To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: Reclamation District 799 (Hotchkiss Tract) Board of Trustees Appointments
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPOINT, in lieu of election, David Senior to serve on the Board of Trustees of Reclamation District 799 (Hotchkiss Tract) for a term of four years commencing December 2023 and ending December 2027, as recommended by the County Administrator.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
The Board of Supervisors received correspondence from Dina Holder, District Secretary for Reclamation District 799, requesting appointments to the Board of Trustees of the District in lieu of election. Ms. Holder reports that the Board of Trustees of the District, at its regular meeting on July 27, 2023, adopted a resolution to call for an all-mailed ballot election to fill two four-year terms that are set to expire in December 2023. Subsequent to posting the notice calling for nominations, the District received only two filing petitions, one from Richard Kent and one from David Senior. Therefore, the District election scheduled for November 14, 2023 is uncontested and no election will be conducted. The District originally requested that the Board of Supervisors appoint Richard Kent and David Senior to four-year terms each on the Board of Trustees of Reclamation District 799. However, after that request was made Richard Kent submitted his resignation effective immediately. The Board of Supervisors received subsequent correspondence from Dina Holder requesting that the Board of Supervisors thus only appoint David Senior to the Board of Trustees of Reclamation District 799 for a term of four years, commending in December 2023 and ending December 2027.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The proposed nominees to the Board of Trustees for Reclamation District 799 (Hotchkiss Tract) would not be approved, which may hinder the Board of Trustees in ...
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