INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: May 26, 2026
Subject: CCCFPD ADVISORY FIRE COMMISSION RECRUITMENT
Submitted For: Monica Nino
Department: County Administrator
Referral No: 26/3
Referral Name: Advisory Body Recruitment
Presenter: Diana Oyler
Contact: Diana.Oyler@cao.cccounty.us
Referral History:
Board Resolution No. 2026/132, stipulates that applicants for At Large/Non Agency-Specific seats on specified bodies are to be interviewed by a Board subcommittee. The Resolutions further permit a Board Committee to select a screening committee to assist in interviewing applicants for appointment. Upon review of the eligible seats, the IOC made a determination that it would conduct interviews for At Large seats on the following bodies: Retirement Board, Fire Advisory Commission, Integrated Pest Management Advisory Committee, Planning Commission, Treasury Oversight Committee, Airport Land Use Commission, and the Fish & Wildlife Committee; and that screening and nomination fill At Large seats on all other eligible bodies would be delegated each body or a subcommittee thereof.
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Advisory Fire Commission includes ten (10) seats that are appointed by the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors: Five (5) Supervisors District seats, Two (2) At-Large seats, and Three (3) Alternate seats that are filled in the same manner as At Large seats.
Two seats have been designated for residents within the boundaries of annexed fire districts:
* At Large 2: East Contra Costa Fire Protection District (Brentwood, Oakley, Discovery Bay, Bethel Island, Knightsen, Byron)
* At Large Alternate 3: Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District
The Advisory Fire Commission's purpose is to confirm cost of abatement reports; conduct weed abatement appeal hearings; approve surplus equipment declarations; and advise the Fire Chief on District service matters. The Commission also serves as a liaison between the Board of Directors and the community an...
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