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23-00001
| | Agenda Item | County Executive Officer’s Report: Receive a report from the County Executive Officer (CEO) on County programs, County staff updates and achievements, staff recognitions, updates on major projects, updates on state and federal legislation, and upcoming events of interest to the Board and the public. There will be no Board discussion except to ask questions or refer matters to staff; and no action will be taken unless listed on a subsequent agenda.
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23-00290
| | Agenda Item | CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION
(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code section 54956.9)
Clay Murray, et al. v. County of Santa Barbara, et al.; United States District Court, Central District of California, case number 2:17cv-08805-GW-JPR.
Inmates of the Santa Barbara County Jail v. Sheriff; Santa Barbara County Superior Court Case No. SB152487.
Joyce E. Dudley, Santa Barbara County District Attorney v. County of Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara County Superior Court Case No. 22CV05054.
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
(Paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) and Paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Government Code section 54956.9)
Significant exposure to civil litigation: 1 case, based on these “facts and circumstances:”
The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office has filed a First Amended Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate concerning a Public Records Act request the District Attorney’s Office submitted to the County of Santa Barbara in Case No. 22CV05054. In that Petition, the District Attorney’s Office states that | |
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23-00254
| A-1) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Contractor on Payroll Agreement for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2022-2024 with Muhammad Salman ul Haq, M.D., as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Contractor on Payroll Agreement with Muhammad Salman ul Haq, M.D., for the provision of medical support services for the period of March 21, 2023 through June 30, 2024 in an amount not to exceed $20,000.00; and
b) Determine that the above action is a government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines. | Pass |
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23-00267
| A-2) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the approval of an Action Plan Amendment and the execution of an Amendment to the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) Subrecipient Agreement with the City of Santa Maria, Fifth District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize a Substantial Amendment (Amendment) to the 2022-2023 Action Plan for submittal to Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which adds $150,000.00 in federal HOME funds for a TBRA Security Deposit program to be administered by the City of Santa Maria;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Subrecipient Agreement between the County and the City of Santa Maria (City) to provide federal HOME funding in the amount of $150,000.00 to administer TBRA (Subrecipient Agreement); and
c) Determine that the proposed actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines, pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4), finding that the actions are creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any spec | Pass |
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23-00269
| A-3) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the approval and execution of HOME American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) Loan Documents with Good Samaritan Shelter (Good Sam), for acquisition and improvement work to a single-family residence located at 2723 Marlberry Street in the City of Santa Maria, (Project), Fourth District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a HOME-ARP Loan Agreement, HOME-ARP Deed of Trust, HOME-ARP Regulatory Agreement, and a HOME-ARP Promissory Note, (Collectively, the HOME-ARP Loan Documents), with Good Sam, for a loan in the amount of $400,000.00 (HOME-ARP Loan) as financial support for the Project; and
b) Find that the recommended actions related to the proposed Project qualify as a Categorical Exemption based on Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). | Pass |
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23-00271
| A-4) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding approval of Sub-Recipient Agreements for additional Emergency Solutions Grant, Coronavirus (ESG-CV) funding for COVID-19 Homelessness Response, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute Subrecipient Agreements for Rapid Re-Housing using ESG-CV funds allocated through the State of California for continued COVID-19 homelessness response with the following subrecipients in the following amounts:
i) $243,038.00 to Good Samaritan Shelter (Good Samaritan); and
ii) $185,303.00 to New Beginnings Counseling Center (NBCC);
b) Authorize the Community Services Department Director, or designee, to approve and execute amendments to any of the Subrecipient Agreements identified in Recommended Action (a), above, to increase or decrease the total contract amount of any such Subrecipient Agreement to ensure full and timely expenditure of all awarded ESG-CV funds thereunder, provided that no such amendment to any Subrecipient Agreement shall increase the amount of funding provided thereunder by more than 10% of the original total contract | Pass |
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23-00252
| A-5) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Professional Legal Services with Outside Counsel Perkins Coie LLP, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Professional Legal Services between the County of Santa Barbara and Perkins Coie LLP for a total not to exceed amount of $750,000.00 and term ending February 14, 2024; and
b) Determine that the above action is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) because it consists of government administrative or fiscal activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. | Pass |
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23-00289
