LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Board of Supervisors is set to take up a proposed vote of no confidence on the county’s sheriff this week, and also will hear a presentation on making public television available for free locally and consider closing the Middletown Library temporarily as operations move to the new library in the town.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. The meeting will be broadcast live on TV8.
The board’s proposed no confidence vote on Sheriff Frank Rivero is scheduled for 10 a.m. At the same time, the board will discuss seeking the sheriff’s resignation.
Supervisors Anthony Farrington and Rob Brown, in their memo to the board, cite a number of concerns about Rivero’s leadership of the sheriff’s office, as well as the District Attorney’s Office’s recent finding that Rivero lied about his actions during a nonfatal February 2008 shooting.
In other board business, at 9:15 a.m., the board will hear a presentation regarding options to provide Lake County residents with over-the-air public television.
Larry Stratton, chief engineer and operating officer of KRCB Channel 22 in Rohnert Park, will make the presentation.
The matter is going before the board at the request of Lucerne resident Jon Nelson, who wants public television shows like “Sesame Street” and “The Electric Company” to be available to local children.
In an untimed item, the board will consider a request to close Middletown’s Gibson Library from March 26-April 1 in order to move into the new Middletown Library building.
Also on Tuesday, the board will present a proclamation at 9:10 a.m. designating March 19, 2013, as National Agriculture Day.
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 a.m., A-5: Administer oath of office to the planning commissioners for Districts 2, 3, 4 and 5.
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: Presentation of proclamation designating March 19, 2013, as National Agriculture Day.
9:15 a.m., A-6: Presentation regarding options to provide Lake County residents with over-the-air public television.
9:45 a.m., A-7: Presentation of countywide plan for child care and development planning council services.
10 a.m., A-8: Consideration of vote of no confidence and request for resignation of Sheriff Frank Rivero.
NONTIMED ITEMS
A-9: Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
A-10: Consideration of appointments to the Maternal, Child, Adolescent Health Advisory Board and Middletown Cemetery District.
A-11: Consideration of request to approve out-of-county travel for three Medical Reserve Corps volunteers to attend the Medical Reserve Corps Round-up training in Ojai, Calif., from May 3-5, 2013.
A-12: Consideration of request to close Middletown Library from March 26-April 1 in order to move into the new Middletown Library building.
A-13: Consideration of proposed agreement between the County of Lake and Forensic Medical Group for forensic pathology services.
CLOSED SESSION
A-14: 1.Conference with labor negotiator: (a) county negotiators: A. Grant, L. Guintivano, M. Perry, and A. Flora; and (b) Employee Organization: Deputy District Attorney's Association, Lake County Deputy Sheriff's Association, Lake County Correctional Officers Association, Lake County Employees Association and Lake County Safety Employees Association.
A-14: 2. Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9(d)(1): Michael Fowler and Emily Ford v. County of Lake, et al., Case No. CV412464.
CONSENT AGENDA
C-1: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held on March 12, 2013.
C-2: Adopt proclamation designating March 19, 2013, as National Agriculture Day.
C-3: Approve first amendment to agreement between the county of Lake (AODS) and Hilltop Recovery Services for FY 2012-2013 residential treatment services, for an increase of $15,000, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-4: Approve second amendment to agreement between the county of Lake (Mental Health) and Hilltop Recovery Services for FY 2012-13 residential treatment services, for an increase of $20,000, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-5: Approve letter of support to the California Department of Food and Commission Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant Program for Phase II grant application “Building Sustainability in the Vineyard: Practical Application, Training and Study”, and authorize all Supervisors to sign.
C-6: Approve second amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and Quincy Engineering Inc., for engineering services for replacement of the St. Helena Creek Bridge, No. 14C-0072, at Hilderbrand Drive near Middletown, an increase of $17,700, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-7: Waive 900 hour limit for extra help Office Assistant I Jennifer Meyer.
C-8: Adopt Resolution temporarily prohibiting parking and authorizing removal of vehicles and ordering the Department of Public Works to post signs (Hartmann Road, Hidden Valley, on March 23, 2013, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.).
C-9: (a)Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2012-107 establishing positions and allocations to conform to the Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year 2012-2013, Budget Unit No. 1903, Department of Public Works (delete one (1) 0.5 FTE Office Assistant II and one (1) 1.0 FTE Accounting Technician, Senior, and add (1) 1.0 FTE Office Assistant II and one (1) 0.5 FTE Accounting Technician, Senior); and (b) Adopt Resolution amending Resolution No. 2012-107 establishing positions and allocations to conform to the Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year 2012-13, Budget Unit No. 1903, Water Resources Department (delete one (1) 1.0 FTE Fiscal Technician and one 0.5 FTE Office Assistant II, and add one (1) 0.5 FTE Accounting Technician, Senior and one (1) 1.0 FTE Office Assistant II).
C-10: Resolution approving the Lake County Sheriff’s Office to apply for the State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, Off-Highway Vehicle Grant funds.
C-11: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and County of Glenn for FY 2012-13 Child Welfare Services (CWS)/Case Management System (CMS) training services, in the amount of $15,824, and authorize the Social Services Director to sign.
C-12: Approve request to waive 900 hour limit for extra-help Victim Advocate I Tatsuhiro Suzuki.
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