LAKEPORT, Calif. – At its first meeting of the new year the Board of Supervisors will formally welcome its two new members, select its leadership for 2019, and consider a number of committee and commission appointments.

The board will meet beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 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 and online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.

At the start of the meeting, outgoing Supervisors Jeff Smith and Jim Steele will offer remarks, and the board will present to them commendations for their service. Smith has served five four-year terms, while Steele is completing his first.

At 9:11 a.m., the oath of office will be administered to their successors. Bruno Sabatier is succeeding Smith in representing District 2 and EJ Crandell is the new District 3 supervisor.

Immediately after Sabatier and Crandell are sworn, they will be seated and participate in electing the new year’s chair and vice chair, as well as the chair and vice chair of the Lake County Board of Equalization and the Lake County In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Board of Directors .

At 9:15 a.m., the board also will consider appointing new District 3 Commissioner Batsulwin A. Brown – who will succeed Crandell on the Lake County Planning Commission – and reappoint District 1 Commissioner John H. Hess III, District 2 Commissioner Bob Malley, District 4 Commissioner Daniel Camacho and District 5 Commissioner Daniel Suenram.

In an untimed item, the board will make appointments to the EaRTH Emergency Medical Care Committee, Fish and Wildlife Advisory Council, Hartley Cemetery District, IHSS Public Authority Advisory Committee, Lakeport Fire Protection District, Lake County Resource Conservation District, Mental Health Board, Spring Valley CSA No. 2 Advisory Board and Upper Lake Cemetery District.

The full agenda follows.

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS

5.1: Adopt proclamation commending Jeff Smith for 20 years of service as a member of the Lake County Board of Supervisors.

5.2: Adopt proclamation commending Jim Steele for four years of service as a member of the Lake County Board of Supervisors.

5.3: Approve waiver of applicant interview travel policy to enable reimbursement to assistant county administrator finalist candidates.

5.4: (a) Approve amendment one by and between the county of Lake and Richard Bachman, DVM to provide veterinary professional services for an amount not to exceed $50,000 annually, and authorize the chair to sign, and (b) approve amendment one by and between the county of Lake and Debra Sally, DVM to provide veterinary professional services for an amount not to exceed $50,000 annually, and authorize the chair to sign.

5.5: Adopt resolution approving agreement between the county of Lake and the county of Plumas for medi-cal administrative activities and targeted case management and authorizing the director of Health Services to sign.

5.6: Sitting as the Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors, consideration and approval of joint funding agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Dept. of the Interior for annual maintenance of the Kelsey Creek flow gauge station in the amount of $15,650 and authorize the chair to sign.

5.7: Approve aeronautical activities permit at Lampson Field Airport between the county of Lake and Lake Aero Styling Repair for fiscal year 2018/2019, and authorize the chair to sign.

5.8: Approve agreement between the sheriff's office and the Public Works Department for use of inmate workers.

5.9: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and the city of Lakeport for dispatch services.

5.10: Adopt resolution revising the list of capital assets in Social Services Budget Unit 5011.

TIMED ITEMS

6.1, 9 a.m.: Remarks from outgoing Supervisors Smith and Steele, and presentations and commendations thereto.

6.2, 9:11 a.m.: Administer oath of office to District 2 and District 3 supervisors.

6.3, 9:12 a.m.: Election of chair of the board of supervisors and vice-chair of the board of supervisors for 2019 (vice-chair conducts election).

6.4, 9:13 a.m.: Sitting as the Lake County Board of Equalization, election of chair and vice-chair of the Lake County Local Board of Equalization for 2019.

6.5, 9:14 a.m.: Sitting as the Lake County In-Home Supportive Services, election of chair and vice-chair of the Lake County In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Board of Directors for 2019.

6.6, 9:15 a.m.: Appoint/reappoint members of the Lake County Planning Commission for a two-year term; (a) reappoint District 1 Commissioner John H. Hess III; (b) reappoint District 2 Commissioner Bob Malley; (c) appoint District 3 Commissioner Batsulwin A. Brown; (d) reappoint District 4 Commissioner Daniel Camacho; and (e) reappoint District 5 Commissioner Daniel Suenram.

6.7, 9:20 a.m.: Consideration of continuing a proclamation of a local health emergency by the Lake County health officer due to the Mendocino Complex fire.

6.9, 10 a.m.: Public hearing, final Community Development Block Grant review of the Performance of Grant No. 12-CDBG-8395.

UNTIMED ITEMS

7.2: Discussion and consideration of possible county responses to damage of county roads resulting from wildfires, including but not limited to the creation of zones of benefit .

7.3: Consideration of chairman's recommended 2019 committee assignments for members of the Board of Supervisors.

7.4: Consideration of the following appointments: EaRTH Emergency Medical Care Committee, Fish and Wildlife Advisory Council, Hartley Cemetery District, IHSS Public Authority Advisory Committee, Lakeport Fire Protection District, Lake County Resource Conservation District, Mental Health Board, Spring Valley CSA No. 2 Advisory Board and Upper Lake Cemetery District.

7.5: Consideration of (a) agreement between the county of Lake and Quincy Engineering Inc. for engineering services for replacement of Wolf Creek Bridge at Wolf Creek Road; (b) agreement between the county of Lake and Quincy Engineering for the rehabilitation of Bartlett Creek Bridge at Bartlett Springs Road; and (c) approve agreement between the county of Lake and Quincy Engineering for the rehabilitation of Middle Creek Bridge at Rancheria Road and authorize the chair to sign all documents.

7.6: Consideration of agreement between the county of Lake and Peterson Brustad Inc. in the amount of $499,971.00 for the Middle Creek Flood Control Feasibility Study for the community of Upper Lake, and authorize the chair to sign.

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