HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 16-7681-CBMWD Board of DirectorsRESOLUTION OF • OF OF DOWNE
AUTHORIZING OF r• PARTICIPATION
PROCESS OF • OF DIRECTORS TO THE CENTRAL BASI
MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WHEREAS, in 2015, the State Auditor published a report identifying widespread
mismanagement of the Central Basin Municipal Water District and called for more than thirty
recommendations to reform the Central Basin Municipal Water District; and
WHEREAS, in response to the State Auditor's findings and recommendations, and in
order to overhaul operation of the Central Basin Municipal Water District Senate Bill 953 and
Assembly Bill 1794 were introduced by the State legislatures; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 953 and Assembly Bill 1794 were signed into law on September
21, 2016; -and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 1794 requires that in 2017 the number of Central Basin
Municipal Water District's Board of Directors members be increased from five to eight, with five
publicly elected members and three members appointed by the water purveyors in Central
Basin Municipal Water District service area; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 1794 requires a redistricting of the Central Basin Municipal
Water District and reducing the number of districts from five to four and in 2022 the number of
Board Directors would decrease from eight to seven with four publicly elected members and
three members appointed by the water purveyors in Central Basin Municipal Water District
service area; and
WHEREAS, as a water purveyor in the service area of the Central Basin Municipal
Water District, the City of Downey is entitled to participate in the process of appointment of
board directors to the Central Basin Municipal Water District Board of Directors
NOW i• RE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF OF DOWNEY DOES
VETEBY TESOLVE •' •
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Downey authorizes the City's participation
in the process of appointment of qualified individuals with relevant technical expertise
representing the water purveyors in the service area of Central Basin Municipal Water District to
the Board of Directors of the Central Basin Municipal Water District per guidelines specified in
Assembly Bill 1794.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of authorizes the City Manager designee to
nominate a qualified employee of the City for appointment to the Board of Directors of the
Central Basin Municipal Water District.
RESOLUTION NO. .
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of December, 2016:
ATTEST:
HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council of
the City of Downey at a regular meeting held on the 13th day of December, 2016 by the
following vote, to wit: