(Public Comment Period)
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
1.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Resource Management Agency to waive the second
reading and adopt the Ordinance amending Tulare County Zoning Ordinance No. 352
pertaining to radio, microwave and television towers. Direct the Clerk of the Board to publish the
Ordinance within five (5) days and to post a certified copy of the complete
Ordinance within fifteen (15) days as required.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 2 through 19)
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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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Board of Supervisors
2.
Appoint
Betty McKinstry to the Library Advisory Board, At-Large Member for a term
ending December 31, 2008.
3.
Appoint
Dr. Christine A. Nelson to First 5 Tulare County, Community Member to serve at
the pleasure of the Board.
4.
Ratify
Proclamation honoring The Creative Center on the occasion of its 30th
Anniversary.
5.
Ratify
Proclamation honoring Hugh Macklin for his Decades of Service to the
Agriculture Industry.
County Counsel
6.
Authorize
the Issuance and Sale of 2007 Grant Anticipation Notes in the name of the
Exeter Union High School District.
Approve in form the 2007 Grant Anticipation Note.
Human Resources & Development
7.
Adopt
Section 31469.4 of the California Government Code to recognize represented and
unrepresented Probation Department classifications as "safety members"
for retirement purposes. Recognize the
following classifications as safety members:
Probation Officer I/II/III, Probation Correctional Officer I/II/III,
Probation Institution Supervisor, Probation Officer-Supervisor, Probation
Division Manager, Assistant Chief Probation Officer, and Chief Probation
Officer.
8.
Ratify
and approve the Side Letters which deleted the Administrative Fee and reduces
the Benefit Amount for the following employee organizations: Central California Association of Public
Employees (CCAPE); Tulare County District Attorney Investigators Association
(TCDAIA); Professional Association Tulare County Physicians (PATCOP); District
Attorney Criminal Investigators Association Tulare County (DACIATC); Service
Employees International Union (SEIU); and the United Automobile, Agricultural
and Aerospace Workers (UAW), effective the pay period commencing on December
23, 2007. Find that the Board had authority
to enter into the proposed agreements as of the corresponding dates per the
Side Letters and that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the
agreements on such dates.
Probation
9.
Accept
grant funding in the amount of $149,994 from the United States Department of
Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance for the Gang Resistance Education and
Training Program.
Resource Management Agency
10.
Accept
the work for the construction of Reservation Road Safety Improvements as
complete by Mitch Brown Construction of Porterville, California. Authorize the Chairman to sign the Notice of
Completion. Direct the Clerk of the
Board to have the Notice of Completion recorded.
11.
Approve
an agreement with the Lewis Creek Water District and Styrotek, Inc., for the
transfer and conveyance of Class I Water.
Authorize the Resource Management Agency and Dennis R. Keller to take
necessary actions to comply with the provisions of the Agreements.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS AND
CONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY FLOOD
CONTROL DISTRICT
12.
Ratify
and approve the Tule River Improvement Joint Powers Project Agreement for the
Success Dam Seismic Remediation Project for the period of July 1, 2007 through
June 30, 2010. Find that the Board has
the authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of June 30, 2007 and that
it is in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that date.
13.
Approve
the Joint Funding Agreement with the United States Geological Survey for water
resources investigations for the operation and maintenance of stream gauging
stations at Deer Creek near Fountain Springs and Lewis Creek near Lindsay
during the period November 1, 2007 to October 31, 2008.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND
RECONVENE AS THE TULARE
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Sheriff/Coroner
14.
Accept
additional funding in the amount of $50,000 from the United States Department
of Justice, Drug Enforcement administration for marijuana eradication. Ratify and approve an amendment to Agreement
No. 23215 with United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement
Administration for the additional funding, retroactive to January 1, 2007
through December 31, 2007. Find that the
Board had authority to enter into the Agreement as the subsequent amendment to
the Agreement as of January 1, 2007, and that it was in the County's best
interest to enter into the Agreement on that date.
15.
Accept
the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance grant funding in the amount of
$163,037 from the U.S. Bureau of Justice to pay for the services of a
countywide Gang Prevention Specialist and a Deputy based at Charter Alternative
Academy/Packwood as a School Resource Officer.
16.
Accept
grant funding in the amount of $400,000 from the Office on Violence Against
Women, U.S. Department of Justice.
Approve a Personnel Resolution regarding the SAFE Domestic Violence
Program amending the Fiscal Year 2007/2008 position allocation for the
Sheriff's Department, adding one (1) Detective, and amending the position
allocation for the Probation Department, adding one (1) Probation Officer
II. Approve the necessary budget
adjustments. (4/5ths vote)
17.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 18394 with Canteen of Fresno, Inc.
for commissary services, retroactive to July 1, 2007 through June 30,
2008. Find that the Board had authority
to enter into the Amendment to the Agreement as of July 1, 2007, and that it
was in the County's best interest to enter into the Agreement on that date.
18.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 22057 with the State of California, Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation for an additional 50 beds a day, bringing the
daily total to a maximum of 100 beds per day to house State inmates at the
Adult Pre-Trial Facility. Approve the
necessary budget adjustments. (4/5ths vote)
Workforce Investment Board
19.
Appoint
William DeLain as Chair to the Tulare County Workforce Investment Board, Inc.
Board of Directors for a term ending November 14, 2008.
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be
taken in any order
20.
Request
from Human Resources & Development to approve the Tulare County Employee
Discounts Program & Policy and create Administrative Regulation No. XX.
Direct the Human Resources & Development Department to finalize program
development/components, amend related County policies if needed, and implement
the program. Authorize the Human
Resources Director to sign individual agreements with participating businesses
and vendors (if required by the firm) for employee discounts, offers, and
opportunities consistent with the program guidelines.
21.
Public
Comments.
22.
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:
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Board of Supervisors
ITEM
A
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
(Government
Code Section 54956.9(b)(1).)
Significant
Exposure to Litigation
Number of
Potential Cases: 3
ACS/
Restrictions Re: Hiring
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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: 6
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ITEM
C
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
D
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency
Designated Representative: Tim Huntley, Jean Rousseau
Employee
Organization: All Certified Employee Organizations
Unrepresented
Employees: All Unrepresented Employees except Elected
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