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Ready? All right. Good morning, everybody. I'd like to welcome you to a regular meeting of the

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Medira County Board of Supervisors. Today is Tuesday, July 13, 2021.

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Are there any additions to the agenda?

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Yes, chair. There was there is one addition for the board to consider adding to your agenda that

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was brought to our attention. Unfortunately after the agenda was posted and that's relating to the river fire, the declaration of proclaiming the existence of a local emergency was declared yesterday July 12, 2020.

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2020, excuse me, 2021 by your director of emergency services and share of Tyson Pogue.

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There's a request to add a resolution of the Board of Supervisors in Madera County,

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ratifying and extending the local declaration of emergency for the river fire and

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under government code section

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8630, the Board will continue to declare the emergency and

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can tell terminated to add this to the agenda. It requires a two-thirds vote and an additional

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vote to approve the resolution and I'm not exactly certain whether some from the sheriff's office

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will be here but I would imagine that they may be tied up and if not I'm happy to present it further

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and there's a copy of the Declaration of Emergency and the Resolution for the Board and any members of

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public that would like to review it. Thank you.

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I knew that would you play that emergency and add it to our

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agenda. I think we moved to add it to the agenda finding that it

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arose after the posting of the agenda.

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Okay. Right. Motion. Second, are there any members of the

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public who wish to comment on this addition to the agenda?

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If not, we'll take a roll call vote.

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Supervisor Frazier. Supervisor Wheeler. Yes. Supervisor Gonzalez. Yes, Super Chairman Poitress. Yes,

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so it's added to the agenda and what I guess the next item would be where are we going to add it to the agenda and that would be probably at the end of the discussion items.

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That's, that's, I defer to your, why is, uh, I've been a management, because I do this all the time.

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Yes.

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Let's make it six.

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Oh, pardon me.

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Go ahead.

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All right.

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That was going to say, let's make it part of the 10 o'clock agenda.

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And most like somebody from the sheriff's office will arrive.

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Six ideas.

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There's a, uh, changing command meeting at the Miracles Fairgrounds this morning at ADM.

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So, some of the Command staff may be there,

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I'm sure the sheriff's office will have someone here at 10 o'clock.

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Okay? Very good.

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We'll move on to the closed session items and council.

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Will you read the items into the record?

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Yes, Chairman, thank you.

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Under government code session 54957.6.

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You have conference with your labor negotiators.

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Your designated representatives are director Gomez

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and Miss Carter.

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The employer organization are all units.

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Under government code section five four nine five six point nine subsection D one. There's existing litigation and that's county of Menderer versus a Marisaurusburg and drug corporation at all. The eastern district case number is listed on the agenda under government code section five four nine five six point nine.

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There's a decision whether to initiate litigation, and that's one case, and your last few items are under government code section 5407.

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You have public employee performance evaluation of your water and natural resources director and your chief clerk of the board.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Are there any members of the public who wish to comment on these closed session items?

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Let me see.

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Theo Varney is this from prior.

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Okay. Okay. Okay. Seeing none, we will recess in the closed session.

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We want to do that. We're ready.

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Thanks, sir.

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Thanks, Ron.

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Good morning, everybody. I'd like to welcome you to a regular meeting of the

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Board of Supervisors today is Tuesday, July 13th, 2021. Council, is there anything to report out of closed session?

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Chairman, there's no report of election from your closed session.

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Very good, and then we have not completed closed session. We'll be heading back after the conclusion of the regular session.

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Or is there any one that one of my colleagues would like to remember as far as opening a close in the meeting, a member of the advisor?

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Yes, I got to.

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I don't know how many of you have been up to the Jones' store, restaurant up at Bay Soar.

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And the burn black, the family owned it, and I think he was 99 years old.

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He was a World War II veteran.

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He used to really love to talk about that time.

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I think he was a pilot, and he always given stories about World War II.

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But then he passed away last weekend.

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And he was working last, not last time, because it was closed.

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But the summer before he was still working up there,

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these years, 97 minutes. We also did a really great young man. You've been Hammond Hammond.

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As we got hit by your skateboard and down school road.

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But then that new gosh town connection.

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And on the far, when you took off the black dark colored SUV.

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maybe a tyrant or a runner or a deep Cherokee, so if you see a line of the Vulcan window

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and crash on the front of it, he's the one that took off and wasted a young man's life.

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He was always in the Golden Train Theater, as a actor, a singer, he played guitar.

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But this is really good young man, life will.

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Really on our evening, Bernie.

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Thank you.

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All right.

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Very good.

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Thank you, supervisor.

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Is there anybody else?

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I have one.

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Charlotte Leeson.

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Long time a day of resident.

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We've to church all early.

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She taught for a year.

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Can a garden.

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But she was just involved in absolutely everything.

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American Cancer Society, Historical Society, Campfire, I mean, you saw her everywhere.

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And so she was late to rest yesterday, but just a wonderful woman and she'll be missed.

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And so just wanted to open and close and her memory.

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She was 99 also.

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99 and a half, that's the only one, very good, thank you, is there anybody else?

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We will now move to the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, leading us in invocation

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is Pastor Mike Farmer, the 4th Street Church of God, and Bobby McColley will be leading us

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in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Please join me in prayer.

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Father, once again, we're grateful to be at this place, this place that you have created

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that you've given to us to live in, and fathers, we gather, we remember the families of those

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mentioned, we pray for them, ask that you be with them, comfort them, give them what they need

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in this moment. Or as we look forward to this day, the business of this day to ask that you grant

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these men and women, the wisdom, the guidance direction they need, is they conduct the business of

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of Madera County. So be with them, bless them. And as always, Lord, guide and direct their

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steps and may your name be honored and glorify. Amen.

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Thank you. Next, we have public comment. And just as a reminder, the first 15 minutes

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of each regular session are set aside for members of the public to address the board any matter

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under the jurisdiction of the board, but not appearing on the agenda.

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The board will not take action on any items presented under public comment.

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Speakers are in limited to three minutes, and anyone addressing the board is asked for

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their name clearly on the speaker sheet at the podium, and state their name and county

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of residence for the record.

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Are there any members of the public wishing to make a comment?

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Very good.

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We will now move on to the consent calendar, and are there any items that one of my colleagues

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would like to have pull for further discussion or elaboration about GK in through W,

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in through W, okay, GK and in through W, okay? Very good. Any other items?

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Very good.

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Let's move on to item G.

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Oh, but that's straightened out. That was I just wanted to know how many how they got so many homes under weeps and act property

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Okay, but not actually told you. Okay, so I was one of those who had you got straightened out. He got me the map and told me that

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But they are out of it. Thank you. Okay, and then I just so everybody knows that they were doing a lot of land adjustment, you know

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We have to knock off, but he's at a whole bunch of houses up there, central camps, so they're

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not in the woods.

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They're very clear.

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They're very good.

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And then we have item K, K,

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you see what I wrote down here.

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Oh, I see.

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It says, and I remember three in the back of it that says, the use of disposable phones, they

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draw down at their discretion when they do it. I think that they before they draw down we should have

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the bill and I'd really like to see what they are charging the lawyers fee and the different

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costs that they said they're going to charge us to look at that and stuff. So let's see if I

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Whether this does, they will be able to draw down on those deposit funds, the next, I think

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the next section there, requires them to provide a full accounting of all the staff

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costs.

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It says full accounting.

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There's that before they go the money out, they give it to you, and you guys approve

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it to say they want $5,000 or what do they charge in?

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I mean, how do we oversee that?

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Yeah, the only way we really can monitor that is we will be involved with any of

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coordination and tracking the hours of time that they're involved with with any input or feedback.

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We can certainly talk about how we can get that information up front.

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I will say that I went back at Fourth Home quite a bit on this agreement and trying to get

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language change and it was pretty tough, our county council as well.

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We got the deposit down from

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20,000 to 15,000, that was about the best I could do.

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Well, as on my net, I just, this professional staff,

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I just like to know what they're going to charge us.

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They're going to charge us $500 an hour.

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Charge us $500 an hour for the lawyers.

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I just think the public should know what they're going to charge us.

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You know, most of any other contract we got is both down.

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What, you know, even the secretaries, they've got that in you.

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$500 an hour.

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I can I could try to see if we can get some sort of a rate sheet from them on that stuff, I'm not sure if they're fully have that available, but I can certainly ask for that.

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Okay.

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And Mr. Chairman, if I may, Matt Treberchee of Development Services, I would just and maybe but for the public as well to be obviously obvious on this is the 41 expressway project does crossover and there is this necessity which MID owns controls Bureau of Reclamation holds it in the fee for the benefit of MID and so this is a mandate and a requirement for us to get that project to

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to coordinate there before we will obviously and we'll obviously be tracking that and those

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expenditures and again this is a Mr. Carter spelled out they have to provide that back up to us

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no sugar covered understood very good and now I

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I just, I wanted to, you know, here we're doing a whole bunch of these special districts, and rather than ask on each one of them, I just thought maybe they could give us a rundown of what's happening with all these specialties.

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Sure. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and supervisor Wheeler.

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I appreciate that opportunity, and I will have Andrea Saludati, our deputy director of public works.

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talk on those specifics. I would just tell you that these are a number of some our cash flow

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loans, some are simply identifying and receiving increased revenue into the district such

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as the gold side. We had on it just a bit of revenue and so looking at it in the auditor and

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the financial aspects, but this is something we are tracking. We do take serious a number of these

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districts are already at their fifth year as a part of that rate study and we've

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been talking several times on those and so they will be going through a rate

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study and process and those that aren't right that are in your three that now

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have a cash flow loan before this will absolutely be looking into that and

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whether now is the time to start looking at a rate study to bring those rates

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back into the billing right PG&E increases continue to skyrocket that is not going to change

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any time in the near future. And so we are tracking these things and working on this aspect.

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Again, these aren't loans out of the general funds, so the general fund, the taxpayer dollars

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aren't going towards these aspects correct. So I don't know Andrew if you had anything specific

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work. But I just want to make sure that we start really watching these and start

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in our study, so have these two 18 votes.

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That's really got you caught up once.

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Yes, and so we are going to be going through

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another rate city process with all of the districts again,

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like Matt said, a lot of the districts are in your five,

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or they have never had a rate study.

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And so they are in this collective group of districts

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that will be going through a rate study

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in this fiscal year.

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I will say the ones that are needing cash flow loans,

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they are very, very small districts.

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And so 16 rate pairs within a district, if two or three do not pay, you're out of severe

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disadvantage.

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So these very small districts, although they do have rate increases, you try to keep

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up.

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Again, if you have just a handful of folks not pay, then essentially you're in the situation.

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And when we do that study like that, can we know we've done it laughable to try to get

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some of these to join together, but pay and you're a human money guru.

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But pay some of these small districts like that one, said 17, there's some of this 20,

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some got 30.

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Even if they're different parts of the county, they'd be beneficial for them to join

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together and be one industry, even if they're scattered around that side by side or close to each other.

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Absolutely, a supervisor and that is something that actually we've been talking a lot internally

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with an effort to see about where consolidation. In fact, we have a project and a program with

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state funding to look at that specific thing on on a several of these three small in that

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instance, this advantage communities to see about trying to consolidate not only the financial

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aspects, but also the infrastructure because the secret would be beneficial to them in the

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economy of scale to show that they will save money. Absolutely. No, that's what happens.

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on this and we get to it three people don't pay five years

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saved before they can get lean on them, except for district.

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Or should I, I'd like to look at that very,

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mostly really, really,

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very good.

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Thank you, or are there any other items on the consent calendar

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that need further discussion, if not outs,

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oh yeah, that's any members of the public.

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if you have any comments or any questions.

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Seeing none, we'll bring it through.

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We'll have a motion in a second to prove the consent calendar.

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We'll all vote please.

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Supervisor Fraser.

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Yes.

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Supervisor Gonzalez.

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Yes.

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Supervisor Wheeler.

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Yes.

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Chairman Poetris.

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Yes.

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So passes 40.

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Thank you.

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Moving on to discussion item.

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Decide in 6A.

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This is a presentation of our population recognizing Judy Shobot for years.

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of dedication and commitment to the Middora High School's rural softball team.

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Supervisor.

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Thank you, Chairman.

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Thank you.

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And I'd like to see Coach Shaw back here.

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And we're a little bit behind because she's already at 1,3,1 victories.

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It just keeps going up and up.

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But, you know, going through a high school and seeing coach out there and a lot of my friends played for

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her program just absolutely loved her and just what she's done for the community through

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through softball and teaching life skills through it and victories that come with it.

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I remember as a mayor, I got to throughout the pitch at a softball game

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I congratulate her on her 500th victory, and that was just in 2012, so in nine years we've

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racked up another 500 victories, so at this pace, because it's going up exponentially as you

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see her victory, so at the end of my next term, when we presented her with, I think maybe 2000

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victory, but I know a lot of a lot of people that work right here in the county have been taught

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coached by her, people within the community and her impact on our community is immeasurable

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and just wanted to congratulate her on her 1,000th victory and we have a proclamation as well as

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a plaque for all of her efforts and just like to have her come up we can get a picture.

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Also as significant she's a proud resident of the Howard district.

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Yes.

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So when I threw out the pitch, my shoulder was bad then and it's bad again right now.

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But I was so worried that I wasn't going to get it across the plate.

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But I think I did some more damage to it, trying to get it.

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And I got it across the plate.

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It wasn't a strike, but I got it there.

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I think it's much to say to people.

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It's much to say to people.

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I just like to thank the Board of Supervisors and everyone for this recognition.

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And I don't have a job.

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I love what I do.

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It's a passion.

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And I have great kids, matter of fact,

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one of my former player's moms in the audience.

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And so I love what I do.

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I wish I could keep doing it forever.

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But a thousand games is a lot of games.

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But thanks again, I love my community and I love these kids.

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And it's really not a job.

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It's a pleasure to raise great kids.

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And that's all that saying is I've had a lot of great families

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in the community of Madera, and a lot of great kids. So thank you again.

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Let's move on to the presentation of a proclamation proclaiming July 18th to 24th as

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Some right-hand people actually is holding a apartment there right there you go morning, Mr. Chairman, members of the Board, Chris Chilters, Chief Probation Officer, I appreciate the chance and opportunity to do a presentation short one,

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the expense of the, you know, more important things going on, but there is a few things I would like to announce.

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And this year's probation services week is taking place July 18th through the 24th, so starting next week will be celebrating the entire week.

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Every year we make an extra effort to acknowledge the compassion and the strength and determination of the mid and women of our probation department.

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And the outstanding work they do to serve the county of Medea and the residents of those members of the community.

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Probation profession often oftentimes challenges us to engage our local communities using a balanced approach to public safety.

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That being given opportunity to those under community supervision, but at the same time offering the same accountability that we use as an alternative to sentencing to

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So the accountability and opportunity, those of my famous words for our new slogan for probation, so it's a balance, it's a well-rounded balance, and it provides public safety in the long term.

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They're a county in particular during COVID.

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Probation staff found new ways to deliver vital services to get their work done keeping the community and each other safe from the coronavirus.

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You know the tension staff never took a day off. They tell a work. They didn't tell a work. They didn't

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You know any of the administrative leave. They were on duty the whole time 24-7-7 days a week.

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They had to fill voice that weren't expected of them. They had to act as teachers. They had to act as counselors.

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They had to be the activities that were

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pro-social such as gardening, art, freedom art, and

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celebrating special occasions as they came

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But in closing, these officers and sports staff are dedicated to serving communities and

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helping persons in the cycle of crying both in the juvenile criminal justice system and

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the adult criminal justice system.

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The progress and success of probation, California, is based on commitment to providing

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continue quality for community supervision.

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And in closing, the last thing I'd like to say is during probation services week is

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important to recognize probation officers and the staff that their dedication

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commitment to the profession is of the utmost and important seat community seat. And with me, I have

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probation officer or chief deputy deputy chief probation officer, Stephanie Stokele,

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deputy chief Paul the earnin deputy chief Santa Mendez and deputy chief Jose Pentohoff.

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So that's pretty much the whole division. Very good. Well, thank you. Outstanding or there

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comments for whom I call these?

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You're a great job.

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Right, absolutely.

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I get a chance to spend a little bit of time in the hall.

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And I can attest to your comments in regards to the juvenile detention staff.

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They really do a nice job building relationships with the kids.

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I mean, they're just not there to make sure they're in and out of their rooms.

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I mean, that's one of the things.

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But it's, you know, I can see there's that mentorship

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that's taking place as well.

