(Public Comment Period)
1.
Reorganization
of the Board of Supervisors. Selection
of the Board Chairman and Vice Chairman for the Year 2008.
2.
Reception.
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(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 3 through 18)
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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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Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer
3.
Ratify
and approve an agreement with the California Department of Food and
Agriculture, providing State subvention funding to offset costs of pest
detection trapping and scientific evaluation trapping for exotic insect pests
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.
Auditor/Controller
4.
Request
from Registrar of Voters to approve the candidate statement regulations and
printing fees for the June 3, 2008 Primary Election, and the November 4, 2008
General Election. Require each candidate
filing a statement to pay the estimated cost in advance. The estimated cost will be adjusted to actual
upon completion of the election.
Candidates will be refunded or billed for the difference. Limit each candidate's statement to no more
than 200 words for County Offices and 250 words for State Offices.
Board of Supervisors
5.
Cancel
the following meetings for the Board of Supervisors during 2008:
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January 22
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September 2
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February 5
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November 11
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February 19
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November 25
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May 27
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December 2
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July 1
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December 23
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County Counsel
6.
Request
from Risk Management to authorize termination of the general liability third
party claim administration agreement with Acclamation Insurance Management
Services (AIMS). Authorize to deny
claims. Confirm the authority to the
Risk Manager under Resolution No. 99-0303 to accept, compromise or settle
Claims with the following limits: Risk
Manager may authorize settlements for less than $25,000; require settlements
$25,000 or over, but under $50,000 to be approved by the Risk Manager, County
Counsel and the County Administrative Officer; and, settlements $50,000 and
over require the approval of the Board of Supervisors. Confirm County Counsel or its designee (Risk
Management) may self-administer all general liability claims. Interpret Tulare County Ordinance Code
Section 1-03-1290 to mean County Counsel or its designee may retain the
necessary vendors to properly evaluate, investigate, defend and settle
liability claims. Authorize the Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors to continue forwarding claims to Risk Management with
a copy to County Counsel and discontinue forwarding claims to AIMS sixty days
after approval of this request.
District Attorney
7.
Authorize
the acceptance of continued grant funding from the California Department of
Insurance (DOI) for the Automobile Insurance Fraud Prosecution Program in the
amount of $138,431 for Fiscal Year 2007/2008.
Ratify and approve the Grant Award Agreement and District Attorney Phil
Cline's signature on behalf of the Chairman, 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. Find that the grant funds received
hereunder shall not be used to supplant expenditures controlled by this body. Approve the necessary budget
adjustments. (4/5ths vote)
8.
Authorize
the acceptance of continued grant funding from the California Department of
Justice in the amount of $71,456 for the Spousal Abuser Prosecution
Program. Ratify and approve the Grant
Award Agreement and the Board Chairman's signature, 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.
Health & Human Services Agency
9.
Ratify
and approve an agreement with Fresno Care & Guidance in the amount of
$825,000 to provide stabilization and long-term maintenance for mentally disabled
Tulare County clients, 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.
10.
Appoint
the following individuals to the Tulare County Child Care Planning Council as
follows: Melissa Prado, Consumer/Parent
Representative; Mike Gibson, Community Representative; and Lenor Roman,
Discretionary/Other Representative.
Human Resources & Development
11.
Approve
registration of the Government Lawyer's Association of Workers (GLAW), an
employee organization, to represent their members in the following
classifications in their employment relations with Tulare County: Attorney, Public Defender/District Attorney
I-V and Attorney, Child Support I-V.
Resource Management Agency
12.
Approve
a State Program Supplement No. N035 with the State of California Department of
Transportation in the amount of $404,000 for cost reimbursement to construct a
Compressed Natural Gas Fueling Station Facility at the Tulare County Central
Road Yard.
13.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 22120 with Tartaglia Engineering, Inc. to extend
the term of the agreement through June 30, 2008 for professional engineering
and design services for Sequoia Field Airport Improvement Projects. Approve the necessary budget adjustments.
(4/5ths vote)
14.
Ratify
and approve a 2007/2008 Transit Agreement with the City of Lindsay for
providing transit service, 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.
15.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 22540 with Valley Small Business Development
Corporation to increase funding in the amount of $29,850 for Business Loan
funds associated with the County's 2004 Community Development Block Grant,
Economic Development Allocation No. 04-EDBG-638.
16.
Ratify
and approve the purchase and installation of a fixed asset (truck and
installation of the service bed and ladder rack). Approve the necessary budget adjustments.
(4/5ths vote)
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS, AND
CONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
17.
Authorize
Tulare County Redevelopment Agency to file an objection to the sale of specific
properties at the Tax Collector's Public Auction of Tax Defaulted Property to
be held on March 13, 2008. Authorize
Tulare County Redevelopment Agency to purchase or file an option to purchase
the specific properties pursuant to the provisions of Division 1, Part 6,
Chapter 8 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code and related provisions of
law. Authorize the Executive Director of
Tulare County Redevelopment Agency, or authorized designee, to act on behalf of
the Agency to execute in the name of Tulare County Redevelopment Agency a cover
letter objecting to the sale of the parcels at public auction, purchase
application, agreement to purchase tax-defaulted property, public purpose
statement, subject to County Counsel approval as to form and any and all other
documents or instruments necessary or required by the Tulare County
Treasurer/Tax Collector and State Controller's office.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND
RECONVENE AS THE TULARE
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Sheriff/Coroner
18.
Accept
a $234,645 grant from the California Office of Homeland Security for a
bomb-disposal robot. Approve the direct,
fixed asset purchase of a bomb-disposal robot in the amount of $234,645. Authorize the Purchasing Agent to waive the
standard bidding process and purchase directly from Remotec, Inc. Approve the necessary budget adjustments.
(4/5ths vote)
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be
taken in any order
19.
Request
from Resource Management Agency to allow Robert Jackson to file an application
for a General Plan Amendment consisting of an expansion and update of the
Traver Community Plan pursuant to the procedures outlined in the report and in
keeping with the recommended conditions.
In addition, once the above conditions are met it is recommended that
your Board direct Resource Management Agency to not accept any future General Plan
Initiation (GPI) applications within the planning study area boundary until the
Traver Community Plan update is complete.
20.
Request
from Resource Management Agency to adopt, pursuant to Government Code Section
65858, as an urgency measure, an Interim Zoning Ordinance prohibiting the
establishment of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries for an interim period of time
in the unincorporated areas of the County of Tulare. Set a public hearing for February 12, 2008 at
1:30 p.m. Direct the Clerk of the Board
to notice such hearing in accordance with Government Code Section 65858, in
order to consider this ordinance and a proposed extension thereof prior to the
expiration of this ordinance in forty-five days.
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:
Sitting as the Tulare County
Board of Supervisors
ITEM
A
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (B)(1).)
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
Proposed
Interim Zoning Ordinance prohibiting Medical Marijuana Dispensaries for an
interim period of time in the unincorporated areas of Tulare County
(Board of Supervisors January 8, 2008, Agenda item.)
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ITEM
B
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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