Chapter 2.72 — ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING

There is in the county an advisory commission on aging, hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the commission.

(Prior admin. code § 5-50.01)

The commission consists of twenty-one (21) members who shall serve on the commission for a fixed term of four years.

A.

The board of supervisors appoints ten commissioners. Each term will expire and commence according to the current schedule of appointments. Each member of the board nominates two commissioners.

B.

The Alameda County mayors' conference appoints eight commissioners evenly divided between north and south county cities. The terms of the two existing positions will expire and commence according to the current schedule of appointments. The six additional positions shall have terms each two of which shall initially expire on June 30, 1983, June 30, 1984, and June 30, 1985, respectively.

C.

For a total of three commissioners, each of the three nutrition project councils appoints one commissioner. These appointments shall first be made upon the expiration of the terms of the two existing positions presently filled by the health care services agency and social services commission. In the interim, one commissioner will continue to be appointed by the three councils on an annual rotating basis.

D.

The department on aging will provide pertinent information to the appointing bodies regarding the characteristics of the commission's membership so that broad representation and specific compliance with the Older Californians Acts may be taken into consideration in future appointments. All appointments shall be processed through the clerk of the board of supervisors.

(Prior admin. code § 5-50.02)

The commission will consist of representatives of program participants and the general public, including low income and minority older persons at least in proportion to the number of minority older persons in the area. Furthermore, at least one-half of the membership of the commission shall be made up of actual consumers of services under the county's area plan for programs on aging.

(Prior admin. code § 5-50.03)

The commission shall annually select one of its members to serve as chairperson, who shall preside at the meetings of the commission, and one of its members as vice-chairperson, who shall preside in the absence of the chairperson.

(Prior admin. code § 5-50.04)

The commission shall meet at least ten times a year. The commission shall encourage public attendance.

(Prior admin. code § 5-50.05)

A majority of the members currently appointed to the commission shall constitute a quorum.

(Prior admin. code § 5-50.06)

The commission shall adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of its business which rules and regulations shall be published and made available to the public.

(Prior admin. code § 5-50.07)

The human relations department shall provide staff for the commission.

(Prior admin. code § 5-50.08)

The commission shall advise and assist the board of supervisors on all matters relating to the development and administration of the county's area plan for programs on aging under Title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and the operations conducted thereunder. The commission shall also carry out those duties and responsibilities assigned to it by the terms of the area plan, insofar as those duties and responsibilities are consistent with the Older Americans Act of 1965.

(Prior admin. code § 5-50.09)

Each member shall be appointed for a four-year term and shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualified, except that the board of supervisors shall initially stagger the terms as follows:

A.

Four of the members' terms shall be for one year, four shall be for two years, four shall be for three years, and five shall be for four years from the date of passage of the ordinance codified in this section.

B.

The board of supervisors shall determine by lot which members are to have the one, two, three and four year terms.

C.

After the expiration of these initial terms, all subsequent terms shall be for four years. A person appointed to fill any vacancy shall serve for the unexpired term of the person he or she succeeds.

(Prior admin. code § 5-50.10)