Board of Supervisors 4/10/2007 Regular Meeting

Director of Environmental Management requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign nine Nonexclusive Abandoned Vehicle Enforcement Franchise Agreements with the following companies:

1. Carl's Body Shop
2. Pope Valley Repair and Towing
3. A&T Towing
4. Blackhawk Towing
5. Kohlmeier's Towing
6. Napa Valley Towing
7. Speciality Towing
8. Silverado Towing 
9. Baker Towing

Director of Public Works requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign an agreement with Jim Wallace Environmental Consulting Services for a maximum of $65,871 for the term April 10, 2007 through June 30, 2007 for biological monitoring of the Napa County Airport Runway 18R-36L Rehabilitation Project.

Auditor-Controller requests approval of the proposed budget for the Napa County Fair Association for the Fiscal Year 2007.

County Counsel requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign Amendment No. 4 to Agreement No. 4761 with the law firm of Trucker Huss increasing the firm's hourly rates charged when providing complex income tax, deferred compensation, and employee benefit legal advice to the County.

Local Enforcement Agency Manager requests adoption of a resolution authorizing the following:

1. Submittal of an application to the California Integrated Waste Management Board for a solid waste Local Enforcement Agency Grant in the amount of $18,500 for Fiscal Year 2007-2008; and
2. Execution of the necessary grant documents by the Assistant County Executive Officer.

County Executive Officer requests the reappointment of George Carl to serve as the Sportsperson/Angler representative on the Wildlife Conservation Commission with the term to commence immediately and expire February 1, 2010.

Clerk of the Board requests the following actions:

1. Approve minutes of the regular meetings held on the following dates:
   1. September 12 and 19, 2006; and
   2. October 3, 2006.

Continuation of the Board of Supervisors Retreat. 

1.  Introductory Statements; 
2. Continuation of Strategic Workshop;
3. Board’s Vision Statement and Core Values; 
4. Receive, discuss and possibly provide direction concerning the First Interim Report related to the preparation of a Strategic Financial Plan for the County including, but not limited to, a review of the existing fiscal policy framework, background information on the County’s fiscal condition, policy issues and future direction in the Strategic Financial Plan development process; 
5. Closing Remarks.

County Executive Officer and Auditor-Controller request that the Board accept the Draft Retiree Healthcare Plan Actuarial Valuation January 1, 2006 and adopt a policy of fully funding the County's Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) obligations on the following basis:

• Contract with CalPERS to act as the custodian of the County's funds in an irrevocable trust;
• For FY 2007-08, contribute $5.9 million to CalPERS for this purpose, which will more than cover the County's FY 2007-08 cost of purchasing retiree health insurance and start to amortize (or pay-off) the County's current OPEB unfunded liability over 14 years;
• Toward the end of FY 2007-08, reevaluate the various OPEB issues and the County's fiscal condition and make a decision to continue amortizing the cost of fully funding the County's OPEB unfunded liability over 14 years or change to a 20 or 30 year amortization schedule; and
• Consistent with the Board's Budget Policies, $4.1 million of the FY 2007-08 OPEB funding would come from canceling the County's OPEB Designation in the General Fund.

County Executive Officer requests the Board hold a Fiscal Year 2007-08 Budget Study Session, to include: 

1. Receipt of the General Fund Five-Year Forecast;
2. Receipt of an update on various issues related to the Fiscal Year 2007-08 Budget, including the fiscal status of the Road Fund, the closure of the Drinking Driver Program and requests by Departments for new General Fund-supported positions and program enhancements; and
3. Possibly provide direction to staff regarding some of those Budget issues.