Regular Meeting

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

9:00 AM

 

Shasta Lake City Council Chambers

4488 Red Bluff Street

City of Shasta Lake, California

 

Board Members:

District 1: Kevin W. Crye

District 2: Allen Long

District 3: Corkey Harmon

District 4: Matt Plummer

District 5: Chris Kelstrom

 

County Executive Officer:

David J. Rickert

 

County Counsel:

Joseph Larmour

 

Chief Deputy Clerk of the Board:

Stefany Blankenship

 

View full agenda packet and staff reports for items on today’s agenda:

www.ShastaCounty.gov

 

SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

MEETING AGENDA

 

About the agenda:

The agenda is divided into two sections: CONSENT CALENDAR: These are routine items and are usually acted upon at one time without discussion. REGULAR CALENDAR: These items include significant financial, policy, and administrative actions, as well as scheduled public hearings. 

 

Each agenda item is accompanied by a staff report, which provides additional background information. Staff reports are available online at ShastaCounty.gov or by scanning the QR code on the left.

 

To address the Board:

Please fill out a speaker request form and provide it to the Clerk before the meeting begins. Speaker request forms are available at the back of the Board Chambers.  Each speaker is allocated up to three minutes of speaking time unless the chairman determines that all speakers will be allowed a shorter or longer period of time. Board action or discussion cannot be taken on non-agenda matters, but the Board may briefly respond to statements or questions, and if deemed necessary, refer the subject matter to the appropriate department for follow-up.

 

The Board provides the following opportunities for public comment:

  • PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD – OPEN TIME, where you may address the Board on any matter not listed on the agenda that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board or on any agenda item listed on the Consent Calendar.
  • REGULAR CALENDAR, where you may address the Board on any agenda item listed on the Regular Calendar before or during the Board’s consideration of that item.

 

Participating in the meeting:

Your interest is encouraged and appreciated.  The Board wishes to ensure that business is conducted in an orderly fashion and that all have an equal opportunity to observe and participate in the proceedings. Each person who addresses the Board of Supervisors shall not use loud, threatening, profane, or abusive language which disrupts, disturbs, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of the Board meeting. Disorderly conduct which disrupts the orderly conduct of the Board meeting is prohibited.

 

If the meeting has not concluded by 12:00 p.m., the Board may recess to Closed Session and reconvene thereafter. 

 

 

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

Invocation: Pastor Rioboie Mabugay, Anderson Seventh-Day Adventist Church/Shasta Lake Bible Fellowship

 

Pledge of Allegiance: Supervisor Kelstrom

 

REGULAR CALENDAR

Members of the public may comment on any item on the Regular Calendar before or during the Board's consideration of the item. Members of the public may also address matters scheduled for public hearings at the time such public hearings are opened for comment.  Those wishing to participate in public comment for Regular Calendar items must submit a speaker request card to the Clerk of the Board before public comment on the item begins. Each speaker is allocated three minutes to speak unless the chair determines that all speakers will be allowed a shorter or longer period of time.  All speaker request cards submitted after public comment for each Regular Calendar item begins will not be heard by the Board.

 

Board Matters

 

R1

Adopt a resolution which recognizes Patricia “Patti” Divine, Senior Social Worker, of the Health and Human Services Agency as Shasta County’s Employee of the Month for May 2025.

 

No Additional General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

R2

Receive an update from the County Executive Officer on County issues and consider action on specific legislation related to Shasta County’s legislative platform and receive Supervisors’ reports on countywide issues.

 

No Additional General Fund Impact

 

No Vote

 

R3

Take the following actions: (1) Receive a presentation from healthcare consultant, Chriss Street; (2) consider findings regarding establishing a medical school and residency program; and (3) consider providing direction to staff (Sponsored by Supervisors Crye and Plummer).

 

Future General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD - OPEN TIME

During the Public Comment – Open Time period, the public may address the Board on any matter not listed on the agenda that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors or on any agenda item listed on the Consent Calendar. Each speaker is allocated three minutes to speak unless the chair determines that all speakers will be allowed a shorter or longer period of time.  Those wishing to participate in Public Comment – Open Time must submit a speaker request card to the Clerk of the Board before the meeting begins. All speaker request cards submitted after the meeting begins, and any public comment not heard by the 12:00 p.m. recess, will be heard once all Regular Calendar items on the agenda have been considered by the Board, and before the Board’s consideration of the Consent Calendar.

