To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: Declare a vacancy on the LPC
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ACCEPT the resignation of Cathy Roof, DECLARE a vacancy in the Discretionary Appointee #3 - Central/South seat on the Local Planning and Advisory Council for Early Care and Education, and DIRECT the Clerk of the Board to post the vacancy, as recommended by the Contra Costa County Office of Education.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact for this action.
BACKGROUND:
Cathy Roof was reappointed to the Discretionary Appointee #3 Seat on the Local Planning and Advisory Council for Early Care and Education on May 14, 2024 with a term ending April 30, 2027.
The Local Planning and Advisory Council for Early Care and Education (LPC) coordinates programs and services affecting early childcare and education, including recommendations for the allocation of federal funds to local early childcare and education programs. The LPC consists of 20 members: 4 consumer representatives - a parent or person who receives or has received child care services in the past 36 months; 4 child care providers - a person who provides child care services or represents persons who provide child care services; 4 public agency representatives - a person who represents a city, county, city and county, or local education agency; 4 community representatives - a person who represents an agency or business that provides private funding for child care services or who advocates for child care services through participation in civic or community based organizations; and 4 discretionary appointees - a person appointed from any of the above four categories or outside of those categories at the discretion of the appointing agencies. Terms of appointment are 3 years.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to declare the vacancy and to fill the seat will result in reduced public participation.