[00:00:03] GOOD MORNING. TIME IS 9 A.M. [Shasta County Board of Supervisors Budget Hearings FY 25-26 on June 11, 2025.] AND WE ARE BACK FROM RECESS IN OUR BUDGET HEARING. WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP THIS MORNING WITH HHS AYE AND CHRISTY COLEMAN, I THINK. OH, THERE YOU ARE. COME ON UP. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN CRYE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CHRISTY COLEMAN, INTERIM AGENCY DIRECTOR FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. OKAY, THERE'S MY SITES. ALL RIGHT. HRSA'S MISSION STATEMENT. ENGAGING INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. OUR CORE VALUES ARE COLLABORATION, ADAPTABILITY, RESPECT, AND EXCELLENCE. OVERALL, HRSA WORKS TO ADDRESS CRITICAL COUNTY WIDE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES. SOME OF THE ONGOING ISSUES FACING OUR COUNTY INCLUDE AN INCREASING NUMBER OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. A HARMFUL SUBSTANCE USE EPIDEMIC. A SHORTAGE OF LIBERAL LIVABLE WAGE JOBS. A HIGH RATE OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. AND A VARIETY OF SOCIAL ISSUES. HHS IS UNIQUELY EQUIPPED AND POSITIONED TO COORDINATE AN EFFECTIVE SYSTEM OF CARE TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOR SHASTA COUNTY RESIDENTS. OUR AGENCY STRUCTURE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING BRANCHES ADMINISTRATION, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, ECONOMIC MOBILITY, AND PUBLIC HEALTH. HHS AYE IS UNLIKE MOST OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE IT DELIVERS DIRECT CLIENT SERVICES ACROSS THE LARGE POPULATIONS OF OUR COUNTY. FOR EXAMPLE, NEARLY ONE THIRD OF SHASTA COUNTY'S POPULATION RECEIVES MEDI-CAL. OUR ENROLLMENT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL WAS CLOSE TO 60,000. HHS ALSO HAS A HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR A FOUR COUNTY REGION, AND WE ARE PART OF A SEVEN COUNTY MODEL FOR DELIVERY OF DRUG MEDI-CAL SERVICES FOR SUD TREATMENT SERVICES. WE HAVE NUMEROUS PROGRAM CHANGES THAT ARE UPCOMING IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND BEYOND, WHICH WE WILL COVER IN MORE DETAIL AS WE DISCOVER BRANCH SPECIFIC TOPICS. WE'RE GOING TO FIRST TALK TO TALK ABOUT HRSA OVERALL AS AN AGENCY. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS POSITION CHANGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526 FOR OVERALL FOR THE AGENCY. WITH THIS BUDGET REQUEST, APPROVAL IS FOR 1035 FULL TIME POSITIONS. THIS INCLUDES THE DELETION OF 18 POSITIONS. WE HAVE 154 VACANCIES OR A 13.3 VACANCY RATE, WHICH IS LOWER THAN THE COUNTY'S VACANCY RATE. VACANCIES IN HIRING QUALIFIED APPLICANTS IN CRITICAL AREAS CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF OUR GREATEST CHALLENGES. DESPITE THIS, OUR DEDICATED STAFF CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER OVER 100 PROGRAMS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS A VARIETY OF NEEDS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT POSITIONS WE ARE PROPOSING TO DELETE ARE CURRENTLY VACANT. WITH THIS BUDGET REQUEST, WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING TO ADD FOUR POSITIONS ONE SUPERVISING DEPUTY PUBLIC GUARDIAN, ONE DEPUTY PUBLIC GUARDIAN. THESE TWO POSITIONS WILL HELP SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS RESULTING FROM SENATE BILL SB 43, WHICH EXPANDS THE DEFINITION OF GRAVELY DISABLED AND WILL BE FUNDED BY COUNTY BASED MEDI-CAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES. SEEMA, AS WELL AS SOCIAL SERVICES FUNDING. ONE SUPERVISING SOCIAL WORK. TWO FOR CHILD WELFARE CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. TWO POSITIONS ARE PROPOSED TO BE DELETED FROM THE SOCIAL WORK CLASSIFICATION, WITH THE SAVINGS BEING SHIFTED TO SUPPORT THE HIGHER LEVEL CLASSIFICATION AND ONE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE. THIS POSITION WILL BE PRIMARILY FUNDED BY THE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM FOR FOSTER CHILDREN. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT, FISCAL YEAR 22, 23 AND 2324, THERE WERE AROUND 1200 FULL TIME POSITIONS IN HHS, WITH OVER 200 VACANCIES, A VACANCY RATE OF OVER 20% FOR BOTH YEARS. OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE WORKED TO REDUCE POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR 12 MONTHS OR MORE. IN FISCAL YEAR 23, 24/150 POSITIONS WERE DELETED. ALL POSITIONS WERE VACANT AND MANY HAD BEEN VACANT FOR OVER 12 MONTHS. AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, OUR CURRENT VACANCY RATE IS 13.3%, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE FROM YEARS PRIOR. BEFORE WE DIG INTO OUR BRANCHES, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE HHC FINANCES OVERALL. HHC ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 300 MILLION OF THE COUNTY'S OVERALL BUDGET, WHICH IS ABOUT HALF OF THE COUNTY'S BUDGET. THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS APPROPRIATIONS FOR HHC FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526. THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR APPROPRIATIONS GOES TO HELPING CLIENTS, EITHER THROUGH STAFF SERVING THOSE CLIENTS, SUCH AS SOCIAL WORKERS, ENSURING KIDS ARE SAFE OR THROUGH THE ACTUAL SERVICE FOR CLIENTS SUCH AS PLACEMENT IN A CARE FACILITY. 82% OF HHS APPROPRIATIONS ARE SALARY AND BENEFITS. OTHER CHARGES, WHICH INCLUDE COST PLAN CHARGES, SUPPORT AND CARE COSTS, WHICH ARE SERVICES PROVIDED DIRECTLY TO [00:05:03] CLIENTS IN ONE OR MORE OF OUR MANY PROGRAMS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE OTHER CHARGES SPENDING CATEGORY INCLUDES PUBLIC ASSISTANCE COSTS, IHSS COSTS, AND GENERAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS, JUST TO NAME A FEW. AS YOU SAW YESTERDAY, HRSA'S APPROPRIATIONS ARE DECREASING IN FISCAL YEAR 2526. THIS IS DUE TO A RESULT OF STREAMLINING OUR BUDGET PROCESS, AS WELL AS A CHANGE IN HOW POSITIONS WERE FUNDED IN THE 2425 BUDGET. IN 2425, ALL POSITIONS WERE FULLY FUNDED IN THE BUDGET REQUEST AND IN FISCAL YEAR 2526 BUDGET REQUEST, WE HAVE INCLUDED SALARY SAVINGS, WHICH ALLOWS FOR A BUDGET TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH PAST FISCAL YEARS. HSA REVENUE. SO THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS HSA REVENUE WHICH COMES FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES. THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE, NEARLY 95%, IS INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUE WHICH INCLUDES VARIOUS ALLOCATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAMS. 1991 AND 2011 REALIGNMENT, FEDERAL MEDI-CAL, AS WELL AS GRANTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2526. HSA HAS BUDGETED TO RECEIVE $7,587,958 IN GENERAL FUND, MEANING THAT IS LESS THAN 3% OF AGENCY'S REVENUE COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE DECREASED OUR GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION BY $422,569 SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2324. THIS NUMBER DOESN'T REFLECT THE FULL AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUND DECREASE FOR HSA, BECAUSE IN THE SUPPORT AND CARE BUDGET, THEY HAVE INCREASED IN FISCAL YEAR 2324, HOUSING WAS RECEIVING OVER $700,000 IN GENERAL FUND THROUGH THE HARD WORK OF STAFF. THIS BUDGET REQUEST BRINGS THE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION DOWN TO ZERO FOR HOUSING. HOUSING HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK TO RIGHTSIZE THE PROGRAMS AND HAS WORKED TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO RUN THEIR PROGRAMS. THE REMAINING GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION THAT WILL BE RECEIVED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 IS WHAT IS CALLED OUR MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. THESE ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT ALLOW FOR H TO, SAY, TO DRAW DOWN MUCH OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUE WE RECEIVE. ONE THING THAT WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR IS OUR SUPPORT AND CARE COSTS AND OUR WELFARE AND CARE BUDGET. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN COSTS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, IF WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE INCREASE IN COSTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, IN FISCAL YEAR 2829, WE WILL HAVE OVER $80 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES. THIS BUDGET IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND THE DIRECT COSTS FOR VARIOUS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS, INCLUDING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PAID TO RECIPIENTS, FOSTER CARE PAYMENTS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. MO. THESE COSTS ARE PAID BASED ON NEED AND ARE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS ENTITLEMENTS. WE DO NOT HAVE DISCRETION IN CONTROLLING THESE COSTS, MEANING THAT IF A THOUSAND PEOPLE WALK THROUGH THE DOOR OF ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND THEY NEED ASSISTANCE, WE ARE MANDATED TO PROVIDE THAT ASSISTANCE IF THEY QUALIFY. THESE COSTS HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN FUND 140. WE ARE DOING A DEEP DIVE INTO FUND 140 TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING A FULL ANALYSIS AND HAVE FUTURE YEAR PROJECTIONS. FIRST UP WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR ADMINISTRATION BRANCH. THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF THE ADMINISTRATION BRANCH IS TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO ALL OF HHC BRANCHES. THIS INCLUDES FISCAL ASSET MANAGEMENT. MEDICAL BILLING AND COLLECTIONS. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. SAFETY TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY, AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT. THE STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION BRANCH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR NUMEROUS CRITICAL TASKS IN SUPPORT OF THE AGENCY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET AS WELL AS BUDGET MONITORING AND AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. CONDUCTING INTERNAL AUDITS AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK FOR IMPROVEMENT TO INTERNAL COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS VENDORS. MANAGING AGENCY ASSETS, INCLUDING TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT AND CAPITAL ASSETS FOR THE AGENCY. COLLECTION OF OVERPAYMENTS. FACILITATING MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS. ENSURING CLEAR AND CONSISTENT PUBLIC MESSAGING. MANAGING SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE FOR THE AGENCY. WITH THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL, THE ADMINISTRATION BRANCH WILL HAVE 111 ALLOCATED POSITIONS. WITH 89 FILLED FOR A VACANCY RATE OF 19.8% IN DECEMBER OF 2020 FOR AGENCY CONTRACTS WERE CENTRALIZED INTO THE ADMINISTRATION BRANCH, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 15 POSITIONS THAT WERE ADDED TO THE HRSA ADMINISTRATION BRANCH FROM OTHER BUDGETS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE SENIOR STAFF SERVICES ANALYSTS AND FOUR STAFF [00:10:06] SERVICES ANALYSTS, AND WE ARE WORKING TO FILL TO FILL TWO MORE STAFF SERVICES ANALYST POSITIONS TO SUPPORT THE CENTRALIZED CONTRACTS UNIT. HRSA ADMINISTERS NEARLY 800 CONTRACTS ACROSS THE AGENCY. THE CENTRALIZATION OF CONTRACTS WAS DONE WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING CONSISTENCY IN OUR PROCESSES, WHICH BENEFITS NOT ONLY OUR INTERNAL STAFF WHO HAVE SOME POINT OF THE CONTRACT REVIEW PROCESS, BUT ALSO OUR COUNTY PARTNERS AS WELL AS OUR VENDORS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 BUDGET PROCESS. A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN AND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE AREA OF PRIVACY AND SECURITY. FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THE PRIVACY OFFICER, WHICH IS THE DELEGATION FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER, HAS BEEN HELD BY SOMEONE IN HHS. PRIVACY AND SECURITY COVERS MANY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE COUNTY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996, HIPAA, IRS PUBLICATION 1075, AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PROTECTION OF PERSONAL PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION. PII AS WELL AS PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION. ALL OF THAT, TO SAY, PRIVACY AND SECURITY IS AN AREA THAT IN SOME WAY TOUCHES ALL AREAS OF THE COUNTY. AS SUCH, THREE POSITIONS ARE PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THE CAL BUDGET, AND THE 502 BUDGET WAS ADJUSTED THROUGH CO RECOMMENDS TO REDUCE STAFFING COSTS AND SHIFT THOSE COSTS TO PROFESSIONAL AND SPECIAL SERVICES. FISCAL YEAR 2425 ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATION. THE CENTRALIZATION OF CONTRACTS HAS ALLOWED FOR CONSISTENCY AND PROCESSES, AS WELL AS CROSS TRAINING WITHIN THE CENTRALIZED TEAM. THE TEAM HAS ALSO WORKED IN COLLABORATION WITH SHASTA COUNTY I.T. TO DEVELOP THE KNOW THE NEW LOW CODE NO CODE CONTRACT DATABASE, WHICH WILL. WHICH INCLUDES A FISCAL COMPONENT THAT INTERFACES WITH THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOR MORE REAL TIME DATA AND MORE EFFICIENT FINANCIAL AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT. AND ANOTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS YEAR IS WE TOOK A PHASED APPROACH TO THE BUDGET PROCESS, IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC AREAS THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE COUNTY BUDGET KICK OFF, WHICH GENERALLY HAPPENS IN EARLY FEBRUARY. ADMINISTRATION STAFF WORKED WITH COLLEAGUES AND OTHER BRANCHES TO IDENTIFY POSITION CHANGES, CAPITAL ASSETS, PROGRAM AND MANDATE CHANGES. THE PHASED APPROACH ALLOWED US TO COMPLETE EACH PHASE PRIOR TO MOVING ON SO THAT WE MOVED FORWARD TOGETHER. I WANT TO THANK EACH OF OUR FISCAL LEADS, SUPERVISING ACCOUNTANTS AND FISCAL MANAGERS WHO ALL TOOK PART IN MAKING THIS A SUCCESSFUL BUDGET YEAR. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR PROGRAM EXPERTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN EACH PHASE, PROVIDED CRITICAL INSIGHT INTO THE PROGRAM NEEDS, AND WERE FLEXIBLE TO SHIFTING NEEDS TO ENSURE WE DELIVERED A BALANCED BUDGET TIMELY. OVERALL, THE COLLABORATION WAS KEY TO DEVELOPING THE BUDGET YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. ANOTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT IS FISCAL TRAINING. IN MAY OF 2025, A HIGH LEVEL FISCAL TRAINING WAS FACILITATED BY FORMER HHC BRANCH DIRECTORS LEANNE LINK AND TRACY TEETER. THE CONTENT WAS PRESENTED TO ACCOUNTING SUPERVISORS, ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM MANAGERS, DEPUTY BRANCH DIRECTORS AND BRANCH DIRECTORS FOR ALL BRANCHES. THIS TRAINING HELPED TO INSTILL HISTORICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE. ADDITIONALLY, TRACY TEDDER PROVIDED HANDS ON TRAINING TO THE STAFF IN THE ADMINISTRATION BRANCH FOCUSED ON MENTAL HEALTH COST PLAN SETTLEMENTS, COUNTY EXPENSE CLAIM ANALYSIS, AND CONTRACT PAYMENT PROCESSES. INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY, COMPLIANCE, AND PERFORMANCE HAS CONTINUED TO CONDUCT MULTIPLE REVIEWS OF HSC PROGRAMS AND PROCESSES WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING EFFICIENCY, REDUCING COSTS AND INCREASING THE LEVEL OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY HRSA. SINCE IACP WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 2022, THEY HAVE AUDITED AUDITED INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS AND VENDORS. ONE EXAMPLE IS PROGRAM INVOICES WERE AUDITED FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 2021 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2022. IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE MATCH FOR SALARIES WAS NOT BILLED ACCURATELY, AND THE CALCULATION OF THE 10% ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS WERE INACCURATE DUE TO THE AMOUNT BEING BILLED FOR SALARIES. IN ADDITION, THE BUDGET DID NOT INCLUDE FRINGE FRINGE BENEFITS, AS WAS THE INTENT OF THE AGREEMENT. THE FINDINGS IDENTIFIED AN OVERPAYMENT WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO RECRUITMENT BY HSA. THEY ALSO EVALUATE FOR POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS AND PROGRAMS WITHIN THE AGENCY. THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, IACP PERFORMED COST ANALYSIS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAB SALARIES, MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND CONTRACTED SERVICES COST BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 23, 24 AND 2425 WERE REVIEWED. [00:15:01] THE FOCUS WAS IDENTIFYING WHETHER OUTSOURCING LAB TESTING WOULD REDUCE HSA COSTS AND WHETHER THE CHANGE IS FEASIBLE. THE ANALYSIS WAS ABLE TO BRING A NEW PERSPECTIVE TO BE CONSIDERED BY LEADERSHIP AS A RESULT OF THE IACP REVIEW. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WOULD NOT BE COST EFFECTIVE TO OUTSOURCE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE LAB, AND IT WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. THUS, EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO ADEQUATELY STAFF THE LAB SO THESE VITAL SERVICES ARE MAINTAINED LOCALLY. GOALS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION BRANCH FOR 2526 INCLUDES SUPPORTING SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION OF THE PRIVACY AND SECURITY TEAM FROM HHS ADMINISTRATION TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE. WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP TOOLS TO MONITOR AND MODERNIZE EXISTING TOOLS FOR EFFECTIVE FINANCIAL FORECASTING ACROSS ALL AGENCY BUDGETS, INCLUDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY TOOL, CASH FLOW MONITORING TOOL, AND LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES AND CONSISTENCY IN OUR BUDGET MONITORING PROCESS. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW STAFFS FISCAL KNOWLEDGE AND IMPLEMENT A MORE ROBUST MONTHLY MONITORING OF OUR BUDGETS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE FISCAL AS WELL AS PROGRAM STAFF. NEXT UP IS OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH, THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH. MISSION AND PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH INTEGRATED SERVICES. DHS IS DELETING TEN POSITIONS AND ADDING THREE. WITH THIS BUDGET REQUEST, FOR A TOTAL OF 439 ALLOCATED POSITIONS. 381 ARE FILLED FOR A VACANCY RATE OF 13.2%. OVER THE LAST YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PROGRAM CHANGES FOR VHS CARE. COURT WENT LIVE IN DECEMBER OF 2024. PROP ONE PLANNING FOR THE TRANSITION FROM MH TO VHS HAS BEGUN. JUSTICE INVOLVED 90 DAY PRERELEASE PLANNING AND COLLABORATION WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. PARTNERS IS CONTINUING AND WILL BE FULLY LIVE IN 2026. HHSA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WENT LIVE IN OCTOBER OF 2024. PROP 36 IS BEING IMPLEMENTED ALONGSIDE OUR PARTNERS IN SHASTA COUNTY PROBATION, DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND PUBLIC DEFENDER DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS WITH THE SHASTA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT. PROP 36 ALLOWS FOR SUBSTANCE USE, TREATMENT AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO MEET THE CRITERIA. CHILDREN'S CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH AND CHILD WELFARE ARE COLLABORATING ON CHANGES COMING FROM THE STATE REGARDING UPDATE TO THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NEEDS AND STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT CANS AND ITS USE IN CHILD AND FAMILY TEAM MEETINGS. CFTS, WHICH WILL INFORM THE FUTURE CHILD WELFARE FUNDING STRUCTURE AND THE 709 ASSESSMENTS, WHICH REQUIRES COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TO RESTORE YOUTH TO COMPETENCY AS PART OF THEIR JUVENILE COURT PROCEEDINGS HAVE INCREASED. FISCAL YEAR 2425 ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR CHILD WELFARE IMPLEMENTED MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS MDT FOR ONGOING CRITICAL CASES, WHICH CREATES EFFICIENT AND COMPREHENSIVE DECISION MAKING FOR YOUTH SERVICES. EXTERNAL QUALITY REVIEW FOR BOTH MENTAL HEALTH AND OUR DRUG MEDI-CAL ORGANIZED DELIVERY SYSTEM AUDIT WAS COMPLETED. IHS COMPLETED THEIR STATE AUDIT, WHICH DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND RECEIVED AN OVERALL COMPLIANCE SCORE OF 94.4%. MOBILE CRISIS A NEW MEDI-CAL BENEFIT FOR BENEFICIARIES, WAS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED AND SERVES ALL OF SHASTA COUNTY. 24 OVER SEVEN ENTRY RATES INTO OUR. INTO CARE FOR CHILD WELFARE DECREASED FROM THREE TIMES THE STATE AVERAGE TO APPROXIMATELY TWO TIMES THE STATE AVERAGE. ADULT MENTAL HEALTH PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS BEGAN BILLING FOR SERVICES, WHICH WILL BRING IN NEW REVENUE. NEW REVENUE TO THE COUNTY. SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF OUR ENHANCED CARE CASE CONTRACT ENHANCED CARE MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS WAS COMPLETED, WHICH EXPANDS SERVICES TO THE INCARCERATED POPULATION WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS AND OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. MEETINGS WERE STARTED WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH AND TEAM UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT TEAM. THESE COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS GIVE SPACE TO SHARE FEEDBACK, ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT BILLING, AND ALLOW FOR TIME TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD AS A TEAM. GOALS FOR 2526 INCLUDE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF SB 43, WHICH CHANGES THE DEFINITION OF GRAVELY DISABLED THROUGH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND PARTNERS. IMPLEMENTATION OF CLINICAL ONBOARDING AND TRAINING FOR ROBUST MENTAL HEALTH TEAM TRAINING PLAN. ESTABLISH A NEW SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PLAN GROUPS FOR CHILD WELFARE [00:20:01] PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT AND OVERSIGHT, EXPANDING INTERNAL DATA SHARING AND COLLABORATION TO INFORM DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING FOR EFFICIENT PRACTICES AND BUDGET DECISIONS. CONTINUE EFFORTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF PROP ONE CONTINUE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO GET A BEAD CHIP PROJECT MOVED FORWARD DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE COORDINATION FOR THE PROP 36 IMPLEMENTATION IN OUR COMMUNITY IS A SUCCESS. OUR NEXT BRANCH THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS ECONOMIC MOBILITY. THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY BRANCH MISSION AND PURPOSE IS TO CONNECT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO IMPROVE FINANCIAL STATUS, INCREASE SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AND DISRUPT POVERTY. ECONOMIC MOBILITY PROVIDES A MULTITUDE OF SERVICES, INCLUDING CALFRESH, MEDI-CAL, CALWORKS, GENERAL ASSISTANCE, JOB READINESS PROGRAMS AND HOUSING SERVICES ARE OFFERED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, INCLUDING FOUR LOCAL OFFICES THROUGHOUT REDDING, AS WELL AS OFFICES IN ANDERSON AND BURNEY. ECONOMIC MOBILITY OFFERS APPLICATION ASSISTANCE, LOCAL REFERRALS AND PARENT EDUCATION AND SUPPORT. ECONOMIC MOBILITY IS PROPOSING TO DELETE THREE POSITIONS AND WILL HAVE 343 ALLOCATED POSITIONS AFTER THE DELETION. 294 OF THESE POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY FILLED FOR VACANCY RATE OF 14.2%. I WILL NOTE THAT WITH THE CHANGE TO THE CLASSIFICATION FROM ELIGIBILITY WORKER TO ELIGIBILITY SPECIALIST THAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS FISCAL YEAR, THERE WAS A DELETION OF TEN POSITIONS AT THAT TIME. PROGRAM CHANGES FOR ECONOMIC MOBILITY INCLUDE THE REORGANIZATION OF THE ELIGIBILITY WORKERS TO ELIGIBILITY SPECIALIST, AND AN UPDATE TO THE JOB CLASSIFICATION TO REFLECT THEIR CURRENT DUTIES. THE SACRAMENTO STREET OFFICE WAS VACATED IN JULY OF 2024 DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS, AND THE SHASTA LAKE CITY OFFICE WAS VACATED IN FEBRUARY DUE TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY RAINSTORMS, AND THERE WAS A NEW EBT CARD RELEASE THAT HAS THE CHIP TAP TECHNOLOGY AIMED AT REDUCING ET THEFT. FISCAL YEAR 2425 ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR ECONOMIC MOBILITY. THEY COMPLETED THE PROCESSING OF MEDI-CAL AND WINDING RENEWALS FOR THE 34,000 MEDICAL MEDI-CAL CASES. THESE CASES HAD NOT HAD RENEWALS COMPLETED DUE TO COVID. CAL WORKS EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ISSUED $636,076 IN SUPPORT OF SERVICES, AND HELPED 208 CLIENTS FIND EMPLOYMENT. OFFICE ASSISTANT STAFF IMAGED NEARLY 1 MILLION DOCUMENTS INTO OUR AUTOMATED SYSTEM. CAL SOURCE ECONOMIC MOBILITY OFFICES HAD 132,537 WALK IN LOBBY VISITS. THEY ISSUED $54,782,583 IN CALFRESH BENEFITS FROM JULY OF 2024 THROUGH APRIL OF 2025, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER RECEIVED 109,554 CALLS, WITH AN AVERAGE CUSTOMER SERVICE SURVEY RATING OF 92%, WHICH EQUALS SATISFIED OR VERY SATISFIED CUSTOMERS. OUR HOUSING TEAMS HELPED 325 CLIENTS MOVE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING AND 637 CLIENTS INTO TEMPORARY HOUSING. THE ANALYST TEAM REVIEWED AND PROCESSED 167 STATE LETTERS WHILE FIELDING OVER 1000 QUESTIONS BY STAFF. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY RECEIVED A SECTION EIGHT MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM SCORE OF 96%, WHICH MAKES THEM A HIGH PERFORMING HOUSING AUTHORITY. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY DILIGENTLY WORKED WITH THE DEVELOPER TO REACH 100% OCCUPANCY AT BURNEY COMMONS APARTMENTS. AND ONE NOTE I WANT TO MAKE BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE GOALS IS THAT BURNEY COMMONS WAS THE FIRST PROJECT BASED VOUCHER UNITS FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TEAM DID A LOT OF WORK TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROJECT BASED REGULATIONS, AND WORK TO ACHIEVE 100% OCCUPANCY AT THE COMPLEX. GOALS FOR 2526 FOR ECONOMIC MOBILITY. FILL VACANCIES AND REDUCE THE HIGH RATE OF TURNOVER. FIND SPACE TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF CLOSING THE TWO OFFICES EARLIER THIS YEAR. WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER FOR THE CASCADE VILLAGE APARTMENTS IN SHASTA LAKE CITY TO ACHIEVE 100% OCCUPANCY WHEN THE COMPLEX IS COMPLETED. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO PUBLIC HEALTH. SO NEXT IS OUR PUBLIC HEALTH BRANCH. CHAMPIONS OF PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH BRANCH. MISSION AND PURPOSE IS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE HEALTH FOR [00:25:02] COUNTY RESIDENTS, AND TO PROMOTE INTERVENTIONS THAT PREVENT DISEASE AND INJURY BEFORE THEY OCCUR, PROTECTING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND CONTROLLING COMMUNICABLE DISEASE. PUBLIC HEALTH FOCUSES ON PREVENTION, THE NEED TO PREPARE FOR ALL TYPES OF EMERGENCIES, AND THE GROWING IMPACT OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES. ADDICTION RATE AND CHRONIC DISEASES WITHIN OUR POPULATION. PUBLIC HEALTH DEVELOPS SYSTEMS AND POLICIES THAT SUPPORT HEALTH BEHAVIORS. PROMOTES NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. HEALTH. AGING. WORKSITE WELLNESS, AND EDUCATION ATTAINMENT. PUBLIC HEALTH ALSO MAINTAINS AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE UNIT. WITH THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL. PUBLIC HEALTH WILL HAVE 142 ALLOCATED POSITIONS, 117, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY FILLED FOR VACANCY RATE OF 17.6%. STAFFING CHANGES THE PROPOSED BUDGET DECREASES STAFFING BY FOUR POSITIONS. THIS INCLUDES ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS TO CLEAN UP UNDER FILLS AND THE DELETION OF A VACANT DEPUTY BRANCH DIRECTOR. ANOTHER BIG CHANGE WAS THE SUCCESSFUL RECRUITMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH BRANCH DIRECTOR KATIE CASSIDY WAS SERVING AS INTERIM BRANCH DIRECTOR, AND SHE ACCEPTED THE POSITION AS BRANCH DIRECTOR. JULY 1ST OF 2024. PROGRAM CHANGES. MASS CARE AND SHELTER MOVED TO PUBLIC HEALTH TO JOIN THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TEAM. PRIOR MASS CARE AND SHELTER SAT IN THE ADMINISTRATION BRANCH. FISCAL YEAR 2425. ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH. WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN WHICH HAD AN INCREASE IN THEIR PARTICIPANT CASELOAD AND NOW SERVE 4500 580 LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 100 CASES OVER THE YEAR. WICK ALSO CELEBRATED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROGRAM WITH AN OPEN HOUSE IN SEPTEMBER, WHERE THE COMMUNITY WAS WELCOMED WITH A TOUR AND DETAILS ABOUT ALL THE UNIQUE SERVICES WICK OFFERS. THE NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND WICK WERE RELOCATED FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO BRESLAUER, AND WE ANTICIPATE REALIZING COST SAVINGS FROM THIS MOVE. THE LOCAL ORAL HEALTH PROGRAM WAS PROVIDED. EDUCATION PROVIDED EDUCATION IN ORAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS TO OVER 1000 CHILDREN IN SHASTA COUNTY. THE TEAM VISITED APPROXIMATELY 30 SCHOOLS, AND THE CASE MANAGERS ARE ASSISTING WITH ABOUT 75 URGENT REFERRALS FOR DENTAL CARE. THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE TEAM WITH MASS CARE AND SHELTER TEAM AND HELP FROM AGENCY STAFF, SUPPORTED THE COMMUNITY AND OUR HEALTH CARE PARTNERS THROUGH MULTIPLE EMERGENCIES, INCLUDING EXTREME WEATHER, THE PARK FIRE AND PG AND E PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFFS. THE CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S SERVICES PROGRAM IS CELEBRATING 80 YEARS AND HAD AN OPEN HOUSE AT THE MEDICAL THERAPY UNIT ON MAY 14TH. GOALS FOR 2526. MAXIMIZE THE USE OF COUNTY BASED MEDI-CAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES. SIMA, WHICH IS A REVENUE SOURCE. CONTINUE THE JOURNEY TO PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT RE-ACCREDITATION LABORATORY STAFFING AND REVITALIZING THE LAB SERVICES WILL TAKE A CENTRAL FOCUS FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR. OUR PUBLIC HEALTH LAB IS A NOVEL RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND SEVERAL SEVERAL SURROUNDING COUNTIES. WE WILL MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO APPROPRIATELY STAFF THE LAB AND RETURN TO FULL COMPLEMENT OF LABORATORY SERVICES, AND REESTABLISH EXCELLENCE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR OUR LAB. RESUME WORKING ON THE FOUNDATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES CAPACITY AND COST ASSESSMENT FOR THE BRANCH TO UNDERSTAND PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING AND STAFFING CAPACITY NEEDS FOR FOUNDATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES. THIS ACTIVITY WAS PAUSED AS WE RECOGNIZE COVID FUNDING AND STAFFING PATTERNS WERE INFLUENCING THE DATA. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'RE GOING TO FULLY ANALYZE THE OPTION TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTY INSTEAD OF A DEPENDENT COUNTY FOR THE CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S SERVICES MEDICAL THERAPY UNIT. BECOMING AN INDEPENDENT COUNTY COULD MEAN MORE LOCAL CONTROL OVER THE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS A QUICKER TURNAROUND TIME ON REFERRALS. THIS WOULD MEAN THAT THERE IS A REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES KIDS TO BEGIN RECEIVING SERVICES. CURRENTLY, IT TAKES ABOUT THREE MONTHS FOR THE APPROVAL FROM THE TIME THIS FROM THE STATE FOR THE YOUTH TO BE SEEN. IF WE BECOME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTY, THE APPROVAL PROCESS WOULD BE WORKED THROUGH AT A LOCAL LEVEL, THUS DECREASING THE TIME IT TAKES TO RECEIVE APPROVAL. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526, WE ARE BUDGETED TO RECEIVE $7,587,958 IN GENERAL FUND ACROSS ALL HHS BUDGET UNITS IN FISCAL YEAR 2425. WE WORK TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUND USED. GENERAL FUND SAVINGS INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING IN FISCAL YEAR 2425. [00:30:05] THE MSP BUDGET RETURNED GENERAL FUND AND IS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUND BY $142,743 IN FISCAL YEAR 2324. THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN BUDGET USED $805,000 IN GENERAL FUND, AND IN 2526 IN THE 2526 BUDGET, THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN IS BUDGETED TO USE ONLY $309,000. THAT IS ALMOST A $500,000 REDUCTION. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526, HOUSING HAS REDUCED THE GENERAL FUND AMOUNT TO ZERO. THE NET COUNTY COST IN THE 590 BUDGET FOR HOUSING IS COVERED ENTIRELY BY THE FUND BALANCE. HRSA ADMINISTERS NUMEROUS GRANTS THROUGH BOTH COMPETITIVE AND NONCOMPETITIVE TO SUPPORT OUR PROGRAMS. WE COULD DO A WHOLE PRESENTATION ON GRANTS ALONE, SO TO PUT IT MORE IN A BITE SIZED FORMAT, HRSA ADMINISTERS OVER 30 GRANTS THAT SPAN SEVERAL FISCAL YEARS, TYPICALLY 1 TO 3 YEARS, AND ACCOUNTS FOR OVER $10 MILLION IN REVENUE. WE ARE CONSISTENTLY LOOKING FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES IN 2425. OUR TEAM REVIEWED 59 GRANTS. AND HERE'S A FUN FACT HRSA EMPLOYS NO GRANT WRITERS. ALL GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE COLLABORATIVELY COMPLETED BY OUR FISCAL TEAM, PROGRAM STAFF, AND CONTRACT STAFF, AS WELL AS WITH SUPPORT FROM OUR CEO, ANALYSTS AND BRANCH LEADERSHIP. THE GRANTS, REVIEWED IN 2425, TOTALED $22,827,075. WE HAVE APPLIED FOR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR, OR HAVE BEEN AWARDED OVER $14 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING SINCE THE START OF 2425. THE TIME FRAME FOR GRANTS VARY, AS SOME ARE PER YEAR AND SOME ARE MULTI-YEAR GRANTS. SOME OF THE CURRENT GRANTS THAT EACH HAS SUPPORT HOUSING AND HOMELESS PREVENTION EFFORTS. THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAB, HARMFUL SUBSTANCE USE, WOMEN'S INFANT AND CHILDREN'S SUPPORT, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, TOBACCO AND CANNABIS YOUTH PREVENTION, AS WELL AS SUICIDE PREVENTION. SOME EXAMPLES OF OUR GRANTS. LOCAL CANNABIS YOUTH EDUCATION AND PREVENTION. WE WERE AWARDED $800,000 FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 2023 THROUGH JUNE OF 2027 FOR CANNABIS PREVENTION IN THE YOUTH POPULATION. CALIFORNIA. OVERDOSE. OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND HARM REDUCTION INITIATIVE. 570 000 FOR HARM REDUCTION SERVICES. OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY. SAFETY GRANT WAS AWARDED 255 000. THIS IS A SAFE DRIVING GRANT TO FUND EDUCATION EFFORTS FOCUSED ON REDUCING MOTOR VEHICLE RELATED INJURIES AND PREVENTING DRUG AND ALCOHOL IMPAIRED DRIVING. OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY. CHILD SAFETY SEAT GRANT WAS AWARDED 103,000 $103,500 TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO REDUCE INJURY AND DEATH RESULTING FROM TRAFFIC CRASHES AND INCREASING PROPER USAGE OF CHILD SAFETY SEATS. HEPATITIS C ALLOCATION WAS AWARDED $800,372 TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TESTED AND TREATED FOR HEPATITIS C. NALOXONE DISTRIBUTION PROJECT WAS AWARDED 7000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF NALOXONE TO DISTRIBUTE THROUGHOUT SHASTA COUNTY. THE ALLOCATION WAS AWARDED $585,172 TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TESTED AND TREATED FOR STIS. HEALTHY BRAIN INITIATIVE WAS AWARDED 708,000 FOR ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA OUTREACH PERSONNEL AND OPERATING EXPENSES. THIS FUNDING IS ENDING THIS FISCAL YEAR. COMPREHENSIVE SUICIDE PREVENTION WAS AWARDED 90,000 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TOBACCO GRANT WAS AWARDED $145,884 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425, AND IS ESTIMATING THE SAME AMOUNT FOR 2526. THIS IS FOR TOBACCO COMPLIANCE CHECKS, INSPECTIONS AND RETAILER EDUCATION. CDF TOBACCO EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS AWARDED $300,000 FOR TOBACCO EDUCATION PREVENTION ACTIVITIES AND INTERVENTION. WE ARE CONSISTENTLY MONITORING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AS AN AGENCY. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING WHETHER TO APPLY FOR A GRANT ARE THE GRANT AMOUNT, WHAT IT COVERS, IF IT COULD SUPPORT CURRENT EFFORTS, OR WOULD IT REQUIRE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW TEAM? STAFF CAPACITY AND FUNDING MATCH REQUIREMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE CLOSELY WATCHING THE STATE AND FEDERAL BUDGET. NEWS. HAVE YOU. HAVE. YOU HAVE HEARD AS. OH MY GOODNESS. AS YOU HAVE HEARD, WE ARE HIGHLY RELIANT ON FUNDS FROM THESE SOURCES. WITH THE GROWING POTENTIAL FOR AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, WE ARE MINDFUL OF THE CONTINUALLY INCREASING COSTS AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A COUNTY TO [00:35:05] FUND ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS. IN MARCH OF 2025, WE REQUESTED THE BOARD'S APPROVAL TO GO INTO NEGATIVE CASH IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES FUND. THIS HAS CONTINUED TO BE A CHALLENGE, THOUGH WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN REVENUE IN RECENT MONTHS. COSTS CONTINUE TO OUTPACE REVENUE AS WE ENTER THE FISCAL YEAR 2526. IT WILL BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR HHC TO BE NIMBLE IN THE CHANGING FACTORS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS. SUPERVISOR LONG. MIKE HERE. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FROM YOUR PRESENTATION THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING. SO WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY WAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WAS DELETING THREE POSITIONS, ADDING TEN. IS THAT RIGHT? I DON'T THINK SO. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. LET ME GET THERE. DID I GET THAT WRONG? DELETING TEN POSITIONS AND ADDING THREE. OH, GOT IT BACKWARDS. OKAY, THAT MAKES MORE SENSE. SO. TALKING ABOUT PROP 36. SO I'VE BEEN TO A LEGISLATIVE BREAKOUT SESSION WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE THE STATE FUNDING IS NOT COMING THROUGH. AND I THINK THAT'S IMPACTING OUR ABILITY TO HANDLE THIS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING FUNDING FOR THIS. SO I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW THAT FUNDING SOURCE IS GOING TO WORK. AND I'VE HEARD THAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS KIND OF THE KEY COMPONENT TO THIS, AND THERE'S A LACK OF CLINICIANS FOR SOME OF THESE DIVERSIONS THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS FROM THE DA. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW WE'RE GOING TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE GOING FORWARD. SO I'LL GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW. BUT THEN I DO HAVE HERE TO GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS IF YOU'D LIKE MORE DETAILS. OKAY. SO WE HAVE BEEN IN MEETINGS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO TRY TO FIGURE THIS OUT. CLINICIANS CONTINUE TO BE A RECRUITMENT THAT WE DO HAVE A HARD TIME HIRING FOR. JUST ACROSS THE BOARD, CLINICIANS ARE HARD TO HIRE FOR. SO WE ARE USING INTERNAL PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE IN BACKGROUND. AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, REFERRALS ARE NOT TOO GREAT. WE'LL HAVE THE STAFF TO COVER THE REFERRALS. IF THE REFERRALS GET TO BE A BIG AMOUNT, YOU KNOW, IT WILL CAUSE A BACKLOG IN OUR, IN OUR PROGRAMS AND TRYING TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT TO DO WITH, WITH FUNDING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THESE MANDATES, YOU KNOW, IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S A CHALLENGE. HAVE, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO STEP UP TO AN UNFUNDED MANDATE FROM THE STATE VOTER APPROVED INITIATIVE. AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO ACTUALLY START PERFORMING PROP 36 WITH NO FUNDING? WE HAVE, WE'VE, WE HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD ALREADY. WE'VE STARTED REFERRAL PROCESSES, PAPERWORK TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE PLAYERS INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO FLOW THROUGH. AND SO WE HAVE COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND THAT WHEN REFERRALS DO COME IN, YOU KNOW, OUR CLINICIAN STAFF KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE REFERRALS AND HOW TO GET THEM BACK. OKAY. SO WE'RE JUST MAKING, MAKING DO WITH WHAT WE HAVE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS KIND OF WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. THAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME WITH HRSA. WE ALWAYS HAVE UNFUNDED MANDATES, AND WE JUST TRY TO FIGURE OUT AS BEST WE COULD TO DO WHAT WITH WHAT WE CAN, WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE. OKAY, GREAT. THANKS. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT A PROP ONE FUNDED BEADCHIP APPLICATION PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION. DO WE HAVE ANY SPECIFICS? BECAUSE AS FAR AS I KNEW THE COUNTY HAS ENDORSED PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, BUT WE HAVE NOT DIRECTLY INITIATED BEADCHIP APPLICATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY. HAS THAT CHANGED A LITTLE BIT? THAT HAS NOT CHANGED. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE ARCH COLLABORATIVE, WHO IS TAKING THE LEAD IN OUR COUNTY, LIKE OUR COUNTY AS A COMMUNITY, TO ACTUALLY BRING A PROJECT FORWARD, A COMMUNITY PROJECT FORWARD FOR BIOCHIP. SO WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THEM, TRYING TO MAKE SURE LIKE WHAT PROJECTS CAN WE BRING FORWARD? YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, LOOKING AT THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY TO KNOW WHERE ARE WE LACKING TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE BRING A PROJECT FORWARD, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED A CONTRACT FOR. WE NEED MORE SERVICES FOR. SO THAT ROUND TWO JUST WENT LIVE LAST LAST WEEK. SO AND I THINK IT'S DUE IN OCTOBER. YEAH. RIGHT. RIGHT. OKAY. SO IT'S DUE IN OCTOBER. SO WE HAVE A BIT OF TIME TO PLAN AS A COMMUNITY FOR WHAT PROJECT WE WANT TO BRING FORWARD. BUT AGAIN, WE ARE NOT TAKING LEAD ON THAT. THE ARCH COLLABORATIVE IS TAKING LEAD. WE ARE DEFINITELY HIGHLY INVOLVED WITH THEM TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SAY IN, IN EVERYTHING GOING ON. YEAH, I WAS AWARE OF THE ARCH COLLABORATIVE. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU TO SAY THAT THE COUNTY WAS GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD ON AN APPLICATION, BUT I DON'T I DON'T THINK SO. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE BEING GOOD COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS WITH ARCH COLLABORATIVE AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY [00:40:01] PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS. AND TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD IF IT'S LIKE THE BEACH HIP, ONE ROUND APPLICATIONS, THE MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR DOES HAVE TO HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT GOING FORWARD WITH THE APPLICATION. CURRENTLY, I'M SERVING AS THE ACTING MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR, SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE HIGHLY INVOLVED TO MAKE SURE THE PROJECT GOING FORWARD IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE SUSTAINABLE, SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS. YOU KNOW, IF IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE A CONTRACT, IT IS A CONTRACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED. OKAY, GREAT. YOU TALKED ABOUT GRANT WRITING THAT YOU HAVE NO GRANT WRITING OUTSIDE EMPLOYED GRANT WRITERS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE. ARE WE MISSING THE BOAT ON THAT IN THE SENSE OF. ARE WE. ARE WE MISSING APPLICATIONS FOR GRANT MONEY THAT WE COULD BRING INTO THE COUNTY THAT WOULD THEN PAY FOR THE POSITION ITSELF THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST OF THE GRANT AND BE A NET WIN FOR THE COUNTY? ARE WE MISSING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T? NO, I DON'T THINK WE'RE MISSING OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE TALKED TO GRANT WRITERS IN THE PAST, AND IT HAS NOT BEEN A SUCCESSFUL MEANS TO ACTUALLY GET GRANTS PROCESSED FOR HSA. SO WE DO IT INTERNALLY. SOMETIMES THE GRANTS ARE A LITTLE TEDIOUS AND THEY DO TAKE A LOT OF TIME. BUT OUR STAFF DO IT EVERY DAY. THEY ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT GRANTS EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT COME IN. THEY ARE WRITING THE GRANTS AND BEING, YOU KNOW, GETTING AWARDED SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THE GRANT. AND SO I'M NOT SURE HAVING A GRANT WRITER WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO PAY FOR, BECAUSE WITH GRANTS, THE ADMINISTRATION PORTION OF THE GRANT IS USUALLY PRETTY SMALL. AND SO THEN IF WE HAVE TO PAY FOR A GRANT WRITER OUT OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION, WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A PORTION TO PAY FOR STAFF TO RUN THE GRANT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. THANK YOU, CHRISTY, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE WORK YOU'RE DOING TO BOTH, AS YOU SAID, RIGHTSIZE AND THE DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO TO INCREASE THE FISCAL TRAINING. A FEW QUESTIONS. ONE WAS WE'VE AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS, BUT FOR BUDGET UNIT 541, THE WELFARE CASH AID PAYMENTS, WHICH IS JUST MONEY OUT THE DOOR. THE THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC TIMES. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT CASELOADS GOING UP, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN OUR ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES LIKE MONEY OUT THE DOOR. THIS FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 2425 COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS ONE ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY MUCH ALMOST THE SAME. AND SO I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED TO SEE THAT I THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD GO UP. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY INSIGHT INTO YOU KNOW, WHY THAT HAS, THAT'S BEEN PRETTY LEVEL FROM TWO YEARS AGO ESSENTIALLY TO THIS YEAR. I'M GOING TO ASK AARON IF SHE'S TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT. SHE'S BEEN DOING SOME DEEP DIVE INTO EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL BUDGET LEVELS. SO I'M GOING TO BRING AARON. WHAT'S UP. SORRY NOT AARON BURTON SORRY. GOOD MORNING. BOARD. AARON WATTS, BRANCH DIRECTOR, ADMINISTRATION. SO I HAVE BEEN DOING A LITTLE BIT OF DIGGING INTO THAT. AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT IT KIND OF IS IT VARIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR. AND SO IT'S ABOUT A 3% INCREASE ON AVERAGE YEAR OVER YEAR. AND SOME YEARS IT GOES DOWN SLIGHTLY, SOME YEARS IT GOES UP QUITE A BIT. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT THAT. BUT FROM WHAT I CAN SEE THAT'S THE AVERAGE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO. AND SO THAT'S HOW ON I THINK IT'S THE I'M NOT SURE WHAT SLIDE IT WAS, BUT THE SLIDE WITH THE GRAPH FOR THAT. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S CALCULATED ON IS ABOUT A 3% ANNUAL INCREASE. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. THE SUPPORT AND CARE COSTS AND WELFARE COSTS THAT ONE. RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT PROJECTION AS WELL. YEAH. THAT'S HELPFUL. THE OTHER QUESTION, YOU MENTIONED THAT IN TERMS OF ESSENTIALLY SALARY COST SAVINGS, THAT IN PREVIOUS YEARS THERE'S BEEN KIND OF A POLICY AROUND PUTTING ALL THE POSITIONS FULLY FUNDED FOR THE FULL YEAR ON THERE. AND THEN WE REALIZE SAVINGS LATER, BUT WE'VE KIND OF CHANGED SOME OF THAT. DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF KIND OF HOW TO QUANTIFY THAT? AND THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I THINK HISTORICALLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR FUND BALANCE PROJECTIONS FOR THE THREE BIG ONES OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH, THAT WE BUDGET THEM TO GO WAY DOWN. LIKE IN THIS YEAR, I THINK WE HAVE IT BASICALLY CUT IN HALF OVER THE COURSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE TYPICALLY DON'T REALIZE THAT. BUT WHAT I'M KIND OF WHAT I'M WONDERING IS IF WE'RE CHANGING OUR POLICY AROUND SO THAT OUR BUDGET IS ESSENTIALLY MORE ACCURATE. SORRY WHEN DO WE EXPECT THAT WE WILL, THAT THOSE PROJECTIONS IN TERMS OF OUR FUND BALANCES WILL BE MORE ACCURATE? AND DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF LIKE QUANTITATIVE QUANTIFYING WHAT AMOUNT WE'RE CHANGING AS A [00:45:05] RESULT OF THAT POLICY? OKAY. SO REGARDING THE SALARY SAVINGS, THE FIRST PART, IF I'M HEARING YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY. SO IN OUR LAST BUDGET YEAR, THE BUDGET WE PRESENTED FULLY FUNDED EVERY SINGLE HHA POSITION. AND SO THAT I THINK IT WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF LIKE 100 AND. $24,000 FOR LIKE JUST SOCIAL SERVICES ALONE. I DON'T REMEMBER THE THE ALL IN COSTS FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS. SO WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR IS KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT THE HISTORICAL AVERAGES HAVE BEEN, BUT ALSO LEFT A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER IN THERE. SO WE'RE NOT TAKING IT DOWN. OUR SALARY SAVINGS, LIKE RIGHT TO THE LEVEL THAT WE WOULD EXPECT IT. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL HAVE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF SALARY SAVINGS STILL. DEFINITELY NOT AS MUCH AS WE HAD THIS YEAR, BUT WE EXPECT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T CUT IT DOWN SO MUCH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, COMING HERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO TRY AND INCREASE SALARIES AND BENEFITS. BUT REALLY IT WAS TO GET IT IN LINE WITH WHAT THE PREVIOUS YEARS AVERAGES HAVE BEEN. AND THEN ALSO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER THERE FOR THE INCREASES THAT WE HAVE JUST THROUGH COLAS AND, AND ALL THOSE STAFFING COST INCREASES. AND SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT FUND BALANCE, I EXPECT THAT IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCURATE COMPARED TO OUR PRIOR YEAR, WHERE IT WAS KIND OF AN ALL IN HIGH EXPENSE BECAUSE WE FUNDED ALL THOSE POSITIONS. AND THAT MAKES SENSE. AND IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT KIND OF TAKING THE AVERAGE OF WHAT POSITIONS WERE FILLED IN THE PAST, WHICH MAKES SENSE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE ON THE FUND BALANCE PIECE, THE THERE TO, TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE TWO OF THE FUND BALANCES, IF WE DID FULLY REALIZE HOW MUCH WE EXPECT TO SPEND FROM IT, WE. AND WE DID THE SAME. NEXT YEAR WE WOULD BE AT ZERO ROUGHLY. AND SO IF WE GOT TO THAT POINT, WHICH I DON'T, BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE'LL FULLY REALIZE THOSE EXPENDITURES. THEN WE WOULD DRAW FROM, WE WOULD HAVE TO DRAW BECAUSE THOSE ARE MANDATED SERVICES. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DRAW FROM GENERAL FUND OR OTHER SERVICES TO SUPPLEMENT THOSE. IS THAT RIGHT? IN TERMS OF. YEAH. HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SPENDING WHAT WE NEED TO SPEND AND NOT WHAT WE WANT TO SPEND. AND SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT CONVERSATION IN THAT PROCESS WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF. AND SO THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET PROCESS AND GOING INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT OUR EXPENSES ON A MORE, YOU KNOW, ACCOUNT BY LINE BY LINE ITEM TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT IS ACCOUNTED FOR, WHAT IS BEING SPENT, AND THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE BUYING. YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO REDUCE EXPENDITURES WHERE WE CAN AND WHERE WE HAVE CONTROL OVER, SUCH AS LIKE TRAVEL AND, AND TRAINING. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SENDING 20 PEOPLE TO A CONFERENCE OR MAYBE SENDING 2 OR 3, OR IF WE'RE DOING CONFERENCES, IT'S FOR SEARS OR SOME MANDATED SERVICE THAT WE HAVE TO DO. THINGS LIKE THAT. SO REALLY BEING MINDFUL OF WHAT WE'RE SPENDING. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR REVENUE TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DRAWING DOWN EVERYTHING THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN, WHICH INCLUDES AN ANALYSIS INTO OUR CSC CLAIM. AS, AND IF WE GO INTO MENTAL HEALTH, WE'RE ALL LOOKING, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR NETSMART, WHICH IS OUR COUNTY ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BILL FOR EVERY SERVICE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BILL FOR AND DRAW DOWN THE REVENUE AND GET REIMBURSED FOR THE REVENUE THAT WE ACTUALLY SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR. AND SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF ANALYSIS AND A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE SURE THIS FISCAL YEAR 2526 WILL HAVE BETTER REVENUE AND WILL HAVE TIGHTER PROJECTIONS IN OUR EXPENDITURES. