[R1 Adopt a resolution which recognizes Amy Hancock, Administrative Secretary II, of the Veterans Services Office as Shasta County’s Employee of the Month for August 2025.]

AMY HANCOCK, ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY, TWO OF THE VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE, AS SHASTA COUNTY'S EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST 2025.

SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM. ALL RIGHT.

AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS ONE BECAUSE I ASKED FOR IT PERSONALLY.

SO WHEREAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SHASTA HAS ADOPTED THE SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY EXCEPTIONAL EMPLOYEES WHO DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED AND HONORED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO COUNTY SERVICE.

AND WHEREAS SUCH RECOGNITION IS GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES MEETING THE CRITERIA OF THE PROGRAM, NAMELY EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, PROFESSIONALISM, HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS, INITIATIVE, INNOVATION, TEAMWORK, PRODUCTIVITY, AND SERVICE AS A ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

AND WHEREAS, THE SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION COMMITTEE HAS CONSIDERED ALL CURRENT NOMINATIONS FOR THE SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, WHEREAS, AMY HANCOCK WAS HIRED IN THE VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE IN APRIL OF 2018 AS AN OFFICE ASSISTANT AND HAS QUICKLY BEEN PROMOTED TO HER CURRENT ASSIGNMENT AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY TO AMY, HAS CONTINUALLY PROVIDED POSITIVE IMPACT TO THE VSO THROUGH HER COMMUNICATION, DEDICATION AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL.

SHE HAS THE HEART OF THE OFFICE AND THE FIRST PERSON EVERYONE SEES UPON ENTERING.

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IN HER TENURE WITH THE VSO, AMY HAS INTERFACED WITH MANY INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AGENCIES, PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF SERVICE.

SHE STARTED WRITING THE FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL FOR THE VSO IN 2022, WITH MANY UPDATES ALONG THE WAY.

THIS HAS HELPED STREAMLINE NOT ONLY THE DEPARTMENT PROCESS AND PROCEDURES, BUT ALSO THE VSO'S FISCAL AND BUDGET GOALS, WHICH IN TURN HAS CREATED SAVINGS BY REDUCING OR ELIMINATING ONGOING EXPENSES.

AMY IS THE ONLY NON-VETERAN IN THE OFFICE, BUT HER DEDICATION TO SERVING VETERANS MAKES HER A ROLE MODEL TO THE ENTIRE OFFICE.

SHE HAS DEVELOPED A TIME MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION STYLE THAT LENDS ITSELF TO SUPPORTING THE VETERANS FIRST, AND HER CARING ATTITUDE AND TRUSTWORTHINESS.

SHE CONTINUES TO PLAN VETERAN EVENTS, DISPLAYS AND TRAININGS, AS WELL AS GATHERING STATISTICS FOR VETERAN RELATED COMMITTEE WHILE STILL PERFORMING HER PRIMARY DUTIES. IN 2023, SHE WAS GIVEN OR EVEN ISSUED A FEDERAL ACCESS BADGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. THIS PERMITS HER TO ANSWER MANY GENERAL QUESTIONS, ALLOWING THE VETERANS SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES TO FOCUS ON OTHER ASSIGNMENTS AND REDUCING WAIT TIMES FOR VETERANS TO SEE THEIR CASEWORKER, FOR THE REASONS STATED ABOVE. THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS AMY HANCOCK, ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY TO.

IN THE SHASTA COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE, BE SELECTED AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST 2025.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT AMY HANCOCK, ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY WITH THE SHASTA COUNTY VETERANS OFFICE, IS HEREBY NAMED SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST 2025.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

TROY, ARE YOU GOING TO COME UP FIRST? WELCOME, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS REALLY SHORT, BECAUSE I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THE WORDS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY AMY'S PEERS CAN SPEAK LOUDER THAN I CAN EVER SPEAK AS HER SUPERVISOR.

I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH MISS HANCOCK SINCE 2018, WHEN SHE BEGAN HER CAREER AT THE VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE AS AN OFFICE ASSISTANT.

HER IMMEDIATE POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FRONT OFFICE OPERATIONS WAS APPARENT. HER WORK ETHIC, DEDICATION, COMPASSION WHILE SERVING VETERANS IN SHASTA COUNTY IS OBVIOUS IN HER DAILY.

IN HER DAILY INTERACTIONS WITH OUR VETERANS, AS WELL AS OUR INNER OFFICE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. TO EXPAND ON JUST A COUPLE OF THE MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS NOTED IN HER NOMINATION IN 2021, SHE TOOK THE TASK OF LEARNING AND STREAMLINING MEDI-CAL PROCESSES IN OUR OFFICE TO BETTER WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH HHS.

AYE BETWEEN 2021 AND TODAY, HER INGENUITY, COLLABORATION EFFORTS WITH HHS HAVE ENABLED THE VSO TO INCREASE MEDI-CAL VERIFICATION PROCESSING BY 34% AND INCREASED STATE REIMBURSEMENT REVENUE TO THE COUNTY.

EACH YEAR SINCE. IN 2023, SHE SET TO TASK ON A MISSION TO ANALYZE AND TRACK ALL CLAIMS FILED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PAYMENTS RECEIVED TO THE VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED THE VSO A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE THE WORKLOADS AND ADJUST ACCORDINGLY BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE VETERANS. BEYOND HER PRIMARY DUTIES, MISS HANCOCK CONTINUES TO COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, VETERAN COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO PLAN VETERAN EVENTS, CREATE DISPLAYS AND INFORMATIONAL FLIERS, AND PROVIDE VALUABLE INSIGHT RELATED TO IDENTIFYING VETERANS NEEDS AND GAPS IN THE MUCH NEEDED SERVICE SERVICES.

IT IS MY HUMBLE PLEASURE TO PRESENT MISS AMY HANCOCK AS THE AUGUST 2025 SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. SO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED ONE SECOND.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE VOTE AND THEN CHRIS IS GOING TO COME DOWN THERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. CORRECT MISS BLANKENSHIP. JUST ONE MORE TIME.

CORRECT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL TAKE THAT VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO.

SO BEFORE I COME DOWN THERE, AMY, I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING. SO A PERSONAL STORY. I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR.

WE WERE AT THE CRUISE IN COTTONWOOD, AND A YOUNG VETERAN CAME UP TO ME AND HIS WIFE, AND THEY WERE TALKING TO ME, AND I COULD TELL THAT HE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME. AND SO FIRST I STARTED TALKING ABOUT OUR HERO'S DREAMS AND TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION. YOU REACH OUT TO THEM AND THEN LIKE AN ANSWER TO A PRAYER, YOU JUST APPEARED RIGHT THEN.

AND I'M LIKE, HEY, YOU NEED TO TALK TO THIS LADY RIGHT HERE TOO. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DON'T THINK I EVER HAD THE CHANCE, SO I'LL HEAD UP THERE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. I WILL HAND YOU THIS.

SO I HAVE A HAND FREE SO THAT I CAN READ BECAUSE I DIDN'T BRING MY GLASSES, SO I HAVE TO HOLD IT OUT HERE. SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM, DON'T STAND ON THIS STEP. YOU'RE ALREADY TALL ENOUGH. STAND A LITTLE BIT LOWER. AMY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAND ON THE STEP? OKAY, SO IN THIS BAG, IN THIS BAG, WE HAVE A SHASTA COUNTY ROSEWOOD PIN.

I GUESS I CAN GIVE YOU THE BAG. I DON'T HAVE TO HOLD ON TO IT. OKAY. THERE'S A ROSEWOOD PIN, A $30 AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE DEPARTMENT HEAD FORUM.

$20 GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE SHERIFF'S ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATION.

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A $50 PEACH BREWHOUSE GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY TEAMSTERS 137.

A 25 CINEMARK GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY TEAMSTERS 137.

A 25 TARGET GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY TEAMSTERS 137 BOY, THEY DONATED A LOT. THANK YOU.

TEAMSTERS 25 AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND A 2514 ALL GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE UNITED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES OF CALIFORNIA UPEC GENERAL BARGAINING UNIT. SO WITH THAT, AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AMY, AGAIN. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING CHAIR. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY EXPRESS MY DEEP APPRECIATION FOR RECEIVING THIS RECOGNITION.

I AM TRULY HONORED AND HUMBLED BY THIS ACT OF KINDNESS.

I AM VERY LUCKY TO WORK WITH THE VETERANS OF SHASTA COUNTY AND BEYOND.

THE FREEDOMS WE VALUE DID NOT APPEAR BY CHANCE.

BEHIND EVERY RIGHT AND LIBERTY STANDS A LONG LINE OF VETERANS WHO STEPPED FORWARD TO PROTECT THOSE FREEDOMS. I WANT TO SAY TO THESE AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS WHO HAVE SHOWN REMARKABLE COURAGE AND RESILIENCE, THAT YOUR SACRIFICES RIPPLE THROUGH GENERATIONS.

CHILDREN GROW UP IN SAFETY BECAUSE YOU STOOD GUARD.

COMMUNITIES THRIVE BECAUSE YOU DEFENDED THEM.

BUSINESSES OPERATE FREELY BECAUSE YOU PROTECTED OUR WAY OF LIFE.

THE DEPTH OF MY GRATITUDE CAN ONLY BE SHOWN BY WORKING HARD EVERY DAY FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES, AND BY REACHING OUT TO VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THEIR SERVICE MATTERED TO MY COWORKERS, SOME WHO ARE LISTENING FROM THE OFFICE.

I WILL FANGIRL OVER YOU GUYS EVERY DAY.

YOU ARE YOUR AMAZING WORK ETHIC, YOUR DEDICATION, YOUR SENSE OF HONOR, AND YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR IN THOSE DARK AND HEAVY DAYS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING ON MY TEAM AND ALWAYS HAVING MY BACK.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS I WORK WITH OVER THE YEARS. THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALLS AND ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS AND FREELY EDUCATING ME ON SO MUCH. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES TO GET HERE TODAY, SO I WILL TAKE MY LEAVE AND SAY THAT I'M TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THIS HONOR AND EXCITED FOR WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR OUR OFFICE. THANK YOU.

WHOEVER YOU WANT.

COORDINATOR. IS A LITTLE HARDER. FOR HER.

I. DON'T LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KELSTROM AND TROY PAYNE, VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE. I WANT TO MAKE ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT AS WELL.

R THREE HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO SEPTEMBER 9TH.

SO DOUG BOND WILL BE COMING FROM THE AMITY FOUNDATION ON SEPTEMBER 9TH.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING TO R TWO.

[R2 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.]

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 SUPERVISOR'S REPORTS ON COUNTYWIDE ISSUES.

CEO RICKERT GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN CRYE.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. DAVE RICKERT COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER, REPORTING WITH AN UPDATE ON COUNTY ISSUES, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS TO SHASTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND RECEIVING THE PREMIER BREASTFEEDING AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR BREASTFEEDING PEER COUNSELOR PROGRAM. THE PRESTIGIOUS BREASTFEEDING AWARD OF EXCELLENCE RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES WITH

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LOCAL AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE EXEMPLARY BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT AND SERVICES.

OUR AGENCY HAS EFFECTIVELY SHOWCASED BEST PRACTICES, PROCESSES AND POLICIES IN PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING BREASTFEEDING.

IN OTHER NEWS, LAST SATURDAY I PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRE SAFE COUNCILS SLASH COLLECTION DAY BY DROPPING OFF A LOAD OF BRANCHES.

AFTERWARDS, I MADE A STOP AT THE SHINGLETOWN SAWDUST AND FOUNDERS DAY FESTIVAL AND GOT A DELICIOUS BURGER AT THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT BOOTH.

THERE WAS ALSO A BIG TURNOUT THERE IN SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL LIBRARY.

THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. CEO RICKERT.

WE'LL START TO MY. I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. I THINK WE'LL START TO MY RIGHT WITH SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

GOING TO SHARE THREE UPDATES, MAYBE A FOURTH DEPENDING ON MY TIME, WHICH I CAN'T SEE RIGHT NOW. SO I'M GOOD TO GO FOR AS LONG AS I WANT. WE'LL HELP YOU. SO THE FIRST THING IS, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN THAT RELATES TO KIND OF A BROADER INTEREST IN THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY IS THE HEALTH CARE COSTS THAT WE'RE SPENDING FOR THOSE IN OUR JAIL.

AND SO THAT NUMBER HAS GONE UP ABOUT $1 MILLION OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, FROM ABOUT 4.6 MILLION TO 5.5.

AND I SPOKE WITH WELLPATH THIS PAST WEEK, WHICH IS THE PROVIDER OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES WITHIN THE JAIL. AND I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW INTERESTING DATA POINTS FROM THAT CONVERSATION. ONE IS THE PERCENT OF SHASTA COUNTY INMATES WITH A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, AND THAT'S ABOUT 50% JUST SHY OF THAT.

IT'S PERCENT OF SHASTA COUNTY INMATES WITH CHRONIC DISEASE.

AND THAT'S 68%. SO A REALLY HIGH PERCENTAGE THERE PERCENT ON PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS.

SO PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATIONS, THAT'S 57%.

AND SO THE, THAT ALL LEADS US TO, AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'M CHECKING WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE, WE WERE HAVING SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR HEALTH CARE SPENDING PER INMATE, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF THAT RELATIVE TO THE OTHER COUNTIES THAT WELLPATH SERVES, WHICH I THINK IS 20 TO 30 OTHER COUNTIES.

AND SO THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SHERIFF PRESENTED ON MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT AND BOOSTING THAT AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH AMNESTY IN THIS NEW CAMPUS, THE HOPE IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS IN A WAY THAT'S CAN BRING DOWN THOSE HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES AND ALSO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THOSE FOLKS WILL REENTER THE COMMUNITY AND BE HEALTHY AND LESS LIKELY TO, YOU KNOW, COMMIT ANOTHER CRIME.

SO MORE TO COME ON THAT MORE.

YOU KNOW, I'M INTERESTED IN KIND OF CONTINUING TO DIVE INTO THAT, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT UPDATE. THE SECOND ONE IS AROUND HOMELESSNESS.

I MENTIONED AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING THAT THERE'S AN INTEREST FROM A HOTEL IN REDDING AND AROUND BASICALLY OFFERING THAT TO BE CONVERTED INTO PERMANENT AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. AND SO SINCE THAT, WE HAVE HAD A DEVELOPER WHO'S INTERESTED AND IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT.

SO THERE'LL BE MORE TO COME.

BUT IF YOU'RE A DEVELOPER OR AN INVESTOR IN REAL ESTATE AND WANT TO CONTRIBUTE IN THAT WAY, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME.

AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE AN INITIAL CONVERSATION AND SEE IF THERE'S INTEREST THERE.

AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE WAS STATE MONEY CALLED HOMEKEY PLUS THAT IS USED SPECIFICALLY FOR VETERAN HOUSING, AND THAT THE DEADLINE FOR APPLYING FOR THAT WAS THIS SPRING.

AND SO WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF SOME THINGS AROUND WHO OWNS THAT PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. BUT THEY REOPENED THAT JUST THIS PAST WEEK.

AND SO AGAIN, I WOULD SAY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING YOU KNOW, SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR VETERANS UP IN SHASTA LAKE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF. FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE SOME OF THESE STATE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT PROJECT REALLY OFF THE GROUND AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF, OF BASICALLY BEING STALLED, THE POTENTIALLY THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE IS YESTERDAY I WAS ON A CALL WITH CSAC, WHICH IS THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.

THEY HAD THEIR HEALTH POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING, AND THERE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FEDERAL CUTS TO THE BUDGET THAT CAME THROUGH THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, OR FORMERLY KNOWN AS H.R.

ONE. AND I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT AT LEAST WAS COMMUNICATED DURING THAT. AND I'M GOING TO LOOK AT MY NOTES HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT I, I GET IT RIGHT, BUT THE BECAUSE IT WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE COUNTY.

AND I'LL KIND OF SHARE BRIEFLY MY, MY THOUGHTS ON THAT IN A SECOND, BUT I JUST WANTED TO FIRST ADDRESS THAT.

SO THE 1 IN 5 CALIFORNIANS TEND TO ACCESS CALFRESH,

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WHICH IS FOOD STAMPS IN CALIFORNIA OR ARE FACING FOOD INSECURITY.

SO THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT PERCENTAGE FOR SHASTA COUNTY, BUT SO THAT'S THE POPULATION THAT WILL BE AFFECTED.

AND WHAT WAS SHARED IN THAT MEETING IS THAT CURRENTLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COVERS 50% OF THE COSTS. STATE COVERS 35% IN THE COUNTY.

ABOUT 15%. AND THAT THAT WILL BE CHANGING SO THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL GO FROM 50 DOWN TO 22 OR 25%. AND THE STATE WILL HAVE TO GO UP TO 55%, AND THE COUNTY WILL GO FROM 15% UP TO 22.5%.

SO INCREASING BY ABOUT 50%.

WHEN THAT GOES INTO EFFECT.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION BUDGET WITHIN HHS BUDGET, HOW THAT'S ALREADY BEEN STRETCHED AS BENEFITS HAVE BEEN INCREASING WITHOUT REVENUE CORRESPONDING TO THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO STAY ON TOP OF. SO THERE'LL BE MORE CONVERSATION AND PLANNING AROUND HOW WE ADDRESS THAT, BUT WANTED TO, TO FLAG THAT AS SOMETHING COMING DOWN THE PIKE AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. SUPERVISOR. HARMON. GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU, MR. MATT. MY FAVORITE PART.

REPORTING BACK. WHAT ARE YOU GRINNING AT? YOU'RE NEXT. ONE THING I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS, LIKE, RIGHT OFF IS I. I SIGNED A PETITION AT MY WIFE, AND I STOPPED THE HOLIDAY MARKET.

SHE'S GRABBING GROCERIES.

SHE GOES IN THE STORE JUST AHEAD OF ME.

I GET STOPPED AT THE DOOR TO SIGN A PETITION AND A PETITION THAT WE'D ALL SIGN.

NO PROBLEM. AND I, AND I DON'T REGRET SIGNING IT, BUT I GOT EARMARKED AS THE ONLY SUPERVISOR UP HERE THAT DIDN'T SIGN THIS PETITION.

AND, AND, AND IT GOT KIND OF USED IRRESPONSIBLY, IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE WE BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, IT WAS PRIVATE. NOT THAT I CARE THAT ANYBODY KNOWS I SIGNED IT, BUT IT SHOULDN'T GET USED AS A, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE A WEAPON OR A POLITICAL SOMETHING DIVISIVE.

I, WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR SUPERVISOR, I WAS ALL ABOUT BOARD COLLABORATION US, YOU KNOW, COMING TOGETHER ON ISSUES, BEING ABLE TO TALK PROFESSIONALLY AND, AND NOT HAVING YOU KNOW, EMBARRASSING MOMENTS, I'LL CALL IT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF EMBARRASSING MOMENTS IN HERE AND I'M.

AND I'M THANKFUL THAT THIS BOARD HAS ACCOMPLISHED THAT.

IN MY OPINION. WE ALL GET ALONG.

WE'RE ALL PROFESSIONAL.

WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE.

THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S NOT WE'RE NOT HERE TO TOTALLY AGREE ALL THE TIME.

IT'S OKAY IF WE DISAGREE, BUT WE NEED TO DO IT IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AND I THINK WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT.

AND I WANT TO SEE THAT CONTINUE.

I LOVE THAT PART ABOUT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE ABLE TO, TO, TO TALK, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S IN THE CLOSED SESSIONS OR OUT HERE IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY AND, AND WORK THINGS OUT AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS THE DETAILS AND AND FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT, I DON'T KNOW, A CLASSROOM OF KIDS COULD COME IN HERE ON A FIELD TRIP AND ACTUALLY WATCH THE THE PROGRESS. FOR THE MOST PART, 99% OF IT IS NOT RATED IN SOME WAY THAT YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOUR KIDS TO LISTEN TO IT. AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I'LL SAY THAT TO EVERYBODY HERE ON THE BOARD.

AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

ON TO A LITTLE BUSINESS.

WENT TO THE ASPHALT COWBOYS.

I'M NOT GOING TO DO THIS IN ORDER, BUT I WENT TO THE ASPHALT COWBOYS LUNCHEON WHERE THEY'RE YOU KNOW, IT WAS MOSTLY ABOUT ADVERTISING OR PROMOTING THE, THE PROGRAM. SO THAT THAT WAS A NICE LUNCHEON.

MISSED YOU OVER THERE, MIKE.

WHAT? I KNOW, I KNOW AND THEN WENT UP TO THE CATTLEMEN JOINT FARM BUREAU BARBECUE UP AT, ON HAT TRICK AT THE HEREFORD RANCH LAST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WE, WE GOT TO LISTEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE.

A COUPLE OF THEM WERE FROM BERKELEY THAT LADIES THAT ARE DOING DOCTOR CAGES.

IT WAS ONE OF THEM. SHE WAS THE, THE DID MOST OF THE TALKING REGARDING THE WOLVES. I'M GOING TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE WOLVES. THERE'S A FAMILY UP THERE.

MARK BIDWELL. BIDWELL FAMILY.

THEY'RE HAPPENING. IT'S IT'S EASY FOR US IN THE COMFORT DOWN HERE IN THE VALLEY IN OUR DOING A RUN AROUND, DOING OUR BUSINESS. IT'S EVEN MORE COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE DOWN SOUTH SACRAMENTO OR WHEREVER THAT ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT ARE AFFECTING FAMILIES THAT ARE UP HERE TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING, THAT HAVE BEEN DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR

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GENERATIONS. AND NOW THEY'RE HAVING TO ACTUALLY SPEND THE NIGHT IN, IN OUT IN THE FIELDS TO PROTECT THEIR CATTLE BECAUSE THE CATTLE ARE COMING IN OR THE WOLVES ARE COMING IN AND KILLING THEIR CATTLE.

THIS IS THIS IS A FAMILY THAT I KNOW.

MY FAMILY, WE RODEOED WITH THEM.

WE'RE PERSONAL FRIENDS.

WITH THEM. I CAN I CAN TELL YOU I TALKED TO THEM PERSONALLY AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS THIS IS REAL, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM REAL TO US BECAUSE WE DON'T WE DON'T GET TO EXPERIENCE IT OR WE DON'T HAVE THE, THE, THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE.

THAT'S JUST ONE FAMILY.

BUT IT'S RIGHT HERE. IT'S IN SHASTA COUNTY AND THEY'RE KILLING THEIR CATTLE AND THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY'VE GOT COLLARS ON THESE WOLVES AND THEY'RE TRACKING THEM, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TELLING US, HEY, THEY'RE COMING IN YOUR AREA AND THEY'RE STARTING TO ALLOW THEM TO TO DO THINGS TO SCARE THEM OFF.

BUT WE KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO.

BUT THESE, THESE, THESE TRACKERS TALKING, LISTENING TO THIS LADY TALK.

DOCTOR KAGI, THESE TRACKER CALLERS WE HAVE 1 TO 2 YEAR BATTERY LIFE, AND THEN THEY GOT TO CAPTURE THEM AND REPLACE THE BATTERIES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA. THEY, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE RANCHERS ASKED, WHAT'S THE END GAME HERE? WHAT ARE WE WHAT ARE WE WHAT ARE WE, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OR HAVE TO HAPPEN? OR HOW BAD IS THIS GOING TO GET BEFORE WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? WELL, THE, THE, THE NOBODY REALLY HAD AN ANSWER.

THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AN ANSWER. AND I ASKED THE LADY, I SAID, DID YOU I'M SURE YOU KNOW ABOUT THE ARTICLE THAT AXL HONEYCUTT PUT OUT IN THE LA TIMES WHERE HE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THE I-80 CORRIDOR, NORTH, I-5 CORRIDOR EAST, I THINK IT WAS 4600 ZERO SQUARE MILES THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THAT COULD HANDLE 500 WOLVES.

WELL, IF YOU START DOING THE MATH ON THAT, HOW MANY WOLVES THAT IS AND HOW DEVASTATING THAT'S GOING TO BE. THIS IS THIS IS OUR FOOD SUPPLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN PEOPLE'S WAY OF LIFE. AND I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP UP WITH THE BATTERIES ON THE, ON THE COLLARS OR THE COLLARS ON.

AND WHEN THEY GET TO A CERTAIN SATURATION POINT.

I'M SURE IT'S JUST LET THEM GO.

BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE NOW WE HAVE ENOUGH WOLVES OUT THERE THAT THEY CAN TAKE OVER.

AND I SAID IT ONCE BEFORE, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN WHEN THEY, WHEN THE RANCHERS CAN'T GET UP IN THE HILLS AND GRAZE ON THEIR GRAZING LEASES, IF THEY CAN'T GO UP THERE AND GRAZE THAT AND THE GRASS GETS 3 OR 4FT TALL.

IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE FIRE PROBLEMS NOW, THAT'S GOING TO EVEN GET WORSE.

SORRY. I'M GOING TO KEEP BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO KEEP GETTING WORSE. I'M GOING TO KEEP BRINGING IT UP. AND IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP.

AND I, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE LISTENING, LISTENING TO IT. AND I THINK I'LL QUIT RIGHT THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR. HARMON. SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM. ALL RIGHT. ON THE JULY 30TH, I HAD A MEETING WITH THE SHERIFF. AND THEN LATER ON, I HAD THE MEETING WITH THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF CHURN CREEK WATER DISTRICT, JIM WADLEY, ALONG WITH CEO RICKERT AND AARON BURTON AND STEWART. AND THEN ON THE SECOND I HAD, I WAS ABOUT TO GO OUTSIDE AND START WORKING, DOING SOME YARD WORK.

AND I GOT A NOTIFICATION THAT THE THEY WERE HAVING A BREAKFAST DOWN AT THE THE LEGION HALL IN COTTONWOOD. SO I WENT DOWN THERE HAPPENED TO BE THE MONTHLY CLAMPER MEETING TOO. SO FORTUNATELY I MADE IT OUT OF THERE ALIVE, BUT THE CLAMPERS ARE A PRETTY GOOD GROUP OF GUYS.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUN. AND THEN I WAS AT THE ANDERSON SENIOR CENTER FOR BREAKFAST THE NEXT DAY, AND THEN WITH SUPERVISOR HARMON, WE WERE AT THE ASPHALT COWBOYS LUNCHEON. SO THEY WERE THERE TO PROMOTE THEIR THEIR, THEIR BIG FEED EVERY YEAR, THEIR BIG LUNCH OR DINNER.

SO SEPTEMBER 7TH, CALDWELL PARK, MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THAT, GET YOUR TICKETS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY GOTTEN THEM. AND THEN THAT NIGHT I WENT TO A REDDING CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN HURRIED ON DOWN TO ANDERSON AND WENT TO THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AT THE ANDERSON RIVER PARK, AS WELL AS ANDERSON VFW.

AND I ENDED A FORMER SUPERVISOR LES BOSWELL'S.

HE WAS HAVING QUITE THE BLOCK PARTY. AND I'M GOING TO SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST HERE.

SO ON THE SEVENTH I DID A LAFCO MEETING AND THEN THE NINTH I WAS BACK AT THE ANDERSON VFW. AND I DID THE SHINGLETOWN FIRE HALL AND FOLLOWED BY THE FOUNDER'S DAY PARADE.

I MISSED YOU THERE, DAVE, BUT I WAS OVER AT THE JUDGES BOOTH. THEY ASKED ME TO JUDGE THE PARADE. SO AND I LEFT SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

THE NEXT DAY I WAS AT WHITMORE, THE MONTHLY BREAKFAST WITH SUPERVISOR HARMON.

AND THEN YESTERDAY I WAS AT A FUNERAL OUT IN EAGLE CEMETERY AND AN ARMY VETERAN FROM VIETNAM ERA FRED BEALE HAPPENS TO BE MY AUNT'S BROTHER, SO I CALLED HIM UNCLE FRED.

HE HAD PASSED AWAY AND ONE OF HIS PRIZED POSSESSIONS AND IT WASN'T THERE, BUT ONE OF HIS PRIZED POSSESSIONS WHEN HE WAS IN VIETNAM. HE WROTE TO GOVERNOR REAGAN AT THE TIME AND ASKED FOR A CALIFORNIA FLAG.

AND GOVERNOR REAGAN SENT ONE OVER THERE, AND FRED BEALE DISPLAYED IT IN VIETNAM WHEN HE WAS OVER THERE. SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE. ON THE SIXTH, I ATTENDED A JUVENILE HALL GRADUATION CEREMONY.

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JUVENILE HALL HAD BROUGHT IN A CULINARY TEACHER FROM SHASTA COLLEGE, AND SHE SPENT THE SUMMER WORKING WITH A FEW KIDS THERE.

I DON'T KNOW. I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T SAY THE KIDS NAMES, I'M GUESSING. OKAY. YEAH. SO ANYWAYS, BUT SHE WORKED WITH THEM AND THEIR FINAL WAS THEY ALL BAKED A CAKE AND THERE WAS A BUNCH OF US IN THIS FRONT ROW RIGHT HERE.

I THINK WE HAD BRYCE AND PATRICK AND JARED WERE THERE, WAS THERE.

AND WHEN WE ALL ATE CAKE, ONE OF THE KIDS HAD MADE A GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE. ANOTHER ONE HAD MADE A CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE CAKE, ANOTHER ONE HAD MADE A CARROT CAKE AND ANOTHER ONE HAD MADE A CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE.

WHEN THEY ASKED IF ANYBODY WANTED SECONDS, JARED WENT AHEAD AND OFFERED ME UP FOR SECONDS. WHICH REMINDS ME, WE NEED TO DO A JOB PERFORMANCE EVALUATION ON JARED HERE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

BUT JARED OFFERED ME UP SECONDS AND THEY ASKED ME, WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT? WELL, I COULDN'T HARDLY PICK ONE BECAUSE THE OTHER THREE KIDS WOULD THINK THAT THAT WAS MY FAVORITE. SO I GOT ALL FOUR OF THEM.

