LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — This week, Lake County’s newly hired chief public defender will take his oath of office at the Board of Supervisors, who also will discuss protecting Clear Lake against invasive mussels.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, 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 937 4846 3305, pass code 978938. The meeting also can be accessed via one tap mobile at +16699006833,,93748463305#,,,,*978938#.
At 9:15 a.m., the board will host a ceremonial swearing-in of new Chief Public Defender Raymond Buenaventura.
Buenaventura, the mayor of Daly City, was hired last month to head up the creation of a new public defender’s office.
Also on Tuesday, at 10:15 a.m., the board will hear a presentation on the Clear Lake Integrated Preparedness and Resilience Plan for Dreissenid Mussel Management: A Rapid Response and Transition to Containment Plan.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Adopt proclamation recognizing the month of October as Head Start Awareness Month in Lake County.
5.2: Approve Amendment No. 2 to agreement between the county of Lake and Mountain G Engineering Inc. for consulting services for development of a Lake County Hazard Tree Removal Project in the amount of $42,000 and authorize the chair to sign.
5.3: Approve long distance travel retroactively for Supervisor E.J. Crandell to Denver, Colorado for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Ranch and Rural Communities Advisory Committee meeting as an appointed member.
5.4: Adopt resolution approving an agreement with the state of California, Department of Food and Agriculture for State Organic Program Cooperative Agreement # 23-0093-000-SA in the amount of $4,565.00 for period July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
5.5: Approve agreement between county of Lake and Mother-Wise for the Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program in the amount of $125,000 for fiscal years 2023-26 and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.6: Approve closure of Lake County Behavioral Health Services Department locations to the public to hold an all-staff training on Friday, Dec. 1, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
5.7: Adopt resolution authorizing the Lake County Behavioral Health Services director to sign the standard agreement and acknowledgement of grant terms and conditions for the California Providing Access and Transforming Health Justice-Involved Planning and Capacity Building Program Round Three and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.8: Approve continuation of proclamation declaring a Clear Lake Hitch emergency.
5.9: Approve continuation of proclamation of the existence of a local emergency due to pervasive tree mortality.
5.10: Approve continuation of an emergency declaration for drought conditions.
5.11: Approve continuation of proclamation of the existence of a local emergency due to low elevation snow and extreme cold.
5.12: Approve the continuation of the proclamation declaring a shelter crisis emergency due to the current need for sheltering for those experiencing homelessness during the weather and temperature patterns that the county of Lake has been experiencing.
5.13: Approve Board of Supervisors Meeting minutes from Aug. 22, Sept. 26 and Oct. 3, 2023.
5.14: Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2023-117 and the position allocation chart for fiscal year 2023-2024 establishing position allocation for fiscal year 2023-2024, Budget Unit 2201, Sheriff-Coroner and Budget Unit 2301, Sheriff-Jail Facilities and approving compensation adjustments for classifications in the deputy sheriff class series, public safety dispatcher class series and deputy sheriff-corrections class series.
5.15: Waive the formal bidding requirement and authorize the IT director to issue purchase order for three servers to Dell Marketing L.P.
5.16: Approve the agreement between the county of Lake and GSM Landscape Architects Inc. for professional design services for the Hammond Park Improvements Project, and authorize the chair to sign the agreement.
5.17: (a) Waive the formal bidding process, per Purchasing Code 38.1, as this is an annual contract for services that have not increased more than the consumer price index; and (b) approve agreement between the county of Lake and IC Solutions LLC for fiscal year 2023/24 with no change from the original contract and authorize the chairman to sign.
5.18: Approve Amendment between the county of Lake and Keefe Group for fiscal year 2023/24 with no change from the original and authorize the chairperson to sign.
5.19: Approve contract between county of Lake and Redwood Toxicology Laboratory Inc. for drug and alcohol testing, in the amount of $30,000 per fiscal year from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026, and authorize the chair to sign.
TIMED ITEMS
6.2, 9:07 a.m.: Pet of the Week.
6.3, 9:10 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation recognizing the month of October as Head Start Awareness Month in Lake County.
6.4, 9:15 a.m.: Administer ceremonial oath of office to Chief Public Defender Raymond Buenaventura.
6.5, 10:15 a.m.: Presentation of the Clear Lake Integrated Preparedness and Resilience Plan for Dreissenid Mussel Management: A Rapid Response and Transition to Containment Plan.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of the following advisory board appointment: Food Policy Council.
CONSENT AGENDA
8.1: Public employee evaluation: County Counsel Lloyd Guintivano.
8.2: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9 (d)(1) – FERC Project No. 77, Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project.
8.3: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(1) - Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. County of Lake, et al.
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