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Tulare County Grand Jury • 2009-2010

Exeter District Ambulance Board – On the Mend?

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Findings 8 findings

F1
There was one special/emergency meeting held on May 7, 2009. The Board has been unable to provide an agenda for this meeting but evidence indicates that it was a closed session meeting. There was no opportunity for public comment, which is a Brown Act violation.1 1 California Government Code Section 54954.3 (a) [See end of this report] T U L A R E C O U N T Y G R A N D J U RY R E P O R T 2 0 0 9 - 2 0 1 0 Ø 18
F2
Recently one of the Board members resigned due to accepting a new position out of the area. The Board publicized the opening and made an appointment to fill the position from the two applicants who responded.2
F3
The voting records show that no more than one eligible citizen has filed papers to run for the Board since 2000.
F4
Board members failed to file a correctly completed Form 700 (California Fair Political Practices Commission Statement of Economic Interests) as required by State law. The District supplied the Grand Jury with Form 700s for all Board Members on December 17, 2009. The form for one of the Board Members was unsigned and undated. On January 5, 2010, the District supplied the Grand Jury with the form 700 for this Board Member signed and dated March 9, 2009.
F5
All Board members are required to have ethics training every two years3 as required by AB 1234 which was signed into law on October 7, 2005. One Board member who has been a board member for more than ten years, has no record of ethics training until December 19, 2009.
F6
A new Board Member was approved to serve the term of a Board Member who resigned November 16, 2009. There were two candidates that applied for this position. This action was taken at a Board Meeting on January 21, 2010. Since this was 2 California Government Code Section 1780 [See end of this report] 3 California Government Code Section 53235 (b) [See end of this report] more than 60 days since the vacancy was created, the Board appropriately contacted the Tulare County Board of Supervisors (BOS) to appoint this member. The BOS made the appointment in accordance with California Government Code Section 1780 on February 9, 2010.
F7
Even though the Board was comprised of four City of Exeter employees and an individual who has a contract with the City, no conflict of interest was substantiated. However, there were occasions where the City employees were receiving pay from the City at the same time they were conducting Board business and also receiving pay for serving as a Board Member.
F8
Board Members who attend Board meetings receive a stipend of fifty dollars per month.

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