(Public Comment Period)
In compliance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act, requests for disability-related modification
or accommodation needed in order to participate in the meeting must be made to
the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors (559) 636-5000 no later than Monday at
9:00 a.m.
1.
Board of Supervisors matters.
2.
Public Comments.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 3 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
3.
Appoint Supervisor Eddie Valero as the County Representative to
the North Tulare County Regional Water Alliance to serve at the Pleasure of the
Board.
County Administrative Office
4.
Ratify actions by the County
Administrative Officer during the month of December 2018. Find that the
activities funded pursuant to the good works funding agreements are necessary
to meet social needs of the residents of Tulare County.
General Services Agency
5.
Approve an amendment to Lease
Agreement No. 28371 for space located at 907 W. Visalia Rd., Farmersville with
the City of Farmersville to clarify payment of certain utility services and to
reflect the correct square footage leased by County.
6.
Terminate Agreement No. 27273-A
with Stanton Office Machine Company. Approve an Agreement with Wizix Technology
Group, Inc., formerly Stanton Office Machine Company, to provide copier
maintenance services, in the amount of $0.0059 per copy, effective January 15,
2019 through January 15, 2024. Terminate Agreement No. 27274 with US Bank
Equipment Finance. Approve a Lease-Purchase Agreement with US Bank to lease
five copiers in the amount of $7,366 a month, effective January 15, 2019
through January 15, 2024. Approve the necessary budget adjustment (4/5ths vote
required). Waive the bid process otherwise required by Purchasing Ordinance.
Health & Human Services Agency
7.
Authorize Tulare County Health
and Human Services Agency’s Human Services Branch Director to accept the
California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Home Visiting Initiative
Award from the California Department of Social Services for a retroactive
period in the amount of $974,908 to be expended from January 1, 2019 through
June 30, 2019.
Human Resources & Development
8.
Approve a side letter agreement
with the Tulare County Professional Firefighters Association (TCPFA) Bargaining
Unit 23 regarding language changes to the TCPFA Memorandum of Understanding to
comply with the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Janus v. AFSCME and Senate Bill
866.
Resource Management Agency
9.
Approve the Plans,
Specifications, Proposal and Contract (“Bid Documents”) for the construction of
the CNG Fueling System at the Transit Operations and Maintenance Facility.
Authorize the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors to sign the Plans and
Specifications for the CNG Fueling System at the Transit Operations and
Maintenance Facility project subject to review and approval by County Counsel.
Approve the advertisement for bids of the CNG Fueling System at the Transit
Operations and Maintenance Facility project.
10.
Approve the Joint Use Agreement
(JUA) with Southern California Edison (SCE) to acknowledge prior rights for
removing poles from private property and placing into County right of way for
the State Route 99/Betty Drive Interchange Project.
Sheriff/Coroner
11.
Accept the donation of a
vehicle from the Ducor Telephone Company to the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office
for use in the Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Unit, valued at $2,139.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
12.
Request from the General Services Agency to approve an
amendment to Agreement No. 28694 with Central Valley Business Forms, Inc. to
increase the agreement amount by $150,000 per fiscal year, from $200,000 to
$350,000, effective July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2023. Approve the necessary
budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
13.
Request from the Treasurer to approve an agreement with
Bloomberg Finance, L.P. for the use of a Bloomberg Terminal in the amount of
$27,000 per year with automatic one-year term renewals, unless 60-day written
notice is given by the County.
14.
Request from the Health and Human Services Agency to
adopt a Resolution requested by the California Department of Housing and
Community Development that authorizes the Tulare County Health and Human
Services Agency to participate in the No Place Like Home Over-the-Counter
program and to apply for a grant in an amount not to exceed $925,621 for fiscal
year 2018/2019, and authorize subsequent acceptance of grant funds when awarded
and disbursed. Authorize Self-Help Enterprises as the development sponsor and
co-applicant for a project under the Over-the-Counter program to be submitted
no later than February 15, 2021. Authorize the use of funding from the No Place
Like Home Over-the-Counter program in an amount not to exceed $500,000 for
Self-Help Enterprises to implement future permanent supportive housing
projects. Adopt a Resolution authorizing Health and Human Services to apply in
fiscal year 2018/2019 for the statewide competition of No Place Like Home
funding to be used for the development of permanent supportive housing projects
in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000. Adopt 2018 updates to Kings/Tulare
Continuum of Care on Homelessness, Inc. 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness as the
interim County plan required to participate in the No Place Like Home
Over-the-Counter program.
(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
Termination of Contract with Schedulesoft
Corp. (Tulare County Agreement No. 28178)
ITEM B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: Limas, Guillermina, et al. v.
Tulare County & David Nguyen Tulare County Superior Court Case No.
VCU273192
ITEM C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: Lopez, Erick v. Tulare County,
David Nguyen
Tulare County Superior Court Case No.
VCU273298
ITEM D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – INITIATION OF LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
ITEM E
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: Diane Burks v. County of
Tulare
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Nos.:
FRE0183290, FRE0183291, FRE0183292, FRE0219695
ITEM F
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: Doug Doucette v. County of
Tulare
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board No.:
ADJ10473795
ITEM G
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
ITEM H
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Designated Representatives: Rhonda
Sjostrom, Jason T. Britt
Employee Organizations: All Certified
Employee Organizations
Unrepresented Employees: All Unrepresented
Employees.
