MINUTES OF THE

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

COUNTY OF NAPA

 

January 20, 2004

 

 

1.         Call to Order; Roll Call.

            THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF NAPA MET IN REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2004 AT 9:00 A.M. WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT:  CHAIRPERSON MARK LUCE, SUPERVISORS

BILL DODD, MIKE RIPPEY, BRAD WAGENKNECHT AND DIANE DILLON. 

THE  MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIR LUCE AT 9:01 A.M.

 

 

2.         Pledge of Allegiance.

MR. DAVID BAKER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SEIU LOCAL 614, LED THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.

 

 

3.         Presentations and Commendations.

NONE

 

 

4.         Public Comment.

            HERBERT FORD SPOKE REGARDING HIS CONCERNS OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTY.  HE ASKED THE BOARD TO HOLD OFF SIGNING THE MOU AND TO STUDY THE DOCUMENT TO DETERMINE IF IT SHOULD BE REVISED.

 

            WILLIAM CHIAT, COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER, RESPONDED THAT HE WILL ASK CHIEF BARRY TO REVIEW THE MATTER AND UPDATE THE BOARD.  HE STATED THAT ALL NINE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEFS APPROVED THE DOCUMENT.

 

 

5.         Department Directors’ Reports and Announcements.

            NONE

 

 

Consent Calendar

 

 

6A.      Director of Health and Human Services requests approval of the following actions regarding the Therapeutic Child Care Center for the term January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004:

 

                        1)         Authorization for the Chair to sign the renewal of Agreement No. 4458 with Barbara McCarroll, Ph.D., for a maximum of $72,100 to provide an Infant/Child Mental Health Specialist; and                                                                     A-4458

 

                        2)         Budget Transfer No. 38 increasing appropriations by $64,922 with offsetting revenue in the Public Health budget.  (4/5 vote required)                    BT-38

 

 

6B.       Director of Health and Human Services requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign the following amendments to provide services in the Mental Health Outpatient Managed Care Program:

 

                        1)         Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 4037 with Ron Haimowitz, Ph.D., increasing the amount by $9,000 for a new maximum of $15,000; and                 A-4037

                                                                                                                                                (AMEND. 1)

                        2)         Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 6042 with Charles Taylor, Ph.D., increasing the amount by $2,500 for a new maximum of $5,000.              A-6042

                                                                                                                                                (AMEND. 1)

 

 

6C.      Director of Health and Human Services requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 4135 with St. Helena Hospital, dba California Specialty Hospital, to provide managed care inpatient mental health services.                         A-4135

            SUPERVISOR LUCE ABSTAINED FROM THIS ITEM                                    (AMEND. 1)

 

 

6D.      Director of Health and Human Services requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign an agreement with Child Start, Inc., for a maximum of $50,000 for the term

            July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004 to provide childcare services for clients enrolled in the Women’s Recovery Program.                                                                                              A-6239

 

 

6E.       Assessor/Recorder-County Clerk requests approval of Budget Transfer No. 40 transferring $11,655 from the Recorders Modernization trust funds to purchase ergonomic scanning stations including installation and design, a printer and two flat screen monitors.  (4/5 vote required)

                                                                                                                                                BT-40

 

 

6F.       Auditor-Controller requests authorization for out of state travel for Pamela Kindig,

Auditor-Controller, to attend the annual Government Financial Officers Association (GFOA) Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from June 11 - 16, 2004, at an estimated cost of $2,800.

 

 

6G.      County Executive Officer requests adoption of a resolution eliminating the listing of members of the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council by name and approving the Council’s bylaws.

                                                                                                                                                R-04-06

 

 

6H.      County Executive Officer requests appointment of Leon Garcia representing the City of American Canyon to the Napa County Farmworker Housing Oversight Committee with the term of office to expire September 30, 2006.

 


 

6I.        County Executive Officer and the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors request adoption of a revised 2004 meeting schedule for the Board of Supervisors.  The changes from the originally adopted calendar are as follows:

 

            1)         Joint meetings with the City of Napa City Council will occur on: April 27, July 27 and October 26, 2004.  (Rather than March 23, June 29 and September 28); and

 

2)         Special meeting to be held April 12, 2004 to accommodate the Board of Supervisors’ retreat. 

 

 

6J.        County Executive Officer requests approval of the following actions related to the legislative advocacy services:

 

              1)         Authorization to rescind Agreement No. 2634 with Wagerman and Associates, Inc. effective October 31, 2003; and                                                 A-2634

 

              2)         Approval of and authorization for Chair to sign an agreement with Peterson Consulting, Inc. for a maximum of $70,554 for lobbying services effective

                          November 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.                                           A-6240

 

 

6K.      Approve minutes of Board of Supervisors’ meeting of January 6, 2004.

 

 

7.         Discussion of items removed from the Consent Calendar.

            NONE

 

            APPROVED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS 6A THROUGH 6K, AS NOTATED ABOVE.

                                                                        BW-BD-MR-DD-ML

 

 

Set Matters – Public Hearings

 

 

8A.      9:30 A.M.  Board of Supervisors meeting as a Board of Equalization.

            (SEE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MINUTES)

 

 

8B.       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)

 


 

Administrative Items

 

 

9A.      Discussion of future annual costs associated with a proposal by the Napa County Superior Court to allow a 180 day window for Two Additional Years of Service Credit for Retirement Purposes for eligible Superior Court Employees as authorized by Government Code Section 20903. 