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So that's really, really important.

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So great job.

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So with that, were you all working here

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when Rob was doing his time in the past?

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Yeah.

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Yeah, maybe I could have worded that differently.

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Yeah.

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Chairman Poach is on the work for Lil' Program.

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Yeah.

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I don't see pieces.

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Yeah, I want to success stories, I guess, you made it, there you go, so with that, guess what?

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We've got a proclamation, so let's go ahead and gather here and...

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Okay, we are going to take a moment to reactivate public comment, and we have Mr. Treber here, who will

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Absolutely.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I apologize I was on me for Mr. Frick opportunity.

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I did want to provide the board and also the public, the notification that under

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our current county ordinance, I as responsible for the public works department do have the

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authority to enact water conservation measures within the county maintained public water

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systems. And we intend to do that today and go to a Stage 2 water conservation notice.

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That is the first set at a minimum in our districts to a Stage 2 that does allow outdoor

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watering twice a week morning and evening. So it is not it's the first step in that. We

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felt it appropriate and a necessity at this point based on the drought and the actions of the

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state and of this award as well in acting and proclaiming drought protections there.

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So we will be moving all of our public water systems to a minimum of a stage to water conservation method.

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Again, that's two day a week watering mornings and evenings.

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So why don't you inform the board and the public of that before we enact?

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Thank you.

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To that point, so after, as I knew the next drought is always right around the corner,

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After the last time we had gone on stage two, I've continued to have my landscaping on two days a week and then some hand watering here and there, but there is you can still have a nice yard with putting in those watering measures and I have an app that

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yard still looks relatively good. Maybe my neighbors would say something different, but

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this is what I think it's important for even when we lift these for finding ways to

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continue that water saving even after the fact. So I just want to put that in.

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And just to be clear, right, we do have districts right now that are on stage three and 3.5

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watering restrictions. So this is moving as again, everybody to a minimum of a stage two

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conservation measure. And we continue to track all of those water systems every day, every

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hour and work through those things. So I wanted to be a front for the public and the board

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as well to let you know that, but we will be enacting that today.

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Yes, sir.

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Matt, is that mountains, too?

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Yes, every public water source in the county maintains the managers.

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if you get to 15 to put out a notice of that.

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Absolutely, I could get it now, but it all will go.

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Very good.

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Are there any comments from the members of the public?

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Hearing none, thank you very much.

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It is 1031 and that means it's time for our GSA report.

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This is a presentation update on the Mid-Arcanic

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groundwater sustainability agency.

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Stephanie.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the board.

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This is your update on GSA activities.

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Let me just,

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okay, here we go.

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So I wanted to update you on our outreach.

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That includes some interbasin work,

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a drought working group, which has recently been formed

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with internal and external partners, water market simulation,

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and our rate study.

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So, as you know, your board took a groundbreaking step and developed and adopted an allocation

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in early June, we're developing some outreach materials to send out.

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You'll see a screenshot of them there.

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We also had an additional public workshop June 16th.

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We did the hybrid format we've been doing with Farm Bureau being the in-person location.

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Thank you to Farm Bureau.

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as well as doing it on Zoom.

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We had about 100 people on Zoom and 20 people at the Farm Bureau.

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We talked to Zoom.

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Yeah, it was really good turnout.

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We talked about recharge,

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our strategic agricultural land conservation,

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as well as the allocation and domestic wealth.

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So big workshop of very well attended June 16th.

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We have had an interbasin coordination meeting.

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You'll see those four sub basins listed there

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of the slide, including Medera, Chauchilla, Merced,

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and the Delta Mendoza.

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So very large coordination meetings,

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these are held on WebEx with some people,

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deemed speakers and some people, as listeners,

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the focus is on subsidence, which is a concern,

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primarily driven by the Delta Mendoza,

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from impact on their facilities, particularly sect down.

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We have formed a drought working group.

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it's a combination of internal and external partners. It met a couple of

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Fridays ago and we're going to meet this Friday again. We can loop in

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whoever would like to be involved, but the idea is to use this group for

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communication and coordination so that we all know what each other is doing.

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Linked to that, the partnership for the Samwalking Valley, which is a group of

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county's has supervisor, pooch grists is representing our county on that, there is a water

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working group that is attempting to coordinate valley-wide messaging about drought mainly so that

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people are really clear where they can go in order to receive help if they have issues with domestic

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wells. We are hosting another hybrid workshop July 20th, where self-help is going through

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you the drought programs that they have for domestic wells, I'm sure I've mentioned this before,

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but self-help is being funded directly from the state board so rather than funds going through

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county or other local sources they're going through self-help. So this is intended for us to use

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and there are funds for emergency supplies of water including bottled water tanks and help with wells.

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There is also funds for water quality tests and additional supplies if you need it.

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I wanted to bring some water market simulation feedback to you.

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So these are based on the last round of the water market.

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You can see a fair amount of enthusiasm.

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I believe the market offers the best method to allocate a scarce resource such as groundwater,

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which is why it's used to buy and sell.

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It is absolutely necessary this simulation is providing a glimpse into the future and allows me to think about what I need to do to survive.

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So that's the second person, third person, great game, especially if it's both sides that are learning, which is true.

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We are learning as well.

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Learning, they're having to change it be more flexible than that.

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I've learned from experience never to trust government.

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I hope you can prove me wrong.

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We do our best, but it is what it is.

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I'm learning a lot from the pilot process and would very much like to see it implemented during

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the coming years in Sigma and then someone who wants two different simulations where they can

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try out different strategies. So this is all funded through a grant from the Bureau of Reclamation.

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So you can see this is people are finding this to be pretty useful to simulate a water market,

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particularly multiple years with scarce or scarce or supply.

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And I know that you are anxious for an update on the rate study.

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We have finished the engineering portions that need to go into it.

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Recharge programs that need to be funded over five years, land repurposing, and domestic

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well mitigation graph tell us the consultant will be able to provide an update to you with

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key input at policy level choices in August.

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And I think that is, if I can, oops, one more slide.

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I know there are some big-ling issues on the allocation, including what the opt-in process looks like.

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We need a revised resolution for the allocation approach that updates exhibit A based on the 2020 ETA review.

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So these are things that we are working on and we'll come back to you and great consultant will be an office.

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I would be glad to answer any questions you have.

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Very good.

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Are there any questions of Stephanie?

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Seeing your questions.

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Are there any members of the public who have any comments or questions?

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What are you doing pretty good job?

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Questions are okay.

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Very good.

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All right. Well, thank you very much.

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Thank you for moving on to item 6C. This is an update on the Creek Fire Recovery process.

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Dexter.

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Good morning, Chairman. Members of the board. Dexter Martin and Romana Health.

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Before I begin, I just wanted to send our thoughts and prayers to all those people and fire

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fires dealing with the river fire right now.

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I will be given a brief update on the Creek Fire Recovery

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process. I'll be giving some timelines and the process that we went through to help and assist

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00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:45,100
the property owners to get the green fire recovery.

454
00:41:19,550 --> 00:41:22,970
Great. Thank you. So the timeline is,

455
00:41:23,050 --> 00:41:33,330
so the creek fire started in September 2020 and the fire burned 379,895 acres and was declared

456
00:41:33,330 --> 00:41:41,010
hundred percent contained on December 24th, 2020. It was estimated costs was over $193 million.

457
00:41:42,030 --> 00:41:50,670
Total building and structures that were storied between Fresno, Medira County was around 856.

458
00:41:51,990 --> 00:41:53,270
And there was no death reported.

459
00:41:55,900 --> 00:41:58,640
On September 7, the governor knew some the issue to

460
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:05,380
emergency, Madera and Mariposa County and then on September 30, the County Public Health

461
00:42:05,380 --> 00:42:10,860
Officer declared a local health emergency due to hazardous material debris waste caused

462
00:42:10,860 --> 00:42:17,480
by the fire and then on October 9, the county office emergency services, the sheriff's office

463
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:24,220
requested for state and federal assistance to help in the recovery cleanup efforts and then on

464
00:42:24,220 --> 00:42:30,200
October 16, the county medera was granted state and federal assistance through FEMA.

465
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:37,020
So under the declaration, the county was eligible for phase one, which is the hazardous

466
00:42:37,020 --> 00:42:41,840
material cleanup phase and phase two, which is the ash and debris cleanup.

467
00:42:43,460 --> 00:42:49,700
And with this declaration, it entitled all these private property owners for state assistance

468
00:42:49,700 --> 00:42:52,880
and the cleanup will be at no cost to the property owners.

469
00:42:56,920 --> 00:43:11,320
And then in mid-October, in Vara Health, with the assistance of the Sheriff's Office, Cal Fire, and the Derek County Code enforcement, we initiated the preliminary side assessments of all effective properties.

470
00:43:12,620 --> 00:43:22,060
So with the team of us, we actually went through all of the areas within the Creek Fire, and we assessed property damage.

471
00:43:22,060 --> 00:43:28,120
When we did the site assessment, we came up with nine affected areas.

472
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:30,880
So we narrowed down to nine areas within the county.

473
00:43:31,500 --> 00:43:34,840
Arnold Meadows, Grizzly Meadows, Wagner's property,

474
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:39,040
Mammothpool, Apple Ranch, Mammoth Powerhouse,

475
00:43:39,620 --> 00:43:44,860
Cascadell with a Kingman flat and Northford Creek's per area.

476
00:43:45,620 --> 00:43:49,840
So out of those nine areas, we determined there was 42 properties

477
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:53,180
that were affected by the fire.

478
00:43:54,980 --> 00:43:57,340
Because we declared a local emergency,

479
00:43:58,500 --> 00:44:01,560
under phase one of the state cleanup,

480
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:05,960
all the properties were included in the cleanup

481
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:07,280
of the hazardous material,

482
00:44:09,140 --> 00:44:11,920
which included propane tanks, compressed gas

483
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,320
on their solvents, chemicals and paints,

484
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:18,060
and they did pre-liminary soil samples

485
00:44:18,060 --> 00:44:19,560
of his best to some of his properties.

486
00:44:22,270 --> 00:44:26,390
So this is a picture of a property and this is a beginning

487
00:44:26,390 --> 00:44:33,330
of phase one cleanup. So as you can see there's 55 gallons of drums, propane cylinders and things

488
00:44:33,330 --> 00:44:40,070
like that, that will be cleaned up under phase one. Here's another picture that shows household

489
00:44:40,070 --> 00:44:44,790
chemicals and paints and things like that that were in the shed on a property.

490
00:44:48,010 --> 00:44:48,850
So under phase one

491
00:44:48,850 --> 00:44:53,630
Everybody was a lot of that process to do a cleanup.

492
00:44:53,850 --> 00:44:56,250
So once it was cleaned up of hazardous material,

493
00:44:56,930 --> 00:44:59,890
each property was posted assigned.

494
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:09,940
That says this property household has its ways when we're well has been completed and it has a completed sign that was given by FEMA.

495
00:45:11,260 --> 00:45:25,980
So once this process is done, then phase two comes on. So phase two was pretty lengthy process where we had to work with all the entrepreneurs to get them to sign right up entry forms before phase two can start.

496
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:33,760
So we started that process in December, you know, I'm sorry, we started that process in February

497
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:37,760
and we ended it in June of collecting signatures from all the property owners.

498
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:46,620
One, the phase two, they did a side assessment, they did debris removal, they did sampling,

499
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:51,400
and then they did a final inspection, that was all included under phase two.

500
00:45:53,190 --> 00:45:55,230
And here's some pictures of phase two.

501
00:45:55,230 --> 00:45:57,550
So this is a property that all the hazardous material

502
00:45:57,550 --> 00:45:59,490
has already been cleaned up.

503
00:46:02,180 --> 00:46:04,620
And this is a process as they're starting to clean up.

504
00:46:04,620 --> 00:46:08,580
And if there were trees in the way of the removal process,

505
00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:10,900
they would take out the trees as well.

506
00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:18,120
And this is a property, as our front again,

507
00:46:18,260 --> 00:46:22,180
all the material, ash and debris,

508
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:24,880
and they actually will remove the foundation as well.

509
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:26,480
And you can see the slide on the right

510
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:29,980
is the actual completion of the cleanup

511
00:46:29,980 --> 00:46:31,280
in the beginning to be empty.

512
00:46:33,300 --> 00:46:41,100
And if our property has step-to-step system that could be identified, the state would put a cap on it and they would market for the property owners.

513
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:58,760
So under the phase two, once the cleanup is completely done, calorie cycle and calorias, they would issue a cleanup waiver that indicates this property is completed and that property owner can now go get a building permit to start the rebuilding process.

514
00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:03,660
So their property is actually received a clean bill of health to the start rebuilding.

515
00:47:07,090 --> 00:47:18,690
So as of June 11th, the Derek County for me landfill received 1,315 tons of ash and debris from the material are in the face too.

516
00:47:19,270 --> 00:47:29,270
And then as of July 8th, just last week, I mean, our department, the Rama Health, we see three two final sign-offs of forms for the property owners.

517
00:47:29,270 --> 00:47:39,390
So now those property owners can start rebuilding. So out of the 42 that we started with, we have 32 that are finally completed where they can start with building.

518
00:47:40,990 --> 00:47:48,270
Before I conclude, I really want to thank a couple of agencies that helped us out along the way and

519
00:47:49,730 --> 00:47:55,230
of always offered the help and every time because we were on a lot of deadlines with the

520
00:47:55,230 --> 00:47:55,470
state.

521
00:47:55,750 --> 00:48:00,750
There's some of it paperwork and we were always on timeline and every time I reached out

522
00:48:00,750 --> 00:48:03,490
to other departments, there were books always willing to help.

523
00:48:03,730 --> 00:48:09,390
So I want to really thank the County Administration, Sheriff's Office, County Council, Public

524
00:48:09,390 --> 00:48:16,730
Health, IT, the Pit Team, Supervisor Wheeler and his Chief of Staff, Chief for Development

525
00:48:16,730 --> 00:48:21,910
services, public works, planning, and of course my Department of Environmental Health.

526
00:48:21,930 --> 00:48:23,150
I'm available for any questions.

527
00:48:23,510 --> 00:48:24,610
Pretty much the whole county.

528
00:48:25,470 --> 00:48:25,650
Yeah.

529
00:48:26,510 --> 00:48:27,650
It was a group effort.

530
00:48:27,790 --> 00:48:28,450
Group effort.

531
00:48:28,490 --> 00:48:29,090
Very good.

532
00:48:29,090 --> 00:48:30,010
Supervisor Wheeler.

533
00:48:30,810 --> 00:48:32,230
Those last 10.

534
00:48:33,150 --> 00:48:37,350
They've been done, or they opt out, or they just not quite finish yet.

535
00:48:37,550 --> 00:48:41,410
Well, out of the 10, there's probably eight of them that were on state federal lands that

536
00:48:41,410 --> 00:48:43,190
were included, under phase two.

537
00:48:43,190 --> 00:48:47,390
And they were included under phase one for the hazardous material removal, but the phase

538
00:48:47,390 --> 00:48:48,310
two of the work.

539
00:48:48,810 --> 00:48:49,250
Oh, okay.

540
00:48:49,770 --> 00:48:53,330
But most of the ones that were private property owners were taken care of.

541
00:48:55,370 --> 00:48:58,370
Want to know if there's any hiccups that we can help with, so.

542
00:48:59,390 --> 00:48:59,770
Very good.

543
00:48:59,830 --> 00:49:01,070
Are there any other comments?

544
00:49:01,210 --> 00:49:01,690
Questions?

545
00:49:02,130 --> 00:49:07,990
I think for me, one of the most significant things was what you said early on, no deaths

546
00:49:07,990 --> 00:49:08,530
recorded.

547
00:49:09,010 --> 00:49:09,250
Yeah.

548
00:49:09,250 --> 00:49:10,850
And I think that's really important.

549
00:49:11,250 --> 00:49:11,790
That's unbelievable.

550
00:49:11,790 --> 00:49:19,790
really that by was right. Exactly. Just the emergency response that you know that took place was outstanding.

551
00:49:20,490 --> 00:49:25,750
So thank you so much. I just wish that this wasn't happening during the river fire right now.

552
00:49:28,210 --> 00:49:30,850
All right. But to do this again.

553
00:49:32,350 --> 00:49:36,450
Right. I hope that you could have that zero deaths. Exactly. Absolutely.

554
00:49:36,450 --> 00:49:43,450
Are there any members of the public who have a comment or like to add something so well, thank you very much, Dexter.

