The health insurance concerns were brought up at the start of the meeting during public comment.

The council and its employees unions currently are in negotiations, employees noted during their comments, and the proposal to shift an increasing amount of health insurance premiums to staff and retirees is one of the proposals on the table.

Beginning last year, the city began requiring employees to pay 12 percent of their health insurance costs, but a small, $0.60 per hour raise for employees helped offset some of that increase, as Lake County News has reported.

However, employees at the meeting Tuesday said they're being asked to pick up another 16 percent that's being required by the insurance company, and which the city wants to pass on to employees and retirees.

Victoria Timm, whose husband Craig works for the city's Public Works Department, told the council that requiring an additional $200 contribution, besides the $250 deductibles per family member, was “a travesty,” and she suggested other insurance companies needed to be investigated.

Engineering technician Brian Everhart told the council that he worked for the county for 13 years, with his health insurance premium portion rising from $79 per month out of pocket up to $731 per month by the time he left for the job with Lakeport.

He took a pay cut to work with the city, but he said it balanced out because he didn't have to pay the health insurance portion any more.

Because of the city's decision to require the 12 percent share from employees, Everhart said he has had to pay $150 a month, and now the city wants to add $200 on top of that.

“I see the same thing happening here that happened with the county,” Everhart said.

He said in his last five years with the county, he trained about 11 planners who ended up leaving because they didn't want to pay so much for insurance. Everhart suggested that same kind of costly process of training employees only to lose them could happen at the city.

Everhart suggested the city needed to find a better way to fix the budget. “Making us pay for this benefit is immense for us.”

City Building Official Tom Carlton said he joined the city, in part, due to the benefits. He pointed out that last year employees made an effort to work with the city by agreeing to furlough days and starting to pay a portion of their benefits.

But absorbing the 16-percent increase from Blue Cross “represents a much larger increase proportionally for city employees,” he said, asking the council to reconsider and come to a more equitable solution.

Trisha Franco, who has worked for the city for 15 and a half years, said she had been asked to speak not just on behalf of employees but their families.

Franco said the city and the employees' association currently are in negotiations, and the association wanted to ask the council in a public forum not to shift the 16 percent increase to employees.

“You have a balanced budget. You have a half million dollar surplus,” she said, adding, “Most of your employees no longer have a balanced budget because of the economy.”

Franco said three city employees have so far lost their homes due to the economy, and are struggling to pay rent. The $350 they're being asked to pay out of pocket for health insurance “does not fit the promise that we were given when we were hired years ago, that the city would pay our benefits,” she said.

A year ago, Franco's husband was forced into permanent disability, her son is a disabled veteran with post traumatic stress disorder who lives with her, and her son-in-law was laid off a year ago, with she and her husband taking over their son-in-law's and daughter's mortgage so their grandsons would have a place to live.

“As a group the association is shocked that the city council is even considering shifting the full burden of this cost to employees,” said Franco, questioning if City Attorney Steve Brookes and City Manager Margaret Silveira were amenable to the plan.

Bob Barthel, who retired from the Public Works Department, has two disabled sons on the health insurance plan, and he recently received a letter about the health insurance with “this really huge number.”

When he took the city's “golden handshake” retirement offer, Barthel said Brookes and Finance Director Janet Tavernier had guaranteed his health benefits and those of his sons would be paid, which he said made it possible for him to retire early.

He said employees and retirees also need to contribute a little bit, but asked, “What is the city's deficit? Is there a deficit? I don't think so.”

Barthel asked where the money went that the city saved through early retirements like his, which they followed by not filling the jobs vacated by the golden handshakes.

He's now having to pay $817 a month, about 33 percent of his monthly retirement, for his portion of the health insurance. Barthel said he went out and got another job but was laid off, and pointed out that there aren't a lot of jobs out there.

His wife and sons couldn't attend the Tuesday meeting because they are at UC Davis Medical Center, where his sons were having medical procedures. Barthel said they wished they could have been there so the council would have to look them in the eyes and tell them “your benefits are written in the sand.”

