LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Just in time for Christmas, members of the Board of Supervisors are set to vote to give themselves a raise and they also will interview candidates to fill the sheriff’s role for the next two years after Sheriff Brian Martin retires.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
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On Tuesday morning, the board will hold public interviews of two applicants to fill the sheriff’s job in the wake of Sheriff Brian Martin’s retirement at month’s end.
They’re looking to fill Martin’s post from Jan. 2, 2023, to Jan. 2, 2025, at which point the sheriff elected in the next general election will take office.
At 10 a.m., the board will interview Rob Howe, Lake County Probation chief. Howe served in the Lake County Sheriff’s Office from October 1992 to September 2011, at which point he was a captain and chief of staff. He was hired as chief probation officer in March 2012.
At 11 a.m., the board will interview the second candidate, Lt. Luke Bingham. He has served with the sheriff’s office since 1998, and currently heads its training program and recently was assigned as the agency’s lead for the project to remodel the former Lakeport National
Guard Armory into the sheriff’s office’s new headquarters.
The supervisors will then consider the two candidates in a 1 p.m. discussion.
In an untimed item, the board will introduce an ordinance to amend county code to give its members a 28% raise.
The report from administrative staff says that at the board’s Nov. 1 meeting, it discussed a recommendation to increase the board’s salary to 28.316% of the Lake County Superior Court Judges salaries, with an additional 5% increase for the chair of the board.
However, that’s not what happened, as the county’s own documents show.
Rather, County Administrative Officer Susan Parker had presented a suggestion to raise the board’s pay to 38.618% of the $229,125 annual salary of Superior Court judges — in effect as of July 1 — which would total $88,483.20. That would be a 38.8% raise.
If the raises actually are 28.316% of the Superior Court judge’s salary, it would put them at $64,879 a year, about $1,000 higher a year than the board’s current pay amounts.
The staff report does not explain the very large differences in the two proposals, although it gives an overall cost for the raises, $165,847, that suggests the raises in the new proposal would be on par with what the board previously discussed. It is unclear if this is a typo in the county documents and the proposed ordinance.
The ordinance must be read twice and then would go into effect 60 days after approval.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Adopt proclamation commending and honoring Kelly Kobetsky of the Lake County Law Library.
5.2: a) Waive the formal bidding process, subject to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and b) approve agreement between county of Lake and AirMedCare Network for Air Ambulance Services, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.3: Adopt resolution of consent requesting the cities of Clearlake and Lakeport, through their City Councils, to renew the Lake County Tourism Improvement District.
5.4: Approve advance step increase for substance abuse counselor senior, Step 5 for Denise Newman.
5.5: Approve amended purchase order in the amount of $32,950.85 for one 2023 Ford Bronco Sport base four-door utility vehicle for Code Enforcement Division, and authorize the Community Development director/assistant purchasing agent to sign.
5.6: Approve agreement between county of Lake and Persimmony Software for Electronic Health Records Software in the amount of $39,396 and a one-time fee of $10,000 for implementation through June 30, 2023, and $78,792 per year plus CPI increase for the period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027.
5.7: Approve addendum to agreement between the county of Lake and Tyler Technologies to add additional services for the period of March 24, 2020, to March 23, 2023 for an amount of $78,300; and authorize the chair to sign.
5.8: Approve the purchase of a 2022 Ford F-150 for the Parks and Recreation Division of the Public Services Department and authorize the Public Services director to sign a purchase order not to exceed $39,000 to Folsom Lake Ford of Folsom, California.
5.9: Approve the purchase of a 2022 Ford F-150 for the Buildings and Grounds Division of the Public Services Department and authorize the Public Services director to sign a purchase order not to exceed $43,000 to Folsom Lake Ford of Folsom, California.
5.10: Adopt resolution approving the application for the California Museum Grant Program for the Lake Pomo Gallery Project.
5.11: Adopt Resolution Amending Resolution No. 2022-118 to Amend the Adopted Budget for FY 2022-23 by Increasing Revenue in Fund 098 Road Division Budget to appropriate unanticipated revenue.
