TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: David Morrison - Interim County Executive Officer
REPORT BY: Neha Hoskins - Clerk of the Board
SUBJECT: Reappointments to the Napa County Law Library Board of Trustees
RECOMMENDATION
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Interim County Executive Officer requests the reappointment of James V. Jones as Trustee for the Bar Association and Anthony Halstead as Trustee for the Board of Supervisors to the Napa County Law Library Board of Trustees with the terms of office to commence immediately and expire December 31, 2023.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
There are currently two vacancies on the Napa County Law Library Board of Trustees due to expiring terms, one representing Trustee for the Chair of the Board of Supervisors and one representing Trustee for the Bar Association. The County Executive Office advertised the vacancies and received two reappointment requests from James V. Jones and Anthony Halstead.
FISCAL & STRATEGIC PLAN IMPACT
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Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
No |
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County Strategic Plan pillar addressed: |
Effective and Open Government |
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section 6300, in each county of the State there is a law library that is governed by a Board of Law Library Trustees. Any judge who is an ex-officio or elected member may, at their option, designate a member of the Bar Association to act for them as a trustee. The Chair of the Board of Supervisors is ex officio as a trustee. The Board of Supervisors, at the request of the chair, may appoint a member of the State Bar, any other member of the Board of Supervisors of the County, or a resident of the County to serve as trustee in place of the Chair. The appointment of the person selected in place of the Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall expire when a new Chair of the Board of Supervisors is selected, and that appointment shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 6302.
The Board of Supervisors also appoints a trustee who is a member of the local bar association. Section 6302 of the Code calls for appointments to the Law Library Board of Trustees made by the Board of Supervisors to be made at the first meeting of the year of the Board of Supervisors in the succeeding January and last for a term of one year. These appointments will be calendared for the first meeting each year. Pursuant to the Business and Professional Code, the local bench has elected to have four members serve as trustees.
The Napa County Law Library Board of Trustees consists of the following:
• Four Superior Court Judges as Ex-Officio Members
• One Chair of the Board of Supervisors
• One Member of the Bar Association