(Public Comment Period)
1.
Board of Supervisors matters.
2.
Recognition of Tulare County Employees who have been
selected by their respective departments to be honored in the Employee
Recognition Program. Announce and select the Tulare County Employee of the
Year 2016.
3.
Public Comments.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed
Items)
4.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from the Solid Waste Department
to consider an increase to the Franchised Hauler's collection and ancillary
fees for Service Areas A, B, C, D, E, G, H, and J in accordance with the
calculation methodology set forth in Tulare County Franchise Agreement Numbers
27185, 27186, 27187, 27188, 27189, and 27190. At the conclusion of the Public
Hearing, approve the recommendation collection and ancillary fees, effective
July 1, 2017.
5.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from the Resource Management
Agency to conduct a Public Hearing considering the proposed fee adjustments
(2017/2018 Summary of Proposed Fees). Approve the Proposed Fees for the Tulare
County Resource Management Agency, effective July 1, 2017.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 6 through 55)
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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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Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer
6.
Approve an agreement with the
California Department of Food and Agriculture for providing State subvention to
offset costs of providing European Grapevine Moth detection trapping services
in an amount not to exceed $135,828, retroactive from January 1, 2017 through
December 31, 2017. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed
agreement as of January 1, 2017, and that it was in the County’s best interest
to enter into the Agreement on that date.
7.
Approve an agreement with the
California Department of Food and Agriculture to provide State funding in an
amount not to exceed $29,413 to offset costs of providing nursery inspection
services for the state Nursery Inspection program for July 1, 2017 through June
30, 2018.
8.
Approve an agreement with the
California Department of Food and Agriculture to provide State funding in an
amount not to exceed $39,999.73 to offset costs of providing fruit and
vegetable inspection services for the State Standardization program for July 1,
2017 through June 30, 2018.
Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax
Collector
9.
Authorize the Treasurer to transfer
to the general fund, pursuant to Government Code 50050, 50053, and 50055,
unclaimed funds currently in the Probation, Public Defender, and Tax Collector
special funds accounts.
Board of Supervisors
10.
Appoint Jenny Powell, Trustee
to the Exeter Public Cemetery District for a term ending January 6, 2020.
11.
Appoint Terry Way, Partner
Rescue Group Representative to the Tulare County Animal Services Advisory
Committee for a term ending January 1, 2018.
12.
Appoint Joni Jordan, Trustee to
the Eshom Valley Cemetery District for a term ending January 1, 2018.
13.
Appoint Randy Skidgel, Director
to the Tulare County Pest Control District for a term ending April 23, 2021.
14.
Appoint Phillip Deal, Trustee
and Vicki Gilson, Trustee to the Tulare Public Cemetery District for terms
ending January 2, 2021.
15.
Appoint Zack Stuller, District
1, and Paul Boyer, At-Large Member to the Tulare County Water Commission for
terms ending April 30, 2019.
16.
Reappoint Richard Schafer,
District 5 to the Tulare County Water Commission for a term ending April 30,
2019.
County Administrative Office/General
Services
17.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 27616 with EMCOR to increase the contract amount by $3,108,
subject to review and approval as to form by County Counsel. Accept the Bob
Wiley Boiler Replacement Project as a completed project. Direct the Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors to record the Notice of Completion for the Project
with the office of the Tulare County Recorder.
18.
Approve a Lease Agreement with
A1 Family Properties, LLC for space located at 660 E. Visalia Road,
Farmersville.
19.
Waive the second reading and
adopt an ordinance amending Section 1-01-1000 of Chapter 1, Part 1 of the
Ordinance Code, pertaining to the time and location of Board meetings. Direct
the Clerk to publish the ordinance after adoption as required by law.
20.
Approve the Memorandum of
Understanding with the Superior Court of Tulare County for the provision of
general services for court facilities and One-Time Funding to support the
Preliminary Hearing Courtroom located in the Superior Court's Pretrial
facility, effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, subject to review and
approval as to form by County Counsel.
21.
Ratify actions by the County
Administrative Officer during the month of February/March 2017. Find that the
activities funded pursuant to the good works funding agreements are necessary
to meet the social needs of the residents of Tulare County.
Fire Department
22.
Approve a resolution
identifying the terms and conditions for Out of County Mutual Aid when the
Tulare County Fire Department is assigned to an emergency incident outside
their jurisdiction, as recognized in the California Fire Assistance agreement.
Find that personnel shall be compensated according to Memorandum of
Understanding, Personnel Rules and Regulations, and/or other directive that
identifies personnel compensation in the workplace. Find that the event a
personnel clarification does not have an assigned compensation rate, a
"Base Rate" as set forth in an organizational policy, administrative
directive or similar document will compensate such personnel. Find that the
Tulare County Fire Department will maintain a current salary survey or
acknowledgement of acceptance of the "base rate" on file with the
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Fire Rescue Division. Find
that fire suppression personnel will be compensated (portal to portal)
beginning at the time of dispatch to the return to jurisdiction when equipment
and personnel are in service and available for agency response. Find the
non-fire suppression personnel will be compensated for actual hours worked.