| A-6) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Second Amendment to the Agreement with Stacy Miller Public Affairs, Inc. (SMPA) for General County Communications and Social Media Support Services, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Second Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor, referenced as BC 21-272, with SMPA for general communications/social media support services, to revive and extend the agreement term for a period of six months, through June 30, 2023, and increase the contract amount by $70,000.00 for a total contract not to exceed amount of $214,000.00; and
b) Determine that the proposed action does not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it consists of the creation of a government funding mechanism or other government fiscal activities, which does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant impact on the environment. | Pass |
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23-00263
| A-7) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding appointments to the CenCal Health Board of Directors, as follows:
a) Approve the appointment of Mouhanad Hammami MD, MHSA, Director Public Health Department, (Classification - County of Santa Barbara), to the CenCal Health Board of Directors effective March 21, 2023;
b) Approve the appointment of Antonette (Toni) Navarro LMFT, Director Behavioral Wellness Department, (Classification - County of Santa Barbara), to the CenCal Health Board of Directors, effective March 21, 2023; and
c) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) since the recommended actions are government administrative activities which do not involve commitment to any specific project which may result in potentially significant physical impact on the environment. | Pass |
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23-00257
| A-8) | Administrative Item | Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0008731 (Majority Vote Required); and Budget Revision Request No. 0008767 (4/5 Vote Required). | Pass |
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23-00253
| A-9) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding an agreement between the Santa Barbara County Fire Protection District and CentralSquare Technologies, LLC for the Development and Configuration of an on-premises Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) System for the Regional Fire Communications Center, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
Acting as the Board of Directors, Fire Protection District:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Phase 2 System Purchase Agreement with CentralSquare Technologies, LLC (CentralSquare), for services, software licenses, hardware, and support for a CAD system, as part of the Regional Fire Communications Center (RFCC), for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,227,267.37, and approve and authorize the Fire Chief to execute Addendum G, Consent to Assignment of Software Licenses;
b) Approve and authorize the Fire Chief or designee to approve up to a 10% contingency with CentralSquare, in an amount not to exceed $122,726.74, for any changes that may be required to the scope of work to complete the integrated public safety software solution;
c) Approve Budget | Pass |
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23-00256
| A-10) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Professional Services Agreement with UltraSystems Environmental Incorporated for the Calle Real Campus Master Plan Programmatic Environmental Impact Report Project No. 21010, Second District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Professional Service Agreement with UltraSystems Environmental Incorporated for environmental consulting services for the Calle Real Campus Master Plan Programmatic Environmental Impact Report in the amount of $309,760.00; and
b) Determine that the recommended actions do not constitute a project subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15306, as the actions consist of basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource, and Section 15378(b)(4), as the actions are the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project, and | Pass |
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23-00258
| A-11) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding Fish and Wildlife Commission Grant Awards, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Director of Planning and Development to award grants to International Bird Rescue, Channel Islands Restoration, and Friends of Mission Canyon, Inc.;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0008750 to establish appropriations of $15,000.00 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2023 services and supplies funded by restricted fund balance; and
c) Determine that the award of Fish and Wildlife Commission Grant funds is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the State Guidelines for the implementation of CEQA. | Pass |
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23-00264
| A-12) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding an April 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, Agreement with Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley (FBSMV) for conflict mediation, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with FBSMV (a local vendor) to provide conflict mediation services and interventions, and to teach coping skills and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies to youth at the Juvenile Justice Center (JJC), with a total contract amount not to exceed $122,126.00;
b) Authorize the Chief Probation Officer or designee to approve subsequent line-item budget changes to the Agreement in an amount not to exceed 10% of the stated line-item budgeted amounts for each service, as long as the total contract amount of each Agreement is not increased, and as long as the total budgeted amounts by each funding source are not exceeded;
c) Delegate to the Chief Probation Officer or designee the authority to further amend the Agreement to make immaterial changes, authorize additional services, amend program staffing requirements, | Pass |
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23-00260
| A-13) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a request to Rescind Resolution No. 21-73, as follows:
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Rescind Resolution No. 21-73 entitled “A Resolution to Approve Water Management Tools Amendment (Amendment 21) to State Water Project Water Supply Contract Subject to Certain Limitations to Maintain Local Water Supply”; and
b) Determine that the proposed action is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), organization or administrative activities that will not result in a direct or indirect physical change in the environment. | Pass |
