County of Inyo

Board of Supervisors

Public Comment

The Chairperson announced the public comment period and there was no one from the public wishing to address the Board.

County Department Reports

The Chairperson announced the County Department Report period. Mr. Pat Cecil, Planning Director, invited the Board to attend a retirement celebration of Jan Larson next Tuesday beginning at 2:00 p.m.

BofS/ESTA Fare Change Workshop

The Chairperson recessed open session at 9:05 a.m., to convene in a workshop, with all Board Members present to receive a presentation from a representative of the Eastern Sierra Transit Authority (ESTA) on the proposed fare changes. The Chairperson recessed the workshop at 9:25 a.m., to reconvene in open session, with all Board Members present.

Forest Serv./Title III Contract with Anchor Point

Moved by Supervisor Cash and seconded by Supervisor Arcularius to A) approve Amendment #2 to the Contract between the County of Inyo and Anchor Point Group, LLC, for the preparation of the Inyo County Community Wildfire Protection Plan, to extend the term of the Contract from June 30, 2007 to June 30, 2008; and authorize the Chairperson to sign. Motion carried unanimously.

CAO-Info Serv./ Pitney Bowes Postage Machine

Moved by Supervisor Cash and seconded by Supervisor Arcularius to A) declare Pitney-Bowes a sole-source provider for Information Services postage metering machines; B) approve a mail metering system rental and service agreement with Pitney-Bowes for a postage metering unit (includes primary and backup equipment) in an amount not to exceed $57,840 at the rate of $964 per month, for a 60 month period, contingent upon the Board’s adoption of future budgets; and authorize the Chairperson to sign. Motion carried unanimously.

HHS-Child Care Planning Council Appointments

Moved by Supervisor Cash and seconded by Supervisor Arcularius to reappoint the following to the Child Care Planning Council, to complete unexpired 3-year terms ending November 11, 2009: Ms. Krista Cooper, representing the Consumer Category, and Ms. Gayle Johnson, representing the Discretionary Category. Motion carried unanimously.

P.W./So. Inyo Airport Advisory Board Appt.

Moved by Supervisor Cash and seconded by Supervisor Arcularius to appoint Mr. Mark Long to the Southern Inyo Airport Advisory Committee, to complete a four-year term ending June 1, 2011. Motion carried unanimously.

Resol. #2007-55/ Transit Grant Authority

On a motion by Supervisor Cash and a second by Supervisor Cervantes, Resolution No. 2007-55 was approved, authorizing the Inyo County Administrator, to sign contracts and submit reimbursement requests for ongoing FTA Section 5311(f) grants awarded to the County of Inyo for public transportation services operated by Inyo Mono Transit up to and including June 30, 2007: motion unanimously passed and adopted.

Emergency Serv./ Budget Amendment Inyo Complex Fire

The Deputy County Administrator, Mr. Kevin Carunchio, provided additional information and explanation on the request to amend the County Budget to provide revenue and expenditures for the newly created Inyo Complex Fire Budget Unit 023710. He explained that the amount identified as Geothermal is not expected to be expended because it will actually be the County’s soft match associated with County salaries. He alerted the Board to a minor discrepancy in this year’s budget explaining that while the revenue estimates for the Inyo Complex Fire were budgeted, the corresponding expenditures were not. He also noted that $170,000 of revenue was not identified in the Public Works Budget. He explained that these discrepancies would be fixed at mid year.

Moved by Supervisor Cash and seconded by Supervisor Arcularius to A) amend the FY 2007-08 Inyo Complex Fire Budget Unit 023710 as recommended by Staff; B) amend the County Budget by reducing revenue in Disaster Services Budget Unit #023700, Operating Transfer In (Revenue Code #4998) by $33,124 and increasing revenue in Inyo Complex Fire Budget Unit #023710, Operating Transfer In (Revenue Code #4998) by $33,124 (4/5’s vote required); and C) declare BakerCorp. of Los Angeles, as a sole-source provider of temporary water tanks for the Independence Town Water Supply and authorize the continued rental of 5 temporary tanks at the rate of $10,500 per month for a total amount not to exceed $115,500, contingent upon the Board’s adoption of future budgets. Motion carried unanimously.

CAO-Info Serv./ Network and Operations Analysts Series

Moved by Supervisor Cash and seconded by Supervisor Arcularius to A) approve a new Information Services Division job series: Network and Operations Analyst, Level I – Range 65 ($3,425 – $4,166), Level II – Range 69 ($3,771 - $4,576), Level III – Range 72 ($4,046 - $4,916), and Level IV – Range 76 ($4,449 - $5,409); B) change authorized strength in Information Services by deleting two Programmer/Analyst Series positions and adding two Network and Operations Analyst series positions; and C) authorize the recruitment and filling of two Network and Operations Analyst positions at either Level I, II, III or IV depending upon identifying qualified candidates. Motion carried unanimously.

