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Ventura County APCD board approves staffing, policy and fee changes; accepts federal grant
Summary
The Ventura County Air Pollution Control Board voted unanimously on agenda items including appointments, two fixed-term positions, policy updates and fee changes, accepted a U.S. EPA Inflation Reduction Act monitoring grant of $662,488, and approved a merit increase for the APCD executive officer by majority vote.
The Ventura County Air Pollution Control Board took a series of formal actions at its public meeting. Key outcomes included committee appointments, temporary staffing allocations, updates to the district administrative manual, adoption of FY 2024-25 service rates, acceptance of a federal monitoring grant and approval of a merit increase for the district executive officer.
Votes at a glance
- Election of board officers: The board elected Martha McQueen Lejeune as chair and Janice Parvin as vice chair for 2025. (Motion and second recorded; vote: unanimous.)
- Approval of minutes: The board approved the minutes for the Dec. 17, 2024 meeting. (Motion passed; one abstention recorded from a newly seated member who said they were not previously on the board.)
- Agenda approval: The board approved the meeting agenda with listed amendments; motion passed unanimously.
- Appointments: The board approved volunteers to the APCB standing committee (Council member Whitman, Supervisor Parvin, Supervisor Lopez and Chair Lejeune) and appointed Mayor Pedro Chavez to the South Central Coast Basinwide council. (Motion passed unanimously.)
- Staffing: The board adopted a resolution…
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