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CLEARLAKE, Calif. — The Clearlake City Council will consider its new budget when it meets on Thursday.
The council will meet for a budget workshop for the 2024-25 fiscal year budget at 5 p.m. before the meeting convenes at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 20, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
The agenda can be found here.
The meeting will be broadcast live on the city's YouTube channel or the Lake County PEGTV YouTube Channel.
Community members also can participate via Zoom. The webinar ID is 854 8251 2914, the pass code is 956641. One tap mobile is available at +16694449171,,85482512914#, or join by phone at 669-444-9171 or 253-205-0468.
Council members will start off the evening with meeting one of June's adoptable dogs.
One of the main items on the Thursday night agenda is a public hearing for the adoption of the 2024-25 budget, along with additional hearings for the city’s appropriations or Gann limit, and the 2024-25 fee schedule.
The proposed budget includes $43.2 million in revenues and $65.6 million in expenditures.
In other business, the council will hear a presentation and hold a discussion of tobacco use in the schools and community.
The council also will hold public hearings to confirm assessments totaling $79,335.76 for city-funded abatements and $110,070 in administrative penalties and recordation of liens.
Also on Thursday, the council will consider an agreement with Axon Enterprise Inc. for the purchase of body worn cameras, mobile audio and video systems, Tasers and digital storage for the police department; a memorandum of understanding with the Clearlake Police Officer Association for July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026; and a memorandum of understanding with the Clearlake Middle Management Association for July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026.
On the meeting's consent agenda — items that are considered routine in nature and usually adopted on a single vote — are warrants; minutes of the May 8 Lake County Vector Control District Board and council meeting minutes; consideration of Resolution 2024-22 to adopt a list of approved projects for submission to California Transportation Committee for funding pursuant to SB1; authorization of a 3. authorization of job description and placement into salary schedule of the recreation and events coordinator I/II positions; consideration of Resolution No. 2024-29, approving a Temporary Street Closure for the annual Independence Day parade on July 6, 2024; consideration of Resolution 2024-28 authorizing the extension of the temporary road closure of certain roads, to reduce illegal dumping and to protect the environment, and the public health and welfare; approval of an agreement between the county of Lake and city of Clearlake regarding a road maintenance program and authorize the mayor to sign; continuation of director of Emergency Services/City Manager’s proclamation declaring a local emergency for winter storms; amendment of contract with GEI Consulting for project management and technical support from $24,500 to a new total of $100,000; approval and sale of real property located at 4192 Hemlock Ave., Clearlake for $20,000; and adoption of the amendment to legal services agreement for city attorney services with Jones Mayor.
The council also will have a closed session to discuss property negotiations for 14775 Burns Valley Road and existing litigation with the Koi Nation of Northern California.
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The council will meet for a budget workshop for the 2024-25 fiscal year budget at 5 p.m. before the meeting convenes at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 20, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
The agenda can be found here.
The meeting will be broadcast live on the city's YouTube channel or the Lake County PEGTV YouTube Channel.
Community members also can participate via Zoom. The webinar ID is 854 8251 2914, the pass code is 956641. One tap mobile is available at +16694449171,,85482512914#, or join by phone at 669-444-9171 or 253-205-0468.
Council members will start off the evening with meeting one of June's adoptable dogs.
One of the main items on the Thursday night agenda is a public hearing for the adoption of the 2024-25 budget, along with additional hearings for the city’s appropriations or Gann limit, and the 2024-25 fee schedule.
The proposed budget includes $43.2 million in revenues and $65.6 million in expenditures.
In other business, the council will hear a presentation and hold a discussion of tobacco use in the schools and community.
The council also will hold public hearings to confirm assessments totaling $79,335.76 for city-funded abatements and $110,070 in administrative penalties and recordation of liens.
Also on Thursday, the council will consider an agreement with Axon Enterprise Inc. for the purchase of body worn cameras, mobile audio and video systems, Tasers and digital storage for the police department; a memorandum of understanding with the Clearlake Police Officer Association for July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026; and a memorandum of understanding with the Clearlake Middle Management Association for July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026.
On the meeting's consent agenda — items that are considered routine in nature and usually adopted on a single vote — are warrants; minutes of the May 8 Lake County Vector Control District Board and council meeting minutes; consideration of Resolution 2024-22 to adopt a list of approved projects for submission to California Transportation Committee for funding pursuant to SB1; authorization of a 3. authorization of job description and placement into salary schedule of the recreation and events coordinator I/II positions; consideration of Resolution No. 2024-29, approving a Temporary Street Closure for the annual Independence Day parade on July 6, 2024; consideration of Resolution 2024-28 authorizing the extension of the temporary road closure of certain roads, to reduce illegal dumping and to protect the environment, and the public health and welfare; approval of an agreement between the county of Lake and city of Clearlake regarding a road maintenance program and authorize the mayor to sign; continuation of director of Emergency Services/City Manager’s proclamation declaring a local emergency for winter storms; amendment of contract with GEI Consulting for project management and technical support from $24,500 to a new total of $100,000; approval and sale of real property located at 4192 Hemlock Ave., Clearlake for $20,000; and adoption of the amendment to legal services agreement for city attorney services with Jones Mayor.
