Turning, they just grind out the sort of slippery land,
giving me the description of a little of the written thing, right?
Grind out the middle.
Yeah, and then they can have a new asphalt map.
That's it.
Let's take a quick look at what kind of parties are there.
You know, we don't have a list because I've never seen this one.
There's no way around the next thing you got the stop was to make sure you before the hideaway road that you could go
I'm going to take my kind of it.
I see what's going on.
I'm actually talking to you.
Okay.
See me in asphalt column.
You haven't seen that.
No.
Okay.
There's no need to pay for it.
There's 250,000.
Okay.
I think I followed you guys, but you went straight a long way around.
Oh, okay, all right.
Okay, we are in business.
Can I go ahead and call to order today's Board of Supervisors meeting?
We'll call please.
Supervisor Goss?
Here.
Supervisor McGowan?
Present.
Ambassador Sara Tola.
Your Honor.
Supervisor Ingle.
Your Honor.
Chairwoman Holl.
Here.
I'll please rise for the Friday Legends.
I'll show up black.
Well would you like to leave this in the pledge?
Okay.
I would like to leave this in the pledge
with the United States of America,
the entry of the Republic for religious stamps,
the One Nation under the button,
and the visible, the liberty and justice for all.
Moving along to additions to or deletions from the agenda, we are removing item 5B.
That's good.
And any other changes to today's agenda?
The next item will move ahead to public comment opportunity.
Matters under the jurisdiction of the board and not on the posted agenda may be addressed
by the general public at the beginning of the agenda.
If you have a comment on an agenda item, please hold your comments for the time that that
agenda item is taken up.
California law does prohibit the board from taking action on any matter that's not
on the posted agenda unless it's determined to be an urgency item by the board of supervisors.
any member of the public that wishes to address the board during public comment
period will have a maximum of three minutes. Okay let's take it public
comment from the room first.
Yes I have a question and I hope we could follow up
with my supervisor Goss. I'm wondering as a member of the public how I can be
sure that the elected official in the Treasury Department is doing their
carrying out their duties. I know it's kind of weird they're not coming in and I'm just concerned given
the history that I'm aware of and my concerns in the past that they're able to do their job and
I'm wondering if there's a way that I can get in touch with the oversight committee or something
maybe they should be meeting more often now that we have this unusual circumstance.
If there's a problem with whatever's going on with that official why they're not coming in that
that maybe we could have an acting person signed to do the duties that I don't know the rules.
So I'm wondering if there's a way I can, how can I find out more about this?
We can have staff follow up with you, Mr. Farty.
I have a point.
Yeah.
Okay.
Thank you.
Okay.
Any other public comment?
It's the next question.
Is the Treasury Oversight Committee due to meet soon, or is I have something on
my calendar, but I don't know that that's happening?
Yeah, there's, I can follow up with the exact date, but there is one scheduled
for this month. Great, thank you. I will provide a brief clarification. The Treasury Oversight
Committee has a specific role regarding investments, not oversight of staff or elected officials.
Okay, any other public comment in the room?
Let's move to Zoom. First caller on Zoom,
please go ahead. I'm
calling back again because nobody's done anything to help me.
so you know about the something 50 violations that are potential possible
made-up violations quote-unquote it says potential. I have a fire break around
my houses on the TPZ land. Those fire breaks were on the farm when I bought it.
I did do a little bit of work before the Dixie fire. That fire break was
dozed almost every day for weeks by multiple fire departments during the
fire, the Dixie fire that work might have been done by the Forest Service Fire Department
because Genesee falls under their preview. But honestly, I don't know which fire departments
came out here every few hours and kept dozing. Meanwhile, I've been written up for that
fire breaks and told that I have to pull, I have to pull a permit for that fire break.
And I didn't make that fire break. And so, again, I need you guys to show up.
I need you guys to come out here and look at my place. I need you to look at these
things because they don't make sense, and I keep doing everything I can to keep this just kind of
as simple and clean as possible. But I need your help because if a fire department comes onto my
art, Forest Service, somebody comes on my property and cuts a fire break so that they can get down
to the creek because it's on fire over and over again, why should I be required to pull a permit
for that. I really need you to answer that.
