MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ALLEN ISHIDA - Chairman District One PETE VANDER POEL District Two PHILLIP A. COX District Three J. STEVEN WORTHLEY District Four MIKE ENNIS District Five |
Board of Supervisors Agenda |
JEAN M. ROUSSEAU KATHLEEN BALES-LANGE
Chief Clerk 2800 (559) 636-5000 FAX (559) 733-6898 |
SITTING AS THE
THE TULARE COUNTY
FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT,
THE IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES PUBLIC AUTHORITY, AND
THE TERRA BELLA SEWER
MAINTENANCE DISTRICT
9:00 A.M. Board Convenes
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD At this time, members of
the public may comment on any item not appearing on the agenda. Under state law, matters presented under
this item cannot be discussed or acted upon by the Board at this time. For items appearing on the agenda, the
public is invited to make comments at the time the item comes up for Board
consideration. Any person addressing
the Board will be limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes so that all
interested parties have an opportunity to speak with a total of fifteen (15)
minutes allotted for the Public Comment Period. At all times, please use the microphone and
state your name and address for the record. |
(Public Comment Period)
5.
Board
of Supervisors matters.
9:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
(Timed Items)
6.
PUBLIC
HEARING: Request from Health and Human Services Agency to adopt the
fee recommended for Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency,
Environmental Health approved Milk Inspection Services, effective October 1,
2012.
10:30 A.M. – TIMED ITEMS
Introduction and Overview
PUBLIC HEARING: Citizens’ Option for Public Safety (COPS) (Budget
Book Page 266)
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.
ADJOURN AS
THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND
CONVENE AS
THE TERRA BELLA SEWER MAINTENANCE DISTRICT
Enterprise
Fund (Budget
Book Page 435)
Terra Bella Sewer Maintenance
District
1. Approve the Resolution to adopt the Final Budget for
the Terra Bella Sewer Maintenance District as modified during the hearings; and
2. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to make necessary
minor adjustments in order to bring the Fiscal Year 2012/2013 Budget into final
balance.
ADJOURN AS THE TERRA BELLA SEWER MAINTENANCE DISTRICT AND
CONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT
Special District (Budget Book Page 487)
Tulare
County Flood Control District
1. Approve the Resolution to adopt the Final Budget for
the Tulare County Flood Control District as modified during the hearings; and
2. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to make necessary
minor adjustments in order to bring the Fiscal Year 2012/2013 Budget into final
balance.
ADJOURN AS THE TULARE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT
AND
CONVENE AS THE IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PUBLIC
AUTHORITY
Public Authority (Budget Book Page 483)
In-Home
Supportive Services Public Authority
1. Approve the Resolution to adopt the Final Budget for
the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority as modified during the
hearings; and
2. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to make necessary
minor adjustments in order to bring the Fiscal Year 2012/2013 Budget into final
balance.
ADJOURN AS THE IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PUBLIC
AUTHORITY AND
RECONVENE AS THE TULARE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Enterprise and Assessment Districts Funds - Consent
Budgets (Budget Book Page 425-463)
Solid Waste
Transit
L & M Funds—Assessment Districts
L01
Orosi Lighting/Landscape L85 Orosi Storm Drain
L05
Orosi Storm Drain L86
L07
Poplar Storm Drain L87
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 (Acacia) Road
L70
Cutler Storm Drain
L75
Teviston Storm Drain M86
L80
Earlimart Storm Drain M87
Visalia (Kapsu) Road
County Service Areas #1 and #2 Zones of Benefit -
Consent Budgets (Budget Book Page 465-481)
El
Rancho Sewer
Lemon
Cove Water
Tooleville
Sewer Traver Sewer Yettem Sewer
Yettem
Water Wells Tract Water Wells Tract Sewer
Internal Services Funds — Consent
Budgets (Budget Book Page 365-424)
County Administrative Office
Copier Services
Custodial Services
Facilities
Fleet Services
Grounds Services
Mail Services
Print Services
Utilities
Workers’ Compensation
General Liability
Property
Medical Malpractice
Information
& Communication Technology
Communications
Information & Communication Technology
Human
Resources and Development – Insurance
Dental Insurance
Operating
Funds — Consent Budgets (Budget Book Page 286-363)
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 Roads
Social Services Realignment Tobacco Settlement Proceeds
Workforce Investment Board Home Program Fund
Community Development Block Grant
General
Fund — Consent Budgets (Budget Book Page 123-285)
Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and
Measures
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
District Attorney
Gang Task Force — Multi-Agency
General Services
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
General Fund-
Auditor-Controller Certifies
General
Revenues
Final
Actions to Balance — General Fund
Contingency (Page 168)
Others as
Needed
Personnel
Changes
Approve changes to the class
specifications, class designations, compensation changes, position allocations
list reflecting adds, deletes, and re-classifications, and the elimination of
the hiring freeze.
