CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake City Council this week will hold a discussion about the county’s sheriff and consider awarding a bid for the building of a new city Web site.
The council will meet in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive, on Thursday, March 28.
A closed session will begin at 5:30 p.m. to discuss property negotiations regarding the possible acquisition of 14265 Lakeshore Drive, to be followed by the open session at 6 p.m.
Items on the meeting’s consent agenda – usually accepted as a slate on one vote – include review of the check disbursement list; receipt of the minutes for the Lake County Vector Control District’s Nov. 14, 2012, meeting; consideration of denial of a claim from Mathew Ashworth, seeking damages for an injury he sustained from a police K9 while allegedly resisting arrest; and consideration of proposed amendments to the League of California Cities bylaws.
Under council business, Councilman Joey Luiz will ask the council to discuss recent developments relating to Lake County Sheriff Frank Rivero.
Rivero, who took office in January 2011, received a vote of no confidence from the Board of Supervisors at its meeting on Tuesday, March 19.
That same day, following the unanimous vote, the board sent Rivero a letter asking for his resignation, which he has refused to tender.
The board based its decision on a number of issues with Rivero’s performance, but the chief matter is District Attorney Don Anderson’s finding that Rivero lied about his actions during a nonfatal February 2008 shooting.
Rivero, then a sheriff’s deputy, shot at a man holding pepper spray, a violation of department policy. He is alleged to have given different versions of what happened, with Anderson concluding that Rivero lied and must therefore be placed on a list of law enforcement officers with credibility issues.
Anderson’s placing of Rivero on the “Brady” list of officers is required as a result of the 1963 US Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland, which requires prosecutors to divulge to defendants in criminal cases any exculpatory evidence, including credibility issues of peace officers involved in their cases.
In other council business on Thursday, City Manager Joan Phillipe will present to the council a proposal to award the contract for building the city’s new Web site to CivicPlus, a company that has built sites for the cities of Cloverdale, Richmond, Placentia, Commerce, Hemet, Dublin, La Mesa and Huntington Park, and the county of Plumas.
CivicPlus is one of six firms that responded to a city request for proposals for the Web site construction, Phillipe reported. The city has not operated a Web site in several years.
The new site will cost $26,111 for construction based on CivicPlus’ bid. There will be an annual maintenance fee of $4,013, with CivicPlus redesigning the site at the end of four years for no additional fee, according to Phillipe’s report.
Also on Thursday’s agenda, Supervisor Jeff Smith will make a presentation on funding for the Highlands Park Visitor’s Center; Jackie Lisi, energy efficiency specialist for the Mendocino County Community Development Department, will give a presentation on the greenhouse gas inventory; and the council will consider a new version of an ordinance regulating taxi cabs and other for-hire vehicles in the city.
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