To: Board of Supervisors
From: Internal Operations Committee
Report Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE PUBLIC LAW LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPOINT Steven Piser to the Member of the Bar seat on the Public Law Library Board of Trustees for the one-year term of January 1 through December 31, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None. The office of trustee is honorary, without salary or other compensation.
BACKGROUND:
The Public Law Library Board of Trustees was established by State law and County Ordinance to maintain a law library in Martinez and a branch library in Richmond. The Board of Trustees is the governing body for the Law Library with the authority to determine personnel, fiscal, and administrative policies to fulfill the legal information needs of the community.
Board Resolution No. 2020/1 requires that applicants for At Large/Non Agency-Specific seats on specified bodies are to be interviewed by a Board subcommittee. The Internal Operations Committee annually reviews the appointment to the Law Library Member of the Bar seat, for which the term expires each December 31.
Staff opened a recruitment for the Member of the Bar seat (see attached media release) and received one application from Steven Piser. While Mr. Piser is not a Contra Costa County resident, he has indicated that he practices law in Contra Costa County as well as several other California counties. Mr. Piser also volunteers for Contra Costa's Lawyer in the Library program, offered through the Public Law Library, in which licensed lawyers volunteer for in-person pro bono consultations.
The IOC interviewed Mr. Piser at its regular meeting on December 9, 2024 and recommends to the Board his appointment. His application and biography are attached for the Board's information.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the Board not approve the recommendation, the County would not be fully represen...
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