Thank you. Next over on Zoom. How
are you there?
Uncomfortable truth. California fraud hit 7.2 billion. California is the number one
in child sex trafficking. President Donald Trump declassified records showing the
CCP's involvement in Americans' elections. Tulsi Gabbard revealed evidence that the U.S.
government is funding over 120 biolabs in 30 countries including the U.S. and the Ukraine.
Excess deaths are surging worldwide. The FDA continues to authorize mRNA shots despite millions
of Americans being killed, injured, or disabled. Senator Ron Johnson held Senate hearings on
the corruption of science, myocarditis, pericarditis, remdesivir, the hospital protocols,
Turbocancers, the white fibrous cloths and contamination
of the blood supply.
Michael Jaco and Paul Preston discussed the use
of directed energy weapons in Spokane, like California,
after rejecting data centers.
They injected 30 million kids.
Fauci's diary exposes he may have suffered
from a COVID vaccine injury while promoting the jab
to everyone else.
He had a pulmonary infraction.
He never told anybody he treated it privately
by the best doctors in America.
Rather than provide transparency
to the American people, Fauci opted
to assert his first amendment right and refused
to answer questions which is an obstruction of justice.
About COVID-19 pandemic, the government's response,
early treatment, development, safety monitoring,
vaccines affecting this, the deluge of adverse events.
If he knew health officials hid safety signals
for the COVID-19 vaccine, which was recently uncovered.
Documents released are now being referred to
as the Fauci Diary, which revealed he was saying things
in private that did not match what he was telling the public.
Senator Joss Hawley told him somewhere along the way,
you lost your way and it became about you, your image, your self-aggrandizement,
your self-promotion, your personal enrichment. You became a narcissist and
a megalomaniac and a liar. You lied to the American public and to this body. You
disgraced your profession and you harmed science. Write that in your diary. When
And speaking to Anthony, when speaking of Anthony Fauci's attorney, they said, when
you are in deep shit, that's who you call.
Attorney generals are opening investigations and seeking criminal charges.
They have now launched subpoenas.
This is on top of the criminal contempt of Congress.
Criminal prosecutions against Anthony Fauci and top public health officials in their
role have been sent to 50 attorney generals in the 50 states.
Thank you, Collier.
You're time is up.
Thank you, Collier.
Your time is up.
Okay.
Moving along to department head updates.
These are brief announcements by reports on activities by county department heads.
Good morning.
I'm Marci B. Martial, county foot reporter and registrar of voters.
Just want to let the public be aware that a lot of these postcards are in the
mail to inactive registered voters. Why do we send them to an inactive registered
voter? Because the state told us we had to. If you get this card, please don't be
alarmed. Please don't be concerned. Contact our office or follow the
instructions on this card and we will be able to remedy any situation that you
may have. So this postcard if you receive it in the mail, don't be
alarmed. Just do what it says or contact our office. The election
extension of the filing period because incumbents did not file for the November general election
ends tomorrow at 5 p.m. for those positions that the incumbents did not file.
That is public information on our front counter and you can come in and see which districts
have incumbents that did not file thus positions are extended for filing for anyone but the
incumbent until tomorrow 5 p.m. And then I just want to let everybody know that if
you'd like to come work one of the best departments in the county we do have an
opening for a deputy clerk recorder 1 2 in the clerk recorders department please
apply through to resources and we'd love to have you as part of our team thank
We have a few events that are upcoming. I have flyers and a looper after I let you know the dates and times and what they are. But just for your awareness that you can find these online at our website under public health and they are all at the bottom of the tab.
So there's not a lot of printouts.
But the first one is our Clues County Veterans stand down.
This is being put on by our Veterans Service Director,
Michael Titoro, usually it's a one-day event.
This year, only two days.
I'm starting September 18th through the 19th
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 55 Bellamy Lane, Quincy.