The council also will have a closed session to discuss property negotiations for 14775 Burns Valley Road and existing litigation with the Koi Nation of Northern California.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the circumstances that led to the death of a jail inmate on Monday.
Dakota Michael Anderson, 32, of Nice died in the Sutter Lakeside Hospital Emergency Department while in the care and custody of the sheriff’s office, the agency said in a statement.
Anderson had been taken into custody on June 11 on three bench warrants — two felonies and one misdemeanor, according to booking records.
The sheriff’s office said Anderson was in custody awaiting a preliminary hearing for drug-related charges. Court records show that hearing was to be set later this month, with preliminary hearings for two felony cases set for June 24.
The sheriff’s office activated the critical incident protocol and has begun an investigation into Anderson’s in-custody death.
The agency said more information will be provided as the investigation continues.
Dakota Michael Anderson, 32, of Nice died in the Sutter Lakeside Hospital Emergency Department while in the care and custody of the sheriff’s office, the agency said in a statement.
Anderson had been taken into custody on June 11 on three bench warrants — two felonies and one misdemeanor, according to booking records.
The sheriff’s office said Anderson was in custody awaiting a preliminary hearing for drug-related charges. Court records show that hearing was to be set later this month, with preliminary hearings for two felony cases set for June 24.
The sheriff’s office activated the critical incident protocol and has begun an investigation into Anderson’s in-custody death.
The agency said more information will be provided as the investigation continues.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Lucerne man arrested last week for Lake County’s first charged fentanyl homicide case was in court on Monday afternoon, pleading not guilty to killing a teenager in November.
Joe Nathan Boggs Jr., 27, made his first appearance for the death of 17-year-old Illeanna Makena Frease of Lakeport before Judge Andrew Blum.
Boggs was arrested on Friday morning following a seven-month-long investigation that concluded he was responsible for killing Frease on Nov. 10 through furnishing fentanyl, a dangerous drug that has led to an epidemic of deaths nationwide.
On Thursday, the day before his arrest, the District Attorney’s Office filed four felony counts against Boggs: second-degree murder; an adult using a minor as an agent to violate controlled substance law; sale, distribution or transportation of a controlled substance; and possession for sale of a controlled substance.
After Boggs indicated he could not afford an attorney and wanted one appointed, Judge Blum appointed Senior Public Defender Tom Quinn to be Boggs’ attorney.
Quinn then promptly entered not guilty pleas to all charges and special allegations on Boggs’ behalf.
Noting that he had spoken to Boggs on Sunday night for about an hour, Quinn told the court that Boggs would not waive time to a speedy trial, which requires that his preliminary hearing be set quickly.
Blum set that hearing for 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, June 26.
He also set Boggs’ bail at $1 million, keeping it at the level it was set at when Boggs was arrested last week. An additional $1,000 bail was put in place for a misdemeanor drug case Boggs also is facing.
Quinn asked that a bail review take place during the preliminary hearing on June 26.
In a Friday Facebook post, Frease’s mother, Michaela John, said Boggs had trafficked her daughter and poisoned her to death, calling him a “drug trafficking, predatory murderer.”
The family also approved the Lake County Sheriff’s Office releasing Frease’s name as part of the Friday statement on Boggs’ arrest.
Frease’s family members came to court on Monday prepared to make sure Frease isn’t forgotten in the judicial process.
Five of them wore red t-shirts with Frease’s picture on them. Red has become increasingly associated with the movement to bring attention to another epidemic — that of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, or MMIP.
Frease was a member of the Elem Colony of Pomo. Boggs also is Indigenous. John said in her Facebook post that Boggs — who has a lengthy criminal record — “operated both on and off tribal lands openly, with no regard for the damage he was causing. Without accountability.”
As the Monday afternoon hearing ended, one of the women wearing a red t-shirt with Frease’s picture stood and called out to Boggs loudly from the courtroom gallery.
“See her face,” she said. “You see what you did?”
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — The summer fire season has arrived in Northern California, with two major incidents burning on either side of Lake County on Monday.
On Sunday just after 12:30 p.m., the Point fire began in Sonoma County.
Cal Fire said it’s located on Stewarts Point Road and Skaggs Springs near Geyserville.
By Monday night the fire had reached approximately 1,207 acres and 20% containment. Cal Fire said two structures have been destroyed and one firefighter injured.
Resources assigned include 400 personnel, 50 engines, 12 crews, 10 dozers, 10 water tenders and four helicopters, Cal Fire said.
Officials said crews overnight continued building and strengthening control lines, working under favorable conditions. The cause is under investigation.
Then, on Monday afternoon, a new fire began in neighboring Colusa County.
The Sites fire began at approximately 1:39 p.m. on Sites Lodoga Road and Wilson Creek, southeast of Stonyford, Cal Fire reported.
By 8 p.m., the fire was reported to have grown to 4,463 acres, with zero containment.
The fire put up a large plume of smoke that could be seen around Lake County.
Cal Fire said the fire is being influenced by north winds with speeds of up to 20 miles per hour, coupled with low relative humidity.
Those conditions had led to the National Weather Service issuing a red flag warning that remained in effect in Colusa County through 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Smoke from the fire moved into southeastern Lake County, causing the air quality index to rise there, according to the PurpleAir website.
Cal Fire said the Sites fire’s cause remains under investigation.
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