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION:  It can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility the proposed action may have a significant effect on the environment and therefore CEQA is not applicable [See Guidelines for the Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act, 14 CCR 15061(b)(3)].

            DISCUSSION HELD

 

 

9B.       County Executive Officer requests the appointment of two (2) members from the following applicants to serve on the First Five, Napa County (Napa County Children and Families Commission) with one term of office to expire January 1, 2005 and one term to expire

January 1, 2008:

           

                        Applicants

Constance Battisti*

Marcie Castro

Sally Perkins

Sarah Pritchard

 

*Incumbent

THE BOARD RE-APPOINTED CONSTANCE BATTISTI TO SERVE WITH THE TERM OF OFFICE TO EXPIRE JANUARY 1, 2008.                

                                                                        DD-BD-MR-BW-ML

 

THE BOARD APPOINTED SARAH PRITCHARD TO SERVE WITH THE TERM OF

OFFICE TO EXPIRE JANUARY 1, 2005.

                                                            BW-DD-BD-MR-ML

 

 

9C.      County Executive Officer requests five (5) appointments as listed below to the Airport Advisory Commission with the term of office to expire December 31, 2007:

           

Two (2) appointments representing the General Public

James Feczko                           James Henry

Al Iliff                                       L. Starr Piner

Brian Thomas McGee               Bob Ross

Joe M. Turner                          Dr. Edward J. Shenk

Todd Walker*

THE BOARD RE-APPOINTED TODD WALKER

                                                            BD-BW-MR-DD-ML

 

THE BOARD APPOINTED DR. EDWARD J. SHENK

                                                            DD-BW-BD-MR-ML

 

 

9C.      Continued

 

One (1) appointment representing the Napa Airport Pilots’ Association

                        William Wheadon

            THE BOARD APPOINTED WILLIAM WHEADON

                                                                        BD-BW-MR-DD-ML

           

                        One (1) appointment representing the Napa Chamber of Commerce

                        John Herbert Kempkey*

            THE BOARD RE-APPOINTED JOHN HERBERT KENNEDY

                                                                        BD-BW-MR-DD-ML

 

                        One (1) appointment representing Commercial Aviation Operator Located

at the Airport

                        Harold Morrison*

            THE BOARD RE-APPOINTED HAROLD MORRISON

                                                                        BD-BW-MR-DD-ML

 

* Incumbent

 

 

Legislative Items

 

 

The Legislative Subcommittee will present a report. The Board may or may not take action on any or all items presented for discussion.

 

10A.    Approval of a letter opposing the shift of additional Education Revenue Augmentation Funds (ERAF) from local governments to the State.

            APPROVED REQUEST                   BD-MR-BW-DD-ML

 

 

11.       Board of Supervisors’ Committee Reports and Announcements.

            SUPERVISOR DODD ANNOUNCED THAT ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2004, THE NAPA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY (NCTPA) IS SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS APPROVAL OF AN EXPENDITURE TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN REVIEWING A SALES TAX PROPOSAL FOR TRANSPORTATION.  SUPERVISOR DODD INVITED THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND        THE MEETING TO PROVIDE INPUT.  HE STATED HE WOULD REPORT BACK ON THE DISCUSSIONS OF THAT MEETING AT THE NEXT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ MEETING.

           

            SUPERVISOR RIPPEY REPORTED THAT HE, MEMBERS OF THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF COUNTY STAFF TOOK TWO SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ON A TOUR OF THE COUNTY’S FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT.  SUPERVISOR RIPPEY COMMENTED THAT THE STAFF MEMBERS WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE PROJECT AND THAT THEY ONLY VISITED THE

 

 

 

11.       Continued

 

            NAPA PROJECT AND ONE IN CALAVERAS COUNTY, WHICH SPOKE WELL FOR NAPA COUNTY’S POSITION TO SECURE FUTURE FUNDING.

 

 

12.       Board of Supervisors’ Future Agenda Items.

            NONE

 

 

13.       County Executive Officer Reports and Announcements.

            NONE

 

 

14.       Closed Session.

 

            A.        CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

(Government Code Section 54956.9 (a))

 

Name of case:  Jorge Deharo, Hector Olvera, Latinos Unidos de Napa, an Unincorporated Association v. County of Napa et. al. (Case No. 26-22255)

            CLOSED SESSION HELD – NO REPORTABLE ACTION

 

B.         CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

 

Initiation of litigation pursuant to subdivision (c) of Government Code Section 54956.9:

(One case)

            CLOSED SESSION NOT HELD

 

 

Adjournment.

ADJOURNED TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ REGULAR MEETING, TUESDAY,

JANUARY 27, 2004 AT 9:00 A.M.

 

_____________________________________

                                                                        MARK LUCE, Chairperson

 

 

ATTEST:         _____________________________________

                                    PAMELA MILLER, Clerk of the Board

 

 

 

KEY

 

Vote:    ML = Mark Luce; DD = Diane Dillon; BD = Bill Dodd; MR = Mike Rippey; BW = Brad Wagenknecht

 

The maker of the motion and second are reflected respectively in the order of the recorded vote.

 

Notations under Vote:  N = No; X = Excused; A = Abstain