Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Bertha Henry
Department: County Administration Division: Intergovernmental Affairs/Board Section
Information
Requested Action
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MOTION TO ACCEPT nominations to appoint or reappoint members to various boards (two positions).
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Why Action is Necessary
Nominations are required for at-large appointments or reappointments. This allows Commissioners to submit an agenda item at a future date nominating one or more individuals for appointment and or reappointment.
What Action Accomplishes
Notifies County Commission of at-large positions available for appointment or reappointment through a nomination process.
Is this Action Goal Related
No
Previous Action Taken
None
Summary Explanation/Background
At-Large board appointments are made available to County Commissioners according to the At-Large Board Rotation Procedures approved by the Broward County Commission.
The Intergovernmental Affairs/Boards Section maintains a comprehensive list of at-large advisory board positions. The list of available at-large board positions is provided to each Commissioner in a specific rotation order. The at-large rotation order was determined by a draw held at the June 5, 2001 County Commission meeting. During each Commissioner's turn, he or she may nominate an individual to one board. The board position will then be deleted from the rotation list and any positions that become available will be added. The rotation list is sent to the next Commissioner on the rotation. After an unfilled board position has completed a full rotation (available to each Commissioner), the board position is removed from the rotation list and added to the list of “At-large board positions available to all Commissioners,” thereby allowing any Commissioner to nominate one or more individuals to the board position.
This agenda item allows for all commissioners to become aware of the available at-large positions that are immediately placed on the at-large list available to all commissioners or have gone through a full rotation (see Exhibit 1). Any one commissioner may nominate to appoint or reappoint individuals to the multiple positions listed in Exhibit 1.
At the September 13, 2018 Public Hearing, the Broward County Board of Commissioners approved Resolution 2018-410, which modified Section 12.24 of the Administrative Code. This measure modified the categorical membership on the Climate Change Task Force (CCTF) by creating new categories and making them mandatory. Due to the changes, multiple vacancies have occurred. Currently, the CCTF is comprised of 25 members: 20 members appointed by the County Commission (of which, eight are currently vacant), and five appointed by outside entities in different categories. This agenda item notifies the County Commission of a vacancy in the Climate Change Task Force under the categories of “Environmental Organizations or Interests” and "Water Advisory Board".
After acceptance of this agenda item, a Commissioner wishing to appoint an individual to a board would submit a subsequent agenda item and resume of the individual to the Intergovernmental Affairs/Boards Section. Intergovernmental Affairs/Boards Section submits the agenda item and resume to the County Attorney's Office for vetting. The County Attorney's Office sends a memo qualifying the individual to the commissioner's office. The commissioner's office then submits the agenda item with the memo of qualification for full County Commission approval.
If more than one nomination is submitted for the same position, the County Commission votes to determine which individual will be appointed.
Source of Additional Information
C. Marty Cassini, Manager, Intergovernmental Affairs/Boards Section, (954) 357-7575
Orlando A. Garcia, Legislative Policy Analyst/Boards Administrator, Intergovernmental Affairs/Boards Section, (954) 357-5934
Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary
None.