MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
NAPA COUNTY
March 6, 2001
1. Call to Order; Roll Call.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
THE COUNTY OF NAPA MET IN REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2001 AT 9:00 A.M.
WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT:
CHAIRMAN MIKE RIPPEY, SUPERVISORS MARK LUCE, MEL VARRELMAN, BILL DODD
AND BRAD WAGENKNECHT.
2. Pledge of Allegiance.
COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR JAY HULL LED THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.
3. Public
Comment
ADAM DECKER
ADDRESSED THE BOARD CONCERNING PAYMENT FOR WORK DONE ON BEHALF OF THE HOMELESS
SHELTER.
4. Department Heads’ Reports and Announcements.
LIBRARY
DIRECTOR TOM TRICE REPORTED ON PROPOSAL TO PROCEED WITH THE AMERICAN CANYON
BRANCH LIBRARY.
CHAIRMAN
RIPPEY INDICATED THAT IT IS VERY EXCITING AND POSITIVE TO ACTUALLY BE GETTING A
LIBRARY IN PLACE IN AMERICAN CANYON.
PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR KEN JOHANSON REPORTED ON TWO SUCCESSFUL GRANT APPLICATIONS, ONE FOR A
WATERSHED COORDINATOR POSITION AND THE OTHER FOR STEELHEAD PRESERVATION.
MR. JOHANSON
ALSO REPORTED ON PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH A LANDSLIDE AT PUTAH CREEK THAT HAVE
NOW BEEN STABILIZED.
Consent Calendar
5.
Director
of Corrections requests approval of Budget Transfer No. 64 increasing
appropriations by $30,000 with offsetting revenue in the Detention Medical
Services budget for inmate medical expenses.
(4/5 vote required)
BT-64
6. District Attorney
requests approval of Budget Transfer No. 63 in the amount of $4,800
transferring funds within the same budget unit and establishing a Fixed Asset
to purchase a VHS duplicator. (4/5 vote
required)
BT-63
7. Sheriff requests authorization for out-of-state travel for
Deputy Jay Jones to attend the Masters Conference for Advanced Death
Investigation in St. Louis, Missouri, from
July 23 through 26, 2001, for an estimated cost of
$1,800.
8. Superior Court
requests the following actions effective March 17, 2001:
A.
Amendment
of the Departmental Allocation List to add one (1) (M) Court Accounting Manager
and delete one (1) (S) Supervising Accountant-Auditor;
B.
Amendment
of the Table and Index to add Court Accounting Manager;
C.
Designate
the following positions as Confidential: Court General Counsel and Court
Administrative Assistant;
D.
Amendment
of appropriate policies to add Court Accounting Manager, Court General Counsel,
and Court Administrative Assistant; and
E.
Approval
of new class specification for Court Accounting Manager.
(Details on file with the Clerk of the Board)
9. Director of
Environmental Management requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to
sign Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 3578 with Dr. Michael Bethard, DVM, at a
cost of $175 per month for the term July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001, with an
option for automatic annual renewal, for certain veterinary services needed at
the Animal Shelter.
A-3578
(AMEND. 1)
10. Housing Director requests adoption of a resolution approving
an increase of $21,195 in Napa County Affordable Housing Trust funds to the
Napa Valley Community Housing to complete landscaping at the Oran Court
Affordable Housing Development and authorization for Chairman to sign Amendment
No. 1 to Loan Agreement No. 4087 and any related documents including
subordination agreements.
PULLED
FROM THE AGENDA – NO ACTION TAKEN
11.
Personnel
Director requests the following actions effective March 17, 2001:
A.
Amendment
of the Departmental Allocation List to add one (1) (M) Benefits Administrator
and delete one (1) Personnel Analyst III;
B.
Amendment
of the Table and Index to add Benefits Administrator; and
C.
Approval
of new class specification for Benefits Administrator.
(Details on file with the Clerk of the Board)
12. Regional Training Employment Coordinator requests
authorization for Chairman to sign the Grant Recipient Listing forms for
Department of Labor funds designating the Napa County Administrator's Office as
the grant recipient, the Napa County Auditor's Office as the fiscal agent and
the Regional Training Employment Office as the Local Area Administrator.
13. County Administrator requests approval of and authorization
for Chairman to sign an agreement with the Juvenile Justice Network in the
amount of $103,000 for the term
July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001 which provides
$100,000 for the Loyd Wolfe Center, which will specifically provide substance
abuse treatment to teenagers and their families and $3,000 for the Taboo Tattoo
Removal Program for youth-at-risk.
A-4441
14. County Administrator requests appointment of Linda Courtney
Henderson to the Napa County Child Care Planning Council representing the
category of Public Agency effective immediately with the term to expire April
1, 2003.
15. County Administrator requests appointment of the following
persons to serve on the Law Library Board of Trustees with the terms of office
to expire January 1, 2002:
Applicants Category
Judge W. Scott Snowden Superior Court
Michael Williams, Attorney (To serve as Trustee for Judge Richard Bennett, Superior
Court)
Norbert U. Frost, Attorney (To serve as Trustee for the Bar Association)
James V. Jones, Attorney (To serve as Trustee for Judge Ronald Young, Superior
Court)
Lou Biggo, Attorney (To
serve as Trustee for Chairman of the Board of Supervisors)
Brad Jameson, Attorney (To serve as Trustee for Judge Raymond
Guadagni, Superior
Court)
Paul Loomis, Attorney (To serve as Trustee for Judge
Francisca Tisher, Superior Court)
16. Approve
minutes of Board of Supervisors’ meeting of February 6, 2001.
17. Discussion
of Items Removed from the Consent Calendar.
(SEE ITEM NUMBER 10)
APPROVED
CONSENT CALENDAR NUMBERS 5 THROUGH 9 AND 10 THROUGH 16.
Set Matters
18.
9:15 a.m.- Public Hearing - Director of
Public Works requests the following actions:
A.
Adoption of a resolution abandoning a portion of Lynch
Road from State Route 12 to the intersection of Kirkland Ranch Road;
ADOPTED
RESOLUTION V-D-BW-L-R R-01-24
B.
Acceptance of Kirkland Ranch Road between Lynch Road and
State
Route 12 as a County road; and
APPROVED V-D-BW-L-R
C.
Authorization for Chairman to sign a Certificate of
Acceptance of an Easement Deed from Kirkland Cattle Company.
(Noticed
Public Hearing by the Clerk of the Board)
APPROVED V-D-BW-L-R
19. 9:20 a.m.- Agricultural Commissioner to:
A.
Report on Washington, D.C., meetings on the Glassy-Winged
Sharpshooter;
REPORT PRESENTED
B.
Request approval of Budget Transfer No. 67 in the amount
of $60,000, increasing the Department's appropriations for Extra Help and
supplies, with offsetting revenues from Industry (4/5 vote required); and
APPROVED
REQUEST D-V-BW-L-R BT-67
C.
Request authorization to hire up to six (6) Extra Help
Agricultural and Standard Service Workers for the implementation of the
County's Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Workplan.
APPROVED REQUEST D-V-BW-L-R
20.
9:30 a.m. - Update on Tobacco Settlement Revenues by David Leifer, Napa County financial
consultant.
UPDATE PRESENTED
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
TO REPORT BACK WITH PROPOSED POLICY STATEMENTS REGARDING USE OF TOBACCO
SETTLEMENT REVENUE TENTATIVELY AT THE MARCH 13, 2001 MEETING.
21. 11:00 a.m. - Presentation by Dale
Wagerman and Don Peterson, Napa County legislative advocates, regarding the
2001 Legislative Session.
PRESENTATION MADE
22.
1:30 p.m. - Recess to the Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation
District meeting.
(SEE NAPA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION
DISTRICT MINUTES)
Regular Calendar
23. County Administrator to discuss County’s mid-year financial
status.
DISCUSSED
– NO ACTION TAKEN
24. Board to consider and
take possible action to prioritize the County's list of projects for inclusion
in the 2002 Federal Appropriations bill for funding.
(List on file with the Clerk of the Board)
THE BOARD REVIEWED THE LIST INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT
DATED MARCH 6, 2001 AND CONFIRMED
THE PRIORITY OF PROJECT FUNDING RECOGNIZING THAT ONLY A FEW, IF ANY OF THE
PROJECTS, WILL ACTUALLY BE FUNDED. V-L-D-BW-R
25. County Administrator requests appointment of two (2) persons to serve on the Area IV Developmental Disabilities Board with the term of office to commence immediately and expire on January 1, 2004:
Applicants Category
LeRoy Kramer Developmentally Disabled Person or Parent or Guardian
Kenneth Rosario* (incumbent) Developmentally Disabled Person or Parent or Guardian
Michelle Marin* (incumbent) General
Public
*As recommended by the Area
IV Developmental Disabilities Board.
26. Discussion and possible action regarding legislation.
CHAIRMAN
RIPPEY REPORTED THAT THE SENATE IS NOT
RECOMMENDING SEVERAL ITEMS THAT THE GOVERNOR
RECOMMENDED IN THE STATE BUDGET INITIALLY, SUCH AS FLOOD CONTROL SUBVENTIONS
AND ESTATE REIMBURSEMENT OF COUNTIES.
27. Board of Supervisors’ Committee Reports and Announcements.
SUPERVISOR DODD
REPORTED ON HIS FIRST MEETING AS A METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER
REGARDING LITIGATION FILED BY A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS RELATIVE TO THE OZONE
LEVEL BEING EXCEEDED SEVERAL TIMES IN A ONE YEAR PERIOD. HE COMMENTED THAT THIS IS A RESULT OF NOT
ENOUGH PEOPLE USING PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION AND THAT LITIGATION WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AFFECT ON THE BUDGETS
OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE LITIGATION.
28. Board of Supervisors’ Future Agenda Items.
NONE
29. Closed Session regarding:
A. Conference
with Labor Negotiator (Government Code
Section 54957.6)
Agency
Negotiator: Bruce Heid
Employee Organization: Napa County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association
B. Conference with
Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to
Government Code
Section 54956.9(b):
(Two cases)
C. Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation
(Government Code Section 54956.9(a))
Name of Case:
Kuhn v. County of Napa, et al. (Napa County Superior Court Case No.
26-11571)
CLOSED
SESSION HELD – NO REPORT
Adjournment
ADJOURNED TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ REGULAR MEETING, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2001 AT 9:00 A.M.
MIKE RIPPEY
Chairman
ATTEST:
MARY
JEAN MCLAUGHLIN
Clerk
of the Board of Supervisors
TERI
SISSON
Supervising
Clerk of the Board
KEY
Vote: L = Mark Luce; R = Mike Rippey; V = Mel
Varrelman; D= Bill Dodd;
BW = Brad Wagenknecht
Notations under Vote: N = No; X = Excused; A = Abstained