Vanderlaan eligible to vote on FPUD-Rainbow merger

Andy Vanderlaan will be able to vote on the proposed merger between the Fallbrook Public Utility District (FPUD) and the Rainbow Municipal Water District when San Diego County's Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) hears the consolidation request Sept. 14.

Vanderlaan is the public member on LAFCO's board and lives in the Rainbow Municipal Water District. LAFCO executive officer Mike Ott reviewed commissioner disqualification information from a 1971 proposed Bonsall annexation and determined that Vanderlaan will not need to recuse himself from the FPUD-Rainbow merger vote because of his re...