To: Board of Supervisors
From: Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor
Report Title: Food policy retroactive exemption for the joint meeting of the Board of Supervisors and Measure X Community Advisory Board
☐Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE a retroactive exemption to the County's Food and Beverage Policy to allow the purchase of lunch for the Measure X Community Advisory Board (MXCAB) members participating in the joint meeting with the Board of Supervisors on November 12, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
If approved, the total cost of lunch for up to 23 members for the MXCAB members would total $529, based on the Federal General Services Agency per diem amount of $23 for the purchase of lunch within the Martinez area.
BACKGROUND:
Per Contra Costa County Administrative Bulletin 614.3 Food and Beverage Policy:
As a general rule, appropriated funds are not available to provide food and/or beverages to County employees or members of County committees. Food and beverages are a personal expense and not a benefit of County employment or committee membership. In the event that a meeting is scheduled during the lunch hour, participants may bring a bag lunch or they may pool their personal funds for the delivery of lunch. If the County is sponsoring an all day training or event, the County may give attendees the option of ordering lunch for that event but they must pay for the lunch prior to the event.
District V Supervisor, Federal Glover, requests a retroactive exemption to the County's Food and Beverage Policy to allow the purchase of lunch for the Measure X Community Advisory Board (MXCAB) members participating in the joint meeting with the Board of Supervisors on November 12, 2024.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Measure X Community Advisory Board members will not have lunch provided to them at the joint meeting of the Board of Supervisors and MXCAB on November 12, 2024.