(Public Comment Period)
1.
9:00
A.M. Recognize volunteers from the Master Gardener
Program and the 4-H Program.
2.
9:00
A.M. Recognition of employees selected by their
department or agency for meritorious service in 2005. Announce and select the Employee of the Year
2005.
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Ag
Commissioner/Sealer
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Auditor/Elections/Purchasing
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Cooperative
Extension
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Diane Cisneros
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Doreen Hutchings
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Shari Connelly
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Bill Deavours
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Child Support
Services
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County Counsel
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Assessor/Clerk-Recorder
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Nicole Ferreira
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Amy-Marie Costa
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Linda Cantu
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Maria Gutierrez
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Tim Mathos
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Maria Nino
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District
Attorney
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Don Smith
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Veronica
Ritenour
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Vickie Rabago
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Rebecca Weber
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Peggy Story
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Tricia Wafford
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Fire Department
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Health and Human
Services Cont'd
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Human Resources
& Dev.
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Doug Beutler
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Dolores Lopez
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Judy Wiens
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Carolyn Lott
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Health and Human
Svs Agency
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Susan Macaluso
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Resource
Management Agency
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Nancy Aguilar
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Diane MacDonald
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Michael
Betzinger
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Barbara Arias
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Sheryl Montanez
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Lynnel Dunkin
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Mindy Balaam
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Vianey Moreno
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Karen Edwards
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Jessica
Benevento
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Patricia Nalls
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Karishma
Fazalbhoy
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Diann Benson
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Charles Patmore
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Roger Hunt
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Delia Bigelow
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Maggie Pruneda
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Oscar Melgar
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Janice Bilbrey
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Robin Purves
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Laurie Mercer
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James Briggs
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Luke Raper
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Daniel Moreno
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Janice Brodersen
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Teri Rhyman
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Frank Ruiz
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Edward
Burckhardt
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Elizabeth Rios
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Susan Simon
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Josephine
Carrillo
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Jeninne Roden
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Fred Stephens
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Paul Charpentier
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Lawrence Salgado
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Shirley Wallace
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Vicky Cheung
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Elea Sanchez
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Ann Contreras
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Mona Sauceda
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Sheriff's
Department
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Salvador Cortez
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Anna Schaefer
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Jeff Federico
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Mary Cossio
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Pam Schott
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Jesse Guzman
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David Crawford
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Stacie Scott
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Florence Hall
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Kenneth
Cruickshank
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Deborah Sherry
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Alvin Jenkins
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James Dunn
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Dori Silveria
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Alan Jones
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Stacy Figueira
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Ann Sullivan
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Tamara Pinon
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Linda Fischer
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Elaine Taylor
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Robin Skiles
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Marie Focha
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Michelle
Toledo-Cantrell
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Rolinda Smith
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Sharon Gayden
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Yolanda Trevino
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Kyle Stark
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David Guerrero
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Sally Troncozo
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Beverly Hancock
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Marco Valenzuela
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Treasurer/Tax-Collector
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Shelia Howland
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Reyna Vasquez
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Margie Flores
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John Hughes
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Heidi Warmerdam
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Deborah Hunter
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Juliet Webb
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Workforce
Investment Dept.
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Sheri Jefferis
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Karen Whited
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Michelle Medina
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Margaret
Johnston
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Mary Wilcoxson
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Cecilia Perez
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Jay Jones
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Courtney Wilson
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Nancy Loliva
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Joshua Yarbrough
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9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
3.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management Agency to consider
a 10 percent fee increase for County Service Area No. 1: El Rancho, Tooleville, and Yettem sewer
systems and the Delft Colony water system effective July 1, 2006.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 4 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 members on any item, that item
will be removed from the Consent Agenda if separate action is required.
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Auditor/Controller
4.
Authorize
the issuance of tax and revenue anticipation notes for the 2006/2007 Fiscal
Year not-to-exceed $55 million. The
maturity of the 2006 tax and revenue anticipation notes will not exceed 13
months and will be dated July 5, 2006 to be issued through a statewide
financing program jointly sponsored by the California State Association of
Counties and the League of California Cities.
Board of Supervisors
5.
Appoint
Walter Stammer as District No. 1 Alternate to the Tulare County Association of
Governments.
Health & Human Services Agency
6.
Reaffirm
Declaration of State of Emergency in the Tulare County Winter Storm 2006/2007.
7.
Reaffirm
Declaration of State of Emergency in the Tulare County New Year's Storm
2006/2007.
8.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 19959 with Kaweah Delta Health Care District to
delete Section 6.1(e)(2) County Provision of Psychiatrists and Psychologists
and replace with the new Section 6.1(e)(2) indicating that Kaweah Delta no
longer contracts with psychiatrists to provide professional fees through this
agreement, retroactive to July 1, 2005.
9.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 22171 with the Department of Health Services to
increase the total budget from $10,000,000 to $33,100,000 and to extend the
term of the Agreement through June 30, 2007 for the Medi-Cal Administrative
Activities Program, retroactive to July 1, 2004. Approve the necessary budget adjustments.
