Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Bertha Henry
Department: County Administration Division: Intergovernmental Affairs/Board Section
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Requested Action
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MOTION TO ACCEPT nominations to appoint members to the School Oversight Committee (one position) and the Racial Equity Task Force (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.
The manner in which nominations are accepted to the School Oversight Committee was modified at the March 3, 2015 Commission meeting. At-Large Board appointments are made available to County Commissioners according to the At-Large Board Rotation Procedures approved by the Broward County Commission. In order to prevent extended vacancies of the five members appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, the School Oversight Committee vacancies will be placed on the at-large replacement list open to all Commissioners. School Oversight Committee members are appointed to a two-year term. Appointments will not be placed on the at-large rotation list but will be placed on the at-large replacement list open to all Commissioners when a term of a School Oversight Committee member is about to expire. This agenda item notifies the County Commission of a vacancy in the School Oversight Committee.
At the December 8, 2020 Public Hearing, the Broward County Board of Commissioners approved Resolution 2020-47, which created the Racial Equity Task Force (RETF). Currently, the RETF is comprised of 37 members: one individual appointed by each of the nine County Commissioners, 26 nominations by various entities who advocate for Racial Equity, and two at-large appointments by the County Commission. This agenda item notifies the County Commission of two vacancies under the categories of “banking or mortgage banking industry” and “newspaper or other news media organization that serves Broward County.
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.