Sacramento County Municipal Code Ch. 2.28 Veterans Advisory Commission

There is hereby created and established a commission consisting of five members to be known as the Veterans Advisory Commission.

(SCC 1621 § 1, 2018)

Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall appoint one member of the Commission.

(SCC 1621 § 1, 2018)

At the time of appointment, members shall be residents of Sacramento County, military veterans who served any length of time in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, or National Guard (operating under the War Department, Navy Department or Department of Defense) and discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.

(SCC 1621 § 1, 2018)

The term of office of each member of the Commission shall be four years or until his or her successor is appointed. The initial four-year term, regardless of the date of appointment, shall commence from the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. Former members of the Commission who have termed out may be reappointed to a vacant seat if two years have passed since the expiration of their final term.

(SCC 1621 § 1, 2018)

Within 30 days after the appointment of the Commission, it shall meet and/organize by electing a chair and vice chair. The member elected as chair shall serve as such for not more than two consecutive years, and thereafter shall not be eligible for election as chairperson until one year has elapsed from their last term of office as chairperson.

(SCC 1621 § 1, 2018)

The Commission shall establish the time and place of its regular meetings which shall be open to the public, and shall meet at least six times a year, unless otherwise determined by a majority vote of the Commission.

(SCC 1621 § 1, 2018)

In addition to serving on the Commission, the Sacramento County Veteran's Affairs Officer or their designee shall be ex officio the secretary of the Commission.

(SCC 1621 § 1, 2018)

The Commission shall have and exercise the power to advise the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on programs and policies that address the unmet needs of veterans in Sacramento County.

(SCC 1621 § 1, 2018)