LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week, the Lake County Board of Supervisors will discuss a two-year contract extension with Lake Legal Defense Services that will allow for the addition of another felony attorney due to an increase in homicide cases, and consider selecting a consultant to help sell a large tax default property.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 25, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. TV8 will broadcast the meeting live.
In an untimed item, the board will consider a proposed $180,000 budget transfer from contingencies to the public defender fund for the addition of a felony attorney through Sept. 30, 2016, as well as a proposed amendment to agreement with Lake Legal Defense Services Inc. to add one additional felony attorney and extend term of agreement.
A report from the County Administrative Office explains that Stephen Carter, president of Lake Legal Defense Services – which provides indigent criminal defense services – has requested an increase in the contract compensation the organization receives from the county in order to provide one more subcontractor for felony cases.
“The request stems from a significant increase in the number of homicide cases going through the trial courts; currently, there are nine active murder cases and three attempted murder cases,” the report from County Administrative Officer Matt Perry and Deputy Administrative Officer Christopher Shaver stated.
They also reported that there are multiple codefendants being named in each homicide case, which puts a further strain on Lake Legal Defense Services.
The Public Defender Oversight Committee is aware of the request, according to the report, and concurs both with the extension and increase in compensation.
Perry and Shaver said the increase in compensation also allows the county to control costs by being able to provide an additional felony attorney instead of having the courts appoint a noncontracted attorney.
Lake Legal Defense Services is asking for a two-year extension to the agreement with the county. The monthly contract cost over that two-year period will increase from $80,375 to $86,375.
In another untimed item, the board will consider a request to waive the consultant selection process and the proposed agreement between the county of Lake and The Ivy Group for real estate marketing services for the auction of the 104-acre Robin Hill tax default property, located at 5880 Lakeshore Drive in Lakeport.
The county offered the property in a tax default auction that occurred in early February, but no one was willing to pay the minimum $850,000 bid.
The full agenda follows.
TIMED ITEMS
9 a.m., A-1 to A-4: 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.
9:05 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).
NONTIMED ITEMS
A-5: Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports
A-6: (a) Consideration of request to waive consultant selection process; and (b) consideration of proposed agreement between the county of Lake and The Ivy Group, for real estate marketing services for Robin Hill tax default property auction.
A-7: (a) Consideration of proposed budget transfer from contingencies to BU 2111 Public Defender, in the amount of $180,000 for the addition of a felony attorney through Sept. 30, 2016; and (b)
consideration of proposed amendment to agreement with Lake Legal Defense Services Inc. to add one additional felony attorney and extend term of agreement.
A-8: Consideration of request to remove employee from the ineligible list for travel advance.
A-9: Consideration of request to accept Mental Health Triage Grant funding and to authorize the Behavioral Health director to sign work plan and budget documents on behalf of the county.
CLOSED SESSION
A-10: 1. Conference with labor negotiator: (a) county negotiators: A. Grant, L. Guintivano, S. Harry, M. Perry, A. Flora and C. Shaver; and (b) employee organization: Deputy District Attorney's Association, Lake County Deputy Sheriff's Association, Lake County Correctional Officers Association and Lake County Safety Employees Association.
A-10: 2. Public employee evaluation: Animal Control Director Bill Davidson.
A-10: 3. Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9(d)(1): Fowler and Ford v. County of Lake.
A-10: 4. Conference with legal counsel: Anticipated litigation pursuant to Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9 (d)(4) decision whether to initiate litigation (one case).
CONSENT AGENDA
C-1: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meetings held on March 18, 2014.
C-2: Waive 900-hour limit for extra help Trails Coordinator Giselle Stahl.
C-3: Waive 900-hour limit for extra help Client Services Assistant II Craig Kean.
C-4: Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2013-96 establishing position allocations for Fiscal Year 2013-2014, Budget Unit No. 4014, Department of Behavioral Health (delete one managed care administrative coordinator and add one staff services analyst I/II allocations).
C-5: Approve first amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and Jeri Owens, MD for specialty mental health services, an increase of $100,000 for an extension of services through June 2014, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-6: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and DNA Diagnostics Center for paternity testing services through April 30, 2016, total amount not to exceed $25,000 per year, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-7: Approve out-of-county travel for four Lake County Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), Public Health Volunteers to attend the MRC Round-up, May 1-3, 2014, in Ventura County (funded through the 2013-2014 NACCHO MRC Capacity Building Award funds).
C-8: Approve facility space license agreement between the county and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. at Buckingham Peak (10-year term at $1,865 per month, with annual 4-percent cost of living increase and one-time construction oversight fee and $45 monthly road maintenance fee).
C-9: Waive 900-hour limit for extra help mussel decontamination worker Mark Miller.
C-10: Approve Budget Transfer B-211, total amount $4,940, correcting an incorrect allocation to BU 2704 Emergency Services by reallocating amount to BU 2202 Sheriff Dispatch, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-11: Approve standard agreement between the county of Lake and State Of California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) for acceptance of the Anti-Drug Abuse (ADA) grant ($96,961 to be shared between the sheriff’s and district attorney’s offices), and authorize the chair to sign.
C-12: Authorize destruction of the following records: Closed Civil Records from January 1, 2010-December 31, 2011, Department time sheets through FY 2006-07, all expenditure records through FY 2005-06 (with exception of inventory items and fixed asset records and Budget 2704 Office of Emergency Services), arrest booking files for misdemeanor bookings through FY 2007-08 and felony bookings through FY 2002-03.
IN HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PUBLIC AUTHORITY
C-13: Approve side letter of agreement between the Lake County IHSS Public Authority and California United Homecare Workers Union Local 4034, and authorize the chair to sign.
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