555
00:49:43,950 --> 00:49:44,610
Great job.

556
00:49:45,270 --> 00:49:46,050
Thank you very much.

557
00:49:46,530 --> 00:49:48,330
You really went over and above.

558
00:49:48,590 --> 00:49:49,290
Thank you.

559
00:49:49,290 --> 00:49:49,710
Thank you.

560
00:49:50,070 --> 00:49:50,450
Appreciate it.

561
00:49:51,830 --> 00:49:52,210
Sixty.

562
00:49:52,370 --> 00:49:55,790
This is a discussion and consideration of approval of men.

563
00:49:56,290 --> 00:50:00,430
The position allocation and community economic development building division.

564
00:50:00,650 --> 00:50:01,690
Mr. Treber.

565
00:50:02,510 --> 00:50:05,430
Thank you Mr. Chairman, Matt Treber, Chief of Development Services.

566
00:50:05,430 --> 00:50:08,950
as with me is our deputy director of building

567
00:50:08,950 --> 00:50:11,430
in fire safety, Deborah Moller.

568
00:50:12,030 --> 00:50:15,890
So this item was and is incorporated

569
00:50:15,890 --> 00:50:19,850
into the community economic development budget

570
00:50:19,850 --> 00:50:22,230
that was adopted in June.

571
00:50:23,050 --> 00:50:27,270
In fact, what devs and what we worked on

572
00:50:27,270 --> 00:50:30,990
was not additional numbers of staffing,

573
00:50:30,990 --> 00:50:39,970
but simply we had a senior or supervising plan checker that retired after 30 plus years of service

574
00:50:39,970 --> 00:50:45,830
with the county and we're simply looking at that position and converting it and hopefully with

575
00:50:45,830 --> 00:50:53,530
your board support going before civil service and creating a position within Deborah shop that would

576
00:50:53,530 --> 00:51:00,350
receive, you know, the permitting, the front counter staff and our plan checks staff, as well

577
00:51:00,350 --> 00:51:06,170
as as plug in with our inspection. As we've talked about, we have seen a enormous increase

578
00:51:06,170 --> 00:51:12,250
and influx in permitting and permit activity throughout the county. We are still running very

579
00:51:12,250 --> 00:51:19,790
lean with Deb's shop. You will be the first to tell you that. We have almost 600 just single family

580
00:51:19,790 --> 00:51:24,690
I've been applying for since January of this year.

581
00:51:25,510 --> 00:51:30,390
600, yes. Again, our previous high staffing count,

582
00:51:30,790 --> 00:51:33,870
we had under 100 permits for the entire year,

583
00:51:34,310 --> 00:51:40,190
which we are still not staffed at that level that was at our peak in that 2008 timeframe.

584
00:51:41,070 --> 00:51:46,150
So this, again, the revenue that is generated from those permits,

585
00:51:46,150 --> 00:51:54,250
completely offsets the cost and I will tell you and, you know, Deb will, there's always in my ear about that.

586
00:51:54,810 --> 00:52:00,350
Her shop runs a surplus and has repeatedly year over year.

587
00:52:01,170 --> 00:52:11,750
So there is no county cost dollars that are identified as a part of this or do we anticipate as a part of this action because of those revenues that are coming in.

588
00:52:11,750 --> 00:52:24,410
This is obviously a needed position and something that we have been working with, and so I will stop speaking and see if Deb has anything otherwise, we're available for any questions.

589
00:52:25,950 --> 00:52:29,110
Very good, are there any comments to revise our concerns?

590
00:52:29,810 --> 00:52:35,190
Thank you. How many people in this division will you have total then?

591
00:52:37,110 --> 00:52:45,290
So with the addition of this, Deb, I believe that brings your funding and your budget

592
00:52:45,290 --> 00:52:54,290
funded level to 21 positions once, they're fully placed, which we still have a number of vacancies.

593
00:52:54,810 --> 00:52:59,070
We are working on recruiting those individuals as well.

594
00:52:59,090 --> 00:53:06,750
So we have recruitment for permit text and fine checkers, and we have open recruitment

595
00:53:06,750 --> 00:53:11,570
for building inspectors as well. And that was all included in the original in the budget that we just

596
00:53:11,570 --> 00:53:16,750
correct. This is not a change. You're an amendment to the budget. This is just working towards that first

597
00:53:16,750 --> 00:53:22,830
step of trying to implement that and put that in place. Okay. Thank you. We're getting any other comments.

598
00:53:23,970 --> 00:53:31,090
Any members of the public? Have a comment. Move to approve. Second. We have a motion in a second. Role

599
00:53:31,090 --> 00:53:33,090
all vote please.

600
00:53:33,490 --> 00:53:34,590
Supervisor Wheeler.

601
00:53:35,250 --> 00:53:36,130
Supervisor Fraser.

602
00:53:36,170 --> 00:53:36,450
Yes.

603
00:53:36,670 --> 00:53:37,470
Supervisor Gonzalez.

604
00:53:37,470 --> 00:53:38,050
Yes.

605
00:53:38,250 --> 00:53:39,230
Chairman Poetris.

606
00:53:39,270 --> 00:53:39,630
Yes.

607
00:53:39,710 --> 00:53:40,370
Vote passes.

608
00:53:40,630 --> 00:53:41,250
For zero.

609
00:53:41,650 --> 00:53:42,050
Very good.

610
00:53:42,130 --> 00:53:43,510
Thank you.

611
00:53:43,870 --> 00:53:44,170
60.

612
00:53:44,470 --> 00:53:48,810
Discussion and consideration of approval to reorganize the county administration apartment.

613
00:53:48,810 --> 00:53:49,830
as health.

614
00:53:51,410 --> 00:53:52,090
Good morning, Mr. Chairman.

615
00:53:52,090 --> 00:53:54,870
Members of the Board and Joel Legate County Administrative Office.

616
00:53:55,290 --> 00:53:58,910
The item before you is a proposed reorganization of the General Services and

617
00:53:58,910 --> 00:54:01,430
Fleet Services Division of the County Administrative Office.

618
00:54:02,010 --> 00:54:04,950
These two divisions are two major functions of the CAO.

619
00:54:05,230 --> 00:54:07,990
In between them, they manage over 80 county facilities.

620
00:54:08,510 --> 00:54:11,410
That's totaling 836,000 square feet.

621
00:54:12,010 --> 00:54:16,070
20 lease agreements, 12 solar projects, 20 active capital projects,

622
00:54:16,070 --> 00:54:21,470
and the management that made in us a 304-6-light due to vehicles across all county departments.

623
00:54:22,330 --> 00:54:27,410
They operate seven distinct budget orgs, including the fleet services internal service fund,

624
00:54:27,750 --> 00:54:32,730
which is similar to an enterprise fund where it has the self-sustained its operations and cash balance

625
00:54:32,730 --> 00:54:37,510
through the charging appropriate fees for services, supplies, and capital replacements.

626
00:54:39,030 --> 00:54:43,070
The scope of work at these divisions should have triggered a reorganization several years ago.

627
00:54:43,070 --> 00:54:51,090
So, in reference during the peak prior to the recession, these two operations had a total 32 FTEs.

628
00:54:51,650 --> 00:54:58,610
Even if these recommendations are approved, it would still be 27 FTEs, which is five FTEs below the previous peak.

629
00:54:58,890 --> 00:55:09,090
Despite an over 200,000 increase in square footage of county facilities, and as well as a 12% increase in total vehicles, primarily due to sheriff vehicles.

630
00:55:11,970 --> 00:55:20,470
Even though it has been reviewed thoroughly over the past years and the staff's best recommendations is summarizes follows.

631
00:55:21,450 --> 00:55:26,630
First is to consolidate the fleet services division with the General Services Division under one manager.

632
00:55:27,490 --> 00:55:34,650
With this concept of consolidation, we are proposing to reclassified the current General Service Manager position to a division director of General Services.

633
00:55:34,650 --> 00:55:38,190
This new classification will provide management oversight

634
00:55:38,190 --> 00:55:39,870
to the new general services division,

635
00:55:40,290 --> 00:55:42,450
which will include all the fleet services as well.

636
00:55:43,310 --> 00:55:45,410
This action will delete the general services manager

637
00:55:45,410 --> 00:55:47,410
from the position allocation of the department.

638
00:55:48,610 --> 00:55:50,490
Second, it's to create a new position

639
00:55:50,490 --> 00:55:52,010
called facility superintendent.

640
00:55:52,690 --> 00:55:55,010
We'll directly oversee all building and maintenance

641
00:55:55,010 --> 00:55:56,330
in parts and grants maintenance,

642
00:55:57,210 --> 00:55:58,930
and both planned a day-to-day operations

643
00:55:58,930 --> 00:56:00,730
of these functions,

644
00:56:01,150 --> 00:56:02,630
but as well as address the medium,

645
00:56:02,630 --> 00:56:05,150
at the long term facility planning needs of the HR County.

646
00:56:06,030 --> 00:56:09,590
And third and the last is to revise the vacant automotive shop

647
00:56:09,590 --> 00:56:12,410
supervisor position to a fleet serviceist manager

648
00:56:12,410 --> 00:56:14,690
to allow for the recruitment of an individual

649
00:56:14,690 --> 00:56:17,310
with the skills to both run the day-to-day operations

650
00:56:17,310 --> 00:56:20,450
of the maintenance garage, but also manage all aspects

651
00:56:20,450 --> 00:56:22,930
of the county fleet program that is responsible

652
00:56:22,930 --> 00:56:24,450
for 300-46 vehicles.

653
00:56:25,510 --> 00:56:28,010
This includes managing the internal service fund,

654
00:56:28,370 --> 00:56:30,910
setting the annual rates, making sure a cash balance

655
00:56:30,910 --> 00:56:36,070
is sustainable, budgeting, and as well as developing sustainable policies surrounding the county

656
00:56:36,070 --> 00:56:40,850
fleet. This concludes our brief introduction to the item and we're all available for any questions.

657
00:56:41,630 --> 00:56:43,890
Very good. Are there any questions of Joel?

658
00:56:44,850 --> 00:56:50,410
Two of Reserkins, all of us. Thank you. Joel, thank you for the information and the presentation.

659
00:56:51,210 --> 00:57:00,810
Much more transparent this time. I do have some concerns. I believe that the reorganization

660
00:57:00,810 --> 00:57:03,370
is absolutely wanted and I agree with it.

661
00:57:03,370 --> 00:57:07,630
I want to thank Jay for taking the time to talk to me about it in a private meeting.

662
00:57:08,370 --> 00:57:15,010
My concern, though, is the timing of this item, and we just had budget hearings, and we're

663
00:57:15,010 --> 00:57:22,730
in a $6 million deficit, and I don't know what that sends, that, as approving this, or

664
00:57:22,730 --> 00:57:28,790
moving forward with going in this direction, what that says to our employees when we're asking

665
00:57:28,790 --> 00:57:38,910
are staff to recognize the 9% salary savings, and so with HR, when they're bringing these items forward,

666
00:57:39,550 --> 00:57:47,170
we are addressing a lot of disparities where we just we just approved a person in our

667
00:57:47,170 --> 00:57:57,250
economic development department. Sorry, you know what I mean? But I just don't know if the time

668
00:57:57,250 --> 00:58:02,730
is appropriate for this and again it's not anything against the staff or where the proposal

669
00:58:02,730 --> 00:58:08,490
because I do think it's warranted but when we're asking to realize these salary savings

670
00:58:08,490 --> 00:58:14,470
when we're using $21 million of our ARPA money to offset salaries when we could be using that

671
00:58:14,470 --> 00:58:21,890
for infrastructure but we're trying to save our staff and then sending the message that we can reorganize

672
00:58:21,890 --> 00:58:26,890
and some staff get increases. I just don't see the fair, how it's fair.

673
00:58:27,810 --> 00:58:32,190
And so, in addition to that, sorry,

674
00:58:36,460 --> 00:58:42,240
we're also asking staff not to fill positions

675
00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:46,740
and we're creating the facility's managers position. And I understand that we have a lot of

676
00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:52,980
over doing a lot of work, as I just feel really concerned that it doesn't send the right

677
00:58:52,980 --> 00:58:57,540
message to the employees and for those reasons, I can't support this today.

678
00:59:00,640 --> 00:59:04,720
All right, very good. Supervisor Wheeler. Yeah, thank you. You know, and I can see her

679
00:59:04,720 --> 00:59:11,400
concerns too on that. The facilities manager, we've needed that for years. We have talked

680
00:59:11,400 --> 00:59:19,000
about somebody doing the whole thing years ago before you were here. And she would never

681
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:23,920
have had that. And I think that's very important. We do that. That's really the only new position

682
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:30,060
this fleet manager, this fleet service manager, by version of those two, we're not actually,

683
00:59:30,360 --> 00:59:34,260
that's not adding anything, it's probably going to probably be a salary savings.

684
00:59:34,460 --> 00:59:40,680
Right, so to clarify the facility superintendent, out of the three position actions,

685
00:59:40,720 --> 00:59:44,760
the facility superintendent is the new position. It's a new position in the county.

686
00:59:45,380 --> 00:59:52,600
If the services manager, we're proposing to convert the automotive shop supervisor and the

687
00:59:52,600 --> 00:59:59,520
management position to begin with given right right right now and then because we are

688
00:59:59,520 --> 00:59:59,840
consolidate

689
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:09,940
In the fleet services, under the same general services, I think we can make the argument that it should have been a general services division director from the start and supervisor Gonzalez.

690
01:00:10,760 --> 01:00:16,240
Your points are truly appreciate what we're cognizant of how it looks and how it's perceived.

691
01:00:17,720 --> 01:00:27,300
If I may though, I think we're victims of we didn't bring this in sooner, right? So the admin office is not reorganized over the past 10 years.

692
01:00:27,300 --> 01:00:34,480
And I think the timing could have been better, but I think it's always, you know, we always

693
01:00:34,480 --> 01:00:38,840
come up to this like we need to do everyone first. So even now we're doing it, last

694
01:00:38,840 --> 01:00:44,180
it seems we're doing it first, but I just want to say it because, you know, on behalf of the

695
01:00:44,180 --> 01:00:49,820
admin office, this isn't, you know, that we didn't pick the timing because, you know, we're in a

696
01:00:49,820 --> 01:00:55,560
budget deficit and all that is just, you know, there's never a good time to do it. And I think

697
01:00:55,560 --> 01:01:04,140
victims of we didn't bring it in sooner when times are better but I think the this brings

698
01:01:04,140 --> 01:01:08,080
those two positions to the level that it should have been for the county our size and

699
01:01:08,080 --> 01:01:13,900
their responsibilities those positions have right now. I just want to reiterate that point.

700
01:01:14,100 --> 01:01:18,560
And I really think that by combining some of these like this you're going to have sorry savings

701
01:01:18,560 --> 01:01:24,420
in the long way. Because otherwise we always had, you know, especially like to two fleet managers,

702
01:01:24,960 --> 01:01:29,220
we always had, they had to have secretaries, they had to have whatever underneath something.

703
01:01:29,480 --> 01:01:34,840
Now we have somebody who's going to be doing all this together. So I just, that's what we did when

704
01:01:34,840 --> 01:01:39,400
we done that study, 10 years ago when we done all those reorganization. This is kind of stuff that we did.

705
01:01:39,760 --> 01:01:44,560
And super, as we go to the point of the salary savings. So prior to this budget year,

706
01:01:44,560 --> 01:01:50,300
The general service division had two general service managers once an extra help. We did eliminate

707
01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:56,980
the extra help funding and funded a lower level analyst position in with the difference and that's how we're

708
01:01:56,980 --> 01:02:02,380
offsetting the classification of general service division director. The fleet service

709
01:02:02,380 --> 01:02:07,780
manager is a night internal service fund. So the cost of that division is recovered through the rates.

710
01:02:07,780 --> 01:02:13,660
It's not a hundred percent general fund under departments will bear that benefit and great at loss.

711
01:02:13,860 --> 01:02:21,820
However, there is what's hard to quantify, but we believe that there are savings in the long term, including the superintendent.

712
01:02:22,740 --> 01:02:27,660
When we're able to plan short and long term, like facilities, easy replacements,

713
01:02:28,620 --> 01:02:37,520
and it's not reacting to the fire at the moment, you say the emergency cost of having to buy an AC right now as opposed to

714
01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:44,880
Exactly, you've got to plan forward in the same thing with a fleet service manager. So

715
01:02:44,880 --> 01:02:50,660
an example of what value added a fleet service manager would have to do operations

716
01:02:50,660 --> 01:02:56,260
is that we can better plan the acquisition of vehicles. I'm going to use the current leasing program as an

717
01:02:56,260 --> 01:03:04,960
example. The traditional model that we've had was by a friend and by a friend only what we do collect.

