To: Board of Supervisors
From: Internal Operations Committee
Report Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE COUNTY CONNECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
REAPPOINT Sarah Birdwell to the County Representative seat on the County Connection Advisory Committee to a new term that will expire on June 30, 2028.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
County Connection was formed in 1980 as a Joint Powers Agency under the legal name The Central Contra Costa Transit Authority. Today County Connection provides fixed-route and paratransit bus service throughout the communities of Central Contra Costa County. The County Connection Advisory Committee meets bi-monthly to review, analyze, and advise the County Connection Board of Directors on issues and policies relating to fixed-route and paratransit bus service. Committee members also act as a citizen liaison from the represented jurisdictions.
Prior to 2019, the County Representative seat on the County Connection Advisory Committee had been vacant for many years. In 2019, the Board of Supervisors appointed, at the recommendation of the IOC, Marjorie McWee to the County seat. Ms. McWee resigned her appointment in March 2023 and Sarah Birdwell was appointed to complete the remaining term and to a new term that will expire on June 30.
The current term of the County Representative appointee on the County Connection Advisory Committee will expire on June 30.
For advisory body vacancies, our standard advertising includes:
? Posting a notice in the News Flash section of the homepage for the duration of the nomination period.
? Promoting with a recruitment announcement on CCTV's CountyNet bulletin board
? Emailing to area print/online publications, plus KCBS Radio and KKDV Radio.
The County received one application, from Sarah Birdwell (Walnut Creek), the incumbent since April 2023. As Ms. Birdwell has been an active member of the Advisory...
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