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1.
Board of Supervisors matters.
2.
Present a Proclamation recognizing September 2019 as
National Literacy Month in Tulare County.
3.
Present a Proclamation recognizing September 21, 2019 as Museum
Day in Tulare County.
4.
Present a Proclamation recognizing Southern California Edison for
its annual Latino Heritage Month Celebration.
5.
Public Comments.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 6 through 33)
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
These items are
routine and usually approved by one motion. Before action by the Board, the
Chairman will ask the Board Members and the public if they wish to remove any
item from the Consent Calendar for separate consideration. Items removed from
the Consent Calendar may be heard immediately before or after the approval of
the Consent Calendar, or may be set aside until later in the morning.
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Board of Supervisors
6.
Reappoint David Risenhoover, Trustee Seat; Danny Bilbrey, Trustee
Seat; Bobby K. Jackson, Trustee Seat; on the Tipton-Pixley Public Cemetery
District for terms ending January 3, 2022.
7.
Appoint David Meals to the District 4 Seat on the Tulare County
Veteran Advisory Committee for a term ending January 1, 2021.
8.
Reappoint Brent Calvin, Higher Education Seat; Colby Wells,
Business Seat; David Pena, Labor Seat; Harroll Wiley, Business Seat; Patricia
Stever Blattler, Business Seat; Randy Baerg, Business Seat; Yolanda Valdez,
Title II Adult Education and Literacy Seat; on the Workforce Investment Board
of Tulare County for terms ending June 30, 2021.
9.
Appoint Teneya Johnson to the Labor Seat on the Workforce
Investment Board of Tulare County for a term ending June 30, 2021.
Clerk of the Board
10.
Approve the request by the
Lewis Creek Water District to switch from odd numbered to even numbered year
elections, effective immediately.
Fire Department
11.
Ratify and approve an agreement
to accept grant funding from the State of California Office of Traffic Safety
in an amount not to exceed $175,000 for five sets of Hurst (better known as
Jaws of Life) extrication equipment, for the grant period of October 1, 2019
through September 30, 2020, retroactive from August 23, 2019. Find that the
Board had authority to authorize the Fire Chief to sign the State of California
Office of Traffic Safety Grant Agreement for the Regional Collision Response
and Extrication Improvement Program on August 23, 2019, and that it was in the
County's best interest to execute the grant by that date. Ratify the Fire
Chief's signature on the agreement.
General Services Agency
12.
Adopt a Resolution authorizing
the execution and delivery of a Facility Sublease for and ratifying all
previous actions with respect to the South County Detention Facility and
authorizing certain actions in connection therewith. Authorize the Board Chairman
to execute the Resolution on behalf of the Board. Authorize the County
Administrative Officer or designee to execute the Facility Sublease and all
other documents required of the County for issuance of the State’s AB 900
Lease-Revenue Bonds 2019 Series C.
Health & Human Services Agency
13.
Approve the termination of
Agreement No. 28626 with Arieh R. Whisenhunt, M.D. effective October 17, 2019.
Authorize the Director of the Mental Health Branch of Tulare County Health and
Human Services to sign and issue the Notice of Termination to Arieh R.
Whisenhunt, M.D.
14.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 28475 with the California Department of Public Health for the
Oral Health Program to restructure the amounts payable under the grant by
removing the budget period allocations and providing for a total funding amount
over the full term of the agreement in an amount not to exceed $1,669,685,
retroactive from April 5, 2018 through June 30, 2022.
15.
Approve an agreement with
Equifax Information Services, LLC. to provide consumer report services for
Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency, effective September 17, 2019
and shall automatically renew annually, until such a time that either party
elects to terminate.
16.
Ratify the submission of a
grant application retroactive from June 5, 2019 to the Capture Cares Foundation
in an amount not to exceed $25,000 in funding to be used for the local homeless
population. Ratify and authorize the Tulare County Health and Human Services
Agency Director, or their designee, authorization to submit the grant
application. Approve a grant from the Capture Cares Foundation to accept
one-time funding in an amount not to exceed $25,000 to initiate the Tulare
County P.A.C.K. (Project Access Care Kit) effort to provide supply kits to the
local homeless population effective September 30, 2019 through March 31, 2020.
Approve the necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
17.
Approve a grant from the
California Department of Public Health (State Agreement No. 19-10335) and
accept the award for funding from the California Department of Public Health
for the Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention program in an amount not to
exceed $2,756,226, effective October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2022.
Authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Director, or their designee, to
sign the Contractors Release Form.
18.
Approve an agreement with
Community Services and Employment Training, Inc. for the Youth Transitions
Program in an amount not to exceed $758,325, effective October 1, 2019 through
September 30, 2020.
19.
Approve an agreement with Proteus,
Inc. for the provision of comprehensive job services to TulareWORKs clients in
an amount not to exceed $1,051,866, effective October 1, 2019 through September
30, 2020.
20.
Approve a Memorandum of
Understanding with Westcoast Children’s Clinic to provide the implementation of
the Commercial Sexual Exploitation Screening Tool to screen and identify
Commercially Sexually Exploited Children in an amount not to exceed $400 per
year, retroactive from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020,
21.
