Meeting
Rules of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District
RULE 7: COMMITTEES
A. Standing
Committees
The
Board of Directors may create such standing committees, as it may deem
necessary. The members of said committees and their chair shall be appointed by
the Chair of the Board and approved by the Board. A
charge for each standing committee shall be attached to the Meeting Rules.
The
charges for three standing committees that specify an alternate method for
committee membership and selection of the Chair are provided as Attachment 1,
Policy Advisory Committee; Attachment 2, Technical Advisory Committee and
Attachment 3, Carmel River Advisory Committee.
B. Administrative
Committee
The
Administrative Committee shall consist of the three Directors appointed by the
Chair and approved by the Board. Its
purpose shall be to advise the Board on administrative matters. The Board of Directors shall not fix the
meeting schedule of this committee. The
committee may meet on the call of the chair or as decided by the members. Action taken by the Administrative Committee
shall be subject to final Board approval. The Administrative Committee meets
the definition of a “legislative body” as defined by the Brown Act; therefore,
all meetings shall be noticed and open to the public in compliance with the
Brown Act. A charge for the
Administrative Committee shall be attached to the Meeting Rules (Attachment 4).
C. Ad
Hoc Committees
The
Chair and Vice Chair may meet as an ad hoc committee of the Board when needed
to provide guidance to the General Manager on setting agendas and other
procedural matters, to review the need for creating or making assignments to ad
hoc committees, and to discuss other ways and means of providing service to the Board and
staff. The Chair may create such additional ad hoc committees as may
be necessary. The members of said committees and their chairs shall be
appointed by the Board Chair and approved by the Board. A
charge for each ad-hoc committee shall be attached to the Meeting Rules. The charge shall be removed when the
committee has completed its task and has been disbanded. Ad hoc committee charges attached are: Attachment 5, Rules and Regulations Review
Committee and Attachment 6, Water Demand Committee.
A
Board policy adopted on 1/29/04 determined that notice of ad hoc meetings
should ordinarily be given in substantially the same manner as required by the
Brown Act for legislative bodies.
Despite this policy, ad hoc committees are exempt from the Brown Act by
Gov. Code section 54952(b) provided there are no more than three committee
members, the members are comprised solely of board members, and further
provided the committee does not exercise continuing subject matter jurisdiction
over any topic. Due to this exemption,
an ad hoc committee may discuss matters not on the agenda, and is not required
by law to permit non-committee members to attend.
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