(Public Comment Period)
1.
9:00
a.m. BizTalk 2007 Business Conference announcement of Keynote Speaker by Stan
Simpson and Harlan Hutson.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
2.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from County
Fire 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.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS AND
CONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
3.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management
Agency to hold a Public Hearing recommending the adoption of the Pixley
Redevelopment Plan, First Amendment.
Consider and approve the mitigation measures outlined in the Mitigation
Monitoring and Reporting Program.
Recommend introduction and waiver of the first reading of the Ordinance
adopting the Pixley Redevelopment Plan, First Amendment. Recommend waiving the second reading and
adopting the Ordinance of the Pixley Redevelopment Plan, First Amendment.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND
RECONVENE AS THE TULARE
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
4.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management
Agency to introduce and waive the first reading of the Ordinance adopting the
Pixley Redevelopment Plan, First Amendment.
Hold the Public Hearing. Consider
and adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration certified by the Tulare County
Redevelopment Agency and the report prepared pursuant to Health and Safety Code
Section 33352. Identify and adopt the
mitigation measures outlined in the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting
Program. Waive the second reading and
adopt the Ordinance of the Pixley Redevelopment Plan, First Amendment.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 5 through 16)
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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
5.
Approve
the extension and ratify the agreement with Integrity Systems for computer
software and maintenance for the period November 11, 2004 through December 20,
2011.
Board of Supervisors
6.
Ratify
proclamation honoring Bob Felts for his outstanding community service.
Cooperative Extension
7.
Authorize
the submittal of an application to the California Department of Food and
Agriculture for grant funds not to exceed $50,000 per year for the Tulare
County Weed Management Area Early Detection, Eradication and Containment
Projects for Fiscal Years 2007/2008 and 2008/2009.
Health & Human Services Agency
8.
Reaffirm
Declaration of State of Emergency in the Tulare County Winter Freeze 2007.
9.
Approve
the sole source purchase of a DEXIS Mobile/Forensic Digital X-Ray System for
the Tulare County Coroner's Office and Forensic Odontologist in the amount of
$30,975 to increase the diagnostic capabilities and provide for dental
identification in the field. Approve the
necessary budget adjustments. (4/5ths vote)
10.
Authorize
the submittal of a grant application to the California Endowment's Cover
California's Kids Program in the amount of $358,000 to subsidize premiums for
the Tulare Healthy Kids 6-18 Program.
11.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 19959 with Kaweah Delta Health Care
District for the provision of 24-hour medically necessary acute psychiatric
inpatient mental health services from Kaweah Delta Mental Health Hospital,
retroactive to July 1, 2007 through 2015. Find that the Board had authority to
enter into the proposed Agreement as of July 1, 2007 and that it was in the
County's best interest to enter into the Agreement on that date.
12.
Ratify
and approve an Agreement with California Psychiatric Transitions, Inc. in the
amount of $385,000 to provide mental health rehabilitation services to Tulare
County residents who are severely and persistently mentally disabled, retroactive
to July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
Find that the Board had authority to enter into the proposed Agreement
as of July 1, 2007 and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into
the Agreement on that date.
Human Resources & Development
13.
Amend
the Probation Department's probationary period from 13 pay periods (6 months)
to 26 pay periods (1 year) for the following classifications: Probation
Division Manager, Probation Institutions Supervisor and Supervising Probation
Officer.
Probation
14.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 21681 with Pleasant View School
District and an amendment to Agreement No. 21737 with the City of Tulare to
provide the services of Probation Officers for the continued operation of the
Thunderbolt Delinquency Prevention Program retroactive to July 1, 2007 through
June 30, 2008. Find that the Board had
authority to enter into the proposed amendments to the agreements as of July 1,
2007 and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement
on that date.
Resource Management Agency
15.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 21285 with TAC, LLC (formerly Invensys Building
Systems, Inc.) effective September 1, 2007 to terminate the Performance
Guarantee aspect of the contract (Article 5).
Authorize an amendment to Agreement No. 21756 with TAC, LLC for Support
Services to continue the maintenance aspects of the Agreement.
16.
Accept
the grant from the California Department of Boating and Waterways for the use
of a 2001 Jetcraft patrol boat to be used by Lake Patrol and the Sheriff's
Department Dive Team on an as needed basis.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be
taken in any order
17.
Presentation
given by Health and Human Services Agency to approve the Tulare County System
Improvement Plan, which is part of Assembly Bill 636, known as California's
Child Welfare System Improvement and Accountability Act of 2001 to improve
outcomes for children. Authorize the Tulare County Health and Human Services
Agency and Tulare County Probation Department to sign the System Improvement
Plan and submit the System Improvement Plan to the California Department of
Social Services.
18.
Request
from Auditor-Controller to determine that the existing statutory immunities
adequately protect members of the Deferred Compensation Committee and this
Board, for operation of the Tulare County 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
("Plan") and decisions made by the Deferred Compensation Committee within
the scope of its delegated authority from possible claims made by plan
participants; or, determine that the existing statutory immunities do not
adequately protect members of the Deferred Compensation Committee and this
Board. Direct the Committee to purchase
fiduciary liability insurance to protect the Deferred Compensation Committee
and this Board from Liability for the operation of the Plan.
19.
Public
Comments.
20.
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 - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Significant
Exposure to Litigation
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ITEM
B
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Significant
Exposure to Litigation
Number of
Potential Cases: 4
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ITEM
C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Significant
Exposure to Litigation
Pixley
Redevelopment Area, First Amendment - Board of Supervisors
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ITEM
D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Significant
Exposure to Litigation
Pixley
Redevelopment Area, First Amendment - Tulare County Redevelopment Agency
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ITEM
E
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Significant
Exposure to Litigation
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
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ITEM
F
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - INITIATION OF LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(c).)
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ITEM
G
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
APPOINTMENT
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957)
Consider
Public Employee Appointment/Employment for the position of Board Representative
I/II
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ITEM
H
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency
Designated Representative: Tim Huntley, Kristin Bennett
Employee
Organization: All Certified Employee Organizations
Unrepresented
Employees: All Unrepresented Employees except Elected
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