The Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) approved amendments to its rules and procedures at its meeting on Monday that are first step in making a better MAC for Castro Valley. These rules and procedures define how the MAC operates its meetings.

Castro Valley Matters is a supporter of these changes and believes that they will go a long ways towards increasing transparency of how the MAC operates and will move us closer to achieving our goal of securing more local control and better representation for our community.

In the revised MAC rules, a member’s term as chair will now be limited to two consecutive years. A 12 year term-limit for all members of the MAC was also affirmed in the rules.

Supervisor Nate Miley and Alameda County staff originally proposed these revisions to the MAC rules and procedures last March.  At the time, Miley said that the issue of rotating the chair “has been an issue that has come up in the past,” and he wanted the MACs to get in the habit of having the chair rotate on a regular basis so “that other people have the opportunity to serve in a leadership function.”

While these are steps in the right direction, there are more reforms to be implemented to make the MAC a more representative forum for all of Castro Valley. Please read and provides us your feedback on CVM’s proposal to #ReformTheCVMAC.

And join your community members this Thursday, October 18 at 7:00 pm at the Castro Valley Library for a “Town Hall on Municipal Advisory Councils” hosted by Supervisor Miley.

Our Supervisor needs to hear from us on these issues, and our voices are our strongest tools.