City employee Rocky Zimmerman said he doesn't have benefits through the city but through his wife's job at the hospital. He asked what happened to that savings for the city.

Zimmerman said he now wants the golden handshake as well, which he couldn't take previously.

He said he wanted out, and wasn't happy with the way the city was treating its employees.

“You guys try to balance your budget on your employees, and I'm ashamed of it, and I think you all should be too,” he said.

City Planning Services Manager Andrew Britton, employed with the city since 1989, suggested many people remember when Anthem Blue Cross announced earlier in the year a 39-percent increase for coverage.

But he said that 39-percent increase pales in comparison to the 134-percent increase proposed for city employees.

“It's difficult to understand how or why the council believes that this is an equitable or fair solution to the premium increase,” said Britton.

Britton suggested the health insurance increases will have a tremendous impact on his fellow employees and their families. He said his wife has been out of work since June of 2009, and her unemployment benefits have run out.

He asked the council to maintain employees' existing 12-percent health insurance ratio. “We're comfortable with that number.”

City employees will still face an increase, but it would at least be proportional, said Britton, who was applauded by fellow employees.

Comment on the health insurance issue wrapped up with Britton, and the council was not able to discuss the matter in the open portion of the meeting, as it was not agendized. However, a closed session was planned to discuss labor negotiations with the Lakeport Employees Association and Lakeport Police Officers Association.

In other business, the council approved Ordinance No. 880 relating to the establishment of emergency shelters, approved owner participation agreements between the redevelopment agency and David and Paula Borg and Jan and Barry Parkinson for improvements along Main Street, awarded the South Main Street pedestrian Improvement Project to North Bay Construction Inc. and selected delegates for the League of California Cities conference.

Council members also received the annual report on the general plan and housing development, and directed staff to forward the documents to the state.

They tabled consideration of a two-hour parking area along the west side of the street from Campbell Lane to Industrial Avenue and accepted a credit card policy that created guidelines for how city employees can use credit cards.

They also appointed Councilmen Roy Parmentier and Bob Rumfelt to sit on a subcommittee that includes Silveira, Lakeport Unified Superintendent Erin Hagberg and school district board members. The group will meet at least quarterly on an ongoing basis. Council member Suzanne Lyons, who had wanted to sit on the subcommittee, was the lone dissenter in the vote.

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“The bottom line is, we'll do fine this next year,” said Public Works Director Brent Siemer.

In the proposed $185 million 2010-11 budget, which the Board of Supervisors gave approval to in its preliminary form last month, Public Works will have about $5 million for operations, a number only about $100,000 different from the 2009-10 budget, Siemer said.

Overall, Siemer said his department's budget hasn't changed much over the past three years.

That's despite extreme strains on the county budget and that of the state, which has borrowed – or, as some county leaders have termed it, “raided” – funds needed at the local level.

Siemer's department oversees the county's roads, which the Save California Streets pavement condition index rated as poor overall – placing in the bottom five of 58 California counties.

As they're trying to address those tough road conditions, the state has continued diverting funds.

The state has borrowed funds from Proposition 42, which requires that the state's share of gas sales tax revenue be directed to transportation projects, Siemer said. Proposition 42 was passed in 2002, according to state records.

The catch for the state, Siemer said, was they have to pay the counties back with interest if they borrow that revenue stream.

Transportation California, the group that took the lead on passing Proposition 42, explains on its Web site that the gas tax that funds Proposition 42 averages about 7.93 percent among all counties, with the state getting 5 percent and the counties the remainder.

In the past, that Proposition 42 money always has been at risk. “So we just didn't count on that money. We didn't rely on it,” Siemer said.

There also are other constitutional protections, including the need to pass Proposition 42 borrowing by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature, according to the League of California Cities.

So, instead, the state is borrowing from the Highway Users Gas Tax – or HUTA – which is 18 cents per gallon, and which requires only a majority Legislature vote, the league reported.

