SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS

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1 SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - COUNTY OF KERN 1115 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, California Regular Meeting Tuesday, October 27, :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 Perez and Gleason); Community Action Partnership of Kern (Supervisor Maggard); Kern County Network for Children (Supervisor Gleason); Kern Economic Development Corporation (Supervisors Maggard, Scrivner, and Perez); Southern California Water Committee (Supervisors Couch and Maggard); and Tobacco Funding Corporation, Kern County (Supervisors Couch and Perez). BOARD RECONVENED Supervisors: Gleason, Scrivner, Maggard, Couch, Perez ROLL CALL: All Present SALUTE TO FLAG - Led by Danny Rueda, U.S. Army veteran 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 RESOLUTIONS/PROCLAMATIONS 1) Resolution honoring Theresa Yanez, Probation Department, upon her retirement with 28 years of dedicated service to the County of Kern - ADOPTED RESOLUTION; MADE PRESENTATION TO THERESA YANEZ; TR MERICKEL, CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER, KATHY LEMON, DEPUTY CHIEF, PROBATION DEPARTMENT, AND THERESA YANEZ, HEARD Maggard-Gleason: All Ayes APPOINTMENTS CA-2) Reappointment of Warren Alan McDaniel as At-large Member to the Wasco Recreation and Park District, term to expire November 30, MADE REAPPOINTMENT

2 Summary of Proceedings AM 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! JEWELLE SCALES, CHAIR, HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, HEARD REGARDING COMMUNITY FORUM ON CIVIC ENGAGEMENT TO BE HELD THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2015 AT 5:30 P.M. IN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER, BAKERSFIELD 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 PEREZ HEARD REGARDING KERN COUNTY WORKFORCE FORUM TO BE HELD THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2015 AT 9:00 A.M. IN THE BOARD CHAMBER DEPARTMENTAL REQUESTS ASSESSOR-RECORDER CA-5) Proposed retroactive Addendum to Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Agreement with California Department of Justice (DOJ) for development and implementation of regulations and oversight for Electronic Recording Delivery System, extending the term from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $3, (Fiscal Impact: $3,528.12; Recorder s Electronic Recording Fund; Budgeted; Mandated) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED ASSESSOR-RECORDER TO SIGN AUDITOR-CONTROLLER-COUNTY CLERK 6) Audit report of compliance and internal controls of Kern Medical Center s Capital Assets for fiscal years ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 and department s response (Fiscal Impact: None) - ANDREW CANTU, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, KERN MEDICAL CENTER, HEARD; RECEIVED AND FILED Maggard-Gleason: All Ayes CA-7) Audit report of claims processed on behalf of the County of Kern by Liberty Dental Plan Corporation for the period January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 (Fiscal Impact: None) - RECEIVED AND FILED CLERK OF THE BOARD CA-8) Amended Conflict of Interest Code for Tehachapi Resource Conservation District (Fiscal Impact: None) - APPROVED

