BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
The Lassen County Board of Supervisors convenes in
Regular Session at
Present in the Closed Session
are Supervisors
The Lassen County Board of
Supervisors reconvenes in Regular Session on
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION
1) Conference with Legal
Counsel: Existing
litigation pursuant to Subdivision (a) of Government Code Section 54956.9:
Citizens for a Healthy Rural Environment, Richard & Mary Morgan vs.
2) Claims: Claim of Anita Easton presented
AGENDA APPROVAL, ADDITIONS
AND/OR DELETIONS
Supervisor Chapman requests that
Item H2 regarding a letter of response to Dimitrous
Fylaktos and Lauren Argyriadis be continued.
Supervisor Dahle requests the
meeting be adjourned in the memory of Orma Albaugh.
It is moved by Supervisor
Keefer, seconded by Supervisor Hanson and carried, to approve the agenda with
the noted changes.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Chairman Dahle asks for public
comment and no comments are received.
UNAGENDIZED BOARD REPORTS
1.
Supervisor Chapman states that he contacted Lahontan Water Quality
Board Executive Officer Harold Singer and updated him on Gioia
Lee’s complaint that was reported to the Board by Deputy CAO for Health &
Social Services Kevin Mannel at last week’s meeting.
2.
Supervisor Chapman reports that Mr. Singer and his family were among approximately
250 people that lost their homes in the Angora Fire. During
a celebrity golf tournament in Tahoe, Mr. Singer’s 13 year old son Garrett
received a bicycle from Lance Armstrong who heard about the family’s loss. Supervisor Chapman expressed
3. Supervisor Keefer states he will be working on some of the
issues he reported on the Wheeler Fire at last week’s meeting related to public
information as well as the lack of information that was coming out of the
incident in a timely manner. He is
trying to set up a meeting with the local media, the Chief Public Information
Officers from the Plumas National Forest, California Department of Forestry and
Fire Prevention, the
3. Supervisor Pyle states he attended the Planning Commission
meeting on the Dyer Mountain Environmental Impact Report and Development Agreement;
there was a lot of good discussion and good ideas. The recent fire is on everybody’s mind and was
one of the issues the Commission had regarding egress and the size of the bridge. He expects the Commission will have a
recommendation to the Board during the meeting on July 24.
4. Supervisor Dahle reports he attended a NACo Conference in
RECOGNITION
COMMITTEE – PRESENTATION
Chairman
Dahle makes the following presentations for years of service:
Ten
years: a brass letter opener to Tamara
Chandler (Health and Social Services) and
Twenty
years: a mahogany book clock to Nanette
Henderson (Public Works/Road).
CONSENT CALENDAR
Supervisor Chapman requests that
Item G2 Auditor
& Treasurer Departments Report for the month of June, 2007 be pulled from
the consent calendar for separate consideration.
Supervisors Pyle and Hanson
request Item G4 Prison Trial Costs Reimbursement Reports be pulled from the
consent calendar for separate consideration.
It is moved by Supervisor
Keefer, seconded by Supervisor Hanson and carried to take the noted action on
the following Consent Calendar items:
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ITEM - PERSONNEL
DEPARTMENT
Receive and file Personnel
Movement report for June, 2007.
TREASURER/TAX COLLECTOR ITEM - REPORT
Receive and file Treasurer's
Investment Report for June, 2007.
MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE
ITEMS
Receive and file the following
correspondence:
a. Lassen County Technical Advisory Committee meeting
agenda for
b. Lassen County Planning Commission meeting agenda for
AUDITOR & TREASURER
DEPARTMENTS - REPORT
Supervisor Chapman asks
Treasurer Richard Egan for an explanation of a notation on the last page of the
June report that shows $7,739.16 that is left over and noted as “System Error”. Mr. Egan replies that it is a timing issue
with the closing of the month that has since been resolved. Auditor Karen Fouch explains the $7,000 has
been identified and considered properly and corrected.
It is moved by Supervisor
Hanson, seconded by Supervisor Chapman and carried unanimously to receive and
file Treasurer's Fund Balance Report and Auditor's verification for the month
of June, 2007.
PRISON TRIAL COSTS REIMBURSEMENT
- REPORTS
Supervisor Pyle states he and
Supervisor Hanson both looked at CCC and High Desert Prison recaps for June,
2007 and the problem of timely payment continues to get worse.
Supervisor Dahle states he
talked to Senator Cox about this last week.
