LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Board of Supervisors is set to hold a special meeting to discuss preparations for the gubernatorial recall election and an arrangement to have the new Community Development director come on in an extra-help capacity ahead of her official appointment date.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8, online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and on the county’s Facebook page. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
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At 9:06 a.m., Registrar of Voters Maria Valadez will give the board an update on her department’s preparations for the Sept. 14 special election for the gubernatorial recall.
“In addition, in light of the need to make special arrangements to enable constituents to vote in-person safely, with proper social distancing in place, I am requesting the use of the Board chambers on September 14, 2021,” Valadez wrote in a memo to the board. “The use of the Board chambers would enable the setup of voting stations in the larger space, rather than in the cramped hallway area on the second floor. Admittedly, this would necessitate that your Board meet in Zoom. At this time, many constituents are expressing their intention to vote in-person and this one-time accommodation would increase our capacity to support in-person voting during the pandemic.”
Also on Thursday, at 9:15 a.m., the supervisors will be asked to consider appointing Mary Darby as extra help Community Development director at a rate of $54.42 per hour for the period Sept. 10 through Oct. 3.
On Aug. 31, the board voted to appoint Darby as the new Community Development director, effective Oct. 4, as Lake County News has reported.
In a memo to the board, County Administrative Officer Carol Huchingson said that ahead of her Oct. 4 start date, “Darby has expressed a desire to participate in meetings with staff remotely via zoom while she is in the process of relocating here. Doing so would support her transition by enabling her to begin to get to know staff and to become informed regarding department priorities and concerns.”
Huchingson is recommending the board hire Darby on an hourly basis, in an extra help capacity at an hourly rate of $54.42 per hour, which is equivalent to step three on the CDD Director salary scale — which is the step she was hired at for the full-time position — until her permanent employment begins on Oct. 4.
“As an extra help employee, she could work on a part-time basis, not to exceed 25 hours per week. During the time of Ms. Darby’s extra help employment, I and my designee Assistant CAO Susan Parker will continue to serve as Interim CDD Director until Ms. Darby takes over on a full-time basis on Oct. 4,” Huchingson wrote.
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Supervisors to hold special meeting to discuss state recall election preparations, CDD director early appointment
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