To: Board of Supervisors
From: Internal Operations Committee
Report Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE LOS MEDANOS HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE
☐Recommendation of the County Administrator ☒ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
REAPPOINT Dennisha Marsh to the At Large seat on the Los Medanos Health Advisory Committee to a new term that will expire on December 31, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
In 2018, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 2018/436, which created the Los Medanos Health Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee) upon the dissolution of the Los Medanos Community Healthcare District. After a series court challenges and appeals, the District effectively dissolved on March 9, 2022. The Board formed the Advisory Committee to identify health disparities within the District's borders and to make recommendations related to a grant program to be conducted in the District's territory.
The current composition of the Advisory Committee calls for (1) one At Large seat, to be interviewed by the Internal Operations Committee (IOC) and recommended to the full Board for appointment. The first Board appointee to the At Large seat on the Advisory Committee was Dennisha Marsh (Pittsburg), to a term that expired on December 31, 2023.
In anticipation of the At Large seat vacancy, staff opened a four-week recruitment in October 2023. There were two applicants: incumbent Dennisha Marsh and Arthur Calbert, both residents of Pittsburg. Their applications are attached for reference.
Both applicants were invited to be interviewed by the IOC at its special meeting on February 2; however, only Dennisha Marsh attended. In consideration of Ms. Marsh’s consistent and active participation during her first term of office, the IOC recommends her reappointment to a new term ending December 31, 2026.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Absent Board approval, the At Large seat will remain vacant and be unrepresented, pending further recruitment.