AND THE ONE YOUNG MAN ASKED ME, DO YOU WANT THEM ON THE SAME PLATE? I SAID, SURE, SO THEY PUT IT ALL ON THE SAME PLATE, PUT IT IN FRONT OF ME. AND I THOUGHT, SINCE CHAIRMAN CRYE ALWAYS ACCUSES ME OF DOING ALL THE FUN STUFF. I THOUGHT I'D BRING THAT PICTURE AND SHARE IT WITH HIM. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR KELSTROM SUPERVISOR LONG THANK YOU CHAIR.

CAN WE PLEASE GET THAT PICTURE? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THAT MADE ME SICK LOOKING.

SORRY. THANK YOU, AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE.

WELCOME. SO I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT THE STATE LANDS COMMISSION WAS GOING TO BE CONDUCTING A HEARING AND WILL BE CONDUCTING A HEARING LATER THIS MONTH.

AND SO I GOT A HOLD OF THE STAFF ATTORNEY FOR STATE LANDS COMMISSION.

AND ALSO IT'S GOING TO AFFECT WHISKEY TOWN PARK AREA AND A COUPLE PROPERTIES IN THE SURROUNDS THAT ARE BLM PROPERTIES CURRENTLY.

AND BASICALLY IT'S A TEN YEAR CONCURRENT JURISDICTION THAT THEY HAVE TO VOTE ON AND RENEW. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE 70S, APPARENTLY.

SO IT'S A RENEWAL OF THAT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDING IN A FEW EXTRA PROPERTIES THAT THE STATE LANDS COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO CEDE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION SO THAT BASICALLY THE SHERIFF CAN INVESTIGATE ON THE COMMUNITY PROPERTY OR THE OUTSIDE PROPERTIES, THE PARK PROPERTIES.

THE FEDS CAN COME IN THERE UNDER I WROTE THIS DOWN, BUT IT'S UNDER SOMETHING CALLED THE ASSIMILATIVE CRIMES ACT AND THEY CAN PROSECUTE CRIMES. AND SO BASICALLY, I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THIS WAS ALL ABOUT AND HOW IT WOULD AFFECT DISTRICT TWO AND WHISKEY TOWN PARK.

AND BASICALLY, HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.

THE, THE, THERE IS A HISTORY FOR ABOUT 50 LAST 50 YEARS WHERE WE HAVE CONCURRENT JURISDICTION. AND IT'S SIMPLY A RENEWAL OF THAT WITHIN THE PARK BOUNDARIES PROPER.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE THE ADDITION OF A FEW SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, WHICH THEY SENT ME A MAP.

I WATCHED THAT WHICH THEY WILL HAVE THE SAME CONCURRENT JURISDICTION.

AND SO BASICALLY, IT'S A GOOD THING THE SHERIFF IS ON BOARD WITH IT.

I CHECKED DIFFERENT SOURCES THAT HE SUPPORTS THIS.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF A NO BRAINER, BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST TO COVER CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS.

IT DOESN'T AFFECT VOTING OR ANY OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN WITHIN THE PARK OR THE ADJACENT PARCELS. SO THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

AND I WAS APPRECIATIVE TO JOSH HOYNES AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STATE LANDS COMMISSION FOR THAT UPDATE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING TO COME UP IN THIS HEARING ON THE 21ST I MET WITH TODD JONES THE REDDING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND WE DISCUSSED GENERAL ISSUES.

AND AS EVERYBODY PROBABLY IS AWARE, HE HAD A BACKGROUND WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, EDC.

SO WE HAD A LOT OF CARRYOVER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PERMITTING PROCESSES FOR BUSINESSES APPLYING HERE, AND I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO A FEW ISSUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH TODD JONES.

AND THEN FINALLY, I TOOK A TOUR OF THE PROSPECTIVE NEW ROVE'S OFFICE THAT'S PROPOSED. I MET WITH CLINT CURTIS, THE ROV CLERK, AND WE TOURED THAT AND HE ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT WHAT THAT PROPOSAL IS ALL ABOUT. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG. SO OBVIOUSLY THIS WEEK, MANY OF THE SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.

SO I FIRST WANT TO CAUTION PEOPLE JUST TO REMEMBER, AS YOU'RE DRIVING, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF KIDS AND A LOT OF MOVEMENT THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE MAYBE THEY'VE BEEN SLEEPING IN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SLEEPING IN. THAT MEANS THERE'S BUS STOPS, THERE'S PARENT DROP OFFS.

SO PLEASE BE PATIENT AND JUST BE LOOKING OUT FOR THAT ALSO.

AND THIS IS ON A PRIVATE SIDE, NOT SO MUCH THE GOVERNMENT SIDE, BUT A DEAR FRIEND AND FORMER PRINCIPAL SUPERINTENDENT FROM UPREP PASSED AWAY AND HER SERVICE WAS THIS LAST WEEK.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST YEARS THAT IN THE HISTORY OF UPREP THAT SHE'S NOT

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GOING TO BE ON CAMPUS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SEND MY CONDOLENCES TO THE ANGLEY JOHNSON AND HOLMAN FAMILIES.

THE LAI LAW LIBRARY. BOARD.

I HAD A MEETING FOR THAT.

IT WAS, I'LL TELL YOU, NOT THAT YOU'D WANT TO GO BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE FIVE OF US SITTING IN THAT, BUT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A FAST MEETING WITH THE LAW LIBRARY BOARD. YOU HAVE A LOT OF ATTORNEYS WHO ARE SQUEEZING THAT IN BEFORE THEY GOT TO GET BACK TO COURT. OUR ACTUAL CHAIR FOR THAT IS JUDGE BEN HANNA.

SO ANYWAY, WE HAD THAT HAD THAT MEETING THIS LAST WEEK.

I MET WITH THE SHERIFF AND SUPERVISOR KELSTROM AND CEO RICKERT AND SOME OTHER STAFF. THERE'S SOME LEADERSHIP AND CROSS TRAINING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE JAIL AND NOT JUST WITHIN THE JAIL, BUT WITHIN THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE SHERIFF ON THAT.

A LOT OF TIMES, SOMETIMES LEADERSHIP PEOPLE WILL SILO INDIVIDUALS, BUT HE CROSS TRAINS THEM.

AND WHAT THAT DOES, AND I'LL TELL YOU ALSO. OUR COUNTY COUNCIL DOES THAT.

AND SOME AGENCIES A LOT OF TIMES JUST SILO PEOPLE AND THEY DO IT FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

WHAT THAT DOES THOUGH, ALSO IS IT MAKES THOSE INDIVIDUALS MORE MARKETABLE. AND THERE'S A GREATER CHANCE OF OTHER COUNTIES OR CITIES POACHING THOSE EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE IN THE COUNTY COUNSEL'S OFFICE, THEY HAVE A WIDE BREADTH OR SCOPE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAW.

WELL, THE SHERIFF'S DOING THAT SAME THING IN TERMS WITH OUR SHERIFF DEPUTIES.

AND BUT THAT'S A STRONG LEADERSHIP THING.

AND I'M THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN LEADERSHIP AND BEING LED BY THE SHERIFF IN THAT WAY TO EQUIP OUR PEOPLE.

AND AND IF SOMEBODY DOES TAKE ANOTHER POSITION, BECAUSE THERE'S MORE MONEY AND THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITY, I THINK THAT'S GREAT. BUT I'M SO CONFIDENT IN SO MANY OF THE LEADERSHIP IN OUR DEPARTMENTS OF BEING ABLE TO RAISE UP GREAT LEADERS. I TOURED THE JOANN FABRICS AS WELL AND IT LOOKED ABOUT THE SAME AS WHEN MY DAUGHTER DRAGGED ME THERE WHEN SHE WAS TRYING TO GET AS MUCH STUFF WHEN THEY WERE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. THERE WAS STUFF KNOCKED OVER EVERYWHERE. IT'S A IT'S A GREAT BUILDING.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA. BUT I DID TAKE THAT TOUR AS WELL.

HAD QUITE A FEW MEETINGS WITH DOUG BOND, WHO UNFORTUNATELY.

AND HE WANTED ME TO PERSONALLY ALSO TELL EVERYBODY. HE APOLOGIZED THAT HE COULDN'T BE HERE. HE HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY.

THAT AND I TOTALLY AGREE.

FAMILY FIRST. HE COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, BUT HE WILL BE BACK SEPTEMBER 9TH AS OF TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED. NOW.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE SHERIFF AND I GOING TO TUCSON TO ANOTHER.

THEY HAVE A 65 ACRE CAMPUS IN TUCSON.

THIS IS, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY.

THIS ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM, I DON'T WANT TO SAY IS ONCE IN A LIFETIME OR ONCE IN A GENERATION, BUT I WILL SAY I BELIEVE FULLY THAT THIS DEAL ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO GET DONE. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING IN CLOSED SESSION. AND I WILL SAY, I ENCOURAGE THOSE THAT LISTEN TO THIS BOARD REPORT.

IF YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ANYTHING ELSE, FAST FORWARD TO THE COMMENTS BEFORE CLOSED SESSION, BECAUSE I'LL BE MAKING SOME COMMENTS ABOUT SOME ITEMS ON CLOSED SESSION. BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE ACP PROGRAM, THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM.

I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY THAT WE'RE VERY CLOSE ON SIGNING THAT DEAL, GETTING THAT PROPERTY. BUT THAT'S ONLY JUST THE FIRST STEP. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

WHEN I'VE TALKED WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHERS, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO SEE AYERS TAKE.

I MEAN, I WANT TO I'M ASKING STAFF REQUESTING STAFF TO REALLY PUSH AND GET THIS DONE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED HELP AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE CAN REHAB, I WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT DOES TWO THINGS. IT GIVES THEM A CHANCE AT A MUCH BETTER LIFE AND TO SO IN THE COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE WAY.

BUT THEN ALSO IT FREES UP BEDS IN THE JAIL TO INCARCERATE THOSE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE THERE AND, AND SHOULDN'T BE WALKING THE STREETS.

SO IT SERVES TWO GREAT PURPOSES.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HIM COMING BACK.

AND AGAIN, I'M ALWAYS GOING TO SAY THANK YOU TO SUPERVISOR PLUMMER FOR MAKING THAT ORIGINAL CONNECTION. THE THE MEDICAL CARE ISSUE.

I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS HERE.

I DID BRING OOPS, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I DID BRING THE LETTER IN FROM SHARK AND I DID TELL PEOPLE IF THEY WANTED IT THAT I WOULD HAVE IT HERE. SHARK SENT US A LETTER BASICALLY GETTING ON BOARD, KNOWING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING SOME GREAT CHANGES.

SO BRANDON THORNOCK, THE CEO, SENT US A LETTER ENCOURAGING THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THAT. WE'RE KIND OF AT THE BEGINNING, IT WAS, IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND THEY GAVE US ALL THE REASONS WHY IT WASN'T.

NOW THEY'RE CHANGING THEIR TUNE AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. THEY'RE COMING AROUND. AND I THINK EVERYBODY LEANING IN IS WHAT'S REALLY, REALLY NEEDED IN THIS CAPACITY OF WHERE WE ARE.

ANOTHER THING IS TOO, AS IT RELATES TO THE MEDICAL CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN, I HAVE A LETTER HERE THAT I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING ON DISTRICT ONE LETTERHEAD.

AND IT'S NOT THAT I CAN'T SEND IT FROM ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.

I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THE TIME OF PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA AND THEN HAVING TO VOTE ON IT AND THEN GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

SO I DID HAVE THE VOTE TO BE ABLE TO BE THE SPOKESPERSON, BUT THIS IS JUST A LETTER, AND IT'S IN SUPPORT OF DESIGNATING SHASTA COUNTY AS A MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AND HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA.

SO DESIGNATING US AS THAT.

AND THERE'S A HUGE LIST OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THIS. AND I'M ASKING THEM TO SEND THIS LETTER IN SUPPORT.

I'M GOING TO READ IT TO YOU. IT SAYS, DEAR HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. SO THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE HAND DELIVERED, ALL THE LETTERS TO CONGRESSMAN LAMALFA,

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AND THEN HE CAN TAKE THESE DIRECTLY TO THE HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AS PRINCIPAL. MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PAYER ASSESSES PRIMARY CARE TO POPULATION TO PRIORITIZE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE U.S. THERE ARE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, SPECIAL POPULATIONS, AND FACILITIES WITH PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE PROVIDERS AND SERVICES SHORTAGE THAT THE HEALTH RESOURCES AND ADMINISTRATION HAVE DESIGNATED AS HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREAS AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA POPULATION DIGNITY.

MERCY MEDICAL CENTER COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

THIS WAS ADOPTED IN JUNE.

JUNE 27TH OF 2025 REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS HAD FALLEN FROM 132 32 IN 20 16 TO 50 8 IN 2024.

AND THERE'S FOOTNOTES IN THE LETTER AS A DIRECT RESULT, IN THE 56% DECLINE IN JUST NINE YEARS, THE RATIO OF POPULATION FOR EACH PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN HAS FALLEN TO 3542 TO 1.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS DATA, COLLECTED EVERY THREE YEARS, WILL BE CALCULATED AT THE STATE AND COUNTY LEVELS TO COMPLY WITH THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT TO IDENTIFY PRIORITIZED DESCRIPTION OF SIGNIFICANT HEALTH NEEDS. THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF SHASTA COUNTY NOW QUALIFIES AS A UNITED STATES HIGH NEED AREA. PLEASE EXPEDITE DESIGNATION OF SHASTA COUNTY AS HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREAS AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA POPULATION IN SEPTEMBER.

SO IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE GET THESE LETTERS OF SUPPORT, AND WE TURN THESE IN BECAUSE THERE'S TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT OUR COUNTY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO, AND THAT'S PER YEAR.

AND THIS IS WHO'S GOING TO BE GETTING THIS. SO I WANT YOU TO WRITE THESE NAMES DOWN AND MAKE SURE THESE INDIVIDUALS KNOW WHAT'S AT STAKE AND TO SEND US THIS LETTER AND GET ON BOARD. SO HERE'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING THIS. DOUG LAMALFA, UNITED STATES CONGRESS, HEATHER HARDWICK, CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY. JACK POTTER, CHAIRMAN OF THE REDDING RANCHERIA, JOE CAMPBELL HILL COUNTRY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER. KATRINA CANTRELL, WOMEN'S HEALTH SPECIALIST.

CHRISTY COLEMAN, HHS. TAMMY FRAZIER, SHINGLETOWN MEDICAL CENTER.

MIKE FREEMAN, SKOKIE. SHANNON GEHRIG MOUNTAIN VALLEY HEALTH CENTER.

RYAN HARRIS. MY MAYOR'S MEMORIAL.

SAM ANTHONY, SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.

DAVE JONES, PARTNERSHIP BOARD COMMISSIONER.

DAVID KEHOE, COMMUNITY MEMBER.

RON REESE, M.D., DERMATOLOGIST.

PATRICK MORIARTY, COMMUNITY MEMBER.

TIM SHARP, PARTNERSHIP, HEALTH PLAN OF CALIFORNIA.

TODD SMITH, MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, BRANDON THORNOCK, SHASTA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, T ABRAHAM HOSPITAL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA DOCTOR JAMES MU PUBLIC SHASTA PUBLIC HEALTH, ROBERT PAGE, MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, MOUNT SHASTA AND SAINT ELIZABETH.

JUST A FEW MORE. DOCTOR TODD STRUMWASSER COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH'S NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DIVISION. JACK MUNS, MAYOR, CITY OF REDDING.

SUSIE BAUR, MAYOR, CITY OF ANDERSON.

RICK KERN, MAYOR OF CITY OF SHASTA LAKE.

JACQUELINE CLITES, AMERICAN RED CROSS, CALIFORNIA.

GOLD. COUNTRY REGION. JONATHAN ANDERSON, GOOD NEWS. RESCUE MISSION.

ALA. TUCKER SHASTA FAMILY YMCA.

CARRIE CURRENCY. AND I APOLOGIZE IF I BOUGHT SOME OF THESE NAMES.

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NORTH STATE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, JOHN MANCASOLA OF THE MECHANICAL MCCONNELL FOUNDATION.

SO EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE RECEIVING THAT LETTER. IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE GET THESE BACK, SUBMIT THESE. SO SHASTA COUNTY HAS ACCESS TO LITERALLY TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS AN UNDERSERVED MEDICAL COMMUNITY.

WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE MY REPORT.

LET ME JUST DOUBLE CHECK MAKING SURE I'M STAYING ON.

ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? OKAY. GO AHEAD. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY, I MEAN, WITH THE FUNNY CAKE PICTURE AND EVERYTHING, I KIND OF LOST TRACK. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT A GREAT PROGRAM THAT WAS.

SO THIS CULINARY TEACHER THAT CAME TO A JUVENILE HALL AND WORKED WITH THESE KIDS.

I MEAN, REALLY GAVE THEM A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND RESPECT.

AND I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS VERY HEARTWARMING.

SO AT THE END OF THIS PROGRAM, THE KIDS GET A FOOD HANDLING CERTIFICATE AND THEY LEARN SOME IMPORTANT JOB SKILLS.

AND I MEAN, ALL THE KIDS. IT WAS ACTUALLY SEVERAL TEARY MOMENTS IN THE WHOLE THING.

SO IT WAS A, IT WAS REALLY GREAT SEEING THE RESPECT FOR THOSE KIDS AND THEIR, HOW PROUD THEY WERE OF THEIR PROJECT. SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM. YOU DO REALIZE SUPERVISOR.

PLUMMER IS GOING TO GO TO 25 MINUTES WITH ME GOING OVER AND YOU GOING OVER.

AWESOME JOB. THANK YOU GUYS. AND IS YOUR SCREEN BACK UP YET, SIR? NO.

ALL RIGHT. SO STILL JUST MAKE SURE YOU FLAG ME.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON AGAIN.

R THREE HAS BEEN PULLED.

WE'RE MOVING ON TO R FOUR.

TROY COME ON UP SIR. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

[R4 Receive a presentation from the Department of Public Works and Whitlock and Weinberger Transportation, Inc., regarding the 2025 Shasta County Safety Action Plan.]

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIR CRYE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

TROY BARTOLOMEI DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

WE'RE HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION ON THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN AND WHAT THIS PLAN IS.

IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S REQUIRED TO MAKE THE COUNTY ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE GRANTS FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF SAFETY PROJECTS? WE RECEIVED A GRANT TO PAY FOR THE BULK OF THIS PLAN, AND WE HAVE RETAINED W.

I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO GO W TRANS W TRANS OUT OF THE BAY AREA THAT'S PREPARING THIS

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PLAN FOR US. AND THEY'RE HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH THE PLAN THUS FAR. A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT TODAY IS A ONLINE PORTAL. THEY'VE AS PART OF OUR PLAN FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH.

SO IT GIVES PEOPLE TO.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN HOW TO DO THAT, HOW TO LONG, HOW TO LOG ON, HOW TO GET THERE.

SO THERE'S A FEW MONTHS HERE OF PUBLIC OUTREACH WHERE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY CAN ACTUALLY LOG ON, PINPOINT A PLACE AND PROVIDE THEIR CONCERNS OR THEIR NEEDS OR WHERE THEY THINK THERE'S PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTY.

I FREQUENTLY GET PHONE CALLS WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR TRAFFIC THINGS.

SIGNS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY.

THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A VOICE.

WE'RE ALSO, THIS IS ALREADY LIVE AND OUT FOR AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO USE NOW.

AND WE'RE GOING TO USE A LITTLE BIT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH ALSO TO HELP PEOPLE TO FIND WHERE IT IS. SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO TURN THE TIME OVER HERE TO BARRY BERGMAN FROM W TRANS, AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE US THE PRESENTATION ON THE PLAN. THERE YOU GO.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PLEASURE TO BE HERE. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU ON THIS PROJECT. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND HERE.

SO THE COUNTY DID RECEIVE A GRANT FROM CALTRANS TO PREPARE WHAT'S KNOWN AS A LOCAL ROAD SAFETY PLAN. SINCE THAT TIME, THE THE FEDERAL LEVEL USDOT CREATED A SAFETY PROGRAM CALLED SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SS FOUR A, AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE GRANTS IS CALLED A SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

SO THAT HAS SOME MORE SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH OF THESE TYPES. THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND SS FOUR A ARE PROBABLY THE TWO LARGEST SAFETY PROGRAMS WHERE YOU CAN GET FUNDING FOR TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS.

JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PLAN WILL INCLUDE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE, WHICH I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT. WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH A WIDE RANGE OF RECOMMENDATIONS.

ENGINEERING AS WELL AS ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION, OTHER TYPES OF THINGS.

AND THEN WHEN WE COME TO IDENTIFYING PROJECTS, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE BENEFIT COST RATIOS. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE DETERMINANTS IN HELPING TO GET PROJECT FUNDING.

WE RECENTLY HAD THE FIRST MEETING OF OUR STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WE PULLED TOGETHER A RANGE OF, REPRESENTATIVES OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES FROM THE COUNTY, FROM THE TRIBES.

CALTRANS SRTA AND SO THE THE INTENT WAS TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO DEAL WITH TRANSPORTATION.

KIND OF MORE ON A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL AND TO GET INPUT FROM THEM AND THEIR COLLEAGUES.

I SHOULD SAY THE, THE SCOPE OF THIS PLAN IS JUST THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS.

SO REDDING, SHASTA, LAKE, ANDERSON, THEY'RE DOING THEIR OWN SAFETY PLANNING EFFORTS. AND SO WHEN WE ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, IT WILL INCLUDE JUST THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS.

IT'S ALSO JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON COUNTY CONTROLLED ROADWAYS.

SO CALTRANS, THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE JURISDICTION OVER CALTRANS.

WE ARE GOING TO BE COLLECTING COMMENTS RELATED TO CALTRANS FACILITIES AND PASSING THOSE ALONG, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE LISTED AS PART OF THE PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR, FOR THIS PLAN.

I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON SOMETHING CALLED VISION ZERO, WHICH IS SORT OF A THEME THAT'S BEEN EMERGING NATIONALLY.

IT'S ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY ACTION PLANS IS TO ADOPT A VISION ZERO POLICY. AND IT DOES REPRESENT A BIT OF A SHIFT IN THE WAY THAT SAFETY IS TREATED.

SO I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS HERE ON THE RIGHT.

HERE IS WHAT VISION ZERO IS THAT THAT FIRST ITEM THERE, TRAFFIC DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE.

SO IT DOESN'T JUST ASSUME THAT TRAFFIC DEATHS WILL HAPPEN.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK GRADUALLY THINGS HAVE BEEN IMPROVING OVER THE DECADES.

BUT BUT THERE'S STILL THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE A YEAR NATIONALLY THAT THAT ARE KILLED IN TRAFFIC CRASHES. IT ALSO ASSUMES THAT PEOPLE WILL MAKE MISTAKES.

WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DESIGN AND ASSUME THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BEHAVE PERFECTLY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE SOME ROOM TO ALLOW FOR THAT.

AND THEN ALSO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH.

SO WE, IT'S INCLUDING ENGINEERS, POLICY MAKERS SUCH AS YOURSELVES AND OTHER AGENCIES THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND, AND TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO BE A PIECE OF THIS AT SOME POINT.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST AN EVOLVING THING.

SO AND THEN NOTICE THE LAST ITEM THERE.

SAVING LIVES IS NOT EXPENSIVE.

I THINK PARTICULARLY IN A PLACE LIKE SHASTA COUNTY WHERE A LOT OF IT'S A RURAL, LOW DENSITY, LOW DENSITY DEVELOPED AREA.

SOME OF THOSE THINGS MAY BE AS SIMPLE AS RESTRIPING A ROADWAY, ADDING GUARDRAILS THAT COULD BE RELATIVELY LOW COST ITEMS THAT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE JUST TO DESCRIBE WHY WE WENT ABOUT THIS.

WE DECIDED NOT TO TRY TO SCHEDULE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

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SHASTA COUNTY IS A VERY LARGE AREA.

WE HAD A VERY CONSTRAINED BUDGET. WE HAVE A PRETTY TIGHT TIMELINE TO TURN THE GRANT AROUND. AND SO WHAT WE WHAT WE DID IS SOMETHING WE'RE USING IN MOST OF OUR PROJECTS THESE DAYS IS FOCUSING ON ONLINE ENGAGEMENT.

AND SO WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE WEBSITE.

THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS IS THAT ANYONE CAN ACCESS IT 24 OVER SEVEN.

YOU CAN DO IT ON YOUR PHONE. YOU CAN DO IT ON YOUR COMPUTER.

YOU CAN SPEND FIVE MINUTES ON IT.

YOU CAN SPEND AN HOUR ON IT. IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU.

WE FOUND THAT WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT MORE RESPONSIVENESS THIS WAY.

RATHER THAN HAVING, YOU KNOW, SPENDING ALL THE RESOURCES TO HAVE A DOZEN PEOPLE TURN OUT AT A MEETING. WE CAN GET HUNDREDS OF RESPONSES BY JUST POSTING THIS UP ON THE WEB. SO WE DO WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE EASIEST THING FOR SOME PEOPLE TO ACCESS.

AND SO IF WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT GETTING CERTAIN GROUPS REPRESENTED, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL NEED TO THINK ABOUT AND HOW TO TO REACH THOSE PEOPLE. I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH A FEW DATA POINTS, JUST THE KIND OF COLLISIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING. AND LOOKING AT THE RECORDS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE DIVING INTO MUCH MORE DEEPLY AS WE GO ALONG WITH THE PROCESS.

SO 85% OF THE COLLISIONS OCCURRED ON ROADWAY SEGMENTS AS OPPOSED TO INTERSECTIONS.

NOT, NOT SO SURPRISING GIVEN THE RURAL NATURE OF THE COUNTY.

COLLISION TYPE. MOST OF THEM ARE CLASSIFIED AS HIT OBJECT, WHICH COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE A GUARDRAIL OR A OR A POLE OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN WHEN WE COMBINE, WE LOOK AT HIT OBJECT PLUS OVERTURNED VEHICLES HEAD ON SIDESWIPE.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE THAT ARE CLASSIFIED AS LANE DEPARTURE COLLISIONS.

SO THAT MAKES UP OVER 70% OF THE TOTAL COLLISIONS.

IS THESE LANE DEPARTURE COLLISIONS.

THESE ARE THE TOP SIX COLLISION CATEGORIES MAKING UP 90% OF ALL COLLISIONS.

SO IMPROPER TURNING UNSAFE SPEED DUIS THOSE ARE ARE BY FAR THE BIGGEST.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE KIND OF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER WITH THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AND SEEING TRY TO GET A LITTLE MORE DEFINED PICTURE OF WHAT SOME OF THE CAUSES WERE, SEVERITY OF YOUR INJURY COLLISIONS SEE WITH FATALITIES.

THIS IS FIVE YEARS WORTH OF DATA.

THERE WERE 37 FATALITIES.

SO IT'S A RELATIVELY LOW NUMBER.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE LOOKING AT AND SEVERE INJURIES 190.

THE MORE THAN HALF WERE PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY.

I WOULD SAY THOSE THOSE 37 FATAL COLLISIONS ALL OCCURRED IN ROADWAY SEGMENTS.

NONE OF THEM OCCURRED AT INTERSECTIONS. SO TO TALK ABOUT THE WEBSITE, THIS IS THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU GET THERE.

IT GIVES YOU A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PROJECT IS.

WE HAVE A TIMELINE. WE'RE ALSO THIS YOU CAN'T SEE BELOW THERE, BUT THERE'S A PLACE WHERE WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO TO LOOK AT THEIR COUNCIL DISTRICT.

SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING GOOD REPRESENTATION FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SO I'LL, I'LL TOUCH ON THAT IN A SECOND AGAIN.

THIS IS THE INTERACTIVE MAP.

THIS IS WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU PULL IT UP. YOU CAN ZOOM IN ON THAT.

SO YOU CAN GET VERY CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN ALSO CHANGE THE BACKGROUND. AND I'LL SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IN A SECOND. SO YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AS AN AERIAL VIEW. THERE'S A LITTLE BUTTON THAT SAYS ADD MARKER.

YOU'LL GET A MARKER LIKE THAT LITTLE BLUE THING IN THE CENTER, AND THEN THIS WINDOW IS GOING TO POP UP AND IT'S JUST TOTALLY OPEN ENDED.

YOU CAN WRITE ANYTHING YOU WANT ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE AS A CONCERN OR AN IDEA FOR HOW TO IMPROVE THINGS. EMAIL ADDRESS IS PRIVATE.

YOU'RE ALLOWED TO ENTER THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE. THEN YOU ENTER THAT.

THE OTHER NICE THING ABOUT THIS PLATFORM IS IT GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE COMMENTS THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE POSTED. SO IF YOU SEE A BLUE DOT THERE, YOU CAN JUST HOVER OVER IT, CLICK ON IT, AND THEN YOU'LL GET A WINDOW POPPING UP SHOWING THAT PERSON'S COMMENT, AND THEN YOU CAN GIVE IT A THUMBS UP OR A THUMBS DOWN. SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET A LOT MORE INPUT.

AND WE FIND THAT WE OFTEN GET HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RESPONDING THIS WAY.

IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD EASILY EXPORT AND SUMMARIZE.

WE ALSO HAVE A VERY KIND OF A GENERAL HIGH LEVEL SURVEY JUST TO GET A SENSE OF PEOPLE'S PRIORITIES. SO I'M JUST ASKING PEOPLE TO RANK THINGS 1 TO 5.

IT'S MULTIPLE CHOICE. THIS IS PRETTY QUICK.

AND AGAIN, WE DID ASK PEOPLE WHAT WHAT COUNCIL DISTRICT THEY'RE IN.

SUPERVISOR DISTRICT. AND JUST, JUST SO WE MAKE SURE WE GET REPRESENTATION, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE EVERYONE FROM DISTRICT TWO. AND IF WE KNOW, IF WE SEE THAT KIND OF PATTERN, THEN WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY SO WE CAN GET GOOD REPRESENTATION.

THAT'S THE WEBSITE ADDRESS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE, WITH THE COUNTY TO GET EMAILS CIRCULATED WITH LINKS TO THAT. AND SO I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE AS A CITY CAN SPEND AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE TIME AS YOU WANT, BUT ALSO FEEL FREE TO FORWARD THIS TO ANYBODY YOU KNOW, OR ANY EMAIL LIST THAT, THAT YOU'RE PART OF.

