The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 13, in the Board of Supervisors chambers at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. TV8 will broadcast the meeting live.
During an untimed discussion, Supervisor Denise Rushing will ask the board to consider a proposed letter to the California Public Utilities Commission on behalf of the community of Lucerne regarding
the request for a rate increase by Cal Water.
Cal Water is seeking a rate increase over the next three years of nearly 68 percent, as Lake County News has reported.
In another untimed discussion, the board will consider authorizing Board Chair Anthony Farrington to sign a report of appointment to enable Deputy Animal Care and Control Director Bill Davidson to
receive compensation for working above his classification.
Davidson currently is overseeing the department in the absence of the Animal Care and Control Director Denise Johnson, who is on an extended medical leave.
The board will hold two closed sessions. During the first, at 1:30 p.m., they will hold interviews with applicants for the Water Resources director job.
During the second closed session, they will discuss labor negotiations, hold performance evaluations for Animal Care and Control Director Denise Johnson and Public Works Director Brent Siemer, hold a second conference with legal counsel about a potential case of litigation and hear an appeal of a an employee disciplinary action.
Other times on the agenda are as follows.
Timed items
9 a.m.: Approval of consent agenda, which includes items that are expected to be routine and noncontroversial, and will be acted upon by the board at one time without discussion; presentation of animals available for adoption at Lake County Animal Care and Control; consideration of items not appearing on the posted agenda.
9:05 a.m.: Citizen's input. Any person may speak for three minutes about any subject of concern,
provided that it is within the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors and is not already on the agenda. Prior to this time, speakers must fill out a slip giving name, address and subject (available in the Clerk of the Board’s Office, first floor, courthouse).
9:15 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the week of April 11-17 as National Public Safety Telecommunications Week in Lake County.
9:20 a.m.: Presentation of annual report from the Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee.
9:50 a.m.: Hearing, notice of nuisance abatement - 9190 Fairway Drive, Kelseyville, CA (APN 430-213-19 – James E. Purviance).
10 a.m.: Presentation by Lake County Animal Coalition regarding the spay and neuter vouchers and other activities; and consideration of request for future county funding to help cover the costs of the spay and neuter vouchers and other activities.
10:30 a.m.: Discussion/consideration of recommendation to delete mechanical harvesting of aquatic weeds on Clear Lake from the request for proposal that is being issued by the county.
11 a.m.: Discussion/consideration of proposed fourth amendment to the agreement between the county of Lake and Lake Legal Defense Services to provide indigent criminal legal defense services.
11:15 a.m.: Presentation of an educational video that was submitted in the “We Love Tules” video contest showing the importance and propagation of tules around Clear Lake.
11:30 a.m.: Assessment appeal hearings, Judy Buttke - Application No. 95-2009 - located at 3675 Benmore Valley Road, Lakeport, CA - APN 007-001-37; Harold Brezine - Application No. 126-2009 - located at 16371 32nd Ave., Clearlake, CA - APN 042-254-40.
Nontimed items
– Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
– Discussion/consideration of a proposed letter of support of a grant application submitted by Heberden Telemedicine for a health information network to support hospitals and physicians in the Northern California region.
– Discussion/consideration of proposed first amendment to the agreement between the county of Lake and Casa Pacifica for specialty mental health services (an increase from $100,000 to a maximum amount of $116,000).
– Discussion/consideration of proposed first amendment to the agreement between the county of Lake and San Diego Center for Children for specialty mental health services (an increase from $30,000 to a maximum contract amount of $50,000).
– Discussion/consideration of proposed resolution of intention to name certain existing roads in the county of Lake (Cold Water Creek Road, Rabbit Valley Road, Binkley Road and Lee Spring Road), located off of High Valley Road in the Cobb area and set hearing for May 18, 2010, at 9:15 a.m.
– Discussion/consideration of first amendment to the agreement between the county of Lake and the Regents of the University of California for sediment sampling in Clear Lake (an increase from
$20,008.56 to $40,017.12).
– An ordinance amending Section 706B of the Sewer Use Ordinance pertaining to inflationary adjustment determined by the Engineering News Record-Construction Cost Index. Second reading, advanced from April 6.
Consent agenda
– Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held on April 6, 2010.
– Adopt proclamation designating the week of April 11-17 as National Public Safety Telecommunications Week in Lake County.
– Adopt proclamation designating April 17, 2010 as Red Hat Day in Lake County.
– Adopt proclamation recognizing the significance of the Geysers and applauding the April 16, 2010 dedication of the Calpine Cartwright Geothermal Visitors Center.
– Adopt Resolution No. _____ authorizing the Deputy Director, Lake County Redevelopment Agency to sign a Notice of Completion for work performed under agreement dated May 5, 2009 (Upper Lake
Main Street pavement rehabilitation and accessibility improvements).
– Approve the agreement between the county of Lake and the Lucerne Friends of Locally Owned Water (F.L.O.W.) for the purpose of providing funding to the Lucerne F.L.O.W. Community garden project
and authorize the chair to sign.
– Adopt the revised county of Lake Facilities/Courthouse Evacuation Plan and the authorize the safety officer to make revisions to the plan when necessary changes are identified.
– Approve the contract between the county of Lake and Dazzling Janitorial Services to provide janitorial services to the Lakeport Library in the amount of $10,200 and authorize the chair to sign.
– Adopt Resolution No. _____ amending Resolution No. 2009-145 establishing position allocations to conform to the Fiscal Year 2009/2010 Final Budget, Budget Unit No. 2302 - Probation Officer-
Juvenile Court (deleting one Probation Administrative Manager and adding one Probation Administrative Manager I/II allocation), as recommended by the Reclassification Committee.
– Approve recommendations from the Reclassification Committee as per memorandum dated March 30, 2010, regarding reclassification requests submitted by county departments.
– Approve Modification No. 006 to Cooperative Law Enforcement Agreement between the county of Lake and the U.S. Forest Services to defray cost relating to the suppression of manufacturing and
trafficking of controlled substances (county’s allocation of addition funding from the U.S. Forest Service will be $35,000), and authorize the chair to sign.
– (a) Adopt Resolution No. _____ to appropriate unanticipated revenue in the amount of $18,000 (awarded a grant from the Department of Boating and Waterways ), for the purchase of an outboard motor re-power unit for a Sheriff’s Patrol boat - Budget Unit No. 2205 - Sheriff/Marine Patrol; and
(b) Award bid in the amount of $14,804.98 to Redwood Marine for the purchase of an Honda outboard motor re-power unit for a sheriff’s patrol boat and authorize the chair to sign.
– Accept dedication and conveyance of water well to provide supplemental water to County Service Area No. 16 - Paradise Valley,located at 8236 Paradise Valley Boulevard, Lucerne, CA (APN 060-
321-01), and authorize the chair to sign.
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