(Public Comment Period)
1.
Board of Supervisors matters.
2.
Presentation and update from the Tulare County
Professional Firefighters Association on the Muscular Dystrophy Association's
Fill the Boot Event.
3.
Public Comments.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 4 through 11)
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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 member or member of the public on any item, that item
will be removed from the Consent Agenda.
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Board of Supervisors
4.
Reappoint Marie Arroyo,
Resident - District 1 to the Health Advisory Committee for a term ending
February 1, 2020.
5.
Appoint Dustin Hall, County
Fire Chief's Association to the Independent Ambulance Compliance Committee for
a term ending December 31, 2018.
County Counsel/Risk Management
6.
Ratify and approve an agreement
with Thomson Reuters for a subscription to Westlaw PRO online legal research
software effective January 31, 2017 through March 31, 2021, in an amount not to
exceed $120,217. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed
agreement as of January 31, 2017, and that it was in the County's best interest
to enter into the agreement on that date.
Library
7.
Approve an agreement with the
City of Farmersville to provide County Library Staffing of a Branch Library in
the City in an amount not to exceed $80,591.94, effective February 28, 2017
through February 28, 2020.
Resource Management Agency
8.
Accept funds from the Earlimart
School District dedicated to the Earlimart Recreational Facility/Park Project.
9.
Authorize the use of HOME
Program Income funds to assist in the construction and for the provision of
developer subsidies for eleven single family homes in Traver. Authorize the use
of CalHome Reuse Funds to provide first time home buyer mortgage assistance to low
and moderate income families to purchase one of the eleven Traver homes.
Certified that the HOME Program Income balance is $371,620 as of December 31,
2016. Certified that the CalHome Reuse Fund balance is $159,341 as of December
31, 2016. Approve an agreement with Self-Help Enterprises, Inc. to implement
the project. Adopt the Homebuyer Project Guidelines. Authorize the Tulare
County Environmental Assessment Officer to execute all necessary environmental
documents related to the construction and sale of the eleven homes in Traver.
Authorize the necessary budget adjustments (4/5th vote required).
Sheriff/Coroner
10.
Approve a capital asset
purchase of two driving simulators in an amount not to exceed $233,172.
Authorize the Purchasing Agent to waive the formal bidding process and make the
sole-source purchase. Authorize the necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote
required).
11.
Approve a capital asset
purchase of three storage servers in an amount not to exceed $38,000.
Authorize the necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
12.
Request from the Board of Supervisors to adopt the Order
of Adjournment of the Board Supervisors meetings to specified times and
locations as follows:
March 7, 2017 – City of Lindsay
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The Regular Meeting
will convene for purposes of Closed Session at 3:00 p.m. in the County of
Tulare Board Chambers located at the Administration Building, 2800 W. Burrel
Avenue, Visalia and then be reconvened for purposes of Open Session at 7:00
p.m. in the City of Lindsay Council Chambers located at 251 E. Honolulu Street,
Lindsay.
May 9,
2017 – City of Tulare
Ø
The Regular
Meeting will convene for purposes of Closed Session at 3:00 p.m. in the County
of Tulare Board Chambers located at the Administration Building, 2800 W. Burrel
Avenue, Visalia and then be reconvened for purposes of Open Session at 7:00
p.m. in the City of Tulare, Tulare Public Library and Council Chambers located
at 491 North M Street, Tulare.
June 6,
2017 – County of Tulare Board Chambers
Ø
The Regular
Meeting will convene for purposes of Closed Session at 3:00 p.m. and then be
reconvened for purposes of Open Session at 7:00 p.m. in the County of Tulare
Board Chambers located at the Administration Building, 2800 W. Burrel Avenue,
Visalia.
September
12, 2017 – City of Woodlake
Ø
The Regular
Meeting will convene for purposes of Closed Session at 3:00 p.m. in the County
of Tulare Board Chambers located at the Administration Building, 2800 W. Burrel
Avenue, Visalia and then be reconvened for purposes of Open Session at 7:00
p.m. in the City of Woodlake Council Chambers located at 350 N. Valencia Street,
Woodlake.
November
14, 2017 – City of Porterville
Ø The Regular Meeting will convene for
purposes of Closed Session at 3:00 p.m. in the County of Tulare Board Chambers
located at the Administration Building, 2800 W. Burrel Avenue, Visalia and then
be reconvened for purposes of Open Session at 7:00 p.m. in the City of
Porterville Council Chambers located at 291 N. Main Street, Porterville.
(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 closed session will be
made in accordance with Government Code section 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 – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: County of Tulare v. Marroquin,
Gilbert,
Tulare County Superior Court Case No.
VCU267763
ITEM B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: Rodney Garcia v. County of
Tulare
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board No.:
ADJ2599817
ITEM C
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Designated Representative: Rhonda
Sjostrom, Michael C. Spata
Employee Organization: All Certified Employee
Organizations
Unrepresented Employees: All Unrepresented
Employees