AND THAT WAY WE CAN GET AS MUCH AS MANY RESPONSES AS POSSIBLE,

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YOU KNOW, AS, AS SOMEONE WHO'S, I'VE HELPED JURISDICTIONS OBTAIN GRANT FUNDING. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY LOOK FOR IS THEY LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE DEFINED PRIORITIES.

THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT SUPPORTED IT. AND IT MAKES FOR A REALLY STRONG APPLICATION. IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT KIND OF THAT KIND OF SUPPORT.

JUST TO OUTLINE THE NEXT STEPS GOING FORWARD. AS I SAID, IT'S A PRETTY QUICK TURNAROUND. WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION TODAY.

WE'RE LOOKING TO DO OUR OUR COLLECT THE INPUT WITHIN PRIMARILY IN THE NEXT MONTH.

AND AND THEN WE'LL COME UP WITH THE PRIORITY PROJECTS, IDENTIFY THE BENEFIT COST RATIOS, FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE.

WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGAIN AND THEN PUT TOGETHER THE DRAFT PLANNING DOCUMENT AND THEN BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN EARLY NEXT YEAR ALONG WITH THE THE VISION ZERO THE VISION ZERO POLICY, WHICH IS, AS I SAID, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD.

SEEING NONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. THAT WAS THAT WAS VERY THOROUGH, VERY GREAT. SUPERVISOR.

PLUMMER. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

AND THIS MAY BE A TROY QUESTION, BUT DO WE HAVE ONE OF THESE CURRENTLY OR HAVE WE HAD ONE IN THE PAST? OR WILL THIS BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE DOING THIS IN SHASTA COUNTY? WHEN DID THIS BECOME A REQUIREMENT? IT WAS ONLY REALLY THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT THIS SO THE, THE, THE STATE, IT WAS FOR THE LAST HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM CYCLE THAT BECAME A MANDATORY THING. AND THEN THEY, SO THIS CALTRANS GAVE OUT GRANTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. SO HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITIES WERE GETTING THEM. AND SO SHASTA COUNTY WAS ONE OF THOSE. THE SHORT ANSWER IS THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN REQUIRED.

AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE TO UPDATE IT EVERY FIVE YEARS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN DO WE KNOW KIND OF AT AN OVERALL SUMMARY LEVEL YOU SHARED SOME OF THE DATA ON COLLISIONS AND THAT TYPE OF THING, HOW WE COMPARE IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY TO OTHER LIKE COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA.

IT'S A GOOD QUESTION THERE. THERE IS A WEBSITE FROM THE OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY THAT RANKS SIMILARLY SIZED COMMUNITIES BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE COMPARING YOURSELF TO SAN JOSE. AND SO I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT WHAT THAT IS, BUT BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY BREAK IT DOWN BY SENIORS, PEDESTRIANS, DRUNK DRIVING, SO YOU CAN RATE IT ON DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARAMETERS. SO SO THAT'S AVAILABLE.

I CAN, I CAN FORWARD THAT INFORMATION IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AND SIMILAR, AND IT MIGHT BE THE SAME ANSWER, BUT WOULD YOU SAY THAT 37 FATALITIES, WHILE THAT NUMBER SEEMS LOW OVER FIVE YEARS, IS THAT RELATIVE TO OUR POPULATION OR THE NUMBER OF DRIVERS WE HAVE? IS THAT A GOOD NUMBER OR IS THAT HIGH? IT'S IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I MEAN, THE CONTEXT IS SO DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, I'D SAY THE, THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS IS RELATIVELY LOW HERE. IT'S A MUCH LOWER, DENSER DEVELOPMENT THAN A LOT OF OTHER PLACES. SO IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE IT DEPENDS QUESTIONS.

OKAY. AND THEN LAST QUESTION, I KNOW WITH THE SHASTA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY, A FEW OF US ARE ON THAT BOARD, AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A PROJECT AROUND TRAFFIC SAFETY ON THE 273 CORRIDOR SOUTH MARKET STREET. IS THIS GOING TO I KNOW THEY'RE ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BUT IS THIS GOING TO KIND OF OVERLAP WITH THAT? I KNOW SOME OF THAT IS IN THE CITY OF REDDING.

SOME YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS THERE. BUT IN TERMS OF COORDINATION. 273 IS A STATE HIGHWAY.

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL JUST HAVE TO TALK WITH CITY STAFF ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MAYBE SHOULD GET ROLLED OVER TO THIS PLAN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD THAT WOULD REALLY HELP FOR COORDINATION. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU COMING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MISS BLANKENSHIP.

[PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD - OPEN TIME]

HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? CHAIR FOR THIS ITEM? WE DON'T HAVE ANY REQUEST TO SPEAK. OKAY.

FOR OKAY, FOR REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM, FOR REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE 20.

OKAY, PERFECT. YOU WANT TO CALL THEM UP AND START GETTING THEM IN QUEUE? ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. IT'LL BE TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. IF YOU CAN, PLEASE LINE UP TO MY LEFT.

YOUR RIGHT. FIRST UP, STEVE WOODRUM, FOLLOWED BY THERE WAS NO NAME GIVEN FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER CARD THAT THERE WAS NO NAME GIVEN, FOLLOWED BY ROBIN MAYOR, FOLLOWED BY MARGARET HANSEN. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING. RECENTLY, JUDGE BAKER VOIDED THE RESORT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TRIBE AND THE COUNTY.

TWO YEARS AGO, THE ENTIRE COUNTY LEADERSHIP ADVISED AGAINST THIS AGREEMENT.

THEY ASKED FOR MORE TIME TO STUDY.

HOWEVER, THAT AGREEMENT HAD BEEN DRAWN UP BY SUPERVISOR CRYE,

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WHO INSISTED THE BOARD RUSH INTO A VOTE WITH ONLY FOUR DAYS OF STUDY.

THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN MORE TIME.

SUPERVISORS CAN MAKE HONEST MISTAKES.

BUT THIS DEAL STUNK OF DERELICTION OF DUTY AND POSSIBLE CORRUPTION.

UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SUPERVISOR CRYE, OUR ELECTIONS OFFICE HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO AMATEURS WHO HAVE NEVER CONDUCTED AN ELECTION, AND BASED ON THEIR FOOLISH NOTIONS, THIS BOARD TODAY MIGHT SPEND MORE LIKELY WASTE MILLIONS. REMEMBER THE JUDGE'S CAUTION.

YOU'RE EXPECTED TO EXERCISE DUE DILIGENCE.

STOP WASTING PUBLIC MONEY.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

NEXT UP WAS SOMEBODY WHO GAVE NO NAME ON THEIR SPEAKER REQUEST.

COME ON UP. YOU'RE IN QUEUE.

SO. YEAH. ARE YOU ROBIN MAYOR? I AM, OKAY. COME ON UP.

SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHO SAID IT, BUT THE LAST MEETING, IT WAS, SO I. SO IT GOES TO SHOW YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP AND SUIT UP OR YOU WON'T BE IN THE GAME. AND THAT'S A GREAT ATHLETIC ANALOGY, BUT IT'S ONLY AS GOOD AS THE COACH.

I WAS NOT GIVEN NOTICE ABOUT THE FRANCIS BEARD INCIDENT, AND I'M HER VERY FIRST NEIGHBOR.

THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR 20 YEARS.

THE BOARD HAS TREATED IT AS IF IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED.

EXCUSE ME. SO. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES.

CODE ENFORCEMENT INCIDENTS, NOT TO MENTION THE NUMBER OF 911 PHONE CALLS RANGING FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DRUG TRAFFICKING, DRUG SALES, MUTUAL COMBAT, A WOMAN HITTING A MAN HITTING A WOMAN WITH A CAR, A MAN THAT WOULD FREQUENTLY GO BY MY HOUSE TO HER HOUSE FOR DRUGS, WIELDING A SIGH AND A MACHETE AROUND MY CHILDREN.

THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE ARRESTED AT THAT AT THAT RESIDENCE.

ONE WAS A ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WHERE A FLARE GUN WAS SHOT AND A FIRE STARTED IN OUR YARD. WE HAVE HAD THE MOST RECENT WAS LIKE SIX MONTHS AGO.

THERE WAS A MAN EVADING POLICE.

HE RACED INTO HER YARD, DITCHED THE CARD, HID ON THE PROPERTY.

HE'S A REGULAR OCCUPANT AT THIS ADDRESS.

IT WASN'T UNTIL K-9 CAME AND ARRESTED HIM.

FRANKIE STATED SHE GAVE UP A GOOD, GOOD JOB TO TAKE CARE OF HER PARENTS, EXCEPT FOR HER ARREST AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

IN 1995, SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.

A PLACE TO KEEP CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.

TRANSPORT. CELL. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND INJECTING SMOKING DEVICES.

THIS IS CLEARLY BEEN A DRUG HOUSE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

WE'VE HAD CODE ENFORCEMENT IN 2017.

I PUT IN FOR A SEPTIC TANK ISSUE.

IT WAS FOUND THAT SHE WAS TRENCHING FECES INTO MY YARD.

THEY TOLD HER TO FIX IT.

MARGARET HANSON, FOLLOWED BY LORI BRIDGFORD.

THEN CHRISTIAN GARNIER, FOLLOWED BY NICK GARDNER.

IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. WELL, GOOD MORNING, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING YOUR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE WITH YOUR JOBS.

A COUPLE OF THINGS I'M GOING TO TAKE UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF ON THIS PROPERTY ISSUE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF THE LOWERING OF A PRICE WHEN THIS PERSON HAD BEEN AN ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME.

MY PHOTOGRAPHY INSTRUCTOR TOLD ME THERE MAY BE A REASON, BUT THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR OR FOR NOT TAKING THE RIGHT PICTURE.

ANY OF THOSE THINGS. BUT I'VE USED THAT QUITE OFTEN.

THERE MAY BE A REASON, BUT THERE'S NO EXCUSE.

AND TO LOWER THEIR FEES.

YES, THEY DID CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY, BUT ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS DEMANDED AND THEY WERE GOING TO LOSE IT.

OTHER PIECE THE TRIBE AND THE COUNTY'S AGREEMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN I'LL PUT IT THIS WAY. THEY GOT FREE SERVICE FOR 20 YEARS.

AND THEN YOU MAKE A DEAL TO WHERE YOU GET PAID AND THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH STUFF.

AND NOW WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO I HOPE YOU TAKE THAT UP AGAIN AND AND START WORKING WITH THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LORI BRIDGFORD, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN GARDNER, THEN NICK GARDNER, THEN TERESA.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN BOARD. LORI BRIDGFORD, I'M IN DISTRICT FOUR AND I WAS GOING TO COMMENT ON SUPERVISOR PLUMMER AND HIS NEW WAY

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TO COMMUNICATE ON A REGULAR BASIS.

I APPRECIATE THAT I PRINTED IT OUT AND IT'S CALLED SHASTA RISING.

SO IT'S ABOUT PODCASTS AND OTHER WAYS TO KIND OF KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED OF WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE WE CAN'T MAKE MEETINGS ALL THE TIME.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU TO THE SHERIFF BACK THERE.

AND HIS ENTIRE DEPARTMENT ON THE CARTEL, MARIJUANA DRUG BUSTS, RAIDS, THE GUN CONFISCATION, EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH IT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO THEIR JOB, BUT I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I WANTED TO SHARE THAT KEEPING IN MIND WITH SAFETY, THE LAND LINES ARE GOING TO BE UP ON A B FOUR, SEVEN ZERO IF YOU WANT TO OPPOSE THAT AND NOT BE JUST ONLY CELL PHONES ONLY BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN. THE POWER CAN GO OFF, THE GRID, CAN GO DOWN, AND THAT'S NOT SAFE FOR ANYBODY.

SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO OPPOSE THAT, THEY CAN CALL AREA CODE (916) 651-4101, AND THAT'S THROUGH THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. WE HAVE TO ALL PAY ATTENTION.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.

IT'S NOT JUST WHAT MAY START HERE, THE BOARD MEETING, BUT IT HAS A BIG IMPACT ON US.

REGARDING ELECTION COMMISSION MEETING. I WISH WE COULD GET AWAY FROM THE FEELING OF IT'S A PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE. WILL IT EVER GO ON THE AGENDA OR NOT? I'D LIKE TO KIND OF GET CLEAR ON THAT, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS AS WE'RE DOING PETITION GATHERING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

PALO CEDRO. AWESOME. THANK YOU.

CLINT CURTIS. LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, HE WAS IN ATTENDANCE TO THE SHASTA COUNTY REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY, DID ABOUT AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF, LOTS OF GOOD INFORMATION.

I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT BRANT TURNER, THE DEPUTY NEW PERSON OVER THERE, HAS BEEN GOING TO SACRAMENTO ON, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF A REGULAR BASIS, BUT GOING THERE LIVE TO GET STRAIGHT AND NOT JUST BE TOSSED AROUND AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. CHRISTIAN GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY NICK GARDNER.

THEN THERESA, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE SAWYER.

IF WE CAN GET IN QUEUE, THAT'D BE GREAT. OKAY.

NEXT UP, NICK GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY THERESA, THEN LESLIE SAWYER.

PASS. CHRISTIAN, ARE YOU COMING UP? YES. OKAY. I WAS JUST WAITING FOR THE OTHER SPEAKER TO PASS.

I WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD, THE CEO RECORD THAT ANY LETTER THAT COMES TO YOU, IT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE, MUST BE DOCUMENTED AND RETAINED UNDER LAW.

PLEASE DO SO. I WOULD ALSO ADVISE THAT ALL LETTERS BECOME IMMEDIATELY TRANSPARENT SOMEHOW NOT TOO SURE HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THE THE ISSUE QUIRKY ABOUT HERE'S THE DEAL.

WHEN YOU SIGNED UP, YOU BECAME A POLITICAL ENTITY.

AND LIKE IT OR NOT, YOU ARE.

ANYTHING YOU DO HAS POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS, SO PLEASE BE AWARE OF THAT.

I WANT TO THANK MR. CRYE FOR POINTING OUT THE NEED FOR THAT LETTER TO I'M NOT TOO SURE WHERE THAT'S GOING, BUT IF IT'S GOING TO.

DOUG, WELL, IT'S GOING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING SPOKE WITH DOUG LEMOV HIS OFFICE THE OTHER DAY IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF PUSHING TO GET THAT REINSTATED BECAUSE AS MATT POINTED OUT, WE'RE GOING TO GET HIT WITH A TSUNAMI.

IT'S HUGE. 57% OF THIS COUNTY ARE ON MEDICAID.

THAT'S HUGE. THREE HOSPITALS, ACTUALLY SEVEN IDENTIFIED HOSPITALS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT STAND TO EITHER CLOSE OR GREATLY BE REDUCED IN SERVICES.

THIS IS HUGE. THIS IS WHAT THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL HAS BROUGHT US.

WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. IT'S HERE.

SO PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR WORK, MR. PLUMMER. IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

IF YOU'RE NOT DOING IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHO IS. THANK YOU, MISS BLENKINSOP.

JUST TO CLARIFY ALL LETTERS YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE.

BECAUSE ANYTIME SOMEONE MAKES A COMMENT ABOUT ONE OF US FIVE, I'M FINE WITH THAT. AND WE ROLL WITH THAT.

BUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO ATTACK STAFF, YOU GUYS AREN'T ABLE TO PUSH BACK. SO YOU MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHEN LETTERS COME IN WHERE THAT GOES. JUST TO CLARIFY FOR PEOPLE. SURE. SO THOSE ARE CONSIDERED CORRESPONDENCE AND THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE MEETING FILE AT THE TIME THAT THEY'RE RECEIVED AND THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED AS CORRESPONDENCE AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION UPON REQUEST. YEAH. AND THEY'RE ONLINE AND THEY'RE EASILY FOUND. BUT OFTENTIMES PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO FIND THEM CHOOSE NOT TO. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

WELL DONE. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, THERESA, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE SAWYER, THEN STEVE KHAN, FOLLOWED BY SUSAN WEISS.

BOARD GOT A FEW THINGS.

WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE HEALTH OF THE COUNTY, THERE'S A REASON WHY THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK IN THE JAILS, AND HOW MEDI-CAL IS LIKE, BEEN OVERBLOWN DUE TO ALL THE ILLEGALS THAT GET FREE HEALTH CARE, AND THEN OBAMACARE ON TOP OF THAT, WHICH HAS KNOCKED OUT THE MAJORITY OF THE INSURANCES THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY AFFORD.

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SO THAT WOULD BE THAT ONE THERE.

AND THEN, CORKY, GET YOUR PEOPLE IN TOUCH WITH WITH PEOPLE WHO BREED CAUCASIAN SHEPHERDS. THEY WILL PROTECT THE HERDS FROM THE WOLVES.

I'D ALSO LIKE, AS THERE'S A BOARD MEMBER HERE WHO KNOWS, I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME GUARDRAILS WHERE PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DUMP DUMP TRUCK LOADS OF GARBAGE OFF THE SIDES OF THE ROAD.

TOOK US FOUR HOURS TO CLEAN UP A TON OF 1,500 POUNDS OF GARBAGE THAT WAS DUMPED IN A WATERWAY. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN GO ABOUT THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO WHERE IT WOULD STOP THESE PEOPLE FROM JUST STOPPING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DUMPING. THAT'D BE GREAT.

ANOTHER THING I THINK NEEDS TO BE DONE IS SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TEACH THESE PEOPLE HERE HOW TO DO A ROUNDABOUT. BECAUSE PEOPLE HERE IN THIS COUNTY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE.

AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.

THANKS FOR THE GREAT JOB YOU GUYS ARE DOING. THANK YOU.

LESLIE SAWYER FOLLOWED BY STEVE CONN, SUSAN WEISS, AND THEN DOLORES LUCERO.

TERESA, I COULD TEXT YOU, BUT IN CASE ANYBODY ELSE NEEDS TO KNOW, IF YOU GO ON THAT INTERACTIVE MAP THAT TROY BARTOLOMEI PUT OUT, YOU CAN PIN THAT AND MAKE A MESSAGE.

I PLAYED WITH THAT INTERACTIVE MAP. IT'S PRETTY COOL. I ALSO TOOK THE SURVEY.

PLUMMER. I LOVE YOUR SIGNATURE ON YOUR EMAILS WHERE IT INCLUDES.

IF YOU SEE A VETERAN HOMELESS, THIS IS WHO YOU CONTACT.

THIS IS WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE I KNOW YOUR EMAIL GOES OUT TO SO MANY PEOPLE, AND THAT JUST PUTS THAT INFORMATION IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING AROUND AND SEE IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SIDE NOTE THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACTS WILL REMOVE THE PEOPLE FROM IT THAT ARE GETTING SERVICES, WHO SHOULD NOT BE GETTING SERVICES AND CAN WORK, THOSE WHO CANNOT WORK AND WHO NEED THOSE SERVICES WILL STILL QUALIFY FOR THOSE SERVICES. SO IN THE MONEY WE SAVE NOT GIVING IT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO RIGHT GETTING IT, WE CAN MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE THERE.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT KIND OF ADDRESSES THAT.

MONDAY AND TUESDAY I WILL BE AT THE CAPITOL.

MONDAY AB 84 IS BEING HEARD.

THAT IS THE BILL FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS.

AND TUESDAY THEY ARE DOING A HUGE EVENT IN RESPONSE TO AB 405, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PIECES OF LEGISLATION TO EVER COME ACROSS.

TO THOSE WHO SAY THAT IT'S SIMPLY NOT WHAT IT'S BEING PUT OUT TO BE.

ONE OF MY NEAR AND DEAR FRIENDS ACTUALLY TESTIFIED AGAINST THAT BILL TWICE.

NEXT TO HER WAS AN ATTORNEY WHO VOLUNTEERED TO, FOR FREE. CLOSE THOSE LOOPHOLES AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO.

IT IS NEFARIOUS ON PURPOSE.

SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME OR WANTS TO WRITE A LETTER, I WILL HAND DELIVER THOSE.

AND THEN I WANT TO THANK TERESSA AUDETTE FOR WHAT SHE'S DOING TO EXPOSE THINGS AND BRING INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC. AND PEOPLE NEED TO START PAYING ATTENTION TO THE CITY OF REDDING AS MUCH AS THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION HERE. THANK YOU.

STEVE KHAN, FOLLOWED BY SUSAN WEISS.

WEISS, THEN DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY MIKE HERNANDEZ.

GOOD MORNING, BOARD STAFF.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I WAS GOING TO COMMENT ON BEHAVIOR OF A COUPLE OF THE COUNCIL OR THE BOARD MEMBERS SNICKERING AND LAUGHING AND WHATEVER AT PEOPLE MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT.

BUT I'M GOING TO SKIP THAT FOR NOW.

I'M GOING TO GO TO A NATIONAL SITUATION, WHICH I USUALLY DON'T DISCUSS.

BUT WHEN I JOINED THE ARMY IN EARLY 1972, I ENDED UP SPENDING TIME IN ADVANCED TRAINING IN FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA, AND LIVED ON THE ECONOMY IN VIRGINIA.

AND I WAS EMBARRASSED THAT WE HAD A PLACE LIKE DC THAT EVEN EXISTED AND EXISTED JUST BLOCKS FROM OUR CAPITAL.

IT'S BEEN THAT WAY AT LEAST SINCE THEN, AND PROBABLY FOREVER.

SO MAKING AN IMPACT AND CORRECTING THAT AREA, AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICAL OR ANYTHING ELSE.

I'M JUST STATING MY EXPERIENCE, BUT TO ALLOW THAT PLACE TO EXIST AS IT HAS EXISTED ALL THIS TIME IS HORRIBLE, AND IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED IN THE UNITED STATES. SO FOR THEM TO IMPROVE AND CLEAN UP THAT AREA IS A NECESSITY.

I MEAN, WE WERE WARNED WHEN WE FIRST SHOWED UP FOR A TEE THAT IF WE WENT IN CERTAIN AREAS, WE MAY NOT SURVIVE.

WE MAY NOT GET OUT OF THERE ALIVE.

IT'S THAT BAD. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME, ME BEING IN A NAIVE 17 YEAR OLD,

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WALKING ON THE STREETS WITH MY WIFE AND CHILD, THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OTHER PEOPLE JUST LOOK DOWN WHEN FEAR AND NOT EVEN WANT TO MAKE EYE CONTACT. THAT'S WHAT THAT PLACE IS.

SO YEAH, IT'S LONG OVERDUE.

AND I'M, I'M PROUD TO SEE THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

SUSAN WEISS, THANK YOU BY DOLORES LUCERO.

THEN MIKE HERNANDEZ, FOLLOWED BY DON DUCKETT.

I HAVE KIND OF A SOLID LIST HERE.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY I REALLY ENJOY THE BEST TIME OF THE MEETING IS YOUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.

IT'S GOOD TO SMILE AND BE HAPPY FOR PEOPLE AND HEAR GOOD THOUGHTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I WANT TO REALLY SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SUPERVISOR. CRYE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM THAT THE SHERIFF IS WORKING ON THAT IS VERY EXCITING. AND I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT STRONGLY AND SAVE THE MONEY THAT MIGHT BE SPENT IN THIS MEETING FOR THAT PURPOSE.

WE'RE SHORT ON FUNDS, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE WILL BE MORE, AS YOU POINTED OUT. SO I HOPE YOU WILL TARGET WHAT YOU NEED TO GET DONE.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY IS, MATT, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE ON THE HOMELESS AND THE INFORMATION YOU'RE GIVING OUT TO ALL OF US.

AND I KNOW THAT WORKING ON THE VETERANS AND SLOWLY CHIPPING AWAY IS THE WAY IT HAS TO BE DONE. BUT YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT I WAS DISAPPOINTED AND YOU CAN TELL ME IF I'M MISSING SOMETHING THAT THE LIBRARY CLOSED DOWN TO DO WORK ON THEIR CARPETS AND AND WORK IN THE SUMMER WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE COOLING AREAS FOR THE HEAT FOR THE HOMELESS.

AND I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT IT HAPPENED DURING THE SUMMER.

AND I'VE NOT SEEN ANYTHING THAT SAYS WHAT'S REPLACING IT.

AND YOU CAN SEE HUGE, HUGE GROUPS OF HOMELESS SITTING IN SHADE ALL OVER THE PLACE TRYING TO SURVIVE 105 106 TEMPERATURE.

AND I WANT TO KNOW, HAS DOCTOR MU DONE SOMETHING ABOUT SETTING UP OTHER PLACES? AND SURELY THE LIBRARY SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND I'D LIKE EACH OF YOU TO LOOK INTO WHAT HAS WHAT HAS HE'S DONE TO REPLACE THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY MIKE HERNANDEZ, DON DUCKETT, THEN JENNY.

MR. LONG, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO HOPEFULLY YOU REMOVE C 11.

IT'S ACTUALLY A VIOLATION FOR THE BOARD TO PUT RENEW THE CONTRACT OF THE LEGAL COUNSEL UNDER CONSENT ITEM. THAT'S NOT LEGAL.

JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON THE SHASTA COUNTY PUBLIC OFFICIALS FOR A LONG TIME. WE KNOW THERE'S CORRUPTION.

WE KNOW THAT THESE OFFICIALS AREN'T GOING TO LISTEN.

WE NEED TO GO ABOVE HIGHER THAN THEM, AND WE HAVE TO GO OUT OF THE BOX.

WE NEED TO EXPOSE THESE PEOPLE.

WE CAN'T KEEP ON COMING HERE DAY AFTER TIME.

EVERY TIME WE COME HERE FOR EVERY MEETING, MR. KEVIN CRYE AND HIS LITTLE GROUPS OF PEOPLE HERE ALWAYS TRYING TO SHUT US DOWN AND ALWAYS TO RETALIATE AND MAKE STUPID COMMENTS AFTER WE GET UP HERE AND MAKE OUR COMMENTS.

DID YOU KNOW IT'S NOT LEGAL FOR HIM HIM TO ACTUALLY REBUTTAL UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT? IT'S A VIOLATION. SO I ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON THIS CASE FOR A LONG TIME.

I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT AGENCY I REPORTED THIS.

AND ACTUALLY IT'S GONE ALREADY.

AND IT'S IN THE OFFICE OF CERTAIN AGENCY.

I'M I ACTUALLY I'LL PUT A SUBJECT INTRODUCTION TO CONSOLIDATE CASE, A FORMAL REQUEST FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO A PUBLIC CORRUPTION CONFLICT OF INTEREST. 1090 MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION BY SHASTA COUNTY OFFICIALS, INCLUDING POTENTIAL VIOLATION OF 18 U.S.C.

(201) 666-1346 AND CONSIDERATION OF FEDERAL GRAND JURY ACTION FOR THE PUBLIC CORRUPTION THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN HERE.

SO THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON TO GET.

MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY COMES AND TAKE MAKES THESE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO US. THANK YOU.

MIKE HERNANDEZ FOLLOWED BY DON DUCKETT, THEN JENNY, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIA. AND THAT'S INCLUDING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MIKE HERNANDEZ WITH KELLY.

READ NEWS. I NORMALLY COVER THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND DO NOT MAKE PUBLIC

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COMMENTS, BUT I WOULD LIKE CHESTER COUNTY TO BE KNOWN FOR MORE THAN JUST ELECTION NEWS.

SO I'M APPROACHING YOU TODAY.

JUST LIKE LESLIE SAWYER MOUNTAIN TOP MEDIA DID, TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD ABOUT AND USE YOUR INFLUENCE TO STOP AB 495 FROM MOVING FORWARD.

ON AUGUST 18TH IN THE STATE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE HEARING, THE BILL AUTHORED BY ASSEMBLYWOMAN CELESTE RODRIGUEZ, DEMOCRAT, 43, FROM SAN FERNANDO, HAS SIX COAUTHORS.

IT'S TITLED FAMILY PREPAREDNESS PLAN ACT OF 2025, BUT OPPONENTS ARE CALLING IT THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE TRAFFICKING BILL.

I'M ASKING YOU TO SEND EMAILS, MAKE CALLS TO THE BILL'S AUTHOR, THE SIX COAUTHORS, LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD BY THE TWO LAW FIRMS AND THE THREE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES THAT ARE SPEAKING LOUDLY AGAINST THIS MEASURE.

AND IF I CAN, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A FOLDER WITH THE STORY I WROTE ABOUT THIS BILL THAT ALSO LISTS PHONE NUMBERS AND EMAILS THAT YOU CAN USE.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER.

I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO SHASTA COUNTY, AND FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME ABOUT ANY ITEMS YOU WISH TO SHARE. FOR POSTING AND KELLY READ NAMES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN PLEASE LEAVE THOSE FOLDERS WITH THE CLERK.

WITH THE MISS ANGEL RIGHT THERE.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP, DON DUCKETT, FOLLOWED BY JENNY, THEN ANTONIA, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN.

DWAYNE. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING BOARD.

I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LETTER FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FROM BACK IN MARCH. REGARDING JUST A LITTLE WARNING THAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR MAY BE IN CONFLICT WITH STATE LAW.

THERE WAS A LITTLE CONFUSION IN THE COMMUNITY ACCUSING THE COUNTY OR CHAIR, CRYE OR STAFF OF BURYING THAT LETTER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK CHAIR CRYE FOR HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH ME AND STEPHANIE.

IT TURNS OUT THAT POLICY WAS FOLLOWED, AND REALLY, WE AS THE PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA WERE ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL.

SO I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THAT LETTER.

AND REALLY, IF ANY SHOTS ARE GOING TO BE FIRED HERE, IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE TOWARDS COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE CEO'S OFFICE BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THEY ARE PROTECTING THE COUNTY FROM LIABILITY AND SOME OF THE DECISIONS BEING MADE BY THE BOARD. SO ELECTED OFFICIALS CYCLE IN AND OUT EVERY 4 TO 8 YEARS.

BUT GENTLEMEN, THIS IS YOUR CAREER TO THE CAO AND COUNTY COUNCIL.

IT IS YOUR YOU HAVE A HIGHER FIDUCIARY DUTY TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY TO PROTECT US FROM RISK AND LIABILITY.

