CSDA News

New Tuolumne County Chapter Approved

At its January 20 meeting, the CSDA Board of Directors formally approved an affiliation agreement with the Tuolumne County Special Districts Association. The Tuolumne County Chapter becomes CSDA’s 26th affiliated chapter and joins the Gold Country Chapter and the Stanislaus County Chapter as the third chapter in CSDA’s Sierra Network.

The approval of this affiliation agreement completes a process started in 2022. Special district representatives from multiple districts held their first meeting in April to discuss forming a county-specific chapter. The county had been part of the Gold Country Chapter since 2012, but leaders felt an independent chapter was preferable to help the districts focus on upcoming LAFCO issues. In 2020, districts secured representation on the Tuolumne County LAFCO. The Tuolumne County Chapter formalized its goal of becoming a CSDA-affiliated Chapter in December 2022.

The Tuolumne County Chapter elected the following individuals as officers:

President: Pete Kampa, CSDM, Groveland Community Services District

Vice-President: Eileen Mannix, Twain Harte Community Services District

Secretary: Brian Bell, Tuolumne Fire District

Treasurer: Richard York, Jamestown Sanitary District

In response to CSDA’s Board action approving the agreement, CSDA Board Member and Tuolumne County Chapter President Pete Kampa stated, “I thank my colleagues on the CSDA Board for unanimously approving the Tuolumne County Chapter affiliation. I also want to thank the local districts for their commitment to building this new Chapter. I believe it will be an effective forum to advocate for and assist the independent districts in Tuolumne County.”

To learn more about CSDA’s affiliated chapters, including upcoming chapter meetings, visit csda.net/about-csda/ chapters-networks or contact the CSDA Public Affairs Field Coordinator serving your network.