While that has been an important source of funds for road and public works departments, Siemer explained, “The unfortunate thing is, as people become more fuel efficient, that income is continuing to go down, so we're not catching up with inflation. In fact, we're falling behind.”

The state is deferring about 40 percent of HUTA revenues to counties. For Lake County HUTA amounts to about $170,000 a month, Siemer said.

However, this past April, the state paid what it owed the county, he said.

“We were made whole this year,” he said, after about five months of the state withholding all transportation funds.

“The solution is quite stable for us, so no layoffs are necessary,” he said, adding, “For now.”

There also are proposed changes in the mix about how highway funds will be gathered, he said.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's January budget proposed eliminating the 5 percent tax supporting Proposition 42 allocations, and instead raising HUTA from 18 cents per gallon to 28.8 cents in the coming fiscal year, and then up to 33.9 cents per gallon over another 10 years, according to the League of California Cities.

With the changes, the Lake County Public Works Department isn't facing the severe cuts it anticipated, and salaries will still get paid. For the last month, Siemer said he's been able to tell his staff that there is nothing risking maintenance operations.

“However, I won't be able to advance any projects,” Siemer said.

The projects most at risk are maintenance and chip seals. Siemer said his department gets state and federal funds for other projects like bridges, and can use some HUTA funds for the necessary local matches to those state and federal monies.

Another source of funds for local roads comes from the State Transportation Improvement Program, which is supposed to provide the county about $3 million. Unfortunately, Siemer said it has taken the county about nine years to try to get the funds, which the state hasn't had.

“The road falls apart in nine years,” he said.

There also are Proposition 1B funds for local streets and roads projects, which Siemer said he expects to total about $2.5 million for the county. If the state does any other risky maneuvers, Siemer said he'll have three years to spend the money, which can be used for new projects and maintenance.

In May, the Board of Supervisors prioritized a list of projects for the Proposition 1B funds, which included two zones of benefit for road improvements at Riviera Heights and Meadow Estates, work on Gaddy Lane and Main Street in Kelseyville, bridges on Bottle Rock and Big Canyon roads, among a number of other plans.

Siemer said “a big chunk” of the money will be used for chip sealing.

Overall, “We're getting less and less money to do the types of maintenance that is really necessary,” said Siemer.

The county used to do big maintenance projects like miles of chip seals, which Siemer said kept potholes from developing.

“The potholes are coming at us faster than they used to,” and income isn't going up to match the demand, he said.

“Our dollar is not stretching further,” he added.

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The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 6, in the Board of Supervisors chambers at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. TV8 will broadcast the meeting live.

At 9:45 a.m., the board will hold a public hearing to consider a proposed ordinance amending Chapter 13 of the Lake County Code, the Lake County Uniform Abatement of Public Nuisances Code.

The proposed changes relate to providing a broader definition of a “nuisance” and establishing a process for recovery of administrative costs and streamlining the abatement process.

In addition, the ordinance seeks to establish consistent notification processes and procedures, clarify the provisions for weed abatement, enforce land use violations, incorporate the graffiti abatement ordinance and update the administrative penalties section for notices of violations, according to the meeting agenda.

In a nontimed item, Supervisor Rob Brown is taking to the board a proposed policy directive clarifying the role of county advisory boards relative to employee personnel matters.

Brown's report to the board for the item explained that he recently was contacted by the chair of one of the county's advisory boards requesting clarification regarding the advisory boards' proper role when it comes to reviewing employee personnel issues.

“After reviewing the bylaws of that advisory board, and others, I believe we have not been clear about the role of advisory boards in reviewing employee personnel issues,” Brown wrote.

As a result, he's proposing a policy directive that states that, unless otherwise required by state law or specifically requested by the supervisors, such advisory boards won't be responsible “for conducting investigations of, or providing recommendations relative to, matters pertaining to county employee personnel issues that are the responsibility of the county department heads and/or the Board of Supervisors to investigate and act upon.”