Approve a grant agreement with
Best Friends Animal Society in the amount of $33,500 for a Return to Field
Program for impounded feral cats, effective September 30, 2019 through
September 30, 2020. Approve the necessary budget adjustment (4/5ths vote
required).
22.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 21882 with County of Fresno to continue to serve as Tulare
County’s designated local Emergency Medical Services Agency, retroactive from
July 1, 2019 and shall automatically renew annually, until such a time that
either party elects to terminate. This amendment is necessary to incorporate
changes to the compensation for services from $41,442 to $53,875 annually.
Probation
23.
Approve a grant award agreement
with the California Office of Traffic Safety for Intensive Probation
Supervision for High Risk Felony and Repeat Driving Under the Influence
Offenders to accept grant funding in the amount of $96,708, effective October
1, 2019 through September 30, 2020.
24.
Approve an agreement with
WestCare California, Inc. to continue providing offenders recently realigned
under Assembly Bill (AB) 109 with residential treatment, training services, and
outpatient services in an amount not to exceed $250,000, retroactive from July
1, 2019 through June 30, 2020,
25.
Approve an agreement with
Avertest, LLC D/B/A Averhealth to provide offenders recently realigned under
Assembly Bill (AB) 109 with substance use monitoring services in an amount not
to exceed $100,000, retroactive from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.
26.
Approve an agreement with BI
Incorporated to provide electronic monitoring (EM) services to juvenile
offenders in an amount not to exceed $100,000, retroactive from July 1, 2019
through June 30, 2019.
27.
Approve an agreement with the
United States Department of Justice to participate in the Federal Equitable
Sharing program and to allow continued access to Equitable Sharing funds in the
amount of $5,885.03, retroactive from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.
28.
Approve an agreement with the
PAAR Center to provide offenders recently realigned under Assembly Bill (AB)
109 with residential treatment, training services, and outpatient services in
an amount not to exceed $350,000, retroactive from July 1, 2019 through June
30, 2020.
Registrar of Voters
29.
Appoint the following
individuals to the Tulare County Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee: Rill
Mitchell, Charity Tokash and Rebecca A. Donabed for the term ending June 30,
2021. Tina Shillinglaw and Captain Neal J. Schneider for the term ending June 30,
2022.
Resource Management Agency
30.
Approve the payment of an
invoice from the Joyce Hofstee Company in the amount of $3,000, for the
eradication of an illegal cannabis grow utilizing custom harvesting equipment,
retroactive from August 1, 2019 through August 29, 2019.
31.
Review and approve the
submittal of an application for $310,000 in grant funding from the State
Department of Housing and Community Development Senate Bill 2 Planning Grants
Program. Adopt the Resolution “Authorizing Application and Receipt of SB 2
Planning Grants Program Funds.”
Sheriff/Coroner
32.
Approve an amendment to
Agreement No. 26035 with Global Tel* Link Corporation to provide inmate
telephone services at the Sheriff’s South County Detention Facility,
retroactive from July 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020.
Workforce Investment Board
33.
Approve the budget adjustment
of $12,500 resulting from an agreement with the Fresno Regional Workforce
Development Board to provide training services under the Construction
Pre-Apprenticeship Pipeline for Ex-Offenders (CPP) grant (4/5ths vote
required).
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
34.
Receive a presentation from the General Services Agency
regarding the Tulare County Museum Strategic Business Plan. Approve the Tulare
County Museum Strategic Business Plan and direct staff to initiate
implementation. Approve an adjustment to the Museum budget for Fiscal Year
2019/20 in the amount of $82,000 to hire extra help employees for collection
development and Museum upkeep, match restoration project funds raised by the
Historical Society, and to promote and host Museum activities and events. Approve
the necessary budget adjustments (4/5ths vote required).
35.
Request from the Resource Management Agency to certify
the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Mineral King Bridge Project near
Three Rivers (State Clearinghouse #2016121028) as complete and in compliance
with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA
Guidelines. Approve and adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration, including the
accompanying Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. Authorize the
Environmental Assessment Officer, or their designee, to sign and file the
Notice of Determination with the Clerk-Recorder.
BOARD MEMBER
REQUESTS
36.
Board members may make a referral to staff to have staff place a
matter of business on a future agenda (Gov. Code, sec. 54954.2, subd. (a)(3)).
(Closed Session)
CLOSED SESSION
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
CLOSED SESSION
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
ITEM B
CONFERENCE WITH REAL
PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
(Government
Code Section 54956.8)
Property Description: 3247 W. Mineral King
Avenue, Visalia, CA 93291
Agency Negotiators: John Hess, Brooke Sisk,
Laura Silva
Negotiating Party or Parties: Paynter Realty
& Investments, Inc. & Sunny Basra
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment
ITEM C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of Case: Phillip Deal v. County of Tulare
Worker’s Compensation Appeals Board No.:
ADJ2098515
ITEM D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of Case: Jessica Schneider v. County of
Tulare
Worker’s Compensation Appeals Board No.:
ADJ7745642
ITEM E
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 F
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.
