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Board pilots public procedure for non-county entity appointments; agrees to ad hoc for Measure AA oversight
Summary
Monterey County supervisors agreed to try a more transparent, documented process for selecting members to outside agencies and to keep open an ad hoc committee to design oversight for Measure AA spending. Chair Lopez will publish recommended appointments at the next meeting.
Monterey County supervisors on Jan. 7 approved a pilot process to make appointments to non-county entities more transparent and directed the chair to return recommended appointments at the next meeting.
Nick Chulos, assistant county administrative officer, reviewed a new two-step approach introduced after an ad hoc committee review in 2024. Under the pilot, each supervisor completed a form listing interest in outside boards and joint agencies; those preferences were collected by county staff and presented publicly at the Jan. 7 meeting. The chair will make recommended appointments at the board’s next regular meeting.
Measure AA oversight: Supervisors also discussed creating an ad hoc committee to determine an oversight framework for Measure AA, a voter-approved revenue measure that supervisors said will fund unincorporated infrastructure. The board agreed to keep an ad hoc committee open until staff returns with a proposed oversight approach; supervisors said any ad hoc work should include stakeholder participation and consider whether a citizen oversight panel would be valuable.
Why it matters: The change aims to reduce closed-door coordination and make appointment interest public, so the community can follow which supervisors have expressed interest in particular outside boards. Supervisors also stressed that some regional boards require sustained engagement and technical knowledge, so annual rotation should be weighed against continuity needs.
What was decided: The chair will make nomination recommendations at the board’s next meeting; the ad hoc committee on Measure AA oversight will stay open until the CAO returns with a recommended oversight plan. Supervisors suggested scheduling the annual appointment-selection process earlier (December) to avoid delays around the new calendar year.
Follow-up actions: Staff will publish the collected preferences, finalize recommended appointments for the next meeting and return a draft Measure AA oversight proposal. Supervisor requests included consideration of multi-year assignments for technical boards (for example, regional water and flood agencies) to preserve institutional knowledge.