718
01:03:04,960 --> 01:03:11,540
However, during the recession, the rates were never adjusted, so we never collected enough to do that.

719
01:03:12,280 --> 01:03:17,960
So we, through planning with our office, you know, we adjusted the rates at the same time,

720
01:03:18,120 --> 01:03:23,040
leverage low interest rates so that we can get the replacement schedule back on track, similar to the fire,

721
01:03:23,860 --> 01:03:25,260
our replacement plan.

722
01:03:25,580 --> 01:03:30,560
But these are the kinds of planning decisions that we can expect an individual, an individual.

723
01:03:30,560 --> 01:03:32,340
We're not with those skills.

724
01:03:32,860 --> 01:03:33,060
Right.

725
01:03:33,960 --> 01:03:42,260
And that's a not the former shop supervisor, but there's a different skill set when you're managing an internal service fund.

726
01:03:42,460 --> 01:03:42,680
I agree.

727
01:03:43,740 --> 01:03:44,800
Supervisor Fraser.

728
01:03:45,560 --> 01:03:48,040
Thank you very much for the explanation of that.

729
01:03:48,120 --> 01:03:58,480
And I think another point to make is we do have a new CEO and charge of admin and how that organization should look.

730
01:03:58,480 --> 01:04:01,420
And there's always going to be some changes.

731
01:04:02,020 --> 01:04:08,860
I do appreciate to provide your condolences, comments, they make a lot of sense, I'm glad

732
01:04:08,860 --> 01:04:15,160
that that's the way she's looking at it because it makes sense and you always have to worry

733
01:04:15,160 --> 01:04:18,640
about that appearance and that we're doing the right things.

734
01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:26,740
I think your point was well made, Joel, after that this isn't first, it just seems like

735
01:04:26,740 --> 01:04:30,400
because it's at the beginning of the fiscal year,

736
01:04:31,480 --> 01:04:33,380
trying to go at the end of the fiscal year.

737
01:04:34,920 --> 01:04:38,040
But so I appreciate the comments

738
01:04:38,040 --> 01:04:41,460
and the work that went into this to figure out

739
01:04:41,460 --> 01:04:46,020
how to take this organization into the future

740
01:04:46,020 --> 01:04:50,940
and sometimes it does the numbers skew at the beginning,

741
01:04:51,200 --> 01:04:54,000
but then you do see those salaries savings later on,

742
01:04:56,000 --> 01:05:00,100
But this board looks at it from an entirety as a board.

743
01:05:00,720 --> 01:05:03,920
So I appreciate all that and I'm moved to a proven

744
01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:06,440
ever after we go to the public.

745
01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:07,960
So it reminds you, Gonzales.

746
01:05:08,300 --> 01:05:10,420
Sorry, I had one more point to say when it's just

747
01:05:10,420 --> 01:05:12,440
to make sure that I added to the record.

748
01:05:13,760 --> 01:05:15,080
And again, it's not that I don't agree

749
01:05:15,080 --> 01:05:16,140
with the reorganization.

750
01:05:16,420 --> 01:05:17,360
And I just think at the timing.

751
01:05:17,420 --> 01:05:21,180
And I also think that classifying it as a division director

752
01:05:22,420 --> 01:05:31,100
is the wrong route as well I did talk to Jay and ask him why wouldn't it be a deputy director or a WCAO position?

753
01:05:31,300 --> 01:05:39,540
He did explain that it doesn't warrant that, so again I'm not against it, but you're taking some of the duties from the current

754
01:05:39,540 --> 01:05:49,020
from a current WCAO in place in the general services, so it's a mid-management position and you're paying it at a level level of the deputy director

755
01:05:49,020 --> 01:05:54,860
And so I just think that opens it up to a lot of controversy with some of the union threats

756
01:05:54,860 --> 01:05:59,080
and it could potentially bring some of that in from our union organization.

757
01:05:59,800 --> 01:06:01,900
So I just think it opens the count of ones.

758
01:06:02,340 --> 01:06:03,180
Thank you.

759
01:06:03,820 --> 01:06:04,140
Very good.

760
01:06:04,280 --> 01:06:08,160
Are there any other comments from my colleagues, Council Garza?

761
01:06:08,720 --> 01:06:08,980
Yes, Chairman.

762
01:06:09,120 --> 01:06:09,520
Thank you.

763
01:06:09,540 --> 01:06:10,420
And members of the board.

764
01:06:11,060 --> 01:06:17,900
I just want to add that on page three of the staff report, staff is asking for consideration

765
01:06:17,900 --> 01:06:25,840
of approval and if the board makes a motion for approval, items 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 specifically

766
01:06:26,440 --> 01:06:31,980
would be part of that motion. I wanted to just make sure that that was clear for the record,

767
01:06:32,260 --> 01:06:38,040
and I can read those in, if needed. But otherwise. All those would be part of my motion. Thank you.

768
01:06:38,180 --> 01:06:45,700
Very good. No, it's the same part. Okay. We have a motion a second. Are there any members of the

769
01:06:45,700 --> 01:06:47,280
public who have any comments?

770
01:07:10,020 --> 01:07:13,500
Stephanie Sivley Secretary, representing the mid-management association of

771
01:07:13,500 --> 01:07:15,040
MDR Accounting and its membership.

772
01:07:15,980 --> 01:07:18,220
Good morning, Mr. Chairman and Board members.

773
01:07:18,960 --> 01:07:23,100
While the mid-management association of MDR Accounting and MDR Accounting

774
01:07:23,100 --> 01:07:27,560
emphatically supports all manager supervisors and members of our association,

775
01:07:28,840 --> 01:07:32,500
we must voice our opposition to this board item and consequently

776
01:07:32,500 --> 01:07:34,700
item F, which is not for you yet.

777
01:07:34,700 --> 01:07:40,620
Some of the salaries before you today are salaries for members of the mid-management association.

778
01:07:41,220 --> 01:07:46,860
So it is very difficult to have to voice an opposition to these out actions, however,

779
01:07:47,100 --> 01:07:51,960
what is equitable and fair for some must be fair and equitable to all.

780
01:07:52,980 --> 01:07:57,600
Based on the current county financial information provided to the unions,

781
01:07:57,920 --> 01:08:02,600
the county cannot afford such raises, whether positions are funded from subvented departments

782
01:08:02,600 --> 01:08:09,400
or not, there is still a net cost to the county and the taxpayer and the county at this time has no money.

783
01:08:10,060 --> 01:08:18,360
If the county had the necessary funding, departments would not have been directed to cut labor costs by 9% per year,

784
01:08:18,640 --> 01:08:23,800
over the next four fiscal years, leave positions vacant and limit extra help staff.

785
01:08:24,460 --> 01:08:30,400
These actions today are the result of this county continually failing its employees with regard to salary,

786
01:08:30,400 --> 01:08:37,640
classification and compensation year after year salaries are not salaries

787
01:08:37,640 --> 01:08:43,480
studies are not implemented or we're yet our set aside. Employees need to know

788
01:08:44,160 --> 01:08:50,320
raises let alone cost of living increases are now gone until at least 2025

789
01:08:50,320 --> 01:08:56,820
with no relief in sight. Therefore is our belief that taking these actions would be

790
01:08:56,820 --> 01:09:02,060
mental and would add an additional burden to the county financially and we request that the board

791
01:09:02,060 --> 01:09:08,240
oppose each action. If the board intends for all departments and employees to continue making

792
01:09:08,240 --> 01:09:14,220
sacrifices to help find a way out of the current fiscal crisis, we believe your board and

793
01:09:14,220 --> 01:09:19,260
your administration must be the first to set the example. Thank you.

794
01:09:21,560 --> 01:09:22,460
Are there any other public

795
01:09:22,460 --> 01:09:23,160
comments.

796
01:09:25,930 --> 01:09:31,210
Seeing none, we'll bring the item back to the board. We do have a motion in the

797
01:09:31,210 --> 01:09:38,650
second, and I'll ask for a roll call vote. Supervisor Fraser. Supervisor Wheeler. Yes. Supervisor

798
01:09:38,650 --> 01:09:44,210
Gonzalez. No. Chairman Poitress. Yes. The passes three. One.

799
01:09:46,840 --> 01:09:49,420
Moving on to item six F discussion

800
01:09:49,420 --> 01:09:55,780
and consideration of approval to reorganize the Department of Human Resources as outlined. Good

801
01:09:57,640 --> 01:10:03,440
So this is one of the table items that I would brought back to you.

802
01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:06,340
And then it was in changes in some historical background.

803
01:10:06,820 --> 01:10:10,480
To provide to you of why we're bringing those changes to you.

804
01:10:10,700 --> 01:10:15,180
To start with is the audit that was done by Shaw H.

805
01:10:15,180 --> 01:10:15,800
Our consultant.

806
01:10:16,640 --> 01:10:20,120
We entered into an agreement with the company in January.

807
01:10:20,580 --> 01:10:24,200
And that agreement was brought to the board on January 5th for approval.

808
01:10:24,200 --> 01:10:38,120
The scope of services that were required of that audit was for HR consulting to review all of the county reasonable accommodations and disability interactive process policies procedures and practices within the HR department.

809
01:10:38,900 --> 01:10:48,300
And then many recommendations to ensure that accommodation policies procedures and practices work on plan would ADA fee as well as consistent with this practices that are out there.

810
01:10:48,300 --> 01:10:58,080
Part of that process also included for HR consultants to identify any practices of our procedures that needed to be in place for HR to be able to conduct this work.

811
01:10:58,780 --> 01:11:03,840
And so when they brought the report back, they made recommendations of chiefs that needed to happen within the HR department.

812
01:11:04,900 --> 01:11:15,860
The recommendations included that we have to basically revamp all our processes in our forms and centralize some of the services that were being done with the disability compliance program.

813
01:11:15,860 --> 01:11:25,240
Basically, what HR, Shaw HR Consulting said is that we had to create a program that specifically was named the Fija ADA Disability Compliance.

814
01:11:26,020 --> 01:11:38,220
And, and bring that back into the HR, we had to do more work with the fitness for duty program and then centralize the accommodations process and make that work with an art department.

815
01:11:38,940 --> 01:11:42,940
We had to create uniform processes, and right now what we're doing in the department is

816
01:11:42,940 --> 01:11:47,360
looking at our forms, changing the workflows, and how that works being done.

817
01:11:47,680 --> 01:11:51,340
As part of that recommendation, also meant that we had to change some of the functions within

818
01:11:51,340 --> 01:11:54,820
the HR staff and bring those and address those in the job descriptions.

819
01:11:55,680 --> 01:12:00,820
We made those changes in the job descriptions, and the changes were significant, which meant

820
01:12:00,820 --> 01:12:04,540
that our assistant director was really had to oversee a lot of that work that had to be

821
01:12:04,540 --> 01:12:07,240
then and may not have been done with the departments

822
01:12:07,240 --> 01:12:11,160
and bring that over to HR, as well as creating management

823
01:12:11,160 --> 01:12:13,160
positions that were at that level to make sure

824
01:12:13,160 --> 01:12:14,540
that worker was being done.

825
01:12:15,180 --> 01:12:18,020
So really the recommendation from HR Consulting

826
01:12:18,020 --> 01:12:21,020
was to centralize all that work, bring it back to HR

827
01:12:21,020 --> 01:12:22,760
and work with the departments to ensure we

828
01:12:22,760 --> 01:12:25,720
were in compliance with the disability compliance program.

829
01:12:26,800 --> 01:12:29,600
And our recommendation to the board and request

830
01:12:29,600 --> 01:12:31,940
is to allow us to restructure the HR department

831
01:12:31,940 --> 01:12:33,760
where we are creating divisions now.

832
01:12:33,760 --> 01:12:37,440
and are able to provide their services to the departments that are in need.

833
01:12:38,100 --> 01:12:41,540
There are some departments that don't not have a staff to be able to do this for,

834
01:12:42,040 --> 01:12:48,200
or not, or not trained to be able to do the interactive process or handle these,

835
01:12:48,480 --> 01:12:50,300
the way their staff is in HR.

836
01:12:50,900 --> 01:12:52,400
And so this would allow for that to happen.

837
01:12:52,600 --> 01:12:54,700
So we're breaking up our department into divisions.

838
01:12:55,180 --> 01:12:57,960
There'll be divisions and handles staff development and the recruitment and

839
01:12:58,480 --> 01:13:02,200
recruitment and selection process as well as classification and compensation.

840
01:13:02,200 --> 01:13:08,720
There will be an intervention to handle specifically position control, as well as handling

841
01:13:08,720 --> 01:13:14,860
all our employee relations, which has to do with discipline, and as well as assisting our employees

842
01:13:14,860 --> 01:13:18,440
that wouldn't have questions specifically about certain people going on within their positions.

843
01:13:19,260 --> 01:13:23,760
Then we have our division C, which is labor-relations, our chief negotiator, believe managing

844
01:13:23,760 --> 01:13:28,000
that area with a staff member, and the last division that is really being created as part

845
01:13:28,000 --> 01:13:32,140
this is the Disability Compliance Program, which we'll have a HR Manager does

846
01:13:32,140 --> 01:13:35,940
managing that with an analyst in handling all of the interactive

847
01:13:35,940 --> 01:13:40,500
process with another analyst and staff members.

848
01:13:41,080 --> 01:13:43,500
So that's really where the recommendation was missed

849
01:13:43,500 --> 01:13:46,060
from last time that was not brought to you.

850
01:13:46,420 --> 01:13:49,740
The significant changes that were made to the job descriptions,

851
01:13:50,020 --> 01:13:52,520
you can see from the red lines in the changes,

852
01:13:53,100 --> 01:13:55,520
and that also caused the review of the salaries and the positions.

853
01:13:55,520 --> 01:14:00,700
We're not making salaries like a changes to the original, I think that was about to you

854
01:14:00,700 --> 01:14:03,300
which were the HR analyst and the senior HR analyst.

855
01:14:03,920 --> 01:14:09,660
Those classifications we believe are not as impacted by these changes as is the assistant

856
01:14:09,660 --> 01:14:11,160
director and the HR managers.

857
01:14:12,040 --> 01:14:16,080
So that's why these are the only ones that are being brought to you for approval this time.

858
01:14:16,600 --> 01:14:21,740
And so really that is our presentation and request from you and I'm very happy to have any questions.

859
01:14:22,180 --> 01:14:23,140
Supervisor Frazier.

860
01:14:23,720 --> 01:14:32,100
Thank you Chairman. This one took me a while to wrap my head around to understand what it was doing.

861
01:14:32,820 --> 01:14:40,460
I wanted to see like shifting and then it was the, well, these are suspended dollars that are going to be from there.

862
01:14:40,660 --> 01:14:44,760
That always seems like, well, okay, then it's free money. It's not real money.

863
01:14:45,120 --> 01:14:50,140
But as part of our budget, we still have to be, we have the fiduciary responsibility to,

864
01:14:50,140 --> 01:14:56,640
to spend it correctly, and so I had to think through to, okay, what is this? If we shift

865
01:14:56,640 --> 01:14:59,840
those dollars away from that organization.

866
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:05,360
Or from that department, you know, how is that helping the goal of that department?

867
01:15:07,460 --> 01:15:14,000
And don't know who we were looking at the tax sharing agreement where we shifted responsibility from

868
01:15:14,680 --> 01:15:19,000
the sheriff's department up in over park where it didn't save us or didn't bring in any extra money,

869
01:15:19,080 --> 01:15:25,940
but it did was create the ability to have higher levels of service in different areas instead of focus on that.

870
01:15:25,940 --> 01:15:36,880
So it shifts HR work away from departments that should really have all of their focus on the goals

871
01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:41,980
that they have for their department, but the Department of Social Services, behavioral health.