PLEASE, PLEASE BRING BACK THAT RESOLUTION SO THAT WE CAN EXAMINE IT FOR LEGALITY RISK, OR PERHAPS RESCIND IT ALTOGETHER, OR AT LEAST EXCLUDE THE ELECTIONS OFFICE AS TO WHERE YOU CAN CARRY A CONCEALED WEAPON.

IT'S REALLY THE TAXPAYERS THAT ARE PICKING UP THE BILL WHEN THESE THINGS GO AWRY.

WE ARE PAYING YOUR SALARIES, YOUR SALARIES, AND THE TAXPAYERS ARE ALSO PICKING UP THE TAB FOR THE A G TO BABYSIT THIS COUNTY CONSTANTLY.

SO PLEASE DO YOUR JOBS AND BRING THAT BACK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JENNY FOLLOWED BY ANTONIA, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN NGUYEN, THEN DAVID HALLIGAN.

JENNY SAID SHE'S PASSING.

OKAY. AND IF I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. FIRST UP, ANTONIA, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN WAYNE, DAVID HALLIGAN, THEN LAURA HOBBS. MORNING BOARD.

WELL, I DISAPPROVE OF THE RENEWAL OF JOE LARMER, THE COUNCIL OF SHASTA COUNTY.

AT THIS TIME. HE HAS SUED THE CITIZENS OF SHASTA COUNTY AND DOES NOT HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS.

AND HE IS MR LED THE BOARD.

SO. NO, NO, NO. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, BENJAMIN NGUYEN, FOLLOWED BY DAVID HALLIGAN, THEN LAURA HOBBS. SO LOOKING AT TODAY'S AGENDA, THE BOARD IS ABOUT TO MAKE SEVERAL MAJOR DECISIONS THAT I BELIEVE ARE JUST GOING TO CAUSE MORE DIVISION IN THIS COUNTY. C 11 RENEWS COUNTY COUNCIL JOSEPH LAMAR'S CONTRACT FOR FOUR YEARS. THIS IS THE SAME COUNCIL TIED TO LEGAL ACTIONS AND DECISIONS THAT HAVE DAMAGED PUBLIC TRUST ON PRETTY MUCH ALL POLITICAL SIDES.

PUTTING THIS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR INSTEAD OF OPEN DISCUSSION LOOKS LIKE A WAY JUST TO SQUEEZE JUST ANOTHER THING IN WITHOUT COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR LONG FOR PUTTING THIS IN FOR DISCUSSION.

OUR SEVEN APPOINTS CHRISTY COLEMAN AS THE PERMANENT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

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I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT MORE THAN 70% OF THOSE POLLED IN THE AGENCY SAID THAT THEY HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN HER LEADERSHIP.

SO MOVING FORWARD ANYWAYS, TELLS EMPLOYEES THAT AND THE PUBLIC THAT THEIR INPUT DOESN'T MATTER. OUR EIGHT PROPOSES SPENDING OVER 2.5 MILLION TO MOVE THE ELECTIONS OFFICE TO THE OLD JO-ANN FABRICS BUILDING NOW. TRANSPARENCY IS IMPORTANT, BUT A LARGE UNNECESSARY EXPENSE WHEN PUBLIC SAFETY IS MORE URGENT.

SO USING MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THE JAIL TO FUND IT RAISES EVEN MORE CONCERNS.

ALSO, THE COURT RULED IN THE COURT RULED THAT THE BOARD'S JULY 2023 DEAL WITH THE REDDING RANCHERIA DEAL WAS ILLEGAL.

THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THE BOARD BYPASSED PROPER PROCESSES AND EXCLUDED KEY STAKEHOLDERS. IT'S POOR JUDGMENT AND EVEN MORE SO, IT WAS UNLAWFUL. SO TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE ITEMS SHOW A BOARD MAKING EXPENSIVE LONG TERM DECISIONS WITHOUT PUBLIC TRUST, WITHOUT INTERNAL SUPPORT, AND WITHOUT FOLLOWING PROPER PROCESSES.

AND THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.

THANK YOU. DAVID HALLIGAN, FOLLOWED BY LAURA HOBBS AND LAURA HOBBS, WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING BOARD.

JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON CHRISTIAN AND DAWN ON HER COMMENTS ABOUT THE SB TWO.

THE THING TO ME THAT WAS INTERESTING, THE BOARD UP HERE DID A RESOLUTION THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY AND BASICALLY SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW SB TWO.

WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO PRE 2024.

DECEMBER 31ST AND WE'LL FOLLOW IT THAT WAY.

I THINK WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THEN YOU GET SOMETHING IN AND YOU DID GET IT IN FROM THE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND IT WAS KIND OF WEIRD BECAUSE IT CAME IN EMAIL TO ALL THE SUPERVISORS.

AND IT CAME IN ON MARCH 1ST, WHICH THE ELECTION WAS MARCH 5TH.

AND WHAT, WHAT MISS JOHNSON WAS REFERRING TO IS LIKE, HEY, YOU GOT AN ELECTION COMING UP. MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THE RULES AND THE LAWS REGARDING POLLING STATIONS.

THAT WAS ONE THING. MAYBE WE COULD HAVE PUT OUT A RELEASE ABOUT KEVIN.

YOU LIKE TO SAY PEOPLE GO VOTE.

WELL, WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT AND THEN PUT THE THE RULES OUT AS WELL.

YOU SAY YOU FOLLOWED POLICY.

THAT'S FINE, BUT WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.

I THINK THE OTHER THING ABOUT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S LETTER WAS SHE WAS REFERRING TO HAND COUNTING. AND THE INTERESTING THING WAS WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING MARCH THE 1ST WEEK BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION. BUT THE FIRST MEETING, MARCH 12TH. OF JONES WENT UP AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING IT.

AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO CARRY, IF YOU HAVE A CONCEALED WEAPON AND YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE IN THE COUNTY, YOU HAVE TO SEE THESE THREE PEOPLE.

YOU HAVE TO SEE CEO RICKERT, YOU HAVE TO SEE MONIKA FUGITT AND YOU SEE YOUR DEPARTMENT HEAD. IF YOU HAVE THAT, WE'LL SIGN OFF ON IT.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE SOME TYPE OF LITTLE TEST.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT EVER CAME ABOUT AT ALL.

SO THAT'S IN REGARDS TO THAT.

SO ONE THING CLOSED SESSION LAST WEEK, KEVIN CAME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND HE SAID THIS COMMENT. AND KEVIN IT'S ONE OF THE BEST COMMENTS YOU'VE EVER SAID. SO I DO WANT TO PLAY IT. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD ONES. I MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT JUST ON THAT JUST SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS ANYTHING THAT AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPARENCY AND GETTING INFORMATION OUT, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING.

NEXT UP, LAURA HOBBS. THANK YOU.

WELCOME. THANK YOU. MY TIME STARTED BEFORE I GOT TO THE PODIUM.

BUT ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU GUYS PUT A CHARTER AMENDMENT ON THE NOVEMBER 5TH ELECTION. WE ARE A CHARTER COUNTY NOW AND WE NEED TO UTILIZE THAT.

WE HAVE ALMOST NO ARTICLES IN OUR CHARTER SO FAR.

IT'S YOUR POSITION AS BOARD MEMBERS TO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GAINING A LOT OF PUBLIC SUPPORT RIGHT NOW IS ELECTION REFORM.

IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE DOING THE VOTER ID LOCAL AMENDMENT HERE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS, WITH THE STROKE OF A PEN COULD PUT ON THE NOVEMBER 5TH BALLOT. SO FAR YOU HAVEN'T HAD HAVEN'T TAKEN THAT DIRECTION.

AND THE CITIZENS ARE BY LAW ABLE TO DO THIS THEMSELVES THROUGH A CITIZEN LED INITIATIVE.

IT'S A LEGALLY ALLOWABLE PROCESS.

IT'S CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED, RIGHT.

BUT YOU GUYS COULD DO IT WITH A STROKE OF A PEN, SO WHY NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS MOMENT? ALSO IN REGARDS TO C11, I RECOMMEND YOU DO NOT RENEW JOSEPH LLANOS CONTRACT FOR FOUR YEARS.

HE'S MISLED THIS BOARD ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.

HE DOES NOT SUPPORT THE CITIZENS OF SHASTA COUNTY.

HE HAS SUED INNOCENT CITIZENS ASKING FOR DAMAGES OF COURT FEES TO BE PAID BY THE CITIZENS TO HIM FOR A FELONIOUS LAWSUIT THAT FAILED IN COURT BECAUSE OF MULTIPLE DEFICIENCIES. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT INSTEAD OF USING 7 MILLION OF THE MONEY PROMISED TO THE JAIL TO TEAR DOWN THIS OLD COURTHOUSE INSTEAD OF USING THAT $7 MILLION.

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WHY DON'T YOU JUST OPEN THAT UP? BRING IT BACK ON THE AGENDA.

OPEN IT UP FOR THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO USE.

THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. CHAIR.

NICK, COME ON UP. THANK YOU.

I DECIDED I NEEDED TO COMMENT ON A FEW THINGS.

CHAIR, HE DID PASS EARLIER.

THAT'S OKAY. IS THERE A RULE THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOUR MIND? LISTEN. HEY. WE'VE STOPPED.

STOP. WE'VE ALLOWED PEOPLE WHO HAVE PASSED WHO ARE WAITING FOR A PHONE CALL OR IN THE RESTROOM. WE'VE LET THEM COME BACK UP. THERE'S TWO PEOPLE WITH WITH NO NAME. IF YOU'RE A NO NAME, COME ON UP AND GETTING CUTE, BECAUSE THERE'S TWO OF THOSE. MR. GARDNER, GO AHEAD. TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

FOR SUPERVISOR LONG CORKY HARMON AND MATT PLUMMER THE AGREEMENT WITH THE TRIBE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, POLICE AND FIRE WAS MADE BY TIM GARMAN, NOT KEVIN CRYE. I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHEN WE GET BACK TO OUR EIGHT NO PRICE IS TOO MUCH FOR HONEST ELECTIONS. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT COSTS US.

WE NEED HONEST ELECTIONS.

YOU KNOW, STEVE KHAN WAS UP HERE TALKING ABOUT IT WAS TIME FOR SOME SAFETY BACK THERE.

I ASSUME THAT'S IN WASHINGTON DC.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, FOR SENDING IN THE TROOPS AND GETTING THIS MESS STRAIGHTENED OUT. I GUESS HE DIDN'T WANT TO SAY THAT.

AND SUSAN WEISS WAS UP HERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LIBRARY BEING SHUT DOWN DURING THIS HEAT STROKE. YOU KNOW, SHE ONLY LIVES ABOUT 3 OR 4 BLOCKS DOWN FROM THE LIBRARY.

SHE'S GOT A HUGE BACKYARD AND A POOL.

MAYBE SHE COULD HAVE THEM OVER TO COOL OFF.

THANK YOU. HEY, THAT'S YOUR FIRST WARNING.

THAT'S SUPER OUT OF LINE.

WOW. IT'S UNREAL. REALLY.

ALL RIGHT. UNREAL. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S PUBLIC COMMENT.

MISS BLANKENSHIP I KNOW WE HAVE HAVE WE HAVE SUPERVISOR LONG IS OFFICIALLY PULLED C11.

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IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, YES. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MOTION.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION REMAINDER.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM SECOND SUPERVISOR PLUMMER OUR BEAT YOU TO IT SIR. OKAY. SO THAT IS FOR C ONE THROUGH TEN, ONE THROUGH TEN.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS ANY 4/5 VOTES IN CONSENT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. WE'VE TAKEN PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO.

NOW WE'LL GO TO C 11 SUPERVISOR LONG.

[C11 Approve a renewal employment agreement with Joseph Larmour, appointing him as County Counsel of Shasta County for a new four-year term commencing on August 13, 2025, and stating related terms and conditions of employment.]

YOU PULLED THIS. THIS IS ABOUT THE RENEWAL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH COUNTY COUNSEL JOSEPH LARMOR. GO AHEAD.

AND MONICA FUGITT, I THINK YOU'RE UP HERE WITH THAT DEPARTMENT, SO CORRECT WITH HR. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU CHAIR. SO, MONICA, I BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO HEAR THE REASONING BEHIND THIS CONTRACT RENEWAL, AND I CAN GIVE YOU MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS CONTRACT RENEWAL, WHICH IS CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THIS WOULD REINSTATE THE ENTIRE CONTRACT FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR.

SO IT'S IT'S IN A SENSE, A ROLLING FOUR YEAR CONTRACT.

SO THE SEVERANCE PACKAGE WOULD GO BACK TO THE FOUR YEARS.

THE CONTRACT ITSELF WOULD GO BACK TO FOUR YEARS.

SO IS THAT IS THAT ACCURATE? SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT TO REMOVE THINGS SUCH AS THE SIGN ON BONUS THAT WAS IN THE INITIAL AGREEMENT.

ALSO IT WOULDN'T ROLL BACK THE SEVERANCE ALL THE WAY BACK TO FOUR YEARS.

IT WOULD THERE'S STILL AN 18 MONTH MAXIMUM ON THAT SEVERANCE.

SO YES, IT DOES RESTART THAT FOUR YEAR PERIOD AS OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS AGREEMENT.

BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OF THOSE MODIFICATIONS AS WELL.

SO, SO. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS 18 MONTH VERSUS THE FOUR YEAR PERIOD.

SO IT'S A ROLLING 18 MONTH SEVERANCE.

SO IF IT DROPS FROM A FOUR YEAR TO A THREE YEAR TO A TWO YEAR, YOU STILL GET THE 18 MONTH SEVERANCE.

CORRECT. NO MORE THAN 18 MONTHS.

CORRECT. AND THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LENGTH OF THE CONTRACT.

CORRECT. I MEAN, IF IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONTRACT WERE TO RUN DOWN TO LESS THAN 18 MONTHS AND THEN WE WERE TO REINSTATE IT, THEN YOU WOULD BE EXTENDING THAT SEVERANCE RIGHT AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

OKAY. OKAY. AND ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE, AND I HAPPEN TO KNOW A COUNTY COUNCIL MARRIED TO ONE. SHE SAID THAT IN HER COUNTY, IT'S NOT A COMMON PRACTICE TO HAVE A ROLLING FOUR YEAR CONTRACT. GOING FORWARD.

IS THIS THE NORM FOR THIS COUNTY, OR IS THIS THE NORM FOR THE STATE,

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FOR ALL COUNTY COUNCILS? ARE YOU ARE YOU AWARE? NO. I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK FOR THE OTHER COUNTIES AND HOW THEY HANDLE IT.

IN THE PAST WE HAVE HAD RESOLUTIONS AND IN THIS CASE WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT PREVENTS US FROM DOING A NEW AGREEMENT THAT'S AT THE PREROGATIVE OF THIS BOARD. SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A PAST, A STRONG PAST PRACTICE TO LOOK UPON, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT HASN'T HAPPENED EITHER. DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WITH FOR EXAMPLE, AM I ALLOWED TO SPEAK OF A FORMER COUNTY COUNCIL OR IS THAT PRIVILEGED? I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE COULDN'T. OKAY.

SO WITH RUBEN CRUZ, DID HE HAVE A ROLLING FOUR YEAR CONTRACT, OR DID HE HAVE A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT THAT JUST KEPT TICKING DOWN UNTIL IT GOT TO YEAR ONE, AND THEN YOU RENEW IT THEN FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS? THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THAT WE HAD A RESOLUTION FOR MR. CRUZ, AND IT WAS FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM.

SO EVERY YEAR IT WAS RENEWED BY RESOLUTION.

SO RUBEN CRUZ EVERY YEAR GOT FOR JUST FOUR YEARS STARTED OVER EVERY YEAR WITH THE RESOLUTION. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I ASKED THAT SAME QUESTION AND THAT WAS THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN DONE FOR QUITE SOME TIME IN SHASTA COUNTY. I, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S ACCURATE.

BUT THAT'S, I MEAN, SO I, I DO BELIEVE IT IS BECAUSE, I MEAN, BECAUSE I WENT BACK AND YOU LOOK AT THE RESOLUTIONS EVERY, EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE FIRST ON THE BOARD, WE VOTED ON THAT. AND THEN HE WAS PUTTING HIS NOTICE IN.

SO IT WAS, THAT WAS IN THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME, WE MAY HAVE DONE A THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED ON ON OCCASION.

I MAY BE OFF ON THE SEMANTICS.

I'M JUST SAYING RUBEN CRUZ HAD A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT.

HE HAD A FOUR YEAR RESOLUTION AND WAS RENEWED EVERY FOUR YEARS.

CORRECT. OKAY. AND IS THIS POLICY WITHIN THE COUNTY, ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT THEY HAVE THESE ROLLING FOUR YEAR CONTRACTS THAT KEEP UPPING AUTOMATICALLY OR BY BOARD VOTE EVERY YEAR.

SO IT'S ALWAYS A FOUR YEAR PERIOD VERSUS A DECLINING NUMBER OF YEARS.

SO WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST WITH MR. RICKERT AGREEMENT. WE DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH MR. RICKERT. OTHER DEPARTMENT HEAD POSITIONS ARE APPOINTED BY RESOLUTION, AND THERE ARE NOT NECESSARILY AGREEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM OR TERM LENGTHS IN THE SAME MANNER THAT THERE IS FOR THE CEO OR THE COUNTY COUNCIL POSITION.

EXCUSE ME. OKAY. AND JOE, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR PERFORMANCE.

I'M NOT I'M JUST RAISING THIS FOR PURPOSE OF TRANSPARENCY AND FOR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.

AND ONE OF MY CONCERNS, HONESTLY, IS I WON'T BE HERE FOREVER.

AND A NEW BOARD AT SOME POINT MAY WANT TO WORK THEIR OWN WILL.

AND SO IF WE ALWAYS HAVE THIS, IT TIES UP THE NEXT BOARD FROM EVER HAVING ANY FLEXIBILITY TO TO RENEW THE CONTRACT OR TO SEEK ANOTHER ENTITY.

SO THAT IS NOTHING, NOTHING AGAINST OUR COUNTY COUNCIL.

AND BECAUSE I ENJOY WORKING WITH JOE AND HE HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO ME AND VERY RESPONSIVE. SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

I'M JUST LOOKING OUT FOR THE FUTURE BOARDS STAKE AND THEIR RIGHT TO SELF-GOVERN THEIR BOARD OPERATIONS. AND IF WE KEEP ROLLING THE FOUR YEAR CONTRACT, I WORRY ABOUT THAT ABILITY IN THE FUTURE.

OTHER BOARDS COULD DECIDE WHEN THEY EVALUATE THAT.

THEY EITHER DO NOT WANT TO RENEW ON A ROLLING BASIS OR LET THAT CONTRACT RUN FOR THAT FOUR YEAR PERIOD, SO IT DOESN'T LOCK US INTO ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE.

IF THIS BOARD CURRENTLY HAS DECIDED THAT THEY WANT TO RENEW THAT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN A FUTURE BOARD COULDN'T DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO LET THAT TERM RUN THE FULL FOUR YEARS BEFORE RENEWING, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO LET THAT RUN THE FULL FOUR YEARS IS WHAT MY POINT IS.

CORRECT. CORRECT. IF THAT'S THE DECISION OF THAT BOARD.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE C11.

I'LL SECOND. ANY ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION.

WHY DON'T WE GET THERE? I WAS JUST GOING TO REMIND YOU ABOUT PUBLIC. I KNOW. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THAT IF YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ON IT AND I'LL DEFER TO YOU IF THAT'S BECOMING A BACKUP.

BUT IF PEOPLE SPOKE ABOUT IT, I BELIEVE IN BEFORE, BUT BUT YOU RUN THAT SHOW.

SO. SURE. SO WE HAVE SEVEN SPEAKERS.

GET THEM IN QUEUE. PERFECT. THREE MINUTES EACH.

TWO MINUTES. BECAUSE I KNOW THIS.

YOU KNOW WHAT? HONESTLY? YEAH. LET'S JUST DO THREE. I WANT TO BE CONSISTENT.

CHIEF O'HARA. I'M SORRY. I'M TRYING TO.

I'M TRYING TO PUSH YOU AND SHERIFF JOHNSON.

I KNOW HE'S BACK THERE HARASSING AND WANTING TO PUT YOUR BADGE ON BECAUSE HE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A FIREFIGHTER. BUT COME ON UP, MISS LUCERO.

FIRST UP, LORI BRIDGFORD, THEN FOLLOWED BY DOLORES.

TEXT ME. I DON'T WANT TO GET A TEXT.

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ALL RIGHT, LORI BRIDGFORD.

OKAY, THEN. FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO.

WHILE SHE'S COMING UP, IF YOU WANT TO GET IN QUEUE. JENNY. BENJAMIN.

DWAYNE. LESLIE. THEN LAURA.

HOBBS.

OKAY. OKAY. I'M GLAD I GOT TO HEAR SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION.

I WAS TAKING MASSIVE NOTES, TRYING TO GRASP EVERYTHING THAT WAS BEING INCLUDED. SO I HAVE ISSUES WITH THIS ROLLING FOUR YEAR.

I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THINGS I CAN SAY IN THREE MINUTES, BUT THE WHOLE WHISTLE-BLOWER COMPLAINT.

I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY YET TO SEE THE SHASTA ANON INVESTIGATES.

THAT WAS ABOUT A 14 MINUTE RELEASE ON SUNDAY.

IT'S ON YOUTUBE. DIDN'T LOOK GOOD.

FORMER CHAIR PATRICK JONES WAS HAVING ISSUES WITH THE WHISTLEBLOWER THING AT THE DAS OFFICE. MCCUMBER HAD HIS CHANCE AS COUNTY COUNSEL.

KIND OF WENT UNDER THE RUG AND THEN IT BECAME JOE LARMER YOUR, I GUESS, SPIN OR TURN TO ADDRESS IT.

IT'S STILL GOT BURIED, DISREGARDED, CENSORED.

IT'S GONE. SO THAT STONEWALLING ISN'T ISN'T GOING TO WIN WIN PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE.

AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE LAWSUIT STUFF WITH THE SHASTA FIVE, AS IT'S CALLED. I'M JUST I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH BAGGAGE, HISTORY, SECRETS AND PEOPLE THAT JUST REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT.

THEY'LL SAY THEY WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTING AND BEHAVING LIKE THAT, IT'S NOT OCCURRING.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WAY TO ADDRESS THIS OTHER THAN TO RUBBER STAMP THEM FOR YEARS. I JUST, I DON'T KNOW.

I SAW A MEME THE OTHER DAY ON A CAR ABOUT A SCREW.

PEOPLE'S FEELINGS JUST TELL THE TRUTH.

I GUESS THAT'S A PRETTY COMMON THING TO UNDERSTAND. BUT I DO HAVE SOME ISSUES FROM WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE RECENTLY WITH THE ADVICE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WELL, A DOCTOR CAN SCARE SOMEONE BY GIVING ADVICE.

AN ATTORNEY CAN AS WELL.

WE'RE NOT ALL DOCTORS. WE'RE NOT ALL ATTORNEYS. SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN ABUSE THEIR KNOWLEDGE BASE. AND I DON'T LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN HERE AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY JENNY, THEN BENJAMIN, THEN LESLIE.

WHEN YOU GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, IT REQUIRES FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION AFTER THE CLOSED SESSION UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE 54957.18, IF THE BOARD TAKE ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION TO APPROVE, APPROVE, AMEND OR RENEW AN EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, THEY MUST REPORT ACTION.

THE VOTE AND ANY CHANGE IN THE COMPENSATION IN CLOSED AND OPEN SESSION IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CLOSED SESSION. HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU HAVE CLOSED SESSION REGARDING THIS ACTION ITEM? YOU DID NOT COME BACK OUT AFTER CLOSED SESSION TO REPORT IT TO THE CITIZENS AT ALL.

THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THOSE CODES AND OTHER ONES TOO.

DID ANY OF YOU VOTE FOR THIS? BECAUSE IF YOU DID WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO KNOW, WHAT WAS THE VOTE AND WHO VOTED FOR WHAT, AND THEN ACTUALLY BECOMES A BROWN ACT IF YOU ACTUALLY CONSIDER TO RENEW HIS CONTRACT.

SO THIS IS NOT A LEGAL WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT ALL.

SO FOR YOU TO PUT IT ON THE CONSENT ITEM TO RUBBER STAMP TO TO MAKE SURE MR. JOE LARMER GETS ANOTHER FOUR YEARS CONTRACT.

THAT'S NOT LEGAL. SO IF YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET GET AROUND BY FINDING WAYS TO CHEAT INTO CITIZENS. WE HAVE A RIGHT.

WHAT YOU DO, IT AFFECTS US.

YOUR WAY IS NOT OUR WAY.

BREAKING THE LAWS AND VIOLATING PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO KNOW.

YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY? YOU THINK SMILING THERE MAKES YOU LIKE SPECIAL MR. KEVIN CRYE. YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY TO VIOLATE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AND AND THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS, TO KNOW WHAT YOU DO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

IF YOU ALL VOTED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, THEN IT'S A BROWN ACT BECAUSE YOU DID NOT DISCLOSE IT TO THE PEOPLE.

WE HAVE A RIGHT. IF YOU VOTE ON THIS AND RUBBER STAMP IT, YOU KNOW THAT'S ANOTHER VIOLATION AS YOU AS PUBLIC OFFICIAL BECOMES A CRIME BECAUSE YOU HOLD THE MOST HIGH POSITIONS.

YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE HEARING THIS, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, KEVIN, THAT BIG BOOK THAT I HAD THAT ALSO, WHEN YOUR CONTRACTS IN MULTIPLE CONTRACTS, THE COURT WENT IN THAT COMPLAINT.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT I PUT IN THERE.

SO YOU WANT TO KEEP ON VIOLATING PEOPLE'S RIGHTS.

KEEP ON BREAKING THE LAW.

I DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM.

YOU KEEP ON DOING THAT. I LOVE IT BECAUSE YOU GIVE ME MORE AMMUNITION TO ACTUALLY SUBMIT

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EVERYTHING I NEED FOR THEM TO BE FOR YOU TO BE ACCOUNTABLE.

MR. JOE LARMER DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE HERE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS BY BREAKING THE LAW IN RUBBER, STAMPING HIS CONTRACT BY VIOLATION.

WHAT IS THIS? ARE WE GOING BY THE STATE OR OR CHARTER LAWS? WHERE'S THE RESOLUTION? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A RESOLUTION.

I'VE BEEN TO SO MANY MEETINGS.

I NEVER SEEN THIS. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST BECAUSE KEVIN.

THANK YOU JENNY. FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN, DUANE, THEN LESLIE, FOLLOWED BY LAURA HOBBS.

GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.

BE ASSURED THAT I TAKE NO PLEASURE IN THESE TYPES OF SPEECHES.

NONETHELESS, SOMETIMES THESE ARE THE SPEECHES THAT WE MUST GIVE.

I'M SURE THAT MANY WOULD SAY I SPEAK TODAY ON PERSONAL REASONS, BUT I PERSONALLY HARBOR NO ILL WILL TOWARDS THE COUNTY COUNCIL AS A PERSON, BUT AS A COUNCIL, I FEEL HIS WORK MUST HONESTLY BE ASSESSED NOT ONLY AS A MAN THAT YOU KNOW, BUT AS A COUNCIL WHO IS PAID BY OUR TAXPAYER MONEY.

THAT MONEY IS SPENT TO ENSURE THE COUNTY IS OPERATING WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION, THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITHIN THE LAW, THAT THEY ARE, WHETHER THAT LAW BE LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL.

AS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER TO RESPECT THE CONSTITUENTS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, AND THAT IS AN AGENCY.

THOSE RIGHTS ARE NEVER TO BE TRAMPLED UPON.

LOOK AT ME AND HONESTLY SAY THAT HE HAS DONE THAT JOB CORRECTLY.

HONESTLY, JUDGE HIS JOB TO PREVENT LAWSUITS ALONE, THEN HONESTLY VOTE ON THIS ITEM.

NEXT UP BENJAMIN, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE, FOLLOWED BY LAURA HOBBS.

THEN CHRISTIAN. SO IN IN PAST YEARS COUNTY COUNCIL HAS BEEN A ROLE THAT OPERATED QUIETLY, PROFESSIONALLY.

THE PEOPLE IN THAT POSITION DID THEIR JOB FOR THE COUNTY AND WERE LARGELY UNCONTROVERSIAL.

THEY PROVIDED LEGAL GUIDANCE, KEPT THE COUNTY OUT OF UNNECESSARY DISPUTES, AND MAINTAINED PUBLIC TRUST.

NOW, I FEEL THAT MR. JOE LARMER TENURE HAS BEEN A BIT DIFFERENT.

HIS TIME AS COUNTY COUNCIL HAS BEEN MARKED BY CONTROVERSY, HIGH PROFILE LEGAL ACTIONS AND DECISIONS THAT HAVE DIVIDED THIS COMMUNITY.

HE HAD MY WIFE ARRESTED.

HE PHYSICALLY GRABBED A SPEAKER AT A BOARD MEETING WHO WAS SAYING THINGS THE BOARD DIDN'T AGREE WITH, THEN SUED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE WORKING ON A PETITION.

WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH ANY OF THESE ACTIONS OR NOT, THEY MADE THE POSITION FAR FROM NEUTRAL IN THE EYES OF MANY RESIDENTS.

SO TODAY'S PROPOSAL IS TO GIVE LAURA MOORE A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT RENEWAL.

NOW, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE WRONG APPROACH. A FOUR YEAR COMMITMENT TIES THE HANDS OF ANY FUTURE BOARD, INCLUDING THE BOARD THAT WILL BE SEATED AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION.

IF THAT NEW MAJORITY BELIEVES THE COUNTY NEEDS A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND LEGAL COUNSEL, THIS DECISION WOULD MAKE THAT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT COST AND DISRUPTION. A MORE PRUDENT COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE A ONE YEAR RENEWAL THAT WOULD ALLOW STABILITY IN THE OFFICE FOR NOW, WHILE GIVING THE NEXT BOARD MAJORITY, WHOEVER THEY MAY BE, THE ABILITY TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT ROLE.

