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CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
ADDED ITEM SUBSEQUENT TO THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA
DATE: APRIL 16, 2008 CONSENT CALENDAR
SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT OF SHARON LOCK AS THE CITY'S
REPRESENTATIVE TRUSTEE TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY
MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD AND
JOINDER IN THE CITY OF INDIO'S CALL FOR THE RIVERSIDE
COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGATIONS OF
MISCONDUCT AND MISMANAGEMENT AT THE COACHELLA VALLEY
MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT.
FROM: David H. Ready, City Manager
BY: James Thompson, City Clerk
RECOMMENDATION:
1 Make the finding that the Item came to the attention of the City after the posting
of the Agenda, there is an immediate need to hear and/or take action on the
Item, and add the Item to the April 16, 2008, Agenda.
2. Appoint Sharon Lock, as the City's Representative Trustee to the Coachella
Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board of Trustees, for a term ending
December 31, 2011,
3. Authorize the City Manager on behalf of the City to join the City of Indio in calling
for the Riverside County Civil Grand Jury to investigate pending allegations of
misconduct and mismanagement at the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector
Control District.
STAFF ANALYSIS:
The City Attorney is recommending that the City Council reaffirm its appointment of
Sharon Lock to the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board. The
City of Palm Springs appointee, Sharon Lock, through no fault of her own, has not been
sworn into office as required, and in order to avoid any assertion that her office is not
vacant for the failure of the District to administer the requisite oath of office, the City
City Council Staff Report
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Council should reaffirm Sharon Lock, as the City's Representative Trustee to the
Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board.
This item came to the attention of the City on April 14, 2008; subsequent to the posting
of the agenda, and there is an immediate need to take action on the Item since the next
regular meeting of the Board is Tuesday, April 22, 2008, the day before the next City
Council meeting.
The City Council originally appointed Sharon Lock at its meeting of December 14, 2005,
for an unexpired term ending December 31, 2007, and was reappointed on December
19, 2007, for the term ending December 31, 2011.
A ES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK DAVID H. READY, CIT