Board Members Joe Neves, District 1 - Chairman Richard Valle, District 2 Doug Verboon, District 3 Craig Pedersen, District 4 Richard Fagundes, District 5 - Vice Chairman Staff Edward Hill, County Administrative Officer Diane Freeman, County Counsel Catherine Venturella, Clerk of the Board Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting Agenda Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m. Place: Board of Supervisors Chambers, Kings County Government Center 1400 W. Lacey Boulevard, Hanford, California 93230 (559) 852-2362 FAX (559) 585-8047 website: https://www.countyofkings.com The meeting can be attended telephonically, on the Internet by clicking this link: https://countyofkings.webex.com/countyofkings/j.php?MTID=m04b2955e3108163f2caeb227350963b4 or by sending an email to bosquestions@co.kings.ca.us on the morning of the meeting for an automated email response with the WebEx meeting link information. Members of the public attending via WebEx will have the opportunity to provide public comment during the meeting. *WebEx will be available for access at 8:55 a.m. due to a Board of Equalization meeting at 8:30 a.m. * Members of the public who wish to view/observe the meeting virtually can do so via the worldwide web at: www.countyofkings.com and click on the “Join Meeting” button or by clicking this link: https://youtu.be/DTbNS5ZLQHU Members of the public viewing the meeting through YouTube will not have the ability to provide public comment. Members of the public who wish to comment may submit written comments on any matter within the Board’s subject matter jurisdiction, regardless of whether it is on the agenda for the Board’s consideration or action, and those comments will become part of the administrative record of the meeting. Comments will not be read into the record, only the names of who have submitted comments will be read into the record. Written comments received by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors no later than 8:30 a.m. on the morning of the noticed meeting will be included in the record, those comments received after 8:30 a.m. will become part of the record of the next meeting. Email is not monitored during the meeting. To submit written comments by email, please forward them to bosquestions@co.kings.ca.us or by U.S. Mail, please forward them to: Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, County of Kings, 1400 W. Lacey Blvd., Hanford, CA 93230. I. 9:00 AM CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL – Clerk of the Board INVOCATION – To Be Determined PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE II. UNSCHEDULED APPEARANCES Any person may directly address the Board at this time on any item on the agenda, or on any other items of interest to the public, that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board. Two (2) minutes are allowed for each item. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A.Report out of Closed Session from the regular meeting for August 9, 2022. B.Approval of the minutes from the regular meeting for August 9, 2022. IV. CONSENT CALENDAR A.Agriculture Department: 1.Consider approving the Cooperative Agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture for the County’s Asian Citrus Psyllid Detection Program effective October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. 2.Consider approving the Cooperative Agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture for the County’s European Grapevine Moth Detection Program retroactively effective from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. B.Behavioral Health Department: 1.Consider authorizing the advanced step hire for a Clinical Program Manager at Salary Range 243, Step 5. C.Fire Department: 1.a.Consider approving the State Homeland Security Grant Program Fiscal Year-2020 Agreement with the City of Hanford for the Hanford Fire Department’s Portable Radios in the amount of $20,520; b.Approve the State Homeland Security Grant Program Fiscal Year-2020 Agreement with the City of Lemoore for the Lemoore Volunteer Fire Department’s Pager/Radios, Therman Imaging Cameras, Jaws of Life and Breathing Apparatus in the amount of $66,060; c.Approve the State Homeland Security Grant Program Fiscal Year-2021 Agreement with the City of Hanford for the Hanford Fire Department’s Base Station Radio and Mobile Radios in the amount of $24,834. D.Human Services Agency: 1.Consider approving the Agreement with Shared Vision Consultants Incorporated for the maximum amount of $76,800 for facilitation, assistance, and support consulting services effective August 16, 2022, until all deliverables are completed and accepted by California Department of Social Services. 2.a.Consider approving the Agreements with the California State University, Fresno and California State University, Bakersfield to allow bachelor and master level students in the social work program to intern at the Human Services Agency; b.Authorize the Director of the Human Services Agency to sign the Agreement documents effective August 16, 2022 through August 16, 2027. E.Probation Department: 1.Consider authorizing the Chief Probation Officer to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Superior Court of California and the County of Kings in the amount of $202,236 to continue providing pretrial services in Kings County retroactively effective from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. F.Public Health Department: 1.a.Authorize the Director of Public Health to sign the Acceptance of Allotment and the required certifications thereunder to support tuberculosis prevention and control activities and any future real-time allotments retroactively effective from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023; b.Adopt the budget change. (4/5 vote required) V. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS A.Job Training Office – Lance Lippincott 1.Consider authorizing the Kings County Economic and Workforce Development Director to execute contracts with Kings County Small Businesses for grant funding from the $6 million of American Rescue Plan Act funding. B.Public Works Department – Dominic Tyburski 1.Consider approving the Notice of Completion (NOC) for the Kings County Sheriff’s Operations Building Site Improvements Project to provide notice to interested parties that the work has been completed. VI. BOARD MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS OR REPORTS On their own initiative, Board Members may make a brief announcement or a brief report on their own activities. They may ask questions for clarification, make a referral to staff or take action to have staff place a matter of business on a future agenda (Gov. Code Section 54954.2a). Board Correspondence Upcoming Events Information on Future Agenda Items VII. CLOSED SESSION Workers Compensation: (1 Case) [Govt. Code Section 54956.95] Litigation initiated formally: Title: Waggle v. County of Kings, et.al. 21C-0282 [Govt. Code Section 54956.9 (d)(1)] VIII. ADJOURNMENT The next regularly scheduled Board of Supervisors meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS August 17 9:00 AM Board of Equalization Regular Meeting August 23 9:00 AM Regular Meeting August 30 9:00 AM Regular Meeting Agenda backup information and any public records provided to the Board after the posting of the agenda will be available for the public to review at the Board of Supervisors office, 1400 W. Lacey Blvd, Hanford, for the meeting date listed on this agenda.