• The Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District Board of Trustees will vote on Superintendent Emerita Orta-Camilleri’s contract from 2009 through 2011 with a base salary of $169,600.

At the same meeting, the board will review a proposal from Zonarchitects, a representative for T-Mobile, to build a cell tower at Ralston Middle School. The proposed cell tower would be placed with a five-year lease at $1,999 monthly for the rent, $1,500 per vendor if additional space is rented. A 3 percent cost of living adjustment is built into the agreement.

The board meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 at the District Office, 2960 Hallmark Drive in Belmont.

County government

• San Mateo County planners invite the public to help them update the county’s Housing Element, a component of the general plan. State law requires cities and counties to update the Housing Element every five years so local governments can plan to meet the existing and projected housing needs in the community.

The county is holding two workshops to educate residents about housing issues in the unincorporated areas and to present ideas about housing priorities and needs. The housing element update does not apply to cites.

The workshops, in both English and Spanish, are 6:45 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 at the Fair Oaks Community Center, 2600 Middlefield Road, unincorporated Redwood City and 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30 at the Half Moon Village, 9 Bloom Lane, Half Moon Bay.

 Regional government

• Directors of the Sequoia Healthcare District will meet in a special session today to discuss and determine priorities for 2009–10 grants to nonprofits that provide health care and related services to district residents. Last fiscal year Sequoia Healthcare District grants totaled $1.44 million to 27 nonprofits serving thousands of district residents, providing food, shelter, fitness, nutrition, exercise, health screenings, recovery services and more.