(Public Comment Period)
1.
Board of Supervisors matters.
2.
Recognize Joseph DeRose upon his retirement from the
Probation Department for his many years of County service.
3.
Recognize Julia Roberts, Chief Deputy County Counsel and
Harold Wood, Chief Deputy County Counsel upon their retirement for their many
years of County service.
4.
Presentation of the Annual National Ag Week Calendar Art
Contest. Recognize March 16-22, 2015 as National Ag Week.
5.
Public Comments.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed
Items)
6.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from Resource Management Agency to
review and accept Tulare County's 2014 Annual General Plan and Housing Element
Progress Reports. Authorize transmittal of these reports to the California
Governor's Office of Planning and Research and California's Department of
Housing and Community Development.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 7 through 17)
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Background information has been
provided to the board on all matters listed under the Consent Agenda, and
these items are considered to be routine by the Board. All items under the
Consent Agenda are normally approved by one motion. If discussion is
requested by any Board members on any item, that item will be removed from
the Consent Agenda if separate action is required.
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Auditor-Controller/Registrar of
Voters/Treasurer-Tax Collector
7.
Approve request by the listed
Special Districts to change from odd-to-even numbered year elections, with the
election to be consolidated with the General Election in 2016. The terms is
the district board members will be extended for one year.
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Alta
Irrigation District
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Orosi Public Utility District
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Deer Creek Storm Water District
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Pixley Irrigation District
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Ducor Community Services District
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Porterville Irrigation District
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Ivanhoe Irrigation District
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Sequoia Memorial District
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Lindmore Irrigation District
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Springville Public Utility District
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Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation District
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Stone Corral Irrigation District
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London Community Services District
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Sultana Community Services District
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Lower Tule River Irrigation District
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Terra Bella Irrigation District
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Orange Cove Fire Protection District
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Woodlake Fire District
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Board of Supervisors
8.
Appoint Mike Washam,
Planning/Development Director (or Designee) to the Solid Waste Management
Technical Advisory Committee to serve at the pleasure of the Board.
9.
Reappoint Bernice Soto, Social
Service Agency to the Community Health Center Board for a term ending April 18,
2019.
10.
Appoint Brenda K. Weyhrauch,
Resident District 5 to the Health Advisory Committee for a term ending February
1, 2017.
County Administrative Office/General
Services
11.
Ratify the signature of the County
Administrative Officer on a letter signed requesting an extension from the
California Board of State and Community Corrections to accept the conditional,
partial award of SB 1022 funds through September 30, 2015.
Health & Human Services Agency
12.
Reaffirm the Proclamation of a
Local Emergency due to Drought in Tulare County Resolution No. 2014-0090.
13.
Approve the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with Blue Cross of California Partnership Plan, Inc. to
allow funding by Anthem Blue Cross for a Behavioral Health Coach assigned to
the Visalia Health Care Center, retroactive to April 29, 2014. Find that the
Board had authority to enter into the proposed MOU as of April 29, 2014, and
that it was in the County’s best interest to enter into the agreement on that
date.
14.
Approve amendments to Agreement
No. 25648 with Earlimart School District and Agreement No. 26549 with Exeter
Unified School District to update the Exhibits and extend the termination date
for Tulare County Health & Human Services, as the Local Government Agency,
to act as the claims processing agent of Medi-Cal Administrative Activities
claims on behalf of their school district, retroactive to January 1, 2015
through June 30, 2016. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the
proposed amendments as of January 1, 2015, and that it was in the County’s best
interest to enter into the amendments on that date.
Resource Management Agency
15.
Approve an agreement with O’Dell
Engineering in an amount not to exceed $137,900 to provide Landscape
Architectural Services for the Earlimart Neighborhood Park Project for the
period of March 17, 2015 through December 31, 2018.
16.
Approve the Plans, Special
Provisions, Proposal and Contract (“Bid Documents”) for the construction of the
Road 224 Deer Creek Bridge Project, located southwest of the City of
Porterville. Authorize the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors to sign the
Plans. Approve the advertisement for bids of the Road 224 Deer Creek Bridge
Project.
17.
Approve the Plans, Special
Provisions, Proposal and Contract (“Bid Documents”) for the construction of the
Road 148 Outside Creek Bridge Replacement Project. Authorize the Chairman of
the Board of Supervisors to sign the Plans. Approve the advertisement for bids
of the Road 148 Outside Creek Bridge Replacement Project.
(Items Not Timed)
(Closed Session)
CLOSED SESSION
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
CLOSED SESSIONS
As provided in the Ralph M. Brown
Act, Government Code sections 54950 et seq., the Board of Supervisors may
meet in closed session with members of its staff, county employees and its
attorneys. These sessions are not open to the public and may not be attended
by members of the public. The matters the Board will meet on in closed
session are identified below or are those matters appropriately identified in
open session as requiring immediate attention and arising after the posting
of the agenda. Any public reports of action taken in the closed session will
be made in accordance with Government Code sections 54957.1
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It is the intention of the Board to meet
in closed session concerning:
Sitting
as the Tulare County Board of Supervisors
ITEM A
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant Exposure to Litigation
[Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
Tulare County’s 2014 Annual General Plan and
Housing Element Progress Reports
ITEM B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant Exposure to Litigation
[Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
ITEM C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
[Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: Estevan Malta vs. Count of
Tulare, et al.
Tulare County Superior Court No. 258735
ITEM D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
[Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: Keith Harmon v. County of
Tulare
Workers Compensation Appeals Board Nos:
ADJ7324226-FRE, ADJ7324235, ADJ7324177, ADJ9080931
ITEM E
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION:
Details
(Government Code Section 54957)
FOR THE POSITION OF: COUNTY COUNSEL
ITEM F
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT/EMPLOYMENT
Details
(Government Code Section 54957)
FOR THE POSITION OF: COUNTY COUNSEL
ITEM G
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Details
(Government Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Designated Representative: Rhonda
Sjostrom, Jean M. Rousseau
Employee Organization: All Certified
Employee Organizations
Unrepresented Employees: All Unrepresented
Employees
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