In other board news, at 11:30 a.m., Mendocino National Forest Supervisor Tom Contreras will give the supervisors an update on the forest's budget and projects among other issues.

The board also will hold a closed session to discuss labor and property negotiations, and existing litigation – Mishewal Wappo Tribe of Alexander Valley v. Salazar, a case regarding Boeger Land Investments LLC and (c): Sierra Club v. County of Lake.

Other items on the Tuesday agenda include the following.

Timed items

9 a.m.: 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.

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).

9:15 a.m.: Hearing, nuisance abatement assessment confirmation and proposed recordation of notice of lien in the amount of $5920.17 – 6150 Live Oak Drive, Kelseyville, CA (APN 007-015-50 - Peter Huot and Katherine Huot).

9:30 a.m.: Public hearing, notice of nuisance abatement - 19062 Hidden Valley Code Enforcement Division Road, Hidden Valley Lake, CA (APN 141-301-10 - Richard Mellott).

10:30 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of a request for a variance from the Floodplain Management Requirements of Chapter 25 of the Lake County Ordinance Code by Christian Andreasen and Elaine Tate, to allow construction of an addition to an existing home (a conversion of an enclosed porch into an interior living space); property is located at 3126 St. Francis Drive, Lakeport, CA (APN 044-591-05).

1:30 p.m.: Appeal of a vicious animal abatement order located at 3896 Dixie Ave., Nice, CA (Larry Long).

Nontimed items

– Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.

– Discussion/consideration of an appointment to the Lower Lake Cemetery District Board of Trustees. Continued from June 15.

– Discussion/consideration of proposed agreements between the county of Lake, Lake County Animal Services and Animal Coalition of Lake County for administration of the Spay and Neuter Voucher Program (approximately $5,000 allocated to Lake County Animal Services and approximately $3,000 allocated to Animal Coalition of Lake County). Advanced from June 22.

– An ordinance amending Section 5-9B of the Lake County Code relating to Construction Traffic Road Fees (granting exemption to construction projects that do not require construction materials to be delivered by traveling on a County road). Second reading.

– Update on emergency action taken on March 2 regarding the Southeast Regional Wastewater Collection System – Interim Collection System improvements.

Consent agenda

– Approve Minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held on June 15 and 22, 2010.

– Appoint member-at-large representatives Anna Santana and Gloria Flaherty, and reappoint member-at-large representatives Pam Klier and Susan Jen to the First 5 Lake County Commission for two-year terms expiring on July 6, 2012.

– Adopt Resolution No. _____ adopting a memorandum of understanding by and between the Lake County Deputy District Attorney’s Association and the County of Lake for 2010/2011.

– Adopt Resolution No. _____ approving Agreement No. 10-0225 with the state of California, Department of Food and Agriculture and authorizing execution of the contract and signature for insect trapping activities for Fiscal Year 2010/2011.

– Adopt Resolution No. _____ approving application for funding and the execution of a grant agreement and any amendments thereto from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CALRECYCLE) for the used Oil Payment Program (OPP).

– Approve a partial release of improvement security in the amount of $500,000 for Rim Rock Ranch Subdivision located at 20600 Hartman Road, Middletown, CA, as per the Public Works Director’s memorandum to the Board dated June 16, 2010.

– Approve request and order consolidation of the city of Clearlake’s election with the general municipal election to be held on Nov. 2 for the purpose of electing two city council members, a city clerk and a city treasurer.

– Approve agreement between the county of Lake and the Regents of the University of California, Davis, for training services in the amount of $55,200 (funded by State and Federal funds in the amount of $46,920 and an in-kind match by UCD of $8,280), and authorize the chair to sign.

– Approve easement deed and direct clerk to certify for recordation (APNs 008-040-13, 008-040-14 and 008-062-31 - Myron Holdenried and Marilyn Holdenried); and approve right-of-way agreement between the county of lake and Myron Holdenried and Marilyn Holdenried, for Kelseyville Wastewater Treatment Facilities Improvement Project authorize the chair to sign.