Direction
and Authorizations
1. Authorize Auditor-Controller to make necessary minor adjustments
in order to bring the Fiscal Year 2012/2013 Budget into final balance.
2. Other direction as needed.
Budget Adoption
Upon conclusion of
Final Budget Hearings, adopt consent budgets for all funds and activities as modified during the Final
Budget Hearings, amend the class specification, class designations,
compensation changes, position allocation list reflecting adds, deletes, and
reclassifications, and approve the elimination of the hiring freeze, and
authorize the Auditor-Controller to make necessary minor adjustments in order
to bring the Fiscal Year 2012/2013 Budget into final balance budgets.
(Consent Calendar)
CONSENT CALENDAR (Number 8 through 22)
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. |
County Administrative Office/General Services-Property
Management
Human Resources & Development
10.
Approve
revisions to the Tulare County Personnel Rules and Administrative Regulation
No. 26.
Resource Management Agency
Contractor |
Amount |
Steve Dovali
Construction, Inc. |
$709,332.00 |
Travioli
Construction, Inc. |
$732,345.84 |
HPS Mechanical, Inc. |
$891,630.00 |
Engineer's Estimate |
$750,000.00 |
(Items Not Timed)
ITEMS NOT TIMED
Items not specifically timed may be
taken in any order
(Closed Session)
CLOSED SESSION
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 |
It is the intention of the Board to meet in closed session concerning:
Sitting as the
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (a)]
Name of
Case: Kristina Brooks vs. County of
Tulare
Workers’
Compensation Appeals Board Number ADJ8109410 and ADJ8214344
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (a)]
Name of
Case: DL, a minor, by and through his
Guardian Ad Litem, Kariann Junio vs. Rodolfo Vicente, MD; Mark Wiseman, MD; and
Pavel Mundl, MD
Tulare
County Superior Court Case Number 246425
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (a)]
Name of
Case: Kerry Kelly vs. County of Tulare
Workers’
Compensation Appeals Board Number ADJ 7320539
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (a)]
Name of
Case: (1) In re: Municipal Derivatives
Antitrust Litigation; and
(2) County
of Tulare vs. Bank of America et al.
County of
Tulare vs. Bank of America et al. Case Number 1:09-cv-02155-OWW-DLB (Eastern
District of California), and Number 1:10-CV-628 (Southern District of New York)
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9 (b)(1)]
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
Wrongful
Termination Action; DEFH/EEOC Complaint against County of Tulare and individual
employees: Government Tort Claim by an employee against the County of Tulare
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CONSIDER THE
DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL OR RELEASE OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE:
Details
Public
Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release pursuant to Government Code Section
54957, et seq.
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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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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - INITIATION OF LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (c)]
Number of
Potential Cases: 3
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Details
Significant
Exposure to Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9 (b)(1)]
Number of
Potential Cases: 1
Potential
Litigation regarding opposition to the Tulare County Traffic and Facilities
Development Fee Program
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - INITIATION OF LITIGATION
Details
[Government
Code Section 54956.9 (c)]
Number of
Potential Cases: 9
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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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