Auditor Fouch states the County was notified the end of April that the
appropriation for 2006/2007 had been spent and that would require an emergency
appropriation by the legislature, which has happened only once in past years. The State is in arrears back to February; there
is $250,000 due for this program. The
fund itself has about $80,000 to operate on until the next revenue is received which
should be in September. Ms. Fouch states
that Senator Cox has made a great effort but it didn’t resolve the problem
because the State is still not appropriating enough to fund the program
locally. CAO Ketelsen reminds the Board
that Senator Cox has sponsored legislation for imposing interest penalties on
these late payments.
It is moved by Supervisor Pyle,
seconded by Supervisor Hanson and carried to receive and file Recap of CCC
Prison and High Desert State Prison Trials Cost Reimbursement Billing for July
2006 through June 2007.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES - BUDGET
CAO Ketelsen states Assistant to
the CAO Julie Morgan will present the budget report. It is a statutory requirement for the budget
process to give the County authority to continue to operate while continuing to
work through the budget.
Ms. Morgan states the budget
reflects department requests which tend to be high at this point to make sure
their needs are covered; the estimated revenues are fairly conservative. The Budget Committee will continue working on
the budget and the committee will discuss any outstanding issues. CAO Ketelsen states almost all department
requests have been received; some outside requests (SEMSA, fire departments)
will be presented at the July 24 meeting.
Further discussion is held.
It is moved by Supervisor
Keefer, seconded by Supervisor Hanson and carried, with Supervisors Chapman and
Pyle voting NO, to adopt the Fiscal Year 2007/2008 proposed budget.
HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES -
ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS DIVISION
Deputy CAO for Health & Social Services Kevin
Mannel introduces Director of Alcohol and
Other Drugs Lyle Dornan. (Supervisor Chapman absent
AOD offers multiple levels of
service and is personalized to meet each client’s needs.
Lassen County AOD rates very
well vs. statewide averages for length of stay in treatment for clients.
U.
Leona Rodreick presents Lassen
National Forest Motorized Vehicle restrictions maps for Westwood Area,
Frontcountry Area and Burney Mountain Area that Lassen National Forest (LNF)
Supervisor Laurie Tippin recently discussed.
The maps are intended to be used in conjunction with the Forest Visitor
map. She also distributes a Q&A and
briefing paper on the Route Designation Temporary Forest Order. An open house was held in
Signs will be posted indicating
what roads may be traveled on. The
public will be educated on the changes to road management on the LNF. Every forest in the nation is going through
the process. LNF Law Enforcement Patrol
Captain Mike Zunnino can be contacted for further enforcement information.
The LNF Supervisor signed a temporary
order for stopping firewood cutting on July 13 due to recent fire activity; the
restriction will be in force until there is some significant
precipitation. Other restrictions are
still in place.
The fire at the Antelope complex
(Plumas County) is 100% contained; it was just short of 24,000 acres and a BAER
Team (Burnt Area Emergency Rehabilitation Team) is there looking at mitigation measures to prevent
erosion. On the LNF, there has been
minimal fire activity in the last two days.
There is a red flag warning today and tomorrow.
HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES –
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Deputy CAO for H&SS Kevin
Mannel states the agenda request is for the Board of Supervisors to formally appoint
two Board members to serve on the Septage Working Committee, per discussion on
June 26. Supervisor Chapman had suggested
Supervisors Keefer and Hanson be on the working committee to look into septage
problems. The matter had not been
agendized so Board members would be volunteers only. Further discussion is held. The Board decides to not make formal
appointments; Supervisor Hanson states he will be attending the next meeting to
be held on July 30.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
LETTER
Receive and file follow up
response letter, per Board discussion on
"LET US REMEMBER"
It is moved by Supervisor
Hanson, seconded by Supervisor Keefer and carried to authorize Chairman to sign
letter of Appreciation to Reverend Michael Cornelison, Chairman of Susanville
Remembrance Committee for the "Let Us Remember" program that brought
the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall to Susanville.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT - ROAD
It is moved by Supervisor
Keefer, seconded by Supervisor Pyle and carried to adopt Resolution No. 07-032, “Establishing
Pledge of Revenue for Financial Assurance of the Robinson Canyon Mitigation
Site Endowment Fund".
ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY
There being no further business,
the meeting is adjourned at
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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
ATTEST:
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SUSAN OSGOOD, DEPUTY CLERK OF
THE BOARD