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ORD~N.ANCE N0. 3470
ORDINANCE ADDING ARTICLE XIII.S TO THE BUTTE COUNTY CODE
ESTABLISHING THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST COMMISSION
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte ordains as follows:
SECTION I.
Anew article (commencing with section 2-100:00 et seq) is hereby added to the Butte County Code to
read as follows:
ARTICLE X):II.5
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST COMMISSION
2-100.00 Established -authority.
2-100.20 Purpose.
2-100.30. Membership.
2-100.40. Term of office.
2-100.50. Establishment of trust fund.
2-100.60. Comrission staff.
2-100.70. Power and duties.
2-100.80. Advisory committees.
2.100.00 Established -authority.
The Children and Families First Commissian is established under the authority
of California Health and Safety Cade Section 130140.
2.100.20. Purpose.
The Children and Families First Commission is part of a State-wide effort to
create a seamless system of integrated and comprehensive programs and services, and
a funding base for the system with program and financial accountability that will:
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A. Establish community based programs to provide parental education and
family support services relevant to effective childhood development. These services
shall include, but not be limited to, education and skills training in nurturing and in
avoidance of tobacco, drugs, and alcohol during pregnancy. Emphasis shall be on
services not provided by existing programs and on the consolidation of existing programs
and new services (provided pursuant to the California Children and Families First Act
of 1998}, into an integrated system from the consumer's perspective.
B. Educate the public, using mass media, on the importance and the benefits of
nurturing, health care, family support, and child care; and inform involved professionals
and the general public about programs that focus on early childhood development.
C. Educate the public using mass media, on the dangers caused by smoking and
other tobacco use by pregnant women to themselves and to infants and young children,
and the dangers of secondhand smoke.
D. Encourage pregnant women and parents of young children to quit smoking.
2.100.30 Membership.
A. The Commission shall consist of nine member appointed an an at-large basis
by the Board of Supervisors.
B. The nine voting members shall include:
1. One member of the Butte County Board of Supervisors.
2. The Director of the Butte County Fublic Health Department, or
his or her designee;
3. The Director of the Butte County Social Welfare Department, or
his or her designee;
4. Six members selected from among the following:
a. Those recipients of project services included in the
County's Strategic Plan;
b. Educators specializing in early childhood development;
c. Representatives of a local child care resource or referral
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agency;
d. A local child care coordinating group.
e. Representatives of a local organization for prevention or
early intervention for families at risk;
f. Representatives of community-based organizations that
have the goal of prarnoting nurturing and early childhood
development;
g. Representatives of local school districts;
h. The County Health Officer;
i. Representatives of local medical, pediatric, or obstetric
associations or societies.
C, Commissioners shall be appointed by a majority vote of the Board of
Supervisors. Any commission member may be removed from office by a majority vote
of the Board of Supervisors favoring such removal.
D. Commissioners may receive a reasonable per diem payment for attending
Commission meetings at rates established by the Board of Supervisors. Commission
members may also receive reimbursement for their actual expenses incurred in attending
Commission-related functions at such rates as are payable to Butte County employees.
2-100.40. Term of office.
Each at-large member shall serve for a term of two years, except for the member
of the Board of Supervisors who shall serve a term of one year. The terms of the
members other than the County Supervisor shall be staggered with two members serving
terms commencing on April Ist of even-numbered years, and the other two members
serving terms commencing on April 1st of off-numbered years, with such staggering
determined by lat. At the conclusion of a term, a member may be appointed to a new
term.
2-100.50. Establishment of trust fund.
28 II There is established a trust fund to be known as the Children and Families First
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Trust Fund.
2-100.0. Commissian staff.
The Director of the Butte County Public Health Department, ar his or her
designee, shall provide staff and administrative support for the commission, as well as
advise and assist the commission on all matters within the cammaissions jurisdiction.
2-100.70. Powers and duties.
The commission shall exercise the following powers and duties:
A. Develop a County Strategic Plan for the support and improvement of early
childhood development within the Caunty, and submit the County Strategic Plan, and
any future revision thereto, to the Board of Supervisors for its review prior to the Plan's
adoption and submission to the California Children and Families First Commission.
1. The County Strategic Plan shall be consistent with, and in
furtherance of the purposes of the California Children and
Families First Act {Health and Safety Code Section 130100 et
seq.}, and any guidelines adopted pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Health and Safety Code Section 130125.
2. The County Strategic Plan shall include, at a minimum, a
description of the programs, services, and projects proposed to be
provided, sponsored, or facilitated; and a description of how
measurable outcomes of such programs, services, and projects
will be determined by the Commission using appropriate reliable
indicators. The Caunty Strategic Plan shall describe how
program, services, and projects relating to early childhood
development within the County will be integrated into a
consurner-oriented and easily accessible system.
3. The Commission shall, on at least an annual basis, periodically
review the County Strategic Plan and recommend those revisions
as may be necessary or appropriate. The Commission shall
conduct at least one public hearing prior to adopting any
recommendation to revise the Plan.
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B. Submit a proposed budget to implement the County Strategic Plan to the
Board of Supervisors for its review and approval. The budget recommendations shall
be considered by the Board of Supervisors duz~ng final budget hearings.
C. Conduct at least one public hearing concerning the County Strategic Plan and
budget prior to sending its recommendation to the Board of Supervisors.
D. The Commission shall review and adopt an annual audit and report pursuant
to Health and Safety Code Section 130150. The written report shall assess the County's
performance during the preceding fiscal year, including, at a minimum, the manner in
which funds were expended, the progress toward and the achievement of program goals
and objectives, and the measurement of specific outcomes through appropriate reliable
indicators. The Commission shall submit the annual audit and report to the Board of
Supervisors for its review, and conduct at least one public hearing prior to adapting the
audit and report. After adopting the annual audit and report, the Commission shall
transmit them to the California Children and Families First Commission.
E. Annually conduct at least one public hearing on the report prepared by the
California Children and Families First Commission pursuant to subdivision (b} of Health
and Safety Cade Section 130150.
2-100.80. Advisory committees.
The Commission may establish one or more advisory committees to provide
technical and professional expertise and support to accomplish the purposes of this
Chapter.
SECTION II
~ This ordinance shall take effect immediately for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety.
The facts constituting the urgency are that Proposition 10 was enacted by the voters of the State of
California on November 10, 1998. While collection of the State surtax on cigarettes and other tobacco
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products begins on January 1, 1999, the County may not be eligible to accrue funds unless it has adopted
an implementing ordinance by that same date. There is currently no statewide guidance as to the
interpretation of the zneasuze's provisions. December 15, 1998, is the last date that the Board of
Supervisors is scheduled to meet for the year, and is thus the last date that the Board could take to adopt
this ordinance and have it take effect prior to January 1, 1999.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of
California, on the 15~h day of December , 1998, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Beeler, Dolan, Houx, 3osiassen anal Chaa.z Davis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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NOT VOTING: None
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FRED DAIS, Cha`zz of the
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
JOHN S. BLACKLOCK
Officer and Clerk of the Board
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