The board meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 24, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. TV8 will broadcast the meeting live.
At 10:45 a.m. the board will take up the matter of the merger between the Water Resources and Public
Works Departments.
Water Resources was split from Public Works and made into its own department early in 2010. It was put under the management of Scott De Leon in May 2010, as Lake County News has reported.
Earlier this month, the board offered De Leon the Public Works director's job, which he took over on May 16. He said he proposed to the board that they put the two departments back together and eliminate the Water Resources director position.
The cost savings from that job – around $100,000 annually when salary and benefits are counted – is proposed to be dedicated to aquatic weed and algae abatement projects on Clear Lake.
The board also will consider giving De Leon, as the head of the two combined departments, an advanced step appointment and higher pay. He didn't automatically receive a raise because the new job is a lateral transfer.
At 1:30 p.m., the board will continue a discussion from May 10 regarding options to address the budgetary shortfall for the Eastlake Landfill.
Public Services also has proposed importing solid waste from the city of Ukiah for a five-year period beginning Jan. 1, 2012, in an effort to bolster sagging revenue and rebuild its nearly spent reserves.
At the May 10 meeting the board didn't favor the proposal and indicated it wanted staff to explore other options.
As part of the discussion, the board also will discuss an amendment to the agreement between the county of Lake and Franchise Haulers (Lake County Waste Solutions Inc. and South Lake Refuse-Recycling LLC) to implement a quarterly variable fuel surcharge on curbside service rates, and a proposed ordinance amending the landfill's gate fees.
The board also will hold a closed session to discuss labor negotiations, conduct a performance evaluation of Public Services Director Kim Clymire, hold a public employee disciplinary appeal hearing and hold conference with legal counsel about existing litigation regarding an application by Pacific Gas & Electric for approval of modifications to its SmartMeter program and increased revenue requirements to recover the costs of the modifications.
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 proclamation in recognition of Older American’s Month, May 2011, “Older Americans: Connecting the Community.”
9:15 a.m.: Protest hearing for proposed increase of water charges and fees for County Service Area (CSA) No. 22 - Mt. Hannah; and consideration of proposed ordinance amending the charges and
fees for County Service Area (CSA) No. 22 - Mt. Hannah.
10 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of proposed extension of an existing named road (Konocti Road), and the proposed naming of an existing unnamed road (Buckingham Peak Road).
10:15 a.m.: Discussion/consideration of request to direct staff to prioritize the application to the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to secure surface water supplies to the waters of Clear Lake in connection with the Middle Creek Restoration Project; to immediately develop a request for proposals be sent out to qualified water resources engineers for hydrological modeling; and to approve letter to Yolo Flood Board of Directors to request the placement of our memorandum of understanding on a future Yolo Flood Board meeting agenda and request their support of our water rights application in connection with the Middle Creek Restoration Project
11 a.m.: Lake County Energy Watch update and request for board direction.
Nontimed items
– Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
– Consideration of appointments to the following: Emergency Medical Care Committee, Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee and Solid Waste Appeals Panel.
– Continued from May 17: Consideration of request to approve letter of support for AB 1178 (Fiona Ma) regarding the prohibition of disposal of solid waste based on its geographical origin.
– Discussion/consideration of request to waive the formal bidding process and make a determination that competitive bidding would produce no economic benefit to the county; consideration of request to purchase four 2012 Ford Fusions from Holder Ford, in the amount of $70,419.16; and consideration of proposed Budget Transfer B-248 from Professional & Specialized Services and Support & Care of Persons budgets, in the amount of $70,419.16, for the purchase of four 2012 Ford Fusion vehicles.
– Advanced from May 17: Consideration of proposed Ordinance amending Article II of Chapter 18 of the Lake County Code relating to the transient occupancy tax. Second reading.
– Consideration of proposed agreements between the county of Lake and Aquatic Environments, Pestmasters and Clean Lakes, for aquatic weed abatement services.
Consent agenda
– Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held on May 17, 2011.
– Adopt proclamation in recognition of Older American’s Month, May 2011, “Older Americans: Connecting the Community.”
– Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2010-165 establishing position allocations for fiscal year 2010-11, Budget Unit No. 2703, Animal Control (deleting one deputy director and adding one 0.75 FTE Office Assistant I/II position).
– Adopt resolution establishing 2011-12 appropriations limit for the county of Lake; and adopt resolution establishing 2011-12 appropriations limit for special districts governed by the Board of
Supervisors.
– Adopt resolution amending Resolution 2010-164 to amend the adopted budget for fiscal year 2010-11 by making various adjustments to Budget Unit 2110 – District Attorney and Budget Unit 2116 – Asset
Forfeiture (applying unanticipated revenue to extra help staff and travel budget units).
– Approve waiver of 900-hour limit for extra-help Office Assistant II Christine Love, as per staff memorandum, dated March 8, 2011.
– Adopt resolution authorizing the amendment of the county of Lake’s salary and classification plan to bring all permanent positions into the standard grade table as vacancies occur.
– Adopt resolution approving the application to apply for grant funds for the Statewide Park Program Grant Funds.
– Approve request to allow county to solicit and receive donations to assist with the Konocti Regional Trails Master Plan.
– Adopt resolution order approving final parcel map and the signing of the final parcel map (Brooks).
– Adopt resolution order approving final parcel map and the signing of the final parcel map (Rolfe); and approve the agreement between the county of Lake and Glenn Richard Rolfe and Lori Anne Rolfe, for deferred improvements, and authorize the chair to sign.
– Approve Budget Transfer B-261 from permanent budget, in the amount of $162,000, to purchase a CISCO phone system, and authorize the social services director to execute a purchase order with
the Development Group, in an amount not to exceed $161,628.27, for the phone system.
– Adopt resolution declaring intent to sell surplus real property owned by the county and setting the date and time to open and consider bids on June 21, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. (Property located at 4960 Roland Drive, Lucerne, CA - APN 034-292-87.)
– Adopt resolution authorizing the chairman of the board to approve and direct the tax collector to sell, at public auction via internet, tax defaulted property which is subject to the power to sell in accordance
with Chapter 7 of Part 6 of Division I, of the California Revenue and Taxation Code and approving sales below minimum price on specific cases.
– Approve addendum to the agreement between the county of Lake and Megabyte Systems Inc., for online tax payment processing and information, for an increase of $3,154, and authorize the chair to sign.
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