CSUMB President Eduardo Ochoa sent a request to the Executive Director regarding an appointment to the Transportation Agency Board of Directors as a voting ex officio member. The Director noted that adding an ex officio member would require amendment of the Transportation Agency bylaws (attached) but that has been done before in the past, when the Agency added the City of Watsonville, but ex officios have always been non-voting.
The Executive Committee considered the request from California State University at Monterey Bay to be added as a member of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County Board of Directors a voting ex officio member. After some discussion regarding the benefits of having a University representative and the concerns with having too many ex officio Board members, the Executive Committee voted 3 - 2 (1 absent) to ask the Executive Director to ask President Ochoa if he would be willing to accept a non-voting ex officio seat for CSUMB, and if so, to place the matter before the full TAMC Board for its consideration on the regular agenda.
President Ochoa accepted the proposal, and the matter is now before the TAMC Board for its consideration.