This is the church at the cross street from PDH.
And so I'll leave some of these here.
Sit up there.
Sorry.
It's for veterans and veteran families.
Our next event is put on by a tobacco use reduction program and alcohol and other prevention
programs.
It takes place this Friday under the stars.
It's a free movie for families who bring a blanket and your lawn chairs will be outside.
It's free popcorn.
Anybody under 12 C's provides supervision.
And the movie will be surfs up.
Thank you, Kate Harris, for letting us sit there, which is appreciated.
And last but not least, we have reconvened our senior summit meeting, so this is an annual event that usually takes place that was sold after COVID. We are bringing it back.
It's for seniors, families, caregivers. It's an opportunity to learn about hospital CEOs, public health services, MediCal question and answer panels, other programs, lunch is provided, and bingo.
This is taking place Wednesday, September 16th, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Quincy Veterans Hall.
Additionally, I wanted to provide the board an update with some numbers I just received from our Family First Home Visiting Program.
For the last fiscal year, this is a program that offers free and confidential services for families in Plimas County that support
pregnancy, postpartum screenings or referrals, focus on parenting support,
child development, and connections to community resources. I just wanted to
give a really large shout-out to our program coordinator, Jessica Cuello, who
has put in a lot of effort to this program to revamp it and blow it. Also
to Heather Wells, Lauren Davis, and Janna McDowell, who are the nurses and
our clinic and the boots on the ground. Despite our continued clinic
critical staffing levels. This dedicated team has 335 on-the-ground home visits last fiscal year,
serving 44 families and 68 children. They also scored 820 out of 21 on their essential requirements
for parents' teachers program, which is a significant important difference from last year,
which is 13 out of 21. So this program has really taken off this last fiscal year,
and I just really wanted to give them that kudos and that acknowledgement.
Last but not least, and I'll make it quick.
Additionally, I want to highlight a coordinated initiative brought together by Sheriff's
Department.
District Attorney Dave Hollister's office, Stephanie Tanaka from Alternative Sentencing,
along with representatives from Behavioral Health Probation and Pumas Sacred Hospital,
to discuss ways to bridge local
The gaps among our justice-involved individuals in this county, acknowledging that our county does not have a local residential detox or inpatient rehab facility, and a lack of transportation and inability to afford care keeps people from seeking help.
And so what we got together, we figured out how to address this historic barrier, and we have officially contracted with Granite Wellness in Grat Valley to provide this comprehensive care treatment and recovery services to eligible individuals.
leaving incarceration.
Importantly, these services are funded
through opioid settlement dollars,
ensuring that we have used these dollars as designated resources
to address the very crisis those settlement dollars
are intended to mitigate.
So again, it was an email.
We were all brought to the table.
We all got together stakeholders
and dressed with the gappas in our county
and came up with this plan.
And it is officially executed.
We will start making referrals based off
of alternative sensing assessments and see what happens.
We'll collect the data and I will keep the board updated.
Thank you.
Katie Harris with the Fairgrounds,
a quick little recap of our fair.
It went off phenomenal, I think,
because of all the volunteers and people
who really stepped in to make it happen.
So, so many different volunteers, people to thank, supervisors, thank you for showing
up and being there and making it all come together.
We've gotten some incredible feedback from the community.
It is the major feedback that we have is that our counties, Plumice and Sierra, absolutely
love the opportunity to come and gather, to have fun, to have food, and run into
people, and have conversation, and also to show off their home arts, arts,
floriculture, agriculture, livestock. And everyone loves this tradition, and so it
was a great success. Huge learning curve coming in right at the tail end of
planning, but thanks to everything that was pressed prior to it was a smooth transition. So
thank you to all the volunteers out there for every level that we have. It's because of them
and the people stepping in and all the different departments that made it so wonderful. So already
starting to plan 2027 and looking forward to that thank you. What was the final attendance number?
So right now the final attendance trying to figure that piece out so we have I implemented
right before a new point of sales thanks to the IT department for helping me with that
That's just another thing, I mean, all the county departments and the department heads
really showed up for it, but going back to that.