AND COME ON, YOU GUYS KNEW BETTER THAN TO PUT THIS ON CONSENT.

LAST MEETING, IT WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION.

WHY WEREN'T WE NOTIFIED OF THE BOARD'S INTENT TO RENEW? LET'S START PRACTICING REAL TRANSPARENCY.

NOT THIS LIP SERVICE THING THIS BOARD LIKES TO DO.

I URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THE FOUR YEAR TERM AND APPROVE A ONE YEAR RENEWAL.

THANK YOU. LESLIE, FOLLOWED BY LAURA HOBBS AND THEN CHRISTIAN.

CHRISTIAN WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER. OKAY.

AGAIN, KEVIN. DERANGEMENT SYNDROME AT ITS FINEST.

IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD HELPED RECRUIT OR BRING IN THIS COUNTY STAFF OR THIS COUNTY COUNCIL.

THREE QUARTERS OF THIS CRAP WOULD NOT EVEN BE BEING PRESENTED.

SO THAT'S FUN. THE MAJORITY OF LEGISLATION AND BACKLOG, WHICH BY THE WAY, GOOD JOB.

COUNCIL JOE LAMAR ON GETTING OUR BACKLOG DOWN TO WHAT YOU'VE GOTTEN IT.

IS FROM PREVIOUS COUNTY COUNCIL AND PREVIOUS BOARDS.

SO AGAIN, FALSE INFORMATION.

IT WAS NOT SQUEEZED INTO CONSENT.

IT'S BEEN IN CLOSED SESSION WITH OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

FOR YEARS WE HAD A BOARD THAT WAS MANAGED BY THE TWO SEATS TO YOUR LEFT.

BOTH OF THESE MEN HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB ANSWERING TO THIS BOARD.

THIS BOARD CONTROLS THOSE PLACES, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

AND THAT'S THE NORM THAT THIS COUNTY AND THIS COMMUNITY IS USED TO.

LOOK AT CITY OF REDDING.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COUNCIL THAT BASICALLY RUBBER STAMPS AND SITS THERE AND DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BUT LISTENS TO THE PEOPLE WHO CONTROL THEM INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND, WHICH IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

SO THANK YOU, BOTH OF YOU, FOR THE ARROWS THAT YOU TAKE FOR DOING YOUR JOB AND LISTENING TO THE WILL OF THIS BOARD.

SORRY, I DIGRESS, I GOT OFF.

DO I AGREE 100% OF THE TIME WITH COUNCIL? LAMAR? NO, I THINK THAT THE SITUATION WITH STEPHEN KING IS UNFORTUNATE AND THAT THE

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COUNTY DOES BEAR SOME RESPONSIBILITY.

THERE WERE MULTIPLE PHONE CALLS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT SAID HE WAS IN VIOLATION OF A RESTRAINING ORDER AND WAS IN POSSESSION OF A WEAPON, WHICH BREAKS THAT RESTRAINING ORDER.

HAD OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, WHO WE HAVE A VOICE RECORDING FROM THE SHERIFF THAT SAID THAT IT HAD BEEN PASSED TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

HAD SHE TAKEN AND FILED CHARGES ON THAT? MAYBE SOMEBODY WOULDN'T HAVE GOT SHOT.

AND BEFORE ANYBODY SAYS IT WAS HIS FAULT FOR GOING TO THE DOOR IN THE 911 CALL, STEPHEN KING HAD NO CLUE WHO HE SHOT.

HE GAVE A SEVEN MINUTE LIST OF MANY PEOPLE HE MIGHT HAVE SHOT.

SO THERE'S THAT. SO ASIDE FROM THIS, AND AS SOMEBODY WHO WATCHES LOCAL GOVERNMENT CLOSELY, I SEE HIM CONSTANTLY TAKE DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSPARENCY.

AND SINCE MR. LONG, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT PULLED THIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSPARENCY, I HOPE THAT EVERY ITEM IN CLOSED SESSION THAT HAS A MOTION TO PULL IT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, YOU'RE THE FIRST TO SECOND IT OR YOU'RE THE FIRST TO MAKE THAT MOTION, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES WHERE PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD HAVE TRIED TO PULL SOMETHING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, AND YOU HAVE NOT SECONDED IT.

SO FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY, I HOPE THAT'S WHAT WE DO MOVING FORWARD.

AND YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A LOT MORE, BUT THE NARRATIVE THAT YOU SUED THE CONSTITUENTS AGAIN, MOSTLY FALSE AND I REALLY HATE THE DIVISION IT'S CAUSING. THANK YOU.

LAURA HOBBS, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN.

THANK YOU. YES. SO ON THIS MATTER, I, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF THE 18TH MONTH SEVERANCE IS GOING TO BE A DEAL OR NOT.

CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE ANY 18 MONTH SEVERANCE.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO THIS DIRECTION, I THINK YOU SHOULD DO IT YEAR BY YEAR LIKE YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.

AND I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT IN REGARDS TO SUING CITIZENS YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUS WHO'S BEING SUED BY LOOKING AT THE PLAINTIFF.

THE PLAINTIFF IS THE PERSON WHO BROUGHT THE SUIT, THE RESPONDENT OR THE DEFENDANT IS THE PERSON WHO IS ACTUALLY DEFENDING THEMSELVES.

SO IN THE CASE OF THE SHASTA FIVE, IT WAS THE FIVE CITIZENS WERE LISTED AS DEFENDANTS. THEY WERE TRYING TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST JOSEPH LARMORE.

HERE HE USES FEAR AND INTIMIDATION TO CONTROL THE BOARD.

HE HE DOES THIS ON NUMEROUS DIFFERENT ISSUES.

I THINK THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID THAT THE BOARD DIRECTS HIM. I SEE IT HAPPENS MORE SO THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

HE DIRECTS THE BOARD. THIS BOARD DOES NOT EMPLOY OUTSIDE COUNSEL IN AREAS WITH SPECIALTIES SUCH AS ELECTIONS, WHEN THEY COULD.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY OFFERED TO HELP THEM, TO GIVE THEM A SECOND OPINION.

TO USE THE ANALOGY OF A DOCTOR, JOSEPH LARMORE IS NOT AN EXPERT IN ELECTIONS.

HE'S A GENERALIST. HE DOES COUNTY STUFF.

HE DOESN'T KNOW ELECTION LAW.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YES, IN THE CASE OF THE SHASTA FIVE, HE SUED THE CITIZENS. AND THIS IS ALSO HAPPENING IN THE CASE OF ROBINS ROBINSON VERSUS THE COUNTY OF SHASTA IN THIS CASE YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT HE'S DOING IS HE'S ASKING SOMEONE TO PAY $750,000 IN DAMAGES TO THE COUNTY.

AND THIS IS A CITIZEN WHO WAS A VICTIM OF THE CAR FIRE.

SO I, I SEE THINGS GOING AWRY HERE AS FAR AS CITIZENS BEING HARMED AS A RESULT OF HIS ACTIONS. AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REALLY SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THAT IN YOUR DECISION MAKING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COME ON UP AND CHAIR. THAT'S OUR LAST SPEAKER CUSHIONS.

OUR LAST ONE. I DON'T KNOW, JOE. YOU MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.

YOU GOT EVERYBODY KIND OF PISSED OFF AT AT YOU.

AND YOU KNOW, ONE THING I CAN SAY ABOUT MR. MILLER. SEEING SEEN HIM IN ACTION.

VERY PROFESSIONAL, VERY CALM.

HE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING THIS BOARD DOESN'T ASK HIM TO DO.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT CITIZENS BEING SUED BY JOSEPH MORTON.

NO, NO. BEING SUED BY THE COUNTY OF SHASTA.

NOW, I SUPPOSE MR. MILLER, IF HE WANTED TO, HE COULD FILE HIS OWN ACTION ON ON. I DON'T KNOW. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HE'S DOING.

YOU KNOW, I. THIS BOARD HAS GONE THROUGH COUNTY COUNCILS LIKE WHAT,

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4 OR 5 IN THE LAST FEW YEARS? WHAT KIND OF WHAT KIND OF GAME IS BEING PLAYED HERE? NOT MAGA ENOUGH TO MAGA TO YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT STUFF COMES OUT OF THE BOX BECAUSE MR. MILLER IS A LITTLE MORE SIMPLY DOING WHAT THE COUNTY IS ASKING HIM TO DO.

IF IT'S LEGAL AND IT IS LEGAL.

WHEN THE COUNTY SAID NO, SORRY, SHASTA FIVE, WE WE WE'RE GOING TO STEP IN HERE BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T THINK WE DON'T THINK YOU HAVE A LEGAL GROUND TO STAND ON.

AND IT COST US AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY.

WELL, THE JUDGE KIND OF YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T RULE ON THE MERIT OF THAT OTHER THAN THERE IS THE ABILITY FOR THESE PEOPLE TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT ON THE ON THE BALLOT.

IF THEY DIDN'T GET THE SIGNATURES, FINE.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY YOU DO IT.

YOU KNOW, SO I FEEL SORRY FOR FOR MR. LAMORA AND HEY, I MIGHT BE THE NEXT PERSON.

THE COUNTY SUES THE WAY, YOU KNOW, THE WAY I'M GOING.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS.

THANK YOU, SIR, FOR DOING A GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT? WHAT? THE COUNTY ASKS YOU TO DO.

IF ANYBODY IS TAKING THE HEAT, IT'S GOT TO BE THE PEOPLE UP HERE ON THE IN THESE SEATS. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT CASE.

THE COUNTY IS HAVING TO TAKE INTO COURT.

IT WOULDN'T GO INTO COURT IF THERE WASN'T A LEGAL PROBABILITY OR SOME SORT OF LEGAL PRECEDENT INVOLVED. SO, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SUE A COUNTY.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CHANCE YOU MIGHT LOSE.

AND GENERALLY IN COURT WHEN YOU LOSE, YOU PAY THE COST BACK TO THE CITIZENS THAT PAID FOR THAT LAW ACTION.

AND THAT'S US. THANK YOU.

OKAY. NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTERS.

SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR LONG ARE YOU IN QUEUE FROM BEFORE OR. YOU'RE BACK IN.

BACK IN. YOU'RE BACK IN. YES, SIR. SUPERVISOR LONG THANK YOU.

AND MAYBE MONICA, YOU CAN COME BACK UP.

I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT HERE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT GOVERNMENT CODE 27641.

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT? YES.

CAN YOU CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT FOR US? SO I PULLED THAT UP AND ESSENTIALLY 27640 AND 27641.

ESTABLISH THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL WILL HAVE A FOUR YEAR TERM OF APPOINTMENT, THAT THEY WILL BE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD AND THEIR SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE COUNTY COUNCIL CAN BE REMOVED FROM THAT APPOINTMENT.

AND IS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THEN THAT IS A STANDARD FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT? AND WHAT DOES WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING HERE CONFLICT WITH 27641 SUPERVISOR.

I WOULD JUST SAY YOU'RE ASKING HER FOR A LEGAL OPINION.

OH, OKAY. YEAH, WELL, I'LL THROW THAT YOUR DIRECTION, JOE.

SO ULTIMATELY, I WOULDN'T RENDER A LEGAL OPINION LIKE THAT ON THE FLY.

REALITY IS, IT'S A IT'S A FOUR YEAR TERM.

THERE'S NOTHING, IN MY OPINION THAT CONFLICTS WITH IT BEING A REVOLVING TERM, AS IN RENEWED EACH YEAR.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MONICA. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSEQUENT MOTION THAT WE BRING THIS BACK.

I'M NOT SAYING EITHER WAY, WHICH HOW I WILL VOTE.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT INDUSTRY STANDARD IS IN THE STATE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT PAST PRACTICES IN THIS COUNTY. AND I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION CURRENTLY.

SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS DISCUSSION, CLOSE IT OUT AND BRING THIS BACK NEXT WEEK'S MEETING FOR A VOTE.

AND I WILL BE FULLY PREPARED AT THAT TIME.

THAT'S MY THAT'S MY MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR LONG TO PUSH THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING.

FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND.

SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. HOLD ON.

WAIT. JUST WANT TO HEAR ONE MORE TIME. JUST. I DON'T WANT TO BE ACCUSED OF RUSHING IT.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? NO, NO, NO SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

YEAH. I APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR LONG LOOKING INTO THE PRECEDENT FOR ME.

I THINK JOE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

I THINK YOU'VE REMAINED OBJECTIVE IN THE FACE OF POLITICAL PRESSURE FROM BOTH SIDES.

AND YOU'VE STUCK TO WHAT YOU THINK IS THE RIGHT LEGAL OPINION.

YOU REMAIN CALM AND I AND YOU'VE BEEN WELL PREPARED.

AND SO I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BE OUR COUNSEL FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, WHICH WILL BE OVER THE TERM THAT I'LL BE ON THE BOARD. AND SO THAT'S ALSO TO YOUR POINT OF TYING UP OTHER BOARDS.

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THAT WILL BE PRETTY MUCH THE TIME IN WHICH I'LL BE ON THE BOARD.

AND SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT EITHER.

MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WE CHANGE COURSE, BUT I THINK FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE JOE AS OUR COUNTY COUNSEL.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION. DO WE ALREADY. I ALREADY MADE IT. YEAH. OKAY, WELL, I'LL WEIGH IN. YOU EITHER.

GENTLEMEN. SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM. SUPERVISOR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

NOT ABOUT THE WOLVES. NO, NOT ABOUT THE.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. NO, I WOULD JUST LIKE.

I'M JUST THINKING, AND I APPRECIATE NOT THAT THE WOLVES AREN'T IMPORTANT.

I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMENT. IT'S MY TURN TO TALK, SO BE QUIET. OKAY.

I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR CONCERNS, BUT I WAS JUST SITTING HERE THINKING, MAN, IF I WAS A PROFESSIONAL THAT COULD GO GET A JOB WHEREVER. AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'D PUT UP WITH WAITING ANOTHER WEEK FOR SOMEBODY TO TELL ME WHETHER I HAVE A JOB OR NOT.

AND I. AND SO I'M, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING.

YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS A GREAT JOB. YOU, THE PEOPLE OUT THERE DON'T HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS ALL THE TIME, LISTENING AND LEARNING IN MY CASE, YOU KNOW, AS HOW PROFESSIONAL HE IS.

AND HIS STAFF, MONICA HANDLING, HANDLING ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. IT'S IT'S LIKE MIND BOGGLING AT TIMES.

AND JOE'S ALWAYS SOMETIMES I CAN'T HEAR HIM BECAUSE HE TALKS A LITTLE SOFT.

I HAVE TO TELL HIM TO SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT HE'S. BUT THANKS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THANKS FOR YOUR YOUR MOTION.

AND I SECOND THAT. THANK YOU.

SO I'LL JUST I'LL BE SOMEWHAT BRIEF.

I THINK THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS A PERSON CAN MAKE IN THEIR LIFE IS IF THEY CHOOSE TO FOLLOW JESUS OR NOT. AND THE SECOND IS A PERSON THEY MARRY.

WHEN YOU GET INTO POLITICS WHAT I LEARNED VERY QUICKLY IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SOLID COUNTY COUNCIL AND A SOLID CEO AND A BOARD WORKING TOGETHER, IT'S GOING TO BE A BRUTAL ROW.

SO ONCE WE HAD THE ISSUES OF A REVOLVING DOOR OF COUNTY COUNCILS, AND I KIND OF JUST SAT IDLY BY AND LET DIFFERENT SUPERVISORS LEAD US DOWN DIFFERENT PATHS, I WENT OUT AND I THINK I FOUND THE BEST, NOT JUST LOCALLY, BUT THE BEST COUNTY COUNCIL WE COULD HAVE HAD.

BECAUSE THE ONE THING ABOUT JOE IS WHEN I SAY HE COULD CARE LESS ABOUT WHAT THE BOARD DOES, HE CARES ABOUT THE LAW.

AND EVEN I MEAN, I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH ONE SPEAKER HERE, CHRISTIAN, THAT IT TALKED ABOUT JOE JUST FOLLOWS THE LAW. AND THE ONE THING IS, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT JOE IS OR I'M SORRY, COUNSEL LARMER IS HE TELLS US WHAT THE LAW IS.

AND JUST TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT, JOE HAS NEVER ARRESTED ANYBODY.

OUR COUNTY COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY. THE SHERIFF'S ARRESTS PEOPLE.

SO IF YOU'VE BEEN ARRESTED OR SOMEBODY YOU KNOW HAS BEEN ARRESTED, GO TALK TO THE SHERIFF. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT, MAYBE SOMEBODY HAS ENTERED INTO LITIGATION.

TALK TO THE BOARD BECAUSE COUNTY COUNSEL DOESN'T SUE ANYBODY.

THEY ARE BUT A MERE FUNCTION, A MERE FUNCTION OF THE WILL OF THIS BOARD.

AND LIKE SUPERVISOR LONG POINTED OUT, ALL OF US WILL NOT BE HERE FOREVER.

AND WHAT I THINK IS A GREAT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND ONE THING I WANT TO SAY, COUNTY COUNCIL HAS TAKEN OUR OFFICE AND HAS COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED HOW THEY DO BUSINESS, THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY DO BUSINESS, THE PACE AT WHICH THEY DO BUSINESS.

GO ASK ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ACROSS THIS COUNTY ABOUT HOW QUICKLY THINGS COME IN AND GET BACK OUT AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT JUST HIM SITTING IN THAT SEAT. IT'S HIS LEADERSHIP OF THE OFFICE.

WE AS SUPERVISORS ONLY HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT WE DIRECTLY OVERSEE, AND THEY'RE BOTH RIGHT THERE.

SO I AM ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY IN SUPPORT OF COUNSEL LARMER.

AND DOES EVERY DECISION GO OUR WAY? NO. IT'S LIKE IN BASEBALL, FOOTBALL'S A FOOT AND A HALF OUTSIDE OR HITS THE DIRT AND I DON'T SWING.

AND IT THEY WIND UP CALLING IT A STRIKE.

I'M OUT. DOESN'T MEAN I THINK IT'S A STRIKE OR IT WAS A STRIKE, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. HE GIVES US THE LAW, WE MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS WE CAN.

AND I EVEN ASK FOR HIS PERSONAL OPINION.

AND HE'LL NEVER GIVE IT BECAUSE HE SAID THAT'S NOT HIS JOB. HIS JOB IS THE LAW.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT. THAT'S MY THAT'S MY $0.02.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE VOTE. SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO APPROVE WHAT'S IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR AT C 11, RENEWING THE CONTRACT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED? YES, WITH AN EXPLANATION.

OKAY, SO I WANT TO MAKE THIS VERY CLEAR.

THIS IS NOT A VOTE AGAINST JOE LARMER.

I THINK HE'S DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.

HE'S AVAILABLE. IT IS SIMPLY.

I WAS ASKING FOR A LITTLE MORE TIME TO FIND OUT IF THIS IS INDUSTRY STANDARD.

AND SO THAT IS THE REASON FOR MY VOTE.

AND THAT IS THE REASON ALONE.

SO JOE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO ABSTAIN ON THE VOTE SINCE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME BECAUSE LEGALLY YOU CAN ABSTAIN? IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. I'M JUST TELLING YOU BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED THIS MYSELF MY FIRST YEAR ABOUT ABSTENTION VERSUS A NO VOTE.

I DID IT ON A SECOND AMENDMENT RESOLUTION.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO ABSTAIN, YOU CAN. WHAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR AN ABSTENTION? MR. JOE LARMER, IF YOU FEEL YOU NEED MORE TIME.

I MEAN, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LAW PART.

ESSENTIALLY, YOU CAN ABSTAIN FROM A VOTE IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A VOTE.

OH, I CHANGE MY VOTE, I WILL ABSTAIN.

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ALL RIGHT. LOOK AT THAT.

WORKING TOGETHER. BEAUTIFUL PASSES FOR ZERO WITH AN ABSTENTION FROM SUPERVISOR LONG.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. WE HAVE OUR R5, MISS BURTON.

[R5 Approve a request from Mercy Medical Center for use of Opioid Litigation Settlement Funding and a budget amendment which increases appropriations by $25,000 in the Opioid Settlement Budget (BU 430) offset by use of restricted fund balance (Sponsored by Supervisor Crye).]

SHE'S ALREADY THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CRYE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND BURTON DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A REQUEST TO DIRECT UP TO $25,000 IN OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONEY TO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER TO SUPPORT THE PARTICIPATION OF SIX RESIDENTS AND TWO FACULTY MEMBERS IN THE UC IRVINE TRAIN NEW TRAINERS PRIMARY CARE PSYCHIATRY FELLOWSHIP.

THIS USE OF OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS IS ALLOWED AS THIS FELLOWSHIP IS GEARED TOWARDS DIAGNOSING AND TREATING A VARIETY OF MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.

IN ADDITION TO BEING TRAINED IN THIS AREA, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE TRAINED AS TRAINERS AND BE ABLE TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF MANY PHYSICIANS IN OUR AREA.

AS AN UPDATE TO THE STAFF REPORT, THE COUNTY RECEIVED ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS LATE LAST WEEK AND FOLLOWING THE PREPARATION OF THE STAFF REPORT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ITEM, AND NOW CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT $14.1 MILLION FROM THESE SETTLEMENTS, INCLUDING INTEREST. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS BURTON.

I KNOW WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. MISS BLANKENSHIP, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE TWO.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THOSE UP.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM.

WELL, WE HAVE A SPONSOR BY MYSELF.

WILL SECOND BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. PUBLIC COMMENT. FIRST UP, MARY RICKERT, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING.

AND MATT, YOU ARE CORRECT ABOUT THAT PROJECT IN MOUNT SHASTA LAKE CITY.

IF YOU EVER NEED ANY BACKGROUND, I WORKED ON THAT FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS.

THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH NATION. WE HAVE TO KEEP IT TO OUR FIVE.

OKAY. ANYWAY, GIVE ME A CALL.

MATT. I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PASSING OF STEVE MORGAN, FORMER SUPERVISOR FROM DISTRICT FOUR, A FORMER VETERAN AND STRONG SUPPORTER OF TREATMENT FOR VETERANS WHO NEEDED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.

HE STRONGLY SUPPORTED OUR EFFORTS WITH THE CALIFORNIA OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONEY.

I REREAD THE CALIFORNIA OPIOID SETTLEMENT ALLOWABLE EXPENDITURES THE OTHER NIGHT.

I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOARD REVISIT THOSE GUIDELINES FOR A BIT OF HISTORY.

FORMER DEPUTY COUNTY COUNSEL JIM ROSS WORKED FOR YEARS TO SECURE THOSE FUNDS FOR OUR COUNTY. I ASSISTED AND ENCOURAGED MR. ROSS BECAUSE MY WORK SINCE 2001 IN THIS COUNTY, IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED.

THIS BOARD IS NOT MORE AGGRESSIVELY FOCUSING ON TREATMENT OF THOSE WITH ADDICTION ISSUES.

PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM OVERDOSES.

WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS PROBLEM WITH HOMELESSNESS, ADDICTION AND CRIME IN THIS COUNTY ALL DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO ADDICTION ISSUES.

THAT IS WHERE YOU SHOULD BE FOCUSING YOUR ATTENTION.

KEVIN, YOU SAY YOU CARE ABOUT KIDS, SO WHY ARE YOU NOT FOCUSED ON TREATING THEIR PARENTS? ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL FACTORS FOR A CHILD IS TO HAVE HEALTHY PARENTS, AND THEY NEED THAT FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

SO PLEASE WORK ON TREATING THE ADULTS THAT ARE ON EVERY STREET CORNER IN THIS COUNTY AND IN THIS CITY. IT'S OBVIOUS THIS OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONEY IS BEING USED FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL CAMPAIGN, MR. CRYE. I KNOW I'M WASTING MY BREATH, BUT DO WHAT'S RIGHT.

FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AND GET TREATMENT GOING NOW.

THANK YOU, DOLORES LUCERO.

BEFORE YOU COULD TREAT PEOPLE AND HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO THE DRUG, YOU NEED TO USE THE MONEY FOR A JAIL BECAUSE HELPING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL.

THOSE PEOPLE ARE VULNERABLE.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

MOST OF THEM, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE ADDICTED TO DRUGS.

BUT I THINK THE JAIL SHOULD HAVE BEEN NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE THE CRIMINALS ARE MORE DANGEROUS, BECAUSE THE CRIMINALS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE OUT THERE USING DRUGS, SELLING DRUGS. THE OPIUM MONEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON THE JAIL.

AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT KEVIN CRYE.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HELPING OTHERS.

THIS IS SOME KIND OF PLATFORM.

SO HE COULD USE DOWN THE ROAD AS A CAMPAIGN.

SO SO THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

WE ALL KNOW WHEN WE SEE KEVIN'S CRYE NO NAME ON THE ITEM.

THEY'RE RED FLAGS. IT'S USUALLY HE'S PROMOTING HIMSELF OR HE IS IS IN IT FOR

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HIMSELF, OR HE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW HE COULD HELP HIMSELF.

I LIKE WHAT MARY SAID EARLIER, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MINUTES AGO ABOUT HOW COME KEVIN CRYE DOESN'T HELP FAMILIES, THE MOTHERS OF THOSE CHILDREN, BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO TAKE MONEY.

THE REASON WHY HE DOESN'T IS BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO TAKE MONEY FROM VULNERABLE PEOPLE, BECAUSE HE HAS CONTRACTS WITH MULTIPLE SCHOOLS MAKING LOTS OF MONEY EVERY SIX, THREE MONTHS. THAT IT IS.

NO IT'S NOT. IT IS. YOU DON'T HELP OTHERS, THE PARENTS, BECAUSE YOU ABUSE THOSE INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL OR NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO GO UP AGAINST YOU. YOU LIKE PEOPLE WHO ARE WEAK BECAUSE YOU PREYS ON THEM.

JUST. IT IS. IT IS BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT THE MONEY THAT.

YES, THE MONEY YOU LIKE TO ABUSE PEOPLE.

YOU LIKE THOSE PEOPLE WHO YOU COULD TAKE FROM.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT EVEN EVEN CHRIS KNOWS THAT.

BUT YET HE SITS THERE AND DOES NOTHING.

OKAY, YOU HAVE TO STICK ON TOPIC.

YEAH, IT IS ON TOP. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO SILENCE ME, SO WHY DON'T YOU? JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE NEVER ON TOPIC, YES I AM. YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT. YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY.

YOU WANT. YOU SHOULD HAVE USED THIS MONEY AND FOCUS ON THE JAIL.

BUT YOU DON'T WANT A JAIL.

WE ALREADY KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU SAID A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.

A JAIL AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE KNOW THAT. IT'S ALL ABOUT KEVIN CRYE ABUSE OF POWER.

THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.

I WILL MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS JUST ABOUT THIS, I BELIEVE, AND I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE OPIOID LITIGATION THIS PROCESS STARTED, I'M THINKING SOMETIME AROUND 2016 OR 17.

SO WHEN WE WERE AWARDED THIS, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, YEARS IN THE MAKING. SO IF PAST OR CURRENT SUPERVISORS GOT NOTHING DONE WITH THE MONEY COMING IN THAT'S JUST LACK OF PLANNING.

WHAT I WON'T DO IS I'M NOT JUST GOING TO GO OUT AND SPEND IT LIKE CRAZY, LIKE IT'S SOME TYPE OF INHERITANCE AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO SQUANDER IT. I WANT THIS MONEY.

AND I'VE SAID THIS MULTIPLE TIMES.

I WANT THIS MONEY INVESTED WHERE LONG AFTER THE FIVE OF US AND ALL OF YOU ARE DEAD AND MAYBE 50 OR 100 YEARS, THE IMPACT OF THE DECISIONS WE MAKE WITH THIS MONEY IS STILL MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

THE REASON I BROUGHT SO FAST FORWARD SOMETHING FOR KIDS IS BECAUSE THE KIDS THAT ARE IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE RIGHT NOW ARE SOME OF THE MOST AFFECTED BECAUSE OF THE RIDICULOUS COVID LOCKDOWNS AND WHAT THOSE KIDS MISSED DEVELOPMENTALLY.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT MONEY TO PERFECT WHAT I BELIEVE, AND THIS BOARD AGREED WAS PERFECT ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP KIDS IN THIS COUNTY GOING FORWARD WITH WHAT WE DO.

EVERY SUPERVISOR HERE CAN BRING ANYTHING FORWARD IF THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW TO INVEST THAT MONEY. SO IT'S NOT ONE PERSON.

SO WE HAVE WE'VE TAKEN A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION? WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE JUST TO MAKE SURE.

WE'LL START TO MY RIGHT WITH SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. SURE. SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. YES.

SUPERVISOR. HARMON. YES.

SUPERVISOR. CRYE. YES.

SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM. YES AND.

SUPERVISOR. LONG YES. THANK YOU.

THAT IS FIVE ZERO. MOVING ON TO OUR.

[R6 Take the following actions: (1) Receive a presentation on the 2024 Shasta County Fire Department Annual Report; (2) receive a compliance report on fire safety inspections (“Report”); and (3) adopt a resolution which certifies the receipt of the Report.]

CHIEF O'HARA THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS SEAN O'HARA. I AM YOUR GUYS'S COUNTY COUNTY. FIRE CHIEF. ALL RIGHT.

TODAY WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER THE ANNUAL REPORT AS AS WE DO PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

WE WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE COUNT THE NUMBERS, RIGHT? SO ONCE WE GET EVERYTHING DONE I COME BACK AND I DO A PRESENTATION FOR YOU.

SO AT A GLANCE OBVIOUSLY OUR VOLUNTEER STAFF HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT HIGHLIGHT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AS WE HAVE GROWN AND, AND REDUCED DEPENDING ON WHAT YEAR IT IS, RIGHT? SO SINCE 2022, WE'VE ACTUALLY INCREASED AND WE ARE HAVING MORE AND MORE VOLUNTEERS RESPOND BECAUSE OF, OF THE, THE PARAMETERS THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON EACH ONE OF THEM.

SO BEFORE THERE WAS NO MINIMUM CALL VOLUME THAT THEY HAD TO MEET AND THERE WAS NO MINIMUM TRAINING HOURS THAT THEY HAD TO MEET.

