To: Board of Supervisors
From: Internal Operations Committee
Report Title: PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT POLICY AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE BYLAWS
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and ADOPT revisions to the Integrated Pest Management Policy and Integrated Pest Management Advisory Committee Bylaws.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
The IOC reviews proposed changes to the bylaws of various advisory bodies to the Board of Supervisors.
The Integrated Pest Management Advisory Committee (IPMAC) recently reviewed its bylaws in the context of the IPM Policy, and has recommended changes, primarily to remove duplicative language between the two documents, to reflect the IPMAC's desire to restore the seat representing the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR), and to designate all seats as voting members. Prior to 2009, the IPM Task Force had a designated UC seat.
An ad hoc IPMAC subcommittee was formed on July 21, 2022 to review potential modifications to the bylaws. That subcommittee met four times from September through November in 2022. Since several portions of the bylaws are also written verbatim in the IPM Policy, the subcommittee proposed edits to that document to eliminate unnecessary duplication. The revisions also added clarity by placing previously duplicative phrases into the most appropriate document.
Various membership arrangements were considered, and IPMAC ultimately approved the version that eliminates the following seats:
? Public Member-Alternate
? Public Works Facilities Director or Designee
? Public Works Deputy Director or Designee
? Health Services Department Representative
The following seats are proposed to be added:
? University of California Representative
? Public Works Director or Designee
Other changes include:
? The designation of all seats as voting seats (currently only public member seats and two staff s...
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