Tuesday, November 2, 1010 – 09:00 a.m.
Tuesdays meeting of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors will be a milestone.
County supes are set to relinquish their roles as ‘supervisors’ and take a back seat to soon to be named chief executive office Greg Devereaux.
A titled insiders say Devereaux insisted upon when he took the job.
Though the title change is no big deal, what accompanies the action is stunning.
County supervisors will basically assume a “city council” like posture, and agree by ordinance not to interfere or intervene in county operations.
They will only have the power to make inquiry.
A concept which seems at odds with the county charter.
What begs the question here is, if this is to be the case, then why do supervisors need full-time treatment and large staffs?
I’m not saying Devereaux isn’t qualified to run the county. However it’s questionable that supervisors want nothing to do with county operations but still want the pay and perks.
The following questions are probably in order:
Is this legal or does it violate the Charter or provisions under which they are elected?
Are the voters aware of this, and were these the conditions under which they agreed to vote them into office?
Are they now going to be able to claim plausible deniability when future corruption is unearthed?
I have more faith in Greg than in the entire elected Board. The BOS still makes policy and Greg will be responsible for carrying it out. The BOS, in the past, got far too involved with the daily running of the County.
The Devil is now “responsible” for doing it to us (repeatedly).
@Planner: Well then if what you say is true, then each of the supes can afford to take a substantial pay cut. It’s only fair.
I agree wholeheartedly with 5. Anonymous. The BOS has long needed to relinquish an amount of their salaries commensurate with the time they do business for their constituents. The policy of meeting once every other Tuesday should have halved their pay, but all it really did was slow down how much work they get accomplished (remember, voting on county matters is their primary job).
Now, by ordinance, they will be required to stop DIRECTLY meddling with department functions. This would indicate to me, that they will be doing even less of the “work” they used to perform.
Boy, sounds like you don’t need a good union to take advantage of the system!
@Steve: Right, Devereaux has his own best interest at heart.