Merger
In July 2012, the Monterey Bay Area Council announced it would be merging with the Santa Clara County Council. Upon the departure of former Council Executive Albert Gallegos, the existing council board asked the Santa Clara County Council to operate the council while the merger is underway. The new combined council name has been selected to be the Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council. The merger is expected to be final in December 2012.
The Santa Clara County Council and the Monterey Bay Area Council share borders on two sides. The Santa Clara Council has successfully balanced its budget from 2002 to 2012 and has attracted new membership every month for nearly four years. It was recognized by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America as a Centennial Quality Council every year from 2006 and 2010 and was a Gold level Journey to Excellence Council in 2011. The Monterey Bay Area Council has been on “conditional charters” during 2010 and 2011 and was given specific goals to balance its budget and increase its membership. The Council failed to reach those goals and in 2012 the national BSA gave the Monterey Bay Area Council a “transitional charter” and instructed it to seek a merger.
The announcement attributed the merger in large part to more than a million dollars in debt accumulated by the Monterey Bay Area Council during the construction of a fish ladder and a new dining lodge at Pico Blanco Scout Reservation along with declining enrollment.
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