Find that the fire department response personnel include: Fire Chief, Division
Chief, Battalion Chief, Fire Captain, Fire Lieutenant, Fire Engineer,
Firefighter, and Non-Fire Suppression employees.
23.
Authorize the submission of a
grant application for a Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Volunteer
Fire Assistance Grant to personal protective equipment in an amount not to
exceed $40,000. Authorize the Fire Chief, or his designee, to sign and
electronically submit the grant application.
Health & Human Services Agency
24.
Approve an agreement with
Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc. to provide youth acute inpatient
Psychiatric Health Facility beds and related mental health treatment for the
benefit of Tulare County youth consumers in an amount not to exceed $250,000,
effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
25.
Approve an agreement with
Community Services and Employment Training, Inc. to provide Alcohol and Other
Drug Prevention services in an amount not to exceed $103,201, effective July 1,
2017 through June 30, 2018.
26.
Approve an agreement with
Community Services and Employment Training, Inc. to provide the Supported
Employment and Volunteer Program in an amount not to exceed $755,527, effective
July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
27.
Approve an agreement with David
E. Kilgore, M.D. for the provision of psychiatric services in an amount not to
exceed $227,000, effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
28.
Approve an agreement with
Family Services of Tulare County for the In-Home Parent Education Program in an
amount not to exceed $355,190, effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
29.
Approve a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Superior Court of California, County of Tulare for the
provision of one (1) Courtroom Clerk position in the Porterville Division in an
amount not to exceed $91,691, and two (2) Courtroom Clerks for the Visalia
Division in an amount not to exceed $147,946, effective July 1, 2017 through
June 30, 2018. Authorize the Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency
Director to sign three (3) copies of the Memorandum of Understanding.
30.
Approve an agreement with Ralph
Agnello, Attorney at Law, to provide Hearing Officer Services for Certification
and Riese Hearings in an amount not to exceed $200,000, effective July 1, 2017
through June 30, 2018.
31.
Approve an agreement with Star
View Behavioral Health, Inc. to provide Community Treatment Facility and
Psychiatric Health Facility beds and related mental health treatment for Tulare
County Mental Health Consumers in an amount not to exceed $300,000, effective
July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
32.
Reaffirm the Proclamation of a
Local Emergency due to Drought in Tulare County Resolution No. 2014-0090.
33.
Approve an agreement with the
Tulare County Superintendent of Schools for the provision of Mental Health
services to Tulare County adolescents and children in an amount not to exceed
$6,000,000, effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
34.
Approve an agreement with
Turning Point of Central California, Inc. for the provision of Children’s
Mental Health services for TulareWORKs Welfare to Work participants in an
amount not to exceed $450,000, effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
35.
Approve an agreement with
Turning Point of Central California, Inc. for the Central County One-Stop
Center to provide Mental Health services in an amount not to exceed $700,000,
effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
36.
Approve an agreement with
Turning Point of Central California, Inc. for the provision of Specialty Mental
Health services to Tulare County adolescents and children in an amount not to
exceed $14,300,000, effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
37.
Approve an agreement with
Turning Point of Central California, Inc. for the provision of Drug and Alcohol
Recovery Treatment services to Tulare County adolescents in an amount not to
exceed $642,350, effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
38.
Approve an agreement with
Uplift Family Services to provide Specialty Mental Health services and
Therapeutic Behavioral services in an amount not to exceed $450,000 ($150,000
per Fiscal Year), effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020.
39.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 26677 with Life Technologies Corporation to provide maintenance
and repair support of equipment for the Tulare County Public Health Laboratory
to extend the term, effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 in amount not
to exceed $9,500.
40.
Approve a capital asset
purchase of a replacement walk-in freezer for storage at Animal Services for
Fiscal Year 2016/2017 in an amount not to exceed $37,000. Approve the necessary
budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
41.
Reaffirm the Proclamation of a
Local Emergency due to Flooding in Tulare County Resolution No. 2017-0213.
42.
Reaffirm the Proclamation of a
Local Emergency due to Tree Mortality in Tulare County Resolution No.
2015-0850.
43.
Approve an agreement with the
California Department of Health Care Services for the County-Based Medi-Cal
Activities program in an amount not to exceed $2,694,453, effective July 1,
2017 through June 30, 2020. Authorize the Tulare County Health & Human
Services Agency, Local Government Agency Coordinator to sign the invoices.
44.
Adopt a resolution proclaiming
the month of June as “World Elder Abuse Awareness Month” in Tulare County.
45.
Approve an agreement with the
California Department of Health Care Services for the School-Based Medi-Cal
Administrative Activities program in an amount not to exceed $8,449,321,
effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020. Authorize the Health & Human
Services Local Government Agency Coordinator to sign invoices.
46.
Approve a capital asset
purchase of a plotter for the Office of Emergency Services in an amount not to
exceed $18,000. Authorize the necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote
required).
47.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 26819 with the California Department of Public Health, Emergency
Preparedness Office to extend the contract period through June 30, 2018. Amend
the Scope of Work, and to adjust the total allocations in the contract to an
amount not to exceed $2,911,064, retroactive from July 1, 2014 through June 30,
2018. Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed amendment as
of July 1, 2014, and that it was in the County’s best interest to enter into
the amendment on that date. Approve the necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths
vote required).
Information & Communications
Technology
48.
Approve a capital asset
purchase of network fabric interconnects and a chassis system with I/O cards
from Development Group, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $97,900.
49.
Approve an agreement with ISI
Telemanagement Solutions, LLC to extend the term of the current Master Services
Agreement through August 31, 2017 in an amount not to exceed $10,827 to provide
phone billing services for the County of Tulare. Approve an agreement with ISI
Telemanagement Solutions, LLC to extend the term of the current Master Services
Agreement from September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2020 in an amount not to
exceed $136,404 to provide phone billing services for the County of Tulare.
Probation
50.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 27349 with the City of Lindsay for the Non-custody Intake Program
in an amount not to exceed $7,352 to extend the term of the agreement to June
30, 2018.
Resource Management Agency
51.
Authorize and approve the
submission of a grant application package for the FTA Section 5339 Program in
an amount not to exceed $758,249 for new transit buses.
52.
Approve an agreement with the
City of Dinuba for the City to provide transit service to County of Tulare
residents in an amount not to exceed $18,311, retroactive from July 1, 2016
through June 30, 2017. Find that the Board had the authority to enter into the
proposed agreement as of July 1, 2016 and that it was in the County’s best
interest to enter into the agreement on that date.
53.
Authorize continuance of the
temporary receivership for the Seville Water Company through June 30, 2019,
subject to the same terms and conditions enumerated as items 1 through 11
inclusive in the Order Granting Petition for Appointment of Receiver dated June
15, 2015.
Sheriff/Coroner
54.
Approve the capital asset
purchase of two law enforcement service dogs in an amount not to exceed $14,580
and training costs in an amount not to exceed $12,000. Authorize the necessary
budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
55.
Approve an agreement with
Huntington Court Reporters & Transcription, Inc. to provide transcription
services in an amount not to exceed $30,000, for the period of February 3, 2017
through June 30, 2017. Find that the Board had the authority to enter into the
proposed amendment as of February 3, 2017 and that it was in the County's best
interest to enter into the agreement on that date.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
56.
Request from the Solid Waste Department to approve an
amendment to Agreement No. 27502 with Floyd Johnston Construction Company, Inc.
for construction of the Visalia Landfill Waste Management Unit 1 Closure to
increase the total amount of said contract by $669,095 to $8,272,628. Add (50)
fifty working days for a total of 410 working days to complete the work under
said contract.
57.
Receive a presentation from the Health and Human Services
Agency regarding an update on the Household Tank Program. Terminate the
Household Tank Program as of June 30, 2017. Direct staff to develop a
Memorandum of Understanding with Self Help Enterprises to govern the transition
of the Household Tank Program to a Self Help Enterprises successor program as
of July 1, 2017. Authorize the Emergency Services Manager to take necessary
and appropriate actions for this transition effective as of July 1, 2017. Lift
the moratorium on new Household Tank Program tank installations until the
program’s termination on June 30, 2017. Provide direction on any emergency
drought relief to be provided by the County after July 1, 2017.
(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 – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
Board of Supervisors Agenda Item today
pertaining to the Public Hearing to Consider Franchised Hauler Collection and
Ancillary Maximum Rate Increases.
ITEM B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
Board of Supervisors Agenda Item today
pertaining to an amendment to Agreement No. 27502 with Floyd Johnston
Construction Company, Inc.
ITEM C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: Seguin, Henry v. County of
Tulare United States District Court, Eastern District of California:
1:16-cv-01262-DAD-SAB
ITEM D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: SEIU Local 521 v. County of
Tulare,
Public Employment Relations Board Case No.
SA-CE-894-M
ITEM E
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
APPOINTMENT/EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT
(Government
Code Section 54957)
FOR THE POSITION OF: Chief Probation Officer
ITEM F
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Designated Representatives: Rhonda
Sjostrom, Michael C. Spata
Employee Organization: All Certified Employee
Organizations
Unrepresented Employees: All Unrepresented
Employees
