(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.
Recognize Lt. David Singleton upon his retirement from the Tulare
County Sheriff's Department for his many years of County Service.
3.
Public Comments.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed
Items)
4.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from the Fire Department for
Fire Hazard Abatement Cost Recovery. Confirm the accounting as modified. Order
that the costs as confirmed be recorded in the office of the Tulare County
Recorder. Order that the Tulare County Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax
Collector place such costs on the County tax roll as special assessments
against the respective parcels of land.
5.
PUBLIC HEARING: Request from the Resource Management
Agency to receive public input and approve an application for funding from the
State Department of Housing and Community Development 2018 Community
Development Block Grant. Adopt the Resolution. Authorize and approve the use of
Program Income funds not to exceed $150,000 for the following Supplemental
Activity, to be expended during the period of the grant: Public Services
Homeless Assistance to hire one new full-time position of Landlord Relations
Specialist.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 6 through 26)
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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
6.
Appoint the following individuals In Lieu of Election to the
Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District for terms ending March 1, 2023:
Jeffrey Ritchie, Director - Division 3, Stan Gomes, Director - Division 5, and
Brian Watte, Director - Division 6.
7.
Appoint Paula Clark to the District 1-Alternate Seat on the
Tulare County Association of Governments Board for a term ending at the
Pleasure of the Board.
8.
Appoint Eric Quinley to the District 2 Seat on the Tulare County
Water Commission for a term ending April 30, 2020.
9.
Reappoint Karen Haught to the Public Health Officer Seat on the
Health Advisory Committee for a term ending February 1, 2022.
10.
Appoint Maria McElroy to the District 4 Seat on the Tulare County
Planning Commission for a term ending December 31, 2022.
Clerk of the Board
11.
Approve the changes in
designated officials and employees in the Tulare County Conflict of Interest
Code as recommended by County departments and agencies.
12.
Approve the new or amended
Conflict of Interest Code adopted by Local Agency Formation Commission.
13.
Approve the new or amended
Conflict of Interest Code adopted by Kaweah Delta Hospital District.
County Administrative Office
14.
Approve the amendment of
Administrative Regulation No. 1 (Reimbursement of Employees Expenses).
Fire Department
15.
Authorize the submission of a
grant application for a California Office of Traffic Safety Emergency Services
Grant to provide 26 sets of high pressure low lift airbags, 26 sets of Hurst
(better known as “Jaws of Life”) extrication equipment, and 5 sets of vehicle
stabilization struts, in an amount not to exceed $972,094.88.
16.
Ratify and reaffirm the July
17, 2018 letter from the Fire Department to Schedulesoft Corporation to
terminate Agreement No. 28178. Terminate contract with Schedulesoft
Corporation. Direct County Counsel to prepare and send a notice to Schedulesoft
Corporation clarifying the County's termination of Agreement No. 28178.
General Services Agency
17.
Approve the bid documents for
the Bob Wiley Detention Facility Housing Unit #2 Roofing Project. Authorize the
advertisement of bids for the subject project. Set the bid opening for the
project at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, 2019.
Health & Human Services Agency
18.
Approve an agreement with Touro
University California to establish a clerkship-training program for the County
to allow medical students to fulfill clinical experience needed as part of
their educational requirements at County facilities, effective January 29, 2019
through June 30, 2021. There is no cost associated with this agreement.
19.
Authorize the submission of a
Grant Application with Essential Access Health in the amount of $100,000,
retroactive from September 17, 2018. Find that the County had the authority to
submit the application on September 17, 2018, and that it was in the County's
best interest to submit the application on that date. Approve an agreement with
Essential Access Health to accept funding in the amount of $100,000 to provide
Title X family planning services through the Essential Access Health program,
retroactive from October 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019. Find that the Board
had authority to enter the proposed agreement as of October 1, 2018 and that
it was in the County's best interest to enter the agreement on that date.
Approve the necessary budget adjustment (4/5ths vote required).
20.
Approve an agreement with the
California Department of Public Health, Office of AIDS for the provision of
Human Immunodeficiency Virus prevention activities in an amount not to exceed
$25,000, effective January 29, 2019, through June 30, 2019. Approve the
necessary budget adjustment (4/5ths vote required).
21.