3 Summary of Proceedings AM Page 3 COUNTY COUNSEL CA-9) Request from Macy s Corporate Services, Inc., for reissuance of County warrants in the total amount of $ (Fiscal Impact: $104.88; Not Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED REQUEST; AUTHORIZED AUDITOR-CONTROLLER TO REISSUE WARRANT CA-10) Request from Andre Leo Chaplin for reissuance of County warrant in the amount of $239 (Fiscal Impact: $239; Not Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED REQUEST; AUTHORIZED AUDITOR-CONTROLLER TO REISSUE WARRANT FIRE DEPARTMENT CA-11) Proposed Agreements with State of California Office of Emergency Services for the temporary loan of three fire engines: Type 3 Engine No. 8531, Type 3 Engine No. 8532, and Type 3 Engine No for use in regional response and reimbursed through the California Fire Assistance Agreement, effective October 27, 2015 (Fiscal Impact: None) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENTS , AND NON-AGENDA ITEM MOTION TO CONSIDER NON-AGENDA ITEM NO 11A: MADE FINDING THAT THE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON A NON-AGENDA MATTER OCCURRED AFTER THE AGENDA WAS POSTED BECAUSE THE COUNTY OF KERN HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT BEGAN ON THE AFTERNOON OF OCTOBER 14, 2015, CAUSING EXTENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE AND REQUIRING EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE. FLASH FLOOD AND DEBRIS MUD FLOWS SEVERAL FEET DEEP OCCURRED ON INTERSTATE 5 AT THE GRAPEVINE AND HIGHWAY 58 IN THE TEHACHAPI PASS ON OCTOBER 15, 2015, WHICH STRANDED A LARGE NUMBER OF TRAVELERS, WHO WERE EVACUATED AND TRANSPORTED TO SHELTERS IN TEHACHAPI AND MOJAVE. THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION WAS SIGNED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2015 AT 7:27 P.M. DUE TO WEATHER EVENTS AND RECENT RESPONSE COST ESTIMATES. IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 8630 AND CHAPTER 2.66 OF THE KERN COUNTY ORDINANCE CODE, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE FIRE CHIEF, DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND COUNTY COUNSEL, DETERMINED THE CONDITIONS OBSERVED MET THE CRITERIA FOR A PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS REQUIRED TO RATIFY THE PROCLAMATION WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS. Perez-Scrivner: All Ayes 11A) Request for Resolution ratifying proclamation that a severe weather event and state of emergency exists within the County of Kern and authorize submittal of a request for a Gubernatorial Proclamation (Fiscal Impact: None) - APPROVED; ADOPTED RESOLUTION Scrivner-Perez: All Ayes

4 Summary of Proceedings AM Page 4 KERN MEDICAL CENTER CA-12) Proposed rescission of Agreement with United Neuroscience, Inc., and retroactive approval of Agreement with United Neuroscience, Inc., an independent contractor, for professional medical services in the Department of Medicine from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2017, in an amount not to exceed $1,260,000 (Fiscal Impact: $1,260,000 [FY $472,932]; KMC Enterprise Fund; Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENT CA-13) Proposed Amendment No. 1 to Agreement with Naheedy & Zarandy Medical Group, Inc., an independent contractor, for professional medical services in the Department of Radiology, extending the term for one year from November 1, 2015 through October 31, 2016, and increasing the maximum payable by $365,000, from $730,000 to $1,095,000, to cover the extended term (Fiscal Impact: $365,000 [FY $243,000]; KMC Enterprise Fund; Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENT CA-14) Proposed retroactive Amendment No. 1 to Agreement with MCG Health, LLC, an independent contractor, containing non-standard terms and conditions, for care management guidelines, adding the Behavioral Health Care Solution module, and increasing the maximum payable by $36,030, from $176,269 to $212,299, effective October 24, 2015 (Fiscal Impact: $36,030 [FY $11,542]; KMC Enterprise Fund; Not Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AGREEMENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES CA-15) Proposed authorization to designate specified individuals to initiate application for evaluation and involuntary detention for mentally disordered individuals per Welfare and Institutions Code, Section 5150 (Fiscal Impact: None) - APPROVED PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES CA-16) Request for retroactive approval to pay corrected per diem reimbursement in the amount of $300 for a previously approved unusual travel request for Public Health Microbiologist Trainee, Brittany Lopez, to attend the California Department of Public Health Laboratory Virology training in Richmond, California from May 31, 2015 through June 27, 2015, for a new total amount not to exceed $2,521 (Fiscal Impact: $300; Fees; Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED AUDITOR-CONTROLLER TO PAY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES - Environmental Health Division CA-17) Request to purchase granola bars, bottled water, and Gatorade for staff responding to emergencies on the Environmental Health emergency response team, in an amount not to exceed $2,000 (Fiscal Impact: $2,000; Fees; Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED

5 Summary of Proceedings AM Page 5 CA-18) Proposed addition of one Senior Office Services Specialist position, effective November 2, 2015 and deletion of one Office Services Technician and one Office Services Specialist positions, effective December 12, 2015, in Budget Unit 4113 (Fiscal Impact: $65,099 Annual Savings [FY $22,709 Savings]; Not Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED; REFERRED TO HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION TO AMEND DEPARTMENTAL POSITIONS AND SALARY SCHEDULE CA-19) Request for cancellation of designations and appropriation of unanticipated revenue from the Hazardous Waste Settlements Fund in the amount of $160,000 for the mid-year capital asset acquisition of two emergency response vehicles (Fiscal Impact: $160,000; Hazardous Waste Settlements Fund; Not Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED AUDITOR- CONTROLLER TO PROCESS THE SPECIFIED BUDGETARY ADJUSTMENTS AND ACCOUNTING TRANSACTIONS CA-20) Proposed retroactive addition of one Environmental Health Specialist I position, effective February 12, 2015, and deletion of one Environmental Health Technician I/II position, effective October 31, 2015, in Budget Unit 4113 (Fiscal Impact: $7,101 Annual Savings [FY $4,142 Savings]; Not Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED; REFERRED TO HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION TO AMEND DEPARTMENTAL POSITIONS AND SALARY SCHEDULE SHERIFF CA-21) Update on emergency replacement of programmable logic controller and all components in the Lerdo Pre-Trial Facility C Pod (Fiscal Impact: None) - RECEIVED AND FILED CA-22) Request to employ retired County employee Jeffrey Dougherty as a Special Deputy, Step A, for the period expiring June 30, 2016, or 960 hours, whichever occurs first (Fiscal Impact: $16,838; Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED CA-23) Request authorization for the Sheriff s Office to sell duty weapon valued at less than $500 (Fiscal Impact: $250 Revenue; Not Budgeted; Discretionary) - MADE FINDING THAT WEAPON LISTED IS VALUED AT LESS THAN $500; AUTHORIZED SALE CA-24) Retroactive unusual travel request for Senior Deputy Robert Riggs to attend the Additional Rating Airplane Multi-Engine Land Course in Las Vegas, Nevada, from October 19, 2015 through October 22, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $5,729 (Fiscal Impact: $5,729; Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED

6 Summary of Proceedings AM Page 6 CA-25) Application to hold a parade - Kern River Valley Chamber of Commerce - Christmas Parade on November 28, 2015 in Lake Isabella (Fiscal Impact: None) - FOUND THAT SHERIFF HAS NOTED HIS APPROVAL ON PERMIT AND THAT EVENT WILL NOT RESULT IN UNDUE OR UNMANAGEABLE OBSTRUCTION OR HINDRANCE OF TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY WHERE IT IS TO BE HELD; WILL NOT LEAD TO BREACH OF THE PEACE, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR OTHER DISORDERLY OR UNLAWFUL CONDUCT; WILL NOT CONFLICT WITH OTHER EVENTS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMITS, AND THAT SHERIFF HAS FACILITIES TO PROPERLY SUPERVISE EVENT; APPROVED; AUTHORIZED CHAIRMAN TO SIGN TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR CA-26) Proposed rescission of Agreement with Kodak Alaris Inc., previously approved on September 15, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $2,024; and retroactive approval of Agreement with Kodak Alaris Inc., containing nonstandard terms and conditions, for document imaging hardware maintenance from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $3,624 (Fiscal Impact: $3,624; Budgeted; Discretionary) - APPROVED; AUTHORIZED TREASURER TAX-COLLECTOR TO SIGN ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION Perez 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 27) CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS - Agency designated representatives: County Administrative Officer, John Nilon, and designated staff - Employee organization: Service Employees International Union, Local 521 (Government Code Section ) NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN 28) PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT/RECRUITMENT - Title: Director of Child Support Services (Government Code Section 54957) - SEE RESULTS OF CLOSED SESSION AT BEGINNING OF 2:00 P.M. SESSION COUNTY COUNSEL 29) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Government Code Section (d)(4)) Number of cases: Three (3) Based on existing facts and circumstances, the Board of Supervisors has decided to initiate or is deciding whether to initiate litigation - SEE RESULTS OF CLOSED SESSION AT BEGINNING OF 2:00 P.M. SESSION

7 Summary of Proceedings AM Page 7 30) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (Government Code Section (d)(1)) County of Kern v. California High Speed Rail Authority, Sacramento County Superior Court Case No.: NO REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN RECONVENED FROM CLOSED SESSION; RECESSED TO 2:00 P.M. Scrivner-Gleason /s/ Kathleen Krause Clerk of the Board /s/ David Couch Chairman, Board of Supervisors