County Seeks Citizens to Serve on Boards & Commissions

July 22, 2010

The County of Tulare Clerk of the Board Office is accepting applications from interested citizens to serve on various boards and commissions. The following boards and commissions currently have vacancies:

Library Advisory Board - Advises and makes recommendations to the Board of Supervisors regarding all phases of library services and operations of the Tulare County Library System including: level of library services; hours of operation; public concerns about the library system, and more.

Community Health Center Board - Adopt policies identifying the services to be delivered at the Tulare County Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) locations, and the hours during which services are to be provided. Develop and implement a procedure for hearing and resolving patient grievances. Adopts quality of care audit procedures, and more.

Emergency Medical Care Committee - At least annually, review the operations of each of the following: Ambulance services operating within the County; Emergency medical/pre-hospital care offered within the County; and, First aid and/or CPR practices in the County. Report to the State EMS Authority its observations and recommendations relative to its review, and more.

Mental Health Board - Continually review and evaluate the community’s mental health needs, services, facilities, and specific challenges; develop strategies to meet those needs, provide those services, improve those facilities and address those specific challenges; make recommendations to the Tulare County Board of Supervisors and the Tulare County Mental Health Director as appropriate, and more.

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District - Provide input in the establishment, updating, and monitoring of the District’s Rule Development Procedures; provide early proactive review and input on current and new rules; question the effectiveness of the rules and whether or not they are working; provide input on District funding sources; generate ideas and develop those ideas into possible approaches to improve air quality and recommend these approaches to the District, and more.

Delta Vector Control District - All trustees shall exercise their independent judgment on behalf of the interests of the residents, property owners, and the public as a whole in furthering the purposes and intent of this chapter.  The trustees shall represent the interests of the public as a whole and not solely the interests of the Board of Supervisors or the city council that appointed them.

Some of the open positions are specific to one supervisorial district or are at-large or alternate member positions.

Click here to download information on each position.

Click here to download application.

Applications can also be obtained from the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors located at the County Administration Building, 2800 W. Burrel, Visalia CA 93291-4582 or you can call (559) 636-5000 and request an application to be mailed to you.