interviewer. With the exception of the Planning Commission and the Treasury Oversight Committee, bodies may generally conduct their own interviews of applicants, unless provided direction by a Board Committee. When an advisory body conducts interviews, the body's recommendation will be provided to a Board Committee for further review, along with all applications received for the applicable seat. In all cases, the Board Committee decides which applicants to nominate for full Board action.
The ACEEO falls under Type 2.
Referral Update:
The Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity (ACEEO) assists with the implementation of the County's Equal Employment Opportunities and Contracting Programs and serves as an advisory committee to the Board of Supervisors. The Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Council is composed of thirteen (13) members appointed by the Board of Supervisors. Four (4) members of the Advisory Council shall be representative of the community; (3) members shall be representative of employee organizations; two (2) members shall be representative of County management; one (1) member shall be representative of education; one (1) member shall be representative of the disability community; (1) member shall be representative of the business community; and one (1) member shall be representative of veterans.
For many years, the Internal Operations Committee served as the reviewing committee for ACEEO nominations; however, the mission of the Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity (ACEEO) is more consistent with the Board's Equity Committee, which is now designated as the reviewing committee for ACEEO nominations to the following seats:
Community Member Seats 1, 2, 3, and 4
Education Member
Business Member
Labor-Trade Member
Veterans
Disability
Union Member Seats 1 and 2
The process for the above seats is that the Equal Employment Officer conducts recruitment for membership, the ACEEO or a subcommittee thereof would screen/interview applications or candidates, and then forward its nominations to the Equity Committee for consideration and possible recommendation to the Board of Supervisors.
There is a vacancy on the ACEEO for the Community Seat #1, which expires November 30, 2023. Mr. Bolston James has expressed an interest in filling the seat and has attended several ACEEO meetings as a member of the public. His application is Attachment A. The ACEEO Member Roster is Attachment B.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
INTERVIEW candidate Bolston James for the vacant Community Seat #1 on the Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity and make a recommendation on appointment to the Board of Supervisors.
Fiscal Impact (if any):