BofS/Route Designation Comment

The Deputy County Administrator reviewed the draft of a letter to the U.S. Forest Service providing the County’s comments regarding the Travel Management Plan (Route Designation). He recommended the following additional sentence be added as the last sentence of the last paragraph on the first page to clarify the County’s position regarding protecting off-route exemptions for permitted users: “However to guard against permitted off-route exemptions being revoked at a later date (for any number of reasons), the Board requests that rather than merely providing off-route exemptions for permitted users, you include in the Forest’s Transportation System all roads currently known to be necessary for permit-holders to access the lands they rely upon for their livelihood.” The Board and Mr. Carunchio also talked about the need to convey the County’s dependency on our historical culture and customs which have been developed around and dependent upon the public lands which encompass almost 98% of the land in Inyo County. In order to covey this thought, Mr. Carunchio suggested the following statement “as well as the customs and cultures of Inyo County.” be added at the end of the second sentence in the fourth paragraph on the first page. Supervisor Cash noted some minor corrections, requesting that the word “possibly” be added before the word “necessitating…” in the last sentence of the third paragraph; that the word “to” be inserted after the word “responsive” in the third sentence of the fourth paragraph; and that the word “continuing” be changed to “continue” in the last sentence of the first paragraph on page two. The Board and Staff also discussed the County pursuing the “rule of coordination” as well as the Board’s concerns with the enormity of the review process for the routes designated by the Forest Service. Moved by Supervisor Arcularius and seconded by Supervisor Brown to approve the letter to the U.S. Forest Service providing the County’s comments to the Travel Management Plan (Route Designation), as amended; authorize the Chairperson to sign; and direct Staff to continue efforts to pursue “coordination.” Motion carried unanimously.

Recess/ Reconvene

The Chairperson recessed the regular meeting at 10:05 a.m., to reconvene in open session at 10:15 a.m., with all Board Members present.

Resol. #2007-56/ Additional $1.00 Fee for Recorded Documents

The Chairperson opened the public hearing at 10:20 a.m. on a proposed resolution adding a $1.00 fee for recording the first page of every recorded document to offset the costs of implementing and ongoing operations of a truncation program to protect social security numbers. The Clerk-Recorder, Ms. Mary Roper, provided additional information and explained that truncation is a method whereby software obscures the first two series of the social security number on filed documents and prints a public version of the document without the social security number. She explained that this was a security measure to guard against identity theft. There being no one from the public wishing to address this issue, the Chairperson closed the public hearing at 10:25 a.m. On a motion by Supervisor Cash and a second by Supervisor Arcularius, Resolution No. 2007-56 entitled “Resolution Adopting an Additional One Dollar ($1.00) Fee for Recording the First Page of Every Instrument, Paper or Notice Required or Permitted by Law to be Recorded for Implementation and Ongoing Operation of a Social Security Truncation Program,” was approved: motion unanimously passed and adopted.

BofS/Minute Approval

Moved by Supervisor Brown and seconded by Supervisor Arcularius to approve the minutes of the November 13, 2007, Board of Supervisors Meeting. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisors Arcularius, Brown and Bilyeu voting yes, and with Supervisors Cash and Cervantes abstaining.

Moved by Supervisor Cash and seconded by Supervisor Brown to approve the minutes of the November 20, 2007 Board of Supervisors Meeting. Motion carried unanimously.

Board Members and Staff Reports

The Board Members reported on their activities during the preceding week, including an update on the Friends of the Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery Restroom Project, including recognition and thanks to Lefty Irwin for his assistance with the project, various local Christmas celebration events, a City Council Meeting, a Planning Commission Meeting, an upcoming RCRC Board Meeting, and a Mental Health Board Meeting. The Board also took the opportunity to congratulate and thank Mr. Ron Juliff, County Administrator, who is retiring and present him with a Vern Clevenger photograph. The Chairperson announced that the Board would be returning at 1:30 p.m., to the lobby of the County Administrative Center, for a retirement celebration (cake and punch) for Mr. Juliff.

Closed Session

The Chairperson recessed open session at 10:40 a.m., to convene in closed session, with all Board Members present to discuss and take action as required on Agenda Item No. 15. PERSONNEL (Pursuant to Government Code §54957) – Public Employee Performance Evaluation – Title - Acting Director Water Department. The Chairperson recessed closed session at 12:10 p.m., to reconvene in open session to receive a report on closed session.

Report on Closed Session

County Counsel reported there were no items discussed in closed session, which were required by law to be reported on in open session.

Adjournment

The Chairperson adjourned the regular meeting at 12:10 p.m., to 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 18, 2007, in the Board of Supervisors Room, at the County Administrative Center, in Independence.