872
01:15:42,120 --> 01:15:49,520
Instead of having somebody dedicated their to doing HR work outside of what they would normally

873
01:15:49,520 --> 01:16:01,860
do, now all of their dollars can be focused on providing services for mental health, for social

874
01:16:01,860 --> 01:16:10,280
service, sorry, that didn't have that run down, but that's where I see the increase in service

875
01:16:10,280 --> 01:16:19,440
delivery to our customers, our clients, our citizens, is by all the focus in those departments

876
01:16:20,140 --> 01:16:27,340
in that direction versus having to figure out how to do HR, how to do, keep up with all the

877
01:16:27,340 --> 01:16:35,620
different laws that govern HR. So I find it was able to get that to where that seemed to

878
01:16:35,620 --> 01:16:40,720
make sense. That wasn't just chipping that out of there, creating a higher level of service. And that's

879
01:16:40,720 --> 01:16:48,040
go on through all of this. We'll also see throughout this year, in a number of different

880
01:16:48,040 --> 01:16:52,940
departments, this is the first one, these are the first ones that are coming, but every

881
01:16:52,940 --> 01:17:01,220
time that someone comes in with a re-ort, it does trigger those looks at whether or

882
01:17:02,080 --> 01:17:08,380
not it's within the correct ranges, whether the job description is correct and so those

883
01:17:08,380 --> 01:17:13,000
what happened and we won't have the same questions on all of those as we would on here and we

884
01:17:13,000 --> 01:17:21,000
have to look at it in the same way as we go through the year and right now. So those were kind of

885
01:17:21,000 --> 01:17:26,380
where I'd got to but that was it was hard for me to wrap my head around this one and how to do it

886
01:17:26,380 --> 01:17:33,620
but I think I finally now have it and I thank you for picking the time to meet with me and help

887
01:17:33,620 --> 01:17:39,780
me understand this and I think in the information and bringing in the showing that the study

888
01:17:39,780 --> 01:17:47,220
had an impact because that was not there last time. It wasn't discussed. And so I think

889
01:17:47,220 --> 01:17:53,340
all of that together makes much more sense and I think it's much more transparent now and

890
01:17:53,340 --> 01:18:03,460
this is the way our these items should be as being forward with all the information so that

891
01:18:03,460 --> 01:18:04,520
to consult us.

892
01:18:04,780 --> 01:18:05,020
Thank you.

893
01:18:05,060 --> 01:18:05,640
I thank you, Elder.

894
01:18:06,240 --> 01:18:06,300
Yeah.

895
01:18:06,920 --> 01:18:09,460
Thank you for providing the overview as well.

896
01:18:10,080 --> 01:18:14,180
I just kind of want to echo the sentiments from the last item and I just think it's

897
01:18:14,180 --> 01:18:15,580
in good space and good conscience.

898
01:18:15,800 --> 01:18:17,100
I just can't support it.

899
01:18:17,760 --> 01:18:24,500
If the whole restructuring when you have four HR managers that are being reclassified and

900
01:18:24,500 --> 01:18:30,320
you have an assistant at HR manager and your HR manager, then I have six high level employees

901
01:18:30,320 --> 01:18:35,720
So we're seeing a staff of 18, 17, because once I'm filled, and I just think it's very

902
01:18:36,220 --> 01:18:36,880
top-heavy.

903
01:18:38,440 --> 01:18:41,100
And again, I just think it opens the kind of rooms.

904
01:18:41,540 --> 01:18:46,220
We have how many other departments are going to come in and want to reclassify a new

905
01:18:46,220 --> 01:18:51,420
classification so that they can circumvent the salary survey because I feel like we're

906
01:18:51,420 --> 01:18:52,820
kind of implementing it here.

907
01:18:52,820 --> 01:19:11,160
So I just, I understand, I respect supervisor wheelers and, and what your stuff does, it has absolutely nothing to do with the stuff, but you just can't in good conscience support that I've stuck into one of my dear friend over the weekend and they work in the private sector.

908
01:19:11,420 --> 01:19:20,160
And I asked about the structure of their operation and they oversee about an $80 million budget, they do the fiscal and the HR.

909
01:19:20,700 --> 01:19:30,740
They do the fiscal and HR work in that in the private sector and they get about $80,000 a year and that doesn't include that because we have great benefits here at the county and the retirement.

910
01:19:31,200 --> 01:19:35,600
So I just, it's my dear county, it's just, I just, but thank you.

911
01:19:35,700 --> 01:19:36,100
Thank you.

912
01:19:36,400 --> 01:19:37,260
So, rise to Wheeler.

913
01:19:37,760 --> 01:19:38,280
Yeah, thank you.

914
01:19:39,500 --> 01:19:48,560
Everyone's got to just remember that HR is our report system for every part, the main thing that their job is.

915
01:19:48,560 --> 01:19:55,000
And we reorganized it a few years ago throughout on your own, and it seemed like they never worked

916
01:19:55,000 --> 01:19:55,280
on it.

917
01:19:55,360 --> 01:19:59,460
But now that we've got a new director, we're kind of changing again a little bit.

918
01:20:00,640 --> 01:20:05,920
And I think the way it's designed now, after being explained to me, it was a month

919
01:20:05,920 --> 01:20:11,260
and a half, a week ago it was about up, I was never loaded for it, but now that I've got

920
01:20:11,260 --> 01:20:18,080
a mistake head of mine, what we're doing and how we're doing it, does make a difference to

921
01:20:18,080 --> 01:20:29,310
because the other one keeps us safe and legal and we need to re-organize to do that

922
01:20:29,310 --> 01:20:33,870
and bring these divisions like that. I got the organization chart.

923
01:20:34,590 --> 01:20:40,270
One thing that I just don't look at me is that top head is like it.

924
01:20:40,390 --> 01:20:45,830
I don't mind that, but we do have to have that visions

925
01:20:45,830 --> 01:20:51,950
swing the different departments and stuff and so I want to thank you too for

926
01:20:52,470 --> 01:20:58,070
letting that to me and always get it that easy but I didn't get this easy

927
01:20:58,070 --> 01:21:03,450
either but I did get it in my head and but I just wanted to know that HR is our

928
01:21:03,450 --> 01:21:10,270
support for home or departments. Bottom line. Very good. Any other comments from

929
01:21:10,270 --> 01:21:14,610
my colleagues if not open up the public or are there any public comments?

930
01:21:14,610 --> 01:21:15,630
Good

931
01:21:32,530 --> 01:21:32,950
morning.

932
01:21:33,550 --> 01:21:33,990
Let's check it out.

933
01:21:34,150 --> 01:21:35,130
It was still morning.

934
01:21:38,130 --> 01:21:40,890
Rebecca Martinez, clerk recorder, register our photos.

935
01:21:41,910 --> 01:21:53,350
I want to preface my comments this morning by saying that I am not here to object to any of the requested increases in salary.

936
01:21:53,510 --> 01:22:00,650
And I want to make sure that that's clear to the people who are receiving the increases and to this for

937
01:22:00,650 --> 01:22:25,450
The last time that these items came before this board, my department was mentioned at that public comment and now I feel compelled to explain my deputies received a pay increase because they were the lowest paid clerical support staff that we have in county.

938
01:22:26,650 --> 01:22:32,710
They remained that way for years, and it wasn't something that I could get fixed for some time.

939
01:22:32,790 --> 01:22:36,050
And this goes all the way back to when we were living in the old building.

940
01:22:36,570 --> 01:22:38,650
So it's been quite a long time.

941
01:22:39,150 --> 01:22:48,750
But what happened was when salary surveys were done, those salaries were never compared with internal-like positions.

942
01:22:49,310 --> 01:22:54,030
So you had a bunch of clerical staff, but none of them were ever compared to one another.

943
01:22:54,030 --> 01:23:05,950
When, in fact, sometimes you could literally lay job specifications on top of another, but one class was paid 30% more than the others.

944
01:23:06,910 --> 01:23:14,070
And so, I moved forward with making sure that we remedied that finally.

945
01:23:14,750 --> 01:23:19,350
I didn't change their titles. We did do some amendments to their job specifications.

946
01:23:19,350 --> 01:23:27,490
Now, all that being said, I note that in the request that you've had this morning, that

947
01:23:27,490 --> 01:23:35,210
titles are changing, using keywords such as manager, director, etc. There are so many

948
01:23:35,210 --> 01:23:40,870
manager positions out there in county. And there's so many of us that have assistant

949
01:23:40,870 --> 01:23:45,910
department heads to take over for us in our absence, especially the ones that serve elected

950
01:23:45,910 --> 01:23:53,630
officials, they have a huge burden. I have two managers in my department and one chief assistant.

951
01:23:56,110 --> 01:24:02,830
But once these items are all approved, the salaries for the management staff that are out there

952
01:24:03,450 --> 01:24:12,310
supporting this county need to be compared throughout the county with one another at the very least

953
01:24:13,170 --> 01:24:22,030
So that you don't have that same disparity because then we're going to have the same issue that I've had before.

954
01:24:22,790 --> 01:24:25,450
Right, and that is where we end up at the bottom of the rub.

955
01:24:28,960 --> 01:24:34,580
I unfortunately did not know that a consulting firm was hired to do desk audits.

956
01:24:35,440 --> 01:24:36,720
I missed it.

957
01:24:37,000 --> 01:24:42,220
But I most certainly would have asserted that me too close had I been watchful.

958
01:24:43,260 --> 01:24:58,240
But the result of the taxpayer-funded report should have been included in the backup, so that we all as department heads can take a look at it, see what it takes to do the desk of it, because I'm sure that at some point we're going to be there.

959
01:24:58,500 --> 01:25:07,910
And I'm hoping that soon. And it's already been mentioned, but next week we're going to be discussing salaries due to the structural deficit.

960
01:25:07,910 --> 01:25:14,850
But we have to consider equity and fairness and I'm requesting that this board commit to

961
01:25:14,850 --> 01:25:18,750
looking at management positions throughout the county as soon as possible.

962
01:25:19,470 --> 01:25:24,550
Otherwise, this is going to be viewed upon and perceived to be back, that door approach

963
01:25:24,550 --> 01:25:28,990
to implementing a salary survey for a select few.

964
01:25:29,170 --> 01:25:29,730
That's it.

965
01:25:29,730 --> 01:25:30,790
Thank you very much.

966
01:25:31,490 --> 01:25:32,330
Thank you.

967
01:25:32,350 --> 01:25:35,170
Are there any other comments from members of the public?

968
01:25:36,870 --> 01:25:40,450
Seeing none, we'll bring the action.

969
01:25:40,690 --> 01:25:41,430
I got one more move.

970
01:25:41,670 --> 01:25:42,070
Yes.

971
01:25:44,330 --> 01:25:48,290
I actually talked with Becky too, another part of the hedge.

972
01:25:48,730 --> 01:25:51,690
You know, this is something that we started doing now.

973
01:25:51,810 --> 01:25:55,870
We've done a few more last year, earlier this year, earlier.

974
01:25:56,290 --> 01:25:59,390
And we have to look at all the departments and do

975
01:25:59,390 --> 01:26:00,390
compare each one.

976
01:26:00,690 --> 01:26:01,770
I have no problem with that.

977
01:26:02,930 --> 01:26:06,030
But we, as directors, have to do and have to talk

978
01:26:06,030 --> 01:26:12,130
go on Jay and see if we can get that moving board bottom line. So, and I moved a

979
01:26:12,130 --> 01:26:19,970
prove item the extent we have a motion in the second to approve.

980
01:26:24,470 --> 01:26:28,990
May clarify that that motion includes just because especially because they

981
01:26:28,990 --> 01:26:34,650
deal with salaries items 1, 2 and 3 on page 3, supervisor Wheeler on your

982
01:26:34,650 --> 01:26:49,650
There's a request specifically for approval of the organizational chart, the salary range for the assistant director of human resources and the salary range for the manager of human resources manager.

983
01:26:50,830 --> 01:26:57,550
I'd like the motion to prove items 1, 2 and 3 under item 6 out and I do have that

984
01:26:57,550 --> 01:27:03,890
organization charge that we'll be included very good and we have that motion in a second

985
01:27:03,890 --> 01:27:10,050
from a supervisor, Frazier and we've had public comments so ask for a roll call vote.

986
01:27:10,450 --> 01:27:11,330
Supervisor Wheeler?

987
01:27:11,630 --> 01:27:11,890
Yes.

988
01:27:12,270 --> 01:27:13,090
Supervisor Frazier?

989
01:27:13,730 --> 01:27:14,350
Supervisor Gonzalez?

990
01:27:14,770 --> 01:27:15,030
No.

991
01:27:15,570 --> 01:27:16,250
Chairman Poitress?

992
01:27:16,390 --> 01:27:16,710
Yes.

993
01:27:16,910 --> 01:27:18,470
Vote passes 3-1.

994
01:27:18,470 --> 01:27:28,610
Thank you. Moving on to item 6G. This is an update on the COVID-19 and current vaccination administration status.

995
01:27:33,460 --> 01:27:35,280
Morning, sir. Still morning.

996
01:27:35,860 --> 01:27:36,820
Good morning.

997
01:27:37,760 --> 01:27:39,160
Sarah Bosch, public health director.

998
01:27:43,690 --> 01:27:45,770
I'd to be back with you.

999
01:27:45,810 --> 01:27:47,730
Mr. Chair and members of the board.

1000
01:27:49,630 --> 01:27:53,970
We are still in good shape when it comes to the data for COVID.

1001
01:27:53,970 --> 01:27:59,250
Other than watching some things that I'll cover today, so our seven-day average daily

1002
01:27:59,250 --> 01:28:03,770
case rate is at 3.8, our positivity rate, the county is 2.4%.

1003
01:28:04,610 --> 01:28:11,530
That helps equity positivity rate is 4.1% and our testing volume is at 200 and 300,000.

1004
01:28:11,710 --> 01:28:16,130
That's about 326 tests per day when you count the entire population.

1005
01:28:17,410 --> 01:28:22,930
Our hospitalizations are increasing as you would expect to kind of correspond with that

1006
01:28:22,930 --> 01:28:30,290
case rate, although as you recall, the hospitalization tends to trail the case rate by a little

1007
01:28:30,290 --> 01:28:30,950
bit.

1008
01:28:31,330 --> 01:28:38,650
And so we are right now at 3.7, and you look at the average of the last three days hospitalizations

1009
01:28:38,650 --> 01:28:43,710
because of course it goes up and down a passive medicary county resonance in medicary

1010
01:28:43,710 --> 01:28:49,550
county hospitals, and that's really what we've been watching and all of the hospitalizations

1011
01:28:49,550 --> 01:28:51,310
are unvaccinated individuals.

1012
01:28:51,310 --> 01:28:57,310
We are continuing to monitor outbreaks and so far that are small and quickly contained.

1013
01:28:59,170 --> 01:29:06,430
All cover vaccination rate in just a minute, but it's important to understand the prevalence of antibodies in the population.

1014
01:29:07,270 --> 01:29:14,410
That factors in both people who've gotten antibodies through vaccination, but also people who have antibodies by having contracted the illness.

1015
01:29:14,410 --> 01:29:19,230
For California, the zero prevalence for the population,

1016
01:29:19,430 --> 01:29:23,510
the presence of antibodies is 85.9% and in the

1017
01:29:23,510 --> 01:29:26,550
San Joaquin Valley, it's 84.5%.

1018
01:29:26,550 --> 01:29:30,230
We're just under the state average for a while there.

1019
01:29:30,330 --> 01:29:33,870
We were even ahead of it just because we had a higher volume of cases.

1020
01:29:34,330 --> 01:29:38,190
But as the rest of the state has vaccinated at a higher rate than the

1021
01:29:38,190 --> 01:29:41,250
San Joaquin Valley, we've seen that zero prevalence kind of common

1022
01:29:42,010 --> 01:29:55,250
We are watching the Delta variant very closely and it's important to understand that the only way we know what kind of variant it is or if it's a variant is genomic sequencing, which takes time.

1023
01:29:55,970 --> 01:29:59,870
Right now it takes about three to four weeks before we get information.

1024
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:15,250
We're talking about genomic sequencing on our cases. And so we really have very low numbers that we can report. Last, I heard, we had 13 cases of Delta variant of the last month and a half 13 13.

1025
01:30:15,860 --> 01:30:21,000
So we got one because it was 12 many of those came from a single event.

1026
01:30:21,000 --> 01:30:24,460
that was a large event, about a hundred people and attendance.

1027
01:30:25,580 --> 01:30:32,360
And so we'll expect that more will happen, and it's mostly because the Delta variant is so highly transmissible.

1028
01:30:33,440 --> 01:30:38,860
We use for contact tracing, as you know, identifying close contacts is 15 minutes or less.

1029
01:30:39,740 --> 01:30:44,860
In close proximity to someone who's positive with the Delta variant, we're looking at more like a minute or two.

1030
01:30:45,140 --> 01:30:46,760
It's much more transmissible.

