SANTA ANA – The process for appointing Orange County's next clerk-recorder – from among almost 900 people who applied for the vacant elected post – got more complicated Friday.
Shawn Nelson, chairman of the county's Board of Supervisors, had hoped to streamline the process by requesting that each of the five supervisors submit just two names of applicants to be considered for interviews. Other supervisors wanted to include more candidates in the interview pool.
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Supervisor Janet Nguyen gave birth to her second child on Thursday and announced a run for state Senate on Friday.
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At a special meeting Friday, the board approved Supervisor John Moorlach's proposal that each supervisor submit as many as 20 names. Moorlach also suggested combining the clerk-recorder's office with the public administrator, another vacant elected post. The county counsel's office will research that idea.
The board also discussed a design flaw in the county's online job application software that incorrectly labeled some applications as incomplete. Some 236 of the 893 applications were initially marked incomplete because they did not include resumes or cover letters.
However, it turned out that at least one of those 236 applicants – Steve Rosansky, former Newport Beach councilman – did include a resume and cover letter. The board asked county staff to go through those applications again to see if more were incorrectly marked.
After the supervisors submit as many as 20 names each, Nelson will eliminate duplicates and distribute the remaining names to the board members. Each supervisor will then whittle down that list to five candidates who should be interviewed. A full day will be set aside for the supervisors to interview those candidates at a public board meeting, with candidates being sequestered until their turn to be interviewed.
The board adopted the selection process on a 4-0 vote, with Supervisor Janet Nguyen absent. Nguyen gave birth Thursday night to her second child, a boy. Timothy Minh Nguyen Bonikowski weighed in at 8 pounds, 14 ounces. His older brother, Thomas Bonikowski III, is 2 years old.
Nguyen, a Republican who was reelected to a four-year term on the Board of Supervisors in June, also confirmed Friday that she will run for state Senate in 2014. She will seek the redrawn 34th District seat held by Democrat Lou Correa, who will term out next year.
Jose Solorio, a Democrat and former state Assemblyman, also said Friday that he is seeking the 34th Senate seat.
The clerk-recorder vacancy was created when Tom Daly, the elected clerk-recorder since 2002, won a seat in the state Assembly in November. The person appointed to replace him as clerk-recorder will have to run for election in 2014 to keep the $140,000-a-year job.
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