HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023 -01 Resolution No. 23-01 Adopting Policy for Decisions Between Board Meeting RESOLUTION NO. 23-01
RESOLUTION OF THE UKIAH VALLEY BASIN GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY
TO APPLY FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPTING A POLICY FOR DECISIONS BETWEEN
BOARD MEETINGS
WHEREAS, the Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency ("Agency")was
formed pursuant to a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement and is the designated Groundwater
Sustainability Agency for the Ukiah Valley Basin; and
WHEREAS, the Agency seeks to provide Agency Staff with clear guidance on how to address
time-sensitive business decisions and actions needing to take place between Board meetings.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the Ukiah Valley Basin
Groundwater Sustainability Agency, as follows:
The Agency hereby adopts a Policy Regarding Decisions on Urgent Matters, as follows:
1. All policy decisions regarding the governance of the GSA shall be brought before the full
Board at either a regular, special, or emergency meeting, unless the urgency of a
particular matter necessitates action more quickly than such a meeting can be duly
noticed in accordance with the Brown Act. Where such urgent action is necessary, such
action shall be undertaken in accordance with this Policy.
2. When such urgency requires action between meetings, GSA Staff shall attempt to contact
the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board to confer on the urgent matter and seek guidance
about how to proceed.
3. When such urgency requires action between meetings and the Chair and Vice-Chair
cannot be reached in a timely manner, the GSA General Manager or their designee may
make policy decisions to act on the urgent matter. Such policy decisions shall be
consistent with the Board's adopted policy platform, so long the adopted policy platform
expressly addresses the issue in question. Any decisions made pursuant to this Policy
shall be brought to the Board at the next meeting for ratification.
4. This policy does not apply to decisions that involve the expenditure of funds in excess of
the GSA General Manger's authority.
This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption and supersedes any previous
resolutions that were adopted on this manner.
RESOLUTION NO. 23-01
PASSED and ADOPTED on this 9th day of March 2023, by the following vote, to- wit:
Chair McGourty X
Vice-Chair Crane x
Secretary White
Director McNerlin x
Director Nevarez �(Y
Director Gaska
AYES 5 NOES U ABSENT ABSTAIN
Chair: Ew
Glenn McGourty, Chair
Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency
CERTIFICATION
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution duly and
regularly adopted at a meeting of the Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency on
March 9, 2022.
Clerk/S ecretary:
Alfred White, Secretary
Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency