SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS

Transcription

1 SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - COUNTY OF KERN 1115 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, California Regular Meeting Tuesday, April 16, :00 A.M. Note: Members of the Board of Supervisors may have an interest in certain contracts that the Board considers where the member holds a position on a non-profit corporation that supports the functions of the County. Supervisors are assigned to these positions as part of annual committee assignments by the Chairman of the Board. These interests include, with the Supervisor holding the position, the following: California State Association of Counties (Supervisors Scrivner and Maggard); Community Action Partnership of Kern (Supervisor Perez); Kern County Network for Children (Supervisor Gleason); Kern Economic Development Corporation (Supervisors Scrivner, Maggard, and Perez); Southern California Water Committee (Supervisors Couch and Perez); and Tobacco Funding Corporation, Kern County (Supervisors Maggard and Scrivner). BOARD RECONVENED Supervisors: Gleason, Scrivner, Maggard, Couch, Perez ROLL CALL: All Present SALUTE TO FLAG - Led by Diana Aronson, Kern County Grand Juror NOTE: Chairman Maggard requested a moment of silence in remembrance of the victims and families of the bombing incident in Boston, Massachusetts on April 15, 2013 NOTE: The vote is displayed in bold below each item. For example, Gleason-Perez denotes Supervisor Gleason made the motion and Supervisor Perez seconded the motion. CONSENT AGENDA/OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: ALL ITEMS LISTED WITH A "CA" OR "C" WERE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND APPROVED BY ONE MOTION. BOARD ACTION SHOWN IN CAPS PUBLIC REQUESTS CA-1) CA-2) Request of Tammy Burns, Local Planning Council (LPC) Coordinator, Early Childhood Council of Kern, to submit their quarterly report for the period of January 1, 2013 through March 31, RECEIVED AND FILED Request of Thomas J. Corson, Executive Director, Kern County Network for Children for approval of allocation of restricted funds for Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF); Child Welfare Services Outcome Improvement Project (OIP); and Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment (CAPIT), for programs and levels recommended for Fiscal Years totaling $757,680 (Fiscal Impact: $757,680; $355,950 PSSF Federal funds; $111,663 OIP State funds; $227,152 CAPIT State funds; $62,915 First 5 Kern matching funds; Mandated) - APPROVED

2 Summary of Proceedings Page 2 PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS 3) This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons to address the Board on any matter not on this agenda but under the jurisdiction of the Board. Board members may respond briefly to statements made or questions posed. They may ask a question for clarification, make a referral to staff for factual information or request staff to report back to the Board at a later meeting. Also, the Board may take action to direct the staff to place a matter of business on a future agenda. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES. PLEASE STATE AND SPELL YOUR NAME BEFORE MAKING YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU! JOSEPH YEPEZ HEARD REGARDING A CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUE ON HIS PROPERTY BOARD MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS OR REPORTS 4) On their own initiative, Board members may make an announcement or a report on their own activities. They may ask a question for clarification, make a referral to staff or take action to have staff place a matter of business on a future agenda (Gov. Code Sec [a]) SUPERVISOR GLEASON REPORTED HE HAD SPOKEN WITH CONTACTS IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AND WAS PROVIDED AN ENCOURAGING UPDATE FOLLOWING THE BOMBING TRAGEDY THE PREVIOUS DAY AT THE BOSTON MARATHON DEPARTMENTAL REQUESTS AGRICULTURE AND MEASUREMENT STANDARDS CA-5) Proposed retroactive Cooperative Agreement with California Department of Food and Agriculture for detection of European Grapevine Moth from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, in an amount not to exceed $243,743 (Fiscal Impact: $243,743; State; Budgeted; Mandated) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENT AUDITOR-CONTROLLER-COUNTY CLERK CA-6) County of Kern Single Audit Report and Report to Management for Fiscal Year 2011/2012 (Fiscal Impact: None) - RECEIVED AND FILED BOARD OF TRADE CA-7) Request to employ retired County employee Steve Flores, as a Special Projects Manager, Step E, for the period expiring June 30, 2013, or 960 hours, whichever occurs first (Fiscal Impact: $18,000; Not Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED

3 Summary of Proceedings Page 3 COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE 8) Proposed selection of Zenith American for claims administration management, Clinix Healthcare for utilization management, and Burns Consulting for network management services for administration of the County s self-funded point-of-service health plan (from 3/12/2013) (Fiscal Impact: None) - HEARD IN SUPPORT: DR. DONALD CORNFORTH; ROBERT BEEHLER, SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; SCOTT EMBLIDGE, LEGAL CONSULTANT FOR SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND BAKERSFIELD HEART HOSPITAL; AND REGINA KANE, KERN COUNTY CHAPTER PRESIDENT, SERVICE EMPLOYEES' INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU) LOCAL 521; HEARD IN OPPOSITION: RAJA SEKARAN, LEGAL COUNSEL WITH DIGNITY HEALTH; JAMES POTH, LEGAL CONSULTANT FOR DIGNITY HEALTH; AND DON CRANE, CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIAN GROUPS; HEARD SUPPORT REBUTTAL FROM BOB JOYCE, LEBEAU-THELEN; HEARD OPPOSITION REBUTTAL FROM BOB SEVERS, MANAGED CARE SYSTEMS; OTHERS HEARD: TOM MORRISON, THE SEGAL COMPANY; OLGA MAGYAR, CLINIX HEALTHCARE; JOHN STECKLER, ZENITH AMERICAN; WALT PREGIZER, KEENAN & ASSOCIATES; AND CRAIG BURNS, BURNS CONSULTING SUPERVISOR COUCH MADE A MOTION TO REJECT ALL PROPOSALS AND DIRECT COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE TO RETURN TO THE BOARD FOR DIRECTION ON ISSUING A NEW REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS MOTION FAILED FOR LACK OF A SECOND APPROVED SELECTION OF ZENITH AMERICAN FOR CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT, CLINIX HEALTHCARE FOR UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT, AND BURNS CONSULTING FOR NETWORK MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE COUNTY S SELF-FUNDED POINT-OF-SERVICE HEALTH PLAN; AUTHORIZED COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE TO NEGOTIATE AGREEMENTS WITH INCLUSION OF LANGUAGE THAT PROVIDES FOR INCREASED TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT BY THE COUNTY AS DIRECTED BY THE BOARD Scrivner-Gleason: 3 Ayes; 2 Noes - Maggard, Couch COUNTY COUNSEL CA-9) Request from the Kern County Sheriff s Office for authorization to destroy records no longer necessary or required for County purposes and eligible for destruction (Fiscal Impact: None) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN EMPLOYERS TRAINING RESOURCE CA-10) Request to employ retired County employee Vicki Lee Davis, as a Program Specialist II, Step E, for the period expiring June 30, 2013, or 960 hours, whichever occurs first (Fiscal Impact: $16,922; Federal Funding; Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED

4 Summary of Proceedings Page 4 CA-11) CA-12) Proposed Amendment No. 1 to Agreement with Western Truck School, increasing funding by $50,000 from $60,000 to a new total amount not to exceed $110,000 to provide occupational job training (Fiscal Impact: $50,000; Federal Grant; Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENT Proposed Amendment No. 1 to Agreement with IADT Chicago- Everblue, increasing funding by $13,200 from $14,800 to a new total amount not to exceed $28,000 to provide occupational job training (Fiscal Impact: $13,200; Federal Grant; Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENT CA-13) Proposed Agreement with Boston Reed Company dba Boston Reed to provide occupational job training in Pharmacy Technician and Clinical Medical Assistant from April 16, 2013 through June 30, 2013, in an amount not to exceed $9,000 (Fiscal Impact: $9,000; Federal Grant; Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT CA-14) Retroactive unusual travel request for Emergency Communications Center (ECC) Manager Melinda Hunley and ECC Senior Supervisor David Cannon to attend the National Academy of Emergency Dispatch (NAED) Navigator annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, from April 14 through 19, 2013, in an amount not to exceed $5,304 to be fully reimbursed from the FY Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) (Fiscal Impact: $5,304; EMPG Grant funded; Not Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED KERN MEDICAL CENTER 15) Update on the General Fund loan to KMC Enterprise Fund and proposed retroactive temporary increase in General Fund loan to KMC Enterprise Fund in an amount not to exceed $20 million, from $97 million to $117 million (Fiscal Impact: None) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED AUDITOR- CONTROLLER-COUNTY CLERK TO PROCESS INTER-FUND TRANSFERS AS NEEDED CA-16) Request to appropriate unanticipated revenue and establish a major maintenance project for the first floor tenant improvements at 1115 Truxtun Avenue, for the Kern Legacy Health Plan patient services and benefits administration, in an amount not to exceed $129,955 (Fiscal Impact: $129,955; KMC Enterprise Fund/Group Health ISF; Not Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED AUDITOR-CONTROLLER TO PROCESS SPECIFIED BUDGETARY ADJUSTMENTS AND ACCOUNTING TRANSACTIONS

5 Summary of Proceedings Page 5 CA-17) CA-18) CA-19) Proposed retroactive Intergovernmental Agreements with California Department of Health Care Services, an independent contractor, for intergovernmental transfer (IGT) of public funds to be used solely as a portion of the non-federal share of actuarially sound Medi-Cal capitation rates for Kern Health Systems and Health Net (Fiscal Impact: $3,351,695; KMC Enterprise Fund; Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENTS ; ; ; AND ; REFERRED TO KERN MEDICAL CENTER, COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE AND AUDITOR-CONTROLLER FOR PAYMENT OF IGT Proposed retroactive Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 to Provider Participation Agreement with Health Net of California, Inc., an independent contractor, for base rate increases to Kern Medical Center for services provided to Medi-Cal Seniors and Persons with Disabilities enrolled in Health Net (Fiscal Impact: $3,600,819 Revenue; KMC Enterprise Fund; Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENTS AND Proposed retroactive Amendment Nos. 20 and 21 to Hospital and Other Facility Services Agreement with Kern Health Systems, an independent contractor, for base rate increases to Kern Medical Center for services provided to Medi-Cal Seniors and Persons with Disabilities enrolled in Kern Health Systems (Fiscal Impact: $5,359,339 Revenue; KMC Enterprise Fund; Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENTS AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES CA-20) CA-21) Proposed request for exemption from the Request for Proposals process for primary care integration evaluation services for Fiscal Year (Fiscal Impact: None) - APPROVED Proposed request for exemption from the Request for Proposals process for out-of-county group home services for Kern County children and adolescents for Fiscal Year (Fiscal Impact: None) - APPROVED SHERIFF CA-22) Request to approve standardization to the Taser International brand of electronic control devices used by the County (Fiscal Impact: None) - APPROVED

6 Summary of Proceedings Page 6 CA-23) Retroactive application to hold bicycle race - Sam Barn Promotions - on April 14, 2013 in Bakersfield (Fiscal Impact: None) - FOUND THAT SHERIFF HAS NOTED HIS APPROVAL ON PERMIT AND THAT EVENT DID NOT RESULT IN UNDUE OR UNMANAGEABLE OBSTRUCTION OR HINDRANCE OF TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY WHERE IT WAS HELD; DID NOT LEAD TO BREACH OF THE PEACE, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR OTHER DISORDERLY OR UNLAWFUL CONDUCT; DID NOT CONFLICT WITH OTHER EVENTS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMITS, AND THAT SHERIFF HAD FACILITIES TO PROPERLY SUPERVISE EVENT; APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION Gleason CLOSED SESSION (If public reporting is required by Government Code Section relating to the following matter(s), the public reporting of any action taken in closed session will be made at the beginning of the next session of the Board of Supervisors.) COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE 24) PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT/RECRUITMENT - Title: Director of Human Services (Government Code Section 54957) - NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN 25) PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT/RECRUITMENT - Title: Director of Airports (Government Code Section 54957) - NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN COUNTY COUNSEL 26) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (Government Code Section (d)(1)) David Brown v. County of Kern, et al., Kern County Superior Court No. S-1500-CV SPC - NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN 27) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (Government Code Section (d)(1)) Thor Grysko v. County of Kern, et al. Kern County Superior Court No. S-1500-CV SPC - NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN 28) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (Government Code Section (d)(1)) City of Bakersfield v. Kern County, Kern County Superior Court Case No. S-1500-CV LHB - SEE RESULTS OF CLOSED SESSION AT BEGINNING OF 2:00 P.M. SESSION 29) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significant exposure to litigation (Government Code Section (d)(2),(e)(3)) Number of potential cases: (1) (claim available for public inspection) - SEE RESULTS OF CLOSED SESSION AT BEGINNING OF 2:00 P.M. SESSION

7 Summary of Proceedings Page 7 RECONVENED FROM CLOSED SESSION; RECESSED TO 2:00 P.M. Couch-Gleason /s/ Kathleen Krause Clerk of the Board /s/ Mike Maggard Chairman, Board of Supervisors