 

CONSENT CALENDAR

The following Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and non-controversial. They may be acted upon by the Board at one time without discussion. Any Board member or staff member may request that an item be removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion and consideration. Members of the public will be provided with a single opportunity to comment on one or more items on the Consent Calendar, during Public Comment – Open Time, before the Board's consideration of the Consent Calendar.

 

County Administrative Office

 

C1

Take the following actions: (1) Approve an agreement with Youth Violence Prevention Council of Shasta County, dba Youth Options Shasta, in the amount of $1,000,000 for youth substance use education and prevention services; (2) approve an agreement with Shasta County Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council, dba Raising Shasta, in the amount of $3,000,000 for youth substance use education and prevention services; (3) waive provisions which require advance payments be required to earn interest and apply interest to reduce the contract price as set in Administrative Policy 6-101, Shasta County Contracts Manual; and (4) approve a budget amendment which increases appropriations by $100,000 in the Opioid Settlement Budget (BU 430) offset by use of fund balance.

 

No General Fund Impact

 

4/5 Vote

 

C2

Adopt a resolution which: (1) Repeals Resolution No. 2023-017; and (2) designates signing authority for the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services under the Federal Emergency Management Agency Public Assistance for Disasters and/or the California Disaster Assistance Act to the Shasta County: (a) Sheriff; (b) Fire Chief; (c) County Executive Officer, or their designee; and (d) Public Works Director.

 

No Additional General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

C3

Approve a renewal lease agreement with Parlay Investments, Inc., for office space at 1313 Yuba Street, City of Redding.

 

No General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

C4

Approve a budget amendment which increases appropriations by $825,000 in the Miscellaneous General Budget (BU 173) offset by a decrease in appropriations by $825,000 in the Reserves for Contingencies Budget (BU 900).

 

General Fund Impact

 

4/5 Vote

 

Assessor-Recorder

 

C5

Approve an agreement with Megabyte Property Tax Systems, Inc., for software services and support.

 

Future General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

Auditor-Controller

 

C6

Approve a renewal agreement with Fifth Asset, Inc. d/b/a DebtBook, for Lease and Subscription Based IT Arrangements (SBITA) management software-as-a-service application for Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) financial reporting requirements and designate authority to the Auditor-Controller to sign amendments and future renewals.

 

General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

Board of Supervisors

 

C7

Approve a letter of support for Assembly Bill 303: Battery Energy Safety & Accountability Act and a letter of opposition for Senate Bill 681: Housing.

 

No Additional General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

Health and Human Services Agency-Behavioral Health and Social Services

 

C8

Approve a renewal agreement with J. Reid McKellar, Ph.D., for individual psychological evaluations, adoption psychological evaluations, parent/child bonding assessments, sibling assessments and court services.

 

No General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

C9

Approve a retroactive amendment to the agreement with the Regents of the University of California, dba University of California, Davis, for psychological evaluations, adoption psychological evaluations, psychotherapy, parent and child bonding assessments and sibling assessments which increases rates and extends the term.

 

No Additional General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

C10

Adopt a proclamation which designates June 2025, as “Elder Abuse Awareness Month” in Shasta County.

 

No General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

Public Works

 

C11

Approve an amendment to the agreement with David A. Lawrence, Inc., dba Lawrence & Associates, for on-call engineering services which increases maximum compensation.

 

General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

C12

Waive competitive procurement requirements in Administrative Policy 6-101, Shasta County Contracts Manual, and Shasta County Code Section 3.04.020 on the basis of an urgency to prevent loss or damage to property and approve the purchase of one permanent emergency generator for the “CSA No. 3-Castella Intake Replacement Project,” Contract No. 610956, from Bay City Electric Works.

 

General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

C13

Approve a budget amendment which increases appropriations by $190,000, offset by use of retained earnings, in the CSA 6 Jones Vly Wtr (Elk Trl) Budget (BU 0377).

 

No General Fund Impact

 

4/5 Vote

 

C14

Approve a budget amendment which increases appropriations and revenue by $120,000 in the CSA 13 Alpine Mdws Swr/Wtr Budget (BU 0384) for the “CSA 13 Extraordinary Maintenance Project.”

 

No General Fund Impact

 

4/5 Vote

 

C15

Adopt a resolution regarding the Breslauer Campus Sewer Line which: (1) Finds an emergency exists that will not permit a delay resulting from a competitive solicitation for bids to repair the sewer line pursuant to Public Contract Code Sections 1102, 20134, and 22050; (2) designates authority to the Public Works Director to take all actions necessary to remedy the emergency pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22050(b)(1); (3) waives the requirements for competitive bidding or giving notice for bids for contracts to perform modification work to the sewer line pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22050; (4) finds the project to repair the sewer line to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines 14 California Code of Regulations Section 15302(c) for replacement or reconstruction of existing utility systems and/or facilities involving negligible or no expansion of capacity and Section 5269(b) for emergency repairs to publicly or privately owned service facilities necessary to maintain service essential to the public health, safety, or welfare; and (5) approve budget amendments which decrease appropriations and revenue by $130,000 in the Land Buildings and Improvement Budget (BU 166) and transfer appropriations in the amount of $58,500 in the MHSA Adult Services Budget (BU 404) and $71,500 in the Social Services Admin Budget (BU 501).

 

No General Fund Impact

 

4/5 Vote

 

C16

Adopt a policy resolution which amends Administrative Policy 8-103, Fleet Management Program, to update provisions to be in line with County policies and procedures and add provisions related to telematics.

 

No Additional General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

C17

Take the following actions regarding the “2025 Redding Regional Septage Impoundment 1B Cleanout Project,” Contract No. 207613, (Contract): (1) Reject the bid from Synagro-WWT, Inc., as non-responsive; (2) award the Contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Iron Mountain General Engineering, Inc., on a unit cost basis in the amount of $583,000; and (3) approve and authorize the Public Works Director, or their designee, to sign a Notice of Completion and record it within 15 days of actual completion of the work.

 

No General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

Sheriff-Jail

 

C18

Approve a renewal agreement with California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for inmate housing and training at California Fire Camps.

 

No Additional General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

C19

Adopt a resolution which authorizes expenditures for Jail Based Competency Treatment program (Program) related items for positive reinforcement and to incentivize inmates to participate in the Program.

 

No Additional General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

REGULAR CALENDAR, CONTINUED

 

County Clerk-Elections

 

R4

Introduce and waive the reading of, "An Ordinance of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Shasta Repealing Shasta County Code Chapter 2.07, Elections Commission."

 

General Fund Savings

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

Presentations

 

R5

Receive a presentation from the Shasta County Health Officer regarding alcohol and other drug services funding, legislation, and service numbers.

 

No General Fund Impact

 

No Vote

 

County Administrative Office

 

R6

Approve the Request for Proposals (RFP) for Community Engagement and Opinion Research for the Development of a Strategic Plan and provide direction to staff.

 

General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

District Attorney

 

R7

Discuss and consider directing staff to create alternately staffed Legal Secretary I/II Classifications.

 

General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

Presentations, Continued

 

R8

Receive a presentation from WellPath on inmate healthcare and services in the Shasta County Jail (Sponsored by Supervisor Crye).

 

No Additional General Fund Impact

 

No Vote

 

R9

Receive a presentation from the Shasta Substance Use Coalition regarding opioid overdose deaths in Shasta County (Sponsored by Supervisor Plummer).

 

No Additional General Fund Impact

 

No Vote

 

SCHEDULED HEARINGS

A court challenge to action taken by the Board of Supervisors on any project or decision may be limited to only those issues raised during the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors during, or prior to, the scheduled public hearing.

 

Public Works

 

R10

Conduct a public hearing and adopt a resolution which finds a public easement, being a portion of Tamarack Avenue, located in the Burney area (Easement), is not necessary for current or future public use and orders the vacation of the Easement for road and utility purposes, reserving the rights for any existing utilities, located in the unincorporated area of Shasta County.

 

No General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

R11

Conduct a public hearing and adopt a resolution which finds the previously relinquished access rights (Access Rights) onto Bear Mountain Road (County Road No. 5H04) not necessary for current or future public use and orders the vacation of the Access Rights.

