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In an item timed for 11 a.m., the board will consider a presentation by Sonoma Clean Power, a community choice aggregator.
In his report to the board, Deputy County Administrative Officer Benjamin Rickelman explains, “Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) enables Counties and/or Cities to pool the electricity demand of participating communities’ facilities to purchase and/or develop power on their behalf. Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) is a CCA which presently serves customers in Mendocino and Sonoma Counties.”
Rickelman said the board unanimously passed Ordinance No. 3026 on June 23, 2015, authorizing implementation of a community choice aggregation program in Lake County because it was believed that it would offer energy cost savings.
In 2019, the county requested that Sonoma Clean Power conduct a feasibility study. That study, which came out in 2020, found that the rates would be 5 to 8% higher for Lake County unless Sonoma Clean Power authorized a significant subsidy of about $33 million. Sonoma Clean Power’s board declined to do that and did not extend a service offer to Lake County.
With a preliminary estimate by Sonoma Clean Power showing that rates for Lake County could go down, the board is being asked to consider an updated feasibility study. Rickelman’s report said the cities of Clearlake and Lakeport also have expressed interest in a new study.
Should the feasibility study demonstrate cost savings for Lake County residents without placing an undue burden on Sonoma Clean Power’s existing customers, Rickelman said the organization’s staff “indicate it is probable their Board will extend an offer of service.”
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Adopt resolution to appropriate unanticipated revenue in BU 1120 non-departmental revenue.
5.2: Approve Amendment No. 1 to the agreement for Lake County Housing Action and Implementation Plan (HAIP) services between the county of Lake and PlaceWorks, extending the contract through May 30, 2025, at no additional cost to the county, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.3: Approve closure of all Lake County Behavioral Health Services department locations for mandatory training in the 2025 annual PRISM Medical Malpractice Program on April 23, 2025, from 9 a.m. to noon.
5.4: Approve Board of Supervisors meeting minutes from March 11, 2025, and March 25, 2025.
5.5: Approve waiver of the 900-hour extra help limitation for extra help office assistant, Kimberly Young, for fiscal year 2024-25.
5.6: Approve agreement for the placement of juveniles in Mendocino County not to exceed $250,000, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.7: Approve Amendment One to the agreement with Staten Solar Corp. for design, installation and commissioning of energy conservation facilities serving the Lake County Courthouse campus, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.8: Adopt resolution authorizing and directing the chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute annual Federal Apportionment Exchange Program and State Match Program agreements with the state of California, Department of Transportation, Agreement No. X25-5914(137).
5.9: Adopt proclamation designating April 13–19, 2025, as National Public Safety Dispatchers Week in Lake County.
5.10: (Sitting as the Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors) Adopt resolution authorizing the Lake County Watershed Protection District director to amend the Flood System Repair Project (FSRP) 2024 Levee Patrol Road Gravel Repair Project agreement to increase funding for the project.
5.11: Second reading – Adopt an ordinance amending Article IX, Chapter 15 of the Lake County Code – Updating Water Vessel Inspection Program.
TIMED ITEMS
6.2, 9:03 a.m.: Pet of the Week.
6.3, 9:04 a.m.: National Poetry Month Poem of the Week.
6.4, 9:06 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating April 13–19, 2025, as National Public Safety Dispatchers Week in Lake County.
6.5, 9:10 a.m.: Consideration of presentation by Dr. Christopher Chen, UCCE Integrated Vineyard Systems advisor.
6.6, 10 a.m.: Presentation on the North Coast Opportunities Building Up Individuals and Local Development, or BUILD, Program.
6.7, 10:45 a.m.: Public hearing: a) Consideration of resolution making findings necessary to authorize an energy services contract for design, installation and commissioning of energy conservation facilities serving multiple county facilities; and b) consideration of agreement with Enerlogics Networks Inc., for design, installation, and commissioning of energy conservation facilities serving multiple county facilities.
6.8, 11 a.m.: a) Consideration of a presentation by Sonoma Clean Power (SCP); b) consideration of direction to staff to request SCP undertake an updated study on the feasibility of Lake County joining the community choice aggregator.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of use of staff time in excess of 8 hours to research a request received from the Office of Congressman Mike Thompson.
7.3: Consideration of Amendment No. 1 to the agreement between the county of Lake and Davis Guest Home Inc., for adult residential support services and specialty mental health services for FY 2024-25 in the amount of $330,000.
7.4: Consideration of an additional $15,000 transfer in lump sum from the general fund to Public Guardian account for “BB,” to be used by the Public Guardian for monthly patch payments not to exceed $5,000 per month for his placement at Nazareth Classic Care, a private-pay facility that does not accept Medi-Cal or Medicare.
CONSENT AGENDA
8.1: Closed session: Conference with labor negotiator — (a) Chief negotiator: C. Torrez; County negotiators: S. Parker, S. Carter, C. Moreno, P. Samac, and D. Rico; (b) Employee organizations: LCDDAA, LCDSA, LCCOA, LCEA, LCSEA, and LCSMA.
8.2: Closed session: Public employee discipline/dismissal/release.
8.3: Closed session: Public employee evaluation – Title: Behavioral Health Director Elise Jones.
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