1031
01:30:47,580 --> 01:30:55,180
But the good news is that the mRNA vaccines, in particular, may be up to 88% effective against

1032
01:30:55,180 --> 01:30:55,960
the Delta variant.

1033
01:30:56,520 --> 01:31:02,820
So those, in particular, who have gotten the mRNAs of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, have a significant

1034
01:31:02,820 --> 01:31:06,800
amount of protection from the Delta variant, and that's good news in terms of our overall

1035
01:31:06,800 --> 01:31:09,660
population health perspective.

1036
01:31:10,640 --> 01:31:15,320
But again, when you talk about the level of antibodies in the community, we're getting

1037
01:31:15,320 --> 01:31:20,440
significant amount of our protection from previous infection versus vaccination in comparison

1038
01:31:20,440 --> 01:31:26,460
to other areas of the state. And so we don't know how that's going to play out with regards

1039
01:31:26,460 --> 01:31:34,520
to the Delta variant and other variants as they come because it's just not well-known how that variant

1040
01:31:34,520 --> 01:31:40,620
is affecting current infection of people who previously had a different strain of the virus.

1041
01:31:40,620 --> 01:31:48,900
What we do know is that in California the case rate among unvaccinated people is 4.9 per 100,000.

1042
01:31:49,320 --> 01:31:51,880
And vaccinated people it's 0.6.

1043
01:31:52,640 --> 01:31:56,560
So significantly less among vaccinated individuals current infections.

1044
01:31:58,000 --> 01:32:04,100
So that is the main message is that vaccination is really worthwhile for

1045
01:32:04,100 --> 01:32:09,040
containment of COVID for individual protection for family and

1046
01:32:09,040 --> 01:32:10,840
friend protection against COVID.

1047
01:32:11,720 --> 01:32:17,600
So our vaccination rate is for one dose only 49 percent in

1048
01:32:17,600 --> 01:32:18,360
Medira County.

1049
01:32:18,580 --> 01:32:22,700
That's compared to the state, which is at 69.8 percent.

1050
01:32:22,860 --> 01:32:26,100
Holy vaccinated, we're 42.1.

1051
01:32:27,460 --> 01:32:30,180
We are seeing differences among different populations.

1052
01:32:30,180 --> 01:32:37,920
We're seeing less vaccination among that reporting area B in particular and we've done lots and lots of

1053
01:32:37,920 --> 01:32:45,140
outreach in that area. Individuals aged 34 years of age and younger are vaccinating at a lower rate

1054
01:32:45,140 --> 01:32:51,440
and are Hispanic Latino audience is vaccinated at a lower rate and so of course we're very aware of that

1055
01:32:51,440 --> 01:32:58,740
and a lot of our outreach strategies are looking at how do we expand vaccination among those populations.

1056
01:32:58,740 --> 01:33:02,840
We currently are hosting still about 14 clinics a week.

1057
01:33:03,140 --> 01:33:07,860
There's lots of access and that access is all throughout our county.

1058
01:33:08,560 --> 01:33:13,040
We have that update that you ask for in a regular basis

1059
01:33:13,040 --> 01:33:15,680
as about our community-based organizations and how they're functioning.

1060
01:33:16,840 --> 01:33:21,160
We have defined a difference between direct outreach and indirect outreach.

1061
01:33:21,360 --> 01:33:25,620
Interrupt outreach accumulates over time from a marketing perspective

1062
01:33:25,620 --> 01:33:30,640
If you think about impressions, like every time you see that advertise when it adds up over time,

1063
01:33:30,700 --> 01:33:35,120
but that's an indirect impression if it's less than five minutes of interaction.

1064
01:33:35,300 --> 01:33:39,760
That's the definition that we put and it's very common for grant funded education programs.

1065
01:33:41,040 --> 01:33:52,520
So our CBOs together sent from March to June have 19283 impressions and then 6,724 direct contact.

1066
01:33:52,520 --> 01:33:55,480
So that's five minutes or more and most of those interactions

1067
01:33:55,480 --> 01:33:58,100
are 10, 15 minutes, where they're really intensively

1068
01:33:58,100 --> 01:34:00,780
working with individuals answering their questions

1069
01:34:00,780 --> 01:34:03,260
and helping them get registered as much as possible.

1070
01:34:05,340 --> 01:34:08,740
We've had over 400 pop-up education events

1071
01:34:08,740 --> 01:34:10,340
throughout the community, Quabria,

1072
01:34:10,700 --> 01:34:12,980
a storefront pop-up, store-to-door campusing.

1073
01:34:13,360 --> 01:34:15,600
And so that's been a successful effort.

1074
01:34:15,820 --> 01:34:18,000
And we really have increased the volume of data

1075
01:34:18,000 --> 01:34:20,320
that we're collecting from those communities, organizations,

1076
01:34:20,320 --> 01:34:23,340
and utilizing that to improve our outreach.

1077
01:34:24,180 --> 01:34:29,240
The other thing we've rolled out in the last couple of weeks is based on some data that we collected about

1078
01:34:29,920 --> 01:34:34,080
people who waited to get vaccinated, but then went ahead and got vaccinated.

1079
01:34:34,400 --> 01:34:43,320
So I asked my staff to look at that group in particular because much of the research is going and asking people who have not gotten vaccinated while you're not getting it.

1080
01:34:43,320 --> 01:34:48,700
And it's basically known in marketing that that data is pretty unreliable.

1081
01:34:48,860 --> 01:34:52,800
People will tell you lots of different reasons why they're not, but

1082
01:34:52,800 --> 01:34:58,280
you don't really know what's going to convince them to change until you look at the group that has changed.

1083
01:34:58,980 --> 01:35:02,440
So when we looked at the people who are vaccinated in the month of May, we learned several things.

1084
01:35:02,800 --> 01:35:06,940
The first is many of them delayed for very reasonable reasons.

1085
01:35:07,680 --> 01:35:10,500
They didn't have a lot of time. Many people are working several jobs.

1086
01:35:10,500 --> 01:35:14,900
it's difficult for them to get the time to do it, especially when you factor in the people

1087
01:35:14,900 --> 01:35:19,280
have had kind of side effects of the vaccine and they want to make sure they have time to recover.

1088
01:35:20,840 --> 01:35:25,640
Others express things like we wanted to wait until our kids were eligible and we were just waiting

1089
01:35:25,640 --> 01:35:31,980
to go together as a family and solidarity. Many people express they were concerned about the effects

1090
01:35:31,980 --> 01:35:38,460
of the vaccine and they just wanted time to see how it went for people and that was the predominant

1091
01:35:38,460 --> 01:35:44,100
answer is that people who are waiting are mostly unless they're truly like anti-vaccination,

1092
01:35:44,540 --> 01:35:48,580
which they're those, but they're a group that's kind of in the middle to just haven't quite

1093
01:35:48,580 --> 01:35:54,620
made up their mind yet, it's their friends, their family. Did they get vaccinated and what was their

1094
01:35:54,620 --> 01:36:01,420
experience and are they getting sick and any of the hospital or are they protected? So we have

1095
01:36:01,420 --> 01:36:08,440
developed an incentive program that's referred to a friend. We're encouraging people who have been

1096
01:36:08,440 --> 01:36:13,960
So anyone who has a referral code, other vaccinated or not, they can refer other people

1097
01:36:13,960 --> 01:36:19,620
and both individuals get $25 when the individual goes and gets vaccinated.

1098
01:36:20,840 --> 01:36:27,240
So it's an easy way to get free money for people like we want to, and all of this is funded

1099
01:36:27,240 --> 01:36:31,320
by those cowly of a dollars that we've been using for instance, it says not government, fun

1100
01:36:31,320 --> 01:36:36,160
thing, it's through our health plan, but we encourage people to log into our website, get that

1101
01:36:36,160 --> 01:36:40,600
real code it's on our Facebook page and refer friends and family to get back

1102
01:36:40,600 --> 01:36:44,120
soon because that's how we're going to really tackle code is if we're all doing it

1103
01:36:44,120 --> 01:36:50,820
together. I just wanted to address that this week there was in the news that Pfizer was

1104
01:36:50,820 --> 01:36:57,240
trying to get approval for the booster. CDC pushed back there's really not data to show that

1105
01:36:57,240 --> 01:37:01,680
there's need for booster at this point that was not based on science that was based on

1106
01:37:01,680 --> 01:37:07,320
company wanting to have a third vaccine so that they can get more money for vaccine.

1107
01:37:07,980 --> 01:37:09,660
Maybe a good second quarter.

1108
01:37:11,020 --> 01:37:12,660
They haven't made enough money yet.

1109
01:37:12,840 --> 01:37:17,920
And so, you know, good on them, it's capitalism, they're going for what they can.

1110
01:37:18,700 --> 01:37:21,600
And we don't know yet about whether or not a booster is needed.

1111
01:37:21,600 --> 01:37:27,180
So I just wanted to clarify that there isn't really scientific evidence at this point.

1112
01:37:27,180 --> 01:37:29,980
What we're seeing is the vaccine is being very effective.

1113
01:37:30,320 --> 01:37:35,880
It's keeping people from either having if they are infected, milder symptoms,

1114
01:37:36,160 --> 01:37:38,600
if any symptoms at all, and keeping them at a hospital.

1115
01:37:38,620 --> 01:37:42,680
There's really only been a handful of cases that have been hospitalized after vaccination.

1116
01:37:44,620 --> 01:37:48,760
And then, one, I did just briefly touch on school guidance was released yesterday.

1117
01:37:49,280 --> 01:37:53,440
Lots of controversy around the fact that universal masking California was recommended,

1118
01:37:53,600 --> 01:37:55,100
or it's part of the guidance.

1119
01:37:56,860 --> 01:38:02,080
CDPH looks like they might be back pedaling a little bit, we'll see that it was early on,

1120
01:38:02,520 --> 01:38:08,740
but I'll just say that on the calls, the real goal that was emphasized is getting kids back to school.

1121
01:38:09,500 --> 01:38:10,520
That was the real goal.

1122
01:38:10,780 --> 01:38:15,300
And when you look at all of the mitigation factors, if you take distancing away,

1123
01:38:15,800 --> 01:38:20,660
masking is really the best next answer for protecting everyone who is there.

1124
01:38:20,720 --> 01:38:23,380
Students, their families as well as staff.

1125
01:38:23,380 --> 01:38:27,020
So that was the goal, and we'll see what happens.

1126
01:38:27,220 --> 01:38:30,100
I'm sure there's going to be ongoing debate about that.

1127
01:38:30,540 --> 01:38:33,760
And we are, I am in conversations with Dr. Masetti,

1128
01:38:34,300 --> 01:38:35,360
our superintendent of schools,

1129
01:38:35,640 --> 01:38:37,600
keep our superintendents well informed

1130
01:38:37,600 --> 01:38:40,300
and we're still having regular calls with superintendents.

1131
01:38:41,380 --> 01:38:43,420
In summary, COVID-19 has not gone.

1132
01:38:44,060 --> 01:38:46,900
We encourage residents to focus on themselves

1133
01:38:46,900 --> 01:38:51,040
and others how they can protect all of us

1134
01:38:51,040 --> 01:38:58,060
working together, vaccination is the most the most effective means of us doing that, but also there's

1135
01:38:58,060 --> 01:39:02,440
still the things that we've all learned, asking distancing and so if people are not vaccinated

1136
01:39:02,440 --> 01:39:07,900
or even vaccinated, if you find yourself in a place of a distancing is not possible or in large

1137
01:39:07,900 --> 01:39:14,220
crowds, always wear a mask and it's highly recommended and of course get tested. If you do feel sick

1138
01:39:14,220 --> 01:39:17,800
And if you're sick, stay home. Any questions?

1139
01:39:18,120 --> 01:39:19,060
Supervisor Fraser.

1140
01:39:19,980 --> 01:39:25,480
Yeah, on the guidance for the universal masking at schools, I just

1141
01:39:25,480 --> 01:39:31,800
very opposed to what I've, with four young children in watching,

1142
01:39:33,280 --> 01:39:36,360
their mental health, and their ability to interact with people,

1143
01:39:36,700 --> 01:39:38,360
and learn.

1144
01:39:40,400 --> 01:39:43,800
I've just seen how damaging it's been for them to be

1145
01:39:43,800 --> 01:39:52,300
about to see that, I mean, I was a strong proponent of masking and doing all the things and

1146
01:39:52,300 --> 01:40:00,330
as people are vaccinated or not vaccinated and they're making that, themselves, they're making

1147
01:40:00,330 --> 01:40:04,210
that conscious decision, but they're not to protect themselves, whether they be the teachers

1148
01:40:04,210 --> 01:40:11,950
or other students or, I think that at some point we can't just protect everybody if they're

1149
01:40:11,950 --> 01:40:18,710
making the conscious decision with all of the information that's out there, and so I don't

1150
01:40:18,710 --> 01:40:25,090
know how well they'll learn without, you know, to see their teachers face or their friends

1151
01:40:25,090 --> 01:40:31,070
faces or other students, I mean, I've seen kids that haven't seen each other for a year,

1152
01:40:31,390 --> 01:40:36,570
and then they see each other and they don't, they're like, oh, who are you, like, with

1153
01:40:36,570 --> 01:40:44,270
of the mask on, and I just have seen, at some point there's more damage that can happen

1154
01:40:44,270 --> 01:40:49,210
to our kids mental health, I wish I think is extremely important.

1155
01:40:51,950 --> 01:41:02,370
That's just my own personal observations of my kids and what has done to them in their

1156
01:41:02,370 --> 01:41:07,130
version to talking to people and being able to connect.

1157
01:41:07,490 --> 01:41:09,250
And I think that's an important part.

1158
01:41:09,830 --> 01:41:10,910
That's just me personally.

1159
01:41:12,650 --> 01:41:15,910
And so if there's ways to do waivers for that

1160
01:41:15,910 --> 01:41:19,570
and the kids that want to wear them and I think

1161
01:41:19,570 --> 01:41:23,870
it should be a personal choice at this point.

1162
01:41:25,230 --> 01:41:30,990
And then a question in regards, because I also have kids

1163
01:41:30,990 --> 01:41:35,110
that are eligible for the vaccine now.

1164
01:41:36,390 --> 01:41:38,930
But just to give some feedback as a parent

1165
01:41:38,930 --> 01:41:43,010
who is not an anti-bax or I just haven't seen the data

1166
01:41:43,010 --> 01:41:44,810
of what the long-term effects will be.

1167
01:41:45,070 --> 01:41:49,770
And then when I see that in actual medical journals,

1168
01:41:50,450 --> 01:41:52,010
because my wife won't just let me read,

1169
01:41:53,310 --> 01:41:56,130
just things online, it has to be a medical journal

1170
01:41:56,130 --> 01:42:00,170
that actually has research behind it so that I'm not

1171
01:42:00,170 --> 01:42:08,370
just spreading falsehoods, but there's been an increase in in large heart for young males

1172
01:42:09,330 --> 01:42:20,510
and have you seen any of that data? Is it resolved quickly? Is it that's the question?

1173
01:42:22,050 --> 01:42:28,290
I'm not familiar with all of that research myself. I do know that when you look at statistically

1174
01:42:28,290 --> 01:42:34,850
the risk of having those kinds of effects so far in the data, of course, this is a young

1175
01:42:34,850 --> 01:42:35,270
vaccine.

1176
01:42:35,570 --> 01:42:41,150
We don't know everything about it in terms of long term effects and I'm will tell.

1177
01:42:41,970 --> 01:42:49,050
But when you compare that to the risk of COVID infection and the impacts of COVID infection,

1178
01:42:49,450 --> 01:42:54,510
that those impacts far outweigh statistically some of those side effects.

1179
01:42:54,510 --> 01:42:56,490
And so from a population health perspective,

1180
01:42:56,490 --> 01:43:01,350
that's what we're looking at is where does the risk lie?

1181
01:43:02,170 --> 01:43:06,470
And so we still do support vaccination for children.

1182
01:43:07,190 --> 01:43:09,810
I'm looking forward to the approval of the vaccine,

1183
01:43:10,010 --> 01:43:12,730
for kids under age 12, which is expected September,

1184
01:43:13,330 --> 01:43:14,910
October, late September, October.

