LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – After beginning the process last week for approving several million dollars in raises for county staff, the Board of Supervisors this week is set to continue the process, with employee groups including the deputy sheriffs and correctional officers seeking better terms as they attempt to finalize their agreements with the county.

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27.

The supervisors will meet in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport, for a hybrid meeting format which also will include the opportunity for community members to continue to participate virtually.

The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8, online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and on the county’s Facebook page. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.

To participate in real-time, join the Zoom meeting by clicking this link at 9 a.m. The meeting ID is 998 5647 1947, password 911434.

To submit a written comment on any agenda item please visit https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and click on the eComment feature linked to the meeting date. If a comment is submitted after the meeting begins, it may not be read during
the meeting but will become a part of the record.

At its Oct. 20 meeting, the board began approving an estimated $5.2 million in annual pay raises, as Lake County News has reported.

Those actions included hefty salary increases – some as high as 42 percent – for department heads. However, the board put off approving some memoranda of understanding with employee groups, including the Deputy Sheriff’s Association and the Correctional Officers Association, who rejected their agreements.

At 9:30 a.m., the board is scheduled to resume consideration of the MOUs with the deputies and correctional officers, as well as the Lake County Employees Association Units No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 and the Lake County Safety Employees Association.

In an untimed item, the board will hold a second reading of an ordinance that would keep the supervisors at their current pay – $63,714 annually – because otherwise they also would get salary increases because of the other pay raises.

In other business, at 11 a.m. the board will discuss the California Department of Fish and Wildlife proposed eradication of non-native mute swans from Clear Lake.

In an untimed item, the board will consider cannabis tax usage and expenditure policies and procedures.

The full board agenda follows.

CONSENT AGENDA

5.1: Adopt resolution concerning implementation of electronic recording.

5.2: (a) Waive the formal bidding process pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) approve the agreement between the county of Lake and Sutter Center for psychiatry for acute inpatient psychiatric hospital services and professional services associated with acute inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations for Fiscal Year 2020-21 to cover payment of services rendered during Fiscal Year 2019-20 for a contract maximum of $49,980.00 and authorize the board chair to sign the agreement.

5.3: Adopt resolution correcting typographical errors in Resolution No 2020-134 Amending the Position Allocation Chart for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 to conform to the recommended budget.

5.4: Approve amendment to the agreement between the county of Lake and county of Yuba on behalf of Yuba-Sutter-Colusa Tri-County Regional Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility Maxine Singer Youth Guidance Center, youth housing agreement for an amount not to exceed $48,000 per county fiscal year.

5.5: Approve the agreement for electrical engineering services for the Hill Road Correctional Facility Generator Project with JMC Corporation in the amount not to exceed $51,000 and authorize the chair to sign the agreement.

5.6: Adopt resolution authorizing the Public Works director to sign the notice of completion for the Cycle 7 & Cycle 8 HSIP Signs & Striping Project; Federal Aid Project No.'s HSIPL-5914(104) and HSIPL-5914(113); Bid No. 18-22.

TIMED ITEMS

6.1, 9:01 a.m.: Public input.

6.2, 9:30 a.m.: Continued from Oct. 20, consideration of memorandum of understanding by and between the Lake County Employees Association Units #3, #4, & #5 and the county of Lake for Oct. 21, 2020, to Oct. 20, 2021.

6.3, 9:30 a.m.: Continued from Oct. 20, consideration of update on the status of ratification of the memorandum of understanding by and between the Lake County Safety Employees Association and the county of Lake for Oct. 21, 2020, to Oct. 20, 2021.

6.4, 9:30 a.m.: Continued from Oct. 20, consideration of memorandum of understanding by and between the Lake County Deputy Sheriff’s Association Units and the county of Lake for Oct. 21, 2020, to Oct. 20, 2021.

6.5, 9:30 a.m.: Continued from Oct. 20, consideration of memorandum of understanding by and between the Lake County Correctional Officers Association Units and the county of Lake for Oct. 21, 2020, and Oct. 20, 2021.

6.6, 10 a.m.: Public hearing, hearing on account and proposed assessment for 10100 Bell Ave., Lower Lake.

6.7, 11 a.m.: Discussion of potential eradication of mute swans from Clear Lake by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

UNTIMED ITEMS

7.2: Consideration of cannabis tax usage and expenditure policies and procedures.

7.3: Consideration of (a) board appointment of delegate and alternate to the Rural County Representatives Board of Directors for 2021; (b) board appointment of delegate and alternate to Golden State Finance Authority Board of Directors for 2021; and (c) board appointment of delegate and alternate to the Rural Counties Representatives of California Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority Board of Directors for 2021.

7.4: Consideration of proposed findings of fact and decision in the appeal of Clint Nelson/Red Hills AVA Stakeholders Alliance (AB 20-01).

7.5: Consideration of appointments of a director and alternate to the California State Association of Counties Board of Directors for 2021.

7.6: Second reading, consideration of an ordinance amending Section 2-3A.1 of Article I, Chapter 2 of the Lake County Code, Compensation of the Board of Supervisors.

CLOSED SESSION

8.1: Public employee appointment pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54957(b) (1): Appointment of Special Districts administrator.

8.2: Conference with labor negotiator: (a) chief negotiator: M. Long; County Negotiators: C. Huchingson and P. Samac; and (b) Employee Organizations: LCDDAA, LCDSA, LCCOA, LCEA, LCSEA and LCSMA.

8.3: Conference with (a) county negotiators: M. Simon, B. Sabatier, C. Huchingson, S. Carter (b) temporary representatives designated to meet with county department heads regarding salary and benefits and (c) unrepresented management employees.

8.4: Public employee evaluations: Public Health director, Air Quality Control director.

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