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 Dept. Reports

The Chairperson announced the County Department Report period. Ms. Mary Miller of IMAAA/Senior Program updated the Board on program activities.

Senior Program/ MOU For Bishop Senior Center

Moved by Supervisor Brown and seconded by Supervisor Cervantes to approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Bishop Senior Recreation Center, Inc., the County of Inyo, the City of Bishop and the Inyo Mono Area Agency on Ageing (IMAAA) regarding the management of the Bishop Senior Center; and authorize the Chairperson to sign. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Bilyeu absent.

HHS – Hlth. Serv./MAA Agreement

Moved by Supervisor Brown and seconded by Supervisor Cervantes to ratify the Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (MAA) Interagency Agreement between the County of Inyo and the Office of Education for the period of January 2008 through June 2011. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Bilyeu absent.

HHS-Behavioral Hlth./Sprague Contract

Moved by Supervisor Brown and seconded by Supervisor Cervantes to approve the Contract between the County of Inyo and Jeanette Sprague, MFT, for provision of mental health services as part of the Mental Health Services Act Community Services and Supports Plan, for the period of January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2008, in an amount not to exceed $20,000; and authorize the Chairperson to sign. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Bilyeu absent.

P.W./Lone Pine Landfill Fencing Contract

Moved by Supervisor Brown and seconded by Supervisor Cervantes to award the bid to and approve the Contract between the County of Inyo and Boyd Fence for the Lone Pine Landfill Fencing Project in the amount of $13,599 and authorize the Chairperson to sign, contingent upon the appropriate signatures being obtained; and authorize the Public Works Director to execute all other contract documents, including contract change orders, to the extent permitted by Public Contract Code §20142 and other applicable law. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Bilyeu absent.

Resol. #2008-06/ Indy Landfill Fence Completion

On a motion by Supervisor Brown and a second by Supervisor Cervantes, Resolution No. 2008-06 was approved, accepting the improvements for the Independence Landfill Fencing Project and authorize the Public Works Director to record a Notice of Completion: motion unanimously passed and adopted, with Supervisor Bilyeu absent.

BofS/RCRC CHF Program Allocation

Moved by Supervisor Cash and seconded by Supervisor Brown to approve the letter to the CHF Program assigning Inyo County’s allocation of the annual State unified volume ceiling for qualified private activity bonds to the Program. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Bilyeu absent.

CAO-Advertising County Resources Scope of Work for Marketing Contract

The County Administrator and the Board briefly reviewed several of the components he anticipates including in the scope of work for the Tourism Marketing Services contract, which included converting Chamber advertising brochures into a pdf format, as well as working on coordinated website services which should help the Chambers manager their individual sites more efficiently. Mr. Carunchio explained that SMG’s proposal was technology based and he expects they will work in close coordination with the Coalition of Chambers as they move forward in marketing the County. The Board and Mr. Carunchio discussed the possibility of transferring the Public Relations (PR) component of the SMG proposal to the contract for the County’s PR Consultant which is being developed, in order to change and/or expand other portions of the work to be done by SMG. They felt this could constitute a significant change in the information which was provided to bidders for the RFP and might trigger the need to go back out for a second round of RFPs, and did not pursue inclusion of this as a component of the scope of work. The Board and Staff also discussed adding the Southern California area as a target market, since it is not identified in the SMG proposal. The County Administrator noted other areas of the Contract, which did included Southern California marketing. As the discussion concluded the Board asked the County Administrator to report back on the “California Welcome Centers,” which are identified in the SMG proposal.

Planning-Yucca Mt./Shallow Monitoring Well Contract

In responding to a question from Supervisor Cash, Mr. Matt Gaffney, Yucca Mountain Project Analyst, explained that Boart Longyear’s bid was non responsive because it had a 5% bid bond instead of the required 10% bond and it did not identify the subs for the project which is also a requirement. Moved by Supervisor Cervantes and seconded by Supervisor Cash to, with regard to the Death Valley Lower Carbonate Aquifer Monitoring Program’s shallow groundwater monitoring well drilling, A) declare Boart Longyear Company’s bid non-responsive; and B) award and approve the Contract with Layne Christensen Company, for well drilling and construction of the shallow groundwater monitoring wells, for the term of January 22, 2008 through June 30, 2008, in an amount not to exceed $270,550, contingent upon continued Department of Energy funding of the Program; and authorize the Chairperson to sign, contingent upon the appropriate signatures being obtained. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Bilyeu absent.

Planning-Yucca Mt./Deep Monitoring Wells

Mr. Gaffney, Project Analyst, reiterated that the bid from Boart did not have the requisite bond amount nor did they include the sub list. He also explained that the recommendation to reject the low bid is because the bid was for more than the funding available for this project. Moved by Supervisor Cervantes and seconded by Supervisor Brown to, with regard to the Death Valley Lower Carbonate Aquifer Monitoring Program’s deep monitoring well drilling, A) declare Boart Longyear Company’s bid non-responsive; B) reject the Layne Christensen Company bid; and C) approve the plans and specifications for the drilling of deep monitoring wells for the Program and authorize the Project Analyst to re-advertise for bids for the project. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Bilyeu absent.

Board Members and Staff Reports

The Board Members reported on their activities during the preceding week, including a SBC meeting concerning a campaign to support local business, a meeting with Kern County Supervisor McQuiston on WEMO, a Bishop Chamber of Commerce luncheon, an ESTA Meeting, an LTC Meeting, the Inyo Associates meeting in Death Valley, notification that Xantera is building a new solar generation plant on their property in Death Valley, a Mental Health Board Meeting, a report that the Juvenile Justice Committee is taking steps to revitalize the mentoring program, a reminder of the the upcoming dedication ceremonies for the new DMV facility, notification that the Bishop Tribe is moving forward with their Tribal Court, an RCRC Board Meeting, and an upcoming State Water Shed meeting. The County Administrator reported on meeting with the Forest Supervisor concerning “coordination.”

Recess/ Reconvene

The Chairperson recessed open session at 10:10 a.m., to reconvene in closed session at 10:25 a.m., with all Board Members present, except Supervisor Bilyeu.

Closed Session

The Board met in closed session to discuss and take action as required, on Agenda Item No. 12. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION [Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(a)] - State of California v. Sean McClelland, Inyo County Superior Court Case No. SICVED 07-45105.

Report on Closed Session

The Chairperson recessed closed session at 10:30 a.m., to reconvene in open session to receive a 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.

Public Comment

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

Adjournment

The Chairperson adjourned the regular meeting at 10:30 a.m., to 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 5, 2008, in the Board of Supervisors Room, at the County Administrative Center, in Independence.