1185
01:43:16,750 --> 01:43:19,350
Because again, when you compare this vaccine

1186
01:43:19,870 --> 01:43:22,050
to vaccines throughout history,

1187
01:43:22,050 --> 01:43:28,010
this one is far more effective than what we've ever seen before. And that's that's really

1188
01:43:28,010 --> 01:43:38,560
encouraging. So I think that there are there always exceptions and things and risks associated

1189
01:43:38,560 --> 01:43:44,740
with almost any medical treatment that's out there. And we have to look at each individually for ourselves

1190
01:43:44,740 --> 01:43:50,040
for our own kids in a way those different things and make an informed decision that's best for us.

1191
01:43:50,040 --> 01:43:54,080
And to call if I might see him from a personal individual,

1192
01:43:55,960 --> 01:44:01,560
both of my children had COVID, so they have some anti-bodies.

1193
01:44:01,820 --> 01:44:07,300
And so it makes it a little easier to wait a little bit longer to see

1194
01:44:07,300 --> 01:44:13,240
as the more research comes out and what happens in maybe it's a false sense of security,

1195
01:44:13,900 --> 01:44:19,180
but at least there is that little bit that I'm kind of waiting on to be able to see

1196
01:44:19,180 --> 01:44:26,240
longer term effects just to give feedback from somebody who's grappling with this decision

1197
01:44:26,240 --> 01:44:32,480
right now is you're trying to get those data points. I'll do mine publicly.

1198
01:44:33,400 --> 01:44:33,680
Sure.

1199
01:44:34,280 --> 01:44:40,260
And each individual person and family has to make a decision based on the evidence the information

1200
01:44:40,260 --> 01:44:44,140
that they have about where their comfort level is and when they're ready to move forward.

1201
01:44:44,680 --> 01:44:49,140
From a population perspective we're of course encouraging as many people to get vaccinated as possible.

1202
01:44:49,140 --> 01:44:52,340
because that's how viruses work.

1203
01:44:52,660 --> 01:44:55,320
They need a host and it's more of the population level

1204
01:44:55,320 --> 01:44:56,060
that we're looking.

1205
01:44:56,620 --> 01:44:58,100
So we are, of course, encouraging people

1206
01:44:58,100 --> 01:44:59,900
to get vaccinated, but it's certainly interesting.

1207
01:45:00,460 --> 01:45:14,280
We're individual people. If they feel they need more time to see what the outcomes are, that's why we put the information out so that they can take their time and when they're ready, get back to you.

1208
01:45:14,280 --> 01:45:15,860
I've got paralysis by analysis.

1209
01:45:16,700 --> 01:45:18,200
Supervisor Wheeler, yeah.

1210
01:45:18,340 --> 01:45:19,800
Thank you.

1211
01:45:20,060 --> 01:45:24,380
That dealt with very, is that then kids get that easier

1212
01:45:24,380 --> 01:45:25,700
than the other rigor?

1213
01:45:26,340 --> 01:45:28,340
Oh, but it's a little bit different.

1214
01:45:28,500 --> 01:45:29,000
It's a little bit different as young girls.

1215
01:45:29,320 --> 01:45:29,900
More susceptible.

1216
01:45:30,860 --> 01:45:32,640
It regardless of age.

1217
01:45:34,020 --> 01:45:37,840
So it's how quickly it can be passed from one person

1218
01:45:37,840 --> 01:45:38,480
to another.

1219
01:45:38,660 --> 01:45:39,460
Very young.

1220
01:45:40,740 --> 01:45:42,900
So that's not dependent on age.

1221
01:45:44,560 --> 01:45:49,640
Sue Reiserkin's always. Yes, there are what's the age range of the children who can be vaccinated?

1222
01:45:50,420 --> 01:45:54,560
age 12 and up can receive the best Pfizer vaccine. Okay, and then I just

1223
01:45:54,560 --> 01:45:58,360
Do you are comments about the hesitancy of receiving the vaccine?

1224
01:45:59,420 --> 01:46:09,040
Evident it's in my household. I have a sister-in-law who's been very hesitant to receive the vaccine and today has my effect. She has an appointment to get it because they had a little bit of a scare

1225
01:46:09,040 --> 01:46:14,380
someone was exposed, they had to get tested, so now they're going in and she's taking the kids,

1226
01:46:14,500 --> 01:46:19,140
so you'll have three additional people receiving the vaccine today, but I'll make sure to tell her

1227
01:46:19,140 --> 01:46:27,340
to refer to her friend. Yeah, I agree. You can get the referral and that's often what happens.

1228
01:46:27,920 --> 01:46:33,280
I just heard a story from another staff member of exactly the same scenario on someone who was very

1229
01:46:33,280 --> 01:46:37,840
resistant to getting the vaccine that they had a scare and they're waiting for their test results.

1230
01:46:37,840 --> 01:46:41,080
And if it comes back negative, the first thing they're going to do is go get back to me.

1231
01:46:41,480 --> 01:46:43,600
That's that's often an experience that happened.

1232
01:46:43,700 --> 01:46:46,680
And they were waiting to see what happened to me after I received it.

1233
01:46:47,000 --> 01:46:47,060
Yeah.

1234
01:46:47,120 --> 01:46:47,500
Okay.

1235
01:46:48,580 --> 01:46:49,460
Thank you.

1236
01:46:49,580 --> 01:46:49,960
Very good.

1237
01:46:50,020 --> 01:46:52,200
Are there any comments from the members of the public?

1238
01:46:53,040 --> 01:46:56,360
Seeing and hearing none, let's move on to item six each.

1239
01:46:56,680 --> 01:46:58,880
The Sheriff's Office Mobile Command Center.

1240
01:47:09,230 --> 01:47:10,970
Morning, Chairman and members of the board.

1241
01:47:11,630 --> 01:47:16,610
I'm sure of high symposium here is your director of emergency services from the

1242
01:47:16,610 --> 01:47:20,570
County. So we started looking at ways to replace our aging

1243
01:47:20,570 --> 01:47:24,430
milk map of several years ago. Our current map post was a

1244
01:47:24,430 --> 01:47:27,730
used vehicle that we obtained from the public health

1245
01:47:27,730 --> 01:47:31,710
department. It's actually a 1992 when a baguette and I

1246
01:47:31,710 --> 01:47:35,490
believe we received about 15 years ago, not positive on the day,

1247
01:47:36,170 --> 01:47:38,770
but it's somewhere in that range. It doesn't any use to drive

1248
01:47:38,770 --> 01:47:42,390
it to or something. Yeah, it's a big occasion. It's a

1249
01:47:42,390 --> 01:47:45,370
point up great from that. Yeah, but she served us very well.

1250
01:47:45,370 --> 01:47:48,490
We're very grateful to have that and it's been really good to us.

1251
01:47:48,710 --> 01:47:53,710
But unfortunately, it's no longer able to fully support our current future operation requirements.

1252
01:47:54,570 --> 01:47:59,230
There are technology needs and I keep you all these obviously have increased in the last 20 years.

1253
01:47:59,830 --> 01:48:05,150
So in 2019, the Midair Accounting Anti-Cares and Task Force, which includes the County Fire

1254
01:48:05,150 --> 01:48:09,590
Chief, the Public Health Officer, the Midaira City Police Chief, the Midaira City Fire Chief,

1255
01:48:09,750 --> 01:48:13,670
and the Child Child Police Chief, and lastly the Child Child Fire Chief,

1256
01:48:13,670 --> 01:48:17,870
elected to start a project for a regional command post. And so by using that group of people,

1257
01:48:17,990 --> 01:48:24,690
we were able to leverage about $211,629 a full-man security grant funding for the project.

1258
01:48:25,750 --> 01:48:31,690
Which gave us a great start. Additionally, we were proposing to use 810,466 dollars from the

1259
01:48:31,690 --> 01:48:36,350
rural sheriffs fund. These funds are allocated and specified the rural and small county sheriffs

1260
01:48:36,350 --> 01:48:38,670
in HANTS law enforcement services.

1261
01:48:39,870 --> 01:48:42,270
We assemble a team for a Muslim development.

1262
01:48:43,010 --> 01:48:48,730
They created a list of needs and wants and working with that group and any other stakeholders.

1263
01:48:49,670 --> 01:48:54,990
And then we put this project forward for a RFP and finally reviewed all those bids.

1264
01:48:55,130 --> 01:48:56,050
We did quite a bit of research.

1265
01:48:56,270 --> 01:48:59,690
We visited other agencies, talk to the end users.

1266
01:48:59,970 --> 01:49:04,730
People actually go in the command, post and use it every day and did a lot of work to make sure

1267
01:49:04,730 --> 01:49:06,650
that we were selecting the best product

1268
01:49:06,650 --> 01:49:08,950
and the most fiscal irresponsible matter.

1269
01:49:09,650 --> 01:49:12,590
In the end, our development team recommended

1270
01:49:12,590 --> 01:49:16,670
in BF industries, and I can further their decision.

1271
01:49:17,030 --> 01:49:19,190
A couple of things I've mentioned about this bid.

1272
01:49:19,310 --> 01:49:22,890
It was the lowest bid, as well as it was the setup

1273
01:49:22,890 --> 01:49:24,830
or vehicle we liked the most.

1274
01:49:25,250 --> 01:49:27,570
Even if price wasn't the factor,

1275
01:49:28,270 --> 01:49:30,850
in BF was really the perfect vehicle

1276
01:49:30,850 --> 01:49:31,730
that there are needs.

1277
01:49:31,870 --> 01:49:34,210
So it's very fortunate that it was also the lowest bid.

1278
01:49:34,730 --> 01:49:39,430
So they built similar command vehicles for many other law enforcement agencies, military, fire,

1279
01:49:39,570 --> 01:49:45,150
emergency management and private industries. One thing to mention, it's the only company that I'm

1280
01:49:45,150 --> 01:49:50,790
aware of, not just in the bid process, but I think in the country that built their moveable box,

1281
01:49:51,850 --> 01:49:57,090
and this allows it to be when this vehicles at the end of life such as ours is now, we'll

1282
01:49:57,090 --> 01:50:02,330
take that box off, K to have it rehabilitated a new technology that mounts on a new chassis.

1283
01:50:02,330 --> 01:50:08,550
This in the end will save the county and the taxpayers significant amounts of money.

1284
01:50:11,000 --> 01:50:17,280
So this is a map post office space for a full-instinct man team, including a remote dispatch center and a conference room.

1285
01:50:17,720 --> 01:50:20,420
Having a redundant dispatch center is obviously critical.

1286
01:50:21,380 --> 01:50:27,940
map postal have redundant satellite internet ensuring that we always have connectivity during disasters or when we need it.

1287
01:50:27,940 --> 01:50:34,040
It'll have available to all of our, it will be available to all of our county and agency partners,

1288
01:50:34,700 --> 01:50:38,620
whenever they need mayor rise for them. Whether it's managing a fire or local disaster,

1289
01:50:38,700 --> 01:50:43,620
maybe a vaccine distribution point, it'll also be available to be sent out of mutual aid.

1290
01:50:44,320 --> 01:50:48,620
So we rely a lot on mutual aid from other counties to come in and organise with personnel and equipment,

1291
01:50:48,760 --> 01:50:55,460
and this is way for us to also help out our other partners. And of course, if they have a

1292
01:50:55,460 --> 01:50:58,120
the inverse of what incident allows cost recovery.

1293
01:50:59,820 --> 01:51:04,960
I believe the cost recovery is somewhere in the range of 3 to $700 per day on this vehicle

1294
01:51:04,960 --> 01:51:05,700
when it's out on incident.

1295
01:51:06,140 --> 01:51:10,120
So it can get significant for us.

1296
01:51:10,860 --> 01:51:13,840
I can tell you that it's been extremely useful to have a vehicle like this when we're going

1297
01:51:13,840 --> 01:51:14,760
to our current fire.

1298
01:51:15,480 --> 01:51:17,260
So we think of them get a lot of use.

1299
01:51:17,560 --> 01:51:18,180
It's a great design.

1300
01:51:18,340 --> 01:51:21,240
It's going to serve our agency in the citizens for many years to come.

1301
01:51:21,700 --> 01:51:25,000
And since we're using grant funds and the rural sheriff's funds, there's no general

1302
01:51:25,000 --> 01:51:29,580
on impact, but with I'd like to ask you to approve the notice and attempt to award, and

1303
01:51:29,580 --> 01:51:32,480
we'll see then it's just a bit of revenue and we're available with questions and we have

1304
01:51:32,480 --> 01:51:35,080
any questions of the share of?

1305
01:51:37,340 --> 01:51:40,280
Are there any members of the public that have a comment?

1306
01:51:42,180 --> 01:51:47,620
Seeing none, we'll approve, that one, two and three, yes, they're good.

1307
01:51:48,860 --> 01:51:52,280
We have a motion in a second, roll, co-vote, please.

1308
01:51:54,800 --> 01:51:58,100
Oh, any members of the public have any comments?

1309
01:51:58,980 --> 01:51:59,640
Oh, if I ask.

1310
01:52:00,040 --> 01:52:00,220
Okay.

1311
01:52:00,360 --> 01:52:00,740
Okay.

1312
01:52:00,980 --> 01:52:01,220
Very good.

1313
01:52:01,220 --> 01:52:01,520
Okay.

1314
01:52:04,200 --> 01:52:05,380
Supervisor Frasher.

1315
01:52:05,420 --> 01:52:05,720
Yes.

1316
01:52:05,900 --> 01:52:06,820
Supervisor Wheeler.

1317
01:52:07,120 --> 01:52:07,380
Yes.

1318
01:52:07,680 --> 01:52:08,440
Supervisor Gonzalez.

1319
01:52:09,020 --> 01:52:09,260
Yes.

1320
01:52:09,520 --> 01:52:10,460
Chairman Poittrees.

1321
01:52:10,460 --> 01:52:10,840
Yes.

1322
01:52:10,900 --> 01:52:10,980
Yes.

1323
01:52:10,980 --> 01:52:12,040
The passes 40.

1324
01:52:12,740 --> 01:52:13,300
Very good.

1325
01:52:13,640 --> 01:52:14,940
Looking forward to it.

1326
01:52:15,160 --> 01:52:16,840
Next, we have item 6.

1327
01:52:16,840 --> 01:52:21,640
And this is the declaration proclaiming the existence of a local emergency.

1328
01:52:21,840 --> 01:52:28,100
This is the item that this is the addition to the agenda that we approved early on.

1329
01:52:28,340 --> 01:52:31,920
Yes, Chairman, if I will, before the sheriff, thank you, Sheriff Pogan.

1330
01:52:32,380 --> 01:52:38,660
In Chairman, the sheriff did declare the existence of a local emergency due to the river fire,

1331
01:52:38,780 --> 01:52:43,240
and that was proclaimed yesterday on July 12th, Sunday.

1332
01:52:43,240 --> 01:53:13,100
And today, before you as a resolution, ratifying and extending that proclamation of a local emergency and with that, I would suggest that you're any motion that you make to approve is a resolution and but we ask gave us a template that that also provides some additional language for the board to ratify it, but the share a declaration would be an exhibit to any resolution that was approved by the sport related to the river fire.

1333
01:53:13,240 --> 01:53:14,460
Thank you.

1334
01:53:15,820 --> 01:53:16,640
Thank you, Chairman.

1335
01:53:18,180 --> 01:53:18,880
Chair Pizepog.

1336
01:53:19,040 --> 01:53:21,940
Again, here is your Office Emergency Services Director.

1337
01:53:22,640 --> 01:53:25,760
I'm joined here by Battalion Chief Anthony Garcia as well.

1338
01:53:26,200 --> 01:53:29,500
I appreciate you adding this important item to the agenda this morning.

1339
01:53:29,520 --> 01:53:32,880
As you're aware, I've proclaimed a local emergency yesterday to do the riverfire.

1340
01:53:32,980 --> 01:53:36,880
It's burning in the Medera or at the Medera Marcosa County line.

1341
01:53:37,260 --> 01:53:39,980
Off of road 800 in area known as Bailey flats.

1342
01:53:41,240 --> 01:53:42,960
between Raymond and a warning.

1343
01:53:43,760 --> 01:53:46,000
So I'm asking for you to sign a resolution ratified

1344
01:53:46,000 --> 01:53:47,840
stating that declaration of local emergency.

1345
01:53:48,260 --> 01:53:50,800
Currently we have evacuations in place for road 600,

1346
01:53:51,520 --> 01:53:53,880
between road 612, and blazing saddle trail,

1347
01:53:54,420 --> 01:53:58,440
road 800, road 820, road 810, and road 812.