– Approve first amendment to agreement between the Lake County Sanitation District and Waterworks Engineers for professional engineering and design services (an increase $7,000), and authorize the chair to sign.

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The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 6, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.

The full agenda, staff reports and other documents for the meeting can be found at www.cityoflakeport.com/departments/home.aspx?deptid=88.

Planning Services Manager Andrew Britton will ask the council to review and accept the annual report on the general plan and housing development, and direct staff to forward the documents to the state's Office of Planning and Research and Department of Housing and Community Development, according to his report for the item.

His report explained that local governments are required by law to provide to the state the documents on an annual basis. They include progress made on implementing the plan and meeting the city's share of regional housing needs.

Also on the agenda is a public hearing scheduled for adoption of Ordinance No. 880, which will modify the city's zoning ordinance to establish regulations regarding development of emergency shelters and related housing issues, according to a separate staff report from Britton.

The council previously introduced the ordinance, which is part of its housing element, at its June 1 meeting, Britton reported.

In redevelopment business, the council – sitting jointly as the Lakeport Redevelopment Agency – will discuss owner participation agreements with Barry and Janalyn Parkinson for proposed right-of-way improvements at 470 to 490 S. Main St., and David and Paula Borg for right-of-way improvements at 562 S. Main St.

A report from Redevelopment Director Richard Knoll explained that the redevelopment agency is proposing a major project along the Main Street frontage of the Performance European car repair shop, which the Borgs own.

Knoll reported that the agency wants to do on-site and off-site improvements at the intersection of D and Main streets adjacent to the Parkinsons' property, in exchange for right-of-way dedication and facade improvement for the building.

The properties are covered as part of the South Main Street Right-of-Way Improvement Project, which Knoll said has a low bid of $273,865. The Borgs' property improvement portions are valued at $8,585.43, while the Parkinsons' total $17,841.

Other items on the agenda include the award of the South Main Street Pedestrian Improvement Project. City Engineer Scott Harter's report to the council said staff is recommending award of bids in the amount of $291,346.75 to North Bay Construction Inc.

Under council business, City Clerk Janel Chapman will bring the council the consideration of appointing a voting delegate and alternate to the annual League of California Cities conference, scheduled for Sept. 15-17. Her report noted that Councilmen Bob Rumfelt and Ron Bertsch plan to attend this year.

Harter will present a resolution to the council designating a two-hour parking area along the west side of the street from Campbell Lane to Industrial Avenue.

The council also will look at a credit card policy, which City Manager Margaret Silveira will submit for their consideration. She'll additionally seek council direction on scheduling two members to meet with members of the Lakeport Unified School District.

The council will hold a closed session to discuss labor negotiations with the Lakeport Employees Association and Lakeport Police Officers Association, and a case of pending litigation, City of Lakeport v. Vincent.

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Remaining a top concern for waterways around the state and the county are quagga and zebra mussels, which have infested some Southern California water bodies.

The California Department of Fish and Game said the mussels – sometimes only as large as a human fingernail – pose a very large threat to California’s waterways, wreaking wreak havoc on the environment by disrupting the natural food chain and releasing toxins that affect other aquatic species.

Wildlife officials reported that the mussels frequently settle in massive colonies that can block water intake and threaten municipal water supply, agricultural irrigation and power plant operations.

In Lake County, an ordinance passed by the Board of Supervisors requires any vessel entering local waters to have a mandatory screening – including a physical inspection.

In addition, all vessels are required to obtain either visitor compliance bands or resident inspection stickers prior to launching. The fee is $10 for each vessel.

The band color for July is purple, according to county officials. Boats without bands should be immediately reported to authorities.

The July 4 weekend – believed to be the busiest time of year for tourism in Lake County – arrives this year with county officials implementing new measures to protect Clear Lake and other local bodies of water.