Accept funds from the Governors
Office of Emergency Services for the Fiscal Year 2018 State Homeland Security
Grant Program retroactive from October 1, 2018 through May 31, 2021 in the
amount of $547,046. Find that the Board had authority to accept the grant funds
as of October 1, 2018 and that it was in the County's best interest to accept
the funding on that date. Approve a State Homeland Security Grant Program
Subaward Agreement template to be used to downstream Fiscal Year 2018 State
Homeland Security Grant Program assurances and County contractual requirements
to each non-County State Homeland Security Grant Program subrecipient. The
State Homeland Security Grant Program Subaward template agreement is
retroactive from October 1, 2018 to cover eligible subrecipient grant expenses
from the beginning of the CalOES eligible performance period. Find that the
Board had authority to enter into the Fiscal Year 2018 subaward agreements as
of October 1, 2018, and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into
standardized subaward agreements as of that date. Authorize the Chairman to
execute the State Homeland Security Grant Program Subaward Agreement template
with the following subrecipients of the Countys Fiscal Year 2018 State Homeland
Security Grant Program grant award, subject to review and approval of the
Agreement as to form by County Counsel: (1) City of Porterville; (2) City of
Lindsay; and (3) additional subrecipients as may be added over the course of
the grant performance period in the amount not to exceed $50,000. Approve the
Fiscal Year 2018 State Homeland Security Grant Program Interdepartmental
Guidelines and Acknowledgement template for disbursements made to other County
departments.
22.
Authorize the Tulare County
Health & Human Services Agency (HHSA) to participate in the 2019-2022
Pretrial Felony Mental Health Diversion Program through the California
Department of State Hospitals. Authorize the HHSA to apply for a grant in an
amount not to exceed $2,215,200 over a three-year period.
Human Resources & Development
23.
Approve an agreement with the
State of California Office of Administrative Hearings to provide the services
of Administrative Law Judges for conducting employee disciplinary hearings.
This agreement is effective for five (5) years upon approval and execution of
all signatures to this contract and the maximum amount of the agreement is
$48,000.
Registrar of Voters
24.
Approve an agreement with the
State of California, Secretary of State in the amount of $25,000 for
reimbursement of funds for items related to the Help America Vote Act (HAVA)
for county efforts to improve cyber security and infrastructure on a retroactive
basis effective January 2, 2019 through June 30, 2021. Find that the Board has
the authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of January 2, 2019 and
that it was in the County’s best interest to enter into the agreement on that
date. Approve the necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
Sheriff/Coroner
25.
Approve the continuing vendor
service and approve retroactive payment for County Purchase Order No.
PO1924VE276 for the service provided by the vendor, Web QA Inc. for the period
October 26, 2018 through October 25, 2019. Approve the necessary budget
adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
26.
Approve the necessary budget
adjustments for the following programs, Sheriff's Farm Program, State Criminal
Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), Standards and Training for Corrections
Programs (STC) and fingerprint fees (4/5ths vote required).
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
27.
Request from the Registrar of Voters to approve an
agreement with the State of California, Secretary of State in an amount up to
$958,000 with a dollar-for-dollar County match for eligible reimbursement of
funds for the replacement of voting systems, effective February 1, 2019 through
June 30, 2021. Approve the necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
28.
Request from the Sheriff's Department to approve a
Personnel Resolution amending job code 077400 - Sheriffs Community Liaison
Specialist from Unrepresentative Bargaining Unit 21 to Bargaining Unit 01
represented by SEIU, effective February 2, 2019.
29.
Request from the Human Resources and Development
Department to set the Annual Salary for the position of County Agricultural
Commissioner/Sealer, in Bargaining Unit 10, in the amount of $136,535, the same
standard benefits provided to Bargaining Unit 10 employees, with an additional
benefit of Auto Allowance at $447 monthly, effective March 30, 2019. Appoint
Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer to a four year term, effective March 30, 2019.
30.
Request from the County Administrative Office to adopt a
resolution authorizing the County to participate in the 2020 Census
County-Optional Outreach Agreement for Fiscal Year 2018/19. Approve and
authorize the Chairman to execute the County Opt-In Outreach Agreement letter
for submittal with the 2020 Census County-Optional Outreach Agreement for
Fiscal Year 2018/19.
(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: 6
See today’s public agenda item, pertaining to
the fire hazard abatement cost recovery.
ITEM B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
See today’s public agenda Item regarding the
submittal of the 2018 Community Development Grant Application
ITEM C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 2
ITEM D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – INITIATION OF LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)]
Number of Potential Cases: 3
ITEM E
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: Moss vs. County of Tulare,
Tulare County Superior Court Case Number: 273682
ITEM F
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
ITEM G
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.