So our point of sales gives us a reading of what we sold within it.
We only sold tickets Thursday from two o'clock because from noon to two it was free entrance
And then on Sunday, it was pay as you go day.
So this was something that was already put into place prior to me coming.
So that means our point of sale only gets those ranges.
So that number was in the 4,000.
I don't know the exact of ticket sales that we had coming through the gates.
Some of that though, when we then go to the clickers, gives us another number and our clicker count is going from Thursday to Sunday.
And what's not clear is those that have multiple entrances in, so did they come in twice?
So our clicker count was a little over 13,000 for Thursday through Sunday.
So there's a huge area.
That is something, you know, moving forward.
I want to try to figure out how do we get a really solid count of it.
The other thing that I ran into is one of the tickets that we sold was a Family of Five pass.
So for $10, they got a Family of Five in.
And not Family of Five, then you click all those five people, but on our point of sales, it's one sale.
So, you know, going back then to the point of sale, pulling out how many
family bypasses did we have, and then assuming that they then brought in five
people from that. You have your work cut out for you. I know, you know, revenue
is important, but the number of people that attend is far greater than what
you're able to show right now and it's more important to both Sierra and
Plumas County. You know that hard number. How do we do that? And so that is definitely one
is that I think the ticket sales and really reigning that in and trying to
figure the piece out and also the passes that we you know were able to get
But financially, it just doesn't work for us for $10 to give a family a five that.
So not looking, I still want public to come and have it very reasonable to attend the fair
because we want them to come and go to the food vendors and all the other vendors and
do the rides.
But also looking, you know, what is the baseline?
Where are areas?
How can we make the ticket sales a little clear with that?
On that note, what is the...
Do you want to stop the back and forth questions, discussions, and answers?
Because this is brief announcements and updates, I apologize.
But you're welcome to follow up with the Fair Director afterwards.
Thank you.
Any further Department Head updates?
Let's go ahead and move on to our action agenda.
First, we'll take the consent agenda.
These items are expected to be routine and non-controversial.
The Board of Supervisors will act upon them at one time without discussion.
Any board members, staff member, or interested tardy may request that an item be removed
from the consent agenda for discussion.
Additional budget appropriations and or allocations from reserves will require a
four-fifth vote.
I'm not sure who.
Okay, we have an approval from Supervisor Engel and a second from Supervisor McGowan and let's
do a roll call vote.
Supervisor Sarasawa.
Yes.
Supervisor Engel.
Yes.
Supervisor McGowan.
Yes.
Supervisor Gough.
Yes.
Chairwoman.
Yes.
And the consent agenda passes.
Departmental matters item 2A, Cleanest County Fairgrounds, Katie Harris.
We will welcome you back.
Item number 2A1 is approve and authorize the Plinus County Fair to pay national trench
safety a non-contract invoice in the amount of $2,500 for traffic control for the fair
parade.
No general fund impact, grant funded, discussion, and possible action.
Second.
And we have a motion from Supervisor Angelo in a second from Supervisor McGowan, public
comment.
I have a question about who oversees the contracts to county departments in general and this
department in particular, and I also want to know if we have a policy that requires
that the county at least not lose money on a contract.
There are a lot of questions.
I'm not sure they're specifically related to this particular item, but I can say that
in general, each department is responsible for the contracts in their department.
And I will say that the reason this one doesn't have a contract is probably my fault, because
we didn't have a fair director for a period of time.
And I don't know if people will recall, Katie, you can also say all this there, but
we had to move forward quickly in deciding to do the fair parade.
And so without a department director in place, we went ahead and moved forward.
And so many departments have this situation where there's a non-contract invoice to pay
because the county does require, even though the department has had authority up to $5,000
to sign contracts, you still need a contract to pay for services.
Just add to that, not to throw you under the bus, but all departments have to answer
to the CAO.
So, essentially, he's overlooking those contracts and making sure that they're profitable or efficient.
