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AGENDA BILL Agenda Item No. 5(C) Date: June 2, 2014 To: City Council From: Karen Pinkos, Assistant City Manager Subject: Designating Primary and Alternate Board Members to the Municipal Pooling Authority ofNorthern California (MPA) ACTION REQUESTED Adopt a resolution designating the Assistant City Manager as Primary Board Member and the Finance Director as Alternate Board Member to the Municipal Pooling Authority ofNorthern California (MPA). BACKGROUND/ ANALYSIS The City of El Cerrito is a member of the Municipal Pooling Authority of Northern California. The Municipal Pooling Authority (MPA) is a Joint Powers Authority established in 1978 for the purpose of providing liability insurance to municipal agencies in Contra Costa County. The governing documents of the MP A require that the City Council of each member city appoint one Board member and one altern~te Board member to the Board of Directors of the Authority. MPA governing documents also require the City to appoint its City Manager or the department head or staff person responsible for the City's risk management function as the primary Board member, and that the alternate Board member have the same qualifications as the primary Board member. It has been the direct responsibility of the Human Resources Manager to perform the risk management functions for the City, including serving as the Primary Board Member to MP A. However, the incumbent in the Human Resources Manager position has resigned effective June 5, 2014 to take a position in another agency, and until further notice the Assistant City Manager will be assuming the duties of the Human Resources Manager. This resolution will allow the Assistant City Manager to serve as the Primary Board Member going forward, and further designates the Finance Director as the Alternate Board Member. Attachment: 1. Resolution ---PAGE BREAK--- Agenda Item 5(C) Attachment RESOLUTION NO. 2014–XX A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL CERRITO DESIGNATING A BOARD MEMBER AND AN ALTERNATIVE BOARD MEMBER TO THE MUNICIPAL POOLING AUTHORITY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WHEREAS, the City of El Cerrito is a member of the Municipal Pooling Authority of Northern California; and WHEREAS, the governing documents of the Municipal Pooling Authority of Northern California require the city council of each member city to appoint one Board member and to appoint one alternative Board member to the Board of Directors of the Authority; and WHEREAS, the governing documents of the Municipal Pooling Authority of Northern California require that the City shall appoint its City Manager or the department head or staff person responsible for the City’s risk management function as the primary Board member, and that the alternative Board member shall have the same qualifications as the primary Board member. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of El Cerrito hereby designates the Assistant City Manager as the City’s Board member to the Municipal Pooling Authority of Northern California. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Finance Director is hereby appointed as the City’s alternative Board member to the Municipal Pooling Authority of Northern California. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption. I CERTIFY that at an adjourned regular meeting on June 2, 2014, the El Cerrito City Council passed this resolution by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBER: NOES: COUNCILMEMBER: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER: ABSTAINED: COUNCILMEMBER: IN WITNESS of this action, I sign this document and affix the corporate seal of the City of El Cerrito on June XX, 2014. Cheryl Morse, City Clerk APPROVED Janet Abelson, Mayor