For the first time, the county is posting volunteers at major docks and launches around the lake in order to inform the public of inspection and screening rules and monitor compliance, said Marlana Gould of the Water Resources Department.

“Our hope is to have at least one person at each dock,” she said, adding, “So far so good with that.”

The volunteers have received training on the quagga mussel program, said Gould.

They won't enforce the rules, but will check for stickers and bands and inform the public of the rules, as well as the nearest screening locations, she explained.

Gould said she's been receiving calls from visitors asking about where to get the necessary inspections.

“We have locations all around the lake,” she said.

For a list of inspection locations call the Lake County Mussel Hotline at 707-263-2556 or visit www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Water_Resources/Mussel_Prevention/Screening_Locations.htm.

Sgt. Dennis Ostini of the Lake County Sheriff's Office, who oversees the Sheriff's Marine Patrol, said they're taking a zero-tolerance approach to lack of compliance with the rules.

Now in the second season of giving citations, he said the Marine Patrol has given out more than 80 of them to noncompliant boaters.

The citation for a first offense is $100, $200 for a second and between $500 and $1,000 for a third offense, plus the possibility of up to six months in jail, according to the Lake County Code.

The state also is taking action to notify people of the danger the mussels pose.

In a letter to 117 business owners, the California Quagga/Zebra Mussels Taskforce, comprised of nearly a dozen state and federal agencies, has asked marina owners and watercraft refueling stations to stay vigilant over this Independence Day holiday weekend and encourage their patrons to practice healthy boating practices.

“California’s first line of defense is prevention. Boater awareness and action are key to preventing spread of these mussels, which can become attached to boats and other equipment,” said Susan Ellis, Department of Fish and Game’s statewide coordinator of invasive species.

“With their ability to harm waterways and water resources, quagga and zebra mussels are not to be taken lightly,” Ellis added. “They pose a substantial threat in California and it is critical to keep them from being moved to other state waterways.”

The taskforce asks boaters to inspect all exposed surfaces, wash boat hulls thoroughly, remove all plants from the boat and trailer, clean and dry live-wells and bait buckets, dispose of baitfish in the trash and drain all water-including that in lower outboard units.

Officials instructed boaters to keep watercraft dry for at least five days in warm weather and up to 30 days in cool weather between launches in different bodies of fresh water. These measures are essential to safeguard boats and preserve waterways.

In addition to local inspections, during the holiday weekend boaters may be subject to boat inspections by a number of natural resources agencies, according to the state. Boat owners who fail to follow the rules on inspections will be turned away.

If the vessel carries the mussels, the owners could have their vessel quarantined, the state reported.

For more information about Lake County's Invasive Mussel Inspection Program, visit www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Water_Resources/Mussel_Prevention.htm.

For a free online copy of the state's “Invasive Mussel Guidebook,” which provides strategies for local involvement in the quagga and zebra mussel response, visit www.resources.ca.gov/quagga/docs/QUAGGA_GUIDEBOOK.pdf.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a General Municipal Election will be held in the city of Clearlake on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, for the following Officers:

• Two members of the city council – full term of four years;

• City clerk – full term of four years;

• City treasurer – full term of four years.

The candidate filing period begins on Monday, July 12, 2010, at 8 a.m.

Candidate packets will be available in the City Clerk’s Office, 14050 Olympic Drive Clearlake, Calif.

Candidates are encouraged to call the City Clerk’s Office at 707-994-8201, Extension 106, to schedule an appointment time convenient to the candidate’s schedule as the packet disbursal process will take approximately one hour.

The filing period continues to Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, at 5 p.m.

Should one or more incumbent council member(s) not file for re-election, the filing period is extended to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, for non-incumbents.

If no one or only one person is nominated for each elective office, appointment to the elective office may be made as prescribed by Section 10229, Elections Code of the State of California.

Melissa Swanson

City clerk of the city of Clearlake