LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week the Board of Supervisors will take up a request from supporters of a 51st state to formally join the movement and hold a midyear review of the county's budget.

The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.

The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8 with the video available online at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Boards/Board_of_Supervisors/calendar.htm . Accompanying board documents and the agenda also are available at that link.

At 9:15 a.m., the board will consider a request from the supporters of the State of Jefferson to adopt the “Declaration and Petition to the California State Legislature for Withdrawal of Lake County from the State of California and to Form the State of Jefferson.”

A handful of counties have joined the movement, which would split a number of Northern California counties – Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity and Yuba – along with several Southern Oregon counties into a new state.

So far, the county boards of supervisors for Glenn, Modoc and Siskiyou have voted to adopt a declaration and petition to the state Legislature to withdraw from California and join the new state, with Tehama County voters in June approving the same action by their board. The boards of Sutter and Yuba counties have passed resolutions supporting the idea in concept.

However, last year, the boards of Shasta and Plumas counties declined to join the movement.

In other business on Tuesday, at 9:45 a.m., county staff will present the midyear budget review and consideration of resolution amending the FY 2014-15 Adopted Budget and the position allocation for selected budget units.   

County Administrative Officer Matt Perry's report to the board explains that county departments have reviewed revenues and expenditures through December 2014 and submitted requested budget adjustments. 
 
He said the proposed midyear budget resolution makes necessary adjustments to selected budget units “to continue to provide funding for special projects and to continue County operations through the remainder of the fiscal year.”

Perry added, “County department heads and their fiscal staff continue to monitor expenditures closely and provide the necessary information for your Board to make budget decisions.”

In an untimed item, the board will discuss the intent to create a working group to coordinate efforts regarding Clear Lake and its watershed.

The full agenda follows.

CONSENT AGENDA

7.1: Authorize Destruction of Documents.

7.2: Approve first amendment to the agreement between the county of Lake and Hilltop Recovery Services for Lake County residents for fiscal year 2014-15 in the amount of $30,000 (for a total contract amount of $60,000).     

7.3: Approve first amendment to the agreement between county of Lake and Modesto Residential Living Center LLC for adult residential support for fiscal year 2014-15 in the amount of $30,000 (for a total contract amount of $65,000).     

7.4: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions for Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training for fiscal year 2014-15 in the amount of $43,810.

7.5: Approve appointments to the Child Care Planning and Development Council.          

7.6: Consideration of request to waive consultant selection process and approve five-year contract with county of Lake Solid Waste and SHN Consulting Engineers in the amount of $13,000 per year.          

7.7: Consideration of request to waive consultant selection process and approve five-year contract for sampling and laboratory analysis of landfill surface and groundwater in the amount of $25,000 per year.     

7.8: Approve amendment one, including additional insurance language but not affecting the cost of the project, to the agreement between the county of Lake and Quincy Engineering Inc. for engineering services for replacement of Dry Creek Bridge on Dry Creek Road (14C-0070) in Lake County and authorize the chair to sign.     

7.9: Approve lease agreement between the county of Lake and Senior Support Services to lease the former Upper Lake Justice Court building in the amount of $1,000 per year.   

TIMED ITEMS

8.2, 9:15 a.m.: Consideration of request from supporters of State of Jefferson to adopt the “Declaration and Petition to the California State Legislature for Withdrawal of Lake County from the State of California and to Form the State of Jefferson.”

8.3, 9:45 a.m.: Presentation of midyear budget review and consideration of resolution amending the FY 2014-15 Adopted Budget and the position allocation for selected budget units.   

NONTIMED ITEMS

9.2: Discussion of intent to create a working group to coordinate efforts regarding Clear Lake and its watershed.

9.3: Consideration of memoranda of understanding between county of Lake and Lake County Employee’s Association Units 3, 4 and 5 for the Period from July 1, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2016.

9.4: Consideration of resolutions establishing salaries and benefits for employees assigned to confidential units "A" and "B" for the period from July 1, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2016.          

9.5: consideration of resolution establishing salaries and benefits for employees assigned to the management unit for the period from July 1, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2016.

9.6: Continuing the proclamation of emergency declaration for a) drought conditions; and b) 2014 statewide December winter storms.

9.7: Consideration of request to waive normal bidding requirements and authorize the Public Works director/assistant purchasing agent to issue a purchase order for the purchase and reconditioning of a used Kenworth T-800 truck for county road maintenance.   

9.8: Consideration of request to waive normal bid process and authorize sheriff to issue a purchase order in the amount of $26,859 to Ukiah Ford for a replacement evidence van.   

CLOSED SESSION

10.2: Conference with legal counsel: Decision whether to initiate litigation pursuant to Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9 (d)(4): One potential case.     

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