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND TO THAT POINT, IT LOOKED LIKE IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES PUBLIC GUARDIAN BUDGET UNIT, THE NARRATIVE, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT BY. I THINK IT'S AT AT LEAST 10% IN THE LINE ITEM. IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING IS ACTUALLY FOUR TIMES WHAT WE HAD TWO YEARS AGO, WHICH IS GREAT. AND I WAS CURIOUS TO THE POINT OF WHAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT. IF WE EXPECT THAT THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE. I MEAN, THAT'S A SMALL BUDGET UNIT, BUT IF THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE, SAY, FEDERAL OR STATE REIMBURSEMENT SIGNIFICANTLY, AS WE HAVE IN THAT PARTICULAR BUDGET UNIT. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OVERALL FOR ALL OF OUR BUDGETS. SEEMA, YOU HEARD ME SAY SEEMA THROUGHOUT MY PRESENTATION QUITE A BIT. SO SEEMA IS A REVENUE SOURCE THAT HISTORICALLY HAS NOT BEEN USED AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD BE. AND SO WE ARE DEFINITELY UTILIZING THAT REVENUE AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT SEMA. THEY'RE DOING THE TIME STUDIES FOR SEMA. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF TRAINING ON WHAT YOUR TIME STUDY SHOULD LOOK LIKE, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CAPTURING ALL THE REVENUE THAT WE POTENTIALLY CAN CAPTURE. AND SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOPEFULLY GET MORE REVENUE IN. GRANTED, THESE ARE PROJECTIONS AND HOPES, BUT WE'RE HOPING WE'LL GET MORE REVENUE IN IN 25, 26 THAN WHAT WE SAW IN 2425. GREAT. THANK YOU. ONE LAST QUESTION. THE I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A FAIR BIT. [00:50:01] THE AND SUPERVISOR KELSTROM KIND OF ALLUDED TO THIS AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THE, IN THE HOUSING. I GUESS IT MIGHT BE THE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY BUDGET UNIT, BUT THERE WE, I BELIEVE IT WAS FOR THE PHLA THE GRANT DOLLARS WE HAD A, YOU KNOW, I THINK 100 000 ALLOCATED, WE ONLY SPENT 5000. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IN TALKING TO YOU IS THAT BASICALLY THAT WAS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE A RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO USE THOSE DOLLARS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT, THAT THERE'S MONEY THERE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVEN'T BEEN. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M MISSTATING IT, BUT THERE'S MONEY THERE THAT WE WANT TO GET OUT THE DOORS, BUT WE HAVEN'T FOUND COMMUNITY PARTNERS YET AT THIS POINT TO USE THOSE AND DEPLOY THOSE FUNDS IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. PLA IS DEFINITELY ONE THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE IN OUR COMMUNITY YET, AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THEY DID CHANGE THE FIVE YEAR PLAN TO ALLOW US TO USE IT FOR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAMS. SO BASICALLY, LIKE IF A LOW INCOME HOMEOWNER HAS NEEDS LIKE A ROOF REPLACEMENT AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT AND THEY MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THIS FUND PAY FOR A ROOF REPLACEMENT TO MAKE SURE THEIR HOME IS HABITABLE FOR THEM TO LIVE IN. THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. AND SO THAT THAT FUND CAN ACTUALLY BE USED FOR THAT AS WELL. NOW YOU KNOW, OUR HOPE WAS TO DO WORKFORCE HOUSING WITH IT AND THERE ARE MORE PLA ALLOCATIONS COMING IN THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO DO WORKFORCE HOUSING WITH. WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OUR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TO, TO TRY TO GET SOME SOME MEETINGS GOING WITH DEVELOPERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE WANT TO BRING THE WORKFORCE HOUSING BACK AND DO AN RFP FOR THAT. WE HAVE SOME DEVELOPERS THAT WANT TO APPLY AND WORK WITH US TO DO WORKFORCE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY. I DO THINK THAT IS ONE AREA THAT IS LACKING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE DON'T HAVE WORKFORCE HOUSING. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE LOW INCOME, WE HAVE HIGH INCOME. BUT REALLY THAT MIDDLE INCOME BRACKET IS REALLY KIND OF MISSING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME HELP. THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM. YEAH. GOOD QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR KEEPING THE TRAIN ON THE RAILS BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD SOME HUGE CHANGES OVER THERE IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO WITH LAURA RETIRING AND MIGUEL MOVING ON. AND AND YOU GUYS HAVE JUST PLUGGED RIGHT ALONG AND KEPT GOING. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WHOLE TEAM AND ESPECIALLY YOU. I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION. IT'S IN BARGAINING UNIT 412. THE SHASTA COUNTY HEALTH CARE. SO I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF HIGHLIGHTING THERE, BUT ON PAGE 309 AND IT'LL BE LINE NUMBER 52003. IT LOOKS LIKE TWO YEARS AGO WE SPENT 13000. LAST YEAR WE SPENT 15,000. AND THIS YEAR IS ALLOCATED FOR 146,000. IS IT 052003. YES. YEAH. SO THAT ONE ERIN, HELP ME REMIND ME THAT THIS ONE IS AGAIN, THIS LINE ITEM. HOLD ON. SHE HAS IT. 52003. IS THIS JUST THE CMSP INDIGENT COST. JUST JUST THE ACTUAL COST OF WHAT THEY SHOULD BE. AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT REALIZED, THEY'RE REDUCED. YES. YES. OKAY. SO THAT MAY GO DOWN AS THE BUDGET GOES THROUGH. CORRECT. YEAH. IF IT'S NOT UTILIZED, THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT WE PUT IN THERE THAT SHOULD BE UTILIZED. BUT WHEN IT'S NOT, THEN WE COME BACK AND WE REDUCE THE BUDGET. OKAY. LIKE I SAY, I DIDN'T HAVE VERY MUCH HIGHLIGHTER ON YOUR BUDGET, SO EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY CLEAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT, I HAVE I HAVE ONE QUESTION. AND THIS IT'S NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION ON THE BUDGET AS IT IS IN UNDER 311 WITH THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES AND THE, THE LOW, I FORGET THE NAME OF THE ACTUAL LOCATION THAT I WENT TO ON MAY 14TH, MEDICAL THERAPY UNIT, MEDICAL THERAPY UNIT. AND ONE OF THE, THE STATISTICS THAT REALLY STOOD OUT STOOD OUT TO ME WITH A COUPLE OF THE PHYSICAL THERAPISTS OR PROVIDERS WAS THE COMPLETE I WANT TO SAY LACK, BUT I GUESS THE DECREASED NUMBER OF REFERRALS SINCE COVID AND I, AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT WHERE WOULD THAT REFLECT IN THE BUDGET OR WHAT COULD BE DONE? OR ARE WE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN IN TERMS OF OUTREACH? BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS REALLY TROUBLING IS IF YOU HAVE A CHILD WITH SPINA BIFIDA OR ANY ANYTHING. IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING TREATMENT AT A YOUNG AGE, AND THEN BY THE TIME THEY MAY BE AND I DON'T KNOW, AND I CAN'T THIS WAS THESE WERE JUST CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING THROUGH AND SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD. BUT IF SOMEONE THEN, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NEGLECTFUL, IF SOMEBODY'S NOT GETTING THEIR CHILD INTO TREATMENT WHEN IT'S ALREADY PAID FOR, IT'S ALREADY SUBSIDIZED, IT'S ALREADY FREE TO THE INDIVIDUAL. IF THAT ALMOST BORDERS LIKE ON CHILD ABUSE. SO IF THEY THEN GO INTO LIKE A FOSTER CARE SITUATION OR SOMETHING FIVE YEARS LATER, LIKE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY'VE LOST IN THERAPY, THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET THAT BACK. YEAH. SO WHAT, WHAT COULD WE DO AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET? AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS THIS IS SOMETHING LIKE WE COULD BRING WE COULD BRING BACK, BUT IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO OR ALLOCATE, [00:55:02] MOVE MONEY AND GET THOSE REFERRALS TO PICK BACK UP OR SO WE'RE WORKING WITH PARTNERSHIPS. SO THE REFERRALS COME THROUGH PARTNERSHIP TO HOPEFULLY INCREASE REFERRALS AND TO MAKE SURE THE WORD GETS BACK OUT THERE. THE OTHER KIND OF CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS THAT IT'S HARD TO HIRE THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE REFERRALS COME IN THAT FOR THE CHILDREN THAT WE CAN SERVE. SO ONE THING WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT I DID MENTION OUR PRESENTATION IS WE'RE TRYING TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTY, WHICH WILL GIVE US MORE LOCAL CONTROL OVER HOW WE DO REFERRALS, HOW LONG IT TAKES REFERRALS TO COME IN, AND HOW LONG THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, IT'LL DECREASE THE TIME OF THE AMOUNT FROM WHEN THEY GET THE REFERRAL TO THE TIME THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING SEEN FOR SERVICES. SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO THINGS TO ACTIVELY CHANGE HOW THE MEDICAL THERAPY UNIT IS ACTUALLY SITS IN THE COUNTY AND TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO GET THOSE REFERRALS, GET THE KIDS IN AS QUICK AS WE CAN HOPEFULLY INCREASE REFERRALS. AND WHEN WE DO, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STAFFING TO SEE, DO WE HAVE STAFF, LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THE STAFFING? YOU KNOW, CAN WE DO A SALARY STUDY TO CHANGE THE RATE OF PAY FOR PHYSICAL THERAPISTS TO ATTRACT A PHYSICAL THERAPIST TO ACTUALLY WANT TO COME WORK FOR US? BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER BIG THING AND A CHALLENGE THAT WE RUN INTO. IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE IN THE BUDGET AS IT RELATES TO BECOMING AN INDEPENDENT COUNTY IN THAT PROCESS? THAT I MEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SET ASIDE SO WE CAN PURSUE THAT? BECAUSE I WOULD HATE THAT WE DIDN'T WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. KATIE KNOWS MORE ON THAT. I WANT TO SAY NO, BUT I'M GOING TO BRING KATIE UP JUST TO MAKE SURE SHE CAN GIVE YOU THE FINE DETAILS. AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS AND BUDGET, I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE NEED TO ALLOCATE NOW SO IT DOESN'T BECOME AN AMENDMENT LATER BECAUSE THIS THIS IS, I THINK, PRETTY IMPORTANT. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CRYE KATIE CASSIDY, BRANCH DIRECTOR, PUBLIC HEALTH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND INTEREST IN THIS. OUR PROGRAM MANAGER, LINDA IS GOING TO JUST BE HEARTFELT, BE THRILLED. YEAH, SHE'LL BE OVER THE MOON. SO WE'VE REQUESTED THAT PERSONNEL DO A SALARY STUDY FIRST AND FOREMOST TO SEE. WE DO SALARY STUDIES AND IT'S USUALLY COUNTY TO COUNTY COMPARISON. BUT HAVING THOSE PHYSICAL THERAPISTS AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS IS CENTRAL TO ADEQUATELY SERVING KIDS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN DO A SALARY STUDY THAT COMPARES TO PRIVATE PRACTICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A BETTER BALANCE TO ATTRACT PHYSICAL THERAPISTS. AS FAR AS THE COST FOR BECOMING AN INDEPENDENT COUNTY, WE ARE NOT CLEAR ON THOSE NUMBERS FROM THE STATE. THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT. CAN YOU BE BY 1:00 TOMORROW? DO YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK? DO YOU WANT ME TO BRING LINDA TOMORROW? YEAH. WELL, I MEAN, I MEAN, IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT. I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE MANY THINGS IN THE FIRST, MAYBE TWO ROUGH DAYS OF BUDGETS, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY THINGS I REALLY HIGHLIGHTED WITH HHS THAT I REALLY FEEL LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME EXTRA PUSH. YEAH. WELL, WE'RE KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH. WE'RE TALKING WITH THE STATE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE IN A WEIRD SITUATION WITH OUR CHS MODEL. WE'RE NOT DEPENDENT FULLY. WE'RE NOT FULLY INDEPENDENT. WE RELY ON THE STATE FOR THOSE MEDICAL DETERMINATIONS THAT SOMEBODY IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SERVICES AT THE M2. AND THAT CAN TAKE A PERIOD OF TIME. BEING ABLE TO HAVE A LOCAL PROVIDER REVIEW THOSE APPLICATIONS OR THOSE REFERRALS AND EXPEDITE, THAT GIVES US A LOT OF LOCAL CONTROL AND IT GIVES US A REALLY FAST TIMELINE TO GET KIDS INTO SERVICE. SO WE'RE REALLY PUSHING FOR THAT. IF WE HAVE TO BECOME A DEPENDENT COUNTY, WE ACTUALLY LOSE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AS WELL. SO WE REALLY WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MOVE TOWARDS THAT COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT. THEN WHERE DO THOSE DEFAULT BACK TO? THEN IF WE LOSE THAT, WHERE DO THEY GO TO THE STATE? IT ALL GOES TO THE STATE. THEY HANDLE STUFF REAL WELL. YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTY AND WORKING WITH THE STATE TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MOVE THAT FORWARD. WE'VE GOT AMAZING CASE MANAGERS WHO ARE FULLY INVOLVED WITH FAMILIES, WHETHER OR NOT THESE ARE ALL FAMILIES GOING TO THE M2 OR ACCESSING OTHER SERVICES. A LETTER MAY HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL FOR THAT. SO WE WOULD HIGHLY REQUIRE YOUR SUPPORT IF THAT'S NECESSARY. BUT AS FAR AS FUNDING GOES, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GETTING A CLEAR PICTURE FROM THE STATE. THEY'RE CHANGING THEIR FUNDING STRUCTURE, I BELIEVE. SO IT'S IT MAY COST US A LITTLE BIT MORE EVENTUALLY, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR THAT. YEAH, IT WOULD COME OUT OF PUBLIC HEALTH REALIGNMENT. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO I GUESS IN TERMS OF THIS, THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING OR WHATEVER. I GUESS WE'LL JUST MAYBE WAIT AND SEE. YEAH. YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW. SO CEO RICKERT. WOULD THAT BE WOULD THAT THEN BE LIKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK IF. BECAUSE WE WON'T, WE WON'T HAVE THAT IN. I GUESS THAT WOULD JUST BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT THEN. SO IS IT. I JUST DON'T WANT TO LOSE. YEAH. IF I GUESS NOW THAT LINDA, IF THAT'S HER NAME LINDA. NOW THAT LINDA KNOWS I'VE SAID THIS, THEN. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, YEAH. IF WE NEED TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT YOU KNOW, AFTER WE GET OUR WORD BACK FROM THE STATE AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GIVE US THE DETAILS OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO MEAN TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTY. WE'LL DEFINITELY BRING A BUDGET AMENDMENT BACK AT THAT TIME AS WELL AS A LETTER IF IT'S NEEDED. TO GET YOUR GUYS'S SUPPORT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FULLY OPEN AND WE BRING BUDGET AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR BUDGET. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER DATA YOU CAN PROVIDE. I MEAN, I HAVE SOME AND I LOOKED INTO SOME OF THE STUFF SINCE SINCE MID-MAY, BUT MORE THE BETTER, I THINK. [01:00:02] OKAY. AND IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S A BUMMER TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS WHERE THEY ARE NOW, BUT YEAH, OKAY, THAT'S CEO RICKERT YES, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY A BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD BE GOOD, AND I'M SURE THE BOARD WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE THEM GO INTO DETAIL ON THAT AND EXPLAIN IT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. ON WHY THAT'S A BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY. YEAH. WELL, THE OTHER THING TOO, AND THIS ISN'T REALLY THE REASON FOR IT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A COST SAVINGS LONG TERM BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO CATCH SOMEBODY UP, IT'S LIKE SPEAKING A LANGUAGE. IT'S A LOT EASIER TO LEARN THAT LANGUAGE AT A YOUNG AGE. AND IF YOU GET IF YOU GET SOMEBODY WHO'S REALLY, REALLY FAR BEHIND ON THERAPY, NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT STARTED AS KNEE AND HIP ISSUES BECOMES BACK AND UPPER EXTREMITY ISSUES. SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MAN, THAT IS 10:00. ALL RIGHT. SO. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE'VE WE'VE GOT THROUGH. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. YOU HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. IT'S OKAY. OKAY. WELL, I GUESS AT THIS POINT WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP AT 1 P.M. AND THEN WE WILL PICK UP WITH WHERE IS MY SCHEDULE HERE? I BELIEVE IT'S, IS IT JOHN? YEAH. JOHN INGRAM AT ONE AT 1:00. SO WE WILL BE AT RECESS UNTIL 1 P.M.. THANK YOU. WE'RE AT RECESS. IT'S 1:00. ALL RIGHT. RETURNING FROM RECESS, WE ARE GOING TO RESUME THE BUDGET HEARINGS. IT IS 1 P.M.. WE ARE ALL PRESENT. WELCOME, SIR. YOU'RE ALREADY THERE. TAKE IT AWAY, JOHN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JOHN INGRAM, AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER. SIELER WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. THANK YOU. CHAIR. CRYE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR HAVING ME TODAY. TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526. LET'S READ THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK. I GUESS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY. THERE IT GOES. QUICK MISSION STATEMENT. THE SHASTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES IS ENTRUSTED WITH THE MISSION OF PROMOTING AND PROTECTING THE COUNTY'S AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY, WHILE MAINTAINING THE HEALTH AND BEAUTY OF THE COUNTY'S ENVIRONMENT AND ENSURING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE COUNTY'S CITIZENS. THE DEPARTMENT STRIVES TO FOSTER CONFIDENCE AND EQUITY IN THE MARKETPLACE THROUGH EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND THROUGH THE FAIR AND UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS, REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES THAT HAVE BEEN ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE COUNTY OF SHASTA. FOR THE PURPOSE, I FEEL WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT PURPOSE. I AM SOMEWHAT PARTIAL TO THAT. AS FAR AS PROTECTING AGRICULTURE. WE ARE TASKED TO CARRY OUT 11 MANDATED AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS. FIVE OF THOSE 11 ARE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDE PEST DETECTION, PEST ERADICATION, PEST MANAGEMENT, PEST EXCLUSION AND PESTICIDE USE. ENFORCEMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAMS INCLUDE NURSERY INSPECTIONS, SEED INSPECTION, FRUIT AND VEGETABLE QUALITY CONTROL, AND EGG QUALITY CONTROL, AND TWO AGRICULTURAL SERVICE SPECIAL SERVICES PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES APIARY INSPECTIONS AND CROP STATISTICS FOR WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. THERE ARE FIVE MANDATED WEIGHTS AND MEASURES CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, WEIGHING AND MEASURING DEVICE INSPECTION, DEVICE SERVICE AGENTS, QUALITY CONTROL OF PACKAGED GOODS, AND WAYMASTER ENFORCEMENT AND PETROLEUM STANDARDS. OH, I DON'T GET AHEAD OF MYSELF HERE. SO STAFFING CHANGES. I, I LOST AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER TO TAMA COUNTY. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, IT IS A BLESSING FOR HIM. HE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE TAMA COUNTY AG COMMISSIONER IN A SHORT WHILE, SO I HAD TO DEFINITELY PROVOKE HIM TO GO. YOU KNOW, SINCE, YOU KNOW, GIVE HIM THE BEST BENEFIT FOR HIS FUTURE. WE ARE GOING TO PROMOTE THAT POSITION, FILL THAT POSITION FROM WITHIN WITH THE DEPUTY AG COMMISSIONER THAT'S BEEN THERE ROUGHLY A YEAR. SHE'S DEFINITELY QUALIFIED AND WILL BE ABLE TO DO A GOOD WORK IN THAT POSITION WITH THAT PROMOTION OF HER, CREATES ANOTHER VACANCY, UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOWARDS FILLING THAT HOPEFULLY SOON. WE HAD AN INTERNAL PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE AND STANDARDS ASSOCIATE TO AN AGRICULTURAL AND STANDARDS INVESTIGATOR. THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HIRING A NEW AG, AG AND STANDARDS ASSOCIATE HOPEFULLY SOON. THAT ONE IS FLYING SOON. AND WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF HIRING AN ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY. WE HAD ANOTHER INTERNAL PROMOTION WITHIN THE COUNTY AND CREATED A VACANCY IN MY DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS PROGRAM CHANGES. OOPS, SORRY ABOUT THAT. PROGRAM CHANGES. WITH ONGOING STATE BUDGET CUTS, CDPH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE CUTS ON THEIR SIDE OF IT, WHICH DO TRICKLE DOWN TO COUNTIES. [01:05:01] WE HAVE A POSSIBLE HIGH RISK PEST EXCLUSION REVENUE REDUCTION FOR THE AG DEPARTMENT. CDFA HAS BEEN ABLE TO. TO FULLY FUND THE HIGH RISK PEST EXCLUSION PROGRAMS FOR FOR COUNTIES FOR YEARS COULD COST THE COUNTY. AG, AG, COMMISSIONER AND SEALERS ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN UTILIZING UNCLAIMED GAS TAX TO BACKFILL THOSE CONTRACTS. THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO NOT CONTINUE TO BAIL OUT CDFA AND THE STATE'S OBLIGATIONS. SO THE FINAL DECISION ON THE HIGH RISK PEST EXCLUSION CONTRACT IS GOING TO BE HAD AT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING IN AUGUST. WE'LL SEE IF THEY WILL BACKFILL ONE MORE YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A REALIZATION AS GOING FORWARD WITH THOSE REDUCTIONS, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR SHASTA COUNTY. SIMILAR TO THE HIGH RISK PEST EXCLUSION PROGRAM, COSTA HAS CHOSEN NOT TO CONTINUE FUNDING AN ADDITIONAL SURVEY PROGRAM IN THE PEST DETECTION PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM ESSENTIALLY INCREASES THE NUMBER OF PEST DETECTION TRAPS THAT WE PUT OUT THAT MY OFFICE PUTS OUT FOR MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY. SPONGY MOTH AND KHAPRA BEETLE. WHILE THE ADDITIONAL SURVEY PROGRAM IS GOING AWAY, THE MAIN CORE PEST PROGRAM IS STILL INTACT FOR 2526. SO JUST SLIGHT REDUCTIONS THAT I'M SEEING AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE FORESHADOWINGS THERE, RIGHT? WE SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL BUDGETS, AND YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE IT'S GOING TO TRICKLE DOWN TO THE COUNTIES EVENTUALLY. AND I'M STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. LUCKILY FOR US, IT'S NOT TOO SIGNIFICANT. LET'S SEE HERE. FISCAL YEAR 2425 ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THE FIRST BULLET ITEM THERE, DEPARTMENT OFFICE RELOCATION TO A COUNTY OWNED FACILITY. I I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN SAYING THAT THE AG DEPARTMENT HAS OFFICIALLY MOVED INTO A COUNTY OWNED FACILITY. OFFICES MOVED TO 1265 REDWOOD BOULEVARD. WE'RE SIX WEEKS INTO OCCUPYING THE NEW BUILDING. THE NEW SPACE HAS A LOT OF GREAT POTENTIAL FOR OUR OFFICE AND FUTURE GROWTH. WITH TIME AND MODIFICATIONS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO FINISH THE CONSOLIDATION EFFORT OF THE DEPARTMENT'S EXISTING THREE LOCATIONS INTO ONE COUNTY OWNED FACILITY. SO IT'S BEEN A MAJOR WORK IN PROGRESS. AS WE ALL KNOW, FOR YEARS AND YEARS. MY PREDECESSORS ARE PROBABLY JEALOUS OF MY SITUATION NOW BECAUSE THEY PUSHED HARD FOR THIS. AND WE'RE WE'RE UNABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. STARTING JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT WILL NO LONGER BE PAYING FOR LEASE OFFICE SPACE ON BECHELLI LANE. THIS WILL SAVE THE COUNTY APPROXIMATELY $57,132. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A HUGE SAVINGS. IF THE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THE PROPOSED 2526 CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE THE REMAINING OUTLYING DEPARTMENT LOCATIONS OUT OF LEASE SPACES INTO OUR NEW LOCATION, SAVING ADDITIONAL $22,656 PER YEAR. A PRIMARY PORTION OF THE PROPOSED CAPITAL PROJECT IS TO BUILD A METAL BUILDING TO HOUSE OUR COUNTY'S 2022 KENWORTH WEIGHT TRUCK, WHICH IS A ROLLING STANDARD THAT MUST BE KEPT OUT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT WILL NOT FIT INTO OUR NEW SPACE AT REDWOOD BOULEVARD. THE STATED SAVINGS ARE STRICTLY LEASE PAYMENTS, THE SAVINGS REFLECTED FROM INCREASING EFFICIENCIES AND NOT HAVING STAFF STAFF DRIVE BETWEEN LOCATIONS DAILY WILL ALSO SAVE THE COUNTY MONEY, AS WE ALL KNOW ANNUALLY. IT'S HARD TO QUANTIFY THAT FIGURE AS FAR AS ACTUAL AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT AND WEAR AND TEAR ON VEHICLES, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO GREATLY INCREASE EFFICIENCIES IN MY DEPARTMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A QUICK MINUTE TO BRIEFLY, PERSONALLY THANK A FEW INDIVIDUALS THAT MADE THIS MOVE POSSIBLE. I WANT TO THANK MY CEO, BRYCE RITCHIE, FOR HIS CONTINUED SUPPORT IN GETTING US INTO OUR NEW SPACE. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THIS MOVE HAPPEN, AND THE AG DEPARTMENT IS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU. ADDITIONALLY, I WANT TO THANK IT'S TOM SCHREIBER AND MY I.T. ANALYST, MICHAEL STOCK FOR ASSISTING WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S IT NEEDS AND GETTING THE WORK DONE TO GET US IN OUR NEW SPACE AND UP AND RUNNING AGAIN. I ALSO WANT TO THANK JASON MONTY. MONTY FOR EVERYTHING. I T HE MOVED MY OFFICE OVER THE COURSE OF THREE DAYS, AND HE DID IT WITH EXTREME EASE AND GOT US BACK UP AND GOING BECAUSE IT WAS A HECTIC COUPLE OF DAYS THERE FOR A WHILE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK FACILITIES MANAGER TOM FULLER AND HIS STAFF FOR ASSISTANCE WITH GETTING US UP TO SPEED AND ASSISTING MY STAFF, AND CONTINUE TO ASSIST WITH OUR UPGRADES AND TO MAKE OUR NEW SPACE THE BEST IT CAN BE. AND LASTLY, I WANTED TO THANK MY STAFF FOR NAVIGATING THIS CHANGE WITH EXTREME GRACE. THEY ESSENTIALLY MOVED THE MAJORITY OF OUR OFFICE, AND WITHOUT THEM, I'D STILL BE SITTING AT THE CHERRY LANE PACKING BOXES. INDEED. ONE ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR BUDGET. I WORK CLOSELY WITH BRYCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THROUGH OUR MS WITH AARON AND TO MONITOR AND UTILIZE THE FUNDING THAT IS ALLOWED TO MY DEPARTMENT DUE TO THE INCREASING UNCLAIMED GAS TAX THAT THE FUNDING, WHICH IS BASED OFF OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S AG EXPENDITURES THAT MY OFFICE RECEIVES, WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GIVE BACK TO THE COUNTY. ESSENTIALLY, I DISCUSSING WITH MR. PLUMMER. YOU KNOW, IT'S NET COUNTY COST SAVINGS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY JUST MONEY THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY SAVED. WE JUST DID NOT UTILIZE IT. [01:10:01] WE WERE. SO THAT IS GOOD. AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE THAT WAY THIS FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION OF. SO IT'S NOT REALLY A CONTRIBUTION. IF I'M WITHDRAWING MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND, I WOULD SUPPOSE, BUT 1,756,598 IS THE NET COUNTY COST FOR 2526 CHANGE PRIOR TO PRE CHANGE FROM PRIOR YEAR EQUATES TO AN INCREASE OF $215,340, WHICH IS A ONE TIME PROJECT COST. AS YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY SEEN IN MY LINE ITEM OF MY BUDGET, WE HAVE A COUPLE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND A IN A LINE ITEM FACILITY PROJECTS TO GET MY NEW OFFICE UP TO SPEED AND TO FIT OUR NEEDS. SO THAT IS THE THE MAJORITY OF THAT INCREASE EFFORTS TO REDUCE GENERAL FUND IMPACT INCLUDE CONSTANT BUDGET REVIEW, ANNUAL REVIEW OF HOURLY RATES. THE DEPARTMENT IS CHARGING FOR SERVICES PROVIDED, CONTINUED FOCUS OF DEPARTMENTAL CONSOLIDATION, INCREASING EFFICIENCIES, EXPLORING NEW REVENUE SOURCES AND APPLYING FOR ELIGIBLE GRANTS. I DID WANT TO MENTION I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY DEPARTMENTS THAT GOT RANDOMLY SELECTED FOR A FEE AUDIT FROM THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. I'M NOT SURE. SEE IF IT WAS COMPLETELY RANDOM BECAUSE I THINK THEY WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE STRESS TO THE NEW GUY. BUT I WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE EVERYTHING THAT I COULD TO NOLAN'S OFFICE, AND IT'S BEEN PRETTY QUIET, SO I'M HOPING FINGERS CROSSED THAT YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WENT WENT THROUGH FOR MY, I THINK IT WAS THE APIARY INSPECTION HOURS. SO TIME WILL TELL ON THAT, I SUPPOSE. YEAH. SO WE'RE GOOD. MAYBE. MAYBE WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. SO SWITCHING TO THIS GRANT FUNDING. SO LIKE I MENTIONED, UNCLAIMED GAS TAX IS THE, THE BIGGEST OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE COUNTY AND THE AG DEPARTMENT IS AS ABBREVIATED WAS $928,250 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425. THAT IS THE LARGEST PAYMENT THAT THE SHASTA COUNTY HAS EVER RECEIVED. I WOULD ANTICIPATE WE'LL HAVE A SIMILAR AMOUNT NEXT YEAR, BUT AS YOU GT IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY PEAK. AND THEN I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S GOING TO START DECREASING DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S MORE ELECTRIC CARS AND LESS GAS BEING PURCHASED. SO THERE IS A FUTURE OF DECREASING EGT. LUCKILY FOR US, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDST OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AT THE AG DEPARTMENT, WE'RE AT THE PEAK OF OUR EGT, SO THAT REVENUE IS COMING IN TO ASSIST WITH THOSE PROJECTS AND THEN MOVE US FORWARD REGARDING GRANTS, APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED. SO WE DID SUBMIT A PLATE. WE WENT OUT ON A LIMB TO SUBMIT THIS GRANT. IT'S IS AN AG EDUCATION CAREER AWARENESS. IT RELATIVELY FIT WHAT WE COULD DO AND OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY. WE DID NOT RECEIVE THAT GRANT. WE DID RECEIVE A CDFA NOXIOUS WEED GRANT EXTENSION. AGAIN, THAT WAS A GRANT THAT WE HAD. THEY EXTENDED IT. THAT IS GOOD FOR $50,000. IT STARTS JULY 1ST OF 2025 AND GOES THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST OF 2027. AND THEN WE ALSO RECEIVED A WMA WEED MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION GRANT FOR $40,000 A YEAR FOR THREE YEARS. AND THAT GRANT WILL ALLOW US TO WORK WITH THE WEED MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION AND PRIMARILY FALL OVER R C, D. SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK CLOSELY. THE AG DEPARTMENT AND RCD WORK CLOSELY TO YOU KNOW, ERADICATE NOXIOUS WEEDS IN THE FALL RIVER VALLEY WITH, WITH THOSE MONIES. AND THAT IS IT FOR MY PRESENTATION TODAY. WELCOME. ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AND GO FROM THERE. SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM. OKAY, NO QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WHEN WE HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE CAPITAL OUTLAYS FOR THE THE SHED FOR THE WEIGHTS TRUCK I'M ASSUMING THIS YEAR. YES. DO YOU ANTICIPATE GETTING THAT OVER THERE IN THE NEXT HOW LONG? WELL, THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION FOR BRYCE. BUT HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IF THE BALL ROLLS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, YOU KNOW, MID TO LATE 2026, POTENTIALLY THAT WOULD BE ERECTED IN THE BUILDING. THE TRUCK WOULD AND THE REMAINING CONTENTS OF THE SHOP THAT YOU SAW THAT DAY WOULD BE ALL MOVED TO REDWOOD BOULEVARD, AND THEN YOU COULD COMPLETELY GET OUT OF THE AIRPORT ROAD. YEAH. OKAY. FANTASTIC. YEAH, IT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. GOOD PRESENTATION. LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. THANKS, JOHN. AND THANKS FOR THE TOUR OF THE NEW FACILITY. AND, AND MOST OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED DURING THAT TIME, BUT I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION. YOU KIND OF ADDRESSED IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT ON IT, WHICH WAS THE UNCLAIMED GAS TAX. I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THAT IS PEAKING OR OR WILL PEAK IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT STATEWIDE ACTUALLY GAS TAX HAS BEEN DECLINING ON A PER POPULATION BASIS. SO BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE AT LEAST ON THE UNCLAIMED GAS TAX, THAT THERE MIGHT STILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF THERE'S A LITTLE MORE UPWARD PROGRESSION FROM WHAT CASA IS TELLING US. THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE MONITORING THOSE LEVELS AS IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT REVENUE [01:15:03] SOURCE FOR AG DEPARTMENTS. SO THEIR ESTIMATIONS ARE THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS IT WILL SLOWLY INCREASE. BUT THEN THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL WHERE IT WILL START TO DECREASE. AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHEER AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT'S GETTING PURCHASED IS DECREASING EVEN, YOU KNOW, AND THE UNCLAIMED GAS TAX IS ESSENTIALLY TAX. THAT'S NOT YOU KNOW, SUBMITTED BACK TO AGRICULTURAL USES. SO, YOU KNOW, TRACTORS, LAWN MOWERS, YOU KNOW, THE MOW AND BLOW BUSINESSES, THEY MAKE IT SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO GET THAT MONEY. IT WAS NOT USED ON ROADS, SO IT WAS USED OFF ROAD. SO IT CREATES THAT HUGE PILE OF MONEY. BUT AS WE GO INTO MORE AND MORE ELECTRIC, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING ELECTRIC TRACTORS, WE'RE GETTING ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWERS. ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO START DECREASING. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR BETTER OR WORSE YOU KNOW, OUR FUNDING SOURCE IS GOING TO START DECREASING. HOWEVER HAS HIRED AN OUTSIDE AGENCY TO ANALYZE YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL FOR DECREASES AND WHAT, HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT AG DEPARTMENTS. SHASTA COUNTY WAS CHOSEN OUT OF ONE OF THE SIX COUNTIES IN, IN CALIFORNIA TO PROVIDE THEM INPUT. SO IT'LL BE REALLY INTERESTING WITH IT'S NOT JUST US, CALTRANS GETS A LOT OF THAT MONEY AS WELL FOR PROJECTS, SO THEY'LL PROBABLY BACKFILL IT WITH SOME KIND OF MATRIX. I WOULD IMAGINE THEY'LL HAVE TO TO SOME SORT BECAUSE OUR ROADS AREN'T GETTING ANY BETTER, YOU KNOW, IN ALL THOSE INSTANCES. AND, AND THE AG DEPARTMENT DOES INDEED USE THAT MONEY TO FUND OUR PROGRAMS. SO. OKAY. YEAH, THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION BECAUSE I KNOW ON THE GAS TAX SIDE FOR ROADS. THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OTHER PROPOSALS LIKE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE IN THE EARLIER STAGES ON THE UNCLAIMED GAS TAX IN TERMS OF DISCOVERING WHAT MIGHT BE AN APPROPRIATE REPLACEMENT. EXACTLY. YEP. SO WE'RE HOPING THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE SMARTER THAN I AM WORKING ON THAT. SO IT'D BE WELL, GLAD YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME INPUT ON THAT PROCESS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, JOHN. I APPRECIATE THAT, VERY INFORMATIVE. AND THANK YOU FOR THE TOUR OF YOUR NEW FACILITY. WITH SUPERVISOR PLUMMER AYE WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. AND I HAD, THE QUESTION I HAD WAS I WAS LOOKING AT THE PROJECT REQUESTS AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE WALL WHERE THE. YES. SO I WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF THAT WAS IN HERE. THAT IS NOT, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COMES LATER DOWN THE ROAD ONCE THE AMOUNT IS DECIDED THROUGH THE CEO'S OFFICE. SO THAT'LL BE LIKE AN AMENDMENT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD. YEAH. BRYCE. YEAH. IT'LL BE AN BE AMENDMENT AGAIN. IT'S IT'S DEEP IN THE PROGRESS OF FIGURING OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, HOW AND TO GET THAT RESOLVED IN A TIMELY FASHION SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE WORK THAT WE WANT TO DO AS THE AG DEPARTMENT IN THAT. WELL, YEAH, THAT THAT SLOWS UP YOUR CONFERENCE ROOM AND POTENTIALLY. YEAH. OR, AND, OR MAYBE THEY CAN WORK SIDE BY SIDE AS THEY'RE DOING ONE PROJECT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BE DOING THIS PROJECT AND IT'LL ALL KIND OF STREAMLINE TOGETHER IS OUR HOPE. BUT SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AT A FUTURE DATE. YES. GOT IT. THANK YOU. SO SO SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, YOU WERE THERE, CORRECT. SO, I MEAN, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED IF IT'S A BUDGET AMENDMENT, LIKE LET'S JUST HYPOTHETICALLY SAY 15 DEPARTMENTS ALL DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS, THEN LIKE, IS THERE NO WAY TO FACTOR THAT IN TO SOME DEGREE? SO WE HAVE LIKE A ROUGH IDEA OR BRYCE, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? HAPPY TO. SUPERVISOR. CRYE. BRYCE RADKE SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST, COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE YOU DIDN'T YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO, BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BUTTON YOUR VEST. SORRY. IT'S A HABIT ALL OF A SUDDEN. OH, WELL. THANK YOU. LIKE JOHN MENTIONED, WE'RE STILL IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES. ESSENTIALLY WHEN WE STARTED THE SURVEYING FOR HIS FOR HIS CAPITAL PROJECT OUT THERE, WE FOUND SOME SEPARATION IN THE FOUNDATION. THE BACK OF THAT BUILDING IS ON A HILL. SO WE'RE REGARDLESS OF WHO WAS IN THAT BUILDING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME MITIGATIVE WORK TO PREVENT THAT FROM OCCURRING FURTHER OR GETTING WORSE. AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO START JOHN'S PROJECT AND THEN REMODEL THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND THEN HAVE TO GO BACK OUT AND, YOU KNOW, DO WORK ON POSSIBLY DO WORK ON THE EXTERIOR WALL THAT WOULD HAVE UNDONE WORK WE HAD ALREADY DONE. SO WE DON'T HAVE, WE HAVE A, AN ESTIMATED NUMBER YET THAT COULD BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE BUDGET. IF THE BOARD WANTED TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT. OTHERWISE WE WOULD COME BACK WHEN WE GO TO AWARD THE PROJECT AND DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT. AT THAT POINT, THE PLAN IS TO FUND THAT THROUGH ACCUMULATED CAPITAL OUTLAY AT THIS POINT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. BRYCE. NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. APPRECIATE IT. AARON, ARE YOU PRESENTING THE FARM ADVISORS? I AM I'M THE FARM ADVISOR TODAY. OKAY. AND I DON'T LOOK LIKE THE FARM ADVISOR, BUT I'M FILLING IN. SO. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CRYE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. ARE YOU WAITING FOR THAT TO BE UP? AARON BURR, DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER LARRY SENDS HIS APOLOGIES FOR MISSING THE BUDGET HEARINGS THIS YEAR. HE IS IN ITALY ATTENDING A WORLD SCHOLAR PROGRAM WITH HIS WIFE AND [01:20:02] GRANDDAUGHTER. LARRY HAS BEEN RETIRED FOR THREE YEARS, BUT HAS GRACIOUSLY, GRACIOUSLY CONTINUED TO SERVE IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ON A PART TIME BASIS FOR OUR FARM ADVISOR. SO SHASTA COUNTY HAS PARTNERED WITH USDA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IN PROVIDING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TO RESIDENTS OF SHASTA COUNTY FOR OVER 100 YEARS. GENERALLY, USDA AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PROVIDE THE PROGRAM STAFF AND COUNTY PROVIDES THE SUPPORT. AND SHASTA COUNTY THAT IS. OFFICE SPACE, UTILITIES, VEHICLES AND CLERICAL SUPPORT. THE OFFICE IS LOCATED AT 1851 HARTNELL AVENUE IN REDDING IN THE OLD ENTERPRISE LIBRARY, WHICH IS A COUNTY OWNED FACILITY. PROGRAMS OFFERED LOCALLY INCLUDE FOUR-H, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, FORESTRY, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK, NATURAL RESOURCES AND NUTRITION, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. ADDITIONALLY, WE PROVIDE THE FRAMEWORK THROUGH WHICH THE VOLUNTEER BASED MASTER GARDENER AND MASTER FOOD PRESERVER PROGRAMS OPERATE. THE OFFICE IS CURRENTLY COMPLETING RECRUITMENTS FOR LIVESTOCK AND NATURAL RESOURCE ADVISOR AND FORESTRY ADVISOR. BOTH POSITIONS ARE FUNDED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. WITH THOSE, THE OFFICE WILL BE FULLY STAFFED. THE COUNTY FUNDING COMPONENT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. THE SUPPORT ALLOWS THE OFFICE TO SERVE SHASTA COUNTY REFERENCE RESIDENTS THROUGH THE APPLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND AGRICULTURAL, NATURAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES. THIS PROGRAM IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF LEVERAGING OTHER RESOURCES, AS THE COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324 WAS JUST OVER $311,000, OR 12.2% OF A $2.5 MILLION PROGRAM. THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTION IS ALL GENERAL FUND. LISTED HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THIS OFFICE DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR. THE PROGRAM SIGNIFICANTLY BENEFIT CHILDREN IN SHASTA COUNTY THROUGH NUTRITION, EDUCATION AND FOR H. ADDITIONALLY, THEY SERVE AS A RESOURCE FOR RANCHERS IN OUR AREA. THE MASTER FOOD PRESERVER PROGRAM IS A FAIRLY NEW PROGRAM FOR THE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY CONTINUE TO OFFER THROUGH THIS YEAR. THAT CONCLUDES THE SHORT PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE. AND I ALSO HAVE SARAH JAMES IS HERE TO ASSIST. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS I'M UNABLE TO ANSWER. SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. THANKS, AARON. EXCUSE ME. THE THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ARE THOSE ARE THOSE PAYING FOR SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEES. THEY DO NOT PAY FOR SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEES. SO THE BUDGET IS REALLY COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY SEPARATE. SO WE HAVE THE SHASTA COUNTY BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDES SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE THE SUPPORT STAFF. AND THEN ALL OF THE PROGRAM EMPLOYEES ARE ACTUALLY LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LARRY'S POSITION IS ACTUALLY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THAT REVENUE ON THERE ATTACHED TO THAT SIZE. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S COMPLETELY SEPARATE. SO EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE COUNTY BUDGET IS WHAT THE COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTION IS. AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS THROUGH OTHER SOURCES IN THEIR BUDGETS THAT THEY PAY DIRECTLY. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THE INTENT TO FILL. WAS IT TWO POSITIONS AND THE ON THE INFOGRAPHICS IT HAS TWO FTES AS THEIR TOTAL. SO THOSE TWO ARE THE COUNTY SHASTA COUNTY POSITIONS. THESE OTHER TWO FTES ARE PROGRAM POSITIONS, AND THEY'RE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES. OKAY, BUT OUR FARM ADVISOR OVERSEES THE RECRUITMENT OF THOSE EMPLOYEES. SO THE FARM OUR FARM ADVISOR IS ACTUALLY THE LIVESTOCK NATURAL RESOURCE ADVISOR THAT WORKS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. HE ALSO DOES THE ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF. SO HE'S ACTUALLY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. OKAY. AND THEN TWO SPECIFIC BUDGET QUESTIONS. ONE WAS AROUND THE LINE ITEM WHERE IT SAID CHARGES FOR FACILITY MANAGEMENT MAINTENANCE. AND THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONE UP FROM ABOUT 9015 THOUSAND LAST YEAR. AND NOW IT'S THE 40,000. IS THERE ARE THERE CHANGES RELATED TO THE FACILITY THAT THEY'RE USING OR. SO THERE'S JUST A MAINTENANCE PROJECT THAT FACILITIES HAVE PUT IN THE BUDGET THAT THEY NEED TO DO ON THAT BUILDING, BECAUSE IT'S A COUNTY OWNED BUILDING. SO IT'S ONE TIME IN NATURE. I WANT TO SAY IT'S CARPET. IT'S ACTUALLY A NEW. OKAY. IT'S IT'S A NEW AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FOR THAT BUILDING. OKAY. NOT NOT A CARPET. TRUST ME. YES, THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE ALSO THAT THE THE FLEET TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL BUDGET HAS INCREASED. IS THAT CORRESPONDING TO THE INCREASE IN EMPLOYEES THAT WE'RE EXPECTING? SO IT'S NOT WE REPLACED ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES. AND SO ONCE WE REPLACE ONE OF THE VEHICLES THEY PAY INTO THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. AND SO IT INCREASED BECAUSE OF THAT. THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THIS YEAR WITH SOME OF THE SAVINGS THAT THEY HAVE DOING A BUDGET AMENDMENT. IT'LL BE A LOW LEVEL BUDGET AMENDMENT TO PAY OFF MORE OF THAT VEHICLE. AND SO THAT WAY THOSE VEHICLE PAYMENTS WILL STOP SOONER IN FUTURE YEARS. [01:25:06] THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LARRY, DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. TROY. ALL RIGHT. JUST PUSH THIS BUTTON RIGHT HERE AND IT'S GOING TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE. RIGHT? YES. THE RIGHT BUTTON. SUPERVISOR KELSTROM ALREADY GOT TEN QUESTIONS IN QUEUE FOR TROY. PRESS THE RIGHT ARROW. THANK YOU. SORRY. I'M OLD. OKAY. TROY BARTOLOMEI, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. AND THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE. OH. I'M SORRY. CHAIRMAN CRYE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. TROY BARTOLOMEI, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE THIS NICE, CONCISE MISSION STATEMENT THAT'S BEEN WRITTEN AND REFINED OVER THE YEARS. AND I PREFER JUST TO SAY IF IT'S IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF SHASTA COUNTY AND IT'S IN GOVERNMENT AREA, IF IT'S A FACILITY, IF IT'S A ROAD, IF IT'S A BRIDGE IF IT'S A BUILDING, IF IT'S MAINTAINED, WE'VE TOUCHED IT. WE MAINTAIN IT, WE BUILD IT, AND WE EVEN TEAR IT DOWN. SOMETIMES. YOU'LL HEAR MANY OF THESE DEPARTMENTS TODAY TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE'RE THE ONES THAT BUILD IT. I LIKE TO I TELL MY STAFF WE'RE THE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN OF THE COUNTY. AS LONG AS NOBODY KNOWS OUR NAME AND THINGS ARE GETTING DONE, YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. AND THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE LIKE IT. SO SO FAR, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS KNOWN OUR NAME. SO. SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. NOW REGARDING STAFFING CHANGES COMING UP FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THERE ARE NOT A LOT. WE ARE OVER LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR WILL BE THE LEADING FIVE OF OUR CUSTODIAL POSITIONS. AND THREE OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE DUE TO WE USED TO DO THE CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT SHREDDING, AND THAT'S NOW BEEN CONTRACTED OUT TO A THIRD PARTY. ALSO WE'VE HAD DOWNSIZING DUE TO A LITTLE BIT LESS SQUARE FOOTAGE OF BUILDING SPACE. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'VE ALSO INCREASED AND ADDED TO OUR GROUND SPACE. SO WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE ONE OF OUR CUSTODIANS AND MOVE THEM OVER TO A GROUNDS MAINTENANCE WORKER POSITION. AND THEN THE OTHER FOUR CUSTODIANS WE LOST WERE ALL GONE BY ATTRITION. SO WE DID ALL THAT WITHOUT ANY LAYOFFS. WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT. NOW, REGARDING STAFFING, WE HAVE CURRENTLY TWO ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN POSITIONS OPEN AND TWO FULL BLOWN ENGINEERING POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN. WE'RE LEAVING THOSE OPEN AT THIS TIME. THE REASON BEING IS OUR ROADS BUDGET. OUR ROADS FUND IS A LITTLE LOWER THAN WE LIKE IT TO BE. IT'S LOWER THAN IT'S BEEN IN QUITE SOME TIME, AND WE CAN IDENTIFY THE REASONS FOR THAT. THERE'S MANY MOST OF THEM DEAL WITH SLOW REIMBURSEMENTS FROM OTHER AGENCIES. SOME EXAMPLES OF THIS IS FEMA. WE DID THE WHISKEY CREEK BRIDGE. IT WAS A STORM DAMAGE FROM 2017. THAT BRIDGE IS COMPLETE. THEY'RE STILL OUTSTANDING OVER $1 MILLION IN REIMBURSEMENT. AND WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM JUST TRYING TO CLOSE OUT THE PROJECT AND THEY KEEP GIVING US EXCUSES WHY THEY CAN'T. NONETHELESS, THAT MONEY IS OUT THERE. THE OTHER ONE YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD IN THE NEWS IS SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW, THAT HAS TO BE REALLOCATED IN THE FEDERAL BUDGET EVERY YEAR. IT WAS NOT INCLUDED, BUT IS INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET AT THIS TIME. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S. DON'T QUOTE ME, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO THE HOUSE. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THERE. AND SO IT IS GOING TO BE REALLOCATED. THERE'S THAT SHOULD HAPPEN. THAT'S ANOTHER $800,000 FOR US. ANOTHER THING THAT'S HOLDING US UP IS BRIDGE PROJECTS. THEY CAN TAKE FROM 5 TO 10 YEARS TO GET THEM DONE FROM THE BEGINNING, FROM THE PLANNING PHASE, THE DESIGN, THE ENVIRONMENTAL, EVERYTHING YOU GO THROUGH. AND WE'VE STARTED BRIDGE PROJECTS. OH, SHOOT. BACK IN THE TEENS, YOU KNOW, 2018, 2019, AND THEN COVID HIT. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, COVID HAS AFFECTED OUR BRIDGE PROJECTS. THE BIG PART OF THE BRIDGE PROJECTS IS RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS. AND ONCE COVID HIT EVERYTHING CAME TO A STOP AND EVERYTHING WE DO ON A BRIDGE HAS TO GO THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THROUGH CALTRANS. WE DON'T GET TO JUST DEAL DIRECTLY WITH THE LENDING AGENCY. THEY HAVE SOMETHING CALLED LOCAL ASSISTANCE. WE HAVE ANOTHER NAME FOR IT, BUT I WON'T SAY IT HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE TO HELP. AND SO AS THEY SOMEBODY KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. SO SO ANYWAY IT, IT REALLY SLOWED THINGS DOWN. AND WHEN THINGS GET SLOWED DOWN, ENVIRONMENTAL RULES CHANGE. THERE'S SOME THINGS WE'RE GOING OUT AND WE'RE REDOING ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS BECAUSE IT'S TAKEN SO LONG. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I GUESS I'M COMPLAINING HERE A LITTLE BIT. WE ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET AHOLD OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT ALL COME BACK TO WORK IN THE OFFICE YET FROM COVID. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IN THE, IN THE NEWS THAT THEY'RE ALL PROTESTING. THEY DON'T WANT TO COME BACK JULY 1ST. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXCUSE. THERE'S SOME OUTSTANDING DOLLARS [01:30:02] THERE. I KIND OF WENT DOWN A RABBIT HOLE THERE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S FRUSTRATING. BUT THAT'S MONEY THAT WE SHOULD SEE AGAIN. SO WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THOSE FOUR POSITIONS UNFILLED. WE PLAN ON FILLING THEM THERE IN THE BUDGET, BUT WE'RE HOLDING OFF TO SEE TILL THAT MONEY COMES BY COMES AROUND. NOW WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY PROGRAM BIG PROGRAM CHANGES FOR THIS YEAR OTHER THAN THE NO LONGER DOING THE SHREDDING OF THE THE MATERIALS, THE I'M SORRY, THE WHERE'S MY GLASSES? WELL, THAT'S NOT GOOD ANYWAY. OH, HERE WE GO. SORRY. FROM DOING THE DOCUMENT SHREDDING. SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT. SO NOW TO MOVE ON TO ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE PAST YEAR. TWO, TWO THINGS WE DO IN PUBLIC WORKS. I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO TOUCH TOO MUCH ON TODAY. WE HAVE TWO INTERNAL SERVICE DIVISIONS. ONE IS FACILITIES MANAGEMENT. THE OTHER ONE IS FLEET MANAGEMENT. FLEET MANAGEMENT. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE BUCK BELLFLOWER. HE KIND OF JUST SINGLE HANDEDLY HANDLES THE FINANCE, THE MECHANICS, THE WHOLE END OF THAT THING. THAT THING RUNS, RUNS VERY WELL. HE TAKES CARE OF ALL THE PROGRAMS THERE. AND THEN FACILITIES MANAGEMENT IS ANOTHER INTERNAL SERVICE FUND. THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE. THE OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS ARE THE CLIENTS. THEY DO THE WORK. THEY DO A SERVICE REQUEST. THE WORK GETS DONE. SO IT'S ALL PAID THROUGH THROUGH JOURNALS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS. SO IT'S KIND OF A ZERO SUM GAME. WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE TWO MONTHS OF WORKING CAPITAL SAVED UP FOR THAT. WE ARE RUNNING A LITTLE LOW ON WORKING CAPITAL, BUT KNOWLES IS ALWAYS VERY GOOD TO KEEP AN EYE ON US AND HEAD US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND SHE HASN'T GOT ON ME TOO MUCH YET. SO I THINK WE'RE OKAY THIS TIME OF YEAR. A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE A LITTLE BIT LOW BECAUSE TOWARDS THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, EVERYBODY WANTS TO SPEND MONEY, SPEND MONEY. WELL, WE GOT JOURNALS AND NOT REIMBURSED. SO WORKING CAPITAL IS RUNNING A LITTLE LOW IN THAT, BUT THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED. SO NOW TO GO ON TO THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, I'VE BROKEN IT DOWN INTO THREE DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES. ONE IS WATER, SEWER AND SOLID WASTE. YOU SEE CAPITAL PROJECTS UP THERE AND ROADS. I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF ALL OF THEM. YOU CAN SEE THE LIST THERE. BUT THIS PAST YEAR WE CONSTRUCTED $6.9 MILLION OF WATER AND SEWER AND SOLID WASTE PROJECTS. ANYTHING FROM DATA ALARMS, SCADA MONITORING BACKWASH ITEMS. THE BIGGEST PROJECT OF ALL OF THESE WOULD BE THE COTTONWOOD COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT. THAT'S ABOUT A FIVE YEAR PROJECT THAT'S COMING TO A CONCLUSION. WE GOT A GRANT, NEARLY $10 MILLION FOR THAT YEARS AGO. AND BASICALLY THE PLANT HAS NOW BEEN UPGRADED AND MODERNIZED. EVERY LIFT STATION HAS NOW BEEN REDONE, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND GOT AS MANY OF THE LEAKY PIPES WITH I AND I. THINGS OF THAT THAT WERE REPAIRED. SO THAT'S QUITE GOOD FOR THEM. THAT WAS THE BIGGER PROJECT THERE FOR WATER AND SEWER. THE CAPITAL PROJECTS YOU'VE HEARD THERE'S QUITE A FEW THAT HAVE GONE ON. I THINK SUPERVISOR KELSTROM WOULD BE HAPPY WE FINALLY HAVE THE NEW AIR CONDITIONERS THAT THE VETS ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE. DARREN ANDERSON AND YOU USE THEM. DO THEY WORK? AWESOME. NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TELLING ME THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY THE BILL FOR THE GAS OR THE ELECTRIC. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. I WAS GOING TO BRING THAT UP A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT OH, OKAY. WE'LL WE'LL DO NEXT YEAR ON THAT ONE. WELL, OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THE JUVENILE HALL DEMOLITION, OF COURSE. THEY'RE BUILDING A, I SHOULD CALL IT NOW, THE JUVENILE REHABILITATION REHABILITATION FACILITY. THEY'RE WORKING ON THE WEST RECREATION YARD THERE. AND OF COURSE, THE BIGGER PROJECT IS THE JAIL ITC PROJECT THAT'S UNDERWAY. THAT'S A FANCY NAME THAT STANDS FOR INMATE TRANSPORT, COURTROOM REHABILITATION. I BELIEVE THAT'S COURTROOMS ONE AND TWO IN THE JAIL THAT ARE VACANT. NOW. THEY'RE HAVING TO BE REFURBISHED TO BE USED AS BASICALLY A SALLY PORT, AN AREA WHERE THEY CAN OFFLOAD AND UNLOAD INMATES TO GO TO COURT ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE TO KEEP THEM. SO ALL DAY LONG THEY HAVE TO TRANSPORT THEM BACK AND FORTH. THE OTHER PART OF THAT COURTROOM, I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT INTO A REMOTE, REMOTE COURT WHERE THEY CAN DO VIDEO ARRAIGNMENTS. SO THAT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY. ROADS PROJECTS. WE DID 6.65 MILLION. LIKE I SAID, ONE WAS THE COLEMAN FISH HATCHERY BRIDGE DECK REPLACEMENT. WE RESURFACED 12 MILES OF ROAD AND THEN THE COVE ROAD SIDE REPAIRS UNDERWAY. SO THE GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. I WON'T READ THROUGH ALL OF THOSE. WE GOT WATER AND SEWER SOLID WASTE ONES. THE ONE I WANT TO TOUCH ON THERE IS THE WATER PLANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. THERE'S A $1.3 MILLION GRANT FOR THAT ONE. THAT SHOULD GET BUILT. WELL, WE HAVE TO GET IT BUILT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, BECAUSE THE GRANT WILL EXPIRE IN FEBRUARY. SO THAT ONE IS ON ITS WAY TO GETTING DONE. WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME GENERATORS UP IN JONES VALLEY. SOME PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. CAPITAL PROJECTS, OF COURSE. WE HOPE TO FINISH THE JL I T CR AND ELEVATOR [01:35:03] MODERNIZATION PROJECTS. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THE SHERIFF, HE'S BEEN WORKING ON HIS ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM. THE LOCATION WE'D LIKE TO PUT THE FACILITY. WE'VE STARTED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS FOR THAT. WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT THAT'S BEEN RETAINED WHO'S DOING THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FOR THAT? AND ALSO THE COURTHOUSE DEMOLITION. I SHOULD BE COMING TO YOU ON THE 17TH WITH A CONTRACT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT FOR THE FIRM TO. THAT'S GOING TO DO THAT. THEY'VE GIVEN US AN ESTIMATE TO TAKE US ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE AN EIR IF NECESSARY. HOPEFULLY THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY, BUT THEY WILL DETERMINE THAT AS THE PROCESS GOES ON. BUT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT ON ROADS, WE HOPE TO GET A COUPLE OF THOSE BRIDGES OFF THE DIME AND DO SOME BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS THIS NEXT COUPLE YEAR. THIS NEXT YEAR, I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON THE BIG BEN SLOW A MOUTH DRYING OUT HERE. I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON THE BIG BEND ROAD SLIDE REPAIR PROJECT BECAUSE THAT ONE IS VERY EVERYBODY'S VERY INTERESTED IN THAT ONE. AND WELL, WE ARE DEALING WITH THE STATE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR OVER A YEAR NOW TO GET BASICALLY A LITTLE $10,000 PIECE OF RIGHT OF WAY. AND WE'VE SENT THEM, I BELIEVE, $50,000 TO EVALUATE THIS. AND IT'S BECOMING VERY FRUSTRATING. WE THOUGHT WE WERE ALMOST TO THE END OF THIS THING. AND THEN TODAY THEY'RE COMING BACK WITH MORE QUESTIONS. WE BELIEVE ME, WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO GET THAT PROJECT DONE. I KNOW THE PUBLIC IS VERY UPSET WITH THAT. AND THIS IS OUR LAST, LAST HURDLE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR OVER A YEAR. BUT WE'LL KEEP TRUDGING AHEAD ON THAT. THERE. I BEAT THE STATE UP ENOUGH, I THINK. OKAY, NOW TALK ABOUT GENERAL FUNDS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLIC WORKS. THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE OVER $1.2 MILLION. NOW, THAT'S A TAD BIT MISLEADING BECAUSE IN THERE, THERE WAS ONE TIME ZOGG SETTLEMENT MONEY FROM THE LAWSUIT FROM THE ZOGG FIRE, NOT THE THE NOT THE OTHER ONE, BUT THE DAMAGES FOR THE CIVIL SUIT THAT HAS TO BE USED FOR SOME ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND SOME CULVERTS AND THINGS THAT WERE DAMAGED FROM THE ZOGG FIRE. SO YOU TAKE OUT THAT $800,000, AND OUR GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION IS MORE IN THE RANGE OF, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE OVER $200,000. AND THAT'S MORE LIKE WHAT WE'LL DO EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT WE USE GENERAL FUND FOR IS THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF LAND BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO US AND SAYS, HEY, WE WANT TO DO A PROJECT, GET IT OFF THE GROUND. WE CAN HAVE THOSE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE TELL THEM, OKAY, HERE'S HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO BE BEFORE WE HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, NOW YOU'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH THE BUDGET. WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM? YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN THERE JUST TO TALK. THE COUNTY SURVEYOR. GETS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THROUGH GENERAL FUNDS. PARKS, GROUNDS AND VETS. HALLS ARE ALL GENERAL FUND. SO IF THERE IS AN IMPROVEMENT DONE TO ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES, THEN YOU'LL SEE THE GENERAL FUND MONEY SHOW UP IN THERE. SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE A DECREASE OF 347,000 $348,000 FROM LAST YEAR'S GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION. AGAIN, A BIG PART OF THAT IS WE WON'T BE DOING AS MUCH ONE TIME ZOGG FIRE RESTORATION PROJECTS. NOW, THE EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE GENERAL FUND IMPACT ARE ONE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE LUCK OF THE BID. WE'LL TAKE CREDIT FOR IT. OUR VETERAN HALL ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT CAME IN UNDER BUDGET BY ALMOST $100,000. THE OTHER ONE WE CAN'T REALLY TAKE CREDIT FOR. I GIVE MORE CREDIT TO THE CEO'S OFFICE. AYE CEO'S OFFICE. I APOLOGIZE, AND AARON BRATTAIN AND THEIR IDEA OF INNOVATIVE WAYS TO USE THE ARPA FUNDS. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH DOING A LOT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON SOME HVAC REPLACEMENTS. CORE FACILITY UPGRADES, ELEVATOR MODERNIZATIONS. THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO WEAR OUT AND FAIL IN THE FUTURE. AND BY USING THOSE ARPA FUNDS, TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS. NOW YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE MONEY ON DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IN THE FUTURE. SO IT'S MORE THEIR CREDIT TO HOW THERE'S BEING SOME REDUCTION IN GENERAL FUND THERE. LAST OF ALL, THE ONLY MANDATED GENERAL FUND IS THE SURVEYOR, AND THAT'S $162 A YEAR. YOU ASK, WELL, HOW DO YOU DO IT FOR THAT MUCH? THE COUNTY SURVEYOR, IF YOU RECORD A MAP OR DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S ALL FEE GENERATED. SO YOU ACTUALLY PAY FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU DO JUST BY STATUTE. I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A TOKEN AMOUNT IN THERE. OKAY. AND LAST OF ALL, DISCUSS GRANT FUNDING. THIS YEAR WE APPLIED FOR SIX CDBG GRANTS FOR LET ME SEE HAZARD MITIGATION FROM ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS. THEY TOTAL $8.5 MILLION. AND THESE ALL HAD TO BE RESILIENCY TO HELP YOU TO MAKE YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENT, TO HELP YOU WITHSTAND FIRE, FLOOD OR EARTHQUAKE. SO NATURAL HAZARDS. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE GOT ALL SIX. [01:40:03] THE BAD NEWS IS WE GOT ALL SIX. SO NOW WE HAVE TO DELIVER ALL SIX. NOW WE'RE JUST IN THE INITIAL PHASES OF FINISHING THE PAPERWORK AND GETTING THESE THINGS ROLLING. BUT LUCKILY, WE HAVE UNTIL 2032 TO COMPLETE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS. I KNOW PEOPLE WILL SEE THIS AND SAY, WELL, HOW COME IT'S NOT BUILT YET? WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS OUT OF OUR CONTROL THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME. I WON'T LIST THROUGH THAT LIST THERE. LAST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO JUST MENTION SOME ONGOING GRANTS THAT WE HAVE JUST BECAUSE SOME OF THESE GRANTS TAKE SO LONG. WE MENTIONED COTTONWOOD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT COLLECTION SYSTEM. THAT ONE IS 9.35 MILLION. JONES VALLEY WATER PROJECT. THAT WAS ANOTHER 1.3. WE'RE GETTING TWO NEW GENERATORS THIS YEAR FOR JONES VALLEY. THAT WAS GRANT FUNDED COMPLETELY FOR HALF A MILLION. AND AGAIN, THE CASTELLO WATER PLANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR 1.65 MILLION. OH, SORRY. SEAN. I'LL GO BACK. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I DIDN'T MAKE EIGHT MINUTES. I APOLOGIZE AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. TROY. SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. ALL RIGHT. GREAT JOB TROY. AND AND THANKS AGAIN FOR THE AIR CONDITIONERS AREA. WE HAD IT RENTED DOWN THE LAST COUPLE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS IN MAY. IT WAS ABOUT 105 THAT DAY. AND IT WORKED. FANTASTIC. SO GLAD. GLAD TO HEAR IT. YEAH. I KNOW I MENTIONED TO THEM THAT IF THEY RENT THE THING ONE MORE TIME A MONTH DURING THE SUMMER, IT'LL PAY FOR THEIR ELECTRICITY BILL, UTILITY BILL. YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR, MAYBE WE MIGHT LOOK AT SOME SOLAR AND SEE IF IT'S IN THE BUDGET. JUST, YOU KNOW, I GIVE YOU A BREAK THIS YEAR. WHERE'S WHERE'S AARON? OH, I KNOW WHAT AARON'S GOING TO SAY. I BUILD WHATEVER YOU GOT MONEY FOR. BUT AGAIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEY GOT THE NEW ROOF ON THERE TWO YEARS AGO. THEY GOT THE AIR CONDITIONING THIS YEAR WHICH IS FANTASTIC. ONE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU. IT'S NOT REALLY BUDGET RELATED, I GUESS, BUT HOW DO WE DECIDE WHICH ROADS THAT WE END UP REDOING AND REPAVING? WE HAVE TO DO. THERE'S A FEW THINGS EVERY FIVE YEARS WE HAVE TO DO A ROAD INDEX. IT'S KIND OF A FANCY WAY OF SAYING THE ROADS GET RATED. SO THERE'S THIS ACTUAL, THIS VEHICLE THAT COMES OUT AND IT HAS LIDAR, WHICH IS A FANCY NAME FOR THIS SURVEYING. IT DOES. AND IT ACTUALLY DRIVES ALL OF OUR PAVED MAINTAINED ROADS. AND EACH ROAD GETS GETS LISTED IN THERE WITH A, AN INDEX NUMBER OF FROM WORST CASE TO BEST CASE, THE HIGHEST NUMBER BEING YOUR BEST ROAD, THE LOWEST NUMBER BEING YOUR WORST. I COULD HAVE THAT BACKWARDS. I'M NOT SURE. I'M SURE JOHN'S BACK THERE SHAKING HIS HEAD YES OR NO. SO ANYWAY, SO THOSE GET RATED AND THEN YOU PUT THAT IN TO A FORMULA WITH YOUR AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC. AND SO FROM THAT, BASICALLY THE WORST ROADS WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO GET GET WELL. THE REASON I THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS LAST WINTER I SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUT IN WHITMORE. SO I'M TAKING THE BACK ROADS HOME TO COTTONWOOD, WHICH GOES DOWN PARKVILLE, YOU KNOW, AND PARKVILLE HAS LIKE THREE CARS ON IT A DAY AND WE GOT ALL NEW PAVEMENT THERE. NOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG, IT'S FANTASTIC. AND IT WAS GREAT AND THE GUYS DID A GREAT JOB. BUT HOW BIG WAS WAS IT SHORT STRETCHES? IT WAS IT WAS SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS. YEAH. AND THEN I ALSO TAKE ASH CREEK UP TO DIRT WHEN I GO TO SHINGLETOWN. AND THAT GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW PAVEMENT. AND THEN WHEN I GO TO MANTON, I TAKE A WILD WILDCAT OR WILDCAT, RIGHT. WHICH AGAIN GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. IT'S A GREAT JOB. BUT I, I SOMETIMES SCRATCH MY HEAD, GO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHEN I DRIVE DOWN THE COTTONWOOD POST OFFICE, I MEAN, FROM THE COTTONWOOD POST OFFICE TO PASS THE LEGION HALL, THE LEGION HALL, IT'S TORN TO PIECES AND THERE'S I SEE A LOT MORE CARS ON THAT STRETCH OF ROAD THAN I DO WILDCAT OR ASH CREEK OR PARKVILLE. NOW, WILDCAT AND ASH CREEK. DID WE GET SOME EMERGENCY OPENING MONEY? NO, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MAINTENANCE CREWS, MAINTENANCE CREWS. SO OUR MAINTENANCE CREWS DO HAVE SOME DISCRETION FOR IF YOU SEE THOSE SHORT REACHES LIKE, YOU KNOW, AN EIGHTH OF A MILE, QUARTER MILE, THAT WOULD BE OUR MAINTENANCE CREWS. THEY SHOULD COORDINATE WITH US A LITTLE BETTER, BUT THEY DO GET SOME DISCRETION WHAT THEY DO. AND THEN SOME OF THEM, THEY MIGHT LOOK LIKE SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. BUT A LOT OF TIMES IF THERE'S WATER INTRUSION OR SOMETHING OR PUMPING OR, OR SOMETHING, THAT'S A CONSTANT, CONSTANT NUISANCE, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL COME OUT AND TAKE CARE OF THAT. BUT I ALMOST STOPPED AND TALKED TO HIM, BUT DIDN'T WANT TO GET IN THEIR WAY. I DIDN'T WANT TO BOTHER THEM WHEN THEY WERE DOING ASH CREEK TO BLACK BUTTE BECAUSE THEY HAD PARKED THEIR EQUIPMENT ON THE LITTLE THREE WAY CORNER THERE, BLACK BUTTE. AND, AND SOMEBODY HAD DUMPED LIKE REFRIGERATOR THERE. AND I WAS, YOU KNOW, GOING TO MENTION TO THE FLAGGER, HEY, IF YOU GUYS COULD GRAB THAT ON YOUR WAY OUT, IT'D BE GREAT. AND I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. AND IT'S STILL THERE. SO I DROVE TO MANTON ON SUNDAY AND I WAS LIKE I GUESS MAYBE I SHOULD PICK IT UP WELL, IF YOU ASK HIM, I KNOW, I KNOW, AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T, SO I GUESS WE SHOULD BE PROACTIVE AND KNOW. AND YOU GUYS GOT THE TRAILER OFF THERE AND I APPRECIATE ALL THAT. SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOU AND YOUR TEAM DOES VERY MUCH. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM. SUPERVISOR LONG. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU, TROY, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CDBG GRANT MONEY OF THE 8.5 MILLION, [01:45:03] CORRECT. CAN THAT BE APPLIED TO FUELS MITIGATION BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF FIRE RELATED. IT THE WELL, TWO THINGS. ONE, THE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND WE DID REQUEST JOHN TALKED ABOUT FUEL MITIGATION AND THEY SAID IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO BECAUSE OF JUST ACQUIRING THE ENVIRONMENTAL, GETTING THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS, BECAUSE THEY MAKE US GO THROUGH NEPA AND SEQUA, BOTH THE STATE AND AND THE FEDS. AND BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LONG STRETCHED OUT, IT'S NOT ONE PROJECT LOCATED IN ONE SPOT, YOU KNOW, SO I CAN IDENTIFY IT. I CAN PIN EVERYTHING DOWN. I CAN GET TO ALL ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF. WHEN YOU GO ALONG A LONG ROADWAY, YOU JUST RIGHT HERE. I COULD HAVE A STUPID ELDERBERRY BEETLE BUSH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND OVER HERE I GOT, I DON'T KNOW, A GILL BREATHING SNAIL OR SOMETHING. IT'S JUST IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS. AND THEY I THINK JOHN, DID THEY SAY THEY DISCOURAGED IT OR THEY SAID, IT'S JUST VERY DIFFICULT. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. AND THEY'VE SEEN THEY'VE SEEN GRANT PROJECTS FAIL BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT. SO WE DID ASK THEM ABOUT THAT. AND THEY THEY TOLD US THEY'VE SEEN GRANT PROJECTS FAIL THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS. OKAY. THANKS. THAT WAS THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT CAME TO MY MIND BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY ARE IN NEED OF THAT SERVICE. AND ANOTHER QUESTION I WAS LOOKING ON YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THE WHISKEYTOWN BRIDGE THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR. IS THAT ALL STATE CALTRANS? YES. THAT'S A STATE HIGHWAY. THAT'S ALL CALTRANS. SO THAT'S 100% THAT WE WON'T HAVE ANY INVOLVEMENT WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT'S COMING NEXT YEAR. YES. 26, I THINK. YEAH. THEY'RE GOING TO START. SO. OKAY. NOT OURS. GOT IT. THANKS. SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. OH, BOY. OH, SORRY. THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, TROY. A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU. OKAY. THE THE ONE KIND OF SPECIFIC ONE IS AROUND THE TITLE THREE PROJECTS. YES. SO I KNOW THAT'S DEPENDENT ON THE SECURE RURAL SCHOOL OR MY UNDERSTANDING IS I THINK IS THAT A DIFFERENT POT OF MONEY? ROCHELLE. OR IS THAT'S THE SAME. OKAY. THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT. THAT IS THE SAME ONE THEY GET JUST AS IT GOES. SCHOOLS TITLE THREE AND US. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN IN THE NARRATIVE THERE, IT SAYS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SOLICIT PROJECTS FOR VARIOUS AGENCIES. CORRECT? WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS RIGHT NOW. BUT I WAS CURIOUS KIND OF HISTORICALLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF SOLICITING PROJECTS, SHOULD THAT BE APPROVED? WE DID ONE. WE PUT OUT A NOTICE. WE SOLICIT PROJECTS PROBABLY ABOUT EVERY 2 OR 3 YEARS. AND WHAT WE DO IS WE SAVE IT UP. SO WITHIN 2 OR 3 YEARS WE'LL GET ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE $2 MILLION. THE LAST ONE WE DID, I BELIEVE WE BOUGHT SOME FIRE EQUIPMENT. WE BOUGHT A FIRE TRUCK. BUT WE SOLICIT PROJECTS SO ANYBODY LOCALLY CAN PUT INTO IT. AND THEY'RE PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY RESTRICTED AS TO, TO WHERE THOSE DOLLARS CAN BE USED. BUT YEAH, WE, WE MANAGE THOSE FUNDS AND, AND WE DO PUT OUT THE, THE REQUEST FOR, FOR PROJECTS. OKAY. SIMILARLY WITH THE WILDLIFE CONTROL BUDGET UNIT, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE, IT'S A SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE WE LET THE MONEY ACCRUE FOR A BIT AND THEN WE PUT IT OUT FOR PROJECTS FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES. WILDLIFE. YOU STUMPED ME ON THAT ONE. THAT WAS A SMALL ONE. IT WAS ROCHELLE. YEAH. COME HERE. I TOLD YOU YOU WEREN'T GOING TO SPEAK, BUT YOU GOT ME, I. SORRY. HI THERE. ROCHELLE KOSKI, CFO, PUBLIC WORKS. YES. SO THIS IS THE FISH AND GAME FINES FUND. AND YEAH, WE GO ABOUT TEN YEARS BECAUSE WE GET SO LITTLE FUNDS, WE GET 2000 OR SO ANNUALLY. SO WE GO ABOUT TEN YEARS AND WE ACTUALLY ARE LOOKING AT MAYBE DOING CALL FOR PROJECTS IN 26. OKAY. AND THE REASON I, THAT CAUGHT MY EYE WAS I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE WOLF SITUATION AND PRESERVING THE CATTLE. I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW IT'S MORE ON THE PRESERVATION SIDE FROM WHAT WAS IN THE NARRATIVE THERE, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS KIND OF AT WHAT POINT WE TRIGGERS USING SOME OF THAT FUNDING. I KNOW IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS YEAR MIGHT BE A TIME WHERE WE COULD EXPEND SOME OF THAT. YEAH, IT WAS EARLY 26. SO THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THEN ON THE ROADS BUDGET THERE, AND I THINK YOU MAYBE ALLUDED TO THIS, I NOT SURE I AM CONNECTING THE DOTS APPROPRIATELY, BUT I KNOW FOR IN THE ROAD BUDGET. WE. FOR THE LINE ITEM OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES. WE HAD BUDGETED 24 MILLION FOR THE PAST YEAR AND WE EXPECT TO SPEND 9 MILLION. AND I WAS CURIOUS KIND OF WHAT LED WHAT'S LEADING TO THE GAP THERE, IF THAT'S LIKE WE'RE NOT RECOGNIZING THE REVENUE THAT WE EXPECTED. SO THAT WOULD BE WE HAVE TO PROGRAM ALL OUR PROJECTS AHEAD OF TIME. AND THIS YEAR, I FORGET THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE. WE HOPE TO HAVE A BRIDGE OUT TO BID THIS YEAR. AND SO THAT'S ALL MONEY THAT'S GOING TO BE PASSED THROUGH AND REIMBURSED ONCE IT'S BUILT. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. I FORGET THE NAME. I THINK WE HAD 2 OR 2 BRIDGE PROJECTS WE WANTED TO GET. [01:50:02] SO IF THEY DON'T GET OUT TO BID, WE DON'T WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THE EXPENSE. WE DON'T SEE THE REVENUE, BUT WE HAVE TO BUDGET IT UP FRONT SO WE CAN DO IT. OKAY. AND THEN THE THE AIRPORT, THE FALL RIVER AIRPORT. COULD YOU SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT ACTIVITY HAPPENS AT THE AIRPORT? I KNOW I READ THE NARRATIVE AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT WORLD WAR TWO TRAINING PILOTS AT THAT POINT. AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THIS ACTUALLY BEING USED FOR AND WHY IS THE COUNTY OWNING THIS? BECAUSE I'M TOLD TO. NO. I'M SORRY. NO. I'M KIDDING. IT'S IT'S IT'S A POPULAR AIRPORT FOR LOCAL FOR A LOT OF RECREATION UP THERE. A LOT OF FISHERMEN. IT'S A SMALL AIRPORT. IT WE HAVE HANGARS UP THERE. WE USED TO PROVIDE GAS SERVICE. BUT IT TOOK, IT JUST GOT TO BE VERY, NOT REALISTIC TO TRY TO. EVERY TIME WE BOUGHT A FILL THE TANK WITH GAS, WE HAD TO GET A HALF LOAD OF GAS. WE PAID FOR WHAT IT WAS AND IT JUST WASN'T PROFITABLE. AND WE'RE LOSING MONEY ON IT. BUT NOW WE'RE HAVING A FIXED BASE OPERATOR THAT WANTS TO ACTUALLY COME IN AND, AND RUN THAT FOR US. I FORGET THE NAME OF IT. THEY'RE BUILDING A FACILITY THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO RUN THE GAS. THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT. SO THAT END OF IT IS GOING TO OPERATE ON ITS OWN. AND EXCEPT FOR A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, IT'S ENTIRELY GRANT FUNDED. SO, FOR INSTANCE, THIS YEAR I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO DO 3 OR $600,000 OVERLAY PROJECT OR A REFURBISHMENT SERVICING PROJECT. AND SO YES, IT'S AN AIRPORT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UP IN THE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY IN THE WELL, I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY, BUT AIRPORT WAY IN THE EAST COUNTY. AND IT, IT'S TOUGH TO MAKE ENDS MEET, BUT ALL THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS, WE DO GET KIND OF A REGULAR REVENUE STREAM FROM GRANTS FOR THAT AS TO WHY WE OPERATE IT. IT'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND OUT OF THERE. THE, OH, THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF AGRICULTURE UP THERE. SO I THINK SOME PEOPLE CROP DUST OUT OF THERE. THERE'S ONE GUY. HE'S GOT A CROP DUSTING OPERATION WHERE HE CHARGES THE FARMERS TO COME OUT OF THERE. AND MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IT HAS BEEN USED AS A STAGING AREA FOR FIRE ATTACK. FOR PLANES, HELICOPTERS AND THINGS. ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. I THINK WE HAVE A STANDING AGREEMENT WITH THEM NOW FOR HOW MUCH THEY'LL PAY US, SHOULD THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND USE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. SUPERVISOR. HARMON. ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE DONE? I MIGHT HAVE SOME MORE AFTER YOU'RE DONE. THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU BET. THE AIRPORT. IS THAT PERRY THOMPSON THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THE REFUELING? YES. YES. IT'S ALSO EMERGENCY MEDICAL IS A BIG DEAL THERE. YOU'VE GOT MAYOR'S HOSPITAL IN THAT. CORRECT. THE QUICK WAY TO GET IN AND OUT OF THERE. BUT THANKS FOR THE WORK ON THAT. AND I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S LIKE ALL THE WAY OUT THERE IN THE EAST COUNTY, BUT THE PEOPLE UP THERE AND THEY AND THE FEELINGS ARE WITH MORE SERVICE, THEY EXTENDED THE RUNWAY AND THEN WE OVERLAID THE RUNWAY. IS THAT DONE? THAT ALREADY GOT DONE, DIDN'T IT? THE RESURFACING HASN'T HAPPENED YET. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE WE'RE WAITING ANY DAY. WE'VE GOT THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN TO BID. AND THEN AT THE 11TH HOUR HERE, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE COMMITMENT TO PAY US FOR THE GRANT. SO IT'S READY TO BE AWARDED. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE FAA TO SAY, HEY, HERE'S YOUR MONEY ANYWAY. AND AND, AND IT GOT EXTENDED. THE RUNWAY DID. BUT THE FEELINGS AROUND THERE TALKING TO ALL THE CONSTITUENTS IS THAT IT WOULD GET USED MORE WITH THE, WITH THE REFUELING, REFUELING ABILITY AND, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE EMERGENCY USE. BUT THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I KNOW, I KNOW YOU GOT A LOT ON YOUR PLATE. I'M NOT SURE WHY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM DIDN'T THROW THE REFRIGERATOR IN THE BACK OF HIS PICKUP. HE DOES DRIVE AROUND IN A PICKUP. NO, WE SHOULD HAVE GOT IT. BUT SINCE YOU BRING THAT UP. I HAD A MEETING WITH THE SUPERVISOR HARMON LAST WEEK. YES, SIR. AND ONE THING CAME UP. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A HOG AT THE FAIR THIS WEEK. EAR TAG NUMBER 780. AND HE SAID NOBODY ON THIS BOARD COULD OUTBID HIM FOR THAT HOG. I'M JUST SAYING. OKAY. AND I PROMISED SOMEONE IN PUBLIC WORKS I'D BRING THAT UP. DID YOU GET THE EAR TAG? 780. I THINK I KNOW WHAT I THINK. I KNOW THE NAME ON THAT ONE. OKAY. OKAY. ANYWAY I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT YOU HAVE, AND I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING PERMITTING AND ALL THAT, AND I'M NOT SURE. WHY AREN'T YOU IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC WORKS? WHY DON'T WHY DON'T YOU HAVE JOHN DO THIS PRESENTATION FOR YOU? [01:55:03] WHY IS HE GOING TO SIT BACK HERE SMILING? BECAUSE A WHILE AGO, I THINK SOMEONE SAID I WAS THE BEST LOOKING. THEY WANTED ME TO DO IT. OH, THERE YOU GO. OKAY. ANYWAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CAN THEY NOT FIND THEIR GLASSES EITHER? NOTHING GETS PAST YOU, DOES IT? NO. SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, I WROTE IT DOWN, AND I FORGOT TO ASK YOU WHEN WE WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH THERE. ALPINE MEADOWS. DO WE HAVE UNTIL 2032? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S THAT'S GOOD NEWS. I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT. IN FACT, I SAW OUR FAVORITE INDIVIDUAL UP THERE WHO COULD AFFECT THE MOST. ON SATURDAY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. SO I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. I'M TRYING NOW TO PUT SOME PRESSURE ON THAT WATER BOARD, LIKE LETTING THE REST OF THE TOWN'S FOLKS KNOW, HEY, YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY HOLDING US UP. WE HAVE A WE, WE HAVE A GRANT TO PUT IN FIRE HYDRANTS, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO SHARE WATER WITH US. WE APPRECIATE WORKING THAT ANGLE UP THERE, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND THEN OH, AND SUPERVISOR LONG, I THINK TOMORROW DURING SEAN O'HARA'S PRESENTATION, YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT HE'S GOING AFTER GRANT FOR SOME FUEL REDUCTION MITIGATION STUFF. SO YEAH. SO ANYWAYS, THANKS AGAIN TROY. APPRECIATE IT. SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. YEAH, ONE LAST QUESTION I MISSED ON THE FLEET MANAGEMENT. YES, FLEET MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS. SO THERE IT IS. IT SAYS THE NET COUNTY COST IS A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION, WHICH WILL BE FUNDED BY THE FLEET MANAGEMENT FUND. AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME COMPLEXITY AROUND HOW WE CHARGE OUT TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. THE. AND IT SAYS THAT IT WILL LEAVE THE BALANCE AT 1.6 MILLION IN TERMS OF IN THAT FUND FOR AT THE END OF THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR. ARE WE PLANNING TO REPLENISH THAT? BECAUSE I GUESS MY CONCERN IS IF WE'RE USING 2 MILLION THIS YEAR AND BY THEN, BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, WE EXPECT TO ONLY HAVE 1.5 IN THERE THAT IF WE HAVE TO EXPEND THE SAME AMOUNT NEXT YEAR, THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN WE HAD LEFT IN THERE. SO IT'S IT'S A MOVING TARGET THAT'S BASED UPON A COUPLE OF THINGS. IT'S A MOVING TARGET BASED UPON ONE, THERE'S A MAINTENANCE FUND AND THERE'S ALSO A VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND. THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS WHERE THE MONEY COMES IN AND OUT OF. AND NELDA KEEPS AN EYE ON US TO LET US HAVE SO MUCH WORKING CAPITAL ON HAND TO HAVE TWO MONTHS WORTH. IF WE GET TOO BIG, THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT CASH ON HAND SMALLER. IF WE GET TOO SMALL, THEN MAKE IT BIGGER. AND SO IT'S ALWAYS A MOVING TARGET. AND SO SOME YEARS WE GOT TO CATCH UP ONE WAY, SOME YEARS WE GOT TO CATCH UP THE OTHER. AND IT'S NEVER, NEVER PERFECT. AND BY CATCH UP, DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU NEED MORE WORKING CAPITAL, YOU BILL OUT TO THE DEPARTMENTS, INCREASE THE RATE. OKAY. YOU NEED LESS WORKING CAPITAL. NO, THAT'D BE LESS. YOU KNOW, THEY NEED MORE CAPITAL THAN INCREASE THE RATE. OKAY. THANK YOU. DOES NOT LIKE NEGATIVE CASH. SUPERVISOR HARMON CALLS YOU ONE MORE. ONE MORE? YES. MICROPHONE. LIKE THAT. SUPERVISOR LONG. I FORGOT TO TURN THE MIC ON. THE BACK TO THE. EXCUSE ME. BACK TO THE AIRPORT. YES, THE. WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE NIGHTTIME. I FORGET THE TERM, THE AERONAUTICAL GPS CORRECT THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM SO THEY CAN FLY ON INSTRUMENTS. YES. WHICH WAS ABOUT A, I DON'T KNOW, ROUND ROUND FIGURES, $100,000 DEAL, BUT THERE WAS A 94% OF IT. THERE'S A GRANT, WE'D HAVE TO FRONT IT, BUT THERE'S A GRANT THAT'S AVAILABLE AND WE MIGHT END UP PAYING. AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS SMALL 1 OR 2%. AND THEN WE MIGHT END UP PAYING LIKE 4% OF THAT. IS THAT SOUND FAMILIAR, JOHN? IT IS. JUST COME UP. I'LL LET JOHN EXPLAIN. SORRY, I'M DROPPING THIS ON YOU, BUT I FORGOT TO ASK YOU ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY. CHAIR CRYE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. JOHN HEATH, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. SO FOR THE FOR THE INSTRUMENT LANDING AT THE AIRPORT THAT IT'S ACTUALLY PROGRAMED INTO OUR CAPITAL OR AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE FAA MONEY. SO IT IS A PROGRAMED IN THERE. I BELIEVE IT'S PROGRAMED FOR 20, MAYBE 27 OR 28. SO THERE IS MONEY AVAILABLE FOR IT, BUT IT IS AT A FURTHER POINT IN TIME. SO SO IS IT ON OUR RADAR? IS IT IT IS FIGURATIVELY AND LITERALLY ON OUR RADAR. YEAH. FOR SURE. IT IS IN OUR AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THAT IS CORRECT. DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF TIME. I BELIEVE IT'S I BELIEVE IT'S FISCAL YEAR 27, 28 IS WHEN WE HAVE HAVE THE FAA COMMITMENT TO FUND THAT. TROY TOLD ME TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE HE WANTED TO MAKE YOU GET UP AND TALK, JUST SO YOU KNOW, BUT THANK YOU. WHO'S BETTER LOOKING? COME ON. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DON'T MAKE ME UNLEASH THE HAIR. OKAY? I THINK WE'RE GOOD, TROY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU BET. ALL RIGHT. [02:00:02] OUR LAST ONE, I BELIEVE, FOR THE DAY. MR. EWING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. WELCOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING OR GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CRYE AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SEAN EWING DIRECTOR OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT HERE. BEFORE YOU, AS A NEW DIRECTOR, PRESENTING FOR THE FIRST TIME THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526. I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND I'D LIKE TO START BY HIGHLIGHTING THE APPROACH I'VE TAKEN IN PREPARING MY PRESENTATION. ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING QUESTIONS I'VE BEEN ASKED SINCE BEING THE DIRECTOR IS WHAT IS YOUR DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY DO? THIS ISN'T A CHALLENGING QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. WHAT MAKES IT CHALLENGING IS HOW TO PROVIDE A BRIEF RESPONSE THAT ACTUALLY CAPTURES THE DEPTH OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND SERVICES THE DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE TO THE COUNTY AND ITS CITIZENS. CONTEMPLATING THIS QUESTION LED ME TO TAKE THE SAME APPROACH WHEN PREPARING WHEN PREPARING TO DISCUSS A REQUESTED BUDGET. ESSENTIALLY, I'M HERE BEFORE YOU REQUESTING FOR YOU TO INVEST IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AS YOU HAVE IN THE PAST. BUT AS PART OF THAT REQUEST, IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO EDUCATE YOU ABOUT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND HOPEFULLY HELP YOU TO SEE THE VALUE IN THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE. THE DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WAS ESTABLISHED IN MAY OF 1992. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CONSISTS OF THE AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PLANNING DIVISION, BUILDING DIVISION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION. THE PURPOSE FOR CONSOLIDATING THESE COUNTY SERVICES MORE THAN 33 YEARS AGO WAS TO ESTABLISH A UNIFIED PERMITTING AUTHORITY AND A ONE STOP PERMIT CENTER. THIS APPROACH PROVIDES FOR A STREAMLINED PERMITTING PROCESS WHERE CUSTOMERS ARE NO LONGER RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING THE GO BETWEEN FOR MULTIPLE COUNTY AGENCIES. WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, THE CUSTOMER SIMPLY SUBMITS THEIR APPLICATION AT THE SHASTA COUNTY CONSOLIDATED PERMIT CENTER AND THE PERMIT CENTER STAFF IDENTIFY WHAT SIGN OFFS ARE OFFICER NECESSARY AND ROOTS THE PERMIT APPLICATION APPROPRIATELY. THIS DEPARTMENTAL STRUCTURE ALSO PROVIDES THE ABILITY TO RESOLVE INTERDEPARTMENTAL PERMITTING CONFLICTS IN REAL TIME. AUTHORITY TO MAKE BINDING DECISIONS ON PERMIT CONDITIONS, CODE INTERPRETATIONS AND REGULATORY DISCREPANCIES AND PROCEDURES FOR INTERNAL CONSULTATION, DOCUMENTATION AND APPEAL IF NEEDED. IT'S WORTH NOTING THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES JUST RECENTLY ESTABLISHED MULTIPLE ONE STOP RECOVERING PERMIT CENTERS AS A RESULT OF THE DEVASTATING WILDFIRES, FOR THE SAME REASONS THAT SHASTA COUNTY DID MANY YEARS AGO. SHASTA COUNTY WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME WITH THIS CONCEPT THROUGH ITS FOUR DIVISIONS COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IS ABLE TO SUPPLY THE PUBLIC WITH A VARIETY OF IMPORTANT SERVICES AND INFORMATION. THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IS TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES OF THE COUNTY, PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF ITS RESIDENTS, AND PROTECT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THESE FUNCTIONS TAKE PLACE. THE INTEGRATED NATURE OF THE DEPARTMENT IS STRUCTURED TO RESPOND TO THIS CHALLENGE THROUGH MANAGEMENT OF PERSONNEL AND RESOURCES TO FULFILL THE TARGET GOAL OF WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COUNTY AND ITS CITIZENS. EACH DIVISION HAS A DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT ORIENTATION AND RANGE OF RESPONSIBILITIES, YET THIS BLEND OF SKILLS AND EXPERTISE ALLOWS A DEPARTMENT WIDE LATITUDE AND FLEXIBILITY TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY'S RESIDENTS AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE BUDGET UNIT. ALTHOUGH RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS BUDGET UNIT, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT'S USE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION OF THESE FUNDS IS LIMITED TO THE HIRING OF A CONSULTANT TO PREPARE THE ANNUAL REPORTING, AS REQUIRED BY LAW FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSPARENCY. OTHERWISE, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT HAS NO AUTHORITY ON HOW THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES ARE EXPENDED BY THE COUNTY, NOR HAD IT RECEIVED FUNDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE FEES AND ANY AND THE OVERSIGHT OF THE BUDGET UNIT. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT UNDERSTANDS THE COUNTY'S DESIRE TO FULLY EXPAND THESE FUNDS AND DISCONTINUE THE PROGRAM. WE'RE READY TO ASSIST ON THIS PRIORITY AS DIRECTED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT IN YESTERDAY'S PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE SLIDE REPRESENTED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AS HAVING THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS, WITH THE DIFFERENCE OF OVER 3.3 MILLION. I WANT TO BE SURE. TO BE SURE IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT ALMOST 2.3 MILLION OF THOSE APPROPRIATIONS GO DIRECTLY TO COUNTY PROJECTS THAT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IS NOT INVOLVED WITH. WE SIMPLY MANAGE THE BUDGET UNIT AND TRANSFER THE FUNDS AS INSTRUCTED. STAFFING CHANGES POSITIONS REQUESTED IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM FISCAL YEAR 2425, BUT RESULT IN A NO NET INCREASE. ONE AIR POLLUTION INSPECTOR POSITION IS REQUESTED TO BE DELETED FROM THE AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. NO CHANGES ARE REQUESTED FOR PLANNING DIVISION. [02:05:02] A RECLASSIFICATION FROM PERMIT CENTER MANAGER TO A LOWER CLASS OF SUPERVISING PERMIT SPECIALIST, AND ONE ADDITIONAL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITION ARE REQUESTED FOR THE BUILDING DIVISION. NO POSITION CHANGES ARE REQUESTED FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION. HOWEVER, A VACANT COMMUNITY EDUCATION SPECIALIST POSITION WILL REMAIN VACANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526. THIS RESULTS IN SIX FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS IN THE AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, 11 IN THE PLANNING DIVISION, 21 IN THE BUILDING DIVISION AND 20 IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION FOR DEPARTMENT. TOTAL OF 58. THE FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STAFF ARE VARIED AND REQUIRE AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND IN MANY CASES REQUIRE SPECIAL CERTIFICATIONS OR REGISTRATION. THE ABILITY TO SHIFT STAFF DURING LEAVES OF ABSENCES TO MAINTAIN AN EXPECTED LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE IS LIMITED DUE TO THE TECHNICAL NATURE OF EACH POSITION. THIS MOST COMMONLY RESULTS IN THE DEPARTMENT'S MANAGEMENT TEAM TAKING ON ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD AND WORKING WELL BEYOND THE NORMAL 40 HOUR WORKWEEK. WHEN THIS OCCURS, IT LIMITS THE DEPARTMENT'S CAPACITY TO PURSUE NEW PROGRAMS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR IMPROVED EFFICIENCIES. DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES, THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS ITS OPERATIONS AND LOOK FOR WAYS TO INCORPORATE AUTOMATION AND ADDITIONAL ONLINE RESOURCES TO HELP ADDRESS THE HIGH VOLUME OF CUSTOMER INQUIRIES THAT, WITH THE HOPES OF FREEING UP STAFF TIME FOR OTHER ESSENTIAL TASKS. THE SHASTA COUNTY AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS DEDICATED TO THE PROTECTION OF AIR QUALITY AND THE SAFEGUARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR ALL OF SHASTA COUNTY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS AND REGULATIONS, WHILE SUPPORTING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. THE DISTRICT IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1988 AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL CLEAN AIR ACT OF FEDERAL CLEAN AIR ACT. THE DISTRICT FUNCTIONS AS PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD REGARDING RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. DISTRICT STAFF PROCESS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS TO CONSTRUCT EMISSION DEVICES, CONTROL DEVICES AND ISSUES. PERMITS TO OPERATE, WHICH ARE RENEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. PERMITTING. INCLUDES STATIONARY SOURCES OF AIR EMISSIONS SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VAPOR RECOVERY FOR FUEL STORAGE TANKS, COMMERCIAL BACKUP GENERATORS, AGGREGATE PLANTS, ETC.. DISTRICT STAFF IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING BURN BURNING PERMITS FOR AGRICULTURAL FOREST MANAGEMENT, LAND CLEARING AND HAZARD REDUCTION BURNING PROJECTS. THE DISTRICT ESTIMATES RELEASE OF AIR CONTAMINANTS AND MAINTAINS AN EMISSIONS INVENTORY INVENTORY TO TRACK EMISSIONS OF ALL PERMITTED DEVICES. THE DISTRICT OPERATES MONITORING DEVICES TO OBTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING CONCENTRATIONS OF PARTICULATE MATTER AND OZONE AIR POLLUTANTS THAT MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE HEALTH OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, OR MAY DAMAGE VEGETATION AND OTHER MATERIALS. LONG RANGE PLANNING ACTIVITIES OF THE DISTRICT INCLUDES THE ADMINISTRATION OF INCENTIVE AND GRANT PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM NON-STATIONARY SOURCES. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE DISTRICT IS TO TAKE THE APPROPRIATE STEPS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THE AIR QUALITY OF OUR COUNTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CITIZENS. THE PLANNING DIVISION SERVES AS THE LAND USE INFORMATION CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY. PLANNING DIVISION STAFF IS AVAILABLE NINE HOURS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS QUESTIONS RELATED TO LAND USE MATTERS SUCH AS REZONING, GENERAL PLAN, DESIGNATION, LAND DIVISIONS AND USE PERMITS, AND TO DIRECT THE PUBLIC TO THE COUNTY, TO OTHER COUNTY AND OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT REVIEW PLANNING APPLICATIONS. PLANNING DIVISION STAFF STRIVE TO BE AS FORTHCOMING AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE TO MAKE LIGHT OF ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES, A PROPOSED PROJECT MAY ENCOUNTER CHALLENGES OF PROPOSED PROJECT MAY ENCOUNTER. THE DEPARTMENT STAFF HAS A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS BY WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPERS TO HELP FACILITATE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE COUNTY. THE MAPPING UNIT MAINTAINS ALL PLANNING GIS MAPS THAT CONTAINS THE MOST ESSENTIAL GIS DATA FOR DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS PARCEL BOUNDARIES WITH ASSESSOR PARCELS, NUMBERS, PLANNING AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DATA INCLUDING ZONING, GENERAL PLANS, SNOW LOAD CONTOURS, FLOOD HAZARDS, ETC. THE MAPPING UNIT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDRESSING FOR EXISTING AND NEW PARCELS BASED ON UNIFORM SYSTEM THAT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE USPS DELIVERY SYSTEM AND SATISFIES THE NEEDS OF OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES, INCLUDING FIRE AND SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS. THE NEED FOR AN INTEGRATED ROAD NAMING SYSTEM AND STREET ADDRESSING SYSTEM IS NECESSARY TO AVOID MISSING OR CONFLICTING ROAD NAMES. THE PLANNING DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING APPLICATIONS FOR WILLIAMSON ACT CONTRACTS, AGRICULTURAL PRESERVES THAT ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR SPECIFIC AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION DISTRICTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROPRIATE STATE REGULATIONS. THE PLANNING DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL [02:10:04] REVIEW FOR ALL PROJECTS SUBJECT TO SEQUA AND AND THOSE THAT ARE UNDER UNDER ITS JURISDICTION. THE PLANNING DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION RECLAMATION ACT, REFERRED TO AS MARA. THIS INCLUDES ANNUAL INSPECTIONS, ANNUAL REPORTING AND APPLICATION REVIEW AND APPROVAL. THE PLANNING DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ROUTINE BUILDING PERMIT ZONE PLAN REVIEW FOR MINISTERIAL TYPE PROJECTS, AS WELL AS PROCESSING OF PROJECT APPLICATIONS FOR PROPERTY LINE ADJUSTMENTS, LAND USE DETERMINATION, CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE VARIANCES, SHORT TERM RENTALS, PRE-APPLICATION PERMITS, ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT, ZONING PERMIT USE PERMITS. ZONE AMENDMENT AND TRACK MAPS. THE PLANNING DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE, IMPLEMENTATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF THE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN, THE COUNTY ZONING PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CALIFORNIA OF SEQUA. THE PLANNING DIVISION ALSO FUNCTIONS AS A PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION AS WELL AS AIRPORT LAND USE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. THE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS OF THE BUILDING DIVISION IS TO SAFEGUARD THE LIFE, HEALTH AND PROPERTY OF SHASTA COUNTY RESIDENTS THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE AND STATE HOUSING LAW. THE ADOPTED STANDARDS INVOLVE DESIGN, MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, USE, OCCUPANCY, AND LOCATION OF ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY. THE BUILDING DIVISION STRIVES TO IMPLEMENT THESE STANDARDS IN A FAIR AND CONSISTENT FASHION, WHILE MAINTAINING AN OPEN DIALOG WITH THE PUBLIC AND VARIOUS BUILDING TRADES. THE ENTIRE TEAM VALUES AND ENCOURAGES DEVELOPMENT BY WORKING ACROSS BOUNDARIES TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. MUCH OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT MUCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS WITHIN THE COUNTY'S JURISDICTION IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, WITH SOME COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TYPE PROJECTS. MANY OF THE CUSTOMERS WE WORK WITH ON A DAILY BASIS ARE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BUILDING PROCESS. PART OF OUR ROLE AS THE COUNTY BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS TO HELP TO EDUCATE AND INFORM OUR CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITY OF THE PROCESS AND AND WHAT IS NECESSARY TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS. THE MOST CRITICAL MINDSET WE STRIVE TO PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN IS THE FACT THAT THE, THAT THE DEPARTMENT STAFF ARE NOT IN OPPOSITION OR AGAINST OUR CUSTOMERS IN THE BUILDING PROCESS. WE'RE ALL PART OF THE SAME TEAM WORKING TOWARDS HELPING THE INDIVIDUALS PROJECT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE MANDATED HEALTH AND SAFETY ASPECTS THAT ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INDIVIDUAL AS WELL AS THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. THE BUILDING DIVISION ALSO SERVES AS A CODE ENFORCEMENT ARM OF THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH REQUIRES TIMELY INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS WITH WHEN RELATED TO ORDINANCES, RULES AND REGULATIONS WHICH AFFECT THE LIFE AND SAFETY AND PROPERTY OF OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE CANNOT BE ACHIEVED, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM THEN MUST PRIORITIZE THE MOST EGREGIOUS CASES TO TAKE TO NUISANCE ABATEMENT HEARINGS. UPON RECEIPT OF A SUCCESSFUL JUDGMENT FROM THE HEARING, OFFICER, CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM IS THEN ABLE TO, AS FUNDING ALLOWS, PROCEED WITH NUISANCE ABATEMENT THROUGH THE USE OF A CLEANUP CONTRACTOR. NUISANCE ABATEMENT BY THE COUNTY IS COSTLY AND UNFORTUNATELY, FUNDING IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR A SELECT FEW. EACH FISCAL YEAR. IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, WITH THE HOPES OF GAINING VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. AS PART OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS. THE BUILDING DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PLAN, REVIEW AND INSPECTION OF GRADING AND EARTHWORK PROJECTS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY. BUILDING STAFF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING GRADING PLANS TO ENSURE THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COUNTY GRADING STANDARDS. THIS REVIEW ALSO INCLUDES REQUIRED EROSION CONTROL MEASURES TAKEN TO ENSURE THE STABILITY OF THE MATERIAL BEING DISTURBED WHILE THE WORK IS BEING PERFORMED, AS WELL AS EROSION CONTROL MEASURES AFTER THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED. THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS STARTS WITH AN APPLICATION PROPOSED APPLICANT'S PROPOSED PROJECT WITH A SET OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS IDENTIFYING THE SCOPE OF WORK. BUILDING DIVISION STAFF REVIEWED THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SHASTA COUNTY STANDARDS, AS WELL AS THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE. ONCE COMPLIANCE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AND ALL NECESSARY SIGN OFFS ARE COMPLETED, THE PERMIT IS ISSUED AND THE WORK IS AUTHORIZED TO PROCEED. BUILDING INSPECTIONS ARE PERFORMED PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. ONCE ALL INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AND ALL WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THE DEPARTMENT ISSUES A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RECEIVING AND REVIEWING PLANS AND APPLICATIONS, AND PERFORMING INSPECTIONS FOR A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF SHASTA COUNTY, AS WELL AS INCORPORATED CITIES OF REDDING, ANDERSON AND SHASTA LAKE. LAND USE PROJECTS ARE REVIEWED BY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STAFF FOR CONSISTENCY [02:15:04] AND COMPLIANCE WITH ITS REGULATED PROGRAMS. EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS MOST FREQUENTLY REVIEWED ARE PROPOSED SUBDIVISIONS. PARCEL MAPS. ESTABLISHMENT OF SECOND RESIDENCES. ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. IN AREAS SERVED BY SEPTIC SYSTEMS OR INDIVIDUAL SMALL PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS. A VALID PERMIT TO DRILL, DESTROY, DEEP AND OR RECONDITION A WELL IS REQUIRED IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTY. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STAFF MUST BE PRESENT TO VERIFY PROPER PLACEMENT OF THE SANITARY SEAL AROUND THE WELL CASING. CALIFORNIA LAW STATES THAT A FOOD FACILITY SHALL NOT OPEN FOR BUSINESS WITHOUT A VALID PERMIT. IN SHASTA COUNTY, THESE PERMITS ARE OBTAINED FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. RETAIL FOOD FACILITIES INCLUDE. ANY FACILITY THAT STORES, PREPARES, SERVES, MANUFACTURERS, PACKAGES, TRANSPORTS, SALVAGES OR OTHERWISE HANDLES FOODS FOR DISPENSING FOR SALE DIRECTLY TO THE CONSUMER. EXAMPLES OF TYPES OF FACILITIES REGULATED INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED, LIMITED TO, RESTAURANTS, MARKETS, BAKERIES, CATERING TRUCKS, FOOD CARTS, VENDING MACHINES, FARMERS MARKETS, ETC.. MOST FACILITIES ARE INSPECTED MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR. THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION IS CERTIFIED BY THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AS A CERTIFIED UNIFIED PROGRAM AGENCY REFERRED TO AS CUPA FOR ALL ALL OF SHASTA COUNTY, INCLUDING THE INCORPORATED CITIES. THE COOPER PROGRAM COVERS FIVE SEPARATE AREAS RELATED TO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL STORAGE, WHICH INCLUDE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS, HAZARDOUS MATERIAL BUSINESS PLANS, HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATOR AND TREATMENT, ABOVEGROUND PETROLEUM STORAGE AND ACCIDENTAL RELEASE AND PREVENTION OF EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. PERMITS ARE REQUIRED TO OPERATE ORGANIZED CAMPS, MOTELS, BOARDING HOMES AND BOTH THE COUNTY AND INCORPORATED CITIES. ANNUAL INSPECTIONS CHECK FOR COMPLIANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF THE STATE HOUSING LAWS. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IS A LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT, WHICH REGULATES THE STORAGE, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF MEDICAL WASTE, SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SHARPS AND BIOHAZARDS. LARGE QUANTITY GENERATORS AND FACILITIES THAT TREAT MEDICAL WASTE ON SITE MUST OBTAIN A PERMIT TO OPERATE FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND INSPECTIONS ARE COMPLETED ANNUALLY. A PERMIT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IS REQUIRED TO OPERATE SMALL PUBLIC COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM AND STATE SMALL WATER SYSTEMS. WATER IS SAMPLED AND ANALYZED FOR BACTERIA, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CONTAMINANTS AT VARIOUS FREQUENCIES DETERMINED BY THE TYPE OF PERMIT. A PERMIT IS REQUIRED TO OPERATE A PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL AND OR SPA. PUBLIC POOL IS DEFINED BY STATE REGULATION TO INCLUDE ANY ANY COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY POOL, WHETHER IT'S TRAILER PARKS, APARTMENT, HOUSE, GYMNASIUM OR HEALTH ESTABLISHMENT. INSPECTIONS ARE COMPLETED TO CHECK FOR PROPER MAINTENANCE OF THESE FACILITIES INCLUDED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FILTRATION, PUMPING, SAFETY AND DISINFECTION OF AYE OF EQUIPMENT, PIPING, WATER QUALITY AND TESTING RECORDS PRIOR TO ANY CONSTRUCTION OF A RESIDENTIAL POOL WHERE THE HOUSE UTILIZES ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, AN APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CHECKS REQUIRED SETBACKS TO THE EXISTING SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM AND REPLACEMENT AREA. STATE LAW REQUIRES A PERMIT FOR ANYONE IN THE BUSINESS OF PUMPING SEPTIC TANKS, CESSPOOLS, CHEMICAL TOILETS, ETC. THOSE ARE OBTAINED THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. A PERMIT IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW, NEW OR REPLACEMENT SEPTIC TANK IN LEACH FIELD, REFERRED TO AS AN ON SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, OR OWTSOW TS. PERMITS ARE ISSUED AFTER ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. DETERMINE A SITE IS SUITABLE AND MEETS COUNTY STANDARDS. PERMIT WAIVER MAY BE REQUIRED WHEN ISSUING BUILDING PERMITS FOR A BUILDING OR MOBILE HOME. WHEN THE PROPERTY UTILIZES AN O W SYSTEM AND WATER WELL. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MAY TAKE WATER SAMPLES OTHER THAN FOR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS OR HOME LOANS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FOOD FACILITIES AND TO ADDRESS COMPLAINTS. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IS CERTIFIED BY CALRECYCLE AS LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR SOLID WASTE PROGRAM, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERMITS AND INSPECTS ALL ACTIVE AND ACTIVE ENCLOSED TRANSFER STATION AND DISPOSAL SITES. BODY ART FACILITIES MUST BE PERMITTED AND BODY ART PRACTITIONERS MUST BE REGISTERED BY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. BODY ART FACILITIES AND PRACTITIONERS ARE INSPECTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAWS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES ENGAGED IN TATTOOING, BODY PIERCING, BRANDING AND APPLICATION OF PERMANENT COSMETICS. COMMUNITY HEALTH. COMMUNITY EDUCATION HELPS TO INFORM RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS ABOUT THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PROPERLY DISPOSE OF SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MATERIALS, [02:20:01] WHILE PROMOTING RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION. COMMUNITY EDUCATION OVERSEAS GRANTS WHICH SUPPORT FREE WASTE, TIRE AND HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION EVENTS. WATER BOTTLE REFILL STATIONS FOR SCHOOLS, SUPPORT FOR USED OIL RECYCLING FACILITIES AND MORE. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425, THE AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT HAS ISSUED 499 BURN PERMITS, 47 NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS, 65 NOTICES TO COMPLY, 52 WOOD SMOKE REDUCTION VOUCHERS WORTH OVER 337,000, AND THERE HAVE BEEN AN ESTIMATED OF 575 INSPECTIONS PERFORMED, AS WELL AS 189 PRESCRIBED BURN REQUEST PROCESS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 6409 ACRES. THE GOAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526 ARE TO REPLACE AGING EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS UPDATING THE NORTH SACRAMENTO VALLEY TRIENNIAL ATTAINMENT PLAN, AND TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INCREASED MOTOR MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425, PLANNING STAFF COMPLETED 978 ZONE PLAN REVIEWS RECEIVED 152 PLANNING PROJECT APPLICATIONS. PREPARED A DRAFT INTERMODAL SHIPPING CONTAINER ORDINANCE AND SMALL LOT AGRICULTURAL ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. A MEDIA CAMPAIGN WAS ALSO COMPLETED TO ADVERTISE THE AVAILABILITY OF COUNTY SPONSORED, FREE, PRE-APPROVED ADU PLANS. THE PLANNING DIVISION GOALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526 ARE TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE TIME ACCOUNTING SYSTEM TO COMPLETE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE DIVISION'S ADOPTED FEE SCHEDULE TO ENSURE COST RECOVERY AND MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL COOPERATION TO IMPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITHIN THE COUNTY'S JURISDICTION, AND TO TAKE STEPS NECESSARY OR STEPS TO INCENTIVIZE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TO HELP THE COUNTY ACHIEVE ITS HOUSING NEEDS. THE SHASTA COUNTY PERMIT CENTER PRIMARY MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY IS UNDER THE BUILDING DIVISION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425. PERMIT SPECIALISTS, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS COUNTY STAFF, SERVED OR RESPONDED TO APPROXIMATELY 12,859 CUSTOMERS. THE NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE INQUIRIES ROUTED DIRECTLY TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUILDING INSPECTORS, PLAN REVIEWERS, PLANNING STAFF OR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. THIS NUMBER REPRESENTS THE CUSTOMERS ASSISTED BY THE PERMIT CENTER STAFF THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN ACTUAL PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR. THERE WERE TWO 2656 APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED. TWO. TWO OVER 2000 PLANS REVIEWED. 303,313 PERMITS ISSUED. OVER 6000 INSPECTIONS COMPLETED. OVER 2500 PERMITS. FINALED. 267 CODE COMPLAINTS INITIATED. 200 CODE COMPLAINTS PROCESSED. 96 CODE VIOLATIONS INITIATED AND 148 VIOLATIONS CLOSED. FIVE NUISANCE ABATEMENT HEARINGS. TWO NUISANCE ABATEMENT NUISANCE ABATEMENT CLEANUPS WITH THE COST TO THE GENERAL FUND OF 38,000/30 $8,000 AND FIVE VOLUNTARY NUISANCE ABATEMENT CLEANUPS, FOR A TOTAL OF $112,000. THERE ARE THREE MORE SCHEDULED THAT EXCEED $178,000 FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO REBUILD THE PROGRAM AND REESTABLISH THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH COUNTY COUNCIL, THE SHERIFF, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR AND OUTSIDE AGENCIES SUCH AS REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD AND FISH AND WILDLIFE ON JOINT CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. EFFORTS. THE KEY TAKEAWAY IN REVIEWING THESE NUMBERS IS TO UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL OF INTERACTION THE DEPARTMENT HAS WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE HIGH STRESS ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT STAFF MUST BE ABLE TO OPERATE IN. WHEN RECRUITING FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS. THIS SOMETIMES IS IS A SHOCK TO THE NEW STAFF. CUSTOMERS GENERALLY HAVE A HIGH EXPECTATION TO HAVE IMMEDIATE RESPONSES TO THEIR QUESTIONS. REGARDLESS OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE QUESTION OR AVAILABILITY OF THE STAFF. THE DEPARTMENT STAFF WORK VERY HARD TO PROVIDE TIMELY RESPONSES TO INQUIRIES AS THEY ARE RECEIVED, AND TO PROVIDE QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THE BUILDING DIVISION GOALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526 ARE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REAL TIME ROOFTOP SOLAR PERMITTING, UTILIZING SIMEON SOFTWARE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH COUNTY COUNCIL TO IMPROVE AND STREAMLINE THE ADMINISTRATIVE CREATIVE PROCESS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND TO TAKE MORE OF AN ACTIVE ROLE IN CANNABIS RELATED CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE OF CERTIFICATIONS AND BUILDING INSPECTORS, AND CERTIFICATIONS OF BUILDING INSPECTORS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. THE BUILDING DIVISION WILL ALSO BE TAKING THE SAME MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL COOPERATION EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITHIN THE COUNTY. THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION PROCESSES AND INSPECTS OVER 2400 FACILITIES COVERING 13 PROGRAMS AS WELL AS ISSUE PERMITS FOR AND INSPECTS ON SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND WELLS. FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAS COMPLETED OVER 4600 [02:25:02] INSPECTIONS, INCLUDING ROUTINE COMPLAINT AND INSPECTIONS SO FAR IN FISCAL YEAR 2425. THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION SECTION HAD HOSTED HAS HOSTED FOUR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION EVENTS. TWO WASTE TIRE COLLECTION EVENTS FACILITATED THE REMOVAL OF OVER 1700 WASTE TIRES FROM TWO PROPERTIES PROVIDED, TEN LITTER REDUCTION AND BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING PRESENTATIONS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. INSTALLED FOUR WATER WATER BOTTLE REFILLING STATIONS AND SCHOOLS AND HANDED OUT OVER 260 OIL RECYCLING KITS. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DROUGHT RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM AND IN FISCAL YEAR 2425, SUBMITTED A REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST WHICH WAS APPROVED FOR EXPENDITURES INCURRED DURING FISCAL YEAR 2324 AND THE AMOUNT OF OVER $353,000, BRINGING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENT TO OVER 2 MILLION. IN FISCAL YEAR 2526, THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION PLANS TO UPDATE THE COUNTY'S ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM ORDINANCE AND LOCAL AGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENT A NEW DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO MANAGE ALL FACILITY PERMITTING, INSPECTIONS, INVOICING, ETC. THE TABLE SHOWN HERE INDICATES THE BUDGET UNITS. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. ALONG WITH THE CORRESPONDING GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION FOR THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425. COMPARED TO THE REQUESTED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526. GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION INCREASE FOR INCREASED SOME FOR THE BUILDING AND PLANNING DIVISIONS AND DECREASED FOR AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION FOR A TOTAL DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION INCREASE OF 41,798. THAT EQUATES TO LESS THAN 1% INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. THE INCREASE IN GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION IS A RESULT OF REVENUE FROM APPLICANT INITIATED PLANNING PROJECTS AND BUILDING PERMITS BEING ESTIMATED TO REMAIN RELATIVELY FLAT WHILE DEPARTMENT COSTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. THE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO BE CONSERVATIVE WITH EXPENDITURES. HOWEVER, MANY EXPENDITURES ARE OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO CONTROL. THE DESIRE TO KEEP OPERATIONAL COSTS FROM INCREASING IS UNDERSTOOD AND APPRECIATED, BUT THE IDEA OF DO MORE WITH LESS WITHOUT A COOPERATIVE APPROACH IS ONLY PUTTING OUR DEPARTMENT FURTHER BEHIND. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT PROVIDING MORE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO BE THE ONLY ANSWER. AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD, I WOULD WELCOME AND ENCOURAGE A COUNTY WIDE EFFORT TO LOOK AT EACH DEPARTMENT INDIVIDUALLY, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR OPERATIONS, AND TO STRATEGIZE ON STEPS THAT COULD BE TAKEN TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY, IN TURN, REDUCE COSTS TO THE COUNTY AND ITS CITIZENS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING BETTER SERVICE. NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND OR PROCESSES MAY BE AVAILABLE THAT, WITH AN INITIAL INVESTMENT, COULD RESULT IN EFFICIENCIES AND SAVINGS AFTER IMPLEMENTATION, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STRUGGLES TO MAINTAIN DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS, LET ALONE RESEARCH, FUND AND IMPLEMENT ANY POTENTIAL NEW TECHNOLOGIES OR PROCESSES WITHOUT EARLY BUY IN AND SUPPORT FROM THE DECISION MAKERS. I'VE RECENTLY MET WITH THE INTERIM HHS AGENCY DIRECTOR AND TWO SUPERVISORS TO DISCUSS IDEAS ON HOW TO IMPROVE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES WITHIN THE COUNTY, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO ASSIST THE COUNTY. ASSIST IN MEETING THE COUNTY'S HOUSING NEEDS. THE INITIAL MEETING WAS TO DISCUSS IDEAS ON HOW TO TAKE A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH IN EVALUATING ALL STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AND WORK TOWARDS ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES THE COUNTY COULD CONSIDER INVESTING IN TO BEGIN MAKING NECESSARY CHANGES TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS. I BELIEVE WITH THE PROPER INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT, THESE FUTURE DISCUSSIONS WILL GREATLY BENEFIT THE COUNTY AND ITS CITIZENS, AS WELL AS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES AND REDUCE OPERATIONAL COSTS IN THE LONG RUN. THIS IS A TYPE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT I BELIEVE THE COUNTY NEEDS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT NEEDED IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE CHANGE THAT I BELIEVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COMMUNITY IS SEEKING. THE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING TO BREAK FROM THE CYCLE OF STATUS QUO, AND IS FOCUSED ON TAKING THE CHALLENGE OF LOOKING AT THINGS FROM A FRESH PERSPECTIVE TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE. I BELIEVE THE COUNTY IS IN AN EXCELLENT POSITION TO BENEFIT FROM THIS TYPE OF PERSPECTIVE FROM MY DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OTHERS. I'M HOPEFUL THE SUPPORT WILL BE THERE TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH UTILIZES VARIOUS GRANTS TO MEET STATE MANDATES, REDUCE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTIONS WITH REIMBURSEMENTS OF STAFF TIME, AND PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH FREE, SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION AND DROUGHT RELATED SERVICES. THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES ARE PROVIDED TO SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE GRANTS. BUT FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I WILL ONLY BRIEFLY MENTION THEM. ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE THE BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING CITY AND COUNTY PAYMENT PROGRAM THAT HELPS THE COUNTY MEET A B 341 MANDATES BY PROMOTING BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER ABATEMENT. THE USED OIL RECYCLING PAYMENT PROGRAM HELPS TO REDUCE IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF USED OIL AND FILTERS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. [02:30:04] THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS WERE SECURED TO EXTEND THE LONGEVITY OF THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE FUND BALANCE. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A ONE DAY OR PROVIDES ONE DAY HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION TO ALL RESIDENTS OF SHASTA COUNTY TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THERE ARE MULTIPLE WASTE TIRE GRANT PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW DEPARTMENT TO HOLD FREE, ONE DAY WASTE TIRE COLLECTION EVENTS FOR RESIDENTS OF SHASTA COUNTY, AS WELL AS TO REMOVE ILLEGALLY DUMPED TIRES FROM NONAGRICULTURAL ZONED PROPERTIES TO PROTECT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THE SB 1383 LOCAL ASSISTANCE GRANT PROVIDES FUNDING TO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO ASSIST WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MANDATORY REGULATION REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATEWIDE MANDATORY ORGANIC WASTE COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS. THE LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCY GRANT PROGRAM, OR GRANT FUNDS THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE SUPPORT OF SOLID WASTE FACILITY PERMITS AND INSPECTION PROGRAMS. THE MICROENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN. OPERATION GRANT IS TO HELP WITH COMPLIANCE REGULATION OF HOME KITCHEN OPERATIONS. THE DROUGHT RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM GRANT HAS PROVIDED BOTTLED DRINKING WATER, HAULED BULK WATER TO EXISTING STORAGE TANK FOR DOMESTIC USE AND INSTALLATION OF WATER STORAGE TANK. WELL. PUMP REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT AND WELL REPAIR, INCLUDING CASING, CLEAN CASING, CLEANING, AND RELINING. THE GRANT PROGRAM HAS ALSO COVERED ANY OF THE REQUIRED PERMIT FEES. THE FARM AND FARM AND RANCH SOLID WASTE CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT GRANT PROGRAM WAS OBTAINED TO HELP COVER THE COSTS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT, CLEANUP OF ILLEGALLY DUMPED MATERIAL ON FARM AND RANCH PROPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED OR AUTHORIZED FOR, OR HAS BEEN USED FOR AGRICULTURAL OR RANGELAND PROGRAM. WILL BE ESSENTIAL IN ASSISTING NUISANCE ABATEMENT CLEANUP EFFORTS WITHIN THE COUNTY. THE CALIFORNIA AUTOMATED PERMIT PROCESSING GRANT HAS BEEN AWARDED AND WILL HELP OFFSET THE COST OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REAL TIME ROOFTOP SOLAR PERMITTING SOFTWARE THAT THE COUNTY IS LEGALLY REQUIRED TO HAVE AVAILABLE TO APPLICANTS. REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THIS GRANT CANNOT OCCUR UNTIL AFTER IMPLEMENTATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION. THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT ADDITIONAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR BUILDING AND OR PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FORWARD ANY INFORMATION OR MAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON RESOURCES THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO HELP US BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AT A REDUCED COST TO THE COUNTY'S GENERAL FUND. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THAT WASN'T VERY THOROUGH. ALL RIGHT. SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM. YEAH. SEAN. THANK YOU AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. I MEAN, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND IT'S YEAH, YOU THESE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE JUST BEEN FANTASTIC AND GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND TRYING TO TURN THAT SHIP AROUND. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF THAT. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR ENTIRE TEAM. SO THANK YOU TO YOU ALL. AND THANK YOU FOR DIGGING INTO THAT AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT THING. I MEAN, THAT WAS A CAN OF WORMS THERE THAT YOU UNCOVERED. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT AND FIX THAT FOR THE FUTURE. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OR POINT OUT IN THE BUILDING INSPECTION PORTION I NOTICED THAT THE GRADING PERMITS ARE ALLOCATED MORE FUNDS. THAT LOOKS LIKE THE GRADING PERMITS ARE GOING TO GO UP. THE PERMIT FEE RENEWALS ARE ALL GOING UP DRASTICALLY, ELECTRIC PERMIT FEES GOING UP QUITE A BIT, GAS PERMIT FEES, PLUMBING PERMIT FEES. IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE DOING INCREASING SOME OF OUR FEES AND THEN PLANNING. SAME THING WITH ZONING APPLICATIONS. IS ALLOCATING MORE MONEY ZONE PLAN REVIEW, USE PERMITS, ALL THOSE ARE INCREASING NOW I KNOW CITY OF READING ABOUT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR JUST TOOK A DIVE ON THEIR BUILDING PERMITS. I MEAN, THERE'S JUST NOTHING. AND I HEARD CITY OF ANDERSON ALSO HAS TAKEN A PRETTY GOOD HIT ON NEW PROJECTS. SO FOR SOME REASON IT LOOKS LIKE THE COUNTY IS ACTUALLY INCREASING, HOLDING STEADY, AND IF NOT INCREASING, MOST OF THOSE ARE INCREASING. SO WE SEEM TO BE HAVING AN INFLUX OF BUILDING AND PROJECTS IN OUR COUNTY VERSUS CITIES. I WOULD SAY IT'S DEFINITELY A CONCERN. WE DON'T WANT TO OVER PROJECT OUR REVENUES. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY WENT A LITTLE BIT BACK AND FORTH ON AS FAR AS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING REASONABLE OR WE DID GO THROUGH OUR FEES DID INCREASE MID-YEAR OR MID FISCAL YEAR. SO WE TRY TO ESTIMATE THOSE AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE. THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE, THE PART THAT MAKE ME THE MOST NERVOUS, BUT WE ARE TRENDING UPWARDS ON OUR BUILDING AND PULLING PERMITS. WE ARE, I WOULD SAY WE ARE STAYING RELATIVELY LEVEL, RELATIVELY FLAT. AND SO OUR. AGAIN, OUR FEES WENT UP SOME. WE LOOK AT WHICH ONES HAVE GONE UP AND WE TRY TO TRY TO PROJECT REASONABLY. [02:35:05] SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL SEE THEM GO UP. BUT. BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY BE WATCHING THEM CLOSELY. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND ALSO ON THE GAS POINT ROAD ONE, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO USING SOME ARPA FUNDS TO POSSIBLY CLEAN THAT PROPERTY UP, WHICH I GREATLY APPRECIATE, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN HAPPY VALLEY. I, I COULDN'T BELIEVE EVERYBODY WAS TOTALLY FOR THAT. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE NOT. SO I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT ONE TOO. AND THEN ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION. BAMBI DRIVE AND SHINGLETOWN. I KNOW I TALKED TO YOU A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT WE WERE GOING TO ESCALATE THAT CLAIM. HAS ANYTHING COME OF THAT YET OR DO YOU KNOW. YES. SO THAT ONE IS WE'RE WE'RE ADVANCING THAT TO TO HEARING FOR SUBSTANDARD DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT HAS A FAILING SEPTIC. SO THERE'S A COUPLE THAT HAVE HAD FAILING SEPTICS THAT WE HAD TO PRIORITIZE. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THEM. FANTASTIC. SO ALL RIGHT, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM. I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. SUPERVISOR LONG. THANK YOU CHAIR CRYE. THANK YOU SEAN FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I ECHO SUPERVISOR KELSTROM SENTIMENTS. YOU'RE ALWAYS SO RESPONSIVE WHEN I CALL YOU WITH ISSUES, PARTICULARLY IN THE KESWICK AREA WHERE I'M HAVING EXTREME CHALLENGES. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM AND YOUR RESPONSIVENESS AND SOME OF THE ZONING QUESTIONS WE'VE COME ACROSS AND VERY RESPONSIVE. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE 58 POSITIONS. IS THAT TOTAL? TOTAL TOTAL. AND WHAT WHAT NUMBER ARE VACANT AT CURRENT, DO YOU KNOW? I DO I THINK WE HAVE WELL, IT'S KIND OF CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT SIX THAT ARE VACANT, I BELIEVE AROUND 6 TO 8. IT CHANGES DAILY. OKAY. AND WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, I AM A HUGE ADVOCATE OF INCREASING OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF. WHETHER IT'S FOR THE NUISANCE ABATEMENTS, THE BLIGHT. THE MARIJUANA ERADICATION TEAM JUST. IT'S THAT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS AND RESPONDING TO THEM AND SOME OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO TO EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY DRIVE BY THIS BLIGHT AND THEY LIVE IN THIS BLIGHT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT IS IF YOU HAVE THE SIX, AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE PROPER VENUE, SO I WON'T GO INTO DEPTH WITH THIS CONVERSATION HERE, BUT SALARY POSITION OR SALARY SAVINGS AND POSITION ALLOCATIONS, I DON'T KNOW. AND YOU'RE GETTING ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT INCREASE IN THIS BUDGET OFFICER. RIGHT. THE SUPERVISOR. SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT I KNOW THAT YOU HAD EVENTUALLY PROPOSED GETTING TO ABOUT FIVE FIVE ON THE TEAM. YEAH. WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ONE, ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ESSENTIALLY FOR EACH SUPERVISOR'S DISTRICT. AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THINGS MORE TIMELY AND BEING BEING ABLE TO TAKE MORE CASES TO HEARINGS. BUT FOR NOW, WE'VE GOT ONE ADDITIONAL POSITION WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO GET A MANAGER. SO THAT'LL GIVE US THREE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND ONE MANAGER. THE, THE ABILITY TO USE SALARY SAVINGS FROM ONE DIVISION TO A NEXT. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT, IT'S WHERE IT'S FUNDED FROM. SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO APPLY, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FEES THAT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT POSITION. SO WE'RE SOMEWHAT LIMITED BY, BY THE FUNDING SOURCE. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT. BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE SIX, EIGHT VACANCIES AT ANY GIVEN TIME, I MEAN, THIS IS A CONVERSATION YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY HAD WITH THE CIO'S OFFICE STARTING IN FEBRUARY. SO I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THAT NOW. AND THAT'S I'M LATE TO THAT GAME. BUT MY THOUGHT WOULD BE IF WE COULD LOOK AT THAT GOING FORWARD, JUST, JUST TO FUND MORE POSITIONS IN THIS AREA. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK. AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING ONE DEDICATED CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR EACH DISTRICT. YES, YES. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE WE'VE WE'VE HAD ONE ONE OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BEEN ON LEAVE FOR AN EXTENDED EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH MAKES IT A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR US. WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT WITH ONLY TWO OFFICERS, AND I THINK I'M HAPPY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH WITH WITH WITH THE MANAGER AND THEN ALSO WITH THE THE ONE POSITION THAT'S BEEN ON LEAVE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HAVING MORE STAFF AND BEING ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH MORE. I AS WELL. AND YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION, AND I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS, BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE, THE FARM AND RANCH GRANT FUNDING AND HOW THAT COULD BE USED TO CLEAN UP AG PROPERTIES. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE DEFINITION OF AN AG PROPERTY PROPERTY IS PROPER? AND HOW WOULD COULD THAT APPLY TO SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES FOR CLEANUP PURPOSES THAT ARE THAT THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR. MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE OF THE GRANT PROGRAM IS THAT IT'S PRETTY BROAD. AND AS IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS OR HAS BEEN USED FOR AGRICULTURE OR RANGELAND PURPOSES. [02:40:01] SO THAT IS A RELATIVELY NEW GRANT THAT WE'VE WE'VE OBTAINED OR BEEN AWARDED. I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN UP WITH THOSE WITH THOSE FUNDS I BELIEVE BY AUGUST. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE HAVEN'T EXPENDED ANY OF THOSE FUNDS YET BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET THEM PRE-APPROVED. