TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Ryan J. Alsop, Chief Executive Officer
REPORT BY: Neha Hoskins, Clerk of the Board
SUBJECT: Appointments to the Napa County Advisory Commission
RECOMMENDATION
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Appoint the following members to the Airport Advisory Commission with terms to commence immediately (No Fiscal Impact):
Seat 1 Representing the General Public: Debby Hight (2-year term)
Seat 2 Representing the General Public: Geoffrey Gorsuch (1-year term)
Seat 3 Representing the Chamber Of Commerce: Robert DeYoung (2-year term)
Seat 4 Representing the Chamber Of Commerce: Jason Johnson (1-year term)
Seat 5 Representing the Napa County Airport Pilots Group Or Club: Kristen Gregory (2-year term)
Seat 6 Representing the Local Education Industry: Choolwe Kalulu (1-year term)
Seat 7 Representing the Wine/Hospitality Industry: Christian Palmaz (2-year term)
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BACKGROUND
There are currently seven (7) vacancies on the Napa County Airport Advisory Commission (AAC) due to term expirations. The County Executive Office advertised the vacancies and received nine (9) applications.
Because this was an unusual situation in which all seven seats on the AAC expired at the same time, the County Executive Officer empaneled an independent team (i.e. separate from Airport staff and existing members of the Airport Advisory Committee (AAC)) to interview candidates and to make recommendations to the Board to fill vacancies on the AAC rather than have the AAC Commissioners make the recommendation to the Board.
The panel consisted of:
* Todd Walker, former AAC member and current member of the Airport Land Use Commission
* Kara Brunzell, Chair of the Planning Commission and non-voting AAC Commissioner
* Maiko Klieman, Deputy CEO
* Steve Lederer, Public Works Director
Under the new AAC bylaws adopted by the Board last fall, each voting seat is designated to fill a specific community role, and each seat has either a one or two-year initial term, which will avoid all seats from expiring...
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