HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 2d: Appointment of Delegate to the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control Board of TrusteesDATE:
TO:
September 21, 2010
Mayor and City Council
Office of the City Manager
FROM: Donald Penman, City Manager*
By: Linda Garcia, Com unications, Marketing and Special
Projects Manage
SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT OF A DELEGATE TO THE SAN GABRIEL
VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Recommendation: Appoint a Delegate
SUMMARY
DISCUSSION
Council Member Roger Chandler has been the City of Arcadia's representative on the
San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board of Trustees since the
year 2001. Mr. Chandler's current term of office ends December 31, 2010, which
causes the need for the City Council to make an appointment to the Board.
The Health and Safety Code definition of a vector is "any animal capable of transmitting
the causative agent of human disease or capable of producing human discomfort or
injury, including but not limited to mosquitoes, flies, insects, ticks, mites and rats, but not
including any domestic animal." The purpose of the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and
Vector Control District is to prevent new sources of vectors from developing, to control
existing populations of vectors and to abate their sources. These goals are
accomplished through education, prevention and an integrated pest management
program.
San Gabriel Valley member cities each appoint a Delegate to serve on the Board of
Trustees of the District, as does the County of Los Angeles. The term of office for a
member of the Board of Trustees may be two or four years, at the discretion of the
appointing authority. It is not necessary for the Delegate to the Board to be an elected
official; he /she must however, be a registered voter and a resident of the City of
Arcadia. The Board meets on the second Friday of each month at 7:OOam at the
District's office in West Covina. Each Board Member receives a stipend of $100 per
meeting.
Mayor and City Council — Delegate to the Mosquito and Vector Control District
September 21, 2010
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Council Member Chandler has been the City's representative to the Mosquito and
Vector Control District since 2001 and is a former Chair of the Board. Mr. Chandler has
expressed an interest in continuing to serve on the Board as his experience with the
District and as an elected official give him a unique and useful background in terms of
representing Arcadia.
RECOMMENDATION
it is recommended that the City Council appoint a Delegate to the San Gabriel
Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board of Trustees and that the term
of said Delegate be four years.