(Public Comment Period)
1.
Public
Comments.
2.
Board
of Supervisors matters.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
3.
BUDGET
HEARINGS
Introduction and Overview
PUBLIC HEARING: Citizens’ Option for Public Safety (COPS) (Budget
Book Page 247)
Review
proposed expenditure of funds allocated from the California State Legislature
for the Citizens’ Option for Public Safety Program – Supplemental Law
Enforcement Funding. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to distribute the monies,
when received, per the spending plan as modified by public input and Board of
Supervisors direction.
Enterprise and Assessment Districts Funds -
Consent Budgets (Budget Book Page 401)
Solid Waste
Transit
Terra Bella Sewer District
L & M Funds—Assessment Districts
L01 Orosi Lighting/Landscape
L85 Orosi Storm Drain
L05
Orosi Storm Drain L86
Visalia
(Cottontail) Storm Drain
L07
Poplar Storm Drain L87
Visalia (Kapsu)
Storm Drain
L10
Orosi Storm Drain M02
Visalia (El
Rio) Road
L16
Earlimart Lighting/Landscape M03 Strathmore Road
L60
Tipton Storm Drain M04 Porterville Road
L65
Earlimart Storm Drain M06
Visalia
(Accacia) Road
L70
Cutler Storm Drain M07 Poplar Road
L75
Teviston Storm Drain M86
Visalia
(Cottontail) Road
L80
Earlimart Storm Drain M87
Visalia (Kapsu)
Road
County Service Areas
#1 and #2 Zones of Benefit - Consent Budgets
(Budget Book Page 429)
El
Rancho Sewer Delft Colony Sewer Delft Colony Water
Lemon
Cove Water Seville Sewer Tonyville Sewer
Tooleville
Sewer Traver Sewer Yettem Sewer
Yettem
Water Wells Tract Water Wells Tract Sewer
Special
Revenue Funds –Individual Discussion and Action (Budget
Book Page 441)
Community
Block Development Grant
Home Program Fund
Redevelopment Agency, Special Districts and Public
Authority - Consent Budgets (Budget Book Page 449)
Administration Cutler/Orosi Earlimart
Goshen lvanhoe Pixley
Poplar-Cotton Center Richgrove Traver
Tulare County Flood Control District
In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority
Internal Services Funds — Consent
Budgets (Budget Book Page 341)
County Administrative Office
Copier Services
Custodial Services
Facilities
Fleet Services
Grounds Services
Mail Services
Print Services
Utilities
County Counsel -- Insurance
Workers’ Compensation
General Liability
Property
Medical Malpractice
Information
Technology
Communications
Information Technology
Human
Resources and Development – Insurance
Health Insurance
Operating
Funds — Consent Budgets (Budget Book Page 267)
Aviation
Building Debt Service
Capital Projects
Child Support Services
Fire
Fish and Game
Health Realignment
Indigent Health Care
Library
Mental Health Realignment
Pension Obligation Bond
Road
Social Services Realignment
Tobacco Settlement Proceeds
Workforce Investment Board
General
Funds — Consent Budgets (Budget Book Page 100)
Agricultural Commissioner
Assessor/Clerk—Recorder
Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax
Collector/Registrar of Voters
Board of Supervisors
Capital Acquisitions
Central Telephone
Services
Citizens’ Option for
Public Safety (COPS)
Cooperative Extension
County Administration
County Counsel
District Attorney
Gang Task Force —
Multi-Agency
General Services
General Revenues
Health and Human
Services Agency
Human Resources and
Development
Juvenile Justice Crime
Prevention Act
Miscellaneous
Administration
Miscellaneous Criminal Justice
Probation
Public Defender
Purchasing
Resource Management
Agency
Rural Crime Prevention
Sheriff-Coroner
Position
Allocation and Classification Schedules
Approve changes to position allocations,
reclassifications, classification specifications, and compensation changes.
Final
Actions to Balance — General Fund
Contingency
Others as Needed
Direction
and Authorizations
1. Authorize Auditor-Controller to make necessary minor adjustments
in order to bring the Fiscal Year 2011/2012 Budget into final balance.
2. Other direction as needed.
Budget Adoption
Upon conclusion of Final Budget Hearings, adopt
budgets for all funds and activities as modified during hearings.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 4 through 14)
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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
4.
Ratify
the following Proclamations: Honoring
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Visalia on it's 150th Anniversary; and Recognizing
the 10th Anniversary of September 11, 2001 in Tulare County.
Human Resources & Development
5.
Approve
suspending the Furlough Program for all Unrepresented Employees and
corresponding earnings reductions of 1.923%, which began August 1, 2011 and was
scheduled through July 30, 2012 for a total of 26 Pay Periods. Authorize the repayment of the 1.923%
reduction since August 1, 2011.
Eliminate furlough hour balances, also known as Mandatory Time Off, that
were credited in Pay Period 17.
Authorize the processing of leave adjustments for employees who used
Mandatory Time Off hours since August 1, 2011 to reflect the time as either
vacation or compensatory time off.
Suspend the reduction of the Holiday Pay for Fire Battalion Chiefs from
96 hours to 39.2 hours for the period of August 1, 2011 through July 31,
2012. Rescind the Temporary Office
Closures for all departments effective immediately.
6.