As well as County Council takes a look at those contracts that we have.
We got them.
And for this particular one, I wanted to thank Public Works.
I think I've mentioned it before, but Public Works wrote the grant for the cost of the services.
So that's why there's no general fund impact. We received a grant for $2,500 and the services were actually $2,700. But when I told them our grant was only $2,500, they agreed to lower their cost.
Yes.
Just speak to it a little bit. One of the reasons we're doing out of contrasting like that is to get something paid at the time of the fashion.
Yeah.
Right, rather than take the six weeks to get it on it. Yeah. Thank you for that.
Okay, so we have a person at second. Any further public comment? Any further board discussion?
Let's go ahead and take a vote. All in favor? All right. All right. And that passes. Thank you.
Okay.
Item number 2B, Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Chad Herman, but I see that we have the under-sheriff here today.
Item number 2B1 is approve and authorize the chair to sign an agreement between
Plimiss County Department of Facility Services and Airports and Plimiss
County Sheriff's Office and Lane LeBae, an individual doing business as long
or electric to provide electrical connection for generator at the
Sheriff's Office. Effective upon execution of the agreement, not to
exceed $20,000, no general fund impact, Department 20293541, 544 what
3-0 criminal justice construction fund generator line item as approved in the fiscal year 26 27
preliminary budget approved as deformed by county council discussion possible action welcome
it's basically just what it says it's uh it's the last piece of our generator project to actually
get it power run to the building and once we have that our new generator will be up and run
We have a motion from Mr. President Engel.
Second.
Second from Supervisor Goss.
All in favor?
Aye.
All right.
That passes.
Item number B2, approve and authorize the payment for the electrical connection for
the generator at the sheriff's office from a capital improvement account to lane levée
doing business as long burn electric.
No general fund impact, 20293-544-1300, criminal justice construction funds, generator
greater line item as approved in the fiscal year 26-27. That will be preliminary recommended
budget discussion and possible action. And this is a fourth of this roll call.
Second.
Okay. We have motion from Supervisor Goss, a second from Supervisor McGowan. This is
a roll call. Oh, wait. I forgot to take public comment. Any public comment? Any further
discussion from the board? Okay. Now we can do a roll call, please.
with Supervisor Engel, Supervisor Sara Solar, Supervisor McGowan, Supervisor Goss, Sara
Wilman-Hall.
Yes.
Thank you, under Sheriff Beatley.
Okay.
There are no matters under the County Administrator's Office.
Moving along to item number four, Board of Supervisors' Matters, item number 4A is
approve and authorize a supplemental budget transfer of $134,255.83 from Title III to
50027, 552-585160, contribution transfers sheriff to contribution to other agencies, 532-000
for reimbursement of invoices paid, paid for by search and rescue during the construction
of their building, approved by the auditor controller, and this is a for-fifth roll call
vote.
So, I believe this is put on the board agenda by Alan Hiskey, the clerk of the board.
I think it's self-explanatory.
Is there any public comment or board discussion?
I'll make motion through.
Second that.
Okay.
We do have a public comment here.
We do have a person a second, a person supervisor and Bill a second from supervisor, Gus and
Mr. Blackwell.
Would you like to speak on this?
One point of clarification, the $134,255 is on $1758.68 and franchise tax more.
And normally the department will pay those two county funds, but it wasn't part of the agenda.
It was in the back of the computer, so it was sent in, but it didn't make the pool.
Having that settled in 5868, this could have had a total of 136, 14 and 31 cents.
Okay.
That's something we should bring back next week. Yeah, I think we can approve the 136014, but because the current transfer documents were approved by the auditor controller, we can make a note of that and come back at a future board meeting with the discrepancy. So that's taxes.
Yeah, some of the stuff that we see from individuals didn't have a tax date and down to the state's tax burden.
Because the individuals owe tax.
So the county is not taxed, but we're reimbursing other folks who were taxed.
