BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS
DECEMBER
9, 2003
The
Lassen County Board of Supervisors convenes in Regular Session on Tuesday,
December 9, 2003, at 9:31 a.m.
Present: Supervisors Robert Pyle,
Jim Chapman, Lloyd Keefer, Brian Dahle, and Jack Hanson; County Counsel John
Ketelsen, County Administrative Officer (CAO) Andy Whiteman and County Clerk
Theresa Nagel. Following the flag
salute, the invocation is offered by Supervisor Chapman.
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION
Chairman
Chapman announces that no closed session was held.
AGENDA
APPROVAL, ADDITIONS AND/OR DELETIONS
It is
moved by Supervisor Keefer, seconded by Supervisor Dahle and carried to approve
the agenda as posted.
PUBLIC
COMMENT
Chairman
Chapman asks board members and all others to share any thoughts they have with
Violet Stout as a contribution toward a Christmas Poem.
Violet
Stout distributed "The Anthony Hargis Letter" covering the subject
"Who Owns City Hall?"
UNAGENDIZED
BOARD REPORTS
1. Supervisor Dahle will be attending an RCRC
meeting this afternoon and states they have been working on PILT Funding - will
meet with a Washington, D.C., law firm to receive a briefing on the possibility
of getting back past PILT funding; wants a letter of support on the next agenda
to support an application for Federal Funding for a Tri-County fire clearing
project proposed by Tom Esgate.
2. Supervisor Keefer reports they are working on
the County Fire Plan; he will make a presentation on the Goat Fire at the
Western Forestry Conference tomorrow in Sacramento; will miss the RAC
presentations on Wednesday, but will be back on Thursday for beginning
discussions to sort and rate the RAC proposals.
He explains how the RAC allocation process works.
3. Supervisor Pyle will be presenting a proposal
to RAC for Highway 44 fencing at an approximate cost of $140,000; reports he
attended a Dental Hygienists Flouride Varnish Clinic at Richmond School.
4. Supervisor Hanson attended and reports on:
the Sage Grouse Working Group meeting; LAFCO meeting; meeting to discuss base
retention; and Quincy Basketball Tournament.
5. Supervisor Chapman distributes the second
draft of a resolution urging reform in financing local government; reports on
the Transportation Commission meeting and asks board members to let him know
about any sites where a safety issue exists that would benefit from the radar
equipped speed limit signs; makes the following designations from his
discretionary funds: $1,110 to the Susanville Railroad Historic Depot, $1,000
to the Lassen County Arts Council and $1,000 to the Susanville Library
District; announces that he received word that Mike Smith is getting married
January 16th.
CONSENT
CALENDAR
It is
moved by Supervisor Dahle, seconded by Supervisor Hanson and carried to take
the noted action on the following Consent Calendar items:
COUNTY
CLERK ITEM
Approve
minutes of November 25, 2003.
COUNTY
CLERK - PROPOSITION 65 REPORT ITEMS
Receive
and file report #03-07, filed by Lt. H. N. Linschoten, Susanville Commander
CHP, on 11/23/2003 - NOTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASE: On Friday, November 7, 2003, a tractor
trailer combination was involved in a head on collision on U.S. 395 south of
Bass Hill, resulting in the eruption of both saddle tanks and approximately 125
gallons of diesel fuel being spilled onto the pavement and dirt shoulder. Clean up of the paved roadway was completed
by the California Department of Transportation and excavation of the
contaminated soil will be completed by a private contractor. The cleanup should be completed by the end of
November.
Receive
and file report #03-08, filed by Lt. H. N. Linschoten, Susanville Commander
CHP, on 11/23/2003 - NOTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASE: On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, a tractor
trailer combination was involved in a head on collision on Hwy 36 west of
Fredonyer Summit, resulting in the eruption of both saddle tanks and
approximately 150 gallons of diesel fuel being spilled onto the pavement and
the dirt shoulder on the north side of Hwy 36.
Clean up is being coordinated by the California Department of
Transportation.
ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES ITEMS
Approve
contract for special investigative services with Frank Skrah, to cover the
period of January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004.
Approve
contract for special investigative services with James "Pat" Devlyne,
to cover the period of January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004.
Approve
contract for special investigative services with John Abbott, to cover the
period of January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004.
COUNTY
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE ITEM
Adopt
Resolution No. 03-080, establishing County Department Public Office Hours.
MISCELLANEOUS
CORRESPONDENCE ITEMS
Receive
and file the following correspondence:
a. Lassen
County Technical Advisory committee revised meeting agenda for December 2,
2003.
b. Lassen County Planning Commission meeting
agenda for December 3, 2003.
c. Land Conservation Committee meeting agenda
for December 4, 2003.
d. Lassen Transit Service Agency meeting agenda
for December 8, 2003.
e. Lassen
County Transportation Commission meeting agenda for December 8, 2003.
f. Lassen County Fair Advisory Board meeting
agenda for December 9, 2003.
g. Monthly meeting schedule of the Planning
Commission and Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for 2004 and their
application deadlines.
h. Local Agency Formation Commission of Lassen
County (LAFCO) meeting agenda for December 8, 2003.
