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1.
State of the County presented by Chair Pete Vander Poel.
2.
Board of Supervisors matters.
3.
Public Comments.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Numbers 4 through 28)
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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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Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax
Collector
4.
Approve a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Superior Court of California, County of Tulare, allowing
for the establishment of a Judicial Council of California bank account for the
deposit of criminal fines, fees, and forfeitures. The term of this agreement
shall commence on February 1, 2020, and will remain in effect until terminated
by either party.
Board of Supervisors
5.
Appoint Tim Mathos to the District 1 Seat on the Assessment
Appeals Board for a term ending September 1, 2022.
6.
Reappoint Gary Reed to the Member 5 Seat on the Tulare County
Employees' Retirement Board for a term ending December 31, 2022.
7.
Reappoint Frank Escobar to the After-School Program Seat on the
Step Up Committee for a term ending September 1, 2021.
8.
Appoint Charlie Norman to the Department Head Seat on the Tulare
County Audit Committee for a term ending at the Pleasure of the Board.
9.
Reappoint Ann Johnson to the Historical Society Member Seat on
the Tulare County Museum Board for a term ending February 13, 2023.
10.
Reappoint Russell P. Burke to the Member- County Bar Seat on the
Tulare County Law Library for a term ending December 31, 2020.
11.
Appoint Jason Montgomery to the Public Member Seat on the Tulare
County Treasury Oversight Committee for a term ending December 17, 2022.
12.
Reappoint Diana Pearcy to the Unincorporated Cities Seat on the
Independent Ambulance Compliance Committee for a term ending December 31, 2020.
13.
Reappoint Marie Macedo to the Resident- District 2 Seat on the
Health Advisory Committee for a term ending February 1, 2023.
County Administrative Office
14.
Approve a letter of support for
a surface water treatment project in northern Tulare County.
15.
Ratify and approve a
Coordination Agreement with the Eastern Tule, Tri County Water Authority,
Pixley Irrigation District, Lower Tule Irrigation District, Delano-Earlimart
Irrigation District, and Alpaugh Groundwater Sustainability Agencies for the
coordination of Groundwater Sustainability Plans in the Tule Sub-basin,
effective when all parties sign the agreement. Ratify the Chair’s signature on
the agreement.
County Counsel/Risk Management
16.
Approve training on February
27, 2020 for special districts and independent agencies on the topics of basic
functions and duties of local agencies.
Health & Human Services Agency
17.
Authorize the submission of a
grant application for funding from the California Department of State Hospitals
for Fiscal Years 2020/2021 through 2022/2023 in the amount of $2,215,200 for
the Pre-Trial Felony Mental Health Diversion Program.
18.
Approve an agreement with
Turning Point of Central California, Inc., to replace and supersede PA4557 and
PA4558, for the provisions of drug and alcohol recovery treatment services to
Tulare County adolescents, and men’s residential services, in an amount not to
exceed $1,636,458, effective from January 28, 2020 through June 30, 2020.
19.
Accept the Department of Health
Care Services award for One-Time Funding in the amount of $587,707.41 for the
Whole Person Care Pilot program to be expended from March 31, 2020 through June
30, 2025. Authorize Tulare County Health & Human Services Director, or
designee, to accept additional funds, if made available by the Department of
Health Care Services up to an amount of $587,707.41.
20.
Authorize the Health and Human
Services Agency Director, or designee to sign a Data Use Agreement with the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the event of a public health
emergency including Public Safety Power Shut-off.
21.
Approve a Memorandum of
Understanding with the California Department of Child Support Services to
provide online access service to the Child Support Enforcement System effective
for 36 months upon the date of signature by both organizations.
Probation
22.
Approve a Memorandum of
Understanding between the County, through the Tulare County Probation
Department, and College of the Sequoias in the amount of zero dollars to
establish an internship program, retroactive from September 1, 2019 through
June 30, 2024.
Resource Management Agency
23.
