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The Westlands Water District Board of Directors is scheduled to meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday by Zoom to decide on filling a board vacancy.
Item 8a of the Board’s agenda states: “Consider Recommendation that the Board of Directors Appoints an Applicant to Fill Vacancy on the Board of Directors or, in the Alternative, Approves Resolution No. 101-21, Calling the 2021 District Election and Authorizing Required Actions.”
The District is looking to replace Don Peracchi, who resigned from the nine-member board at the end of December. The new member, however chosen, will serve out the remainder of Peracchi’s term through 2022.
Westlands Water District provided the following details for the meeting:
Meeting ID: 954 0217 3393
Passcode: 3130
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Meeting ID: 954 0217 3393
Passcode: 3130
The Westlands Board of Directors is comprised of members who are District landowners or designated or legal representatives of a landowners.
Board elections are held every two years, and directors are elected to four-year terms. Each landowner in the District is allowed one vote for each dollar’s worth of land to which he/she holds title.
Several members were elected or re-elected in November.
Here is the full list of the current Board of Directors:
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