Vina GSA Board Vacancies

Apply by September 13, 2023! The Vina GSA is looking to fill the Agricultural Stakeholder Director and Domestic Well User Stakeholder Director positions.

Butte County is currently accepting applications for these two Board positions (both the primary and alternate positions). If you are interested in applying, click here to access the Board application - please note that you will be redirected to the County's Board and Commission Vacancies webpage. Type Vina in the search bar and you will be directed to the appropriate page to submit an application. 

About the Board

The Vina Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) was created through the Vina Joint Powers Agreement executed on April 9, 2019. The Member Agencies include Butte County, the City of Chico and Durham Irrigation District.

The Vina GSA consists of a five member Board of Directors that consists of one seat for each Member Agency, and an Agricultural Stakeholder Director and a Domestic Stakeholder Director. There is also an alternate for each designated seat.

The Board of Directors is comprised of the following:

• Butte County Board of Supervisors, one primary member and one alternate member
• City of Chico City Council, one primary member and one alternate member
• Durham Irrigation District Board of Directors, one primary member and one alternate member
• Agricultural Stakeholder Director, one primary member and one alternate member, both appointed by the Board of Supervisors
• Domestic Well User Stakeholder Director, one primary member and one alternate member, appointed by the Board of Supervisors

Please note: The Alternate Director shall have no vote, and shall not participate in any discussions or deliberations of the Board unless appearing as a substitute for a Director due to absence or conflict of interest.

Appointment Process and Qualifications

Agricultural Stakeholder Director 

With respect to the Agricultural Stakeholder Directors, the Agricultural Groundwater Users of Butte County (Association) shall provide a list of four (4) nominees selected from the list of qualified candidates. The Butte County Board of Supervisors shall consider the nominees at a regular meeting and shall appoint the Agricultural Stakeholder Director and an alternate. The Agricultural Stakeholder Director shall meet the following criteria, determined at the sole discretion of the Butte County Board of Supervisors: (1) reside in the Agency Jurisdiction; (2) own/lease real property in active commercial agricultural production overlying the Agency Jurisdiction or be an employee of a commercial agricultural production operation overlying the Agency Jurisdiction involved with water use decisions; (3) the commercial agricultural production operation extracts groundwater from the Agency Jurisdiction for the irrigation/frost protection of at least fifty (50) acres of agricultural crops in commercial operation; and (4) the business entity that the Agricultural Stakeholder represents has commercial agricultural interests solely within the Sacramento Valley region. The Agricultural Stakeholder, or the entity he/she represents, may not be a party to any pending litigation against the Agency or any of its Members.

Domestic Well Stakeholder Director 

With respect to the Domestic Well User Stakeholder Directors, the Butte County Board of Supervisors shall consider the nominees at a regular meeting and shall appoint the Domestic Well User Stakeholder Director and an alternate. The Domestic Well User Stakeholder Director shall meet the following criteria, determined at the sole discretion of the Butte County Board of Supervisors: (1) reside in the Agency Jurisdiction and owns or leases residential real property in the Agency Jurisdiction; and (2) extracts groundwater from the Agency Jurisdiction for domestic water use only. The Domestic Well User Stakeholder may not be a party to any pending litigation against the Agency or any of its Members.