BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS
The Lassen County Board of
Supervisors convenes in Regular Session at
1)
Conference with Legal Counsel:
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Subdivision (b) of
Government Code section 54956.9.
2)
AS LRA: Conference with Legal
Counsel: Significant exposure to
litigation pursuant to Subdivision (b) of Government Code section 54956.9: One
case.
3)
Conference with Labor Negotiator
4)
Employee performance evaluation:
Public Defender
5)
Claims: Claim of Ronald Lee Wood
presented
Present in the Closed Session are
Supervisors
The Lassen County Board of
Supervisors reconvenes in Regular Session on
BOARD ORGANIZATION - ELECTION OF
OFFICERS
Deputy County Clerk
Deputy County Clerk
Chairman Dahle receives the gavel
and assumes chairmanship of the meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ITEMS DISCUSSED IN
CLOSED SESSION
The Deputy County Clerk announces
the Closed Session dealt with:
1)
Conference with Legal Counsel:
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Subdivision (b) of
Government Code section 54956.9 - No reportable action taken.
2)
AS LRA: Conference with Legal
Counsel: Significant exposure to
litigation pursuant to Subdivision (b) of Government Code section 54956.9 - One
case - No reportable action taken.
3)
Conference with Labor Negotiator
4)
Employee performance evaluation:
Public Defender
5)
Claims: Claim of Ronald Lee Wood
presented
AGENDA APPROVAL, ADDITIONS AND/OR
DELETIONS
Supervisor Chapman requests the
meeting be adjourned in memory of Marzene Gunther and Tro Emerson.
It is moved by Supervisor Hanson,
seconded by Supervisor Pyle and carried to approve the agenda with the noted
changes.
PUBLIC COMMENT
with other counties into a penal code reclassification of our
correctional officers into an 830.1C class of peace officer. Our correctional officers are peace officers
for the purposes of duty which ties directly to the CCF (Community Correctional
Facility) contract. If that were ever to
go away then our correctional officers would no longer be peace officers, they
would then be public officers and would not have the power to arrest or some of
the powers they have as peace officers. Peace
officers can be used outside the jail in a local emergency such as evacuations
or floods.
PUBLIC WORKS - BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Deputy Public Works
Director for Facilities
Reverend Cornelison recommends
the event be limited to non-profit county-approved vendors rather than
commercial vendors. All profits will be given back to the
veterans organizations in our area and the surrounding communities. The Christian Motorcycle Association is
sponsoring the Saturday afternoon event.
It is moved by
Supervisor Hanson, seconded by Supervisor Chapman, and carried unanimously, to
approve permit for Educational Public Exhibition Purposes on
INFORMATION
AND CONSENT CALENDAR
County
Counsel Craig Settlemire requests Item G4 be removed for separate consideration. Supervisor Hanson requests Item G8 be removed
for consideration.
It is moved
by Supervisor Pyle, seconded by Supervisor Hanson and carried to take the noted
action on the following Consent Calendar items:
COUNTY
CLERK ITEM
Approve
Minutes of
ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES ITEM
Receive and
file Personnel Movement report for November, 2006.
AUDITOR
& TREASURER DEPARTMENT ITEM
Receive and
file Treasurer’s Fund Balance Report and Auditor’s verification for the month
of November, 2006.
PUBLIC
WORKS DEPARTMENT ITEM
Approve the
“Agreement Between the County of Lassen and C.B. Consulting” for professional
services for Skyline Road Extension; and authorize the Director of Public Works
to sign the agreement.
SHERIFF’S
DEPARTMENT ITEM
Approve
request to host the mandatory Corrections Standards Authority (CSA) Adult
Corrections Core Training with Olson Enterprises in Susanville at the estimated
cost of $13,063, and authorize the CAO to sign.
Training costs would be expended from the training line in the ADF and
CCF budget units #130-0525-3002901 and 130-0524-3002901.
TREASURER/TAX
COLLECTOR ITEM
Receive and
file Treasurer’s Investment Report for November, 2006.
MISCELLANEOUS
CORRESPONDENCE ITEMS
Receive and
file the following correspondence:
a.
Lassen Transit Service Agency meeting agenda for
b.
Lassen County Transportation Commission meeting agenda for
c.
Lassen County Planning Commission meeting agenda for
d.
Lassen County Planning Commission and the Technical Advisory Committee
(TAC) list of monthly meeting dates and application deadlines.
e.
Susanville City Council meeting agenda for
PRISON
TRIAL COSTS REIMBURSEMENT
Supervisor
Hanson asks the Auditor for an update on prison trial costs reimbursement from
the state. Auditor
It is moved
by Supervisor Hanson, seconded by Supervisor Keefer and carried to receive and
file Recaps of CCC Prison Trials Cost Reimbursement Billing and High Desert
State Prison Trial Costs Billing for the months of July 2006 through December
2006.
PUBLIC
WORKS DEPARTMENT – ROAD DIVISION
County
Counsel
It is moved
by Supervisor Keefer, seconded by Supervisor Pyle and carried to: 1) approve the “Agreement between the County of
Lassen and Fred Nagel Engineering Contractor” for Deputy County Surveyor
services with the stated changes; 2)
authorize the Director of Public Works to sign the agreement; and
3) designate Fred Nagel as the Deputy
County Surveyor.
UNAGENDIZED
REPORTS BY BOARD MEMBERS
1. Supervisor Pyle reports the transfer of
2. Supervisor Hanson attended LAFCO meeting January
8th and did “first shot” of
sphere of influence for Westwood and Leavitt Lake Community Service
Districts. Westwood is using the
existing city boundaries for their sphere of influence. The Leavitt Lake Community Services District
is anticipating the annexation of 14 acres that may be utilized in the future
for additional residential development.
