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Board of Supervisors seeks public appointee for Suisun City oversight board

October 31, 2014

SOLANO COUNTY – The Board of Supervisors seeks an interested community member to serve on the Suisun City Oversight Board for its successor agency of the former redevelopment agency.

The oversight board oversees the activities of the successor agency as it winds down the former redevelopment agency in Suisun City.

Deadline to submit letters of interest is Nov. 10 by 5 p.m. The Board of Supervisors will consider the appointment at its Nov. 25 meeting.

Letters of interest should be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Myra Chirila, Administrative Secretary, Solano County Board of Supervisors, 675 Texas St., Suite 6500, Fairfield, CA, 94533.

Pursuant to a California Supreme Court decision and legislation enacted three years ago, redevelopment agencies were dissolved as of Feb. 1, 2012. Cities that had redevelopment agencies, acting as so-called successor agencies, are charged with winding down the affairs of the redevelopment agencies.  The California Department of Finance oversees the activities of the successor agencies.

Each successor agency must have an oversight board composed of seven members appointed by various governmental jurisdictions.  The law calls for the Board of Supervisors to appoint one public member to the Suisun City Oversight Board. With the resignation of the current member, a new appointment is necessary.

The duties of the oversight board include:
- Approving of Recognized Obligation Payment Schedules
- Supervising the successor agency as it disposes of the assets and properties of the former redevelopment agency
- Approving the administrative budgets of the successor agency
- Supervising the successor agency as it determines whether contracts, agreements, or other arrangements between the redevelopment agency and any private parties should be terminated or renegotiated to reduce liabilities and increase net revenues to the taxing agencies.

Given the nature of the oversight duties, it would be helpful to the oversight board if its public member has some knowledge of real estate, business, contract negotiations, financial analysis, budget preparation, business lending, and/or local government laws and have ties to the local community. There are no stated qualifications established by the legislation for public member appointees.

The member of the public may serve on the oversight board for more than one year and be expected to meet during the day or evening in a public meeting setting. Oversight board members are not compensated or reimbursed for expenditures.

The oversight boards are subject to the Brown Act, the Public Records Act, and the Political Reform Act. Members will be required to file a Statement of Economic Interest (Form 700).