The meeting will being at 9 a.m. in the board chambers at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. TV8 will broadcast the meeting live.
The undersheriff discussion is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m.
A Nov. 19 memo to the board from County Administrative Officer Kelly Cox explained that Sheriff-elect Frank Rivero has asked that the new undersheriff position and classification be allocated and effective by January. A proposed resolution would implement the position and classification.
Cox said an undersheriff position formerly had existed but was eliminated during a past department reorganization.
“Sheriff-elect Rivero believes the undersheriff position is essential to the department's command structure and ability to ensure that the public receives the best possible service from the department,” Cox said.
The board also is being asked to approve Rivero's request to exempt the undersheriff position from the normal recruitment process, “thereby allowing the sheriff to fill the position with any candidate of his choice who meets the minimum qualifications established in the job description,” Cox wrote.
He added, “Although this is not normally how assistant department head positions are filled, the board has the ability to authorize this position to be exempt from the normal recruitment process.”
Cox said in a followup memo dated Dec. 1 that the Human Resources Department has drafted a job description Rivero had reviewed and is recommending for approval.
The salary range is 5-percent above that of a captain, with an entry level salary of $6,335.33 per month.
The three-page job description's special requirements include possession of three Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certificates, including advanced and supervisor, with a management certificate also preferred.
Rivero had said on the campaign trail that he intended to appoint Jack Baxter, a sheriff's candidate and retired San Jose Police sergeant, to the job.
To be eligible, Baxter – who retired in 2003 – would have to go through a POST requalification course due to the lapse caused by his retirement.
Also on Tuesday's agenda, at 1:30 p.m. the board is set to get a status report on the progress toward development of proposed local ordinance regulating genetically engineered crops, and will consider a proposed letter to the state legislature and federal regulators in support of the identification of genetically engineered ingredients on food labels.
The board also will hold an untimed closed session to discuss labor negotiations, and a 2 p.m. closed session to discuss Public Employee Disciplinary Appeal No. EDA 2010-03.
Other items 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, and contract change orders for current construction projects.
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).
9:10 a.m.: Presentation of proclamations commending Roth A. Shilts and William F. Burnett for their years of volunteer service in Public Safety.
9:15 a.m.: Hearing, nuisance abatement, 12110 Mead Road, Middletown, CA (APN 050-412-01 - Jesse Romo and Beatriz Romo).
9:30 a.m.: Presentation of the Lake County Community Needs Assessment
10 a.m.: Hearing, nuisance abatement, 4710 Steelhead Drive, Kelseyville, CA (APN 044-571-01 - Chase Home Financing LLC).
10:15 a.m.: Hearing, nuisance abatement, 4730 Lakeshore Blvd., Lakeport, CA (APN 029-312-11 - Walter Posey and Tanya Wofford).
10:45 a.m.: Public hearing, appeal (AB 10-05) of Robert and Becky Parker of the Planning Lake County Commission’s allowance of a residential second unit on property owned by Michael Macy; located at 13210 Ridge Road, Loch Lomond, CA (APN 011-067-42).
11:15 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of proposed ordinance to provide support for Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) cable television access facilities (by establishing a fee of up to 1 percent of the cable operator’s gross revenues).
11:30 a.m. Assessment appeal hearing: Kenneth Manders - Application No. 276-2009, 3175 Lakeshore Blvd., Nice, CA (APN 032-122-050-000).
1:20 p.m.: Presentation of proclamation commending Voris Brumfield for her service to the county of Lake.
Nontimed items
– Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
– Consideration of Legislative Priorities for 2011.
– Consideration of request to approve appointment of Senior Deputy District Attorney Richard Hinchcliff to interim chief deputy district attorney, effective Dec. 7) and request for compensation at the fifth career step.
– Update on emergency action taken on March 2, 2010, regarding the Southeast Regional Wastewater Collection System – Interim Collection.
– Consideration of request for board direction and action regarding Board of Supervisors adjourns and clarification of Paragraph 5 of Section 721 of the Sewer Use Ordinance (dumping of septic tank effluent at sewer plant).
Consent agenda
– Approval of minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held on Dec. 7, 2010.
– Adopt proclamations commending Roth A. Shilts and William F. Burnett for their years of volunteer service in public safety.
– Adopt proclamation commending Voris Brumfield for her service to the county of Lake.
– Adopt resolution establishing the Emergency Medical Air Transportation Act Fund (for the collection of Vehicle Code violation penalties; for the purpose of funding emergency medical air transportation, pursuant to Government Code Section 76000.10).
– Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2010-165 establishing position allocations for Fiscal year 2010-11, Budget Unit No. 1121, Auditor-Controller (temporarily increasing the number of departmental positions to cover an extended employee absence).
– Authorize the destruction of payroll documents for Fiscal Year 2004-05 and earlier; property tax documents (unsecured tax rolls) for fiscal year 2004-05 and earlier; property tax documents (secured tax rolls) for fiscal year 1997-98 and earlier; accounts payable documents for fiscal year 2004-05 and earlier; and deposit permits for fiscal year 2004-05 and earlier.
– Approve amendment to West Lake Resource Conservation District Conflict of Interest Code, pursuant to district’s approval on Dec. 9, 2010.
– Approve first amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and St. Vincent’s School for boys for children’s specialty mental health services for fiscal year 2010-11 (increasing the maximum amount of $98,000), and authorize the chair to sign.
– Approve the first amendment to agreement between the county of and Other Drug Services Lake and Hilltop Recovery Services, for intensive residential treatment services (an increase of $15,000, total compensation not to exceed $22,200), and authorize the chair to sign.
– Adopt resolution approving final parcel map and the signing of the final parcel map (Lawson M.R.S. 08-03).
– Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary for mortuary services; approve agreement between the county of Lake and Jones Mortuary for mortuary services; and approve agreement between the county of Lake and Jones and Lewis (Clear Lake Memorial Chapel), for mortuary services and authorize the chair to sign the three agreements (all three agreements have a term expiring on Dec. 31, 2011).
– Waive 900 hour limit for extra help Eligibility Worker I Nicole Carte and extra help Social Worker IV Socorro Padilla.
– Adopt resolution authorizing the Departments of Water Resources and Public Works to participate in the Federal Surplus Property Reutilization Program, and authorize the chair to sign the assurance of compliance and certificate regarding debarment.
– Adopt resolution authorizing the Special Districts administrator to sign a notice of completion for work performed under agreement dated Sept. 17, 2009 (Wastewater Treatment Plan and Effluent Pump Station improvements, Bid No. 09-26).
– Approve temporary grant of easement and agreement and direct clerk to certify for recordation (APN 040-300-19 - Homer Hillebrand), and authorize the chair to sign.
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