To: Board of Supervisors
From: Internal Operations Committee
Report Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE TREASURY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
☐Recommendation of the County Administrator ☒ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPOINT Mari Beraz to the Board of Supervisors Alternate Representative seat on the Treasury Oversight Committee to complete the current term that will expire on April 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact. Members of the Treasury Oversight Committee receive no compensation for their service.
BACKGROUND:
Board Resolution Nos. 2020/1 and 2020/2 stipulate that applicants for At Large/Non Agency-Specific seats on specified bodies are to be interviewed by a Board subcommittee. The Resolutions further permit a Board Committee to select a screening committee to assist in interviewing applicants for appointment. Upon review of the eligible seats, the Internal Operations Committee (IOC) made a determination that it would conduct interviews for At Large seats on the following bodies: Retirement Board, Fire Advisory Commission, Integrated Pest Management Advisory Committee, Planning Commission, Treasury Oversight Committee, Airport Land Use Commission, and the Fish & Wildlife Committee; and that screening and nomination fill At Large seats on all other eligible bodies would be delegated each body or a subcommittee thereof.
The Treasury Oversight Committee is responsible for reviewing the County's investment policy, monitoring the performance of County investments, and reporting to the Board of Supervisors. The Committee is composed of seven statutory members and three alternates: County Superintendent of Schools or designee, a representative and an alternate of the Board of Supervisors or their designees, one representative and one alternate elected by a majority of the school and community college districts; one representative and one alternate elected by a majority of the special districts, three public members nominated by the County Treasurer and confirmed by the Board.
The Treasurer-Tax Collector recently recruited to fill vacancies in the BOS Representative and Public #3 seats. At its April 8 meeting, the IOC decided to recommend, and the BOS later approved, the appointment of Kenneth Miller to the BOS Representative seat, thereby vacating the BOS Alternate Representative seat; and Steven Quinly to the Public #3 seat. No additional applications were received following the posting of the BOS Alternate Representative vacancy.
The following applicants from the initial recruitment were invited to interview with the IOC at its regular meeting on May 13:
Michael Albers (Concord)
Floy Andrews (Richmond)
Mari Beraz (Brentwood)
Dallas Elliott (Walnut Creek)
Gaurab Hazarika (Danville)
Hector Reyes Erazo (Brentwood)
Bruce Yow (El Cerrito)
Applicants were advised that if they could not attend, they would be considered on the basis of the information in their applications.
On May 13, the IOC interviewed four applicants: Floy Andrews, Mari Beraz, Gaurab Hazarika and Bruce Yow and recommends the appointment of Mari Beraz to the BOS Alternate Representative seat, to complete the current term that will expire on April 30, 2026.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the Board not approve the recommendation, a new recruitment would need to be conducted to fill the vacant seat.