HomeMy WebLinkAbout3918Ordinance No. 3918
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 33A-5 OF CHAPTER 33A OF THE BUTTE
COUNTY CODE, ENTITLED "GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT"
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte ordains as follows:
Section 1. Section 33A-S is amended to read as follows:
33A-5 Appointments.
a. The Board shall consider all nominations far appointment to the Water
Advisory Committee that meet the following criteria:
1. Candidates who reside, awn property or have their principle place
of business within the sub-inventory unit, inventory unit or entity which
they would represent and are willing to serve in a voluntary capacity; and
2. Candidates nominated by the citizens of the sub-inventory unit or
inventory unit.
3. Candidates nominated by the elected governing body of
entitiessuch as cities, special water districts and watershed groups.
b. Members of the WAC shall serve afour-year term. Terms shall be
staggered by lot for two (2} years at the onset and open to reappointment for
consecutive terms.
c. Notwithstanding babove, the Board of Supervisors may, at the
request of an entity having an elected governing body and in the discretion
of the Board, appoint a new member to the WAC to replace a member
whose WAC term has not yet expired, when the member is no longer an
elected member of that governing body or the governing body has
nominated a new WAC member. Such entities shall include, but are not
limited to cities, special water districts and watershed groups.
Section 2. Severability.
If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or
circumstances is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
provision shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity thereof shall not affect the remaining
provisions or other applications of the Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid
provision or application thereof.
Section 3. Effective Date and Publication.
This Ordinance shall take effect thirty {30} days after the date of its passage. The Clerk
of the Board of Supervisors is authorized and directed to publish this ordinance before the
expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage. This Ordinance shall be published ante, with the
names of the members of the Board of Supervisors voting for and against it, in the Chico
Enterprise-Record, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Butte, State of
California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of
California, on the 13th day of December 2005 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Dolan, Houx, Josiassen and Chair Yamaguchi
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
K. YAMAGU ,Chair
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
PAUL MCINTOSH, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By:
eputy