LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Board of Supervisors will take up the final county budget for this fiscal year when it meets this week.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8 and online. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
In a hearing timed for the start of the meeting, the board will consider the 2019-20 final recommended budget for the county and its special districts.
The budget totals approximately $258,248,844.
County documents show that the property tax roll is anticipated to have a 5.61-percent increase for the new fiscal year, which is 2.28 percent over the previous year’s net total tax roll. For the 2018-19 tax year and the two coming tax years, the county is to get property tax backfill, a measure the state took to help Lake County recover from its wildfires.
Also on the agenda, in an untimed item, the board will discuss and consider the initial draft of an ordinance amending specified sections of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of the Lake County Code relating to agriculture and plant protection pertaining to industrial hemp, and consider forming an ad hoc committee that would be tasked with making recommendations for industrial hemp regulations.
In an item on the Tuesday consent agenda – which isn’t expected to be separately discussed – county staff is asking to continue the Friday office hour closures for county offices located in and surrounding the Lake County Courthouse.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Adopt resolution expressing support for the Lower Lake High School Homecoming Parade.
5.2: Approve letter of support for Lake County Watershed Protection District's grant application for the Scotts Creek Scientific Study.
5.25: Approve the purchase of communications equipment from (a) Fisher Wireless in the estimated amount of $20,000 and; (b) county of Mendocino in the estimated amount of $12,000 and; (c) Dailey-Wells in the estimated amount of $11,000 to be installed on Mt. St. Helena and authorize the sheriff to sign the purchase orders.
5.3: Adopt a resolution amending Resolution No. 2018-118 establishing temporary alternative office hours for county offices located in and surrounding the Lake County Courthouse.
5.4: Approve the minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held June 4, 2019, June 11, 2019, June 25, 2019, July 9, 2019, and Aug. 27, 2019.
5.5: Adopt resolution approving Agreement No.19-0267-022-SF with California Department of Food and Agriculture for compliance with the Sudden Oak Death Quarantine Program for the period July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, in the amount of $6,483.28.
5.6: Adopt resolution approving Agreement No.19-0268-029-SF with the California Department of Food and Agriculture to authorize the execution of the Light Brown Apple Moth Detection Program July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, in the amount of $2,484.
5.7: Adopt resolution approving Agreement No. 19-0630-000-SA with California Department of Food and Agriculture for compliance with the Nursery Inspection Program for the period July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, in the amount of $500.
5.8: (a) Authorize to Appoint David Schwenger as interim assistant assessor-recorder; and (b) authorize to appoint Lan Dia Janakes as interim chief deputy assessor-recorder – valuations.
5.9: (a) Approve the District Attorney's Equitable Sharing Agreement and Certification for the fiscal year July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019, and authorize the chair to sign; and (b) authorize Doris Lankford to electronically submit the report.
5.10: Approve out-of-state travel for Claudia Mendez and Crystal Martin, Oct. 20 to 23, to the Leave No Victim Behind IV Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
5.11: Approve the certification of assurance of compliance form for the Victim-Witness Assistance Program for Oct. 1, 2019, through Sept. 30, 2020, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.12: Approve annual renewal of Veterans Subvention Program Certificate of Compliance and Medi-Cal Cost Avoidance Program Certificate and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.13: Approve long distance travel for Emillie Feenan to attend the CityMatCH Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, from Sept. 20 through 26, 2019, in the amount of $2,500.
5.14: (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; (b) reconfirm agreement for medical services in Lake County's Detention Facility with California Forensic Medical Group in the amount of $2,745,582 for FY 2019-2022.
5.15: (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; (b) approve the five-year agreement between the county of Lake and Superion, LLC for financial systems hosting and migration services, with a one-time setup cost of $10,000, and $62,209.95 annual cost in year one, and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.16: Adopt resolution for temporarily prohibiting parking and authorizing removal of vehicles on Main Street (between Second and Fourth streets) in Kelseyville for the Kelseyville Pear Festival Farm to Fork Dinner and Dance on Sept. 27, 2019.
5.17: Adopt resolution for temporarily prohibiting parking and authorizing removal of vehicles on various roads in Kelseyville for the Kelseyville Pear Festival on Sept. 27 and 28, 2019.
5.18: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to the Atmospheric River Event 2019.
5.19: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to the Mendocino Complex Fire Incident (River and Ranch fires).
5.20: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to the Pawnee fire Incident.
5.21: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to the Sulphur fire Incident.
5.22: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to the Clayton fire.
5.23: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to the Atmospheric River Storm 2017.
5.24: Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors, approve Amendment No. 1 to the agreement between Lake County Sanitation District and California Exterminators Alliance extending the contract for one year under the same terms and conditions in the amount of $29,348, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.26: Sitting as Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors, adopt resolution authorizing the Lake County Watershed Protection District to file grant application and signature authorization to execute an agreement for a California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways Quagga and Zebra Mussel Infestation Prevention FY 2018/19 Grant Titled Clear Lake QZ Mussel Prevention Implementation Project FY 2018-19 Project.
5.27: Sitting as Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors, approve the first amendment to an agreement with the Regents of the University of California in the amount of $110,670 for Sediment Sampling in Clear Lake, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.28: Sitting as Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors, adopt resolution authorizing Lake County Watershed Protection District to file a grant application for the scientific study of the Scott's Creek Watershed.
5.29: Addendum, approve side letter to the Lake County Deputy Sheriff’s Association Memorandum of Understanding and authorize lead negotiator to sign.
TIMED ITEMS
6.1, 9 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of the Final Recommended Budget for Fiscal Year 2019/2020 for the county of Lake and Special Districts governed by the Board of Supervisors.
6.3, 9:06 a.m.: Consideration of continuation of a local health emergency and order prohibiting the endangerment of the community through the unsafe removal, transportation, and disposal of fire debris for the Mendocino Complex fire.
6.4, 9:10 a.m.: Presentation of Employee Service Awards.
6.5, 9:30 a.m.: Discussion and direction about seeking to offer voters the ability to vote on a sales tax measure to improve roads.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of appointment of a supervisor as an alternate to the Eel Russian River Commission.
7.3: Discussion and consideration of (a) the initial draft of an ordinance amending specified sections of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of the Lake County Code relating to agriculture and plant protection pertaining to industrial hemp; and (b) the formation of an ad-hoc committee to consider making recommendations to industrial hemp regulations.
7.4: Consideration of Change Order No. One for Clark Drive Pavement Repair Project; Federal Project No. BRLS-5914(025); Bid No. 18-24; for an increase of $2,251.15 and a revised contract amount of $299,578.15.
7.5: Consideration of presentation of the flood insurance assessment for unincorporated Lake County for 2019.
CLOSED SESSION
8.1: Public employee evaluations title: Animal Care and Control Director Jonathan Armas, County Administrative Officer Carol Huchingson.
8.2: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(1): County of Lake, et al. v. PG&E, et al.
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