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Board narrows backlog of referrals, directs ad hoc committee and schedules strategic-plan study session
Summary
After a multi-hour debate, supervisors approved a motion to remove a set of older referrals from active tracking, asked administration to work with the board policy ad hoc committee on a referral/priority-setting process, extended the ad hoc committee and scheduled a strategic-plan study session for late summer/early fall.
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on April 22 moved to reorganize its long list of previously filed referrals, asked administration to work with the board policy ad hoc committee to formalize how new referrals are introduced and prioritized, and scheduled a study session to review the countywide strategic-planning process in the late summer or early fall.
The board has accumulated hundreds of standing referrals over many years. County staff analyzed the list and recommended categorizing referrals into three groups: (1) items to continue as active priorities, (2) an intermediate set to be placed in a dormant/"watch" category for future reconsideration, and (3) items recommended for removal. Supervisors debated whether exceptions…
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