 

No General Fund Impact

 

Simple Majority Vote

 

CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT

The Board of Supervisors will recess to a Closed Session to discuss the following items (estimated 1 hour):

 

R12

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION

(Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1):

 

Names of Cases:

Rood v. Lockwood, et al. (United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Case #2:19:CV-01806-KJM-AC)

 

Littlefield, et al. v. County of Shasta, et al. (United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Case #2:25-CV-01292-DMC)

 

Gorder v. David J. Rickert, County of Shasta and its Board of Supervisors (Shasta County Superior Court, Case #25CV-0207689)

 

 

R13

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

(Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)):

 

Initiation of Litigation:  One potential case

 

At the conclusion of the Closed Session, reportable action, if any, will be reported in Open Session.

  

REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION ACTIONS

 

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors will recess and convene as the Shasta County In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Governing Board.

 

 

SHASTA COUNTY IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PUBLIC AUTHORITY GOVERNING BOARD

 

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors does not receive any additional compensation or stipend for acting as the Shasta County In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Governing Board.

 

The Shasta County In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Governing Board will adjourn and convene as the Shasta County Water Agency.

 

SHASTA COUNTY WATER AGENCY

 

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors does not receive any additional compensation or stipend for acting as the Shasta County Water Agency.

 

The Shasta County Water Agency will adjourn and reconvene as the Shasta County Board of Supervisors.

 

ADJOURN

 

 

 

ACCESSIBILITY: Reasonable accommodations will be made for individuals with disabilities in order to participate in the public meeting, with any doubt being resolved in favor of accessibility. If you would like to request an accommodation for accessibility, please contact the Clerk of the Board at (530) 225-5550. To better enable us to assist you, please contact us with your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting.

 

COMMUNICATIONS: Communications received by the Board of Supervisors are on file and available for review in the Clerk of the Board's Office. Public records which relate to any of the matters on this agenda (except Closed Session items), and which have been distributed to the members of the Board, are available for public inspection at the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, 1450 Court Street, Suite 308B, Redding, CA 96001-1673.

 

FIND MEETING INFORMATION ONLINE: The Board of Supervisors meetings are viewable via livestream and archived recording on Shasta County's website at https://www.shastacounty.gov/clerk-board/page/meeting-videos. Although the County strives to make meetings viewable via livestream, please be advised that remote viewing is provided for convenience only.  In the event of a technological malfunction, the only assurance of viewing the meeting is to attend in person.  Except for a noticed teleconference meeting, the Board reserves the right to conduct the meeting without livestream access, if there is a technological malfunction.

 

Agendas, minutes, and other Board of Supervisors documents are also available online.

 

LEVINE ACT NOTICE: DISCLOSURES REQUIRED ON SPECIFIED ITEMS (GOVERNMENT CODE § 84308) The Levine Act states that parties to any proceeding involving a license, permit or other entitlement for use pending before the Board must disclose on the record of the proceeding any campaign contributions of more than $250 (aggregated) made by the parties or their agents to Board Members within the preceding 12 months. Participants with financial interests, and agents of either parties or participants, are requested to disclose such contributions also. The disclosure must include the name of the party or participant and any other person making the contribution; the name of the recipient; the amount of the contribution; and the date the contribution was made. This disclosure can be made orally during the proceeding or in writing on a request to speak.

 

The County of Shasta does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to, access to, or operation of its buildings, facilities, programs, services, or activities. The County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment practices. Questions, complaints, or requests for additional information regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) may be forwarded to the County's ADA Coordinator: Director of Support Services, County of Shasta, 1450 Court Street, Room 348, Redding, CA 960011676, Phone: (530) 225-5515, California Relay Service: (800) 735-2922, Fax: (530) 2255345, E-mail: [email protected]. Individuals with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and/or services for effective communication in the County's programs and services are invited to make their needs and preferences known to the affected department or the ADA Coordinator. For aids or services needed for effective communication during Board of Supervisors meetings, please call Clerk of the Board (530) 225-5550 at least 72 hours before the meeting. This notice is available in accessible alternate formats from the affected department or the ADA Coordinator. Accommodations may include, but are not limited to, interpreters, assistive listening devices, accessible seating, or documentation in an alternate format.