1348
01:53:59,320 --> 01:54:02,360
But we also have evacuation warnings for another section,

1349
01:54:02,820 --> 01:54:06,380
a couple sections of road 600, between road 415 and 612,

1350
01:54:06,380 --> 01:54:10,080
as well as between blazing saddle trail and how a 40-minute time.

1351
01:54:11,060 --> 01:54:16,820
Some road closures road 600 at road 612, 600 at 619 and road 816.

1352
01:54:18,000 --> 01:54:23,480
Right now we're about 95 homes under evacuation order and additional 25 under evacuation warning.

1353
01:54:24,660 --> 01:54:29,500
Our county staff and deputies are out conducting damages assessments to see what homes or structures have been burned

1354
01:54:30,400 --> 01:54:34,320
and what county roadways or their infrastructure has been damaged as we speak.

1355
01:54:35,060 --> 01:54:39,840
County Road Supporting, there's at least three bridges in the area that are going to need to be assessed for damage.

1356
01:54:41,520 --> 01:54:49,820
And as far as on the sheriff side, we're currently receiving quite a bit of requests for people to go back in or retrieve items or feed and water animals.

1357
01:54:49,820 --> 01:54:54,920
We're working with fire to make those arrangements to conduct them as safely as efficiently as possible.

1358
01:54:56,860 --> 01:55:02,160
We are doing a lot of patrolling, making sure people's property and other items are safe.

1359
01:55:03,020 --> 01:55:07,720
And I'm going to turn it over to a tiny Chief Anthony Garcia to talk to you a little bit about

1360
01:55:07,720 --> 01:55:10,200
current fire ravers to get understand and what's going on there.

1361
01:55:13,720 --> 01:55:16,500
I turn the members of the board at the New Garcia Battalion Chief of Calpire.

1362
01:55:16,660 --> 01:55:22,920
As of this morning's report, Pires still looking at 9,500 acres, 15% contained, still 600

1363
01:55:22,920 --> 01:55:24,660
structures being immediately threatened.

1364
01:55:24,940 --> 01:55:30,780
About 1,216 personnel on the scene yesterday they did request an incident management team

1365
01:55:30,780 --> 01:55:32,980
to come in and assist with management of the fire.

1366
01:55:32,980 --> 01:55:36,240
that team will take over the fire of the speed today, and that's just going to help

1367
01:55:36,240 --> 01:55:39,940
up a lot of the digital support, trying to support operations and finance the fire itself.

1368
01:55:41,500 --> 01:55:43,500
I don't know if you have any questions, I'll be really happy to answer.

1369
01:55:43,980 --> 01:55:44,720
Supervisor Wheeler.

1370
01:55:45,380 --> 01:55:47,200
Yeah, first of all, I just want to thank you when

1371
01:55:49,040 --> 01:55:52,700
about two and a half miles from my base, so I got noticed to evacuate,

1372
01:55:54,300 --> 01:55:57,000
then that back and what had you, so let's say everything's packed up here.

1373
01:55:57,000 --> 01:56:04,140
So, anyway, I've talked with the chief about what's in that night, and he was telling

1374
01:56:04,140 --> 01:56:05,200
me some history,

1375
01:56:07,240 --> 01:56:12,040
60 years ago in 1961, a hard-old buyer started on most exact place

1376
01:56:12,040 --> 01:56:18,040
where this started, on most exact time, the aim gate, when he differences a little bit as the

1377
01:56:18,040 --> 01:56:22,000
heat there was two degrees cooler than back then than it is this time.

1378
01:56:24,220 --> 01:56:30,880
We're in the same way, I guess we don't have the wins, maybe you guys ought to have

1379
01:56:30,880 --> 01:56:33,200
so much quicker than what they did back then.

1380
01:56:33,520 --> 01:56:39,400
Right, we did a big difference so good job, I don't like it today.

1381
01:56:40,560 --> 01:56:43,740
Very good, thank you, are there any other comments from my colleagues?

1382
01:56:44,780 --> 01:56:46,980
Any members of the public have a comment?

1383
01:56:48,380 --> 01:56:52,340
I'll bring it back to the board and I'll accept the motion for action.

1384
01:56:52,340 --> 01:56:55,640
I'll move to approve the emergency declaration.

1385
01:56:55,900 --> 01:56:56,420
Second.

1386
01:56:57,400 --> 01:56:58,700
We have a motion in a second.

1387
01:56:59,000 --> 01:57:00,100
We'll call vote please.

1388
01:57:01,000 --> 01:57:01,820
Supervisor Wheeler.

1389
01:57:02,300 --> 01:57:02,440
Yes.

1390
01:57:02,600 --> 01:57:03,380
Supervisor Gonzalez.

1391
01:57:04,200 --> 01:57:04,220
Yes.

1392
01:57:04,220 --> 01:57:05,080
Supervisor Fraser.

1393
01:57:05,400 --> 01:57:05,620
Yes.

1394
01:57:05,860 --> 01:57:07,500
And stay safe up there.

1395
01:57:07,780 --> 01:57:08,780
Chairman Poetris.

1396
01:57:08,900 --> 01:57:09,240
Yes.

1397
01:57:09,280 --> 01:57:10,840
Vote passes for zero.

1398
01:57:11,280 --> 01:57:11,500
Thank you.

1399
01:57:12,280 --> 01:57:12,780
Very good.

1400
01:57:12,840 --> 01:57:13,980
Appreciate it.

1401
01:57:14,820 --> 01:57:16,340
Moving on to pending legislation.

1402
01:57:16,340 --> 01:57:20,560
And is there any legislation that we need to deal with today?

1403
01:57:22,610 --> 01:57:23,570
Doesn't look quite hit?

1404
01:57:23,830 --> 01:57:24,190
There's not.

1405
01:57:24,630 --> 01:57:26,770
Let's move on to supervisor and staff reports.

1406
01:57:26,830 --> 01:57:27,850
I'll start to my right.

1407
01:57:28,110 --> 01:57:29,210
Supervisor Frazier.

1408
01:57:30,250 --> 01:57:36,530
I attended the Central Valley Railworking Group last Friday.

1409
01:57:36,750 --> 01:57:38,820
A lot of information about everything that's going on.

1410
01:57:39,870 --> 01:57:41,490
And how to keep cars off the road, Rob?

1411
01:57:42,110 --> 01:57:43,530
That's really good things, yeah.

1412
01:57:43,530 --> 01:57:46,130
Well, this is, I'll be a lot safer than that.

1413
01:57:46,250 --> 01:57:48,870
That's right, our bikes, very good.

1414
01:57:48,930 --> 01:57:52,690
Supervisor Gonzalez, supervisor Wheeler.

1415
01:57:52,950 --> 01:57:54,830
Just one short deal yesterday.

1416
01:57:55,330 --> 01:57:58,470
The PG&E had their Crain Valley perk.

1417
01:57:58,770 --> 01:58:01,550
It was kind of our last hearing of what we're going to do.

1418
01:58:01,650 --> 01:58:03,930
We had all the public comments, but they wanted

1419
01:58:03,930 --> 01:58:07,990
to change it last late, no weight boards, no more buoys.

1420
01:58:08,210 --> 01:58:11,930
You know, there was probably at least 50 comments

1421
01:58:11,930 --> 01:58:18,750
from the public that we went over over two and a half hours so that they'll come out and

1422
01:58:18,750 --> 01:58:23,590
how it was report and what they all wanted to use for next year's book that comes out

1423
01:58:23,590 --> 01:58:30,930
at last late. Just to note, over the last year we used the sheriff's in the orders for $4,000

1424
01:58:31,790 --> 01:58:36,890
acres for the folks that put in the last late. Do you get one of them by September last year?

1425
01:58:36,890 --> 01:58:42,830
But they ordered 4,500 this year having, yeah, very interesting.

1426
01:58:43,530 --> 01:58:45,490
And I just wanted to thank the sheriff on that.

1427
01:58:45,870 --> 01:58:48,670
Also, they got, they've been, one of the things that public

1428
01:58:48,670 --> 01:58:50,530
been complaining about is not on their sheriff.

1429
01:58:51,070 --> 01:58:54,510
They've got two full-time sheriff's extra on the base late now.

1430
01:58:54,730 --> 01:58:56,250
And we've got three boats now.

1431
01:58:56,590 --> 01:59:01,630
Two way, way of wondering, they started seven in a morning.

1432
01:59:02,310 --> 01:59:04,130
But the last whistle goes out of eight,

1433
01:59:04,270 --> 01:59:06,550
they probably stayed a little bit late at eights.

1434
01:59:06,550 --> 01:59:09,350
to do a heck of a job and testing.

1435
01:59:09,970 --> 01:59:10,390
Thank you.

1436
01:59:10,470 --> 01:59:11,270
Can I add one more?

1437
01:59:11,930 --> 01:59:13,850
And this is just for actually next month.

1438
01:59:14,070 --> 01:59:14,470
I'd like to add.

1439
01:59:14,470 --> 01:59:17,950
On last Thursday, I went to, I was coffee at Bernard.

1440
01:59:18,810 --> 01:59:20,670
Bernard is a property.

1441
01:59:20,890 --> 01:59:23,670
There's two houses right on the gloves in Madera County.

1442
01:59:24,090 --> 01:59:25,010
Overlooking the river.

1443
01:59:26,090 --> 01:59:28,550
And a lot of different groups just come out.

1444
01:59:29,250 --> 01:59:32,370
Every month to talk about vision of the river.

1445
01:59:33,390 --> 01:59:34,870
Different things.

1446
01:59:34,870 --> 01:59:43,590
It was actually very interesting and informative, and so I just invite people who were put it

1447
01:59:44,570 --> 01:59:54,410
on next month on my page on the county when it is. But bring your own 14-chair up. Only have one

1448
01:59:54,410 --> 01:59:58,830
and two kids in the dog and the dog used it.

1449
01:59:59,250 --> 01:59:59,970
Well, the dog was...

1450
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:05,720
We're meeting a couple of people in the circle, but the kids got my chair and I just stood up.

1451
02:00:06,180 --> 02:00:17,180
And then you can walk down. There's a great little trail that goes down there and see some very beautiful river scenery there and they're counting.

1452
02:00:18,220 --> 02:00:23,100
Fantastic. Thank you. Mr. Barney, any reports?

1453
02:00:23,100 --> 02:00:35,640
I have a brief one as to do with animal services, so you may have noted in the Governors budget there was an additional $45 million put in this year to go with $5 million from last year

1454
02:00:35,640 --> 02:00:50,520
it's all going to UC Davis to address animal shelter issues. I guess that's good news. The bad news is up to this point. Our shelter. The issues that are trying to address are youth that age was in this point.

1455
02:00:50,520 --> 02:00:57,460
Our shelter isn't. I don't know what to call. They're doing such a good job that they're not bad enough to qualify for any of that money

1456
02:00:57,460 --> 02:01:02,940
So that's kind of the classic upside down government thought. However, I wanted to bring to the board's attention that

1457
02:01:04,240 --> 02:01:11,040
We've kind of noted throughout the Western states in the post-COVID world that there's a whole lot of people abandoning a whole lot of pets

1458
02:01:11,040 --> 02:01:12,280
I don't know if it's because

1459
02:01:12,840 --> 02:01:16,000
Just like Thomas talking about recreation. We had all these new

1460
02:01:16,000 --> 02:01:24,060
first time folks up on the lake. I think COVID drove a lot of people to be new first time pet owners and now that they return to work

1461
02:01:24,060 --> 02:01:29,480
or now that their animals may be reaching young adulthood, maybe it's too much form and

1462
02:01:29,480 --> 02:01:35,240
rather than adopting them out there. So they are abandoning them. So they're ending up in the shelter. So

1463
02:01:35,240 --> 02:01:40,080
recently to help alleviate some of that FMS funded

1464
02:01:40,780 --> 02:01:44,580
the adoption fees for 25 of these animals. So that

1465
02:01:44,580 --> 02:01:51,020
up to a little bit, but my guess is this is going to go on for at least say six more months.

1466
02:01:52,020 --> 02:01:56,460
So we may be bringing a night up back to the board to discuss what we're going to do about adoption fees.

1467
02:01:56,700 --> 02:02:01,740
Because generally, if the fees are low, people will come out and adapt.

1468
02:02:01,920 --> 02:02:05,920
If the fees are high, if people won't, and you're probably wondering, well, what are those fees for?

1469
02:02:06,420 --> 02:02:11,840
And the fees are for, we release spade and neutered animals, and we also chip them.

1470
02:02:11,840 --> 02:02:27,740
And part of the reason we give them is to encourage people to be responsible adopters, so they don't try to play musical dogs or cats and get one and bring it back to three months, we want people to invest themselves in the animals that they adopt.

1471
02:02:27,740 --> 02:02:34,020
So, we may be bringing something back as it relates to the fees within the next month or two,

1472
02:02:34,020 --> 02:02:41,140
and it would probably be something along the lines of either temporarily setting the

1473
02:02:41,140 --> 02:02:46,480
fee aside or some other way to support that fee so that folks can adopt these animals so that

1474
02:02:46,480 --> 02:02:52,200
we don't end up on that list that you see Davis is going to try to deal with. That's my report.

1475
02:02:52,200 --> 02:03:09,320
very good. Thank you. Council Garza. Thank you, Chairman. I do have a report today and I'm happy to announce that we are at the final stages of coordinating some very tailored training for our boards and commissions that would be the assessment appeals board.

1476
02:03:09,320 --> 02:03:13,400
that serves the county.

1477
02:03:13,600 --> 02:03:15,660
The other is the Civil Service Commission

1478
02:03:16,300 --> 02:03:18,000
and our planning commission.

1479
02:03:18,240 --> 02:03:19,640
There have been some new appointments

1480
02:03:20,360 --> 02:03:24,020
and of some members and also some that have served for a while

1481
02:03:24,020 --> 02:03:28,420
and coordinating with the folks that put those agendas together

1482
02:03:28,420 --> 02:03:31,780
and help those bodies do the work that they do.

1483
02:03:32,020 --> 02:03:34,540
We've come up with a list of tailored trainings

1484
02:03:34,540 --> 02:03:37,300
and that will happen on July 29th.

1485
02:03:37,400 --> 02:03:38,740
The three will come together.

1486
02:03:38,740 --> 02:03:54,280
So they'll each have to post a special meeting agenda 530 in the afternoon, and it will be a couple of hours where we'll hit on some training and have a section where they can stump the lawyers and ask any questions that they might have.

1487
02:03:55,220 --> 02:04:00,640
So, many of you board members would like to attend and mingle with your appointees or go through some additional training.

1488
02:04:00,640 --> 02:04:08,440
We're going to highlight parliamentary procedure and touch on conflict by some of the AB-123 FEPC

1489
02:04:08,440 --> 02:04:14,620
ethics required training that we just rolled out about a year ago. We'll touch on some pieces

1490
02:04:14,620 --> 02:04:21,280
and hopefully it would be productive and worthwhile two hours. If a majority of the board wants to

1491
02:04:21,280 --> 02:04:28,660
attend, you can let any of us know here and we'll make sure that we cover it as a special meeting.

1492
02:04:28,660 --> 02:04:30,220
Thank you.

1493
02:04:30,220 --> 02:04:30,700
Very good.

1494
02:04:30,780 --> 02:04:31,680
Thank you.

1495
02:04:31,840 --> 02:04:32,420
Where could the board?

1496
02:04:32,540 --> 02:04:33,360
Nothing to report.

1497
02:04:33,660 --> 02:04:34,700
Thank you.

1498
02:04:34,960 --> 02:04:35,620
Thank you.

1499
02:04:35,780 --> 02:04:39,720
And we do have to complete closed session.

1500
02:04:39,920 --> 02:04:41,400
We have a couple more items.

1501
02:04:41,820 --> 02:04:43,860
So we will go there now.

1502
02:04:58,390 --> 02:04:58,510
Right.

1503
02:04:59,530 --> 02:04:59,590
Yeah.

1504
02:05:11,170 --> 02:05:11,550
Exactly.

1505
02:05:12,610 --> 02:05:12,950
That's it.

1506
02:05:33,210 --> 02:05:33,530
Session.

1507
02:05:34,490 --> 02:05:35,090
Councilor.

1508
02:05:35,110 --> 02:05:36,650
There are 80 reportable items.

1509
02:05:41,850 --> 02:05:45,630
Chairman, there are no reportable actions from the conclusion of your closed session.

1510
02:05:45,630 --> 02:05:48,630
Very good, thank you, and we shall adjourn.

1511
02:05:49,670 --> 02:05:50,530
Appreciate it.