The Board of Supervisors is the governing body of Placer County. The Board consists of five members.
The county is divided into five supervisorial districts. The boundaries of the supervisorial districts shall be and remain as they are at the time this Charter takes effect until otherwise changed pursuant to the general law.
Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be a resident of one of the five supervisorial districts. Each member shall have been a resident of the district he seeks to represent for at least 30 days immediately preceding the deadline for filing nomination papers for the office of supervisor and shall reside in the district during his incumbency. Members of the Board of Supervisors shall be elected by the voters of the district in which they each reside.
Note: On Nov. 6, 1984 the voters adopted proposed Charter Amendment "C" which designated election of supervisors by district of residence.
The Board shall provide by ordinance for a manner, time and place of holding all regular meetings.
Note: An amendment repealing the first sentence was approved by the voters Nov. 2, 1982.
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, members of the Board of Supervisors shall be nominated and elected pursuant to the general law for a term of four years. Members of the Board of Supervisors may be removed as provided under the general law.
If a vacancy occurs on the Board of Supervisors, it shall be filled by the unanimous vote of the remaining members, and if they shall fail to make such appointment within 30 days of the occurrence of any such vacancy, then such vacancy shall be filled by the Governor; provided that any appointment under this section shall be of a person who for at least 30 days prior to his appointment has been a resident of the supervisorial district in which the vacancy exists.
Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall receive an annual salary in an amount that does not exceed the average salary of the Board of Supervisors for the neighboring Counties of El Dorado, Nevada, and Sacramento. The annual salary shall be set on the first full pay period in February each year by calculating the average salaries of Board members in El Dorado, Nevada and Sacramento Counties as of January of that year. Pension and healthcare costs shall be limited by the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013, as that Act may be amended and Supervisors will pay 100% of the employee share. This measure shall become effective January 1, 2015 and continue each January 1st thereafter.
Note: Section 207 was amended by initiative Measure A, adopted by Placer County voters on June 2, 1992, to cap compensation of the Board of Supervisors at $30,000 per year.
Note: A proposed amendment to allow a one-time adjustment to the compensation of the Board of Supervisors to $35,000 was disapproved by Placer County voters on November 3, 1998.
Note: A proposed amendment to increase compensation of the Board of Supervisors to $48,000 per year plus annual cost-of-living adjustments was disapproved by Placer County voters on November 4, 2008.
Note: On November 4, 2014, Placer County voters approved Measure B, which replaced the prior language in its entirety and replaced it with the current language.