Yeah, we slotted out the pay of the franchise tax award, and a lot of times in the department,
We would just issue a check directly to the franchise tax board for a
strategy. If we want to charge tax, we got some amount of state or Amazon or
whatever it was. If they didn't charge tax, we would pay at that point directly to
the franchise tax board. So this is still an outstanding, just there was
all three items that we didn't pay tax on. So accounting or whatever, but it
needs to come out of the title three phones.
It's already slated for that.
And the costs of the items are included in the 134.
It just wasn't a tax.
The tax.
Okay.
We'll make a note of that.
And we'll ask the clerk at the board to come back
with another item for the taxes.
Great.
Thank you, Mr. Blackwell.
Okay.
So we're just going to keep the 134.
We're not going to.
We're just going to keep the numbers on here.
It's been published.
Yeah.
But at least we can move forward with that piece.
Does that work for you?
Yes.
Okay.
Okay, we have a first, we have a second. Any further public comment or board discussion?
World call vote, please.
Professor Goss?
Yes.
Supervisor McGowan?
Yes.
Supervisor Farrah-Sola?
Yes.
Supervisor Engel?
Yes.
Chairwoman Hall?
Yes, and that passes.
Item number 4B, approved request from Sean McKenzie, Supervisor-Elect, District 3, to attend
the California State Association of Counties annual meeting in December 2026. Funds will
will be appropriated of 200010527500,
Board of Supervisors travel up the county,
discussion and possible action.
Approval, second.
Okay, we have a motion from Supervisor Goss,
a second from Supervisor McGowan.
Any public comment on this matter?
Just very happy that Supervisor Electi is involved now.
And we have Brad Jordan who torts me past,
It was just handed over today, and the person wasn't, you know, was really involved.
And I'm really appreciative of what's going on with SHOTUP and the PCV gang.
So thank you.
A huge piece of it is what we're approving right here, which at CSEX annual meeting they have
what's called Supervisor 101 classes for folks when they're first elected to be able
that dip their feet in their toes in the water
and kind of figure it out and be taught by other supervisors.
I think you were a teacher on C-6.
It's a Health and Human Services faculty
for this exactly supervisor institute.
Well, anyway.
Yeah, and what we're doing today is a big factor.
For some supervisors elect, it's really expensive
to register for these and to do the travel.
When I was a supervisor elect, I covered my own costs.
So I think it's good for us to be proactive
and cover the costs of things that are going to help you do a better job.
And one thing further, it's called the New Supervisors Institute.
Regardless, I went through it after eight years as a supervisor
and was educated as to what the current
atmosphere is, laws, etc., and it's extremely important
to do this job to have that kind of a background.
Okay. Any further public comments? Any further
board discussion.
This is just a straight vote, so all in favor. Hi.
I'm under 4C,
correspondence and weekly reports by board members of meetings attended, key topics,
project updates, standing committees, and appointed boards and associations.
Supervisor Sarasola, would you like to start?
Okay. Supervisor Engel?
Well, the solid waste gas force meeting yesterday, Alan Hiskey was there, and correspondence
I've had regarding ugly logging, wildlife conservation board land acquisitions and property
value assessments.
Okay.
Everett.
Well, we're glad you're there to receive the information.
Supervisor McGowan.
Most significant for me anyway is I attended the soft grand opening for Waganupa Brewing and downtown Chester across from the Dollar General.
It's been a long project to get that going.
Great to see a new business coming in and there are others.
Clint Coblay intends to showcase any new businesses in the county that would like to participate.
Also met with the CEO of CSAC and the president of CSAC, Supervisor Hall and Supervisor Goss.
us. We got to tour the new hospital in Chester and the side conversations I think were very
educational for those two state individuals. I'm sure my fellow supervisors will add to
that, but this is part of the unofficial outside of the normal conduct of business
where communication and education takes place all the time and good ideas are
shared and they are supported and supplemented by other people in other
areas and recognizing that rural health care in California is a real challenge
these days and funding is a big part of that so that the fact that we are
able to build a brand new hospital to all the HCI and state standards is
something that they couldn't really believe. They were astonished, but we
were able to complete that and fund it. You know, it's an 83 million dollar
hospital and for a small community like the Lake Elmler District, that's a
well.