(4/5ths vote)
10.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 21273 with Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. to
decrease the contract amount from $1,050,000 to $780,000 for Fiscal Year
2005/2006 and to incorporate the increased daily rate as initiated by the State
to $133.09 daily.
11.
Approve
Tulare County Child Protection Coordinating Council's request for funding in
the amount of $24,000 from the Promoting Safe & Stable Families Family
Support budget. Approve the necessary
budget adjustments. (4/5ths vote)
12.
Approve
Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment grant awards to six
non-profit agencies as recommended by the Tulare County Child Protection
Coordinating Council for State Fiscal Years 2005 through 2008 with the
following community-based organizations:
Family Services of Tulare County $90,000; Central California Family Crisis
Center $82,500; Boys & Girls Club of Tulare County $36,300; Tulare Youth
Service Bureau $82,500; Tulare County Office of Education Foundation $80,700;
and Tulare County Child Protection Coordination Council $35,397, for total
recommended awards of $407,397.
13.
Approve
Child Abuse Prevention grant awards to six non-profit agencies from the
County's Children's Trust Fund as recommended by the Tulare County Child
Protection Coordination Council for State Fiscal Year 2005/2006 as follows: Family Services of Tulare County $12,000;
Central California Family Crisis Center $11,990; Synchrony of Visalia $8,400;
CASA of Tulare County $11,648; Tulare Youth Service Bureau $12,000; and Tulare
County Office of Education Foundation $3,962 for total recommended awards of
$60,000.
14.
Approve
Community Based Child Abuse Prevention grant awards to two non-profit providers
as recommended by the Tulare County Child Protection Coordinating Council for
State Fiscal Year 2005/2006 as follows:
Synchrony of Visalia $16,000; and Tulare County Child Protection
Coordination Council $7,200 for total recommended awards of $23,200.
Probation
15. Approve
submittal of a grant application to the Corrections Standards Authority for
funding under the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program, 2006 in the
amount of $25,660 to partially offset the costs of one full-time Probation
Officer III to focus on juvenile gangs and juvenile crime. Confirm grant funds
will not be used to supplant expenditures.
Resource Management Agency
16. Approve
and award the Contract to Safety Striping Service, Inc. of Goshen for applying
traffic stripe and pavement markings on County roads in the amount of
$672,864. Authorize the Chairman to sign
the contract contingent upon receipt of the signed agreement and upon approval
of required Bonds and Insurance, subject to review and approval by County
Counsel.
Retirement
17. Approve
and adopt the actuary's recommended employer and employee contribution rates,
effective with the first pay period of Fiscal Year 2006/2007 (pay period 15,
2006).
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically
timed may be taken in any order
18. Request
from District Attorney to declare April 23-29, 2006 as "Victims' Rights
Week" in Tulare County and to urge all citizens to join in this important
observance.
19. Presentation
by the Purchasing Department regarding the County Surplus Store and the
Alliance Program with Office Depot and other Government entities.
20. Presentation
by the Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer regarding the Tulare County Annual Crop
and Livestock Report for the 2005 crop year.
21. Request
from Auditor/Controller to approve the purchase of 109 replacement vehicles at
an estimated cost of $3,817,655 and authorize payment for those vehicles
through a 3-year or 5-year loan from the Worker's Compensation Insurance Fund.
22. Request
from Library to accept a grant award and approve Special Project Grant
Commitment Terms and Conditions from First 5 Tulare County in the amount of
$27,600 to fund six Peek-A-Book kiosks, books, and incidental materials. Amend Fiscal Year 2005/2006 Library Fund.
(4/5ths vote)
23. Request
from County Administrative Office to approve the donation of two 2003 surplus
Ford Crown Victoria patrol vehicles to the City of Exeter Police Department.
24. Bi-weekly
Update of Progress of Emergency Repairs to Visalia Courthouse Cooling and
Heating Water Distribution System.
25. Request
from Resource Management Agency to receive a presentation and adopt a
resolution endorsing the proposal to designate a portion of Highway 198,
extending eastward from Road 248, through the gateway community of Three
Rivers, ending at the Sequoia National Park boundary as a California Scenic
Highway.
26. Public
Comments.
27. Board
of Supervisors matters.
(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 the closed session will be made in accordance with Government Code
sections 54957.1
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CLOSED SESSION
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 - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(a)]
Name
of Case: Ira Watley v. County of Tulare
T.C.S.C.
Case No. 05-216077
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ITEM
B
CONFERENCE
WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(b)(1)]
Number
of Potential Cases: 1
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ITEM
C
CONFERENCE
WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency
Designated Representative: Tim Huntley,
Brian Haddix
Employee
Organization: All Certified Employee
Organizations
Unrepresented
Employees: All unrepresented employees
except elected officials
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Sitting as the Tulare
County IHSS Public
Authority Board
ITEM
D
CONFERENCE
WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency
Designated Representative: Tim Huntley,
Jack Hughes, Brian Haddix
Employee
Organization: All Certified Employee
Organizations
Unrepresented
Employees: All unrepresented employees
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