Approve
Side Letter Agreements between the County and District Attorneys Criminal
Investigators Association of Tulare County (DACIATC), Government - Lawyers
Association of Workers (GLAW), Professional Association of Tulare County
Physicians (PATCOP), Professional Law Enforcement Manager's Association (PLEMA),
Tulare County Corrections Association (TCCA), Tulare County District Attorney
Investigators Association (TCDAIA), Tulare County Deputy Sheriff's Association
(Units 13 & 15) (TCDSA) and United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural
Implement Workers of America (UAW) to suspend the furlough for the period of
August 1, 2011 through July 31, 2012.
Information & Communications Technology
7.
Approve
the license and maintenance renewal with Secure Content Solutions, Inc. in the
amount of $115,200 to provide license and maintenance of Sophos Anti-Virus
software for the period of September 27, 2011 to March 26, 2015.
Resource Management Agency
8.
Approve
a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Tulare to promote the
development of a sanitary sewer system in Matheny Tract.
9.
Approve
the 2011/2012 Transit Agreement with the City of Exeter, for the City to
provide transit service to County of Tulare residents, retroactive to July 1,
2011, through June 30, 2012. Find that the Board had the authority to enter
into the agreement as of July 1, 2011 and that it was in the County's best
interest to enter into the agreement on that date.
10.
Approve
the 2011/2012 Transit Agreement with the City of Lindsay, for the County to
provide transit service to City of Lindsay residents, retroactive to July 1,
2011, through June 30, 2012. Find that
the Board had the authority to enter into the agreement as of July 1, 2011 and
that it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that
date.
11.
Approve
and award the contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, W. Jaxon Baker, Inc. of Redding, California, in
the amount of $639,749 for an Asphalt Concrete Overlay on Avenue 384 from Road
92 to Road 108. Authorize the Chairman
to sign the contract, subject to review and approval as to form by County
Counsel and upon receipt of certificates of insurance, bonds and evidence that
the contractor possesses a valid State Contractors License. Allow funds for a contingency in the amount
of $64,000 (10%) to cover unexpected construction conditions and construction
engineering.
Sheriff/Coroner
12.
Ratify
and approve an amendment to Agreement No. 23774 with California Emergency
Management Agency to increase funding by $141,155 for the Tulare County Sexual
Assault Felony Enforcement Program, retroactive to July 1, 2010, through
December 31, 2011. Find that the Board
had authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1, 2010, and that
it was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that
date. Ratify the Chairman's signature on
the amendment to Agreement No. 23774.
Approve an amendment to Agreement No. 23093 with Family Services of
Tulare County to provide educational services for the Tulare County Sexual
Assault Felony Enforcement Program, retroactive to July 1, 2010, through June
30, 2013. Find that the Board had
authority to enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1, 2010, and that it
was in the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that
date. Approve the necessary budget
adjustments. (4/5ths vote required)
13.
Approve
an amendment to Agreement No. 22690 with Cutler-Orosi Unified School District
to extend the term of the agreement to June 30, 2012 for campus law enforcement
services, retroactive to July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012. Find that the Board had the authority to
enter into the proposed agreement as of July 1, 2011, and that it was in the
County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that date.
14.
Approve
a Grant Award Face Sheet Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice for the
Fiscal Year 2011 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program in the
amount of $47,034, retroactive to October 1, 2010 through September 30,
2014. Find that the Board had authority
to enter into the proposed agreement as of October 1, 2010, and that it was in
the County's best interest to enter into the agreement on that date. Approve the necessary budget
adjustments. (4/5ths vote required)
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be
taken in any order
15.
Presentation
given by Resource Management Agency regarding Tulare County Area Transit
services, with emphasis on key indicators since the introduction of Measure
"R" Transit funding since Fiscal Year 2007/2008.
(Closed Session)
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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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 [Government Code Section 54956.9 (b)(1)]
Number of
Potential Cases: 2
Contract
for concrete asphalt overlay on Avenue 384 from Road 92 to Road 108 (See Board
of Supervisors 9/20/11 agenda)
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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: 4
Threats of
Litigation in the public record regarding the proposed Tulare County General
Plan 2030 Update and Draft Environmental Impact Report
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C
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9 (b)(1)]
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
Potential
Challenge to the Tulare County Traffic and Public Facilities Development Impact
Fee program
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ITEM
D
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9 (b)(1)]
Number of
Potential Cases: 4
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E
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - INITIATION OF LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (c)]
Number of
Potential Cases: 15
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ITEM
F
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (a)]
Name of
Case: Richard Daleman v. County
of Tulare
Tulare County Superior Court Case Number 11-244061
and
related case County
of Tulare v. Richard
Daleman, et al.
Tulare County Superior Court Case Number 01-244120
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ITEM
G
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
H
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (a)]
Name of
Case: County of Tulare v. Bank of America et al., Case Number
1:09-cv-02155-OWW-DLB (Eastern District of California), Case Number 1:10-cv-628
(Southern District of New York)
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ITEM
I
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - INITIATION OF LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (c)]
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
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as...
ITEM
J
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATOR
Details
(Government
Code Section 54957.6)
Agency
Designated Representative: Jeff Cardell,
Jean Rousseau
Employee
Organization: All Certified Employee Organizations
Unrepresented
Employees: All Unrepresented Employees
except Elected
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