The meeting begins at 9 a.m. in the board chambers at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. TV Channel 8 will televise the meeting live.
Beginning at 9:30 a.m. the board will discuss a proposed resolution in support of creating a feasibility task force by the Lake County Office of Education to explore the issue of school district consolidation.
The group also will consider the potential for cost savings and the impacts that could possibly result should any of the county's school districts consolidate or unify.
The discussion was brought to the board earlier this month by local businessman Lowell Grant, a former school board member in Upper Lake, who is concerned that the county's students aren't being served best by having seven school districts, each with separate administrations and boards.
In other business, during an untimed discussion, the board will return to another subject discussed earlier this month, a proposed ordinance providing for dogs to be allowed in six county parks.
The board previously had approved the ordinance with a stipulation that allowed dogs to be off leash in some areas of the parks as long as they are under the control of their owners. However, concerns about unleashed dogs has led to a modification, requiring the dogs now to be leashed.
Other items on the agenda include the following.
Timed items:
9:15 a.m.: Review and possible modification to the composition of various advisory boards/committees and elimination of any advisory boards/committees that have completed the purposes for which they were originally established and/or are no longer functioning or meeting on a regular basis; and (b) consideration of applications from members of the public for appointment to miscellaneous Lake County committees, commissions and advisory boards.
11 a.m.: Closed session for the board to meet with the Lake County Grand Jury.
Untimed items:
– Update on the emergency action taken by the Lake County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 9, 2008, declaring the continuance of the existing local emergency in regards to the court order issued by the Sacramento Superior Court which prohibits fish stocking by the Department of Fish and Game in water bodies in Lake County.
– Consideration of recommendation to standardize the office hours county departments are open to the public.
– Animal Care and Control Discussion/consideration of request to approve alternative work schedules for Animal Care and Control Director Denise Johnson and Animal Care and Control Deputy Director Bill Davidson.
– Discussion/consideration of amending Ordinance No. 2829 establishing permit and service fee schedule for Environmental Health Program of the Lake County Department of Health Services (it is being requested that the current fee increase effective date be suspended until August 2009).
– Consideration of proposed agreement between the county of Lake and California Exterminators Alliance for herbicide/insecticide spraying (Area No. 2 and Area No. 3), in the amount of 32,094; and consideration of proposed agreement between the county of Lake and Pestmaster Services for herbicide/insecticide spraying (Area No. 3), in the amount of $11,149.
– Ordinance amending Chapter 21of the Ordinance Code of Planning Division the County of Lake pertaining to granny units, bed and breakfast inns, billboard signs, off-site business district signs and sign maintenance (second reading).
The board also will hold a closed session to discuss labor negotiations and potential litigation.
For the full agenda, visit www.co.lake.ca.us/Assets/BOS/Agendas/2009+Agendas/January+27$!2c+2009.pdf.
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