To: Board of Supervisors
From: Ken Carlson, District IV Supervisor
Report Title: Reconsider the Board’s selection of Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Supervisors for calendar year 2024.
☐Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RECONSIDER the Board’s October 3, 2023, selection of Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Supervisors for calendar year 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
Subsequent to the action on October 3, 2023 of the nomination of 2024 officers, Supervisor Carlson has requested reconsidering of the Vice-Chair.
At the first meeting of each calendar year, the Board of Supervisors reorganizes, updates its rules of procedure, establishes the list of standing and ad hoc committees, appoints Board members to committees, and discusses prior year accomplishments and new year goals and challenges.
Preparation for the annual reorganization meeting requires many weeks of staff effort under the direction of the incoming Board Chair.
Through 2019, the nomination of the Chair and Vice-Chair took place in the first meeting of January with limited discussion. Starting in 2019, the Board of Supervisors changed the timing of nominating the Board’s Chair and Vice-Chair to the fall, usually in the month of September.
The Board’s rules of procedure govern the duties of the Chair and Vice Chair. The Chair serves as presiding officer of the Board; rules on questions of procedure; nominates, subject to full Board approval, representatives to Board committees, among other duties.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Planning and administration of the annual board reorganization may take longer to implement if the 2024 board officers are not decided in the fall of 2023.