NOW WE HAVE BOTH AND WE ARE SEEING A RISE IN THE PARTICIPATION WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS.

LAST YEAR, THERE WAS 14,830 883 TOTAL INCIDENTS.

BOTH CAL FIRE AND SHASTA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO WITHIN THE SHASTA COUNTY ITSELF, NOT TRINITY COUNTY, BUT HERE.

THE SEC RECEIVED OVER 58,180 TELEPHONE CALLS IN 2024.

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SO A LOT OF THOSE ARE USUALLY OBVIOUSLY EMERGENCY CALLS THAT ARE DOUBLED UP WHICH EQUALS THE 14,000 CALLS.

BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WHEN THERE'S A COUPLE FIRES HERE AND THERE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU GET A LOT OF PHONE CALLS, ESPECIALLY OFF OF BUSIER HIGHWAYS.

SO OUT OF THOSE LIKE I CLASSIFIED, 14,000 OF THEM WERE IN SHASTA COUNTY.

THE OTHER 6000 AND CHANGE WERE IN OTHER PLACES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, EITHER TO OUR PARTNERS, TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST OR WEST OR INTO TRINITY COUNTY.

THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT A LOT OF OUR RESOURCES GO UP AND DOWN THE STATE.

SO OUT OF THOSE RESOURCES, WE PROCESSED JUST UNDER 1100 OR JUST OVER 1100 UNITS REQUESTED FOR OUT OF THE OUT OF THE UNIT.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'LL USE THE PARK INCIDENT FOR AN EXAMPLE.

IT DIDN'T HIT OUR COUNTY.

IT THREATENED OUR COUNTY, BUT A LOT OF OUR RESOURCES WENT HELPED OUT.

SO HAVING THE ABILITY TO MOVE UP AND DOWN THE STATE IN TOTALITY ACTUALLY HELPS THE STATE, NOT ONLY IN SHASTA COUNTY.

WHEN WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY, THEY BRING FOLKS HERE, BUT WE BRING FOLKS OUTSIDE THE COUNTY AS WELL.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR, OUR FIRE BUREAU AS YOU GUYS CAN IMAGINE THE COUNTY IS A VERY ACTIVE FIRE COUNTY BOTH WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT SEEK TO PUT HARM INTO THE COUNTY, EITHER THROUGH ARSON OR SOME OTHER FORCE PORTION OF THAT.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE THOSE ACCIDENTAL STARTS, RIGHT? THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND THEY STILL CAUSE A FIRE.

SO EACH ONE OF THOSE FIRES CAUSE SOME TYPE OF FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU ACTIVITY.

SO OUR FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU IS ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE IN THE STATE AND BOTH THE CRIMINAL ARRESTS. AND THEN ALSO JUST OVERALL LAST YEAR WE HAD 1400 INCIDENTS FOR FIVE PEOPLE. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, FIVE PEOPLE WENT TO OVER 14, 1400 INCIDENTS. OUT OF ALL THOSE 803 REQUIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD ENFORCEMENT THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR FOLKS.

AS SOME OF YOU HAVE CAME TO OUR VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DINNER, WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FOLKS BETWEEN FIVE YEARS AND 50 YEARS AND 50 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR OUR COUNTY IS A LONG TIME THAT'S SIX YEARS OLDER THAN I AM.

SO AS YOU GUYS CAN IMAGINE, THOSE FOLKS HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS IN THE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WITH THAT, SOME OF THOSE FOLKS HAVE RETIRED AND THAT'S A HUGE LOSS, BUT THEY'VE ALSO DONE EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY COULD FOR OUR COUNTY.

THE VOLUNTEER DISPATCHERS VERSUS RESPONSE.

SO THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THOSE TOPICS THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING, HEY, WHAT, HOW MANY OF, OF THE CALLS DO OUR VOLUNTEERS ACTUALLY GO TO? SO THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE BEEN ADDING THIS INTO OUR ANNUAL REPORT, AND IT'S SHOWING HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE ACCURATELY GOING TO EACH ONE OF THOSE INCIDENTS. AND SO THAT IS PAINTING A BETTER PICTURE FOR EACH ONE OF YOUR GUYS'S DISTRICTS ON HOW ACTIVE YOUR VOLUNTEER DISTRICT IS.

AND TRULY THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, THE ACTIVITY PORTION OF IT IS, IS WHERE WE HAVE TO REPORT BECAUSE THE SENATE BILL 1205 AND THOSE ARE ALL THE NUMBERS ON THE LEFT THERE. AND THEN THIS IS WHERE I OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND I'M OPEN FOR ANYTHING. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

WE DON'T LOOK LIKE WE DON'T.

SUPERVISOR. HARMON. OH, NOT NOT REALLY A QUESTION, BUT JUST A LITTLE. COULD YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE, MOSTLY FOR THE PEOPLE ABOUT THE YOUR POLICE SIDE? YEAH. SO ALL OF OUR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY POST CERTIFIED AND THEY GO DOWN AND SPEND ABOUT SIX MONTHS DOWN IN IONE WHERE THEY GO THROUGH A WHOLE REGULAR POST CERTIFICATION AND THEY GET DISPATCHED TO A WIDE VARIETY OF, OF CALLS, MAINLY FOR INVESTIGATION, BUT ALSO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE.

AND WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, REDDING PD, AND ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WITHIN SHASTA AND TRINITY COUNTY.

OUR FOLKS HISTORICALLY HAVE LED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ARREST DUE TO ARSONS, AND THEY ARE A FANTASTIC GROUP.

OUR GROUP HERE IS IS ON A LOT OF OUR LEADING CADRES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND I TAKE PRIDE IN THAT BECAUSE OUR GUYS HERE WITHIN SHASTA COUNTY ARE LEADING THE NUMBERS AND THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

YEAH. SO AND SHERIFF JOHNSON HAS HE HAS SOME OF THE SAME SERVICE, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE THE SAME, BUT IT'S THE SAME KIND OF TRAINING.

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CORRECT. EXACTLY THE SAME TRAINING. SO I WAS TRYING TO SEPARATE THE PEOPLE MIGHT THINK THAT WHEN IT'S AN INVESTIGATION OF LAW AND INVESTIGATION THAT IT MIGHT BE.

BUT YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR YOU HAVE YOUR OWN.

YEAH. AND WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND RPD AND ALL THE OTHER FOLKS HERE WITHIN SHASTA COUNTY, THEY HAVE A FANTASTIC WORKING RELATIONSHIP, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, BECAUSE THEY SEE EACH OTHER ON A WIDE VARIETY OF CALLS THAT HELPS WHEN WHEN STUFF HITS THE FAN.

RIGHT. SO WHEN, WHEN OTHER AGENCIES NEED BACKUP AND OUR FOLKS ARE AVAILABLE TO BACK THEM UP AND VICE VERSA.

IT HAPPENS WITHOUT A BEAT.

I MEAN, I MEAN, IT HAPPENS INSTANTLY.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER LAST QUESTION.

IT LOOKS LIKE. YEAH. TWO QUICK RELATED QUESTIONS.

ONE IS IN TERMS OF THAT NUMBER OF INCIDENTS, WHICH IT LOOKED LIKE WAS ABOUT 14,000.

HOW HAS THAT BEEN TRENDING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS? IS THAT GOING UP OR DOWN? AND RELATED WITH THE RESPONSE RATE OF VOLUNTEERS, WHICH IS ALMOST 50%, IS THAT GONE UP OR DOWN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS? YEAH. ON THE RESPONSE SIDE DURING COVID, IT ACTUALLY WENT DOWN TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.

AND THEN WE'VE HAD A TREND EVER SINCE THEN THAT'S GOING UP.

AND WITH THAT, THE RESPONSES DEPENDING ON THE COMPANY HAVE EITHER GONE UP OR DOWN.

BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THOSE ARE PRETTY ACCURATE NUMBERS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IT'S BETWEEN WHAT I SHOWED YOU IN ABOUT 57% SOMEWHERE RIGHT AROUND THERE.

THERE'S JUST SO EVERYBODY'S CLEAR. THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY THAT GOES TO THOSE INCIDENTS ON THE ON THE PAID SIDE.

RIGHT. BUT OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE ALWAYS IT'S UP TO THEM IF THEY WANT TO GO.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS A JOB AND THE DEMANDS OF CALL VOLUMES ARE, ARE INCREASING ON OUR, ON OUR FOLKS AND WE ARE GETTING LESS AND LESS VOLUNTEERS. THAT'S WHY WE, WE RECENTLY CHANGED THE NAME TO A PAID CALL FIREFIGHTER. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND, AND PERSONNEL ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE POPPED UP, HOPEFULLY TO ENTICE MORE PEOPLE TO BECOME A PCEF RIGHT PAID CALL FIREFIGHTER, BECAUSE PEOPLE DID NOT THINK THAT THEY GOT PAID TO BE A VOLUNTEER.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO REBRAND IT TO WHERE IT YOU ARE GETTING MORE PEOPLE HOPEFULLY BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING PAID, THEY WERE ALWAYS GETTING PAID. BUT THOSE ARE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S A REBRANDING.

PEOPLE THINK WHEN YOU'RE A VOLUNTEER THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING PAID.

WE PAY FOR THEM GOING ON CALLS.

WE PAY FOR THEIR TRAINING, WE PAY FOR TRAVEL DISTANCE.

SO ALL THOSE THINGS LINE UP WITH PCS.

SO THANKS. THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM KELSTROM TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

WAS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS? MISS BLANKENSHIP? YES, CHAIR. WE HAVE WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT. DON DUCKETT.

ALL RIGHT. SHOULD WE CHANGE THE TIME FROM 8 MINUTES TO 3 MINUTES? DON'T GET TOO EXCITED, DON. IT'S NOT EIGHT MINUTES. IT'S THREE. THIS WON'T EVEN TAKE THREE MINUTES.

OKAY. I WANT TO DON DUCKETT.

I'M A COTTONWOOD RESIDENT, AND I'VE LIVED OUT IN WEST COTTONWOOD FOR 22 YEARS. DURING THAT TIME, I HAVE HAD TO MYSELF CALL 9113 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. AND ON TWO OF THOSE OCCASIONS IT WAS SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE WEST VALLEY VOLUNTEER STATION, OR I'M NOT QUITE SURE THE EXACT WHAT THEY'RE CALLED.

WE CALL THEM COTTONWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE.

THEY ARE ALWAYS THE FIRST ONES TO SHOW UP BEFORE THE AMBULANCE GETS THERE, BEFORE FIRE GETS THERE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A TESTIMONIAL OF HOW VALUABLE THAT IS.

I HAD A SERIOUS HEAD INJURY AND A SHATTERED ANKLE, AND FRED WYCKOFF, OUR FIRE CHIEF AT THE TIME, SHOWED UP IN HIS LITTLE RED TRUCK, EXAMINED ME, STABILIZED ME, CALMED ME DOWN.

AND TO HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT SOMEONE THAT, YOU KNOW, SHOW UP, THAT YOU KNOW, IS TRAINED IS SO VALUABLE.

AND ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE A STORY JUST LIKE I'VE TOLD YOU.

THAT BEING SAID, AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OUT LAST TUESDAY NIGHT, COTTONWOOD FIRE GOT UP AND TOLD THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO FOLDING AND THEY SEEM TO THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE REBRANDING THAT SEAN JUST SPOKE ABOUT.

AND CHANGING IT TO PAID CALL, BECAUSE MOST OF THEM ARE CALPERS ANNUITANTS, AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR PENSIONS MIGHT BE AT RISK.

HOWEVER, IN TALKING TO SEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST A MISUNDERSTANDING WITH THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SPEAKING TO SEVERAL OF THE FIREFIGHTERS AND SEAN. I'M PICKING UP THAT THERE MIGHT BE A RIFT OF SOME SORT BETWEEN THE VOLUNTEERS AND CAL FIRE. YOU KNOW, THE VOLUNTEERS FEEL LIKE THEY WANT MORE LOCAL CONTROL,

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AND THEY FEEL A LITTLE BIT STIFLED OVER SOME OF THE STATE REGULATIONS.

AND SO I'M JUST I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE BOARD, IF YOU CAN, ESPECIALLY OUR DISTRICT FIVE SUPERVISOR, TO STEP IN AND MAYBE BRIDGE, CREATE SOME BRIDGES BETWEEN CAL FIRE AND THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY VALUABLE RESOURCE THAT A LOT OF TIMES DIMINISHES THE NEED FOR PAID, YOU KNOW, FULL ON PAID, COUNTY PAID FOR RESOURCES.

THE VOLUNTEERS ARE PAID A STIPEND, BUT IT'S MINIMAL.

AND LIKE I SAID, ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS WERE SHOCKED TO HEAR THE NEWS FROM THE VOLUNTEERS THAT THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO STEP IN AND MAYBE BE A LIAISON BETWEEN CAL FIRE AND THEM, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR.

CHAIR. CAN I THROW SOMETHING IN ON THAT? IN RESPONSE TO DON DON'S STATEMENT.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH CENTERVILLE.

THEY'RE FACING THE SAME ISSUES RIGHT NOW. CENTERVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, LACK OF VOLUNTEERS AND FUTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT.

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN OUT THERE? AND I WILL SAY THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH SEAN ABOUT THIS, AND HE HAS COMMITTED HIS NUMBER TWO TO COME OUT AND MEET WITH ME AND THE COMMUNITY GROUP OUT THERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE FIRE.

AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE REBRANDING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BRIDGE THIS GAP.

AND SO, DON, WE ARE TAKING STEPS TO TO DO THAT, TO BRING CAL FIRE IN WITH THE LOCAL VOLUNTEER FOLKS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. I THINK I THINK I'VE GOT AN APPOINTMENT NEXT WEEK OR WE'RE MEETING OUT THERE NEXT WEEK. CORRECT. SO THANK YOU, SEAN. AND THANK YOU, DON, FOR THE COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. WE'LL JUST TAKE IT ALL AT ONE TIME.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED. HEARING NONE.

FIVE ZERO. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT.

AND THEN ONE LAST THING. IN ORDER TO GET VOLUNTEERS, PCS. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BE A VOLUNTEER.

PCEF, AS JEN TELLS ME, I LOOK AT THE CAMERA AND SAY, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO BE A PCF FOR CAL FIRE OR SHASTA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, PLEASE DIAL 2252418. THANK YOU.

AND THERE'S SOME SHERIFF DEPUTIES HERE, TOO. MAYBE YOU CAN GET THEM TO BE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. THANKS. OKAY.

OKAY. OKAY, SO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

WE HAVE WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PUBLIC SPEAKERS, SO WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR SIX BEFORE LUNCH.

WE HAVE, I'M SORRY, R SEVEN BEFORE LUNCH.

WE HAVE 12 SPEAKERS. I'M GOING TO ASK PEOPLE TO PLEASE GET IN QUEUE SO WE CAN MOVE THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS FOR CLOSED SESSION AS WELL.

AND WE DO HAVE TO TAKE A HARD BREAK, I BELIEVE.

IS IT ABOUT 1230 FOR CLOSED SESSION? MISS BLANKENSHIP THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE THAT. IS THAT CORRECT TO YOU, CHAIR? WE NO LONGER HAVE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT RESTRICTION ANYMORE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO

[R7 Adopt a resolution which waives Section 6.12 of the Shasta County Personnel Rules, appoints Christy Coleman as the Health and Human Services Agency Director effective August 13, 2025, and establishes Ms. Coleman’s compensation at the C-step salary range ($95.096 per hour/$16,483 per month).]

R SEVEN AND WE'RE GOING TO ROLL WITH THAT.

SO OKAY MISS FUGITT OKAY, THANK YOU.

CHAIR CRYE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MONICA FUGITT DIRECTOR OF SUPPORT SERVICES AS YOU'RE AWARE, EARLIER THIS YEAR, FORMER HHS DIRECTOR LAURA BURCH ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1ST, 2025, TO ENSURE CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS DURING THE TRANSITION. CHRISTY COLEMAN WAS APPOINTED AS THE INTERIM HHS DIRECTOR EFFECTIVE MAY 13TH, 2025, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD.

THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPOINTING CHRISTY COLEMAN AS HHS DIRECTOR, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 13TH, 2025. THE RESOLUTION, IF APPROVED, WOULD WAIVE SECTION 6.12 OF THE PERSONNEL RULES AS THE POSITION IN CONNECTION WITH MAKING A DIRECT APPOINTMENT TO THE POSITION WOULD ESTABLISH HER SALARY AT THE C STEP OF THE SALARY RANGE, WHICH IS $95.09 PER HOUR, OR $16,483 PER MONTH.

THIS IS THE SAME STEP SHE WAS PLACED AT WHEN APPOINTED AS THE INTERIM HHS DIRECTOR.

HER SALARY STEP REMAINS UNCHANGED.

WITH THE PERMANENT APPOINTMENT, THE HHS DIRECTOR OCCUPIES THE FOLLOWING STATUTORY OFFICES PUBLIC GUARDIAN DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND THE DIRECTOR OF MENTAL SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

EXCUSE ME. MISS COLEMAN SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS TO HOLD THOSE OFFICES AND SERVE AS THE HHS DIRECTOR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE APPLICABLE TO THE DIRECTOR OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. HOWEVER, SHE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE STATE TO SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR A 12 MONTH PERIOD.

SHE HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, HAS SERVED PREVIOUSLY IN THE ROLES OF DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES, AND FROM DECEMBER 2022 UNTIL MAY 2025, SERVED AS THE HHS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CEO RICKERT FOR ANYTHING ELSE HE'D LIKE TO ADD REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT. OKAY, THANK YOU MONICA.

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AND JUST FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THE AUDIENCE AND SOMETHING I'VE TALKED ABOUT AT LENGTH WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS CHRISTIE HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN A NUMBER OF ROLES.

WHICH LEADS ME TO BRING IN, MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO PUT CHRISTINA'S POSITION FIRST AND FOREMOST WAS DEALING WITH THE BUDGET ISSUES.

WE HAD A NUMBER OF BUDGET ISSUES THAT CHRISTIE'S BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE AND WORK WITH. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK THAT REMAINS TO BE DONE, BUT SHE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB WORKING WITH STAFF ON THOSE ISSUES.

SHE'S WORKED AT LENGTH WITH ME AND MONICA AND RESOLVING PERSONNEL AND MORALE ISSUES WITHIN THE OFFICE. THERE'S STILL CHALLENGES THERE, BUT WE ARE WORKING VERY CONSISTENTLY TO BUILD MORALE IN THAT OFFICE, TO WORK WITH STAFF TO MAKE IT A GREAT PLACE TO WORK AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO WORK THERE.

SHE'S WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY ON THE NEWLY MINTED VETERANS HOMELESS PROGRAM AND A NUMBER OF OTHER TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT POSITION.

SHE'S GOT A VERY GOOD CAN DO ATTITUDE.

SHE'S VERY SMART, SHE'S VERY ENERGETIC, AND SHE'S WELL LIKED WITH THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE WORKED WITH HER ON THAT PROJECT.

SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION TO THIS BOARD IS THAT WE MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT TO THAT POSITION. THANK YOU. AND THEN HOW MANY PUBLIC COMMENTS DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE 12. CHAIR. HEY.

HEY, GUYS. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT HAVING SOME BOARD DISCUSSION NOW? BECAUSE THAT WAY I THINK IT MIGHT HELP SOME PUBLIC COMMENT IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME UP AND SPEAK. ARE YOU GUYS OPEN TO THAT? SUPERVISOR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST IN QUEUE? SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. I WAS JUST GUESSING BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE SCREEN STILL BROKE, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY.

SURE. ONE SECOND. HE ALREADY WORE IT OUT.

YEAH. SO I THINK WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS THE I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT AND AN HHS DIRECTOR, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A HUGE TASK AND SOMETHING THAT IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I WAS THINKING THAT THERE'S, THERE'S FOUR THINGS THAT I AM YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR AND THAT I, YOU KNOW, WOULD WANT TO BE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE HHC DIRECTOR. THE FIRST IS COLLABORATIVE.

AND SO THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, HE CAN'T GET THAT MUCH DONE ON ITS OWN, EVEN AS IT WAS TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, THAT WE'RE SERVING ABOUT 3000 OF THE COMMUNITY. BUT WE HAVE COMMUNITY PROVIDERS THAT ARE SERVING SO MANY.

AND SO THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO GET THINGS DONE.

THE SECOND, BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES INHERENT WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TERMS OF JUST REVENUE AND EXPENSES, IS THAT WE ARE ON TOP OF THE FINANCIAL PICTURE AND THAT THERE'S TRANSPARENCY THERE, AND THAT WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF THINGS AND PROJECTING WHERE THINGS ARE GOING TO GO, AND THEN TAKING PROACTIVE STEPS TO YOU KNOW, STAY IN A HEALTHY POSITION.

THE THIRD IS THAT THERE'S A VISION FOR SEEING THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY IMPROVED.

AND THAT IS KIND OF HOLISTIC THAT THERE'S ENERGY TO SAY, OKAY, HOW DO WE ADDRESS SOME OF THESE THINGS LIKE SUICIDE OR LIKE HOMELESSNESS WHERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE CURRENTLY.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE THAT THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THERE'S AN INTEREST IN MAKING DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING AND USING EVIDENCE TO DRIVE DECISIONS.

AND SO AS I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THESE FOUR, I'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST DEFINITELY SINCE I STARTED ON THE BOARD, BUT EVEN A BIT BEFORE THAT, I FEEL LIKE SEEING THOSE CHARACTERISTICS IN CHRISTY AND I WOULD SAY IN INCREASING MEASURE.

AND JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THAT, I THINK THERE ARE ON THE COLLABORATIVE PIECE, THERE HAS BEEN AROUND PROPOSITION ONE, WORKING WITH A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE OUR NEEDS THERE.

WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT COULD ACTUALLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY ON THE FINANCIAL PIECE, BRINGING IN SOME EXTRA, YOU KNOW, EXPERTS ON THE TOPIC TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN PARTICULAR IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION THERE. I HAD ASKED FOR A FIVE YEAR PROJECTION OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE BUDGET HEARINGS, AND THAT WAS PRESENTED. THE CONVICTION SEEING US BE PROACTIVE IN TERMS OF GOING AFTER SOME OF THESE ISSUES, HAVE A MEETING THIS WEEK ON, ON A SUICIDE FATALITY REVIEW TEAM.

AND THEN ONE PIECE ON THE DATA IS WHEN I, I HAD ATTENDED A FEW OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS PRIOR TO BEING ON THE BOARD.

AND THERE'S ALWAYS A DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

AND PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS 1 OR 2 DATA POINTS THERE THAT WERE KIND OF, IN MY OPINION, A LITTLE HARD TO UNDERSTAND OR PUT INTO CONTEXT.

AND SINCE OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THAT'S BEEN A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE.

IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF THAT, YOU CAN SEE REALLY RICH UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OF THOSE WHO WERE SERVING AND HOW WE'RE SERVING THEM.

AND THERE'S ON ALL OF THESE, I'D SAY THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE, BUT I'VE SEEN PROGRESS ON ALL OF THOSE FRONTS.

AND SO I WOULD SUPPORT THIS THE CEO'S RECOMMENDATION TO NOMINATE CHRISTIE FOR THIS

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POSITION. IS THAT A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER TO ACCEPT A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR HARMON SUPERVISOR LONG. FIRST QUESTION IS FOR.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. FIRST QUESTION IS FOR COUNCIL.

DO I HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHARE MY VOTE FROM CLOSED WHEN THIS CAME BEFORE US.

A WHILE BACK. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT? WHAT THE VOTE WAS IN CLOSED, BUT YOU'RE FREE TO HAVE THE OPEN DISCUSSION HERE, SO I'M NOT SURE WHY WHY YOU NEED TO, BUT YOU CAN.

OH, OKAY. WELL IT'S SOMETHING THAT I PERSONALLY BROUGHT UP AND CLOSED, AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHERE I'M THINKING AT THIS POINT.

AND IT'S MUCH LIKE THE ISSUE WITH MR. LARMORE, THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT A REFLECTION ON MISS COLEMAN BY ANY STRETCH.

SHE'S CAPABLE. SHE'S LEARNING THE JOB.

SHE'S FAIRLY NEW IN THE JOB A COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT WHEN I TALKED WITH HER, SHE REMINDED ME THAT SHE HAD EIGHT YEARS IN HOUSING AND SHE ALSO WORKED IN CHILD SUPPORT.

SO SHE SHE DOES HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE DEPARTMENT, BUT I DO BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS OF GOING TO AN OUTSIDE RECRUITMENT AND THAT IS NOT CONNECTED WITH HER. I THINK, YOU KNOW, SHE COULD DO VERY WELL IN THIS RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND RISE TO THE TOP.

AND THEN THEN SHE WOULD EARN THAT POSITION THAT WAY AS WELL.

I HAVE NO NO DOUBT THAT'S A VERY STRONG POSSIBILITY.

BUT WE HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS AND CEO RICKERT ITERATED A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

AND IT'S BEEN WITH BUDGET AND SOME OF THE INTERNAL PROCESSES AND MORALE AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. IT'S A HUGE SHIP TO TURN AROUND.

AND IF WE APPOINT CHRISTIE TODAY, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER TO HELP REMEDY THAT. BUT I DO BELIEVE IN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE BEST PERSON FOR THIS POSITION, THIS VERY IMPORTANT POSITION, ESPECIALLY GIVEN SOME OF THE TROUBLED PAST THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THAT.

SO WE DO THAT FOR OTHER ALL OF OUR OTHER POSITIONS, WHETHER IT'S CEO, COUNTY COUNCIL.

WE ARE THE MOST RECENT, WHICH IS A REGISTRAR OF VOTERS CLERK.

AND WE OPENED THAT UP TO A FULL RECRUITMENT AND DID A FULL INTERVIEW.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE MY STICKING POINT IS THAT AS I VOTED IN CLOSED, WHICH I'M FREE TO DISCUSS AND I'M GOING TO VOTE TODAY.

I AM IN FAVOR OF A RECRUITMENT AND ENCOURAGE MISS COLEMAN TO PUT IN.

AND LIKE I SAY THIS IS JUST, IT'S JUST PROCESS FOR ME, THE BEST BUSINESS PRACTICE TO GET THE MOST QUALIFIED.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YEARS OF WORKING WITH CHRISTIE.

IF THIS BOARD APPOINTS TODAY.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR LONG SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. YOU SAID YOU HAD ONE OTHER COMMENT.

YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO ALSO ADD THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TRANSITION IN THE DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND SO, AND ALSO THEN, YOU KNOW, ALMOST TEN MONTHS OF CHRISTIE ACTING IN AN INTERIM OR ACTING ROLE, YOU KNOW, MOVING BETWEEN THAT. AND SO I THINK WHILE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, YOU KNOW, BOTH THE OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE BENEFIT THAT'S DELIVERED TO THE COMMUNITY, I THINK CREATING STABILITY RATHER THAN OPENING UP TO A RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND ALLOWING, YOU KNOW, THERE TO BE A SENSE OF, OKAY, WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD NOW WITH THIS WILL BE BENEFICIAL.

THANK YOU. YEAH. SUPERVISOR.

HARMON. SO RECENTLY I HAD THE EXPERIENCE, NOT A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE OF IN MY BUSINESS, TRYING TO HIRE SOMEBODY IN A KEY POSITION.

AND WE WENT TO A HIRING AGENCY.

THERE WAS ABOUT 200 APPLICANTS THAT FIT THE DESCRIPTION WE HAD.

WE BOILED IT DOWN TO A DOZEN AND THEN BOILED IT DOWN EVEN A LITTLE MORE TO FOUR.

AND THEN WHEN WE SET UP THE DAY OF INTERVIEWS, TWO OF THEM BACKED OUT.

AND THEN WE. SO WE'RE DOWN TO TWO.

ONE OF THEM SHOWED UP AND ONE OF THEM DIDN'T.

AND THEN THE EXPERIENCE WITH THE INTERVIEW WITH THE ONE WOULD MAKE YOUR EYES ROLL BACK IN YOUR HEAD, AND I. I'M AN ADVOCATE OF BRINGING SOMEBODY UP IN THE RANKS THAT DESERVES IT. NOT IF THEY DON'T DESERVE IT.

AND I'M, I'M LETTING CHRISTY KNOW RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING VOTING FOR CHRISTY. I THINK THAT THE EXPERIENCES THERE I'VE, I HAD A PROJECT. MY WIFE ALWAYS SAYS, DON'T TELL STORIES.

I GOT TO TELL A QUICK STORY.

I GOT SENT A PROJECT MANAGER TO ME ON A HUGE PROJECT.

MY BOSS SAID, HEY, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M SENDING YOU THIS GUY.

AND HE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT HE'S REALLY GOOD AT THE PAPERWORK.

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AND HE SAYS HE'S BUT I'M GOING TO KEEP HIM IN THE OFFICE TO DO ALL THE PAPERWORK.

HE'S NOT GOING TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD AND RUN THE JOB. THAT'S YOUR JOB. BUT HE SAYS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT HE'S A LITTLE BACKGROUND.

HE SAID HE'S ACTUALLY A PSYCHOLOGIST WITH HIS DEGREE.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A LITTLE PSYCHOLOGY IN YOUR IN YOUR BACKGROUND, BUT I THOUGHT, GREAT, I'M GETTING A PSYCHOLOGIST ON A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO HELP ME WITH THIS.

AND YEARS LATER, I KEPT TELLING MY BOSS, YOU KNOW, THAT DEGREE REALLY DID FIT BECAUSE IT REALLY IS ABOUT YOUR YOUR PERSONNEL SKILLS.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW YOU CAN HANDLE, MOTIVATE PICK, CHOOSE AND WORK WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU TO DEVELOP A TEAM AND GET EVERYBODY TO WORK FOR YOU, WITH YOU AND TOGETHER.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING YOU, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU CAN DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR. HARMON. ALL.

SUPERVISOR. KELSTROM. OH, I'LL JUST I'LL WEIGH IN JUST REALLY QUICK.

