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Fox Canyon board discusses compensating directors; counsel outlines legal limits and process
Summary
Agency counsel briefed the board on authority under state law to compensate directors, including a maximum initial per‑day rate of $100 and requirements for an ordinance, notice and expense policy. Board members gave direction to staff to draft an ordinance with guardrails but took no formal vote.
The Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency discussed whether to compensate its directors on Aug. 27 after agency counsel explained the statutory framework and procedural requirements for paying board members.
Jason Kander of the Ventura County Counsel's Office, serving as agency counsel, told the board that the FCGMA Act itself is silent on director compensation but that Water Code section 2201 authorizes water districts to adopt an ordinance providing compensation of up to $100 per day for attendance at meetings or service at the board's request. He said such an ordinance must be adopted after notice and hearing, the initial rate may be set in the ordinance, and any annual…
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