- Elizabeth Larson
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Supervisors to get Clear Lake hitch update
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, 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.
To participate in real-time, join the Zoom meeting by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 824 9615 9038, pass code 093564. The meeting also can be accessed via one tap mobile at +16694449171,,82496159038#,,,,*093564#.
In an item timed for 1 p.m., the board will receive a presentation from California Department of Fish and Wildlife providing an overview of Clear Lake Hitch Summit meeting, explanation of the relative population estimate, and related hitch topics.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife senior environmental scientist Felipe La Luz will present on the Clear Lake hitch, whose population is still threatened despite last year’s observations of thousands of the fish in local creeks.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Approve continuation of emergency proclamation declaring a shelter crisis in the county of Lake.
5.2: Approve continuation of proclamation of the existence of a local emergency due to low elevation snow and extreme cold.
5.3: Approve continuation of an emergency declaration for drought conditions.
5.4: Approve continuation of proclamation of the existence of a local emergency due to pervasive tree mortality.
5.5: Approve continuation of proclamation declaring a Clear Lake Hitch Emergency.
5.6: Approve continuation of local emergency by Lake County Sheriff/OES Director Rob Howe for the 2024 late January, early February winter storms.
5.7: Adopt proclamation designating the week of March 10 to 16, 2024, As All Americorps Week in Lake County.
5.8: Approve travel to Phoenix, Arizona exceeding 1,500 miles for Deputy County Administrative Officer Casey Moreno and Emergency Event Fiscal Manager Dakhota Hockett, to attend the Government Finance Officers Association Leadership Academy from March 24 to 29, 2024.
5.9: Approve public defender contract amendment No. 12 between the county of Lake and Lake Indigent Defense LLP for the purpose of replacing Thomas Feimer with Edward Savin as individual and/or partner and authorize chair to sign.
5.10: Approve Human Resources recruitment process for the Special Districts administrator and Social Services director.
5.11: Approve closure of all Lake County Behavioral Health Services locations on Wednesday, April 24, for a mandatory training from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
5.12: Approve Amendment No. 1 to the agreement between county of Lake and June Wilson-Clarkin, LMFT For specialty mental health services in the amount of $50,000.00 for fiscal year 2023-24 and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.13: Approve Board of Supervisors meeting minutes on Jan. 9.
5.14: Approve leave of absence request for Social Services Employee Angela Wynacht, from March 2, 2024, through July 10, 2024, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.15: Approve eighth amendment to contract between county of Lake and Ewing and Associates for the Child Welfare Services parking lot located on South Forbes Street in Lakeport, for the amount of $4,800 from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.16: Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District, Board of Directors, approve budget transfer allocating money from Gorman Rupp 6” Pump to Eddy Pump Sewer Pond Dredge in object code 62.74.
TIMED ITEMS
6.2, 9:03 a.m.: Pet of the Week.
6.3, 9:04 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the week of March 10 to 16, 2024, As All Americorps Week in Lake County.
6.4, 9:10 a.m.: Sitting as the Lake County Housing Commission, approve the first amendment to the regulatory agreement and declaration of restrictive covenants for the Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program and authorize the chair to sign.
6.5, 9:45 a.m: Consideration of an update on Lake County Community Risk Reduction Authority’s inclusion in biomass aggregation pilot project.
6.6, 1 p.m.: Consideration of presentation from California Department of Fish and Wildlife providing an overview of Clear Lake Hitch Summit meeting, explanation of the relative population estimate, and related hitch topics.
6.7, 1:30 p.m.: Consideration of presentation of the 2022-2023 Weights and Measures Report.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of changing the committee assignments.
7.3: Consideration of amending the Emergency Medical Care Committee by-laws .
7.4: (a) Consideration of priorities for FY 2025 Community Project Funding; and (b) discussion and direction to staff on which priorities to further pursue for potential submission to Congressman Thompson.
7.5: Consideration of Amendment No.3 to the agreement between county of Lake and Willow Glen Care Center for adult residential support services and specialty mental health services with no change to the contract maximum for fiscal years 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25 and authorize the board chair to sign.
7.6: Consideration of Rule 235 unrepresented grievance procedure.
CLOSED SESSION
8.1: Public employee evaluation: Behavioral Health director .
8.2: Public employee evaluation: County counsel.
8.3: Conference with labor negotiator: (a) County negotiators: Susan Parker and Pam Samac; and (b) employee organizations: LCDDAA, LCDSA, LCCOA, LCEA, LCSEA and LCSMA.
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