LAKEPORT, Calif. – Three reelected members of the Board of Supervisors will take their oaths of office next week during the board’s first meeting of 2013.
The meeting will begin at 9 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 will be broadcast live on TV8.
At the start of next Tuesday’s meeting, board members Jim Comstock, Anthony Farrington and Rob Brown will take their oaths of office. All three men were reelected in the June primary.
Brown, who was board chair for 2012, is expected to be succeeded as chair in the new year by Jeff Smith.
The supervisors also will select from among their number the leadership for various boards and commissions, and will appoint or reappoint Lake County Planning Commission members, who also will be administered their oaths of office.
Also on Tuesday, the board will consider in concept a lease agreement between the county of Lake and Kelseyville Unified School District for the Gard Street School Campus, located at 3955 Gard St.
The discussion, scheduled for 10:20 a.m., will center on using the campus for the Child Support Services Department. In addition, the board will consider appointing negotiation team members.
The full agenda follows.
TIMED ITEMS
9 a.m., A-1: (a) Administer oath of office to District 1, District 4, and District 5 Supervisors; (b) election of chair of the Board of Supervisors and vice-chair of the Board of Supervisors for 2013; (c) election of representative and alternate to the Regional Council of Rural Counties (RCRC); and to the RCRC affiliate joint powers authority CRHMFA Homebuyers Fund (CHF) Boards of Directors; (d) election of chair and vice-chair of the Lake County Local Board of Equalization for 2013; and (e) election of chair and vice-chair of the Lake County In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Board of Directors for 2013.
9:05 a.m., A-2: Appoint/reappoint members of the Lake County Planning Commission and administer oath of office.
9:10 a.m. A-3 to A-6: 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, and contract change orders for current construction projects.
9:15 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).
9:25 a.m., A-7: (a) Consideration of request to waive the policy regarding automated voicemail systems; and (b) consideration of request to approve the development of an automated voicemail system for the Animal Care and Control Department.
9:40 a.m., A-8: Consideration of proposed agreement between the county of Lake and SCS Engineers for engineering services for the Eastlake Landfill Gas Recovery System.
9:50 a.m., A-9: (a) Consideration of proposed agreement between the county of Lake and Blue Water Satellite for image analysis of Clear Lake and its watershed; and (b) consideration of request for board direction regarding the creation of a “technical advisory group” to determine the images to be analyzed.
10:05 a.m., A-10: Consideration of request for board direction regarding efficacy of current coordination of inter-facility ambulance communications.
10:20 a.m., A-11: (a) Consideration in concept of lease agreement between the county of Lake and Kelseyville Unified School District for the Gard Street School Campus, located at 3955 Gard St., Kelseyville for use by the Child Support Services Department; and (b) consideration of appointments to negotiation team for lease agreement.
NONTIMED ITEMS
A-12: Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
A-13: Consideration of chairman’s recommended 2013 committee assignments for members of the Board of Supervisors.
A-14: Consideration of the following appointments: Animal Care and Control Advisory Board; Audit Committee; Countywide Parks and Recreation Advisory Board; Emergency Medical Care Committee; Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee; Glenbrook Cemetery District Board; Hartley Cemetery District Board; Kelseyville Cemetery District Board; Lake County Child Care Planning Council; Law Library Board; Library Advisory Board; Lower Lake Cemetery District Board; Maternal, Child, Adolescent Health (MCAH) Advisory Board; Middletown Cemetery District Board; Public Defender Advisory Board; Solid Waste Task Force; Spring Valley CSA No. 2 Advisory Board; Vector Control District Board.
A-15: (a) Consideration to appoint Supervisor Farrington to the Marymount College Long Range Planning Advisory Committee; and (b) consideration of request to approve travel and reimbursement for Supervisor Farrington to attend Marymount College Long Range Planning Advisory Committee Annual Meeting.
A-16: Consideration of proposed certification statement regarding composition of Local Planning Council membership.
A-17: Consideration of request for board determination under anti-nepotism policy regarding appointment of correctional officer.
CLOSED SESSION
A-18: 1. Conference with Labor Negotiator: (a) County Negotiators: A. Grant, S. Harry, L. Guintivano, M. Perry and J. Hammond; and (b) employee organization: Deputy District Attorneys Association, Deputy Sheriff’s Association, Lake County Correctional Officers Association, Lake County Employees Association and LCSEA.
A-18: 2. Public employee performance evaluations: County Librarian Susan Clayton and Human Resource Director Kathy Ferguson.
A-18: 3. Conference with legal counsel: Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9, subd. (b)(1)(c): claim of the city of Lakeport.
A-18: 4. Employee Disciplinary Appeal EDA 2013-01.
CONSENT AGENDA
C-1: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held on Dec. 18, 2012.
C-2: Approve subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement and estoppel certificate for property located at 6302 13th Ave., Lucerne, leased for the Behavioral Health Department, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-3: Approve letter of support for the Golden Bear Broadband Limited Liability Corp.’s Regional Middle Mile Infrastructure application to the California Advanced Services Fund for broadband infrastructure deployment funds, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-4: Approve request to waive 900 hour limit for extra-help Park Maintenance Worker Jon Littrell.
C-5: (a) Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2012-106 to amend the Adopted Budget for FY 2012-13 by adjusting revenues and appropriations in Budget Unit 2205 - Sheriff - Marine Patrol; (b) Award bid No. 13-5b to River Marine Sales and Service, in the amount of $28,669.18, for the purchase of one 18-foot Alumaweld Stryker Sport boat; and (c) authorize the sheriff/assistant purchasing agent to issue purchase order.
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