Article 2. Officers And Employees of California Water Code >> Division 31.7. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 2.

The board shall appoint a general manager, a financial officer, and a secretary. The board may establish other offices that may be necessary or convenient. The board shall appoint, and prescribe the duties, compensation, and terms and conditions of employment of, all officers.

The board may employ other employees that the board determines are necessary or convenient and may delegate to the general manager the authority to employ or contract for the services of additional assistants or employees that the general manager determines to be necessary or convenient to operate the authority.

The board may require, and establish the amount of, official bonds of officers and employees that are necessary for the protection of the funds and property of the authority.

(a) Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090) of Chapter 1 of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code applies to all officers and employees of the authority, except that a director may vote on a contract between the authority and the public entity that appointed him or her to the authority's board. Notwithstanding the membership on the board of the members appointed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 81629, a contract between the authority and the California Water Service Company or between the authority and Stanford University does not violate Section 1090 of the Government Code, nor is that contract void or voidable under Section 1092 of the Government Code.
  (b) The authority is a "local government agency" for purposes of the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000) of the Government Code).