The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. in the board chambers at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St. The meeting will be broadcast live on TV Channel 8. The meeting's agenda can be found at www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Boards/Board_of_Supervisors/BOS_Agendas.htm.
Sheriff Rod Mitchell will take to the board a proposed agreement with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration for marijuana eradication. The item is not timed.
The agreement calls for the DEA to pay the county $275,000 to defray the costs for eradication and suppression of illegal marijuana. The board also will consider a proposed resolution to receive the funds as unanticipated revenue.
The annual agreements have been a continued source of discussion for board members, many of whom have wanted the DEA to allow them to put more enforcement focus on other local drug problems, such as methamphetamine.
Mitchell also is seeking approval of proposed agreements between the county and PJ Helicopters, A&P Helicopters and Cutting Edge Helicopters. The helicopters play a critical part in the reconnaissance that leads to eradication operations on both public lands – such as the Mendocino National Forest – and private lands around the county.
The proposed agreements note that PJ Helicopters bills at a rate of $700 per hour, while A&P Helicopters and Cutting Edge Helicopters charge $750 and $490 per hour, respectively.
In an item continued from April 7, Mitchell will request the board's approval of his request to purchase 45 Taser units from Taser International at a cost of $42,356.
In other business, in January Supervisor Rob Brown asked the board to consider standardizing county office hours so that most are open to the public between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. – including the lunch hour – Monday through Friday. A proposed ordinance to implement those changes will be offered on Tuesday. The item is not timed.
A report to the board from County Administrative Officer Kelly Cox explains that some departments have very few staffers and when illnesses or absences arise it can become a challenge to provide coverage during the lunch hour. As such, Cox said the proposed ordinance allows department heads to temporarily close offices due to “extraordinary circumstances.”
Cox said Brown had asked all departments that currently close during the lunch hour if they have objections to the proposal. He said all of the departments that responded indicated they could adapt to the proposed schedule changes. The ordinance also allows the county's library branches to hold different hours from other departments as they do currently.
“Staff is of the opinion that this proposal will result in improved service by making County departments more accessible to the public,” Cox wrote. “Standardization of office hours will also help to eliminate confusion that exists relative to the hodgepodge of hours certain departments are current open for conducting County business.”
Other agenda items include the following.
Timed items:
9:15 a.m.: Presentation of Proclamation designating the week of April 12-18, 2009, as “National Public Safety Telecommunications Week in Lake County.”
9:30 a.m.: Presentation by the University of California, Davis regarding Clear Lake mercury studies. Continued from March 17.
10:15 a.m.: Consideration of approval of the Public Housing Agency (PHA) Five-Year Plan for 2010/2014; and (b) Consideration of approval of PHA Certification of Conformity with the Civil Rights Act.
10:30 a.m.: Presentation of the annual report by the Lake County Library Advisory Board.
10:45 a.m.: Public hearing – consideration of proposed ordinance amending the Sewer Use Ordinance (Appendix A of the Lake County Code), concerning public sewer connection charges.
11 a.m.: Public hearing – consideration of proposed ordinance amending the Sewer Use Ordinance (Appendix B of the Lake County Code) concerning fees and charges for permits, inspections and construction.
11:15 a.m.: Public hearing – consideration of proposed ordinance establishing fees charged by the county coroner.
11:30 a.m.: Discussion/consideration of proposed agreement between the county of Lake and Ruzicka Engineering for engineering services for CSA 2-Spring Valley Water System Improvement Project.
1:30 p.m.: Update on current finances in the Mental Health Department and consideration of options to address the department’s revenue shortfalls, payments owed to various vendors and proposed expenditure reductions
Non-timed items:
– Discussion/consideration of proposed agreement between the county of Lake and Ernst Architects for a building evaluation of the Historic Lucerne Hotel, in the amount of $25,100.
– Consideration of request for out-of-state travel for Public Health Nursing Director Jane MacLean from May 3 through 6, to attend the 2009 Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing Annual Conference in Oklahoma City, Okla. (costs to be paid by non-county sources).
– Consideration of request for authorization to submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Justice for COPS Hiring Recovery Program. Continued from April 7.
– Consideration of proposed resolution authorizing cancellation of Paradise Valley Capital Improvement Reserve designation in the amount of $12,000 to fund improvements to the water system.
– An ordinance establishing a fee schedule for services provided by the treasurer-tax collector. Second reading; advanced from April 7.
The board also will hold a closed session to discuss labor negotiations and hold conference with legal counsel on one potential case of litigation.
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