THE ONE THING AND I KIND OF STOPPED LOOKING, BUT THERE WAS OVER TEN COUNTIES THAT HAD LESS EMPLOYEES IN THEIR ENTIRE COUNTY THAN WE HAVE JUST IN H H AYE SO HHS AYE IN SHASTA COUNTY, LIKE MANY OTHERS, IT'S A IT'S A MONSTER OF AN ORGANIZATION.

THERE'S OVER HALF ACTUAL OUR BUDGET AND OVER HALF ESSENTIALLY RIGHT AT HALF THE AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES. I'VE OFTEN SAID I THINK IT SHOULD BE BROKEN BACK UP.

THE DECISION WAS MADE YEARS AGO TO CONSOLIDATE A LOT OF THINGS INTO HHS AYE I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART I KNOW CEO RICKERT SPEAKS VERY HIGHLY OF THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP, THE CHANGES BEING MADE, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT DEPARTMENT THAT GOT PULLED INTO THE CIO'S OFFICE, WHICH I THINK IS VERY NECESSARY.

YEAH, IT'S THE PRIVACY TEAM.

YEAH. THE PRIVACY TEAM.

I THINK THERE'S HUGE STRIDES IN THAT.

AND I SEE ALL OF OUR ANALYSTS IN THE FRONT ROW NODDING.

YES. AND I KNOW CHRISTY HAS BEEN CHAMPIONING THAT. SO WITH THAT I THINK WE'LL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE GET INTO QUEUE SO WE CAN MOVE THIS ALONG.

FIRST UP, LORI BRIDGFORD, FOLLOWED BY ERIN WATTS, THEN TERESA LESLIE AND TROY PAYNE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING THAT DISCUSSION. PREVIOUSLY, YOU BROUGHT UP A LOT OF THE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS I WAS HAVING.

IT'S NEVER EASY WHEN SOMEBODY HAS TO BE THE FILL IN OR THE INTERIM.

THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL IT HAPPENS, AND THEY HAVE TO DO THEIR VERY BEST IN A PINCH AND WHATNOT.

SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, I MEAN, WHEN I FIRST SAW IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS A TYPO FOR THE MONTHLY $16,483.

LIKE MOST PEOPLE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SHOW YOUR WORK.

WHAT KIND OF EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATES THAT THAT POSITION WARRANTS THAT THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND BENEFITS OR WHATEVER ELSE? AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO HAVE A OPEN INTERVIEWS AND THINGS THAT WE SAW WITH THE ROV, BECAUSE YOU GET TO SEE A LOT IN THAT KIND OF QUESTIONS AND THAT FORMAT.

AND SO I'VE NOT HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS OR PROBLEMS WITH CHRISTY COLEMAN.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE THE PENSION PERSON AND FIGURE IT OUT.

AND OBVIOUSLY WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR HEALTH REALM IS A DISASTER ON SO MANY LEVELS.

LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH RFK JR.

AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSING ALL THESE TOP ISSUES, BUT IT OBVIOUSLY TRICKLES DOWN INTO OUR OWN CITY, COMMUNITY AND COUNTY. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PULLING OUT MERCURY IN THE VACCINES. DO PEOPLE KNOW THAT PURGING THE CDC WITH ALL KINDS OF THESE BIG PHARMA? I'M JUST SAYING, I NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE MAKING OR KEEPING THE FEE OF $16,000.

HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT A PERSON'S DOING OTHER THAN ATTENDING MEETINGS OR SKYPING OR GOING TO SACRAMENTO? IT'S A LOT WHEN YOU'RE A DEPARTMENT HEAD PERSON, BECAUSE YOU ALSO HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE.

SO I'M NOT SAYING SOMEBODY SAID, OH, MENTION THE KNEE PAD THING.

I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THAT HAD TO GO TO KNEE PADS TO GET TO THE POSITION THEY HAVE.

THIS IS A SMART WOMAN, A BRIGHT WOMAN, DEDICATED, LOOKS LIKE A HEALTHY PERSON.

A SANE PERSON CONDUCTS HERSELF.

GREAT. AND I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT IF WE JUST PUT THE INTERIM IN IT'S JUST, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST A TRICKY THING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AARON WATTS FOLLOWED BY TERESA, THEN LESLIE, TROY PAINE, THEN STEVE CONN.

WELCOME. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CRYE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS AARON WATTS AND I'M THE BRANCH DIRECTOR FOR AYE ADMINISTRATION.

TODAY I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTY COLEMAN TO THE POSITION OF HHS, A DIRECTOR.

I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THAT CHRISTIE IS A TRUE LEADER.

SHE IS SUPPORTIVE AND APPROACHES CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS WITH AN OPEN MIND AND A GOAL FOR POSITIVE RESOLUTION. SHE IS THOUGHTFUL AND CONSIDERATE AND INTERESTED IN HEARING ALL SIDES AND OPINIONS, TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH STAFF AT ALL LEVELS TO GAIN A

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WELL-ROUNDED PERSPECTIVE.

AND SHE'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF PERSON THAT, IN MY OPINION, YOU WANT LEADING AN AGENCY LIKE HHS.

AYE. WHEN CHRISTIE TOOK ON THIS ROLE IN AN INTERIM CAPACITY ALMOST A YEAR AGO, SHE'S NOT ONLY KEPT THINGS STEADY, BUT SHE'S ALSO CONTINUED TO ADVANCE IMPORTANT HHS INITIATIVES. I HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL COMMENTS FROM MY STAFF ABOUT WHAT THE AGENCY NEEDS RIGHT NOW. AND MY TAKEAWAY OVERALL, AS SUPERVISOR PLUMMER MENTIONED, IS STABILITY. APPOINTING CHRISTIE WILL HELP PROVIDE THAT STABILITY.

HER WILLINGNESS TO CONNECT AND ENGAGE WITH STAFF DIRECTLY BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS AND ROADBLOCKS, AND HELPS HER TO HAVE A FULL PICTURE AS SHE MAKES DECISIONS REGARDING THE AGENCY. RECENTLY, CHRISTIE HAS MET WITH ALL OF THE TEAMS IN MY BRANCH AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL STAFF. THOUGH IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO HEAR WHERE WE HAVE DEFICIENCIES, CHRISTIE HAS NEVER TAKEN A DEFENSIVE POSITION.

INSTEAD, SHE HAS SOUGHT TO GATHER MORE FEEDBACK AND INSIGHT INTO THESE CONCERNS, CITING THAT WHAT WE CAN'T WE CAN'T FIX, WHAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT AND CREATING SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OPEN DIALOG.

ADDITIONALLY, SHE'S PROVIDED ME WITH VALUABLE FEEDBACK AND INSIGHT ON THE INFORMATION THAT SHE HAS LEARNED SO THAT I CAN MAKE ACTIONABLE CHANGES.

IN TURN, I HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM MY TEAM ABOUT THE POSITIVE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE. I KNOW THAT SHE'S WORKING ON DOING THE SAME IN OTHER BRANCHES IN AN AGENCY LIKE HHS. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PIPELINE, WHICH IS WHY IT'S VITAL FOR THE AGENCY TO HAVE A DYNAMIC AND ENERGETIC LEADER LIKE CHRISTIE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THERESA, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE, THEN TROY PAYNE, STEVE CONN, THEN DOLORES LUCERO.

I THINK A LOT OF US THOUGHT WHEN WE SAW THAT, IT WAS LIKE, HOLY CRAP, 1600 $16,000 A MONTH.

WELL, I FIGURE WITH THE EDUCATION AND WITH THE TEN MONTH EXPERIENCE WALKING THROUGH THAT, MAKING THINGS BETTER, WE AS EMPLOYERS, AND I KNOW THERE ARE A FEW OF YOU UP HERE THAT ARE EMPLOYERS, A LOT OF TIMES LEARN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TALENT THERE RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE.

YOU DON'T NEED TO RECRUIT, YOU JUST NEED TO MOVE IT UP.

SO I AM IN SUPPORT OF THAT.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I JUST WISH THAT YOU GUYS WOULD ALL TAKE BACK EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO SKOKIE WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HHS.

AYE AND CHARGING MEDI-CAL.

I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

I THINK THAT JUST BELONGS WITH THE COUNTY.

SO. BUT WELL DONE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. LESLIE. TROY PAYNE, STEVE CON.

DOLORES LUCERO. ALL RIGHT.

IN A DEPARTMENT THAT IS THIS HUGE TAKES UP 50% OF OUR BUDGET, 50% OF OUR PERSONNEL. A SURVEY GIVEN TO LESS THAN 100 PEOPLE REPRESENTS LESS THAN 10% OF THAT. SO ONLY BECAUSE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AND I KNOW WAS EMAILED TO YOU GUYS.

THAT DOES NOT REPRESENT ANYTHING THAT IS LESS THAN 10% OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDERNEATH HER. AND AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR HER AND YOUR OWN, KRISTY HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB.

ALSO IN A DEPARTMENT WHERE OFTENTIMES THEY THINK GOVERNMENT'S THE SOLUTION TO GOVERNMENT PROBLEMS. I THINK IT'S VERY REFRESHING THAT HER BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN ABOVE REPROACH, AND SHE'S NOT AFRAID TO PUSH BACK ON THE STATE.

SHE TAKES DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD.

SHE HAS STAYED PROFESSIONAL WHEN UNJUSTLY ATTACKED BY MEMBERS OF SO-CALLED MEDIA AND THIS COMMUNITY, WHO HAVE SOUGHT TO JUST DISGRACE HER AGAIN FOR NOTHING MORE THAN MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF KEVIN DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.

SO ALSO THANK YOU, MONICA FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK IN THIS AND POINTING OUT THAT THERE WAS NO CHANGE TO THE SALARY.

CHRISTIE'S THE TYPE THAT NEVER SAYS THAT'S NOT MY JOB.

SHE JUST GOES AND GETS IT DONE OR FINDS SOMEBODY THAT WILL FOR YOU.

WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT THAN THE ROV POSITION AND GIVING IT TO THE INTERIM IS ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.

THE INTERIM, THEY'RE CIRCUMVENTED THE WILL OF THE BOARD AND THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

AND I, I WAS A FAN OF JOANNA.

I STILL AM AS A PERSON.

BUT FOR THAT, THAT MADE THAT DECISION EASY FOR ME.

CHRISTIE HAS ANSWERED TO THE BOARD, HAS MADE THIS DEPARTMENT BETTER, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN HER CIRCUMVENT THE WILL OF HER SUPERIORS THE WAY THAT WE DID IN THAT DEPARTMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THAT DIFFERENT. AND THAT WHAT THANK YOU, TROY PAYNE, STEVE KHAN, DOLORES.

LUCERO. LAURA BURCH. HEY, STEVE.

IF WE COULD HAVE YOU WAIT BEHIND THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CRYE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. TROY PAYNE, SHASTA COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER.

I JUST WANT TO POST MY SUPPORT FOR CHRISTY AS A NEW APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF HHS.

AYE. SHE HAS BEEN WORKING THE INTERIM POSITION FOR ABOUT AS LONG AS I WAS APPOINTED AS THE FIRST VSO. PRIOR TO HIS APPOINTMENT AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR,

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MY OFFICE HAD ZERO COMMUNICATION WITH HHS AND ZERO PARTNERSHIP.

SINCE SHE HAS TAKEN OVER, THAT HAS TURNED 180 DEGREES.

CHRISTY IS HANDS ON, ALWAYS RESPONSIVE.

IF SHE IS UNABLE TO GET TO SOMETHING, I GET A CALL BACK FROM ONE OF HER DIRECTORS IMMEDIATELY. SHE HAS BEEN ON POINT FROM DAY ONE.

I DID NOT PREPARE ANYTHING TO BRING TO HERE TODAY.

I'M SPEAKING OFF THE CUFF BECAUSE I HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF CEO RICKERT AS WELL AS SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

I THINK SHE'S THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB. I THINK SHE WILL CARRY THAT DEPARTMENT FORWARD IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION FROM NOW UNTIL SHE'S READY TO QUIT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU.

STEVE. DOLORES LUCERO, LAURA BURCH, THEN DAVID HALLIGAN AND STEVE, AS YOU'RE WALKING UP. THANK YOU. THEY'VE JUST ASKED TO KEEP THE PEOPLE IN THE BACKGROUND OUT. BOARD. I GUESS WHAT I GOT TO SAY IS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULDN'T GO FOR AN OPEN RECRUITMENT ON THIS POSITION.

IT'S AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT POSITION.

THEY DISTRIBUTE BETWEEN 3 AND $400 MILLION, THE LION'S SHARE OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY EXPENDITURES. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DISADVANTAGE WOULD BE.

SHE CAN STILL APPLY AND BE APPROVED.

IF YOU GUYS DON'T COME UP WITH SOMEBODY THAT YOU FEEL IS SUPERIOR.

ALSO, SHE HAS WORKED THERE ALL ALONG, AND THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS DEPARTMENT. I THINK CRYE WAS ONE OF THE ONES SCREAMING AND JUMPING UP AND DOWN, SAYING HOW MESSED UP IT WAS, ALONG WITH US HIRING AN INDIVIDUAL TO LOOK INTO THE FINANCING OF THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WAS TERMINATED TWO MONTHS INTO HIS HIS JOB, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE HE CAME UP WITH A BUNCH OF PROBLEMS. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ALL THAT, BUT SHE HAS BEEN THERE THROUGHOUT THAT PERIOD, AND I DON'T SEE ANY REASON IN THE WORLD WHY YOU WOULDN'T GO OUT AND RECRUIT.

AND THEN IF YOU CHOOSE, CHOOSE HER.

BUT WHY WOULD YOU NOT LOOK? IT'S A JOB PAYING A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR WITHOUT BENEFIT, NOT EVEN MENTIONING THE BENEFITS.

IT'S A SIGNIFICANT POSITION.

DISTRIBUTES A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND TO NOT EVEN LOOK ELSEWHERE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU.

DOLORES. LUCERO. LAURA.

BIRCH. DAVID. HALLIGAN.

THEN. MAUREEN. KRISTI.

I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE RUBBER STAMPED.

SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HER, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE DUE PROCESS HERE.

THE BOARD ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, GOES LIKE THIS.

LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER TRYING TO TRYING TO GET AIR.

YOU KNOW HOW FISH FLIP FLOPS.

THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. DUE PROCESS.

YOU KNOW, YOU FORGOT ABOUT DUE PROCESS.

YOU SHOULD HAVE PUT THIS OUT THERE TO ACTUALLY INTERVIEW OTHER PEOPLE.

YOU CAN'T JUST GO AHEAD AND CHANGE YOUR MIND AND SAY, OH, OKAY, LET'S JUST GIVE THIS POSITION TO KRISTI.

THE REASON YOU WANT KRISTI, BECAUSE SHE'LL BE EASY TO MANIPULATE TO ACTUALLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN AGENDA.

THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SHE MIGHT BE NOT QUALIFIED FOR THIS JOB.

IT SAYS HERE SHE'S GOT 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, 20 YEARS. NORMALLY THE PEOPLE THAT YOU RECRUIT AND HIRE AND PUT THEM IN IN THE HIGHEST POSITION, THAT IS SO CRITICAL IN OUR COUNTY DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE LIKE CLINT CURTIS, CHRIS STREET. THEY HAVE NO EXPERIENCE.

I THINK SHE MIGHT BE OVERQUALIFIED, DON'T YOU THINK? MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO GET SOMEBODY WHO HAS NO EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT YOU DO. YOU RECRUIT PEOPLE WITH NO EXPERIENCE AND YOU GIVE THEM ALL THE DOLLARS FROM THE TAXPAYERS.

BUT THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN AGENDA FOR WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS ACTUALLY, IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU, KEVIN, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET ABLE TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE AND ALSO FOR YOU TO PUSH HER TO HELP YOU WITH THE MENTAL.

WHETHER THE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I SEE HERE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BENEFIT YOU TO BE ABLE TO MANIPULATE HER.

THANK YOU. LAURA. BURCH, DAVID.

HALLIGAN. MAUREEN. THEN.

JENNY. GOOD MORNING CHAIR.

CRYE. AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CEO.

MY NAME IS LAURA BURCH, RETIRED FORMER DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT KRISTY COLEMAN'S APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR.

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HAVING WORKED WITH KRISTY FOR YEARS, I'VE WITNESSED HER EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP HER COMMITTED, CAPABLE, HIGHLY DEPENDABLE AND DEEPLY DEDICATED WORK TO QUALITY AND DOING THINGS RIGHT. FOR THE PAST TEN MONTHS, KRISTY SERVED AS INTERIM DIRECTOR, STEPPING UP ADMIRABLY WHILE I FOCUSED ON MY HEALTH RECOVERY.

FOR THAT, I SINCERELY THANK CHRISTY.

MUCH OF THE CRITICISM HE HAS FACED STEMS FROM BEHIND THE SCENES REQUESTS AND DIRECTIVES THAT UNFAIRLY IMPACTED THE AGENCY AND ITS EMPLOYEES.

DIVERTING LEADERSHIP PRIORITIES AND STRAINING RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY TIME NEEDED FOR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES.

ADDITIONALLY, SPEAKING OF THE TEAMSTERS SURVEY, ITS FINDINGS REFLECT THE IMPACT OF SUCH DIVERSIONS.

THAT BEING SAID, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES AT ANY GIVEN TIME, AND THIS IS THE CHALLENGE FOR ALL LEADERS.

CHRISTY WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS TO CORRECT INEFFICIENCIES, ADDRESS PROCESS ERRORS AND ADAPT TO UPDATED REQUIREMENTS.

RESOURCES WILL DECREASE WITH THE NEED FOR SERVICES TO INCREASE.

THIS WILL BE HER CHALLENGE AND THAT IF HER OF HER EXCELLENT MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT ARE HERE TODAY TO THE BOARD PER COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY.

BOARD MEMBERS WILL ASK QUESTIONS, PROVIDE INPUT, AND RELAY CONCERNS FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

THE DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES AND DECISION MAKING OF A DEPARTMENT HEAD SHOULD REMAIN INDEPENDENT. MY HOPE IS THAT THE CEO WILL GUARD THIS AUTONOMY, ALLOWING HER TO EFFECTIVELY LEAD EMPLOYEES AND THE MANY PROGRAMS SHE MUST OVERSEE TO CHRISTIE. STAND FIRM IN YOUR LEADERSHIP VALUES AND ETHICS, AS A RESPECTED FORMER CEO TOLD ME.

STAY INDEPENDENT HALOGEN FOLLOWED BY MAUREEN.

THANK YOU JENNY. THEN BENJAMIN NOLAN.

HELLO, BOARD. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS ABOUT MISS COLEMAN, AND I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST HER.

BUT I DO WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HIRING ONLY WITHIN.

LET'S LOOK AT A COUPLE OF CONCERNS.

YOU LIMIT YOUR TALENT POOL.

THERE'S AN ENTIRE WORLD OF POTENTIAL CANDIDATES OUT THERE.

AND BY CHOOSING TO FOCUS ON PROMOTING MISS COLEMAN, YOU WOULD BE OVERLOOKING APPLICANTS WHO MAY BE BETTER SUITED FOR THE ROLE SUPERVISORS RESTRICTING YOUR JOB RECRUITMENT PROCESS TO YOUR OWN BACKYARD.

YOU COULD BE MISSING OUT ON AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD VALUE VALUABLE NEW TALENT TO THE DIRECTOR'S ROLE. ANOTHER CONCERN? YOU INSTANTLY CREATE ANOTHER VACANCY WITH HER PROMOTION PROMOTING MISS COLEMAN.

AND JUST LIKE MAGIC, YOU'VE CREATED A NEW VACANCY.

BUT MAYBE NOT. THIS COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHAIR CRYE TO TAKE CARE OF HIS BUDDY CHRIS STREET AND SLIDE THE MAN INTO THE NUMBER TWO POSITION.

A TOTAL WIN FOR THE CRYE AGENDA.

FOLLOW THE BALL, CITIZENS.

ANOTHER CONCERN YOU RISK STAGNATING OUR OUR COUNTY'S CULTURE OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. A POLICY OF HIRING PRIMARILY WITHIN CAN LEAVE SHASTA COUNTY FEELING STUCK IN A TIME WARP. BRINGING IN POSSIBLE FRESH TALENT CAN SHAKE IT UP, AS IS CULTURE. IT CAN INTRODUCE ORIGINAL IDEAS AND CHALLENGING THE OLD WAY OF THINKING. EXTERNAL RECRUITS BRING WITH THEM INSIGHT, KNOWLEDGE AND PERSPECTIVE OF PREVIOUS ROLES, WHICH THEY CAN THEN USE TO MOTIVATE AND INSPIRE THEIR TEAMS. SO FINALLY, SUPERVISORS, DO YOU GO WITH WHAT YOU SEE.

AS MISS COLEMAN AS THE SAFE PICK, OR DO YOU LOOK BEYOND? DO YOU LOOK BEYOND AND RECRUIT AND SEE WHAT COULD BE, WHAT COULD BE FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP POSITION IN SHASTA COUNTY? THANK YOU. MAUREEN. JENNY.

THEN BENJAMIN KNOWING.

IT'S A TOUGH CROWD TO FOLLOW.

AND I THINK IT IS OFFICIALLY AFTERNOON.

SO GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN CRYE.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. RICKERT. MY NAME IS MAUREEN SHANNON.

I ACTUALLY STARTED A WRITING A LETTER TO YOU AND MRS. FUGITT QUITE SOME TIME AGO, AND DECIDED I WANTED TO PUNISH MYSELF BY COMING UP HERE TO SPEAK. I AM THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR, CHRISTY COLEMAN, AND I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY FULL SUPPORT FOR HER CONTINUED POSITION AS OUR AGENCY DIRECTOR. THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY NEEDS CHRISTY TO STAY IN THIS ROLE IF WE HAVE ANY HOPE OF OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES THAT HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER THE RECENT YEARS. SHE HAS GUIDED OUR TEAMS THROUGH SOME VERY COMPLEX ISSUES AND PROJECTS DURING HER TIME AS ACTING AND INTERIM DIRECTOR, AND SHE'S MAKING REAL PROGRESS.

WE NEED HER TO BE APPOINTED SO SHE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE AGENCY ARE COUNTING ON HER TO DO.

WE NEED STABILITY AND CONSISTENCY, AS MR. PLUMMER STATED. THE LONGER THAT SHE'S WITH US IN THIS ROLE, PEOPLE WILL SEE THAT SHE HAS INTEGRITY AND SHE HAS AN INCREDIBLE WORK ETHIC.

AS HER E, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH CHRISTY AND OUR ENTIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR LINE STAFF.

I HAVE BEEN IN THIS ROLE FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS, AND I'VE GAINED A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FOR HER, AND I HAVE FAITH IN HER CHARACTER AND HER MANAGEMENT SKILLS.

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I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT SHE IS APPOINTED AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE SHOWING OUR COMMUNITY THAT SHE IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS JOB. SHE HAS GOTTEN SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK RECENTLY FROM MEETINGS THAT SHE'S HAD WITH OUR STAFF, AND SHE'S TAKEN ACTION, ACTION PRETTY QUICKLY TO RECTIFY SOME OF THOSE BIG PAIN POINTS AS SHE CONTINUES TO MEET WITH STAFF ONE ON ONE, MEET WITH TEAMS AND DIG INTO LEARNING THE DAY TO DAY FUNCTIONS OF EACH OF OUR OVER 100 PROGRAMS, WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME VERY POSITIVE LONG TERM IMPACTS.

I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT. I PERSONALLY RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM MANY OF OUR STAFF THAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND APPRECIATIVE OF CHRISTIE.

SHE'S AN INVESTMENT IN THIS AGENCY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU JENNY.

THEN BENJAMIN NGUYEN. ONCE AGAIN, I COME BEFORE YOU TO REMIND YOU THAT I ASKED THE BOARD TO PUT THE ACTING DIRECTOR, CHRISTIE COLEMAN, UNDER THE SAME RIGOROUS PROCESS FOR GETTING HIRED AS YOU DID FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, SUCH AS THE ELECTIONS OR THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, BECAUSE AN OPEN RECRUITMENT TO GET THE BEST OF THE BEST, NOT JUST THE NEXT IN LINE OF THE DYNASTY, LIKE YOU SAID, KEVIN, BY THE POLL THAT WAS LEAKED ONLINE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE HHS ISN'T THAT HAPPY WITH HER EITHER.

AND PERHAPS IT'S TIME TO GIVE OTHERS THE CHANCE TO APPLY, TO FIGHT FOR THE CHANCE TO PROVE THAT THEY'RE THE BEST OF THE BEST, JUST LIKE YOU DID WITH TROY BARTOLOMEI. OTHERWISE, IT'S RATHER SUSPICIOUS.

WHY THE SUDDEN FAVORITISM FOR THIS ONE INNER DIRECTOR AND NO ONE ELSE? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BENJAMIN, WAYNE AND CHAIR.

THAT'S OUR LAST SPEAKER. ALL RIGHT.

SO IN 2023, WHILE I WAS STILL EMPLOYED BY THE AGENCY, I MADE A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT REPORT AT HHS ADMINISTRATION.

NOW, AT THE TIME, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR COLEMAN INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS NO CAUSE THAT THEY FOUND AND THEY ESSENTIALLY DID NO PROPER INVESTIGATION.

SO SINCE THEN, BOTH CURRENT AND FORMER STAFF HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME, DESCRIBING THE ENVIRONMENT AT HHS BUILDING ON PARK MARINA AS A TERRIBLE WORK ENVIRONMENT.

STAFF REPORT BEING BULLIED BY LEADERSHIP INCLUDING CHRISTIE COLEMAN, AARON WATTS AND TRISH BOSS, WHO WAS RECENTLY TERMINATED.

THEY SIT AT THEIR DESKS AND OFTEN CRY.

AND THIS ISN'T HEARSAY.

IT'S REFLECTED IN THE MANAGER'S POLL REPORT.

THE 70% STATED THEY HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN MISS COLEMAN, AND I WILL. I LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT IS A MANAGER'S REPORT.

THAT'S MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH HER, NOT LINE STAFF.

IF THEY'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY HAVING CONFIDENCE IN SOMEONE, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET THE JOB DONE? I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT WHILE MANAGING HOUSING, THERE WERE ALSO OTHER CONCERNS WIDELY KNOWN AMONGST BOTH STAFF AND LEADERSHIP ABOUT THE FRATERNIZATION WITH THE SUBORDINATE.

IT WAS A SERIOUS ETHICAL ISSUE, BUT AND IT WOULD BE SERIOUS FOR ANY MANAGER, BUT FOR SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO BE IN A POSITION OF LEADERSHIP IN A PUBLIC AGENCY, IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT I FEEL LIKE I FEEL LIKE THESE DECISIONS SOMETIMES ARE BEING MADE BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUALS MAY BE COMPROMISED TO A POINT WHERE THE BOARD ACTUALLY CAN, AT LEAST THE BOARD MAJORITY CAN GET THEM TO PUSH THROUGH THEIR AGENDAS.

I HEAR ALL THE TIME FROM INDIVIDUALS BEHIND THE SCENES THAT THEY, YOU DO, YOU DO KIND OF CALL THE SHOTS, THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEIR OWN AUTONOMY. YOU KIND OF TELL THEM WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

AND I DO BELIEVE THAT ACTUALLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY TERMINATION AS WELL.

GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. CHAIR, THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER.

THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER.

YOU KNOW, AND SUPERVISOR LONG DID BRING THIS UP.

AND AGAIN, I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER BACK THROUGH SUPERVISOR LONG AT THE CLOSED SESSION PART, BUT I THINK SUPERVISOR COUNSEL LARMER GAVE US PERMISSION.

SO JUST SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE WHAT THE BOARD VOTED TO DO.

CAN I SAY THAT? TALK ABOUT THAT.

NO. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT YOUR YOUR OWN FEELINGS.

YOU CAN YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF VOTERS WHO VOTED YES.

VOTED NO. OKAY, SO THE BOARD, I BELIEVE BY A FOUR ONE VOTE.

WELL, HOW DO I DO THAT? LIKE I WANT TO JUST BE I WANT TO BE OPEN. CAN I WAVE? CAN I WAVE IT SO WE CAN JUST TALK ABOUT IT? THE ONE THING IS SHE'S BEEN THE INTERIM FOR HOW LONG? I WAS VERY PERSONALLY, I WAS VERY OPEN TO SAYING, LET'S GIVE AN INDIVIDUAL A SHOT, SEE HOW THEY DO AS A WORKING JOB PERFORMANCE, A JOB REVIEW. I OTHER SUPERVISORS CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THAT.

THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT I HAD SPOKEN ABOUT EARLIER IS THE AGENCY IS SO BIG AND THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE IS SO GREAT.

AND THE PROCESS OF LEANING ON CEO RICKERT WHO AGAIN, THIS ISN'T HIS PERFORMANCE OR JOB INTERVIEW, BUT I THINK HE IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB AS WELL. LEANING ON HIS CONFIDENCE AND THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE SEEN MADE SINCE MISS

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COLEMAN HAS BEEN THE AGENCY DIRECTOR.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE'S BEEN A TEN MONTH WORKING JOB INTERVIEW. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S IT.

SUPERVISOR HARMON. ARE YOU STILL IN QUEUE FROM LAST TIME OR.

NO. OKAY. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANTED TO.

I'M A LITTLE FRUSTRATED AND MAYBE I CAN GET A LITTLE EXPLANATION, BUT I KEEP HEARING ABOUT THIS SURVEY THAT WAS DONE.

I THINK THERE'S AROUND 1000 PEOPLE IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

AND THAT SURVEY, I THINK TOOK IN 80 PEOPLE FOR QUESTIONS.

CAN SOMEBODY CLEAR THAT UP? AND THEN THEY WANT TO SAY THAT AND THEN THEY WANT TO PUT THAT OUT.

WELL, LET'S LET'S DO THIS. MISS COLEMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK ANYTHING ON YOUR BEHALF AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY WE'VE ALREADY HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT. WE HAVE MOTIONS IN A SECOND. WELCOME.

THANK YOU. SO I DID WRITE UP SOMETHING JUST SO I COULD KIND OF STAY ON TOPIC HERE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN CRYE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS.

I STARTED WITH THE COUNTY AS A HOUSING PROGRAM SPECIALIST, A CASE WORKER IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. WHEN I TOOK THE JOB, I WAS EXCITED TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, MY COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY I GREW UP IN.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY.

