[00:00:04] GOOD MORNING. TODAY IS A REGULAR MEETING OF THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. [CALL TO ORDER] IT IS TUESDAY, JULY 22ND AND THE TIME IS 9 A.M.. WE HAVE ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT, ALONG WITH CEO DAVE RICKERT, COUNTY COUNSEL JOE LARMER, AND FROM THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, MIRANDA ANGEL, MARCI WINSTEAD IN THE FOYER, KRISTEN [INAUDIBLE]. WE ENCOURAGE THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, FILL OUT A SPEAKER REQUEST CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE CLERK´S TABLE SET UP IN THE FOYER. SPEAKER REQUEST CARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR EACH REGULAR ITEM BEGINS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO MISS ANGEL. THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY OF THE BOARD ROOM RULES OF ORDER AS OUTLINED IN ADMIN POLICY 1-101, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ONLINE THROUGH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD WEBSITE. THIS POLICY INCLUDES SIGNAGE RESTRICTIONS, ATTENDEE SEATING, AND OVERALL CONDUCT TO ENSURE BUSINESS IS DONE IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND THAT ALL HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE AND PARTICIPATE. UNLESS ADDRESSING THE BOARD, ALL THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE SHALL REMAIN SEATED IN THE CHAIRS PROVIDED. STANDING ALONG THE BACK WALL OF THE BOARD ROOM IS ACCEPTABLE, SO LONG AS NO PERSON BLOCKS THE INGRESS AND EGRESS. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES MAY STAND AND USE EQUIPMENT TO RECORD PROCEEDINGS IN THE AREA DESIGNATED BY THE CEO NEAR THE SOUTH WINDOWS. SHASTA COUNTY REMAINS COMMITTED TO CONDUCTING ORDERLY BUSINESS IN A PROFESSIONAL AND ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ANYONE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE, ATTEND OR OTHERWISE ENGAGE WITH THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND WE KINDLY ASK THAT ALL ATTENDEES ADHERE TO THESE RULES. I DO HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING TODAY'S AGENDA. ITEM C5, REGARDING THE AGREEMENT WITH AXON ENTERPRISE FOR BODY WORN CAMERAS HAS BEEN PULLED BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND WILL BE BROUGHT BACK AT A LATER DATE. WITH THAT, CHAIR, I'LL TURN THINGS BACK OVER TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MISS ANGEL. ONE OTHER THING, I THINK BEFORE WE DO OUR INVOCATION, I JUST REALIZED THAT R2 AND R1 PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE FLIPPED THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET PROBATION OUT OF HERE A LITTLE FASTER. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJUST THE. AND THIS IS MY FAULT, AS CHAIR, WHEN I SET THIS UP I DIDN'T MAKE THAT CHANGE, BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE IT NOW SO WE CAN GET PROBATION OUT. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE R2 UP TO R1 AND MOVE R1 DOWN TO R2. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU GUYS ALL GOOD WITH THAT? ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AND AGAIN, THAT IS MY FAULT. WELL, LET'S BLAME IT ON STEPHANIE BLANKENSHIP. SHE'S NOT HERE, SO LET'S DO THAT. NO. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I DO NOT SEE PASTOR DAVE SPRAGUE FROM GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH HERE. SO I'VE ASKED DEACON MANGAS TO PINCH IT AND DO OUR INVOCATION. SO I'D ASK YOU TO PLEASE RISE AND REMAIN STANDING AFTER THE PRAYER FOR THE PLEDGE. THANK YOU, CHAIR CRYE. LET US PRAY. LORD GOD, YOU ARE KNOWN BY MANY NAMES. BLESS THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, COUNTY STAFF AND FAMILIES, AND ALL WHO ARE GATHERED HERE IN THESE CHAMBERS AND ONLINE. WE ASK YOU TO GIVE THESE SUPERVISORS THE DEDICATION TO FULFILL THEIR DUTIES HONORABLY, AND THE DETERMINATION TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT BENEFIT THE CITIZENS OF SHASTA COUNTY. MAY THEY GOVERN IN PEACE AND WITH RESPECT, AND MAY THE PEOPLE WHO APPROACH THIS LECTERN FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE. FOR THIS WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN THE PLEDGE. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MIKE MANGUS. ANCHOR TO THIS. ALL RIGHT, SO MOVING ON TO R1. ADOPTED PROCLAMATION, WHICH DESIGNATES JULY 26, 2025 AS PROBATION SERVICES WEEK. [R2 Adopt a proclamation which designates July 20-26, 2025, as “Probation Services Week” in Shasta County (Sponsored by Supervisor Long).] THIS IS SPONSORED BY SUPERVISOR LONG. SUPERVISOR LONG, I´LL HAVE YOU READ THE PRESENTATION BEFORE WE BRING UP MR. JONES. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FROM OUR BOARD. PROBATION SERVICES WEEK, JULY 21ST THROUGH 25TH OF 2025. WHEREAS THE WEEK OF JULY 21ST THROUGH 25TH, 2025 IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS PROBATION SERVICES WEEK. AND WHEREAS, PROBATION OFFICERS AND JUVENILE DETENTION OFFICERS ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WORKING ALONGSIDE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNTY AND PUBLIC AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. AND WHEREAS, PROBATION OFFICERS AND JUVENILE DETENTION OFFICERS ARE DEDICATED, HARDWORKING, PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT PROVIDING PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH OFFENDER ACCOUNTABILITY, PROMOTING OFFENDER REHABILITATION AND PREVENTING CRIME. AND WHEREAS PROBATION OFFICERS ARE SWORN PEACE OFFICERS AND JUVENILE DETENTION OFFICERS ARE SWORN PEACE OFFICERS WHILE ON DUTY, AND BOTH ARE TRAINED EXPERTS PREPARING TO MANAGE TRAUMA AND CRIMINAL NEEDS AND ARE A CONNECTOR IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, [00:05:10] BRIDGING THE GAP AND MAXIMIZING THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE WITHIN THE COURTS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SOCIAL SERVICES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SCHOOLS, VICTIM ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS, AND THE COMMUNITY TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM BY CAREFULLY BALANCING DIRECT SERVICES AND EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS AND INTERVENTION. AND WHEREAS, PROBATION OFFICERS AND JUVENILE DETENTION OFFICERS PROVIDE SERVICES, SUPPORT AND PROTECTION FOR VICTIMS OF A CRIME. AND WHEREAS PROBATION MAKES EFFORTS TO BALANCE THE NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY WITH INDIVIDUALIZED REHABILITATIVE TREATMENT AND SERVICES, PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS THE SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCESSFULLY REENTER AND BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY PROCLAIMS JULY 21ST THROUGH 25TH, 2025 AS PROBATION SERVICES WEEK IN SHASTA COUNTY AND HIGHLIGHTS PROBATIONERS IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND STATE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, SUPERVISOR LONG? YES, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THIS PROCLAMATION. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MR. JONES, OR CHIEF NEILL? I'M JUST GOING BY MY NOTES, SO. WELCOME, SIR. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG. CHAIRMAN CRYE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. GOOD MORNING, ERIC JONES, ASSISTANT CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME THIS MORNING TO CELEBRATE THIS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED WEEK TO HIGHLIGHT PROBATION SERVICES. I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR THIS MORNING TO RECOGNIZE NOT JUST SHASTA COUNTY'S AMAZING PROBATION STAFF, BUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS PRETRIAL, PROBATION AND PAROLE STAFF ACROSS THE NATION. PROBATION SUPERVISION WEEK ORIGINATED IN 1999 AND HAS BEEN CELEBRATED ANNUALLY EVER SINCE. IT IS DEDICATED TO RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE PUBLIC SERVICE ROLE THAT PROBATION UNIQUELY PLAYS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. AS YOU KNOW, OUR DEPARTMENT IS CHARGED WITH A MULTITUDE OF ROLES RANGING FROM RUNNING THE JUVENILE REHABILITATION FACILITY, PROVIDING SENTENCING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COURT THROUGH THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, REHABILITATION EFFORTS THROUGH AN ARRAY OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, TO COMPLIANCE EFFORTS THROUGH ACTIVE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. AS CHIEF STEVE JACKSON OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY AND CHIEF PROBATION OFFICERS OF CALIFORNIA PRESIDENT MENTIONED IN A MEMORANDUM THIS WEEK, PROBATION IS NOT JUST AN ARM OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. IT'S A BRIDGE TO SOMETHING BETTER. IT'S THE FRONT LINE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE FRONT DOOR TO REHABILITATION. WHAT MANY DO NOT SEE DAILY IS THE WIDE RANGE OF OTHER ESSENTIAL MEASURES WE TAKE TO PROMOTE OUR EFFORTS TO ENSURE WE PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY THE BEST SERVICES POSSIBLE. SEVERAL OF YOU ATTENDED THE ADDICTED OFFENDER PROGRAM CEREMONY LAST FRIDAY. THANK YOU. AS YOU SAW, EVENTS SUCH AS THAT EVENT CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INSPIRATION AND HOPE FOR OUR STAFF TO CONTINUE BELIEVING IN CHANGE, EVEN WHEN THE ODDS MAY BE STACKED AGAINST SOMEONE. WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS WE ALSO HAVE A SIMILAR PROGRAM FOR YOUTH, OUR INTEGRATED FAMILY WELLNESS PROGRAM, WHICH SHARES MANY OF THE SAME FEATURES AS OUR ADULT PROGRAM. NOW, I'LL JUST ADD A FEW MORE EVENTS THAT MAY NOT BE SO RECOGNIZED. WE CONDUCT NEW OFFENDER ORIENTATIONS THREE TIMES A WEEK, PROVIDING ON SITE ACCESS TO MEDI-CAL ELIGIBILITY, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SCREENINGS, NUTRITION ASSISTANCE, AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING SUPPORTS. WE NOW HAVE A UNIT OF FIVE JUVENILE PREVENTION OFFICERS PROVIDING SAFETY AND SECURITY, AS WELL AS RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO FIVE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY. WE HAVE SERVED AS LAW ENFORCEMENT MUTUAL AID RESPONDERS IN MANY OF OUR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE EMERGENCIES. WE ALSO MAKE EVERY EFFORT POSSIBLE TO DIVERT YOUTH FROM ENTERING THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, EVEN ASSISTING IN FINDING VIABLE AND APPROPRIATE FOSTER CARE PLACEMENTS WHEN NECESSARY. WE ALSO PROVIDE AND FACILITATE THE PARENT PROJECT, WHICH IS AN 11 WEEK EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTION THAT ASSISTS PARENTS RAISING DIFFICULT CHILDREN. WE ALSO CONDUCT MONTHLY STOP EVENTS. STOP A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION OF PROBATION AND PAROLE. AT THESE EVENTS, BOTH PROBATIONERS AND PAROLEES ARE INTRODUCED TO A PLETHORA OF INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING THEIR RESPECTIVE SERVICES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THIS BY NO MEANS ENCOMPASSES ALL THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES PROBATION STAFF ARE ASKED TO DO, BUT JUST A FEW TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY. AT THIS POINT, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION ALL OF OUR SUPPORT STAFF AND FISCAL FOLKS WHO SHARE [00:10:08] IN OUR SUCCESSES AND OFTEN HELP MAKE THEM HAPPEN. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I AM BEYOND PROUD AND GRATEFUL TO ASSIST CHIEF NEILL IN LEADING THIS GREAT DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY ON A DAILY BASIS. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. MISS ANGEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTERS, CHAIR. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION. SUPERVISOR LONG MADE THE MOTION, I MADE THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND PRESENT OUR PICTURE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG. MOVING ON TO R2. RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER ON COUNTY ISSUES AND CONSIDER ACTION ON SPECIFIC LEGISLATION RELATED TO SHASTA COUNTY´S LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM AND RECEIVE OUR [R1 Receive an update from the County Executive Officer on County issues and consider action on specific legislation related to Shasta County’s legislative platform and receive Supervisors’ reports on countywide issues.] SUPERVISOR REPORTS. CEO RICKERT. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN CRYE AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. DAVID RICKERT, COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER REPORTING. I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH CEO STAFF AND CONDUCTING OUR FIRST QUARTER OPERATIONAL REVIEW MEETINGS WITH COUNTY DEPARTMENTS. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR LONG. THANK YOU, CHAIR CRYE. SO LAST WEEK RIGHT AFTER FOLLOWING OUR LAST BOARD MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, THE NEW SUPERVISORS ON THIS BOARD WENT BACK FOR MODULE NUMBER THREE FOR THE SUPERVISOR LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE DOWN IN SACRAMENTO. SO THAT WAS A GREAT TIME. SOME VERY TIMELY TOPICS, ONE OF WHICH WAS LABOR NEGOTIATIONS AND JUST A LOT OF VERY CLEAR INSIGHT THAT THAT I GAINED ANYWAY FROM THAT PRESENTATION. AND THERE WERE OTHER GREAT PRESENTATIONS. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG. SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. IMMEDIATELY AFTER OUR LAST MEETING, I WENT DOWN TO AN EAGSA MEETING IN ANDERSON, WHICH IS ENTERPRISE ANDERSON GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY. AND THEN ON THE 17TH, WE WENT TO AN RCRC ARCH COLLABORATIVE MEETING. I HAD TO LEAVE EARLY THAT DAY, SO I DIDN'T STAY FOR THE WHOLE MEETING. AND THEN ON THE 18TH THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WENT TO AN ADDICTED OFFENDERS PROGRAM GRADUATION. AND LATER THAT NIGHT, WE HAD THE REAGAN LINCOLN DINNER WITH THE SHASTA COUNTY GOP AT WIND RIVER WHERE I WAS THE AUCTIONEER. AND THEN ON 19TH, I WENT UP TO MANTON. I LOVE GETTING OUT TO MANTON. WE HAD THE MANTON CATTLEMAN'S LUNCHEON AT THE MANTON GRANGE, AND THEY TOOK ALL THE ACTIVE BRANDS IN THE AREA AND BRANDED SOME PLAQUES WITH THEM. I GOT TO DO THE LAST BRAND, WHICH WAS KIND OF COOL, AND THEN THEY HUNG THEM UP IN THE GRANGE HALL. SO IF YOU EVER GET OUT MATT GRANGE, YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND THEN TODAY I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT I'M WEARING A SHIRT THAT SAYS BODHI TOUGH. SO BODHI IS THE GRANDSON OF WOODY CLENDENEN, THE BARBER IN COTTONWOOD. AND BODHI, HE'S NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD YET. AND WITHIN, LIKE, THE SECOND WEEK OF HIS LIFE HE WAS PUT ON THE LIVER TRANSPLANT LIST, AND POOR LITTLE GUY HAS BEEN STRUGGLING EVER SINCE. HE'S TOUGH, TOUGH AS IT CAN BE. AND THERE WAS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK THAT LED TO A MIRACLE FOR BODHI. SO A YOUNG MAN LOST HIS LIFE IN AN ACCIDENT, AND HIS FAMILY SPECIFICALLY REACHED OUT TO BODHI´S FAMILY AND WANTED TO OFFER HIS LIVER IF IT WOULD WORK, AND TURNS OUT IT WAS A PERFECT MATCH. EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTH. THE LIVER IMMEDIATELY STARTED WORKING. HIS BILIRUBIN RATE WENT FROM 22 DOWN TO 2 IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SURGERY. SO A TRAGIC LOSS OF A LIFE OF ONE YOUNG MAN, BUT SAVED THE LIFE OF ANOTHER YOUNG MAN. AND IT LOOKS LIKE BODHI´S GOING TO LIVE A NORMAL LONG LIFE. [00:15:03] AND I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. AND BY THE WAY, I GOT THE FAMILY'S PERMISSION BEFORE I WORE THIS SHIRT OR TALKED ABOUT THIS. EVERYTHING THAT I TALKED ABOUT, BODHI´S MOM PUT ON FACEBOOK, FACEBOOK MADE IT PUBLIC. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. SUPERVISOR HARMON. DID YOU GET IT? WHAT DOES IT SAY? ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. OH, I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO READ IT. NO. LET US RUN WITH PERSEVERANCE THE RACE MARKED OUT FOR US, FIXING OUR EYES ON JESUS, THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH. HEBREWS 12: 1-2. NICE. SO I WENT TO THE NEW SUPERVISOR TRAINING AS WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS I TOOK AWAY WAS THAT LAST DAY. I MEAN, THERE WAS LOTS OF THINGS THAT WENT ON. THERE WAS THE OES, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. THEY HAD A GROUP OF PEOPLE UP FRONT. ONE OF THEM WAS THE LADY THAT WAS IN CHARGE OF THE. IT WAS ALL NEVADA COUNTY. SO THEY HAD THEIR WHOLE GROUP OF NEVADA COUNTY AND IT KIND OF MIRRORED WHAT SHASTA COUNTY DOES BECAUSE THEY HAD THE DIRECTOR LADY THERE THAT WAS RUNNING THE BOARD. AND THEN THERE WAS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICER THAT WAS IN CHARGE OF OES. AND THEN THERE WAS LIKE OUR EQUIVALENT OF OH, SEAN O'HARE. YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF THAT WAS IN CHARGE THERE. AND THEN ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS FROM NEVADA COUNTY. SO THEY KIND OF TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY OR AT LEAST THIS IS WHAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND WHEN WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THINKING ABOUT IT THEN, YOU WANT TO BE THINKING ABOUT IT NOW, AND YOU WANT TO. AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT THIS UP OR THE SUPERVISOR WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW HE HAD DEVELOPED A REALLY STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL THOSE LEADERS THAT WERE IN CHARGE OF THE OES. AND JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE HAD GOT WITH SEAN O'HARE, AND HE HAD A MAP OF THE GREEN FIRE AND HOW HELPFUL THAT WAS TO ME, BECAUSE HE HAD IT ALL MAPPED OUT WHERE IT WAS, WHERE IT STARTED, WHERE IT WAS GOING, WHERE THE FIRE LINES WERE, WHAT THEY WERE WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE DOZER TRAILS, THE HAND LINES. AND SO IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME TO GET THAT PICTURE. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, AND THEN WE WENT TO THE OES TRAINING DEAL, AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME. THEY DON'T KNOW THIS YET, BUT I'M GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME WITH THE OES OFFICE. BUT ANYWAYS THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT. I DID GO TO THE DEALS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE WIND RIVER, AND THAT WAS THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD, TOO. OKAY. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HARMON. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. LAST WEEK WENT TO THE MONTHLY MENTAL HEALTH ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. AND THE THING I WANT TO SHARE ABOUT THAT MEETING IS. SO EVERY MONTH THERE'S A DIRECTOR'S REPORT WHERE THEY SHARE AN UPDATE ON INFORMATION RELATED TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THAT DEPARTMENT. AND THAT'S BEEN, A TOP PRIORITY FOR ME IS TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT ENHANCED AND IMPROVED SO THAT WE GET REALLY GOOD INFORMATION ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND ULTIMATELY, SO WE CAN TELL, IS THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY IMPROVING, AND ARE THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING EFFECTIVE? AND SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAM. THEY'VE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS OVER JUST THE LAST SIX MONTHS. AND REALLY EVERY MONTH IT'S BEEN IMPROVING. AND I WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND, IF THIS IS A TOPIC OF INTEREST TO YOU, TO GO CHECK IT OUT, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY RICH GOOD DATA IN THERE. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT WAS CAPTURED IN THIS LATEST AND MAYBE SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT, BUT MIGHT BE NEW TO SOME OF YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ATTENDING THAT MEETING. IN TERMS OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND THE COUNTY SERVES THOSE WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS, SO NOT THOSE WITH MILD MENTAL ILLNESS, THAT'S PRIMARILY SERVED BY COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS. BUT OF THE PRIMARY DIAGNOSES THAT WE SERVE, A THIRD OF THEM IS SCHIZOPHRENIA, WHICH IS ABOUT 2 TO 3 TIMES HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER [00:20:01] DIAGNOSIS. SO JUST PUTTING THAT IN CONTEXT THERE. IT LOOKS LIKE LAST FISCAL YEAR, FROM 2023 TO 2024, WE SERVED ABOUT 3000. AND THIS YEAR IT WAS DOWN TO 2700. SO A REDUCTION THERE OF ALMOST ABOUT 10%. AND ONE THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING AND SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT AND FOCUS ON IS THAT, FOR PTSD, WE SERVED ABOUT 300 PEOPLE, OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, ALMOST 200 OF THEM WERE UNDER 18, WHICH I FOUND SURPRISING. SO A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE DEALING WITH TRAUMA IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WERE SERVING AS THE COUNTY. THE ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION, JUST GETTING TO THE RIGHT SHEET HERE, IS THAT I HAD MENTIONED, I THINK IT WAS TWO MEETINGS AGO TALKING ABOUT ADHD AND MY INTEREST IN LOOKING INTO HOW WE WERE ADDRESSING THAT. AND THE TEAM PULLED TOGETHER SOME GREAT DATA ON THAT. ONE THING, WHICH I CAME UP IN THE MEETING AND I ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS IS, I WAS ASKING THE PERCENTAGE OF ADHD YOUTH CLIENTS WHO ARE ON MEDICATION, AND THEY SHOWED A TREND LINE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. SO FROM JULY 2023, IT WAS ABOUT 40% AND NOW IT'S UP TO 73%. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT IS, WHAT HAS CAUSED US, YOU KNOW, THE RAPID INCREASE IN PERCENT OF YOUTH ON MEDICATION WHO HAVE AN ADHD DIAGNOSIS. AND LET'S SEE IF THERE. I THINK THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION FROM THIS REPORT. OH THEY ALSO GAVE AN UPDATE ON THOSE WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. THE PRIMARY SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE SERVING. AND TECHNICALLY, IT'S THROUGH PARTNERSHIP HEALTH BECAUSE WE ESSENTIALLY CONTRACT WITH THEM TO DELIVER AND OVERSEE THOSE SERVICES, IS OPIOID USE DISORDER. FAR AND AWAY, THAT'S THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER. AND WHAT'S INTERESTING, I JUST SAW THIS DATA FROM THE SUBSTANCE USE COALITION. OF THOSE WHO HAD AN OVERDOSE INCIDENT WHERE NALOXONE, WHICH IS NARCAN, WAS ADMINISTERED, 37% OF THEM WERE 25 TO 34 YEARS OLD, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS ALSO INTERESTING. AND I'VE ASKED THAT TEAM TO SEE IF THERE'S A REASON WHY THAT IS AND SEE IF WE'RE TARGETING THAT POPULATION SPECIFICALLY. SO AS WE GET BETTER AND BETTER DATA ON WHAT'S HAPPENING, I THINK THAT WILL INFORM OUR INTERVENTIONS. WE CAN BE MORE TARGETED AND WE CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN ADDRESSING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO ALLUDE TO, WHICH KIND OF IS IN A SIMILAR VEIN IS, AND SUPERVISOR KELSTROM MENTIONED THIS. LAST WEEK, WE HAD A REGIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONVENING. THIS WAS PUT ON BY OUR RCRC, THE STEINBERG INSTITUTE AND ARCH COLLABORATIVE AND PARTNERSHIP HEALTH PLAN. AND THERE WAS REPRESENTATIVES FROM ABOUT 12 OTHER COUNTIES. AND WHAT I FOUND, THERE WAS A TIME WHERE PEOPLE FROM THE COUNTIES GOT TO SELECT WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR POTENTIALLY REGIONAL CONVENING, AND, FAR AND AWAY THEIR MOST POPULAR ITEM WAS AROUND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE. SO TREATMENT BEDS AND TREATMENT FACILITIES. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONSENSUS AROUND THE NEED FOR CRISIS STABILIZATION. SO WHEN SOMEONE'S IN A CRISIS SOMEWHERE FOR THEM TO GO FOR 24 HOURS OR LESS. AND AROUND INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT FACILITIES. SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO GET TO HEAR THE EXPERIENCES FROM SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTIES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA AND SEE THE CONSISTENCY THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. I HAD A PHONE CALL WITH JOE CAMPBELL FROM HILL COUNTRY, AND LAST WEEK DURING MY SUPERVISOR REPORT, I HAD MENTIONED THAT I WAS STILL TRYING TO SUBSTANTIATE SOME OF THE INFORMATION OR DATA I WAS GIVEN. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFY THAT HILL COUNTRY DID NOT CLOSE THEIR DENTAL CLINIC. AND THEN ALSO I USED UC DAVIS, AND UC IRVINE IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING WITH DOCTOR BLAND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS FROM UC DAVIS ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY. AND THEN I KNOW CEO RICKERT AND HIS STAFF ARE WORKING ON BRINGING AN ITEM BACK ABOUT HOW THIS BOARD COULD SUPPORT UC IRVINE´S AS IT RELATES TO MORE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS WITHIN THE COUNTY. SO I ATTENDED THE ADDICTED OFFENDER PROGRAM AGAIN. THAT WAS PROBABLY PERSONALLY MY FAVORITE ONE. I HAD A FAMILY MEMBER, ACTUALLY WAS ONE OF THE GRADUATES. THIS INDIVIDUAL STARTED DOWN A LESS THAN DESIRABLE PATH AT ABOUT 14, 15. I THINK HE HAD HIS FIRST REAL ENCOUNTER WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AT 16. AND THEN ALL THESE YEARS LATER, WHAT WAS GREAT IS JUDGE FLINN ACTUALLY CALLED HIM DOCTOR MCKINNEY BECAUSE HE'S TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LOT TO GET. [00:25:05] I THINK HE'S EVEN GOT TO GET SOME TYPE OF PARTNER CLEARANCE FROM EITHER. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A GOVERNOR OR A CONGRESSPERSON TO WAIVE HIM BEING ABLE TO BECOME A DOCTOR WITH HIS CRIMINAL PAST. BUT HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN TAKING CLASSES AND HE WANTS TO BE A DOCTOR. AND SO IT WAS REALLY COOL. IF YOU KNOW JUDGE FLYNN, HE IS AN ABSOLUTE CHAMPION OF PEOPLE TURNING THEIR LIVES AROUND. SO HE ACTUALLY, I THINK WAS THE PRESIDING JUDGE WHEN MR. MCKINNEY WAS LIKE 16. AND NOW HE'S IN HIS 30S. SO IT WAS REALLY COOL. SO AGAIN, IF YOU'VE NEVER ATTENDED AN ADDICTED OFFENDER PROGRAM GRADUATION, I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IT BECAUSE IT'S SOME OF THE MOST REDEMPTIVE THINGS YOU'LL SEE IN OUR COUNTY. THE RCRC MEETING THAT SUPERVISOR KELSTROM AND PLUMMER AND I ATTENDED WAS GOOD. THERE WAS A LOT OF COLLABORATION, A LOT OF DISCUSSION. I WILL SAY THAT I KNOW AN EMAIL WAS SENT OUT, BUT ONE THING IS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF NEEDS AROUND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN THE REGION RIGHT NOW. SHASTA COUNTY IS TRENDING IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY. AND AS I'VE SPOKEN TO OTHER SUPERVISORS IN OTHER COUNTIES, ONE THING THAT I REALLY WANT TO BE CLEAR IN TERMS OF HOW I FEEL PERSONALLY IS, YOU KNOW, WE GOT OUT OF THE COC AND THAT WAS A BUST FOR THE COUNTY FINANCIALLY AND WE SAW THE CITY OF REDDING TAKE IT FOR A VERY VERY SHORT TIME BEFORE THEY HAD TO ABANDON IT. I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE BEING LEANED ON BY ALL THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES. NOT TO WANT TO SOUND HEARTLESS, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE CARE OF SHASTA COUNTY FIRST, MAKE SURE WE ARE ON A SOLID PATH, AND THEN IF WE CAN HELP OTHER COUNTIES, FANTASTIC. BUT IF WE CAN'T, THEN WE JUST CAN'T. THAT DOESN'T MEAN I WOULDN'T WANT TO LEND AN EAR OR SUPPORT IN SOME WAY, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE OUR FINANCIAL BURDEN TO HAVE TO BAIL OUT OTHER COUNTIES IN THEIR SITUATIONS. SO LASTLY, I DID ATTEND THAT EVENT ON FRIDAY. GOT TO HEAR CARL DEMAIO SPEAK ABOUT THE VOTER INITIATIVE THAT PROBABLY WILL BE ON A BALLOT THIS NEXT YEAR. AND THEN GOVERNOR CANDIDATE CHAD BIANCO SPEAK. SO I THINK THAT WAS A POSITIVE THING AS WELL. I DO WANT TO SAY TOO THAT WE CAN'T HIGHLIGHT ENOUGH STAFF. BUT I WILL TELL YOU WITH THE BUDGET AND THE BIG PUSH TO GET THAT DONE, I JUST WANT TO AGAIN EXTEND. I'M SO THANKFUL FOR ALL THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTY THAT WORKS SO HARD AS PUBLIC SERVANTS. AND I'M JUST THANKFUL FOR THE TEAM THIS COUNTY HAS BUILT AND AND IS BUILDING. WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MISS ANGEL, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE HERE? [PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD - OPEN TIME] CHAIR, WE HAVE 13 SPEAKERS CURRENTLY. SO TWO MINUTES APIECE. IF YOU COULD CALL THEM AND START PUTTING THEM IN QUEUE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. FIRST WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE], FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO, ROBERT, [INAUDIBLE], AND WE HAD ONE SPEAKER CARD WITH NO NAME ON IT. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT'S YOU AND ANY OTHER NAMES I CALLED, PLEASE GET IN THE QUEUE. OKAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND ISSUE, WHICH I ARTICULATED BRIEFLY IN AN EMAIL RECENTLY. YOU KNOW, IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN DEPUTY ERIN BERTAIN CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO PRESENT THE WORK OF A COUNTY WIDE STAFF EFFORT TO PROVIDE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AND SPENDING THE FUNDS. AND CHAIR CRYE HAD A SENSE OF URGENCY AT THAT POINT. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE DYING, PEOPLE ARE STILL DYING, AND UNFORTUNATELY, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. YOU KNOW, BACK ON NOVEMBER 12TH OF 24, WE HAD 20 ORGANIZATIONS PRESENT TO THE BOARD, THE PRIOR BOARD. AND THE BOARD ENDED UP VOTING TO BRING BACK 11 OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THIS YEAR TO FOLLOW UP ON THEIR PROPOSALS, AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. THE SENSE OF URGENCY HAS GONE AWAY. PEOPLE ARE STILL DYING. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CONCERN IS, AND LET'S JUST STATE WHAT SOME OF THOSE AREAS WERE. THE MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT PROGRAM IN THE JAIL, THE SHASTA COLLEGE STEP UP PROGRAM. RIVER RECOVERY. VISIONS OF THE CROSS, MYERS MEMORIAL. RESULTS MEDIA, EMPIRE RECOVERY CENTER AND HILL COUNTRY. THOSE WERE ALL GOING TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO FOLLOW UP ON THEIR PROPOSALS. WHAT HAS HAPPENED? WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS I THINK THAT CHAIR CRYE HAS DECIDED THAT THIS IS HIS PERSONAL FUND, THAT HE IS GOING TO TARGET TOWARDS A MEDICAL SCHOOL OR A RESIDENCY PROGRAM OF SOME KIND. HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS VOTED ON. HE'S NOT INTERESTED IN COLLABORATION UNLESS IT'S COLLABORATION AND THE IDEA THAT HE PRESENTS TO THE BOARD. [00:30:05] NOW LET'S GET THOSE ORGANIZATIONS BACK. LET'S BRING IT UP SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN WEIGH IN ON HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE SPENT. PEOPLE ARE DYING, FOLKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT, [INAUDIBLE], STEVE [INAUDIBLE], AND [INAUDIBLE] ROBERTS. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN THE QUEUE. I HATE THIS PLACE. JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT. THIS IS THE MOST EVIL PLACE I'VE EVER BEEN. AND IT'S PRETTY SAD. PATHETIC. YOU HAVE THESE PEOPLE LAUGHING, THINK IT'S FUNNY, BUT I REALLY DON'T CARE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MUCH CORRUPTION. CORRUPTION IN THIS COUNTY, BUT WE HAVE LEADERS WHO ACTUALLY CAUSES THOSE PROBLEMS. KEVIN, CHRIS, PATRICK JONES, MR. CORKEY AND OTHER PEOPLE. NOW IT'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE. IT'S LIKE A GANG THAT IF YOU DON'T GET ALONG WITH THEM, THEY COME AFTER YOU. THEY RETALIATE AGAINST YOU FOR EXERCISING YOUR RIGHT. YOU KNOW, BACK IN 20. LET ME SEE. JUNE 16TH, 2024, MR. MIKE MANGAS ACTUALLY SUBMITTED A DOCUMENT TO BE IN COURT THAT DAY TO HEAR MY HEARING ABOUT WHEN I WAS CHARGED BACK IN 2012. WE ALL REMEMBER THAT, RIGHT? MIKE MANGAS ACTUALLY ATTENDED THAT HEARING, AND I WAS ACTUALLY CHARGED FOR PREPARING FALSE DOCUMENTS, EVIDENCE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS CHARGED WITH. BUT MIKE MANGAS, THE BIG FREAKING LIAR, ACTUALLY SAID DOLORES LUCERO HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF FELONY IN THE ELECTION FRAUD. HOW DOES THAT SOUND THE SAME TO YOU GUYS? AND YOU HAVE HIM COME UP HERE AND SAY A PRAYER? HOW DARE YOU INSULT GOD, BRINGING SOMEBODY WHO IS EVIL? THE MEDIA IS EVIL. YOU GUYS ARE PART OF EVIL. YOU CAN'T STOP FORGETTING ABOUT GOD. PUT GOD FIRST. YOU FORGET ABOUT HIM. BUT YOU NEVER HEARD HIM SAY GOD OF JESUS WHEN HE GOT UP HERE AND PRAYED. I DON'T STAND UP FOR PEOPLE LIKE THAT. I DON'T HAVE RESPECT FOR PEOPLE LIKE THAT AT ALL. THIS PLACE HAS GOT TO STOP. I HAVE A PLAN. YOU GUYS ARE ALL GOING TO PAY IN THE END, WHAT YOU'VE DONE. JUST WAIT AND SEE. THANK YOU. ROBERT, FOLLOWED BY [INAUDIBLE], STEVE [INAUDIBLE], [INAUDIBLE] ROBERTS AND DAVID [INAUDIBLE]. GOOD MORNING. CLINT CURTIS, WHO'S CURRENTLY PLAYING DRESS UP AS OUR ROV, HAS MANAGED TO SEAL HIMSELF IN HIS ELECTIONS BUNKER WITH HIS HANDPICKED BUDDY, WHO ALSO, INCIDENTALLY, HAS NO EXPERIENCE. SEE A PATTERN HERE? REMEMBER THAT EVERYTHING CURTIS DOES, LIKE WITH JOE AND DAVE, IS REALLY CRYE PULLING THE STRINGS. THE ONLY PREREQUISITE TO BEING A CRYE CRONY IS RUBBER STAMPING HIS BBS AND BEING WILLING TO TURN YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU SEE CRYE ABUSING HIS OFFICE STOMPING AND HARANGUING CITIZENS. CRYE HAS LONG SINCE DISENFRANCHIZED AND ALIENATED THE MAJORITY OF SHASTA COUNTY VOTERS. SOME WHO ARE TRUE CLASSIC CONSERVATIVES, YOU MANAGE TO HOODWINK WITH SLICK PRETENSIONS, TALKING IN SOUNDBITES AND LYING ABOUT OPPONENTS. THEY APPEAR TO NOT WANT TO FOLLOW THE RULE OF LAW, BUT CONTINUALLY SEEK TO RUN AROUND THE PERIPHERIES OF THE LAW, NOT ASKING WHAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS, BUT WHAT'S THE CHEESIEST WE CAN BE WITHOUT GETTING SUED. CRYE ALSO TALKS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, BUT DON'T LOOK TOO CLOSELY AS JONES TOSSES OUT THE EXONERATION LETTER OF OUR WELL-RESPECTED DA, OR CRYE DEMANDS FULL, BLIND LOYALTY TO HIS AGENDA OR YOU´RE OUT. FOR EXAMPLE, SUPERVISOR LONG'S CANCELLATION. OR I NEED THIS FROM YOU, JOANNA. DURING ONE OF CHRIST'S SHAKEDOWN INTERROGATIONS OF THE REAL ROV. JOANNA FRANCESCA AT OUR NEXT ROV, IN MY ESTIMATION, YOU'VE BEEN A COMPLETE AND UTTER FAILURE BECAUSE TRUE SERVANT LEADERSHIP REQUIRES HUMILITY, CONCERN FOR OTHERS, PLACING PRINCIPLES BEFORE PERSONALITIES, HONESTY, INTEGRITY, AND A SOUND MIND, NONE OF WHICH YOU POSSESS. THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE], FOLLOWED BY STEVE [INAUDIBLE], [INAUDIBLE] ROBERTS, DAVID [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE]. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND BOARD. THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL FOR BRINGING UP BHODI´S SITUATION. I DID NOT KNOW THOSE DETAILS AND I'M NOT ON FACEBOOK, SO I APPRECIATE KNOWING WHERE I CAN PUT MY PRAYERS AND INTENTION FOR HIS RECOVERY AND FULL HEALING. I DID ASK, I THINK A WHILE AGO, IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET A NIGHTTIME MEETING BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, I HOPE THAT CAN HAPPEN. A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T MAKE DAYTIME MEETINGS. I WAS JUST AT THE ELECTION´S OFFICE THIS MORNING. I HAD TO DROP SOMETHING OFF. [00:35:03] AND TOM TOLLER'S NAME IS STILL ON, LIKE, ON A BIG, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, ADDRESS, WHATEVER HIS NAME IS ON A PLAQUE. I'LL ASK CLINT OR SOMEONE IF THEY'VE ALREADY ORDERED A NEW REPLACEMENT, BECAUSE IT IS CONFUSING TO SEE TOM TOLLER´S NAME ON THERE WHEN HE IS NO LONGER IN THAT OFFICE. I'M NOT SEEING THE ELECTION COMMISSION ON THE AGENDA. I HOPE THAT CAN GET PUT ON THERE. I DID ATTEND PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD. I WAS STILL THE ONLY PERSON FROM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY HOLD THEIR MEETINGS FROM 12 NOON TO 2, AND THEY DO NOT OFFER ANY WAY TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO IT OR WATCH IT. THEY HAVE SOMEBODY WITH A TAPE RECORDER, AND THEN TWO MONTHS LATER THE TRANSCRIPTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE. I FIND THAT VERY CHALLENGING WHEN IT'S CONSIDERED PUBLIC HEALTH. THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE. I HOPE THEY CAN RECTIFY THAT AND FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT READILY AVAILABLE. YESTERDAY'S PAPER HAD THE ISSUE WITH STEVEN KING, WHO HAD A RESTRAINING ORDER, SHOT MICHAEL HALE, AND APPARENTLY THAT GUN WASN'T TURNED INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR RPD OR WHOEVER THE APPROPRIATE PARTY IS. SO THIS WAS A VERY FRIGHTENING THING TO SEE, BECAUSE I KNOW OF AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS TWO ACTIVE RESTRAINING ORDERS, AND I'M AFRAID THE SAME SITUATION MIGHT APPLY, THAT HIS FIREARMS WERE NOT TURNED IN OR WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BE IN THAT HOUSEHOLD. AS YOU MAY HAVE READ YOUR EMAILS, I HAD TO SEND AN UPDATE ON THE INDIVIDUAL THAT CONTINUES TO HARASS ME. MY ROLE AS SHASTA COUNTY CITIZEN JOURNALIST IS MAINLY PHOTOGRAPHY AT THIS POINT, AND I DON'T HAVE TO PUBLISH WHAT I DO, I SHARE IT. THANK YOU. OCTOBER 14TH IS OUR NEXT NIGHT MEETING, [INAUDIBLE]. OCTOBER 14TH? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. STEVE [INAUDIBLE], FOLLOWED BY [INAUDIBLE] ROBERTS, DAVID [INAUDIBLE], [INAUDIBLE]AND DAVID [INAUDIBLE]. GOOD MORNING, BOARD, STAFF MEMBERS, AND WHAT COMMUNITY IS HERE TODAY. YEAH. I WAS GOING TO BRING UP THE SITUATION WHERE CRYE SAID THAT HE BELIEVED THAT SHASTA COMMUNITY HEALTH AND HILL COUNTRY. YOU DIDN'T MENTION HILL COUNTRY JUST A MINUTE AGO. I DON'T THINK WE'RE CLOSING DOWN THEIR DENTAL CLINICS. AND I JUST THINK IT'S VERY IRRESPONSIBLE TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE YOU'VE VERIFIED IT AND SUBSTANTIATED IT. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD TO VERIFY IT, BUT STILL, I THINK YOU GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE UPSET AND SCARED. SO ANYWAY, I THINK THAT WAS A VERY POOR DECISION. ALSO AT THE TIME THAT YOU SAID THAT, YOU WERE ALSO SPEAKING ABOUT BEING MORE COLLABORATIVE AND NOT ACCUSATIONAL, AND THEN THOSE WORDS COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. I MEAN, I'M SORRY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE TALKING OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF IT. NOW, WITH REGARDS TO THE OPIOID MONEY, IT WAS BROUGHT UP HERE A LITTLE BIT AGO. WHEN I WAS TALKING TO DIFFERENT PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD, THE GREATEST NEED WAS A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM WITH MEDICATION, MEDICATION ASSISTED RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM, WHICH WE DON'T REALLY HAVE. AND SO THAT SEEMS TO BE THE GREATEST NEED. AND ALSO, THERE'S NOT A BED AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW FOR SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO GET HELP. AND WE HAVE THIS MONEY HERE, WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON THAT IMMEDIATELY. BECAUSE WHEN SOMEBODY ACTUALLY SEES THE LIGHT OR GETS READY TO GET HELP, WE NEED TO HELP THEM RIGHT AWAY. ALSO, THE ARRANGEMENT OF THESE MEETINGS REALLY SEEMS TO BE POORLY DONE. WE'VE HAD SOME MEETINGS THAT RAN WAY INTO THE EVENING WHEN THEY WERE VERY IMPORTANT AND CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES ON THERE, WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO SPEAK. AND NOW WE'VE GOT A MEETING HERE TODAY THAT REALLY PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO BE. SO I THINK THE ARRANGEMENT. YOU THINK THAT'S FUNNY, CRYE? I DON'T THINK IT'S FUNNY. WE HAVE STAFF HERE, AND THERE'S NOT A LOT GOING ON. AND YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU´RE SO RUDE. [INAUDIBLE] ROBERTS, FOLLOWED BY DAVID [INAUDIBLE], [INAUDIBLE], DAVID [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE]. WELL, GENTLEMEN, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD COMING OUT OF THE MOUTHS IN HERE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE HERE. AND SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ADHD AND ALL THESE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS THAT ARE GOING ON, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE WAY THAT THESE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN RAISED. IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE WAY YOU WERE RAISED, YOU WERE OUTSIDE HAVING FUN. YOU WERE OUT PLAYING. YOU WERE OUT WORKING WITH YOUR KIDS. YOU WERE OUT WORKING WITH THE GARDEN. RIGHT NOW, THE MAJORITY OF THESE KIDS ARE ON THE PHONES. THEY'RE ON THE COMPUTERS. THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE WORKING THEIR BODIES, WHICH IN TURN FEEDS THEIR BRAIN. OKAY, NOT ALL KIDS ARE THE SAME, BUT IF THEY'RE A LITTLE HIGH WIRED, LIKE I'VE HAD THREE OF THEM, THEY GOT A LOT OF HIGH ENERGY. THEY'RE NOT ADHD, THEY'RE HIGH ENERGY. AND YOU'VE GOT TO WORK THAT. I PUT A GYMNASTICS RING UP ON THE ROOF IN MY CEILING AT MY HOUSE, SO THAT WHEN MY KIDS GET A LITTLE WILD, THEY'RE ABLE TO GO AND SWING. OKAY. IT'S JUST PART OF IT. PARKOUR, NINJA COALITION, GETTING THEM INTO A GYM, GETTING THEM ON A BIKE, ON A SKATEBOARD. GET THEM OUTSIDE. GET THEM AWAY FROM THESE COMPUTERS AND STOP DRUGGING THEM. [00:40:05] BECAUSE WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT WHAT THOSE DRUGS DO, THEY ABSOLUTELY FRY YOUR BRAIN. THE CLOSEST THING TO THE ADHD MEDICATIONS THAT ARE NOT PRESCRIBED IS HEROIN. IT'S HEROIN. EVERY ADHD KID, PER SE, THAT TOOK THE MEDICATIONS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, WIND UP GOING TO STREET DRUGS. THAT'S A FACT. LOOK THAT UP. BUT LET THESE KIDS BE KIDS. THEY'RE NOT ALL THE SAME. SOME HAVE MORE ENERGY, SOME DON'T. BUT YOU'VE GOT TO GET THEM AWAY FROM THESE DRUGS. ANYWAYS, GOOD JOB GUYS. THANK YOU. DAVID [INAUDIBLE], FOLLOWED BY [INAUDIBLE], DAVID [INAUDIBLE], [INAUDIBLE] AND LESLIE. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN THE QUEUE. WELCOME, SIR. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, BOARD, CEO RICKERT, COUNTY COUNSEL LARMER. GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. I'M HERE TODAY REALLY JUST TO REINTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU ALL. I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY BEEN ABOUT TWO MONTHS SINCE YOU'VE SEEN ME AROUND, BUT I'M [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M YOUR NEW LOCAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS REPRESENTATIVE WITH PG&E. SO EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH YOU ALL AGAIN. REALLY, I'M HERE AS A RESOURCE TO ALL OF YOU, ALL ONGOING. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PROJECTS GOING ON RELATING TO PG&E, WHAT WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS LAND MANAGEMENT AND VEGETATION, IF THERE ARE ANY ROADBLOCKS OR THINGS YOU'RE AWARE OF GOING ON THAT I CAN HELP TO FLATTEN OUT OR JUST BE A RESOURCE OF INFORMATION, I'M HAPPY TO DO IT FOR YOU. SO THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN ME MY BUSINESS CARDS YET. THEY'RE STILL PRINTING THOSE, BUT I'LL SEND YOU ALL AN EMAIL LATER TODAY, SO YOU HAVE MY NEW CONTACT INFORMATION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY MEETING WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, JUST TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE IN THE AREA AND ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FROM THE GET GO. BUT YEAH, HERE'S A RESOURCE. HAPPY TO HELP. ANY PRESENTATIONS YOU NEED FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR THINGS GOING TO GET OUT TO THE PUBLIC, JUST LET ME KNOW. AND I'M HERE FOR YOU. SO WE CAN GET YOUR EMAIL, IF WE DON'T LIKE OUR BILL WE CAN ALL EMAIL YOU? YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT IT. I DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE RATES, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT IF THERE ARE ANY ROADBLOCKS, DELAYS WITH CONSTRUCTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP EXPEDITE SOME THINGS. STAY RIGHT THERE. CEO RICKERT. DAVE, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK IN. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN YOUR NEW ROLE, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU DAVE. THANKS. [INAUDIBLE], FOLLOWED BY DAVID [INAUDIBLE], [INAUDIBLE], LESLIE AND KIM MOORE. GOOD MORNING. HELLO. I'D LIKE TO CLEAR UP A MISCONCEPTION. I AM NOT ASKING YOU FOR MONEY. I AM ASKING, ALTHOUGH I KNOW YOU HAVE IT. I'M ASKING YOU FOR COMPASSION AND COLLABORATION. MOST PEOPLE I AM ADVOCATING FOR, HAVE A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE CAPACITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING AND BETTERMENT OF THE SOCIETY, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN CONSIDERABLY UNDERESTIMATED. BELITTLED, DISMISSED AS A BLIGHT ON SOCIETY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HELP. FOR GENERATIONS THEY HAVE BEEN UNEMPLOYABLE BECAUSE THEIR ATYPICAL INSIGHTS AND CAPACITIES ARE DISMISSED AS CRAZY BECAUSE A TYPICAL EMPLOYER OR MAN ON THE STREET CANNOT COMPREHEND THEM. CRAZY LIKE ALBERT EINSTEIN, DAN AYKROYD, ANTHONY HOPKINS, TIM BURTON, CHARLES DARWIN, EMILY DICKINSON, BILL GATES, JERRY SEINFELD, SIR ISAAC NEWTON, MICHELANGELO, LEONARDO DA VINCI, VAN GOGH, STEVEN SPIELBERG, ALFRED HITCHCOCK, AND MORE. THOMAS EDISON, AND MORE. ALL OF THESE HAD NEURODIVERGENT QUIRKS AND CHALLENGES, AS WELL AS OURS. THESE PEOPLE WERE NURTURED AND ENCOURAGED, UNLIKE MY HOMELESS FRIENDS. MAYBE MY HOMELESS WON'T ROCK THE WORLD WITH THEIR GENIUS, BUT I'M IMPRESSED BY THE UNIQUE AND CREATIVE FOCUS THAT THEY HAVE JUST IN MAKING IT THROUGH EACH DAY OF THE EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE AND DANGERS THAT THEY HAVE TO LIVE FOR ANOTHER DAY. I'M ONLY ASKING YOU TO GET INFORMED OF WHAT I OFFER THEM TO RECOUP. I'M ASKING YOU, DO YOU CARE ABOUT THEIR PTSD? ABOUT THEIR SOCIAL PROBLEMS? ABOUT SOLUTIONS TO THEIR ADDICTIONS? WE HAVE THEM. I HAVE THEM. I OFFER THEM TO RECOUP FROM THEIR PHYSICAL SCARS AND THE LAYERS OF MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL SCARS. THANK YOU. KIM MOORE, AND [INAUDIBLE]. GOOD MORNING, BOARD. WHAT IS A BOX SCORE IN BASEBALL? IT'S THE RESULTS, THE FACTS, THE STATS. LET'S REVIEW THE BOX SCORE WITH THE ROV POSITIONS THIS PAST YEAR. THE FEMALE ROV RETIRES IN MID 24. THE POSITION IS POSTED, THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON, A FEMALE, DOESN'T GET THE JOB. THE NEW ROV POSITION GOES TO A WHITE MALE LAWYER WITH ZERO EXPERIENCE RUNNING AN ELECTION DEPARTMENT. [00:45:06] THAT WHITE MALE LAWYER RETIRES AFTER TEN MONTHS. AGAIN, THE POSITION IS POSTED. WHO GETS THE POSITION? NOT THE MOST EXPERIENCED FEMALE APPLICANTS WITH YEARS OF ELECTION EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP. NO, THE NEW ROV POSITION VOTED IN BY CRYE, KELSTROM AND HARMON WENT TO THE WHITE MALE LAWYER WITH ZERO EXPERIENCE RUNNING ELECTIONS. NOW, WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF TAKING THE ROV POSITION, THE WHITE MALE LAWYER FIRES THE SECOND IN COMMAND, A FEMALE, FOR NO APPARENT REASON OR JUSTIFICATION. WHAT THEN DOES THE NEW ROV, A WHITE MALE LAWYER, DO? HE DOESN'T POST THE POSITION. HE DOESN'T DO THE RIGHT THING. THE NEW ROV, A WHITE MALE LAWYER, DOESN'T ALLOW ANY OF THE FEMALE ELECTION DEPARTMENT PEOPLE TO APPLY. NO, THE WHITE MALE LAWYER HIRES HIS BUDDY, ANOTHER WHITE MALE LAWYER WITH AGAIN, ZERO EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING ELECTIONS. A PATTERN, YOU SAY? IS IT OBVIOUS YET? HERE'S THE FINAL BOX SCORE. THE WHITE MALE LAWYERS WITH ZERO EXPERIENCE RUNNING ELECTIONS, THREE JOBS SCORED. THE THREE FEMALE JOB APPLICANTS WITH EXTENSIVE ELECTION EXPERIENCE WHO SHOWCASED THEIR SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS EFFECTIVELY IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, THEY SCORE ZERO JOBS. IN CONCLUSION, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT VOTED FOR THE WHITE MALE LAWYER PITCHED THE SHUTOUT, A 3-0 GEM AGAINST THE THREE FEMALE APPLICANTS THAT WERE INTERVIEWED AND WHO WERE ALL, YES, ALL, THE MOST QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR THE ELECTION POSITIONS. THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE], FOLLOWED BY LESLIE, KIM MOORE, [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE]. WELL, MR. KELSTROM, MR. CORKY. EXCUSE ME. MR. JONES AND MR. CRYE HAVE INSTALLED CALIFORNIA SECESSIONISTS. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO VIEW CALIFORNIA AS AN ILLEGAL ENTITY AND THEREFORE CAN BREAK THE LAW. YOU INSTALLED THEM INTO THE POSITION OF ELECTIONS COMMISSION, AND YOU HAVE MR. [INAUDIBLE], QUOTE, THE HEALTH TSAR OF SHASTA COUNTY. THEY'RE ON OUR PAYROLL. TAXPAYERS SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS MONEY IS BEING FLUSHED DOWN THE CONSPIRACY THEORY TOILET TO PROPAGATE PROPAGANDA. NOT ONLY ARE THEY SECESSIONISTS, BUT LIKE YOU, MR. CRYE, THEY'RE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS. THAT IS WHY YOU PLACED ELECTION CONSPIRACY THEORISTS CURTIS AND [INAUDIBLE] AS HEADS OF THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT. BOTH OF THESE MEN ARE ATTEMPTING TO UTILIZE CONSPIRACY THEORY, WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN FALSE TIME AND AGAIN IN COURT TO TEST AND CHALLENGE CALIFORNIA LAW. AND SPEAKING OF CONSPIRACY THEORISTS, HERE'S A CPRA ASKING HOW MUCH SHASTA COUNTY HAS SHELLED OUT TO FIGHT [INAUDIBLE], THE QUEEN OF CONSPIRACIES, HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY. TAXPAYERS SHOULD KNOW THAT CALIFORNIA CODE ACTUALLY ADDRESSES LITIGANTS. IN OTHER WORDS, FACTITIOUS LITIGANTS. AND IN FACT WITH THE BATTING RECORD THAT [INAUDIBLE] HAS, SHE'S QUICKLY ON THE WAY TO LOOKING AT THAT IN A COURT. HERE'S ANOTHER. HERE'S ANOTHER CPA ASKING FOR ALL THE MONEY, EVERY BIT OF MONEY THAT THIS BOARD HAS AUTHORIZED PAYMENT TO CLINT CURTIS TO SPREAD PROPAGANDA, LIE AND CONSPIRACY THEORY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BROKEN UP NEXT IS LESLIE, FOLLOWED BY KIM MOORE, [INAUDIBLE], AND [INAUDIBLE]. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. OKAY. AS FAR AS THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT GOES, MS. BERTAIN MADE IT VERY CLEAR, NOT ALL OF THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE TO US YET. SO WE COULD NOT JUST WRITE OPEN CHECKS AND SOLVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT DAY, WHICH IS WHY THIS STUFF IS STILL COMING BACK OVER THE NEXT YEAR AS THOSE FUNDS GET ALLOCATED TO US. IT'S FUNNY HOW SO MANY PEOPLE WITH KEVIN DERANGEMENT SYNDROME ONLY HEAR THE PARTS THAT THEY WANT TO HEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THIS BOARD FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING. THE COUNTY IS IMPROVING. YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING TO LIGHT THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HIDDEN FROM US FOR YEARS. THANK YOU, KEVIN, FOR APOLOGIZING FOR MISSTATING SOMETHING, NOT HAVING ALL THE FACTS. IT TAKES A BIG MAN TO APOLOGIZE, AND IT TAKES LITTLE MEN TO COME UP HERE AND HOUND YOU FOR IT AFTER YOU APOLOGIZED. I'VE NEVER HEARD OTHER PEOPLE APOLOGIZE WHEN THEY WERE WRONG. THANK YOU FOR SHARING BODHI'S STORIES OR STORY. THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT ALL THE SHARING AND ALL THE PRAYING IS WHAT HAS LED TO THE FACT THAT HE HAD THIS MIRACLE, [00:50:05] EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK A TRAGEDY ON ANOTHER FAMILY'S PART TO GET THAT MIRACLE. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING MORE ATTENTION TO IT. YESTERDAY AT OUR MEETING, CORKY HAD BROUGHT UP THE POSSIBILITY OF A LOCAL ORDINANCE, OR MAYBE SOMETHING WE CAN DO INSIDE OUR CHARTER THAT WOULD KIND OF COMBAT THE CALIFORNIA SQUATTER LAWS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO. MAYBE COUNTY COUNCIL CAN HELP WITH THAT. MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO BE A, YOU KNOW, CITIZEN LED INITIATIVE TO PUT ON THE CHARTER. LET ME KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE. WE CAN WORK ON THAT. BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD IDEA. SO THANK YOU, CORKY. AND THEN WE SHOULD PROBABLY SAVE THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STUFF BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON ALL OF HER DEI CHECK BOXES IS WHY NOBODY TOOK NIKKI HALEY SERIOUSLY. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. KIM MOORE, FOLLOWED BY [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE]. GOOD MORNING, BOARD. I HAVE GOOD NEWS, KEVIN. THANK YOU. AS I CAME OUT THIS MORNING TO GET IN MY CAR TO DRIVE DOWN HERE, WHAT I SAW WAS STRANGE & SONS FIXING OUR FENCE. THE FENCE THAT WAS GOING TO COST MORE THAN SECURITY. AND THEY'RE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT ANOTHER SET OF EYES, AN INDEPENDENT SET OF EYES THERE. BUT WE'RE GETTING OUR GATE FIXED. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE WITH THE KEVIN DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, I FIND IT FASCINATING. THEY'LL COME UP HERE, AND I DIDN'T DO IT TODAY, BUT THEY'LL COME UP HERE AND THEY'LL SAY, YOU HAVE ALL THESE POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS. MATT, HERE ARE THE ONE WITH THE POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS. YOU GOT THEM BIGGER THAN ANYBODY, BUT NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT IT TO YOU. WHY IS THAT, OKAY? LIKE YOU NEED TO REEL IN YOUR PEOPLE. WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING UP HERE AND SAYING DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. AND ANYBODY OUT THERE IN THE VIEWING AUDIENCE WHO BELIEVES ANYTHING THAT THOSE FIRST FEW SPEAKERS OTHER THAN [INAUDIBLE] HAD TO SAY, COME IN HERE, HAVE A MEETING, SIT AND WATCH HOW THESE LUNATICS BEHAVE, THE TROUBLE THAT THEY CAUSE, AND REALIZE THAT THEY'RE PURE PROPAGANDISTS. THEY'RE HERE TO GASLIGHT. NONE OF WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS TRUE. WE WANTED CLINT CURTIS. I PERSONALLY ALMOST ATTACKED THIS MAN, NOT PHYSICALLY, BUT HIS CHARACTER, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T GETTING CLINT CURTIS. WE WANTED HIM. HE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. THESE GUYS MAY NOT LIKE IT. WHAT THEY WANT IS THEY WANT SOMEBODY WHO'S BEHOLDEN TO THE CORRUPT ELECTION SYSTEM THAT WILL NOT EXPOSE OR WHISTLE BLOW WHEN THESE ALGORITHMS ARE CHANGING PEOPLE'S VOTES. [INAUDIBLE] ELECTION WAS ONLY 14 VOTES OFF. SHE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO QUESTION THAT ELECTION. AND I THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO SUPPORT HER. KEVIN, YOU'RE AN INCREDIBLE MAN. OUT OF EIGHT YEARS, THAT GATE ONLY WORKED ONE YEAR AND WE'RE GETTING IT BACK. THANK YOU. IT MEANS A LOT TO US. THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE], FOLLOWED BY [INAUDIBLE]. WELCOME. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A LOT TO SAY, BUT I CAME TO THE MEETING YESTERDAY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW THE PAST BOARDS HAD BEEN DEFICIENT ON GETTING THOSE THINGS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. AND YOU HAD TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING TO GET IT DONE, AND I APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE GETTING CAUGHT UP. AS FAR AS THE STAFF GOES. YOU BRAGGED ABOUT THE STAFF WE'VE GOT NOW. YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB PUTTING THEM TOGETHER, DISCOURAGING THE ONES THAT WERE MAYBE DRAGGING THEIR FEET TO RETIRE OR MOVE ON, AND PUTTING PEOPLE IN PLACE THAT WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE. I APPRECIATE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE. I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT MAYBE NEXT MEETING YOU COULD HAVE DOLORES SAY THE PRAYER. SHE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SATISFIED WITH ANYBODY ELSE ON THE JOB THEY DO. AND MAYBE WE COULD EVEN GET SOME ANGER MANAGEMENT ABOUT SOME OF THESE FIRST SPEAKERS. THEY'RE AN ANGRY CREW. IT'S JUST. SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN. SIT DOWN. I'VE TURNED YOU DOWN TOO MANY TIMES. PLEASE DIRECT YOUR RESPONSES TO THE BOARD, THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. I APOLOGIZE FOR SETTING HER OFF. KEEP GOING. GO FOR IT. GO AHEAD. WELL, NOW I'VE LOST OR FORGOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT. THAT ONE GUY GOT UP HERE AND HE KEPT GOING ON ABOUT A WHITE ROV. I GUESS MAYBE HE THINKS IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN ANY BLACK ONES, THAT'S THE ONE YOU SHOULD HAVE PUT UP THERE. NOT A WHITE ROV. OH MY GOODNESS. DARN, I HAD A GOOD ONE TOO. OH, WELL. OH, I KNOW WHAT IT IS. YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT AT THE SUPERVISOR'S TRAINING THIS LAST WEEKEND, [00:55:07] THAT ALLEN LONG AND PLUMMER THERE ONLY STAYED TWO HOURS, AND IT WAS A TWO DAY TEACHING THING. IS THAT TRUE? I HEAR A LOT OF THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. WAS THAT TRUE, ALLEN? DID YOU STAY FOR THE WHOLE. THANK YOU. THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] AND CHAIR, THAT WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, BOARD. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING PUT UP HERE. THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES. WHEN WE WERE IN SHASTA LAKE, I NOTICED THEY HAD A BIG SIGN THAT SAID IN GOD WE TRUST. THIS COUNTRY WOULD MOST LIKELY NOT BE A COUNTRY WITHOUT GOD'S DIVINE PROVIDENCE. AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLACE A PLAQUE OR INSIGNIA IN THIS BUILDING THAT STATES IN GOD WE TRUST. I'D ALSO LIKE YOU TO BRING THE ELECTION COMMISSION BACK. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S STILL ON HOLD. I THINK IT WAS TAKEN OFF FOR REASONS THAT WERE NOT QUITE CLEAR OR UNDERSTOOD, BECAUSE THAT WAS DECIDED IN CLOSED SESSION. I THINK WE NEED IT BACK. THE CITIZENS DESERVE THAT. I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THE VOTER ID INITIATIVE IS GOING VERY WELL HERE LOCALLY. WE WILL GET OUR TARGET. WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT. IT'S OVERWHELMING ACTUALLY. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO REALLY PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY WANT, WHICH IS ELECTION REFORM AND FAIR AND HONEST ELECTIONS. I THINK CLINT CURTIS IS DOING A GREAT JOB. AND I'D LIKE YOU TO STOP FIGHTING THE LAD VS. TOLLER LAWSUIT, BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE] BROKE MANY LAWS. I COULD RATTLE OFF THE CODE THAT 15 3 72, 15, 03, 60 E, ETC. SHE SAID THAT THE REASON WHY WE HAD MORE BALLOTS THAN PEOPLE WHO VOTED WAS BECAUSE THE PROVISIONAL. THAT'S A LIE, BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT NUMBERS AFTER THE ELECTION WAS CERTIFIED. AT THAT POINT, THE NUMBERS ARE EQUIVALENT. IT DOESN'T MATTER PROVISIONAL OR NOT. SHE'S DONE MANY OTHER THINGS AS WELL THAT WERE ILLEGAL. WE DO NOT WANT HER AS OUR NEXT ROV. THAT WOULD BE A DISASTER. SHE'S ALREADY HAD A CHANCE TO RUN TWO ELECTIONS AND THEY WERE DUMPSTER FIRES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THAT BEING OUR LAST SPEAKER. MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, OF COURSE. [CONSENT CALENDAR] JUST TO REITERATE, C5 HAS BEEN REMOVED. IS THERE A MOTION TO? I´LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OTHER THAN C5. WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. AGAIN, THIS IS THE ENTIRETY OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF C5, WHICH HAS BEEN REMOVED. C3 AND C4 ARE 4/5 VOTES. WE'LL TAKE IT ALL AT ONCE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES 5-0. AND MOVING ON TO R3. TROY. WELCOME. THANK YOU. CHAIR CRYE, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. TROY BARTOLOMEI, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY OR BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION THAT'S GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THREE THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE AREAS. ONE, IT'S GOING TO DO A REPORT OF THE DELINQUENT FLEET. I'M SORRY. DELINQUENT FEES AND DIRECT LIENS BE PLACED ON THE PROPERTIES OF DELINQUENT FEES. TWO, TO DISCHARGE UNCOLLECTED DEBTS. AND THREE, TO PLACE THE ANNUAL ITEMS TO PLACE ASSESSMENTS ON THE PROPERTIES FOR THE CSAS FOR THEIR PARCEL CHARGE REPORTS. SO BASICALLY THAT'S OUR FOR HERE ON OUR THREE. WELL SORRY, THAT IS. I'M GOING TO THROW LAURA UNDER THE BUS BECAUSE SHE PUT IT IN THE WRONG ORDER, BUT ANYWAY. THERE'S NO TRAP DOOR AND THERE'S NO ALLIGATORS. SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOOD OKAY. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO R-3. YOU DON'T WANT TO DO R4? OKAY, WE'LL DO OUR THREE. WE'LL GET THERE, YEAH. OKAY, SO LET'S DO THIS. SO BEFORE YOUR DAY IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WILL CONFIRM THE ANNUAL PARCEL CHARGE REPORTS FOR OUR PERMANENT ROAD DIVISIONS. [R3 Conduct a public hearing and adopt a resolution which confirms the Annual Parcel Charge Reports for the various Shasta County Permanent Road Division Zones and directs that the parcel charges be placed on the property tax bills for Fiscal Year 2025-26.] BACK IN 1995, THE WAY THAT ASSESSMENTS OR THE WAY THAT GAS TAXES WERE SPREAD OUT AMONGST THE COUNTIES AND EVERYBODY THAT RECEIVED GAS TAX MONEY WENT IN A READER'S DIGEST VERSION, IT WENT FROM MORE OF A ROADS MILE [01:00:04] FOR YOUR MAINTAINED MILEAGE AS TO OPPOSE B BASED ON POPULATION. AND SO AT THAT TIME, IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO ADOPT ANY MORE ROADS INTO THE ROAD MILEAGE FOR MONEY. WE GOT NO MORE MONEY FOR ADDITIONAL ROADS IF THE POPULATION DIDN'T GROW. SO AT THAT TIME, THE BOARD DECIDED TO NOT ADOPT ANY MORE ROADS AND MAINTAIN MILEAGE UNLESS THEY WERE AN ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR. SO WERE THAT LEFT US WITH, IS EVERY TIME YOU DO A SUBDIVISION WITH FIVE OR MORE PARCELS, THERE HAS TO BE A PAVED ROAD. THE COUNTY DECIDED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY WANT AN ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT. THEY DON'T WANT DIRT ROADS EVERYWHERE. SO THE WAY TO PROVIDE FOR THESE DIRT ROADS ONE WAY IS TO FORM A PERMANENT ROAD DIVISION. WHAT THAT IS, IS THE DEVELOPER COMES IN, MAKES A PERMANENT ROAD DIVISION, PAYS FOR THE ROAD AND THEN SETS UP ASSESSMENTS. EACH PROPERTY PAYS THEIR FAIR SHARE FOR THAT ASSESSMENT, AND THAT HAS TO BE PUT IN PLACE BEFORE THE MAP IS ADOPTED AT THE TIME OF THE ADOPTION. I'M SORRY. BEFORE THE MAP IS RECORDED. SO THE TIME OF RECORDING THE MAP, WE HAVE THE ONE CHANCE FOR THERE'S ONE PROPERTY OWNER FOR ALL THE PARCELS. THAT'S THE DEVELOPER. SO OF COURSE YOU GO THROUGH PROP 218 PROCESS. HE'S GOING TO VOTE THAT I'M GOING TO ADOPT THESE PARCEL CHARGES. AND THAT'S HOW THESE ROADS GET PAID FOR. NOW, THESE PARCEL CHARGES ARE UNIQUE FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT. SO YOU HAVE A BIG PROJECT, A SMALL PROJECT. SOME ROADS ARE SIMPLE. THERE'S NO DRAINAGE, JUST DITCHES, NO CULVERTS, NO BRIDGES, NO STRUCTURES, NO GUARDRAIL. SO THOSE HAVE MUCH LESS CHARGE, MUCH LESS FEE PER ASSESSMENT. SOME PRDS MIGHT HAVE A ROAD OR HAVE A LOT OF CULVERTS, SO THEIR ASSESSMENTS ARE GOING TO BE LARGER. BUT TO APPLY THESE ASSESSMENTS, THERE HAS TO BE AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO SUPPORT THESE ASSESSMENTS. ONCE THEY'RE PLACED, WE'RE ALLOWED TO INFLATE THOSE FOR, I BELIEVE, UP TO FIVE YEARS TO ESCALATE THEM FOR INFLATION. AFTER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD, WE'RE KIND OF STUCK WITH THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT. WE COULD GO THROUGH THE PROP 218 PROCESS TO TRY TO RAISE THEM, BUT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE FUTILE. SO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY IS, ANNUALLY, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE BOARD PASS A RESOLUTION TO ALLOW US TO APPLY THOSE PARTIAL CHARGES TO EACH OF THESE PRDS. AND SO WHAT IS RECOMMENDED IS THAT WE HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO ALLOW US TO ASSESS THESE PARCELS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. MISS ANGEL, IS ALL CORRESPONDENCE ON FILE WITH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD? YES, CHAIR. ANY AND ALL CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED REGARDING THIS ITEMS ON FILE AND AVAILABLE WITH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOR R3? THERE ARE NONE. WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. SECOND. SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR LONG. ANY BOARD DISCUSSION? OH, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. YEAH, I HAD TWO QUESTIONS. AND THANK YOU, TROY, FOR ADDRESSING SOME OF THEM ALREADY. BUT THE, SO GIVEN PROP 218 AS AN OBSTACLE TO RAISING RATES, DOES THAT MEAN THAT PRETTY MUCH ALL THE RATES IN THIS RESOLUTION ARE THE SAME AS THEY WERE LAST YEAR? YES, UNLESS YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN FIVE YEARS OR LESS. THERE IS AN ESCALATOR BUILT IN FOR INFLATION, AND THEN ONCE WE HIT THE END OF THAT, IT PRETTY MUCH STAYS THE SAME. RIGHT NOW THERE'S. THE FUNDS ARE BORDERLINE SUFFICIENT, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, AS TIME GOES ON, THE WAY IT'S SET UP, EVENTUALLY, THE LONGER YOU GO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE COLLECTING ENOUGH MONEY, JUST BY THE VIRTUE OF THE WAY THE STATUTES ALLOW US TO DO IT. RIGHT, BECAUSE YOUR COSTS ARE GOING UP, YES. AND THEN, YOU KIND OF ALLUDED TO THIS AND YOU EXPLAINED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT PRDS AND WHY THOSE COSTS WOULD BE DIFFERENT. WITHIN A SINGLE PRD, I NOTICED THAT SOME PARCELS, IN SOME SITUATIONS, PAY A LOT MORE THAN OTHER PARCELS. COULD YOU DESCRIBE. YES, SO. HOW THAT HAPPENS? WE HAVE ONE BIG PRD. A FEW YEARS AGO WE SET IT APART TO [INAUDIBLE] PRDS. FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, WE MADE ONE PRD WITH DIFFERENT SECTIONS WITHIN THEM. WITHIN ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS, YOU COULD HAVE PARCELS THAT ARE TO THE FRONT, AND A LOT OF TIMES THE SUB DIVIDER OR A DEVELOPER WILL CHOOSE TO BUILD A SUBDIVISION IN PHASES. SO THE FRONT END OF THAT PHASE, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THAT ROAD. AND SO EVERYBODY'S PAYING FOR THAT. THERE MAY BE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SAY PHASE THREE LATER ON BEHIND. AND THEY'RE BENEFITING FROM ALL EVERYTHING ALL THE WAY BACK TO PHASE THREE. BUT PERHAPS THERE'S MORE STRUCTURE, MORE CULVERTS OR SOMETHING MORE EXPENSIVE IN THEIR LITTLE PIECE. AND SINCE IT WAS DONE IN PHASES, THEY WERE ABLE TO BREAK IT OUT. SO THESE PEOPLE WERE DEVELOPED UP FRONT FIRST. [01:05:02] PERHAPS DON'T PARTICIPATE IN PAYING FOR THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THAT PHASE. SO THAT'S HOW YOU CAN WIND UP WITH DIFFERENT FEES IN THE SAME PRD DIVISION. OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. YEAH. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE OR SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. PASSES 5-0. MOVING ON TO R4, WHICH YOU STARTED IN. [R4 Conduct a public hearing and adopt resolutions which confirm the: (1) Reports of Delinquent Fees and directs that the annual liens be placed on the County Service Area (CSA) tax bills for Fiscal Year 2025-26; (2) Reports of Uncollectible Debts and approves a discharge of accountability for collection of unpaid water and sewer service accounts that have been deemed uncollectible; and (3) Annual Parcel Charge Reports for the various CSAs and directs that the parcel charges be placed on the property tax bills for Fiscal Year 2025-26.] OH, YOU GUYS ALREADY? HERE WE GO. SPENCE IS GONE. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. R4. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF. WHERE I LEFT OFF? I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ABLE TO DO THAT. NO, I DON'T THINK. OKAY, SO BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION THAT'S GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THREE THINGS. THIS IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE AREAS. WE HAVE TEN DIFFERENT COMMUNITY SERVICE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. THAT LEAVES US WITH THEIR, SEVEN OF THESE ARE WATER AND THREE OF THEM ARE SEWER. AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY IS THREE THINGS. ONE, ALLOW US TO PUT LIENS ON UNPAID DEBTS. TWO IS TO ALLOW US TO DISCHARGE UNCOLLECTED DEBTS. AND THREE IS TO ALLOW US TO APPLY PARCEL CHARGES TO THOSE PARCELS WHICH HAVE LIENS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS MADE. THE FIRST ONE LEANS ON UNPAID DEBTS. AFTER A CUSTOMER GOES UNPAID FOR 60 DAYS, WE START THE COLLECTION PROCESS. WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN, WE PHONE THEM, WE SEND THEM NOTICES, AND ONCE A YEAR WE'RE ALLOWED TO TRY TO COLLECT THOSE UNPAID DEBTS THROUGH THE PURPOSE OF THE LIEN. WE'RE ALLOWED TO, BECAUSE IT'S A WATER SERVICE, AND THAT ALLOWS THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO ATTACH THE PROPERTY VALUE. OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD FOR THE PERMISSION TO DO THAT. SO THOSE THAT HAVE GONE MORE THAN 60 DAYS DELINQUENT OVER THIS PAST YEAR THAT WE CAN'T COLLECT, THAT IS THE FIRST PIECE THERE, TO PUT LIENS ON THOSE UNPAID DEBTS. THE SECOND ONE IS TO DISCHARGE UNCOLLECTABLE DEBTS. THESE ARE DEBTS THAT WE'VE TRIED, WE'VE ATTEMPTED, WE CAN'T COLLECT. BEING THE FACT THAT WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO COME ONCE A YEAR TO PUT THESE LIENS ON THESE PROPERTIES, AND THAT LEAVES US IN A CONUNDRUM SOMETIMES. SAY WE'RE TRYING TO COLLECT THE DEBT OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, COLLECT THAT. THEY SELL THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE GONE. NOW, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, SAY, OR IT WAS A RENTER. THAT'S THE WORST CASE, A RENTER. THEY'RE GONE. THE PROPERTY SELLS. AND NOW IT'S A DIFFERENT OWNER. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTACH THAT NEW OWNER FOR THAT DEBT LEFT BY THAT RENTER. SO IT'S JUST AN UNCOLLECTABLE DEBT. WE HAVE TO CLEAR IT FROM THE BOOKS. IT SHOWS UP AS A DEFICIT. AND SO ONCE A YEAR WE COME ANNUALLY TO REQUEST TO DISCHARGE THOSE DEBTS. THE THIRD ITEM THERE IS JUST THE ANNUAL PARTIAL CHARGE. AGAIN, WE NEED PERMISSION TO. THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE THESE PARTIAL CHARGES, SAY SUCH DOWN IN COTTONWOOD OR SOMETHING, AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THEY JUST DID AN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. PART OF THAT WAS GRANT. PART OF THAT WAS LOAN. AND PART OF THE LOAN IS BEING PAID BACK BY PARTIAL CHARGES. SO SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE HAD IMPROVEMENTS DONE. A LOAN WAS MADE AT ZERO INTEREST, YOU KNOW, FOR 30, 40 YEARS. WE COLLECT PAYMENTS EVERY YEAR BY VIRTUE OF THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, AND ANNUALLY WE HAVE TO HAVE THE BOARD APPROVE THAT. SO THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TODAY, THE RESULT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL PROVIDE FOR THOSE THREE ITEMS. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. BARTOLOMEI. SORRY, I WAS GOING TO BRING IN SUPERVISOR KELSTROM, BUT LET'S OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. MISS ANGEL, IS ALL CORRESPONDENCE ON FILE WITH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD? ANY AND ALL CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED REGARDING THIS ITEM IS ON FILE AND AVAILABLE WITH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD. GREAT. ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS FOR ITEM R4? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS, CHAIR. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OPEN IT UP FOR BOARD DISCUSSION. SUPERVISOR KELSTROM AND SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. YEAH. HEY, TROY, READING THROUGH THIS AND I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE NAMES IN THE COTTONWOOD AREA, AND, I MEAN, SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY PROMINENT NAMES THAT I KNOW PERSONALLY AND WHICH I CAN'T IMAGINE THEM HAVING AN UNPAID PARCEL CHARGE OR, YOU KNOW. SO I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, AND THEN I HEARD A STORY YESTERDAY ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT HAD ONE OF THESE CHARGES, AND IT WAS SENT TO THE LOAN COMPANY, AND THEY DON'T PAY THAT. SO HE FIGURED IT WAS JUST IN HIS ROUNDED UP IN HIS, YOU KNOW, IMPOUND ACCOUNT, AND IT WASN'T. SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, AND HE WAS NEVER NOTIFIED THAT HE HAD THIS SUBSEQUENT CHARGE, YOU KNOW, UNTIL IT WAS BROUGHT TO HIS ATTENTION, WHICH HE'S LIKE, YEAH, I NEVER GOT A NOTICE ON THIS. SO, LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE NAMES IN THE COTTONWOOD AREA AND EVEN A COUPLE IN THE [INAUDIBLE] TOWN, CS13 THERE, I WAS LIKE, HOW ARE THESE NOTICES SENT OUT TO THE PEOPLE? WELL, IT'S IN THEIR BILL. IT'S A UTILITY BILL. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY. IT'S THEIR UTILITY BILL. SO WHOEVER CAME IN, APPLIED FOR THE UTILITY, WHETHER IT'S A RENTER, THE PROPERTY OWNER OR WHOEVER. WE'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE LAST INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US, SO. WE'RE TALKING LIKE THE SEWER AND WATER BILLS? YES. OKAY. SO COTTONWOOD SPECIFICALLY WOULD BE SEWER. AND THEN FOR THESE DISCHARGE DEBTS, WE HAVE WELL, [01:10:06] VALERIE WHO USED TO BE HERE, SHE GOES THROUGH AND SHE MAKES CONTACT FOR EACH ONE OF THESE. THE LAST MONTHS SHE'S BEEN DOING THAT, TRYING TO MAKE ONE LAST EFFORT TO GET AHOLD OF THEM. SO THE ONLY TIME THIS WOULD BE PAID THROUGH AN ESCROW ACCOUNT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IS ONCE IT'S BEEN TURNED OVER TO A LIEN. SO THERE COULD BE A DISCONNECT THAT WE HAVE INCORRECT INFORMATION. OH, OKAY. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE WAS NOTIFIED THAT HE HAS THIS, YOU KNOW, BILL OUT THERE. THAT´S. SO AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE NAMES, I MEAN, AGAIN, I KNOW SOME OF THEM PERSONALLY, I'M LIKE, THERE'S YOU KNOW, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME, BUT IF THEY'RE. WELL, IF THEY'RE HAPPY TO CONTACT ME, I'LL. OKAY. I'LL DO MY BEST TO WORK IT OUT. YEAH, I CAN'T, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY, YEAH. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. TROY. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. YES, THANK YOU. TROY. A FEW KIND OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. I NOTICED THAT FOR CSA NUMBER SIX WITH JONES VALLEY. IT SAYS THAT THE PARCEL CHARGE INCLUDES A STANDBY CHARGE FOR THE ELK TRAIL SUBDIVISION, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE AN ESTABLISHED SERVICE. DOES THAT MEAN THAT BASICALLY, WE'RE CHARGING THEM IN ANTICIPATION THAT THERE WILL BE SERVICE PROVIDED THERE? OR WHAT DOES A STANDBY CHARGE MEAN? STANDBY CHARGE IS, BACK WHEN WE DID ELK TRAIL EAST AND WEST, THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS WHO. THE IMPROVEMENTS WERE DONE BASED UPON WATER QUALITY WELL ISSUES. SOME PEOPLE SAID, I HAVE A GOOD WELL. I DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE. SOME PEOPLE SAID, I HAVE A BAD WELL. I WANT TO HAVE THE SERVICE. SO WAS A COMPROMISE. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT DID NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN PAYING FOR THE UPGRADE TO THE SERVICE. THEY DIDN'T WANT PARTIAL CHARGE. HOWEVER, THEY'RE STILL GETTING THE BENEFITS OF FIRE PROTECTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP TO. SO THEY SELL THEIR PARCELS, SOMEBODY COULD SIGN UP INTO THE DISTRICT. SO THAT IS WHAT THE STANDBY CHARGE IS. I'M NOT INTO THE DISTRICT, BUT YET I STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO JOIN THE DISTRICT OR TO RECEIVE SERVICE. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, IT SAYS THE CSAS WILL RECEIVE THIS REVENUE EVEN IF PROPERTY TAX BILLS GO UNPAID, AS SHASTA COUNTY HAS ADOPTED THE TEETER PLAN? THAT'S CORRECT. NOW THAT'S BETTER A [INAUDIBLE] QUESTION. UNFORTUNATELY, SHE´S NOT HERE. RICH IS HERE. RICH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE TEETER PLAN? IT'S BASICALLY LIKE, WHERE EVERYONE'S LOOKING FOR [INAUDIBLE]. RICH IS HERE. WHATEVER. I KNOW SHE'S ON VACATION, SO. OKAY, SO THE TEETER PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY ADOPTED YEARS AGO. DESMOND TEETER WAS THE PERSON THAT CREATED THAT FROM, I BELIEVE SANTA CLARA COUNTY. SO BASICALLY WHAT THAT DOES IS ANY OF THE DELINQUENT TAX BILLS, WHICH INCLUDES THE 1% AND THE MAJORITY OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS. THE COUNTY MAKES THEM WHOLE AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR ANY UNPAID TAXES, AND THEN THE COUNTY GETS THE BENEFIT OF ANY OF THE PENALTIES AND FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. WHEN THE TAX COLLECTOR EITHER TAKES THEM FOR TAX SALE OR THOSE PAYMENTS ARE MADE IN FULL. HOW DOES THE COUNTY MAKE THEM WHOLE? THE GENERAL FUND BASICALLY FLOATS THOSE MONIES TO ALL THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY, INCLUDING THE CSAS. AND THEN WE RECOVER OUR FUNDS AS PENALTIES AND INTERESTS ARE COLLECTED. THANK YOU. IS THAT ALSO. OH. I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION. JUST LOOKING AT, FOR THE DELINQUENT FEES. SEEING THAT NUMBER OVER THE YEARS, WHICH I WAS A HELPFUL TABLE IN THERE AND SEEING IT GO FROM LIKE 95 TO 70,000 AND THEN NOW IT'S UP TO 175,000. I KNOW THERE WAS A COMMENT IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT SAID IT TENDS TO TREND WITH LIKE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS? I'M NOT SURE IF THAT EXPLAINS IT OR IF THERE'S SOME OTHER FACTORS THERE IN TERMS OF SEEING THAT ESSENTIALLY DOUBLE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. I KNOW INFLATION IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, A FACTOR THERE IN TERMS OF JUST SEEING THE COSTS GO UP, BUT. ANY THOUGHTS ON WHY THAT'S GROWN SO MUCH OVER THE LAST 3 TO 4 YEARS? JUSTIN. NOT REALLY OTHER THAN INFLATION, PEOPLE GETTING MORE AND MORE HARD TIMES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IT JUST TRENDS WITH, WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T PAY THEIR DEBTS OR THEIR BILLS. THAT, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY MORE INSIGHT THAN THAT. OKAY. WE HAVEN'T HAD IN A NUMBER OF THOSE THAT HAVE HAD NEW CHARGES OR INCREASES IN CHARGES IN RECENT YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN WITHIN THAT WINDOW WHERE YOU CAN INCREASE? SO IT'S NOT LIKE THE CHARGES HAVE GONE UP. IT'S JUST. NO. OKAY. NO. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. [01:15:02] IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT. I'LL SECOND IT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT IT? SEEING NONE. MOTION BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM, SECONDED BY MYSELF. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU. OKAY. TROY, WATCH BOTH WAYS BEFORE YOU CROSS THE STREET ON THE WAY BACK. ALL RIGHT. MISS ANGEL, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA THAT WE'VE MISSED OR? NO. BUT, CHAIR, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER NOW FOR CLOSED SESSION. OKAY. GO AHEAD AND BRING THAT INDIVIDUAL OUT. FOR ITEM R6, STEVE [INAUDIBLE]. BOARD. STAFF. THIS IS WITH REGARDS TO THE PROPERTY DEAL WITH THE CITY OF REDDING TO OBTAIN A PROPERTY FOR THE CRC. I CAN'T STATE WHAT A GAME CHANGER I BELIEVE THE CRC IS GOING TO BE. I THINK IT IS GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT CRIME IN SHASTA COUNTY, AND PARTICULARLY DISTRICT ONE. WE'LL BE ABLE TO INTERVENE EARLIER IN SOMEONE'S CRIMINALITY, PERHAPS STEERING THEM OFF TO A PATH OF PRODUCTIVITY RATHER THAN CRIME. SO I THINK IT IS CRITICAL. AND IT'S IMPORTANT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO GET THIS PROPERTY DEAL GOING. SO I JUST WANTED TO URGE EVERYBODY HERE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF REDDING THE BEST WAY YOU CAN TO GET THIS DEAL IN THE WORKS, TO GIVE THE SHERIFF THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS AND TO IMPACT OUR CRIME SITUATION IN SHASTA COUNTY. THIS IS A GAME CHANGER. WE NEED IT DONE AND WE NEED IT RIGHT AWAY. AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE HOLDUPS ARE, BUT I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GUYS COULD SOMEHOW WORK THROUGH IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED TIME OF 35 MINUTES. [CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT] I KNOW THAT THAT´S HELD TRUE. SO I WILL SAY THIS JUST. IT'S 10:17 NOW. WE WILL NOT BE BACK BEFORE 10:30. I KNOW THAT'S SHORT, BUT I THINK CLOSED SESSION COULD BE QUICK TODAY. SO WE WILL NOT BE BACK BEFORE 10:30. AT THAT, WE ARE AT RECESS. [REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION ACTIONS] RETURNING FROM CLOSED SESSION. COUNSEL LARMER, IS THERE ANY REPORTABLE ACTION? MR. CHAIRMAN, ITEMS R5 AND R6 WERE HEARD IN CLOSED SESSION. THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. MISS ANGEL, ANYTHING ELSE? NO, CHAIR. CEO RICKERT? NOTHING HERE, MR. CHAIRMAN. WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.