AUDITOR
It is
moved by Supervisor Dahle, seconded by Supervisor Keefer and carried to approve
the sole source purchase of IBM computer hardware/software used in processing
county payroll from Advance Data Systems (ADS) in the amount of $28,477. The purchase was included in the 2003/2004
budget from CCC Mitigation funds.
TREASURER
/ TAX COLLECTOR
It is
moved by Supervisor Pyle, seconded by Supervisor Dahle and carried to adopt
Resolution No. 03-081, approving the sale of tax defaulted property at public
auction and sealed bid sale on May 5 and 6, 2004, and May 12 and 13, 2004.
It is
moved by Supervisor Pyle, seconded by Supervisor Hanson and carried to approve
agreement with Bid4Assets, Inc. of Silver Spring, Maryland, to advertise and
hold a public auction of tax defaulted properties on the internet at a rate of
$75.00 per parcel; and authorize the Treasurer/Tax Collector to execute the
agreement.
COUNTY
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
Military
Base Retention:
It is
moved by Supervisor Hanson, seconded by Supervisor Pyle and carried to adopt
Resolution No. 03-082, supporting Military Base Retention.
VLF
Funds:
CAO
Whiteman learned yesterday that a pro-rated smaller payment of vehicle license
fee (VLF) funds will be paid in December and the county will receive no
backfill in January as the funds will be used to make refunds to persons who
paid the higher license fees. He goes on
to review the projections to County funds due to the loss of VLF funding.
LEGISLATION
It is
moved by Supervisor Dahle, seconded by Supervisor Hanson and carried to adopt
Resolution No. 03-083, to support AB 5X 3
(Cox), and SB 5X 1 (Brulte) regarding the backfill of the Vehicle
License Fee (VLF) to local government.
Supervisor
Chapman provides a lengthy explanation of how tax allocations have changed
since 1972 as a review of the resolution urging reform in financing local
government services.
It is
moved by Supervisor Hanson, seconded by Supervisor Dahle and carried
unanimously, on a roll call vote, to adopt Resolution No. 03-084, urging reform
in financing local government services by the governor and State Legislature.
Recess
10:34 - 10:45 a.m.
COUNTY
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
Mental
Health Department:
CAO
Whiteman responds to a request from the board members for a report on the
Mental Health Department Business Plan by asking Interim Health and Human Services
Director Tom Gauthier to make a presentation.
Tom Gauthier reads a statement which offers viable solutions, and asks
for help in moving forward. A few important improvements in place are: scheduling for each Case Manager and
Therapist is managed from a new central function and is set at 80% of available
clinical time; clinic hours are transitioning to full staffing at 5 day, 40
hour weeks; client appointment "no-shows" are being actively managed;
and collaboration with Probation Department (general relationship needs a lot
of work) and the Child Protective Services Department (already a fact). He summarizes that the reorganization and new
management in Mental Health are producing marked improvements in productivity
and efficiency. The cost of community
services outside the Mental Health clinical mandate is greater than revenues
can support; an infusion of new clients can raise revenues to a workable level
to sustain both the clinic and the services; these clients must come from
collaboration with other county units who work with Medi-Cal eligible
people. Finally he asks the Board to
take the lead in insisting that all of us "servants of the community"
learn to "play nice in the sandbox" - and collaborate fully with each
other in running the business of the people as effectively as possible.
Supervisor
Keefer compliments Dr. Gauthier and staff for a good report and notes customer
service is his main concern. He feels
that productivity would improve if there is even staffing from Monday through
Friday. He likes the move toward a 5 day
- 40 hour work week.
Supervisor
Hanson feels their efforts to address the "no-shows" will be helpful.
INFORMATION
FOR THE BOARD
Supervisor
Chapman announces that Assemblyman Cox will hold a town hall meeting on
December 19th at 9:30 a.m. in the Board Room.
CORRESPONDENCE
1. A letter from the Governor's Office of
Emergency Services stating the U. S.
Department of Agriculture granted a Secretarial disaster designation for Lassen
County as a Contiguous County due to agriculture losses caused by drought and
insect infestation that occurred January 1, 2003, and continuing, is received
and filed.
2. A letter from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
responding to Lassen County and Mendocino County joint letter of concern
protesting CDF's removal of seasonal firefighting resources, is received and
filed.
APPOINTMENT
SUPPORT
Supervisor
Keefer presents a letter of support for appointment of Gary Gilbert as Director
of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. He has known Mr. Gilbert for forty years and
states he has good background in resource and fire management. He states there are also other very good
candidates and wants to be sure the board members are aware of that.
It is
moved by Supervisor Dahle, seconded by Supervisor Hanson and carried
unanimously, on a roll call vote, to approve, and authorize the Chairman to
sign, a letter of support for appointment of Gary Gilbert as Director of the
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
There
being no further business, the meeting is adjourned at 11:15 a.m.
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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
ATTEST:
_______________________________________
THERESA
NAGEL, CLERK OF THE BOARD