BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Consider the January 2, 2024, Board Policy and Planning Committee Recommendation to Adopt the Proposed Changes to Board Governance Policy Executive Limitations (EL) 3: Human Resources.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Consider recommendations resulting from the January 2, 2024, Board Policy and Planning Committee meeting to:
A. Adopt the Proposed Changes to Board Governance Policy Executive Limitations (EL) 3: Human Resources; and
B. Provide feedback and recommendations to staff as necessary.
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SUMMARY:
Executive Limitation 3 (EL-3), initially adopted in June 1999, serves as a governance policy of the Board providing clear directives with the respect to compensation and benefits, employment, and the treatment of employees and persons doing work for or on behalf of Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water). The policy was updated in December 2019.
In 2014, the Board approved the addition of "Board Appointed Officer (BAO) Interpretations" to some governance policies (Attachment 2). The interpretations were designed to describe the Executive Limitations in more detail. However, because interpretations describe the same Executive Limitations and how Valley Water operates, they are duplicative and are not considered Board policies. Staff recommends that the BAO Interpretations for EL-3 be eliminated to reduce redundancies and/or information that is no longer applicable.
The current version of EL-3 aims to keep governance as a Board directive that communicates the expectations of the Board but does not prescribe how the expectations will be achieved through BAO interpretations.
The proposed revisions include the following:
1. For Executive Limitations 3 (EL-3) change any reference to "District" to "Valley Water" to align with our organizations branding policy and strike-out of reference to BAO ...
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