VETERANS ADVISORY COUNCIL

PURPOSE:

The council shall operate under and by authority of the board of supervisors, and it shall be its duty

to make to the board of supervisors such recommendations from time to time as may be pertinent

to the work of the service office, and which in the judgment of the council may be deemed necessary

and proper in the furtherance of the work of such office to coordinate the activities of the various

veterans organizations; civic, patriotic and fraternal bodies in the interest of veteran welfare. It will

meet with the various federal, state and local governmental agencies in securing such aid for

veterans or their dependents as provided by law, and will assist in the promotion of such legislation

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:

No

COMPOSITION:

The council shall be composed entirely of veterans and members shall be appointed in the following

manner: each post, camp or barracks of each veterans’ organization that exists in Placer County,

and recognized by the county of Placer, state of California, and which included, but is not limited to,

the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and American Veterans (Amvets), shall designate

one of their members for appointment to the council. The names of the veterans so designated by

such veterans’ organizations shall be submitted to the board of supervisors as the duly appointed

members of the council. The term of office of the members of the council shall be for a period of

one year from the date of their appointment or until their successors shall have been designated

MEETINGS:

The council shall hold meetings at least once a month at a designated time and place, such

meetings to be called "state meetings". the council shall hold other meetings at the call of the

chairman of the council, or upon the written request of any three members of the council.

COMPENSATION:

Members of the council shall receive thirty dollars ($30.00) per meeting attended, with a maximum

limit on compensation for eighteen (18) meetings per county fiscal year; actual and necessary

expenses incidental to the proper execution of their duties and responsibilities, and such necessary

traveling and other official expenditures necessitated by their official duties as shall be approved by

COUNTY CONTACT

	Veterans Services
	(916) 780-3290
	1000 Sunset Blvd
	Rocklin, CA 95765-

CURRENT MEMBERS

	SEAT # 1	SEAT # 2	SEAT # 3
	Courtland Bradbury	Tony Sanchez	Charles Gray
	REPRESENTS: Auburn AL #84	REPRESENTS: Auburn DAV #80	REPRESENTS: Colfax AL #192
	TERM LENGTH: 1 year/replaced	TERM LENGTH: 1 year/replaced	TERM LENGTH: 1 year/replaced
	APPOINTED BY: BOS	APPOINTED BY: BOS	APPOINTED BY: BOS
	SEAT # 4	SEAT # 5	SEAT # 6
	Richard Osgood	Michael Hart	Robert F. Melendrez
	REPRESENTS: Colfax VFW #2003	REPRESENTS: FH AL #587	REPRESENTS: Lincoln AL #264
	TERM LENGTH: 1-year/replaced	TERM LENGTH: 1 year/replaced	TERM LENGTH: 1 year/replaced
	APPOINTED BY: BOS	APPOINTED BY: BOS	APPOINTED BY: BOS
	SEAT # 7	SEAT # 8	SEAT # 9
	Vacant Seat	Robert Black	Vacant Seat
	REPRESENTS: Lincoln VFW #3010	REPRESENTS: Loomis AL #775	REPRESENTS: Loomis Vietnam Veterans
	TERM LENGTH: 1-year/replaced	TERM LENGTH: 1 year/replaced	TERM LENGTH: 1 year/replaced
	APPOINTED BY: BOS	APPOINTED BY: BOS	APPOINTED BY: BOS
	SEAT # 10	SEAT # 11	SEAT # 12
	Earl H. Chinnock	Eugene Freeland	John Schance
	REPRESENTS: Rocklin AL #620	REPRESENTS: Rocklin VFW #904	REPRESENTS: Rsvl AL #169
	TERM LENGTH: 1 year/replaced	TERM LENGTH: 1 year/replaced	TERM LENGTH: 1 year/replaced
	APPOINTED BY: BOS	APPOINTED BY: BOS	APPOINTED BY: BOS
	SEAT # 13	SEAT # 14	SEAT # 15
	Robert Lightfield	Robert Ryan	Larry Guttenberg
	REPRESENTS: Roseville Flt Rsrv #230	REPRESENTS: Roseville VFW #1487	REPRESENTS: GB VFW #9869
	TERM LENGTH: 1 year/replaced	TERM LENGTH: 1 year/replaced	TERM LENGTH: 1 year/replaced
	APPOINTED BY: BOS	APPOINTED BY: BOS	APPOINTED BY: BOS
	SEAT # 16	SEAT # 17	SEAT # 18
	Rick Jones	Gary Oliver	Kathleen Shance
	REPRESENTS: Auburn Flt Rsrv #296	REPRESENTS: FH VFW #11294	REPRESENTS: Bulldog Detachment #1247
	TERM LENGTH: 1 year/replaced	TERM LENGTH: 1 year/replaced	TERM LENGTH: 1-year/replaced
	APPOINTED BY: BOS	APPOINTED BY: BOS	APPOINTED BY: BOS