Approve an agreement with the
City of Lindsay, in the amount of $18,485, for the County to provide transit
service to City of Lindsay residents, retroactive from July 1, 2019 through
June 30, 2020.
24.
Approve an agreement with the
City of Porterville, in the amount of $427,972 for the City to provide transit
service to County of Tulare residents, retroactive from July 1, 2019 through
June 30, 2020.
25.
Approve an agreement with the
City of Woodlake, in the amount of $11,378 for the City to provide transit
service to County of Tulare residents, retroactive from July 1, 2019 through
June 30, 2020.
26.
Reject all bids received and
opened on October 31, 2019, for the Navigation Aids at Sequoia Field Project.
Approve the re-advertisement for bids for the Navigation Aids at Sequoia Field
Airport Project subject to revision in accordance with Federal Aviation
Administration direction. Authorize the Chair to sign the plans and
specifications for the project so that they may be updated to reflect the
current period of advertisement. Reaffirm the Categorical Exemption prepared pursuant
to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA
Guidelines. CEQA Guidelines Secs. 15 Cal. Code Reg. Section 15301(f) Existing
Facility for the Navigation Aids at Sequoia Field Airport Project.
Sheriff/Coroner
27.
Ratify and approve the
submission of a grant application for funding from the U.S. Department of
Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2020 Improving Criminal
Justice Responses to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and
Stalking Grant Program up to the maximum grant award amount of $1,000,000. The
period of the grant will be from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2024.
Ratify and approve as part of the grant application, the Memorandum of
Understanding between the grant partners, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office,
Tulare County District Attorney’s Office, Tulare County Probation Department,
and Family Services of Tulare County, and certification letters. Ratify the Chair’s
signature on the Memorandum of Understanding, the grant application, and the
required certification letters.
Workforce Investment Board
28.
Approve the budget adjustment
of $50,000 resulting from an agreement with the City of Tulare to provide job
readiness, job training, and job placement services to low-moderate income
persons who are facing homelessness (4/5ths vote required).
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be taken in
any order
29.
Request from the General Services Agency to approve an
amendment to Agreement No. 27808 with DLR Group to increase the contract amount
by $172,300 from $2,690,000 to $2,862,300 for Sequoia Field Programming
Facility architecture and engineering services.
30.
Request from the Probation Department to approve a
Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Tulare through the Probation
Department and the Superior Court of California for the Pretrial Pilot Program,
retroactive from October 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021 in the amount of
$2,554,950. Approve the amendment of the Probation Department's FY 2019/2020
budget to add the revenue and expense associated with the implementation of the
Pretrial Pilot Program in FY 2019/2020, in the amount of $1,215,189. Approve
the necessary budget adjustment (4/5th's vote required).
BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS
31.
Board members may make a referral to staff to have a matter of
business be considered for 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 INVOLVING A JOINT POWERS AGENCY
(Government
Code Section 54956.96)
Name of JPA: San
Joaquin Valley Insurance Authority
Discussion will concern: San Joaquin Valley
Insurance Authority v. Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc., Fresno County Superior
Court Case No. 17CECG01632, United States District Court for the Eastern
District of California Case No. 1:17-cv-00861-LJO-EPG
Name of Local agency representative on JPA
board: Supervisors Crocker, Shuklian, & Vander Poel
Consultants or other representatives attending
closed session: HRD Director
ITEM
B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING
LITIGATION
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of Case: AT&T
Mobility LLC, Pacific Bell Telephone Company vs. County of Tulare
Tulare County Superior Court Case No. VCU281438
ITEM
C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING
LITIGATION
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
Name of Case:
Rodriguez-Mason, Caridad vs. County of Tulare and Kent Henry
Tulare County Superior Court Case No. VCU277520
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: Tulare
County Deputy Sheriff’s Association & Tulare County Professional
Firefighters Association Local 4757 v. County of Tulare, Public Employee
Relations Board, Unfair Practice Charge No. SA-CE-1042-M (2018409)
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.