That's right. Yes, the 5th of August, I had one of the second to final meetings on the
predatory species working group that I'm on through RCRC and we're just kind of wrapping up and
we'll be putting out a report to RCRC about the outcomes and what we've come up with the next
month or so and whether we're going to continue that working group or not which most folks
do want to continue that working group so I think that could still continue on.
The sixth was the CSAC visit as Tom was talking about and we met up on the in Greenville
toured around with Dan and Mimi and Tom and Graham and the CSAC president Susan Ellenberg
from Santa Clara County and showed her, you know, we showed a lot of stuff that was being
built back in Greenville. And then we went up to the top of Mount Huff overlooking Crystal
Lake to have lunch and kind of get a bird's eye view of Plumas County and kind of the
extent of the Dixie Fire and other things. But the beauty as well. And I thought it
It was a great visit.
And then on the seventh, I had a CalAPCO board meeting
where we discussed much new things
that are gonna be coming our way.
The dues committee is looking at restructuring the dues
for each one of the counties that serve
on the CalAPCO board or on the CalAPCO board.
So we're gonna be talking a lot about that
in our October annual meeting.
and also had on yesterday we had the Plumas Lab Co. meeting in Portola at the
City Hall Chambers where I was nominated again to run for office for the Cal Lab
Co. Board for the Northern District so I'll be doing that and that is all.
I did a lot of the same things other people did regarding the visit from the CSEC president
and CEO and staff.
We were the first county for this year's county tour and I think it was significant
and important that they started with the rural county.
Last week I had mentioned that some of the work I'm doing as a CSAC board member is to revamp CSAC's statewide legislative platform.
And I've been working with one of their staffers in follow-up to that visit to take a look at the legislative platform and not just say rural counties get, you know, additional funding or extra funding,
but take a whole new look at the statewide platform, which is what determines what legislation
the strong statewide organization supports and doesn't support.
So the approach that we're working on is to redline the existing policy platform so
that in every section, whether it's economic development, rural policy, funding, whatever
it may be, that there is a component that equalizes things for counties of all size.
The process is that every caucus is going to have to vote on this.
The rural caucus, the suburban caucus, and the urban caucus.
So we are being – and I'm also working with the rural caucus leaders on this.
So we're careful not to use terms as rural, rural, rural, rural, or small, small, small,
small.
We don't want special treatment.
What we want is to make sure that when the state makes decisions about our funding
and our laws that they take into account county size, county geography, population density,
fixed costs.
So it's not about us being special, it's that every county is different.
So if this passes, it'll be the first time in CSEC's history that there will be a lens
over its entire policy platform that equalizes things for rural counties.
Got a lot of communications about the timber harvesting that's happening in town as
as well as some work that's happening in East Quincy.
And one of the biggest things that came up from it
was the noise.
I guess some of the work starts really early.
It's early as 3 a.m.
and our planning director confirmed that,
which I know, we don't have a current noise ordinance
that determines what time things can start,
what time noise has to end.
That is one of the things that we have been thinking
about as a county and we do have slated for this fall a consultant to help the county planning
department develop their workshop and on a county-wide noise ordinance. So if you're a member
of the public interested in participating in that, staying abreast of it, please keep your eyes
and ears open for those planning commission workshops. And the process is a change like
that, an ordinance change goes to the Planning Commission and then there'll be public notices
and things and then once it goes through that process, then it comes to the Board of Supervisors.
So there should be plenty of time for the public to be informed.
Want to laugh go?
Next week, I'm attending a special board meeting, a CSAC Board of Directors, so CSAC
is the California State Association of Counties.
There's one board member on the CSAC board from every county, so 58 board members, and
every county has a board member.
But we are having board of directors special meeting next week, and we're going to be meeting
with our legislators.
We have three weeks until the end of the legislative season.