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23-00259
| A-14) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Public Works Director’s Report on Emergency Response Actions from Impacts of Flooding and Storms and Continuation of Emergency Actions, as follows: (4/5 vote required)
Acting as the Board of Supervisors and Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District:
a) Receive and review a report from the Public Works Director regarding emergency actions taken pursuant to Resolution No. 19-327 and Public Contract Code Section 22050 related to emergency operations responding to flooding, storms, debris removal and transportation projects following the recent storm events and the necessity of the action and the reasons the emergency will not permit delay resulting from competitive solicitation of bids;
b) Determine that there is a need to continue the emergency actions ordered by the Public Works Director;
c) Direct staff to return to the Board every 14 days to allow the Board to review the emergency action and determine whether there is a need to continue the emergency action, by a 4/5 vote, until the actions are terminated;
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23-00255
| A-15) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a First Amendment to the Contract for Modoc Road Multiuse Trail Segment 1, Project No. 864050, Second District, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment to the Contract with Beador Construction, 26320 Lester Circle, Corona, CA 92883, for the Modoc Road Multiuse Trail (Modoc MUT) Segment 1, increasing the contract contingency amount by $380,000.00 for a total contingency amount of $516,865.00, resulting in a total contract amount including contingency and supplemental items of $3,004,165.00;
b) Authorize the Public Works Director or designee to execute a change order in the amount of $380,000.00 for unanticipated erosion control, landslide material removal, and pavement repair work;
c) Approve a Budget Revision Request No. 0008674. Establish appropriations of $240,800.00 in General County Programs General Fund for Other Financing Uses funded by release of Committed Cannabis fund balance. Establish appropriations of $3,004,200.00 for Public Works Roads-Capital Infrastructure Fund for Se | Pass |
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23-00261
| A-16) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a First Amendment to the agreement with Allan Hancock Joint Community College District for Pathway Home 2 Project, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment to the Agreement with Allan Hancock Joint Community College District (local vendor) to provide Career Services, Academic and Occupational Skills through the Pathway Home 2 Project to decrease the total contract amount to not to exceed $257,867.29 for the period of February 15, 2022 through December 31, 2024; and
b) Determine that the activity is not a “Project” subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(5), since the activity is an organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. | Pass |
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23-00262
| A-17) | Administrative Item | Receive and file the Annual DNA Identification Fund Report for calendar year 2022. | Pass |
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23-00286
| A-18) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Robert Senn to the Montecito Board of Architectural Review, term ending January 1, 2027, First District. | Pass |
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23-00287
| A-19) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Raquel Zick to the Commission for Women, term ending January 1, 2024, First District. | Pass |
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23-00281
| A-20) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Pam Flynt Tambo to the Behavioral Wellness Commission, term ending January 1, 2026, Third District. | Pass |
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23-00283
| A-21) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Lee Steinmetz to the County Riding and Hiking Trails Advisory Committee, open term, Fourth District. | Pass |
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23-00280
| A-22) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the appointment of Rebecca Carey to the Parks Commission, term ending June 30, 2025, Fifth District. | Pass |
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23-00265
| A-23) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the week of March 27, 2023 through March 31, 2023 as Tsunami Preparedness Week in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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23-00268
| A-24) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Lorna Sarah Steele upon her retirement from the Probation Department after over 26 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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23-00270
| A-25) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Dean Sleigh upon his retirement from the Probation Department after over 23 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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23-00266
| A-26) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the week of March 19, 2023 through March 25, 2023 as National Surveyors’ Week in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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23-00282
| A-27) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Margery Gallegos upon her retirement from the Social Services Department after over 32 years of faithful and dedicated service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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23-00273
| A-28) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution recognizing the month of March 2023 as Women’s History Month in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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23-00276
| A-29) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming March 30, 2023 as National Doctors’ Day in Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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23-00275
| A-30) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Carl Thornton upon his retirement from the General Services Department after over 18 years of faithful and dedicated service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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23-00277
