LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Board of Supervisors will honor probation officers this week and consider new rules for bidding for services.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 20, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
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At 9:06 a.m., the board will present a proclamation designating the week of July 18 to 24 as Probation Officers Week in Lake County.
At 9:30 a.m., a public hearing, continued from July 13, will take place with the supervisors sitting as Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors. They will consider a resolution of delinquent sewer fees for the Lake County Sanitation District.
At 11 a.m., the board will hold a public hearing to consider an ordinance amending Article X of Chapter Two of the Lake County Code to include further requirements for exemptions from competitive bidding and requirements for bid protests.
Those changes will include purchases during a state of emergency, requirements for bidding every five years and situations where competitive bidding would produce no economic benefit for the county.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: (a) Approve the purchase of an animal control box in the amount of $30,776.15 and (b) authorize the Animal Care and Control director or his designee to issue a purchase order.
5.2: Approve the continuation of a local health emergency related to the 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) as proclaimed by the Lake County Public Health officer.
5.3: Approve the continuation of a local health emergency and order prohibiting the endangerment of the community through the unsafe removal, transport, and disposal of fire debris for the LNU Complex wildfire.
5.4: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to the Mendocino Complex fire incident (River and Ranch fires).
5.5: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to COVID-19.
5.6: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to the Pawnee fire incident.
5.7: Approve the continuation of an emergency declaration for drought conditions.
5.8: Approve the continuation of a local emergency in Lake County in response to the LNU lightning complex wildfire event.
5.9: Adopt Resolution amending Resolution No, 2021-68 Establishing Position Allocations for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, Budget Unit No. 4012, Health Services Administration.
5.10: Approve amendment five to the agreement between the county of Lake and Evan Bloom, MD, MPH, to assist the Lake County Public Health officer during the COVID-19 crisis response and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.11: Adopt proclamation designating the week of July 18-24 as Probation Officers Week in Lake County.
5.12: a) Adopt resolution revising the fiscal year 2021-2022 adopted budget of the county of Lake by canceling reserves in Fund 254 Lake County Sanitation District Southeast Capital Improvement Reserve Designation, in the amount of $82,000 to make appropriations in the Budget Unit 8354, Object Code 783.62-74 to purchase a mobile generator to provide backup power to Lift Stations #1, 2, 3, and 4. (b) Waive the formal bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 2-38.2, not in the public interest. (c) approve purchase of a used, low hours (2,000 hours) Multiquip 300kVa portable generator and authorize the Special Districts administrator/assistant purchasing agent to issue and sign a purchase order not to exceed $82,000 to Generator World of Sacramento.
TIMED ITEMS
6.2, 9:06 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the week of July 18-24 as Probation Officers Week in Lake County.
6.3, 9:30 a.m.: Public hearing, continued from July 13, sitting as Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors, consideration of resolution of delinquent sewer fees for Lake County Sanitation District.
6.4, 10 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of rezone for Brand Family Parcel Map Project; General Plan Amendment (GPAP 17-01); Rezone (RZ 17-01); Parcel Map (PM 17-01); and Initial Study (IS 17-31).
6.5, 10:15 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of Rezone for Richard and Beverly Siri; General Plan Amendment (GPAP 19-02) and Rezone (RZ 19-02) and Initial Study (IS 19-41).
6.6, 11 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of an ordinance amending Article X of Chapter Two of the Lake County Code to include further requirements for exemptions from competitive bidding and requirements for bid protests.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: (a) Consideration of county investment policy; and (b) consideration of agreement for investment advisory and management services.
7.3: a) Consideration of certification resolution for an exception to the 180-day wait period to hire a CalPERS retiree as an extra help county employee; and b) consideration of advanced step hiring of Jeff Rein as an extra-help employee.
7.4: Consideration of agreement between county of Lake and Behavioral Health Services as lead agency of the Lake County Continuum of Care and Elijah House for services funded under the Emergency Solutions Grant — Coronavirus Program for fiscal year 2021-22 in an amount not to exceed $450,000 and authorize the chair to sign.
7.5: Consideration of agreement between county of Lake and Behavioral Health Services as lead agency of the Lake County Continuum of Care and Elijah House for transitional housing services for fiscal years 2021-25 in an amount not to exceed $207,585 and authorize the chair to sign.
7.6: Consideration of a presentation from the Cyanobacteria Communication Work Group Multi Agency members.
CLOSED SESSION
8.1: Public employee evaluation: County Librarian Christopher Veach.
8.2: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9 (d)(1): Nichols v. County of Lake, et al.
8.3: Conference with labor negotiator: (a) Chief negotiator: M. Long; County Negotiators: C. Huchingson and P. Samac; and (b) employee organizations: LCDDAA, LCDSA, LCCOA, LCEA, LCSEA and LCSMA.
8.4: Conference with legal counsel: Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9 (d)2)(e)1) — one potential case.
8.5: Conference with legal counsel: Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9 (d)(2) (e) (3) — Claim of McQueen.
8.6: Public Employee Appointment Pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54957(b)(1): Appointment of Public Health officer.
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