Title
Board/Commission Appointment(s) - Personnel Board
Recommended Action
I nominate Ramiro (Trey) Pereyra and Laurence McDaris to fill two (2) vacancies on the Personnel Board and move that Council reappoint Ramiro (Trey) Pereyra and appoint Laurence McDaris to the Personnel Board for terms beginning on April 1, 2021 and ending on March 31, 2024.
I further move Council acknowledge that Ramiro (Trey) Pereyra intends to continue serving on the Parks and Recreation Board while serving on the Personnel Board, Council finds these two positions not incompatible, Council approves of him serving concurrently on both boards.
Body
The purpose of this item is to fill two vacancies on the Personnel Board. One vacancy was created by the end of Mr. Kenneth Cleveland’s term to the Board on April 30, 2021, the other had been a long-standing vacancy that the board had struggled to fill for over a year. These appointments to the Personnel Board would be a first appointment for Mr. McDaris and Mr. Pereyra would be reappointed for his first full term having been previously appointed to fill a partial term.
The five-member board has staggered three-year terms beginning April 1st and ending March 31st. Party affiliations are noted as [D] Democrat, [R] Republican, [ I ] Independent, [G] Green, [L] Libertarian, [DTS] Declined to State, and [N] Not Registered to Vote. Appointing the nominees will not violate the County Charter restriction concerning political party majorities on Boards and Commissions. The board is currently composed as follows:
Position 1. Ramiro (Trey) Pereyra [D]
Position 2. Laurance (Larry) Warner [R]
Position 3. Bernadine Goldman [D]
Position 4. Terry Priestly [ I ]
Position 5. VACANT
Attachments
A - Board Member List
B - Application Packet for Ramiro (Trey) Pereyra
C - Application Packet for Laurence (Ed) McDaris
D - Recommendation from Interview Panel