To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: APPROVE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR AUDITOR-CONTROLLER
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE process for appointment to vacant office of Auditor-Controller, effective March 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The cost of staff time to conduct recruitment.
BACKGROUND:
On December 13, 2024, Robert Campbell informed the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator of his intent to retire from the office of County Auditor-Controller, effective March 30, 2025. The current term of office for Auditor-Controller began on January 2, 2023, and expires January 4, 2027. Government Code section 25304 requires the Board of Supervisors to appoint someone to fill the vacancy. The person appointed to fill the vacancy will hold the office for the unexpired term; that is, until noon on January 4, 2027.
The Board has used the following process in the past when filling elective office vacancies, appointing the Clerk-Recorder in 2012 and 2019, the District Attorney in 2017, and the Treasurer-Tax Collector in 2024:
* Establishing a period for accepting applications;
* Review qualified applications at a public meeting after the filing deadline;
* Publicly identify the applicants Board wishes to interview;
* Conduct public interviews.
It has been the Board's practice to obtain criminal history information under the authority of Penal Code section 11105(b)(11), before filing a vacancy in an elective office. This allows the County to verify that the person selected is not disqualified from holding office by Constitutional or state statute. The Board also has asked the selected candidate to provide an economic disclosure statement (Form 700).
Qualifications for Office - Education and Experience (Government Code section 26945) Human Resources will validate that each candidate meets at least one of the following criteria prior to the recruitment:...
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