Butte County Grand Jury
• 2009-2010
Butte County Grand Jury Report 2009-2010 Oroville Mosquito Abatement District
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Findings and Recommendations 12 findings
F1
OMAD operations are functioning effectively; there have been no instances of human cases of West Nile Virus in the OMAD.
No recommendations for this finding
F2
The service provided by OMAD, a smaller district, is more personal to the residents of the district, and it is cost effective.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
OMAD should continue to function as an independent mosquito abatement district and should not be consolidated with another mosquito abatement district.
F3
Appointments to the OMAD Board by the Butte County Board of Supervisors and the Oroville City Council have not been timely or in accordance with California law.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
The Butte County Board of Supervisors and Oroville City Council should take steps to assure that appointments to fill vacancies to OMAD and other special district boards, commissions, and committees for which they have the responsibility to appoint members are timely and are in accordance with California law.
F4
As a result of lengthy vacancies, the OMAD Board has often not had a quorum and has been unable to conduct business. From October 2007 through March 2010, there has only been a full five-member OMAD Board for seven months.
No recommendations for this finding
F5
A qualified person who had demonstrated interest and commitment to the OMAD Board by attending numerous meetings and who was recommended as an appointee by the OMAD Board was not even considered for that appointment by the District One Supervisor.
No recommendations for this finding
F6
The District One Supervisor’s failure to fulfill his obligation to oversee appointments to the OMAD Board appears to be due to making his personal interests more important than his regard for California law which states: The trustees shall represent the interests of the public as a whole and not solely the interests of the board of supervisors or the city council that appointed them. This has often left the OMAD Board unable to function properly, due to long, unfilled vacancies.
Related Recommendations (1)
R5
When making appointments to districts, boards, and commissions, Butte County Board of Supervisors and Oroville City Council should base their appointments on the needs of the district or commission and not on an individual supervisor's or council member’s agenda.
F7
Appointments to the OMAD Board by the Board of Supervisors, as recommended by the District One Supervisor, have included at least one person who was unqualified due to their residency being outside the District.
Related Recommendations (1)
R6
The Board of Supervisors should assign responsibility to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors or another county government official to determine if an applicant or appointed person to fill a board vacancy meets the residency and other mandated requirements. The Oroville City Council should also designate such a person in the city administration.
F8
The appointment letters to new OMAD Board appointees by the Board of Supervisors do not include the relevant information regarding the OMAD Board responsibilities, meeting time, and place.
No recommendations for this finding
F9
The OMAD Board and the appointee were not notified by mail of an October 2009 appointment recommended by the District One Supervisor and approved by the Board of Supervisors.
No recommendations for this finding
F10
The Local Appointments List, as related to OMAD, and over the period of time that we reviewed, has not been accurately maintained as required by California law by both the County of Butte and the City of Oroville.
Related Recommendations (2)
R2
The Butte County Board of Supervisors should make use of their website to actively publicize vacancies and information (qualifications, purpose, functions, and current board members) for the special district boards, commissions, and committees to which they have the responsibility to appoint members.
R4
The Butte County Board of Supervisors and Oroville City Council should take steps to assure that the Local Appointments List is accurate with respect to OMAD and other special district boards, commissions, and committees for which they have the responsibility to appoint members.
F11
The OMAD Board has not been monitoring Board Members’ term expiration dates. As a result, they have not been notifying the proper appointing authorities in a timely manner of current or anticipated vacancies or their interest of being reappointed.
Related Recommendations (2)
R7
The OMAD Board should monitor upcoming vacancies and communicate with the appointing authorities so that vacancies are filled in a timely manner.
R8
The OMAD Board should immediately communicate with the appointing authorities whenever an unexpected vacancy occurs.
F12
At times, for security reasons, the doors to the OMAD Board meeting room in the Oroville City Hall have been locked and access for citizens may have been hindered.
Related Recommendations (1)
R9
The City of Oroville and the OMAD Board should work together to assure that the doors to the OMAD Board meeting room in the Oroville City Hall are unlocked during OMAD Board meetings.
No Responses Found 4
Government entities assigned to respond to this report. No response documents have been linked in our database.
Butte County Board of Supervisors
Elected County Office
Butte County County Clerk-Recorder
Elected County Office
Durham Mosquito Abatement District
Special District
Oroville
City