We're funding and policy decisions get made for us, so we're using the last two weeks
to get our asks in there to get in front of our own delegates, which are Heather
Hadwick and Megan Dolly as well as other folks and leadership of key committees in the legislature.
We'll also get a chance to meet some of the constitutional candidates and just get a better
understanding of where they stand in terms of their policy platform for rural counties.
Oh, yeah, wildfire liability fund.
The other thing that came to our attention is that there may be some last minute, last
ditch efforts that there's brimmers that our governor may propose last minute legislation
to change elements of the wildfire liability fund.
And so while I'm in Sacramento next week, and we may have a board item next week
as well, I'm looking for the board to support our advocacy of protecting small counties.
companies. The talk around the capital is that the private utility companies are lobbying
to reduce their liability costs when they start wildfires and that the costs will be shifted
to consumers and ratepayers and we're absolutely against that. So please keep your eyes and
ears open and if you hear about it, write to you or call your legislative representative,
legislative, which would be Heather Hadwick on the assembly side and Megan Dolly on the
sent side.
You're there for RCRC, so I might be able to find you and help.
Yeah, so Wednesday evening is the legislative meet and greet.
Okay.
Can I add this one thing?
The growth of RCRC rural counties has gone from 24 when I started to 40 now.
Now, 40 of the 58 counties belong to RCRC because they had very similar.
We do rural California. That leaves 18 that are all members of CSAC and they're the urban
counties. I was good friends with the lobbyists for Los Angeles County and they have a great
deal of rural county territory that they're responsible for. He was able to supplement
and help other rural counties with purchase of equipment, et cetera. So I wish you the
best of luck I'm sure that it'd be well received but having this new lens at
what we call rural and what's needed in those rural counties and doing it
equitably across the state will be a huge improvement for all of us. Yeah I
think it's important an important distinction to go from small and rural
and move to county size population density you know ability to scale
all because that's if you're Los Angeles County you might have rural areas but
guess what you get the bazillion dollars to just you know unlike us. At that point
when we were up on Mount Huff both Graham Nos and Susan Ellenberg from Santa
Clara we were telling them you see Mount Lassen our County line is just right at
the base there and we pointed east west and south and they were amazed at how
huge this county is in relation to 18,000 people. They don't have that
environment. They can walk around a block and have that many people. So the
awareness of the size hit home dramatically and they will both carry
forward this new idea about looking at all of the responsibilities of county
governments in relation to their funding?
Yes, and the goal of this policy framework is to not create a rural versus urban situation,
but really an equity framework.
Right.
So, yeah, thank you.
It's almost frontier to frontier counties.
No, no, no, no, no, no, that's not using that word.
Pioneer.
Oh, I forgot one final thing.
Last week, I talked about a $5 million grant that a bunch of rural counties got from the
Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
And so as we move into grant implementation, I've been asked to sit as co-chair of the
Steering Committee.
So I'll be doing that with Scott DeMoss, who can help lead the application effort
with myself, and we'll be sitting as co-chairs.
So that's that.
All right. Where are we on the board? I think now we have to go into closed session with
a reminder that we're pulling item 5B and I do need to announce the items that are going
to be discussed in closed session. Item number 5A, conference with labor negotiator regarding
employee negotiations. Sheriff's administrative unit, First Department Employee Association
operating engineers local number 3, confidential employees unit, probation,
unrepresented employees, and appointed department heads, labor negotiators,
Josh Mizrahi, and resources director. Today, we don't have
certain names. And Dan Hargy, county administrative officer. Item number 5c is
personnel public employee performance evaluation pursuant to government code
section 54957, museum director and item number 5d personnel public
Employee Performance Evaluation pursuant to Government Code 54957 Planning Directing.
And with that, we'll go ahead and move into closed session.
Let's take a five minute break and then come back.
These
whites really wasn't paying attention.
I'm on strike.
He wasn't on strike.
They're going to be on strike for a while.
Okay.
We're back from closed session, and there is no reportable action.
And with that, we shall adjourn to next week in this room at 10 a.m. and meeting adjourned.