(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.
Present Proclamation recognizing the month of February 2019 as
Grand Jury Awareness Month in Tulare County.
3.
Acknowledge those Tulare County Restaurants and Retail
Food Establishments who have attained the Certificate of Excellence in Food
Safety Award during the 2018 calendar year.
4.
Public Comments.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed
Items)
5.
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.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 6 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 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.
Approve a letter of support for
AB 215, Mathis related to Dumping.
7.
Appoint Alma Martinez to the Resident-District 4 Seat on the
Health Advisory Committee for a tern ending February 1, 2020.
8.
Appoint Terren Brown to the District 5 - Alternate Seat on the
Tulare County Association of Governments for a term ending at the Pleasure of
the Board.
Clerk of the Board
9.
Approve the new or amended
Conflict of Interest Code adopted by North Tulare County Regional Water
Alliance.
10.
Approve the new or amended
Conflict of Interest Code adopted by Strathmore Volunteer Fire Protection
District.
11.
Approve the new or amended
Conflict of Interest Code adopted by Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation District.
District Attorney
12.
Approve a grant agreement with
the California Office of Emergency Services for an award amount of $722,255,
with a $98,930 county match, for a total of $821,185, to provide continuing
funding for the Victim/Witness Assistance Program, retroactive from October 1,
2018 through September 30, 2019. Find that the Board had authority to approve
the agreement as of October 1, 2018, and that it was in the County’s best
interest to enter into the agreement on that date.
13.
Approve an agreement with the
California Office of Emergency Services for an award amount of $142,964, with a
$35,741 county match, for a total of $178,705, to provide continuing funding
for the Child Advocacy Center Program, for the period April 1, 2019 through
March 31, 2020. Recognize the Chair of the Tulare County Board of Supervisors
as having authority to submit the application for the Child Advocacy Center
Program to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, and as
having authority to execute on behalf of the County of Tulare the Grant
Subaward, including any extensions or amendments thereof.
Health & Human Services Agency
14.
Approve the acceptance of the
PetSmart Charities Grant in the amount of $28,687 that will be utilized to
provide subsidized spay and neuter surgeries for owned pets in Tulare County.
Approve the necessary budget adjustment (4/5ths vote required).
15.
Authorize the County
Departments, upon approval by the County Administrative Officer to conduct
business transactions on behalf of the County by electronic means (E-business),
including the use of electronic signatures. Delegate authority to the County Administrative
Officer or designees, to execute the consent agreement template and sign
agreements on behalf of the County to conduct E-business with other
entities/agencies. Approve an agreement with DocuSign Government as licensed
through Carahsoft for E-Signatures on Health and Human Services Agency
contracts in an amount not to exceed $15,079 retroactive from February 4, 2019
through February 3, 2020.
Resource Management Agency
16.
Approve the Capital Asset
purchase of two 1/2 ton trucks in excess of 10% of Fiscal Year 2018-19 budgeted
amounts ($58,255.60).
17.
Approve the payment of an
invoice from C.J. Hammer Pump and Machinery Co. in the amount of $5,927.13 for
emergency repairs on a lift pump located on Road 124, south of Edwards Avenue
in Orosi, retroactive from December 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. Find
that the Board had the authority to have the repairs done as of December 1,
2018 and that it was in the County's best interest to do so.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
18.
Request from the Sheriff's Department to approve a
Personnel Resolution to increase the position allocation by adding one (1) FTE
“Inmate Program Specialist”, effective February 17, 2019. Authorize the
necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
19.
Request from the Resource Management Agency to approve an
increase in the FY 2019 Cross Valley Canal budget to account for an increase in
Central Valley Project water deliveries. Approve the necessary budget
adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
(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 – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: JT2, Inc. v. County of Tulare,
a public entity
Tulare County Superior Court Case No.:VCU
277191
ITEM C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
[Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]
Name of Case: Marsh Carter v. County of
Tulare
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Nos.:
ADJ9666392, ADJ666382, ADJ966376, ADJ9840628, ADJ9841156
ITEM D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2))]
Number of Potential Cases: 1
ITEM E
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.