3. Supervisor Dahle attended the Transportation
Commission meeting January 8th.
They are in the process of purchasing 3 or 4 new buses that will be “carb
compliant” for air quality in the next six months to a year. They are looking to add a new bus to the
system that could reduce ride times within the city limits by half.
4. Supervisor Dahle requests the annual
Committee appointments be on the next agenda.
ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES – PURCHASING
Assistant
to the Deputy CAO
It is moved
by Supervisor Pyle, seconded by Supervisor Hanson and carried to authorize
purchase of two copy machines from Ray Morgan Company, Inc., one for the
District Attorney’s office and one for Victim Witness/Prison Prosecution
Program – 50% each. Total cost for both
machines not to exceed $32,000 including sales and property taxes.
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT - PLANNING DIVISION
Community
Development Director
Farm Advisor
Supervisors discuss some possible problem areas that are of
concern regarding water: issues with the
Brown and Caldwell Consultant Robert Vince states that the
draft plan is very reflective of the needs and interests of
Supervisor Keefer asks who will be working on grants after
Mr. Sorvaag’s retirement. Mr. Sorvaag
states David Lile has been co-managing this project with him; additional staff
may be needed; and Mr. Vince will be preparing a proposal for a master services
agreement.
Supervisor Hanson thanks the Working Group, Bob Sorvaag and
Bob Vince; feels
Supervisor Chapman points out a typographical error in the
Plan (Page 2-4) regarding Susanville station and requests reference be made
regarding the contamination of Susanville City Well #3 that occurred in the
1990’s (Page 2-41) as he feels it is on a similar magnitude as the Sierra Army
Depot. He comments that the resources
from Proposition 84 are more likely to go to
DISTRICT
ATTORNEY – CRIMINAL DIVISION
District
Attorney
It is moved
by Supervisor Chapman, seconded by Supervisor Keefer, and carried unanimously,
on a roll call vote, to 1) authorize an increase in appropriation in the public
safety-homicides-special and professional services budget unit
(130-0437-3002300) in the amount of $20,000 for expert forensic services,
2) approve contract for expert forensic
services and analysis with Dr. Thomas Resk, and 3) and authorize the CAO and the District
Attorney to sign the contract.
PUBLIC
WORKS – ANIMAL CONTROL
Deputy
Public Works Director for Facilities Peter Heimbigner reports that developing a
program for animal shelter volunteers is taking longer than anticipated. Research has been done and a draft for
policies and procedures needs to be worked up.
He feels it should be worked out by the end of the month. (Supervisor
Chapman is absent
Mr.
Heimbigner gives an update on the possible training of animals at the
Supervisor
Keefer asks for an update on the status of new animal control staff. Mr. Heimbigner states the second Animal
Control Officer is on full-time and the three-quarter time kennel aide is to
start January 16th. Supervisor
Pyle requests a report be brought back to the Supervisors at a later date. Supervisor
Chapman discusses the need for a formal complaint process. Further discussion is held. Chairman Dahle directs CAO Ketelsen and
County Counsel Settlemire to work with Public Works Director
Westwood
resident Judy Robinson presents a complaint concerning
two dogs in her neighborhood; she gives an update to the letter she sent to
Supervisors dated
PLANNING -
GENERAL PLAN UPDATE
Community
Development Director Robert Sorvaag presents information regarding professional
services contracts with Sonoran Institute and Vestra Resources for the first
phase of the Lassen County General Plan update from Susanville to Hallelujah
Junction (File 765.01.23). Sonoran
Institute is a non-profit firm that is involved with land use planning. They deal with assistance to rural
communities similar to Susanville and have partnered with the National
Association of Counties (NACO) to assist counties with land use and development
matters. Vestra Resources has worked
with
COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE - PRISON
INITIATIVE
CAO
CLERK OF THE BOARD
CAO Ketelsen refers to his issue
paper and states the problem as he sees it is Theresa Nagel has resigned the
Clerk of the Board position and Mr. Ketelsen can either enter into negotiations
with her, if that is the direction of the Board, or he can bring back an
evaluation of various alternatives. One alternative
is to appoint the Clerk’s office directly, then indirectly assign it to staff; another
approach would be to transfer the position over to the CAO’s office, which
would free up space in the Clerk’s office.
He could analyze the cost and do a salary survey. Supervisor Keefer states he would prefer to
direct staff to pursue the alternatives as this does have some budget
implications based on what is decided. Supervisor
Chapman asks why this is being dealt with now when it was placed in the budget
last summer; he thought the issue was to be brought back to the Board with
alternatives prior to the end of last year.
Chairman Dahle directs the CAO to do
the study and bring it back to the next Board meeting.
County Clerk/Recorder
She states that whatever decision is
made the Deputy Clerk to the Board position should be equal to that of an
Administrative Assistant – Range 20 because this person has already taken on
more work, and will continue to do so because the office is short one person,
and when a new assistant is hired, that person may be new and have to be
trained.
Chairman Dahle asked Personnel
Director Ron Vossler where we are in the process of flying the vacant Assistant
position. Mr. Vossler states that
received that request last week and it is being held right now until the Clerk
of the Board issue is resolved.
Chairman Dahle feels we can make it
another week and directs CAO Ketelsen to take the comments the
There being no further business, the
meeting is adjourned at
Supervisor Chapman
requests the meeting be adjourned in memory of Marzene Gunther and Tro Emerson.
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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
ATTEST:
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CLERK OF THE BOARD