5.12: Approve purchase order for the purchase of a service truck for the ISF Heavy Equipment Division, and authorize the Public Works director/assistant purchasing agent to sign the purchase order.
5.13: Approve purchase order for the purchase of a Fecon CEM 36 for county road maintenance, and authorize the Public Works director/assistant purchasing agent to sign the purchase order.
5.14: (a) Adopt Resolution approving the Lake County Sheriff's Office to apply for state of California, Department of Parks and Recreation Off-Highway Vehicle Grant funds and authorize the Lake County sheriff/coroner or his designee to sign the project agreement and (b) consideration of a delegation of authority to Lake County Sheriff/Coroner Brian Martin or his designee to execute the attached Project Agreement, Number G22-03-64-L01 and to act as the county’s agent in the negotiation, execution, and submittal of all related documents, including amendments to the project agreement and requests for payments.
5.15: (a) Approve Amendment 1 of Agreement between the county of Lake and the state of California Department of State Hospitals, or DSH, to allow for the DSH to compensate the county when the Sheriff’s Office coordinates telehealth video interviews with inmates in the sheriff’s custody and (b) authorize the sheriff to sign all documents.
5.16: Approve to award bids for the purchase of inmate clothing and authorize the sheriff or his designee to issue purchase orders to various vendors.
5.17: Approve contract between county of Lake and Binti Inc. for Resource Family Approval Software, in the amount of $46,363.50, from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2025, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.18: Approve contract between county of Lake and Evolve Youth Services for temporary wraparound services, in the amount of $34,000, from July 1, 2022, to Oct. 31, 2022, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.19: Approve Agreement with Lake Marine Construction for the abatement services of lakebed structures in the amount not to exceed $250,000.
5.20: Approve joint funding agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, or USGS, for annual maintenance of the Kelsey Creek Flow Gauge Station in the amount of $17,710 and authorize the chair to sign.
5.21: ADDENDUM - (a) Waive the competitive bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2(1), as it is not in the public interest due to the fact the work was required to respond to an emergency situation, and (b) approve a purchase order for environmental services for the cleanup of a waste-oil spill on county-owned property, and authorize the Public Works director/assistant purchasing agent to sign the purchase order.
TIMED ITEMS
6.2, 9:07 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation commending and honoring Kelly Kobetsky of the Lake County Law Library.
6.3, 9:15 a.m.: Consideration of an agreement with CBG Communications Inc. for Broadband Action Plan Consulting Services, not to exceed $245,000.
6.4, 9:30 a.m.: Consideration and discussion of agreement for medical services in Lake County's Detention Facility with California Forensic Medical Group in the amount of $3,947,351 for the term of Jan. 1, 2023, through Jan. 1, 2024, with option to continue through Jan. 1, 2028, and authorize chair to sign.
6.5, 10 a.m.: Sheriff-Coroner interview – Eutice R. Howe.
6.6, 11 a.m.: Sheriff-Coroner interview – Lucas J. Bingham.
6.7, 1 p.m.: Review and consider sheriff-coroner candidates to serve the term of Jan. 2, 2023, to Jan. 2, 2025.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Introduction of an ordinance amending Section 2-3A.1 of Article I, Chapter 2 of the Lake County Code, Compensation of the Board of Supervisors.
7.3: Consideration of resolution authorizing the Behavioral Health Director to Sign the Standard Agreement for HHAP Funds and Public review and approval of the County of Lake Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) Round 4 application.
CLOSED SESSION
8.1: Public Employee Evaluation: Behavioral Health Director Todd Metcalf.
8.2: Conference with legal counsel: Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(2), (e)(1) – One potential case.
8.3: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code section 54956.9(1) – Flesch v. County of Lake.
Editor’s note: This article has been clarified regarding Howe’s date of employment with the Probation Department. He worked for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office until September 2011 and took the chief probation officer job in March 2012.
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Supervisors to introduce ordinance to give themselves raises, interview sheriff’s candidates
- Elizabeth Larson