| A-31) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Eric Snyder upon his retirement from the Planning and Development Department after over 22 years of faithful and dedicated service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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23-00274
| A-32) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Leslie Anne Wells upon her retirement from the Public Works Department after over 28 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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23-00272
| A-33) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Joseph M. Pisano upon his retirement from the Human Resources Department after over 24 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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23-00279
| A-34) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Janette Pell upon her retirement from the General Services Department after over 6 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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23-00278
| A-35) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Terri Maus-Nisich upon her retirement from the County Executive Office after over 20 years faithful and distinguished service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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23-00291
| A-36) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the re-ratification and update to the Proclamation of Local Emergency caused by the January 2023 Storm and Subsequent 2023 Winter Storms, last action February 28, 2023, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution re-ratifying and updating the Proclamation of Local Emergency caused by the January 2023 Storm and Subsequent 2023 Winter Storms in Santa Barbara County pursuant to Government Code Section 8630;
b) Receive an update on the Winter 2023 Storms and their impacts;
c) Direct the Office of Emergency Management to return every sixty (60) days for ratification of the Emergency until such a time that conditions dictate otherwise; and
d) Determine that these actions are exempt from the provisions of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15061(b)(3) and 15269. | Pass |
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23-00292
| A-37) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Sonia Thompson upon her retirement from the County of Santa Barbara and for her years of faithful and dedicated service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. | Pass |
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23-00002
| | Agenda Item | Public Comment Period
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS RESERVED FOR COMMENT ON MATTERS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. EACH PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR, FOR A TOTAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OF NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES. (Resolution No. 09-368) (23-00002)
WHEN TESTIFYING BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, PERSONAL ATTACKS AND OTHER DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR ARE NOT APPROPRIATE. | |
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23-00250
| 1) | Departmental Agenda | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Commission for Women; 2023 Women’s History Month Service Awards, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file the Commission for Women; 2023 Women’s History Month Service Awards Presentation; and
b) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(2) and (5) of the CEQA guidelines because they consist of general policy and procedure making and administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | Pass |
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23-00288
| 2) | Departmental Agenda | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a Compensation and Benefits Resolution and a Salary Increase for Elected Department Heads, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Adopt a Resolution which establishes Compensation and Benefits for Elected Department Heads effective April 3, 2023;
b) Adopt a Resolution which revises Personnel Benefits for Management and Confidential-Unrepresented Employees effective April 3, 2023;
c) Adopt an amendment to the Salary Resolution retitling the five (5) Elected Department Head positions and affixing specific rates of pay to those positions effective April 3, 2023; and
d) Determine pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) that the above actions are government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and are therefore not a project subject to environmental review.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY | Pass |
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23-00249
| 3) | Departmental Agenda | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Long Range Planning Division (LRP) Fiscal Years (FY) 2023-2026 Work Program, as follows: (EST. TIME: 45 MIN.)
a) Receive and file a report on the staff-recommended LRP FY 2023-2026 Work Program;
b) Provide any direction that the Board would like to make regarding the staff-recommended LRP FY 2023-2026 Work Program; and
c) Determine that the Board’s action is not a “project” that is subject to environmental review pursuant to the State California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines [Section 15378(b)(5)].
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY | Pass |
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23-00285
| | Agenda Item | BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APRIL 2023 PROJECTED CALENDAR
The items below are projected to be placed on a Board of Supervisors agenda next month
and are subject to change. Therefore, these are draft and remain so until the final agenda is
created and posted on the Thursday preceding a Board of Supervisors’ meeting.
For information on a particular anticipated item, please contact the department noted.
For any other questions regarding the Board of Supervisors’ agendas,
please contact the Clerk of the Board Office at (805)568-2240.
- Extra Help Retirement Waiver
Human Resources Department
Contact: Erin Jeffery - emjeffery@co.santa-barbara.ca.us
- Ambulance/EMS Discussion
Public Health Department
Contact: Mouhanad Hammami - MHammami@sbcphd.org
- MacKenzie/Smigel Appeal of the HWY 101 Widening Segment
Planning and Development Department
Contact: Christopher Schmuckal - cschmuckal@countyofsb.org
- Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget Workshops
County Executive Office
Contact: Paul Clementi - pClementi@countyofsb.org | |
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