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE TAKING ON FIRST THING THIS NEXT IN JULY. AND HOW MUCH IS THAT, GRANT? IT'S A, I BELIEVE IT'S 200,000. AND I BELIEVE IT MAY BE RENEWABLE EACH YEAR. SO WE'LL CERTAINLY IF IT IS, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO PURSUE IT. OKAY. I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT AT A LATER TIME. BUT YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. THANK YOU SEAN FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE OVERVIEW. VERY HELPFUL TO GET A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND TO HEAR SOME OF THE GOALS FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THE FIRST QUESTION I HAD WAS RELATED TO KIND OF YOUR OPENING WHERE YOU MENTIONED THE SLIDE FROM YESTERDAY, WHICH HAD THE 3.3 ISH MILLION INCREASE. AND THEN I THINK YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT OF BASICALLY THAT 2 MILLION WAS DESIGNATED BY THE COUNTY. AND THEN I SAW YOUR, YOUR ONE SLIDE WHERE IT SHOWED THE GENERAL FUND DIFFERENCE. AND THAT ONLY SHOWS A GENERAL FUND DIFFERENCE, WHICH I RECOGNIZE IS DIFFERENT OF ABOUT 40,000. SO COULD YOU JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN THOSE THREE DIFFERENT BUCKETS THERE? SO THE, THE WHAT THAT'S WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT'S THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE FUNDS. AND SO THOSE HAVE BEEN COLLECTED IN YEARS PAST. THEY'VE BEEN SUSPENDED. AND SO THE COUNTY IS LOOKING AT TRYING TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS. SO SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS, IT LOOKS LIKE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT HAS HAS A HIGHER NUMBER. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT I, I SEPARATED THOSE OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST A PASS THROUGH. AND THEN AS FAR AS IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A HIT ON THE GENERAL FUND FROM THAT BUDGET UNIT, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY THOSE ARE ALREADY THOSE FUNDS ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE IN THE IN THE IMPACT FEE BUDGET UNIT FUNDS. SO NO, THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. I'VE SEEN THE TWO, 2 MILLION AND CHANGE ALLOCATED TO THE IMPACT FEE PROJECTS, BUT WASN'T SURE THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO IN THAT INITIAL STATEMENT. YEAH. THAT DOESN'T COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND IS A KEY THING. SO. OKAY. AND THEN I KNOW WE'VE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE CLEANUP AND THERE IT LOOKS LIKE FOR PROFESSIONAL CLEANUP SERVICES, WE'VE ALLOCATED 600,000 FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR. AND I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW WE'VE ALLOCATED ARPA FUNDS TO THAT. IS THAT THE 250,000 THAT'S IN THE REVENUE FOR WHAT'S CALLED FEDERAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE CORONAVIRUS. AS FAR AS FOR REVENUE, FOR REVENUE TO PAY FOR THAT. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE DO IS THE COUNTY ALLOCATED $750,000 TOTAL FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT CLEANUP EFFORTS USING THE ARPA FUNDS. AND THIS FISCAL YEAR, I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE MORE WE'RE APPROXIMATELY 150, 000 NOW CURRENTLY, BUT WE'RE ALSO DOING A COUPLE CLEANUPS THIS MONTH. SO WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDS LISTED AS REVENUE AND WE DON'T HAVE IT ALL, ALL OF THOSE FUNDS LISTED AS EXPENDITURES, BUT WE'LL DO BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS AS, AS NEEDED AS WE EXPEND THOSE FUNDS. OKAY. AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE TWO YEARS AGO, THERE WAS ZERO MONEY SPENT ON PROFESSIONAL CLEANUP SERVICES, AT LEAST IN THAT BUDGET LINE ITEM. IS THAT BECAUSE IN THE PAST, WE HAVEN'T SPENT MONEY ON CLEANING UP THESE TYPES OF PROPERTIES OR THAT WE DID IT IN HOUSE OR. YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT. WE WE HAD NOT PERFORMED ANY NUISANCE ABATEMENT CLEANUP FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR PROGRAM WAS DEAD. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. AND THEN IN IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, ONE KIND OF PROGRAMMATIC QUESTION. I KNOW YOU SAID OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION OVERSEES THE RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS. AND WHAT ABOUT WHOLE FOOD OR WHOLESALE FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS? AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES? I, I WOULD HAVE TO FIND THAT OUT SPECIFICALLY, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ANYTHING, ANY, ANY FOOD HANDLING THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE CONSUMER WOULD BE, WOULD BE UNDER OUR, OUR JURISDICTION. OKAY. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED, THE IN YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS, THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMPONENT. BUT I ALSO SAW THAT THERE'S THE INTENT TO LEAVE A COMMUNITY EDUCATION POSITION VACANT FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR. DO YOU HAVE OTHER LIKE, WAS THAT GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY EDUCATION PERSON, OR WILL THERE NOT BE ANYONE DOING THAT IN THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR? [02:45:01] WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS FOR COMMUNITY EDITOR. THE PERSON THAT WE HAVE IN THE IN THE ONE POSITION NOW IS KIND OF A ROCK STAR. SHE DOES A GREAT WORK AND, AND DOES A LOT. SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO MAKE IT WORK WITH JUST HER. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE DON'T PLAN TO FILL IT. THIS FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF WE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE THINGS THAT IF THERE'S A PATHWAY TO CONTINUE THAT. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO WILL CONTINUE IN THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. WOULD WE LOOK TO CUT THAT POSITION THEN? I MEAN, WOULDN'T IT MAKE SENSE IF THE JOB CAN BE DONE BY ONE PERSON, WE WOULD POSSIBLY CUT THAT SECOND AND MAYBE JUST NOT HAVE TWO BAD EMPLOYEES AND JUST HAVE ONE GREAT ONE. I MEAN, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I EXPECT WE WOULD PROBABLY BE DISCUSSING NEXT FISCAL YEAR. I HOPEFULLY THE, WHEN, WHEN WE START LOSING POSITIONS ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO BRING THEM BACK. AND I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY GOOD PEOPLE. WELL, I MEAN, THE POSITION IS DIFFICULT TO BRING BACK. I MEAN, THE PERSON THAT WE HAVE IN THAT POSITION DOES A DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB. AND WE HAVEN'T FILLED THE SECOND POSITION RIGHT NOW. DON'T LOSE HER. THAT'S RIGHT. SO, I MEAN, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, BECAUSE I KNOW SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR LONG WE'VE COUNTY COUNCIL, YOU'VE YOU'VE WORKED WITH SHERIFF, LIKE THE MINUTE YOU GOT HERE BECAUSE I WAS BROUGHT IN LIKE ROUGHLY TEN MONTHS AGO, IF I REMEMBER, IT WAS LIKE LATE FALL, MAYBE SEPTEMBER, WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND RAMPING THAT UP WITH THE SHERIFF. IS THAT IS THAT ACCURATE TIME YOU WORKED ON? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO GET HIM TO REENGAGE WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT. YEAH, YEAH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS. SUPERVISOR LONG IS I WILL SAY THAT. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S ADVANTAGEOUS TO LOOK AT FIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, LIKE DISTRICT ONE, LIKE THERE'S VERY THERE'S TWO SMALL UNINCORPORATED AREAS. SO I THINK IT WOULD ALMOST MAKE MORE SENSE TO HAVE ONE AND A HALF IN DISTRICT FIVE. AND IN SOME OF THE. I'M JUST SAYING, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE IN EACH DISTRICT, I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE. NOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT LIKE MAYBE WE HAVE A TOTAL NUMBER, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ONE FOR EACH DISTRICT. SO JUST TO CLARIFY ON THAT, AS I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE'S YOUR YOURS. YOUR DISTRICT IS PRIMARILY CITY OF REDDING, MY PITCH OR MY PROPOSAL. IF WE EVER GOT TO A POSITION WHERE WE HAD FIVE OFFICERS IS THE ONE THAT WOULD BE IN YOUR DISTRICT, WOULD BE ALSO ASSIGNED TO BE IMMEDIATELY RESPONSIVE TO THE SHERIFF AND ANY SORT OF MED OPERATION. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A SMALLER DISTRICT AS FAR AS OUR ENFORCEMENT, BUT WE WOULD CERTAINLY UTILIZE IT FOR OTHER THINGS. ONE OF THE AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD THE SHERIFF HAD ANYWAY. I MEAN, I THE FACT OF WHERE IT WAS AND AGAIN, AS SUPERVISORS, I GUESS IT WAS JUST CHRIS AND I THAT WERE HERE LAST YEAR OR IN THE PAST. LIKE, WE WOULD HAVE NO IDEA THAT THERE WAS THAT DISCONNECT OF THE SHERIFF IN YOUR DEPARTMENT. SO UNTIL COUNTY COUNCIL, UNTIL JOE CAME AND SHERIFF STARTED ENGAGING. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, MAYBE IN SEPTEMBER WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT WE WEREN'T REALLY DOING THAT. AND THEN WORKING WITH LORI SCOTT, KNOWING THE ARPA FUNDS RUNNING OUT AND HAVING TO ALLOCATE MORE MONEY OR ALL THOSE ABATEMENTS ARE GOING TO GO AWAY. I AGREE SUPERVISOR LONG WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, THOSE ARE HUGE. YEAH. SO, MISS BLANKENSHIP, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. CHAIR, IF I COULD JUST ASK YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO YOUR MIC, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE ONLINE HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING. THAT'S WHY I DO IT. I'M JUST KIDDING. OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT. SEAN. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? ONE KIND OF JUST VERY SMALL QUESTION, BUT HAD MADE ME CURIOUS IN THE LET'S SEE HERE THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT, THERE'S A TRANSFER OUT OF IT'S ONLY 100,000. BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS. TRANSFER OUT TO THE BERNIE SUBSTATION. AND I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT THAT WOULD BE REGARDING THAT'S PART OF THE HATCHET RIDGE BUDGET OR REVENUE THAT WE, WE COLLECT OR WE, WE RECEIVE. AND AGAIN, WE JUST BASICALLY PASS THROUGH THAT WAS PART OF THE HATCHET RIDGE PROJECTS. THERE'S ALSO A LINE ITEM FOR THE REVENUE. YES. WE HAVE 100,000 FOR THE REVENUE AND THEN TRANSFER OUT. OKAY. AND THEN ACTUALLY, ONE OTHER QUESTION REALLY QUICKLY ON PLANNING. AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS OFFLINE, BUT THE, IN TERMS OF THE STATE REVENUE, IT LOOKS LIKE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A FEW GRANTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PULL DOWN AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR. I KNOW YOU ALLUDED TO THAT DURING YOUR COMMENTS OF BASICALLY, YOU DON'T HAVE CAPACITY TO APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS AT THE CURRENT TIME, BUT IF THERE WAS SOME EXTRA CAPACITY FROM GRANT IN GRANT WRITING, IT COULD BE POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD GO AFTER SOME OF THOSE GRANTS THAT HAVE IN THE PAST BEEN AVAILABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK. YEAH. THAT THAT'S MY GENERAL FEELING IS THAT I THINK OCCASIONALLY THESE GRANTS COME AVAILABLE, BUT OF COURSE, IT'S NOT ALWAYS PALATABLE WITH THE STRINGS [02:50:01] ATTACHED WITH IT. BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO PURSUE AND LOOK AT WAYS TO YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PLANNING, PLANNING DIVISION SIDE OF IT, THE GENERAL PLAN MAINTENANCE AND HOUSING ELEMENT, I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE GRANTS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE. THAT'S PROBABLY THE PART THAT CONCERNS ME THE MOST AS FAR AS LONG RANGE PLANNING OF THE DEPARTMENT. I THINK LONG RANGE PLANNING IS, IS THE MOST CRITICAL ASPECT. THAT'S PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH ATTENTION AND RESOURCES ARE BEING APPLIED FOR TOWARDS. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, I GUESS. WHAT? SO YOU'VE BEEN YOU'VE BEEN THE HEAD NOW HOW LONG? OVER SIX MONTHS. SIX MONTHS. HOW DO YOU WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WENT IN AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR STAFF, WHAT DO YOU HOW DO YOU ASSESS EACH OF THE ROLES? BECAUSE I'M REALLY CURIOUS AS TO. AND THIS ISN'T JUST FOR REALLY YOUR DEPARTMENT. IT'D BE FOR A LOT OF THEM IF WE'VE HAD AS A COUNTY, TWO POSITIONS ALLOCATED FOR LIKE ED, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, AND WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT'S ESSENTIALLY, IS IT SAFE TO SAY THEY'RE ALMOST DOING THE JOB OF TWO PEOPLE? I'M NOT NEGOTIATING A RAISE FOR. NO. NO. I MEAN, THE, THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WHEN WE HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THE SAME JOB SPECIFICATION CLASSIFICATION, YOU KNOW, THEY SOME ARE, ARE OR ABSOLUTELY GO GETTERS. AND I MEAN, IN THAT IN THIS EXAMPLE, SHE'S SHE'S DEFINITELY A GO GETTER. AND WE JUST, YOU KNOW, THE DECISION TO KEEP IT VACANT WAS PRIOR TO ME AND, YOU KNOW, AND SO FAR SHE'S ABLE TO SUFFICE JUST HERSELF. AND AND IF WE GET INTO THAT POSITION, YOU KNOW, OF, OF, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO FILL THAT, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT IT THEN, BUT OKAY. AND I THINK, DO YOU KNOW IF IT WAS OUT OF NECESSITY, I MEAN, JUST IT JUST HAPPENED, LIKE BY HAPPENSTANCE, THEY JUST DIDN'T FILL IT AND IT JUST WOUND UP BEING OKAY. OR DID THEY NOT FILL IT? DO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SHE WAS DOING SO WELL, WE'RE WE'RE BECAUSE I'LL JUST TELL YOU, IT'S A CONVERSATION I HAVE WITH MONICA A LOT. LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THAT CUT POSITIONS OR I MEAN, I'VE SEEN IT. I MEAN, AGAIN, WE ONLY HAVE TWO. THIS BOARD ONLY HAS TWO DEPARTMENTS OR TWO HEADS THAT WE REALLY OVERSEE, WHICH IS MR.. RICKERT AND COUNSEL LARMER. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS. WELL, I THINK WHAT WHAT PROBABLY LEADS TO POSITIONS. BEING VACANT FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE POSITIONS BUDGETED, IT'S ALSO BASED OFF OF REVENUE. AND SO OCCASIONALLY WE'RE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER TO FILL POSITIONS BECAUSE OF BEING HESITANT BASED ON POTENTIAL REVENUE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PERMITTING AND FEES. SO I MEAN, RONNIE, DO YOU THAT'S OH, OKAY. I, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IT SINCE WE HELD THE POSITION VACANT. AND PART OF IT WAS BECAUSE SOME OF THESE GRANTS ARE NOT ALWAYS OBTAINED FOR US. WE DON'T ALWAYS GET RECEIVE THE GRANT FUNDING. SO IT JUST SO HAPPENS SHE'S DOING AMAZING. SHE'S GETTING ALL THESE GRANTS. AND WE'VE COME TO HER A COUPLE TIMES ASKING, DO YOU THINK YOU NEED HELP? EVEN IF IT'S EXTRA HELP, WHAT SHOULD WE DO? NOPE, NOPE. SHE'S GOT IT. SO WE'VE BEEN ROLLING WITH THAT. EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE GOING FINE. IT I THINK OUR CHALLENGE WOULD BE IF WE HAD MORE STATE FUNDS, STATE MANDATES THROUGH THE SOLID WASTE PROGRAM. RIGHT. THEN WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN AND ASSIST HER. OKAY. YEAH. I'VE JUST HAD THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT BECAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LEAVE FOR A COUPLE REASONS. IT'S NOT ALWAYS MONEY. SOMETIMES A LOT OF TIMES IT'S CULTURE. WORK LIFE BALANCE. BUT WHEN IT DOES COME TO MONEY, THAT'S WHY. THAT'S WHY I'M CURIOUS IF WE HAVE A BUDGETED FOR TWO POSITIONS AND IF SOMEONE IS A GREAT EMPLOYEE, YOU'D HATE TO LOSE THEM BECAUSE ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY OR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION POACHES THEM FOR 10 OR 15% MORE. WHEN YOU'VE GOT TWO FULL TIME POSITIONS, YOU THINK, MAN, YOU COULD CUT ONE OF THOSE, MAKE ONE OF THEM A HIGHER CLASS AND KEEP SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST CURIOUS. SO I'LL HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION. WITH THESE NEW FEES THAT YOU'RE DOING, HAS AN OFFICE ALREADY, LIKE VETTED THE MATH ON THOSE. SO AS WE SET THE NEW RATES, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK. WE HAVEN'T YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T ADJUSTED ANY FEES SEPARATE FROM THE FEES THAT WERE ADOPTED AND IN DECEMBER AND THE END OF LAST YEAR. SO WE HAVEN'T CHANGED ANYTHING YET, BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT, WHAT I'VE, WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE COMPARISON OF, OF THE FEES THAT WE COLLECT AND GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT WE COLLECT AND TRY TO BETTER, BETTER DETERMINE HOW OUR TIME IS BEING SPENT. SO I HAVEN'T MADE ANY ADJUSTMENTS YET. WE WOULD, WE WOULD THOROUGHLY BE RESEARCHING THIS AND BASICALLY PUTTING TOGETHER, LIKE I SAID IN MY PRESENTATION, A COMPREHENSIVE TIME ACCOUNTING SYSTEM THAT THEN COULD BE USED TO DETERMINE WHAT OUR FEES SHOULD BE. SO I THINK JUST A REALLY THOROUGH REVIEW AND OVERHAUL IS WHAT IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. [02:55:03] PERFECT. SUPERVISOR. HARMON. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND GREAT JOB. I HEAR NOTHING BUT GOOD COMING OUT OF YOUR DEPARTMENT. AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ASSIST YOU AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISS BLANKENSHIP, THAT IS THE LAST PRESENTATION FOR TODAY, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. SO TOMORROW WE WILL RECONVENE AT 9 A.M. WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CRIMINAL JUSTICE GROUPING, WHICH WILL START AT 9 A.M. WITH COUNTY FIRE SEAN O'HARA. WITH THAT, WE ARE AT RECESS, ACTUALLY. OH, YES. I'D LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING TO OUR KIND OF RUNNING LIST FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION TOMORROW. OKAY. ACTUALLY TWO THINGS. ONE IS RELATED TO THIS MORNING'S CONVERSATION AROUND HHS AYE, WHICH IS I'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS, AN INTEREST IN DOUBLING DOWN ON OUR EFFORT TO PREVENT SUICIDE. WE HAVE THE HIGHEST SUICIDE RATE IN THE STATE. AND THROUGH THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT, THERE IS PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION DOLLARS. AND SO I WAS TALKED WITH CHRISTIE COLEMAN DURING THE BREAK. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT AND I'D LIKE TO BRING BACK FOR CONVERSATION THE IDEA OF ALLOCATING OUT OF THEIR FUND BALANCE. THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT FUND BALANCE 500,000 TO $1 MILLION IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO RAMP UP OUR SUICIDE PREVENTION EFFORTS. THAT DOES HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE MENTAL HEALTH ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADVISORY BOARD AND THE STATE TO GET FINAL APPROVAL ON THAT, BECAUSE WE ARE CAPPED CURRENTLY, BUT WANTED TO BRING THAT BACK. SO AT LEAST AT THE MACRO LEVEL, WE COULD DISCUSS PUTTING THAT INTO THE BUDGET. AND THAT WOULD JUST PULL FROM THAT THAT FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS 29 MILLION RIGHT NOW. WE EXPECT TO USE 8 MILLION. SO IT'S STILL A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE. AND ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THAT? THAT WOULD BE ALL DONE IN HOUSE. CORRECT. YOU WOULDN'T BE LOOKING TO OUTSOURCE THAT. I THINK THAT WOULD LIKELY INVOLVE RAMPING UP SOME OF OUR EXISTING ACTIVITIES THAT OUR SUICIDE PREVENTION TEAM ALREADY HAVE, BUT IT MIGHT ALSO INVOLVE INVESTING IN SOME NEW PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, EITHER IN-HOUSE OR OUTSIDE. WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS APPROVAL PROCESS WITH THE STATE, SO IT WOULD GIVE US SOME TIME TO ACTUALLY PLAN WHAT THOSE ACTIVITIES WOULD BE AND BRING THOSE BACK BEFORE THE BOARD. SO WOULD WE. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR AARON OR MAYBE DAVE. DAVE, HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU. I HATE TO BUG YOU. I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS QUESTION IS FOR YOU OR FOR AARON, BUT SO IF WE ADOPT A CHANGE, BUT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE STATE YOU SAID, MATT, THE STATE AND THE MENTAL HEALTH ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH IS THE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD ALSO. OKAY. SO WOULD WE ARE WE ABLE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT WITH THAT, WITH THE WITH THE CAVEAT OF I GUESS AS YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT WOULD BE APPROVAL. YEAH. PENDING APPROVAL BECAUSE I MEAN, I WOULD BE ALL FOR IT IF WE CAN DO IT IN HOUSE. I MEAN, JUST WITHOUT KNOWING MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT I WANT TO KNOW IF WE'RE DOING IT IN HOUSE OR IF WE'RE FARMING IT OUT TO SOMEBODY ELSE, BECAUSE IF WE CAN DOUBLE DOWN OR RAMP UP ON EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN POSITIVE THINGS FROM AND WANT TO ALLOCATE MORE MONEY TO, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT, BUT I WOULDN'T SUPPORT JUST LOOKING TO BLANKET PUT SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET, AND THEN WE HAVE TO MAYBE OUTSOURCE IT TO SOME LOCAL NONPROFIT AS A MONEY GRAB. YEAH, I THINK THE HOW EXACTLY WE SPEND THE MONEY IS STILL TO, TO BE DETERMINED. I'M JUST SAYING, IF WE COULD START THAT PROCESS OF THE BOARD GIVING THAT DIRECTION SO THAT RELEVANT STAFF COULD START THE PROCESS OF GETTING APPROVALS TO SEE. BECAUSE THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT NEXT JULY, THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT WILL TRANSITION TO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT AS PART OF PROP ONE, AND WE WILL NO LONGER GET PREVENTION DOLLARS LOCALLY. THE STATE THEN WILL BE INVESTING THAT HOW THEY CHOOSE. AND SO THIS IS KIND OF OUR CHANCE TO ALLOCATE PREVENTIVE PREVENTATIVE DOLLARS IN A WAY THAT WE SEE FIT. SO I THINK, I THINK, I THINK IT'S POSITIVE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE. HOW WOULD WE DO THAT. BECAUSE I. YEAH. SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CHANGES. SO BASICALLY THE CHANGES THAT THE BOARD CAN MAKE IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET IS MAKING SPECIFIC CHANGES TO LINE ITEMS. AND SO WE COULD CERTAINLY ALLOCATE MORE MONEY. WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE SPECIFICALLY YOU WOULD WANT TO ALLOCATE THAT MONEY. THE BOARD COULD APPROVE IT KNOWING THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS TO GO GET APPROVAL FROM THE ENTITIES. IF THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET THAT APPROVAL, THEY WOULD COME BACK AND DO A BUDGET REDUCTION. BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE COULD DO IN BUDGET HEARINGS. BUT WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY, LIKE IF IT'S GOING TO GO INTO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR SUPPORT AND CARE, AND IF IT WERE SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE WANTING TO ADD POSITIONS, WE NEED TO KNOW WHICH POSITIONS AND WE WOULD CALCULATE SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR THAT. OKAY. YEAH, I'LL, I'LL TALK WITH CHRISTY COLEMAN AND COME BACK WITH A SPECIFIC PLAN [03:00:05] FOR DISCUSSION TOMORROW. I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR FOR, FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR BENEFIT IN TERMS OF FOR THE DISCUSSION TOMORROW, LIKE IF YOU CAN FIGURE THAT OUT WHERE IT'S IN HOUSE AND, AND, AND WE'RE, AND WE'RE DOING IT WITH PEOPLE WE HAVE OR INVESTING IN PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE SEEN BE SUCCESSFUL LOCALLY, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. OKAY. I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A GREAT INITIATIVE. WOULD WE BE AT RISK OF LOSING MATCHING FUNDS ON THAT? WE WOULD NOT. SO. MH AYE IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE HAS ITS OWN SEPARATE FUND. WE RECEIVED THE MONEY DIRECTLY. IT'S A TAX ON MILLIONAIRES. AND THERE'S SPECIFIC POTS OF MONEY. SO THERE'S A SPECIFIC POT OF PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION MONEY. IT THERE'S NO KIND OF MATCH. IT'S JUST 100%. WE CAN USE THE MONEY. NOT AS MUCH IN PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION, BUT SOME AS A MATCH FOR MEDI-CAL. SO A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, WE BILL MEDI-CAL FOR IT. AND WE USE MH AS A AS A MATCH. BUT WE WOULDN'T BE LOSING ANY MATCH FOR IN RELATION TO THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING BACK FOR BOARD DISCUSSION TOMORROW IS, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD FROM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT THE CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF HAVING CAPACITY TO APPLY FOR GRANTS. WE HEARD FROM HSA THIS MORNING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE GRANT WRITERS. THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PROGRAMMATIC FOLKS ARE WRITING GRANTS. AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A, A KIND OF UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE. AND SO I KNOW RIGHT NOW, AS WE HEARD AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING THAT WE HAVE A VACANCY AROUND THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER WITHIN THE CEO'S OFFICE. AND I'D LIKE TO BRING BACK FOR DISCUSSION IF WE COULD SPLIT THAT INTO HALF OF AN FTE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AND HALF OF FTE FOR GRANT WRITER THAT COULD SUPPORT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO ON GRANT WRITING AND APPLYING FOR SOME OF THESE DOLLARS THAT MIGHT COME FROM THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE WE WANT TO BRING BACK BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH TOMORROW, WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT LIST AGAIN JUST TO LET THE DEPARTMENT HEADS KNOW, OKAY, WERE THERE ANYTHING FROM ANY OF THE OTHER SUPERVISORS? WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT DEPARTMENT HEADS IN HOUSE TOMORROW. I KNOW, I KNOW THE THE ROV AND THEN LORI SCOTT, BUT LORI SCOTT, I THINK IS OR IS OUT OF TOWN. SO I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO THAT WHEN SHE COMES BACK AND DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT. OKAY. I'LL GIVE THAT TO MOM. OKAY. AND THEN MINE WILL BE AFTER TOMORROW. CORRECT. YEAH. I'M LOOKING FOR ANYTHING FROM TODAY. ANYTHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, THEY WILL ALREADY BE HERE. AND SO I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THE BOARD IS LOOKING TO MAKE CHANGES IN ANY OF THE BUDGETS THAT WE'VE SEEN PRESENTATIONS TO DATE, THAT WE MAKE SURE THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE HERE. OKAY. I'D LIKE I'D LIKE TO SEE SHAWN'S PRESENTATION AGAIN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. AND. HEY, SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. I CHECKED THE QUEUE, AND THERE WAS NOBODY IN QUEUE. SO. ALL RIGHT, NOW WE ARE AT RECESS. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.