(a) The Working Group shall consist of 12 members, as follows:
(1) Seats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 shall be held by management-level employees of DPH, at least two of whom shall work at the BHC, appointed by the Director of Health;
(2) Seats 7, 8, 9, and 10 shall be held by ARF or BHC staff representatives from the Service Employees International Union 1021 (“SEIU 1021”), appointed by SEIU 1021;
(3) Seats 11 and 12 shall be held by BHC staff representatives from the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21, AFL-CIO (“Local 21”), appointed by Local 21.
(b) Appointing authorities shall make appointments to the Working Group within one month of the effective date of this Article XLII. Members of the Working Group shall serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing authorities and may be removed by the member’s appointing authority at any time.
(c) Members may receive their regular salaries for time spent on the Working Group during regularly scheduled work hours. Appointees of SEIU 1021 and Local 21 shall serve on released time subject to the applicable Memorandum of Understanding provisions.
(d) Meetings of the Working Group shall be open to the public and subject to the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code Sections 54950, et seq.) and the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the Administrative Code).
(e) Any member who misses three regular meetings of the Working Group within a six-month period without the express approval of the Working Group at or before each missed meeting shall be deemed to have resigned from the Working Group 10 days after the third unapproved absence.
