LAKEPORT, Calif. – Steps necessary for the county to implement federal health care legislation will be one of the topics on the Board of Supervisors' agenda this week.

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 20, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. TV8 will broadcast the meeting live.

In an untimed discussion, the County Administrative Office will ask the board to appoint a task force to formulate policy recommendations to address compliance to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Chief Deputy County Administrative Officer Matt Perry's report to the board on federal health care reform – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – said the county needs to be aware of the law's requirements in order to avoid expensive penalties.

Among the issues, Perry said the county will be required to provide health care insurance to all extra help employees who work more than 130 hours per month, effect Jan. 1, 2014, but a determination period will begin three months to a year ahead of that point.

Therefore, effective Jan. 1, 2013, “each County department needs to be in full compliance with any practices established to comply with this requirement,” he said.

Perry continued, “To provide an adjustment and trial period, staff recommends setting a target date of July 1, 2012 to implement any new policies and restrictions on the use of extra help.”

He said it's critical for the county to begin planning to comply with that requirement. Failure to comply could result in a $2,000 annual penalty per employee, which he estimated is about $1.8 million annually.

Perry's report requests the board appoint a task force to report back with policy recommendations addressing the county's future use of extra help employees.

In other business, in an untimed item the board will discuss terminating a lease between the county of Lake Community Development Department and the county of Lake Probation Department for office space at 16195 Main St., Lower Lake.

Due to a negative response from the Lower Lake community, Lake County Probation is moving out of the office – which it had only recently started to use as a satellite office and check-in center – and is moving to a facility in Clearlake.

At 9:50 a.m. the board also will consider appointing George Speake to work on a volunteer basis as project manager of the Middle Creek Restoration Project.

The full agenda follows.

TIMED ITEMS

9 a.m., A-1 to A-4: 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., A-5: Carried over from March 13, presentation of proclamation recognizing and thanking the California Department of Fish & Game, the U.S. Forest Service, the city of Lakeport Police Department and community volunteers for service to Lake County in connection with the National Forest Grow-Site Reclamation Project.

9:15 a.m., A-6: Hearing, nuisance abatement of 4420 Lakeshore Blvd., Lakeport, CA (APN 029-141-18 – Dan Garrison and Louise Garrison).

9:30 a.m., A-7: Presentation of proclamation designating March 20, 2012, as National Agriculture Day and March 18-24, 2012, as National Agriculture Week.

9:40 a.m., A-8: Presentation of proclamation designating the week of March 18-24, 2012, as National Surveyors Week.

9:50 a.m., A-9: Consideration of the appointment of George Speake on a volunteer basis, to function as Project Manager of the Middle Creek Restoration Project.

10:30 a.m., A-10: Consideration of proposed agreement in principle between the Kelseyville County Water Works District No. 3 and Bottle Rock Power Co. for the Kelseyville Wastewater Effluent Pipeline & Injection Project.

1:30 p.m., A-11: Closed session, interviews of applicants for county administrative officer.

NONTIMED ITEMS

A-12: Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.

A-13: Consideration of the following appointments: Child Care Planning Council and Lower Lake County Waterworks District No. 1.

A-14: Consideration of staff request to appoint a task force to formulate policy recommendations to address compliance to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

A-15: Consideration of termination of lease agreement between the county of Lake Community Development Department and the county of Lake Probation Department for office space, located at 16195 Main St., Lower Lake.

CLOSED SESSION

A-16: 1.Conference with Labor Negotiator: (a) County Negotiators: A. Grant, S. Harry, L. Guintivano, M. Perry and J. Hammond; and (b) Lake County Deputy Sheriff's Association, Lake County Correctional Officer's Association and Lake County Deputy District Attorney's Association.

2. Conference with legal counsel: Decision whether to initiate litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9, subdivision (c).

CONSENT AGENDA

C-1: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meetings held on March 6, 2012 (carried over from March 13, 2012), and March 13, 2012.

C-2: Adopt proclamation designating March 20, 2012, as National Agriculture Day and March 18-24, 2012 as National Agriculture Week.

C-3: Adopt proclamation designating the week of March 18-24, 2012, as National Surveyors Week.

C-4: Adopt resolution authorizing grant project, Lake County Domestic Violence Response Team Project.

C-5: Approve second amendment to the agreements between the county of Lake and Jones Mortuary, Jones and Lewis Mortuary and Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary (establishing transportation costs to UC Santa Cruz in the amount of $350 round trip), and authorize the chair to sign.

C-6: Approve Boating Safety and Enforcement Financial Aid Program contract between the county of Lake and the California Department of Boating and Waterways, for boating safety and enforcement
activities, in the amount of $315,312, for fiscal year 2012-13, and authorize the sheriff to sign.

C-7: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and the PSA 26 Area Agency on Aging (AAA) to provide matching funds to enable the AAA to continue to receive FY 2011/12 federal and state grant funds under the Older Americans Act in the amount of $52,553, and authorize the chair to sign.

C-8: Approve request to waive 900 hour limit for extra help eligibility workers Janice Devens and Marla Hartman.

C-9: Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2011-125 establishing position allocations for Fiscal Year 2011-2012, Budget Unit No. 5011, Department of Social Services (deleting one vacant welfare fraud investigator/trainee position, and adding one (1) temporary secretary II position to meet needs for coverage during an approved leave of absence).

LAKE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

C-10: (a) Approve easement deed and direct clerk to certify for recordation (APN 039-462-47 – Viola Jones), and approve right of way agreement between the county of Lake and Viola Jones for the
construction of the wastewater force main sanitary sewer line, and authorize the chair to sign.

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