SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION AGENDA

Our Mission Statement:

Through collaborative efforts, the Commission develops and recommends education, prevention, and intervention policies that hold batterers accountable and ensure safety and support for victims including children and survivors.

1. Call to Order.

2. Roll Call: Introduction of Members.

3. Additions or Deletions to Agenda.

4. Approval of March and April Minutes (retreat)

5. Oral Communications From the Community.

6. Old Business.

A. Batterers Programs Speaker (MacDonald)

B. Membership update (Simonson)

Women’s Commission, Family Court Services, Dominican Hosp., Survivor, GLBT, Latino, Batterer’s Program

C. Report to the Community Speakers: CPS (Patty King) and Law Enforcement (Todd Mayer)

D. Bylaws – see below.

E.

7. New Business.

A. Nominations and Terms of Officers – voting after Reports.

B. Committee & Task force Reports:

Includes new volunteer members for each group

1) By-Laws Taskforce

(Schneider, Simonson, Lee, Allen, Laughlin)

2) Education Committee

(Clemens, Lee, Loughlin, Foster, Favorite, Allen)

3) Report to the Community Committee

(Steering: Biggam, MacDonald, Hiromura, Robbins, Buesing, Mayer, Segura)

4) Executive Committee

(Simonson, Lee, Allen)

5) Bylaws Taskforce

(Schneider, Lee, Allen, Simonson, Loughlin)

6) Policy and Protocol Committee

a) Medical (Goodman, Sulay, Welty, Lundgren, Rice, Meehan)

b) LE (Schneider, Mayer, MacDonald, Simonson, Wowak, Lee, Loughlin, Robbins, Jordan, Foster)

C. Voting on Nominations for Officers and Executive Committee.

9. Announcement from Commissioners.

10. Adjournment.

Note:

The Commission has 28 seats, 7 of which are vacant:

Batterer’s Treatment

Women's Commission

GLBT (at large)

Latino (at large)

Survivor

Dominican Hospital

Family Court Services

A quorum is one more than one half of the appointed members. We have 21 appointed members right now. A quorum is 11.

Additional NOTE:

The DVC shall: "establish a committee from among its membership, with the addition of a representative of the office of the Santa Cruz County Counsel, as specified by Penal Code Section 853.6(a) to develop protocols for use by law enforcement officers and recommend the adoption of said protocols to the board of supervisors. (ord. 4329 section 1 (part), 1994)".

DISTRIBUTION

Alan Hiromura	Alisha Favorite
Bob Lee	Brook Foster
Charles Molnar	Dee O’Brien
Heidi Simonson	Irwin Joseph
Jo Anna Goodman	JoAnn Allen
Julie Schneider	Kathi Loughlin
Kristie Clemens	Larry Biggam
Laura Segura	Patrick Meehan
Scott MacDonald	Steve Robbins
Todd Mayer	Tom Melkonian
Ofelia Gomez

Note:

This meeting will be held in a wheelchair accessible facility. If you need interpreter services contact Bob Lee at 454-2597 at least three working days in advance of the meeting. As a courtesy to those persons affected, please attend the meeting smoke and scent free.

Traducciones del inglés al espaZol y del espaZol son disponibles. Por favor hagan arreglos con anticipación con Laura Segura en Defensa de Mujeres por teléfono al número (831) 722-4532.

A T T A C H M E N T

DVC By-Laws

Section G. REMOVAL

G. REMOVAL: Any Commission or committee member may be removed from office by a four-fifths vote of the Board of Supervisors favoring such removal. 

1. The absence of any member from three consecutive regular meetings without good cause shall require the question of removal of that member to be placed on the agenda of the next regularly scheduled meeting. Good cause is defined as a personal or family health issue, family emergency or out-of-town.

2.  Written notice of this agenda item shall be given by the Chair to the member and the organization of government office the member represents.

3.  Removal of a Commission member shall be by majority vote of eligible voting Commission members.