TO: Napa County Assessment Appeals Board
FROM: Neha Hoskins - Clerk of the Assessment Appeals Board
REPORT BY: Anthony Williams - Senior Deputy Clerk of the Assessment Appeals Board
SUBJECT: Election of Officers
RECOMMENDATION
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Election of Officers for Calendar Year 2026 per the rotation schedule: Chair and Vice Chair.
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BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
At their meeting of September 9, 2021, the AAB voted to amend their Local Rules to provide for the election of the Chair and Vice Chair by a majority vote of the AAB at their first meeting in any calendar year, and in the absence of the Chair, the Vice Chair would preside over the meeting as the Chair, including if they were previously selected to serve as an alternate member for that specific meeting. The amended Local Rules were formally adopted by the Board of Supervisors on October 5, 2021 via Resolution No. 2021-118.
Per the AAB's meeting of January 13, 2022, a Chair and Vice Chair were nominated and elected with the intent of the Vice Chair serving as the Chair during the following year. The AAB also approved a rotation schedule for the remaining AAB members to serve as Vice Chair and eventually as Chair. Since William Molinari served as the Vice Chair for 2025, he is next in the rotation schedule to serve as the Chair for 2026 with Conrad Hewitt serving as the Vice Chair. After Conrad Hewitt in the rotation are Philip Husby, Michael Basayne, and Donald Chase, respectively. While there is a rotation schedule in place, whoever is next in line for a Chair or Vice Chair position can defer to another member in the rotation to serve. Additionally, a revised rotation schedule can be implemented at the request of the AAB.
The Clerk will ask for two members to volunteer to serve as voting members along with the new Chair for the January meeting. The two members who were not selected will serve as the voting members at the next meeting with the rotation occurring thereafter and/or dependent upon the members' ...
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