To: Board of Supervisors
From: Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Report Title: APPOINTMENT TO THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MERIT BOARD
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
REAPPOINT Dennis Reigle to the District II Seat on the Contra Costa County Merit Board for a four-year term with an expiration date of June 30, 2029, as recommended by Supervisor Candace Andersen.
FISCAL IMPACT:
NONE
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa County Merit Board consists of five (5) residents of Contra Costa County who are neither County or District employees nor employees of any organization representing County or District employees. Merit Board members shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors. They are given the following powers and duties:
• The Merit Board shall hear and make final determinations on: appeals from orders and actions of dismissal; suspension; or reduction in rank or compensation unless alternative jurisdiction is conferred by the board of supervisors. When it is given such jurisdiction by the Board of Supervisors, it may decide discrimination complaints and other matters.
• It shall hear and make recommended determinations on other matters, when it is given jurisdiction of such matters by the Board of Supervisors.
• The Merit Board as a whole shall monitor the operation of the County Personnel Management System including the Merit System and report its recommendations from time to time to the Board of Supervisors.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The seat will be vacant and District 2 will not be represented.