Mosquito and Vector Management District

of Santa Barbara County

Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees

Hope School, Board Room, 3970 La Colina Road, Santa Barbara, CA

January 8, 2009, 2:00 PM

DIRECTIONS TO THE MEETING LOCATION: The building is on the north side of La Colina Road. The Board Room is located at the front of the building towards the street, and the Library is at the center of campus east of the flagpole.

ADA Compliance: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, special assistance can be obtained by contacting the General Manager at 805-969-5050 extension 222. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will facilitate reasonable accommodation in most cases.

Public Records Availability: pursuant to California Government Code Section 54957.5, any public records that are distributed less than 72 hours prior to this meeting to all, or a majority of all, of the Board of Trustee members in connection with any agenda item (other than closed sessions) will be available for public inspection at the time of such distribution or during the Board meeting or at the District office located at 2450 Lillie Ave. in Summerland, CA.

AGENDA

1. ROLL CALL

2. CONFIRMATION OF AGENDA

3. STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS regarding District business

4. CORRESPONDENCE (pg. 1)

5. PUBLIC COMMENT. Time reserved for the public to address the Board of Trustees relative to matters of District business not on the agenda. Comment time regarding specific agenda items will be available during consideration of the particular agenda items.

6. ITEMS OF GENERAL CONSENT. The following items can be approved by a single action of the Board. Items requiring additional discussion may be withdrawn from the listing and addressed in separate actions. [see attachments for each]

A. Approval of Minutes of the regular meeting held December 11, 2008. (pg. 2)

B. Approval of Financial Statements for County Fund 4160, for December 2008. (pg. 6)

C. Approval of the Warrant Register, for December 2008. (pg. 9)

D. Approval of the Disease Surveillance Report, for December 2008 (pg. 10)

E. Approval of the District Operations Report, for December 2008 (pg. 12)

7. OLD BUSINESS

A. Update on Policy and Procedures Manual

B. Update on FY 2007/08 Annual Audit

8. NEW BUSINESS.

A. Election of Officers – Nominees to be taken from the floor prior to Board vote

B. Discussion and Approval for General Manager to Attend VCJPA Annual Conference and Workshop. Event scheduled for February 26-27, 2009 in Sacramento. It turns out that the VCJPA Board voted to cover all expenses for one representative from each District. Therefore, the only cost associated with this conference is fuel to drive to Sacramento and one meal the evening of February 25, 2009. (pg. 13)

C. Preliminary Discussion of Vector Management Priorities. The Board has indicated that they would like to see a shift in the ways in the focus of Vector Management by the District. This is an opportunity for the Board to discuss these changes with the General Manager.

D. Discussion of District Public Outreach Program. Trustee input on the direction of the District’s Public Outreach program, including ideas on logo update and preferences for website design.

9. MANAGER’S REPORT (pg. 15)

10. BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS

11. CLOSED SESSION - None

12. ADJOURNMENT (next scheduled meeting: Thursday, 12 February 2009, 2 pm)

CERTIFICATE OF POSTING

I, Brian Passaro, General Manager of the Mosquito and Vector Management District of Santa Barbara County, verify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California, that the foregoing agenda was posted not less than 72 hours prior to the afore mentioned meeting.

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Brian N. Passaro

General Manager