I LIVED IN WHAT IS NOW CALLED SHASTA LAKE CITY, BUT WILL ALWAYS BE CALLED CENTRAL VALLEY TO ME.

I MOVED TO REDDING WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH AND I GRADUATED FROM FOOTHILL HIGH SCHOOL.

I LEFT THE AREAS FOR SOME YEARS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL TO ATTEND COLLEGE AND STARTED MY CAREER IN THE BAY AREA.

AFTER WORKING YEARS AS A CASEWORKER, I WAS PROMOTED TO A HOUSING SUPERVISOR, EVENTUALLY PROGRAM MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF HOUSING.

MY TEAM IN HOUSING WAS EXCITED FOR ME WHEN I WAS PROMOTED TO DIRECTOR, AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THE ENTIRE TEAM RUNNING INTO MY OFFICE AFTER I FOUND OUT THAT I GOT THE JOB. BEYOND EXCITED FOR ME, I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE IN HOUSING FOREVER, BUT WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP CAME UP TO HELP ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY AND MOVED TO CHILD SUPPORT AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

DURING MY TIME IN CHILD SUPPORT, I SERVED AS INTERIM DIRECTOR, WAS PART OF WORK GROUPS FOR THE STATE, OPENED THE FISCAL SIDE OF CHILD SUPPORT TO THE MANAGERS LED STAFF TO THE HIGHEST PERFORMANCE RANKING IN THE DEPARTMENT AND HELPED IMPLEMENT A STRENGTHS BASED CULTURE, ONE THAT I STILL SEE IN CHILD SUPPORT TODAY.

WHEN I CAME TO HRSA, I KNEW I WASN'T.

IT WASN'T GOING TO BE EASY, BUT I KNEW I WAS READY FOR A CHALLENGE.

COMING INTO A LARGE AGENCY THAT HAD FINANCIAL ISSUES, NEW LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE AGENCY, AN AGENCY THAT HAD CONTINUAL TURNOVER, HIGH VACANCY RATES, SUFFERED A GREAT DEAL OF LOSS DURING COVID AND HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL WORKING FROM HOME.

I KNEW THERE WOULD BE SOME BUMPS ALONG THE WAY.

KNOWING THAT CHANGES NEEDED TO BE MADE IS NOT EASILY DONE IN AN AGENCY WHERE YOU HAVEN'T EARNED THE RESPECT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU ARE NEW AND HAVEN'T EVEN MET A QUARTER OF THE STAFF. KNOWING THAT IF CHANGES WERE MADE AND SPENDING CONTINUED DOWN THE PATH IT WAS ON, HHS WOULD BE IN SERIOUS FINANCIAL TROUBLE AND THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDED HELP.

THEY WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING IT.

IN MY FIRST MONTH WITH HRSA, WE WERE ASKED TO TAKE OVER A DEPARTMENT THAT WAS NOT DOING GOOD AND WE HAD TO CLOSE DOWN THE OC.

THESE ARE NOT EASY CONVERSATIONS, EASY DECISIONS TO MAKE, BUT WE MADE DECISIONS WITH THE HELP OF STAFF.

OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND HELP GET THE DEPARTMENT BACK ON TRACK.

OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKED ON ARE.

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS BACK TO BEING A HIGH PERFORMING HOUSING AUTHORITY.

IHSS RECEIVED A COMPLIANCE RATING OF 94.9, 94.4%, IMPLEMENTED MEETINGS TO HELP.

COLLABORATION BETWEEN TEAMS AND DHS CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED A TRAINING PLAN IN ONE OF THE BRANCHES AND MORE ARE IN PROCESS.

I WORKED WITH STAFF TO REVAMP REPORTS SHARED AT MEETINGS AND ARE CONTINUOUSLY WORKING TO IMPROVE THE CONTRACTING PROCESS.

I HAVE STAYED STEADY AND CONTINUING TO SHOW UP, BE PRESENT AND HELP STAFF WORK THROUGH THE MAGNITUDE OF ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO ME. THOSE WHO WORK CLOSELY WITH ME HAVE SAID THAT THEY FEEL THE SUPPORT I PROVIDE.

THEY FEEL HEARD. THEY HAVE SHARED THAT THEY SEE ME DO WHAT I SAY I'M GOING TO DO.

I AM THERE FOR THEM TO HELP THEM WORK THROUGH CONCERNS, GROW THEM AS LEADERS, AND BROADEN THE SCOPE OF WHAT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN. IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, I HAVE MET WITH AN ENTIRE BRANCH.

HEARD WHAT EVERYONE HAD TO SAY.

CHANGED THINGS FOR THE BETTER, AND FOLLOWED BACK UP WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THE CHANGES WERE WORKING.

STAFF HAVE SAID THINGS LIKE THEY HAVE NEVER MET WITH ANYONE AT MY LEVEL BEFORE.

THEY FELT HEARD, ARE HAPPY TO COME TO WORK EVERY DAY AND FEEL LIKE THEY CAN COME TALK TO ME. I WANT TO MAKE THE AGENCY THE BEST PLACE TO WORK.

ACTUALLY NO. I AM GOING TO MAKE THE AGENCY THE BEST PLACE TO WORK.

I HAVE A GOAL OF MEETING WITH EVERY STAFF IN THE AGENCY, GETTING TO KNOW THEM, THEIR CONCERNS, THEIR IDEAS TO MAKE HSA BETTER. I AM BREAKING DOWN SILOS IN THE AGENCY AS WELL AS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THE LAST THREE MONTHS I HAVE SHOWN THAT COLLABORATION ISN'T JUST SOMETHING THAT I SAY IS IMPORTANT. IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, I HAVE CREATED A HOMELESS VETERAN PLAN IN COLLABORATION WITH THE VSO AND VETERAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS,

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AND HAVE STARTED COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS WITH RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WITH THE GOAL OF SHARING RESOURCES TO HELP THE COMMUNITY IN COORDINATION WITH RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

WE ARE PLANNING AN UPCOMING DEVELOPERS ROUNDTABLE, WHERE WE WILL HEAR CONCERNS AND IDEAS FROM DEVELOPERS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THINGS IN SHASTA COUNTY. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024, WHEN THE DIRECTOR WENT ON LEAVE, I STAYED AND CONTINUED TO MAKE SURE STAFF WHO WERE DOING THE REALLY HARD WORK COULD CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

SINCE SEPTEMBER, I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ROLES AT ONE TIME INTERIM AGENCY DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT AGENCY DIRECTOR, ACTING MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR, SERVED AS BRANCH DIRECTOR FOR BSW AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

EACH OF THESE ROLES IS A FULL TIME JOB.

I DID FOUR OF THE FIVE AT ONE TIME, AND I STILL RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM STAFF ON FEELING SUPPORT FROM ME AS A LEADER.

I AM MAKING THE TIME TO MEET EVERYONE IN THE AGENCY BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS AND SILOS, MAKING SURE EVERYONE HAS THE RESOURCES AND TRAINING THEY NEED TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THEY DO, AND MAKING HSA THE BEST PLACE TO WORK IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.

HSA IS A LARGE AGENCY WITH CLOSE TO A THOUSAND STAFF.

IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE TIME, YOU WILL SEE AND FEEL THE CHANGES IN HSA.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RESULTS OF THE RECENT TEAMSTERS SURVEY.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, I WAS PRESENTED WITH INFORMATION THAT WARRANTED MY INVOLVEMENT IN RESOLVING CONCERNS IN ONE OF THE HSA BRANCHES.

THIS LED TO IN-DEPTH, PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL TEAMS AND INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THAT BRANCH.

IN RESPONSE TO THIS, I RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE TEAMSTERS REPRESENTATIVE ON HOW SHE HASN'T SEEN SOMEONE IN MY POSITION MAKE CHANGES LIKE THIS IN FIVE YEARS, AND SHE WANTED TO THANK ME FOR DOING WHAT I SAID I WOULD DO.

THIS HAS ALSO PROMPTED ME TO INITIATE CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND OTHER BRANCHES, AS WELL AS PROVIDE DIRECTION TO MY LEADERSHIP TEAM.

WHAT KIND OF AGENCY AGENCY DO WE WANT HSA TO BE AND HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH IT? WELL, I APPRECIATE THE UNIONS PROVIDING CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERSPECTIVE OF THEIR MEMBERS IN AN AGENCY AS LARGE AS HRSA.

THERE WILL ALWAYS BE CHALLENGES TO WORK THROUGH. IT IS TIME FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER IN COLLABORATION AND TOWARDS A UNIFIED GOAL OF MAKING HHS A STRONGER AND MORE IMPACTFUL AGENCY FOCUSED ON SERVICE, DELIVERY AND EXCELLENCE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR.

KELSTROM. THEN WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. WE ALREADY HAVE THE MOTION.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER TO ACCEPT AND THEN SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO I JUST.

THANK YOU, MR. COLEMAN. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR THE JOB YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND THE JOB YOU WILL MOST LIKELY BE DOING IN THE FUTURE.

SO. AND SUPERVISOR LONG, I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT I AM NORMALLY FOR THE TWO AND A HALF YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, I AM ABSOLUTELY FOR OPENING THE JOBS UP AND GETTING, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUT THERE GETTING THE BEST PEOPLE QUALIFIED AND WHAT USUALLY IS YOUR EMPLOYEE THAT'S ALREADY THERE. BUT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, THIS PARTICULAR ONE. THE REASON I DIDN'T WANT TO OPEN THIS UP IS BECAUSE IT WAS SOLD TO MISS COLEMAN, AS SHE WAS THE ACTING DIRECTOR FOR A WHILE.

AND WHAT AS PART OF THAT PART OF THAT CLOSED SESSION, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. WELL, THIS WAS BETWEEN A CONVERSATION HER AND I.

YOU KNOW, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. YOU'RE GOOD. NEVER MIND. NO.

I'M GOOD. NO, THAT WAS IT WAS CONVERSATION HER AND I HAD.

WE'RE HERE WITH, LIKE, 100 FRIENDS. YEAH.

JUST GOT TO BE CAREFUL WITH CLOSED SESSION. CLOSED SESSION? YEAH, I JUST WHEN ALAN AND I BOTH LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND LOOKED.

THAT'S IT. SO CONTINUE, SIR.

NO. OKAY. SUPERVISOR LONG.

LET'S GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, CHAIR CRYE.

SO MY COMMENTS ARE GOING TO BE AND I AND I DRAW ON MY HISTORY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE REDDING POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE PROMOTED UP THROUGH THE RANKS ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH CAPTAIN. AND WE ALWAYS 100% OF THE TIME WENT OUTSIDE FOR THE CRITICAL DEPARTMENT HEAD POSITION, THE CHIEF, AND WE WOULD CONDUCT IT.

AND GUESS WHAT? THE CHIEF IN-HOUSE, THE IN-HOUSE CANDIDATE, USUALLY A CAPTAIN ONE TIME LEONARD MODY, WHO WAS THE LIEUTENANT, WENT RIGHT TO CHIEF. BUT WE ALWAYS SELECT ENDED UP SELECTING PEOPLE COMING UP THROUGH THE RANKS. BUT WE HAD AN OPEN, FAIR PROCESS AND LOOKED AT THE COMPLETE CANDIDATE POOL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THE BEST ONE.

AND THEN THAT'S HOW IT OFTEN ENDED UP.

SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR POSITION, AND I'VE TALKED WITH CHRISTIE ABOUT THIS, BUT WE DO THIS FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD.

AND ALL THE EXAMPLES HAVE BEEN CITED.

SO MY THING IS THE SAME AS WHAT I DRAW ON WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS LET'S JUST HAVE A LOOK.

WHAT DOES IT HURT? IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE MONTHS.

SHE'S INTERIM. SHE'S ACTING PROBABLY RISE RIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE POSITION AND SHE'LL BE SHE'LL BE SELECTED.

BUT WE WILL NEVER KNOW IF WE DON'T CONDUCT AN OPEN RECRUITMENT PROCESS, WHICH WE DO FOR POLICE CHIEFS, WE DO FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO THAT IS GOING TO BE MY TAKE ON THIS.

AND SO GREAT. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I FULLY SUPPORT YOU.

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AND I'VE TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT THIS, AND THIS IS NOT AGAINST ANYTHING AGAINST YOU.

IT'S THE PROCESS ONLY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL START THE ROLL CALL VOTE TO MY RIGHT. THE SUPERVISOR ACTUALLY, WE'LL START WITH WE STARTED ON MY RIGHT LAST TIME. WE'LL START WITH MY LEFT SUPERVISOR ALONG WITH THE ROLL CALL VOTE. SUPERVISOR. LONG.

NO. SUPERVISOR CRYE OR.

SORRY. SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. YES.

SUPERVISOR CRYE. YES. SUPERVISOR HARMAN.

YES. AND SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.

YES. PASSES FOUR ONE. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CLOSE.

AND CONGRATULATIONS. MISS COLEMAN. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME FOR

[CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT]

ITEMS R NINE, R TEN AND R 11 WHICH ARE CLOSED SESSION.

WE DO HAVE OVER TEN, SO WE WILL DO TWO MINUTES APIECE.

CAN WE START? MISS BLANKENSHIP, WITH THE ANYBODY THAT'S GOING TO SPEAK ON OUR NINE. SURE. SO THE THERE'S FOUR PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO OUR.

NINE AND THAT IS GOING TO BE CHRISTINA ROBINSON, LON HECKER, STEVE KHAN, AND C GARDNER.

CHRISTINA, ARE YOU HERE? AND THIS THIS IS R NINE.

YES. OKAY. LON HECKER, ARE YOU HERE? OKAY. LOU, COME ON UP.

YEAH. MISS BLANKENSHIP, I BELIEVE.

I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE LOU FOR R TEN.

HE SIGNED UP FOR R NINE, BUT IF.

OKAY, SO WE CAN MOVE THEM TO R TEN IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO.

OKAY. STEVE KHAN. THAT'S R9, CORRECT? R9. WELCOME SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON.

HELLO. TEST. OKAY. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CONTINUE ON SOME OF THE STUFF I'VE SAID IN THE PAST ON THE PROPERTY DEAL WITH THE CITY OF REDDING, WHICH NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH CRYE ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS HE MADE EARLIER.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT ENOUGH IS THE SAVINGS IN DOLLARS THAT WE WILL EXPERIENCE ONCE WE CAN IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM, AND THAT'S WHY I KEEP SAYING THE SOONER THE BETTER, BECAUSE BY DIVERTING THESE PEOPLE OUT OF HAVING A LIFE OF CRIME, WE'RE HAVING LESS IMPACT ON THE OFFICERS, ON THE STREET, ON THE LEGAL SYSTEM THAT HAS TO PROSECUTE THEM.

OF COURSE, ON OUR JAIL SYSTEM AND EVEN THE STATE PRISON.

SO WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HANG UPS ARE, BUT PLEASE WORK THROUGH THEM AND LET'S GET THIS GOING. LET'S GET SOME OF THESE CRIMINALS OFF THE STREET.

THANK YOU. STEVE GARDNER.

I DON'T SEE HIM. ALL RIGHT.

SO MOVING ON TO ITEM R TEN.

FIRST UP SUSAN WEISS. AFTER SUSAN WE HAVE ROBERT RADKE MARY RICKERT THEN KRISTEN GARDNER. AND THEN I'M SORRY.

I HOPE I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, BUT THIS IS WHAT DEALS WITH THE LAWSUIT THAT YOU'RE UNDER WITH THE TRIBE CONTRACT.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES. TEN.

YES. YOU KNOW, WE WERE HERE THROUGH ALL THAT NEGOTIATIONS.

I WAS HERE THE DAY THAT THAT YOU AGREED TO THIS CONTRACT.

NOT ALL OF YOU, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE BOARD, YOU CAN JUST LISTEN.

BUT KEVIN CRYE AND CHRIS KELSTROM, THAT WAS A BAD DECISION FROM THE BEGINNING.

WE ALL KNEW IT. I HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO, BUT WE ALL TOLD YOU SO.

THAT DAY WE SAID YOU WERE MOVING TOO FAST.

WE SAID IT WAS 30 YEARS WITHOUT ANY CHANCE TO REVISIT IT.

THAT WAS BAD. WE SAID YOU HADN'T INCLUDED THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT NEEDED TO BE FINALIZED.

WE TOLD YOU SO. AND NOW THIS IS HAPPENING.

A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, I ASKED YOU PARTICULARLY TO SLOW DOWN ON THE MEDICAL SCHOOL BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE. WHY ARE YOU SNICKERING? YES. SLOW DOWN. I ASK.

PLEASE DON'T SNICKER WHEN I TALK.

IT'S NOT POLITE. THANK YOU.

I ASK YOU TO NOT MOVE TOO FAST, BUT TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE FROM YOUR LETTER YOU DID TODAY.

BUT TO NOT MOVE QUICKLY BECAUSE WE LEARNED OUR LESSON FROM THE TRIBE'S CONTRACT.

I WAS SO HAPPY THAT THE JUDGE REINFORCED WHAT WE ALL TOLD YOU WHEN YOU MADE THIS DECISION, AND I'M SO HAPPY TO SAY WE TOLD YOU SO.

ROBERT KROENKE FOLLOWED BY MARY RICKERT.

CHRISTIAN GARDNER. JENNY.

THANKS. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT TRANSPARENCY FROM THE BOARD ITSELF AND

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FROM A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

AND I THINK YOU COULD HARDLY FIND A WORSE EXAMPLE OF TRANSPARENCY THAN THE BACKROOM DEAL THAT THE BOARD CUT WITH THE RANCHERIA TWO YEARS AGO.

THAT DEAL WAS CUT AGAINST THE ADVICE OF YOUR OWN ATTORNEY, AS WELL AS DOZENS OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN THIS ROOM.

PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS AND SO ON.

SO IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, AS YOU GUYS MOVE FORWARD IN DEALING WITH THIS, WE'D CALL ON YOU TO RELEASE ALL RECORDS OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE RANCHERIA PURSUANT TO THAT DEAL. THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW MEMBERS ON THE BOARD AS YOU GUYS CONSIDER YOUR NEXT STEPS. I THINK IN THE TRUE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT TRANSPIRED BETWEEN THE BOARD AT THAT TIME. ALSO, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON HOW BAD A DEAL IT WAS.

WE SAID TWO YEARS AGO THAT SIMILAR DEALS BETWEEN OTHER TRIBES AND COUNTIES CONSTITUTE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR IN REVENUE.

THE DEAL, UNDER THE BEST ESTIMATES THAT WAS CUT WITH THE RANCHERIA, MIGHT PRODUCE IN THE LOW SIX FIGURES OVER A 30 YEAR TIME FRAME.

THAT'S SHORTCHANGING THE TAXPAYERS OF SHASTA COUNTY BY TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, IF NOT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS.

IT IS AN EGREGIOUS ABDICATION OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

AND SO, AGAIN, MOVING FORWARD, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FULL AUDIT OF THE COSTS OF SERVICING THE WIND RIVER CASINO FROM THE STANDPOINT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHER SERVICES FOR WHAT THEY OWE NOW, BECAUSE AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY, THEY PAY NOTHING FOR SHERIFF SERVICES NOW AND HAVE NOT FOR DECADES.

SO WHAT DOES THAT COST US? NOW, BEFORE WE HAVE ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD COST TO SERVICE IT GOING FORWARD? WE BELIEVE THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD HAVE NO FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE RANCHERIA UNTIL THESE KINDS OF INDEPENDENT AUDITS CAN TAKE PLACE.

CERTAINLY THERE SHOULD NEVER BE ANOTHER BACKROOM DEAL LIKE THAT DONE WITHOUT CONSULTATION OF YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL.

AND YOU SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE THAT THERE'S OTHER LEGAL CASES PENDING AGAINST THAT DEAL.

SO, IN SUM, WE BELIEVE THAT THE BOARD SHOULD REMOVE ITS STATED SUPPORT OF THE RELOCATION OF THE CASINO. WE HAVE NO OPPOSITION TO THE RANCHERIA OPERATING WHERE THEY ARE NOW.

BUT YOU CANNOT MOVE FORWARD IN A SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN GARDNER. THANK YOU. AND THEN I WOULD FOLLOWED BY I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STICK AROUND BECAUSE I'LL HAVE SOME COMMENTS BEFORE WE HEAD INTO CLOSED SESSION. NEXT SPEAKER.

COME ON UP, MARY. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.

AGAIN, I'LL REPEAT THOSE. CHRISTIAN GARNIER JENNY FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN NGUYEN.

OKAY, I WANT TO THANK JUDGE BAKER FOR THE RECENT DECISION ON THIS LAWSUIT.

I KNEW WHEN I VOTED NO THAT THIS BOARD MAJORITY WAS VIOLATING THE PROCESS AND ACTING ILLEGALLY, DISREGARDING THE ADVICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, THE SHERIFF, THE COUNTY FIRE CHIEF, COUNTY COUNSEL AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL AND RISK MANAGEMENT WAS ILLEGAL.

IT WAS CLEARLY STATED IN JUDGE BAKER'S DECISION.

I WANT TO KNOW, HOW MUCH HAS THIS COST THE COUNTY TO FIGHT THIS LAWSUIT? THE PUBLIC IS ENTITLED TO THOSE ANSWERS, AND I'M ASKING FOR A FULL DISCLOSURE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE MADE PUBLIC.

YES, THIS WAS AN INCREDIBLY POOR FINANCIAL DECISION COSTING THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS COUNTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND YES, KEVIN, I WAS VINDICATED AND I'M WAITING FOR YOUR APOLOGY. CHRISTIAN GARNIER, FOLLOWED BY JENNY, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN NOLAN, THEN LAURA HOBBS.

STICK AROUND. WE WILL.

FIRST OFF, I'M GOING TO STIPULATE RIGHT OFF THE BAT, THE TRIBE, THE NATIVE AMERICAN NATION OF THIS OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA WAS SUBJECTED TO GENOCIDE AND THEN INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURAL POVERTY, RACISM, SEXISM. AND IT WASN'T UNTIL THE TRIBE ORGANIZED AND WAS ABLE TO FIGHT BACK THAT THAT STUFF BEGAN TO CHANGE.

AND PART OF THIS WAS BECAUSE OF THE CASINO.

AND TRACY HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.

JACK'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.

I'M NOT HERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THEM.

THEY SAW SOME SUCKERS AND SAID, YEAH, WE GOT AN EASY MARK.

WE'LL JUST THROW SOME MONEY INTO THE CAMPAIGN COFFERS AND WE'LL WRAP THIS THING UP.

AND SO MY BEEF IS NOT WITH THE TRIBE.

IT'S NOT PERSONAL. IT'S BUSINESS.

EASY MONEY. QUICK, FAST.

THIS IS A BAD DEAL. AND THAT'S WHY THE COURT REJECTED IT.

AND I WOULD HOPE THAT AT SOME POINT, THIS BOARD AND THE TRIBE CAN SIT DOWN AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO WIN IN COURT, BUT THAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT BAD DEAL. POORLY CONCEIVED, POORLY IMPLEMENTED.

AND I SUPPORT THE TRIBE ALL THE WAY.

THANK YOU. JENNY FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN, THEN LAURA HOBBS, FOLLOWED BY DON DUCKETT.

JENNY PASSES. OKAY, BEN.

COME ON. JENNY. YEAH. YOU'RE UP.

BENJAMIN. SO IN IN JULY OF 2023, I STOOD HERE AND I

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WARNED, I WARNED THE BOARD MAJORITY, WHICH INCLUDED KEVIN CRYE AND CHRIS KELSTROM AT THE TIME, THAT SKIPPING COUNTY COUNCIL AND BYPASSING OTHER RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS WAS RECKLESS. I SAID THE STAKEHOLDERS LIKE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE SHERIFFS AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND CEO'S OFFICE OR CEO ALL NEEDED TO BE INVOLVED BEFORE ANY AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED.

YOU PRETTY MUCH IGNORED THAT WARNING AND A JUDGE STATED PLAINLY WHAT YOU DID WAS ILLEGAL, NOT QUESTIONABLE OR A MATTER OF OPINION.

IT WAS ILLEGAL. THE RULING CONFIRMS EXACTLY WHAT MANY OF US TRIED TO TELL YOU.

SO WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS HOW MUCH DID THIS COST? SHASTA COUNTY NOT JUST IN THE LEGAL FEES, BUT ALSO IN THE TRUST.

THE LOST IN TRUST AND WASTED TIME.

WHY DID KEVIN THINK HE COULD JAM THIS THROUGH WITHOUT OVERSIGHT? SO I FEEL LIKE HE'S GOING TO GO INTO SOME DIATRIBE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT AFTER THIS.

THAT'S GOING TO STATE THAT, NO, IT WAS GARMIN'S FAULT, OR THERE WAS SOME BACKROOM DEAL THAT DIDN'T INVOLVE HIM AND THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY GOOD NARRATIVE. IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME. WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE FUN LISTENING TO IT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'VE BEEN TOLD BY PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE VERY SAME SCENARIOS THAT THIS WAS A ORCHESTRATED SITUATION REGARDING PATRICK JONES AND YOURSELF.

KEVIN CRYE I THINK THAT AT A CERTAIN POINT, YOU'RE GOING TO KIND OF RUN OUT OF ROAD WHEN IT COMES TO LIES AND MISREPRESENTING YOURSELF IN THE COUNTY, AND EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACTUALLY ANSWER FOR THE STUFF THAT YOU SPOUT OUT EVERY DAY. THANK YOU.

LAURA HOBBS, FOLLOWED BY DON DUCKETT.

THEN JENNIFER COLTER, DAVID HALLIGAN, AND CHRISTINA ROBINSON.

IS THIS OUR TOWN? WE'RE SPEAKING TO RIGHT NOW? YES. OKAY. OUR PUBLIC GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN WEAPONIZED AGAINST AMERICAN PEOPLE. NOTHING BETTER ILLUSTRATES THIS THAN THE TREASONOUS RUSSIA HOAX, THE STOLEN 2020 ELECTIONS, OR THE 34 FELONY CONVICTIONS AND THE TWO FAILED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS.

HOWEVER, WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE ON OUR TEN IS A LOCAL VERSION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS, THE LOCAL SWAMP, AND CORRUPT LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE COLLUDING TO MAKE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE THEY DISAGREE WITH POLITICALLY MISERABLE.

OUR PUBLIC RESOURCE DEPARTMENT IS NOTORIOUS FOR CONSTANTLY HARASSING PEOPLE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY SELL THEIR PROPERTY AND MOVE.

AND EVERY TIME THIS BOARD SUPPORTS THEIR ACTIVITY, YOU ARE COMPLICIT IN THE HARASSMENT.

THIS IS HOW IT WORKS. PUBLIC RESOURCE GETS A COMPLAINT FROM THE NEIGHBOR WHO DISAGREES WITH THEIR NEIGHBOR POLITICALLY, AND THE HENCHMAN OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DOES THEIR DIRTY WORK.

IN THIS CASE, CHRISTIAN GARDNER WAS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CALLED UP IN A FICTITIOUS COMPLAINT SAYING THAT HIS NEIGHBOR WAS SQUATTING ON THE LAND.

THEY WERE NOT SQUATTING.

STOP THE CLOCK. IT WAS THEIR LAND AND THEY WERE WAITING.

STOP. ONE SECOND. THIS IS FOR THE PEOPLE.

THIS IS ROBINSON VERSUS COUNTY OF SHASTA.

THAT'S WHAT SHE'S SPEAKING TO. SO LET ME CONTROL THE MEETING AND JUST PLEASE SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK.

GO AHEAD. SO THEY WERE NOT SQUATTING ON THEIR LAND.

THEY THEIR HOUSE WAS BURNT DOWN DURING THE CARR FIRE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT MY PREVIOUS STATEMENT.

THE INDIVIDUALS IN QUESTIONS WHO DARED TO CLAIM THEIR LAND AND NOT MOVE AWAY ARE ACTUALLY BEING ASKED TO PAY 34,000, NOT 750,000 IN LAWYER FEES.

AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY'VE STILL NOT BEEN GRANTED A PERMIT TO REBUILD.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS. DON'T ALIGN YOURSELF WITH EVIL PEOPLE AND CORRUPT GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS THAT SEEK TO VICTIMIZE THE VICTIMS WHO HAVE ALREADY LOST EVERYTHING.

THIS HAPPENED IN THE CASE OF PACIFIC PALISADES, LAHAINA, AND IT'S ALSO HAPPENED TO THE EXODUS FARMS AND RIVER.

JOHN SELMO HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DAWN DUCKETT, JENNIFER COLTER.

DAVID HALLIGAN. CHRISTINA ROBINSON.

GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD.

I'LL BE SPEAKING ON THE TRIBE AGREEMENT IN ITEM R TEN.

A COUPLE OF YOU WILL REMEMBER WHEN I SPOKE ON THE AGREEMENT WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE AGENDA, I WAS NEUTRAL AS TO WHETHER THE AGREEMENT WAS GOOD OR BAD.

AND LIKE THE JUDGE SAID, IN THIS CASE, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO MAKE BAD DECISIONS. AND THE CASE WASN'T THE CASE.

DECISION WASN'T BASED ON THE MERITS OF THE CONTRACT.

SO LET'S GET THAT STRAIGHT.

MY PROBLEM AT THE TIME WAS THAT THE BOARD DID NOT FOLLOW ITS OWN POLICY.

DASH. I BELIEVE IT'S SIX 101, WHICH IS YOUR PROCUREMENT POLICY.

AND I HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THAT.

AND I WAS CONCERNED THAT BECAUSE THE POLICY WASN'T FOLLOWED AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY RISK MANAGEMENT NOR THE AUDITOR AND SEVERAL KEY PLAYERS WERE NOT INVOLVED IN REVIEWING THAT

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AGREEMENT THAT IT WOULD OPEN THE COUNTY UP TO LIABILITY AND LITIGATION, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

SO I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE PICKING UP THE TAB FOR THIS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THE BOARD ACQUIESCE TO THE COURTS.

BRING THAT BACK AND FOLLOW YOUR POLICY.

A LOT OF US WEREN'T SAYING IT WAS A TERRIBLE AGREEMENT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS LIGHT IN SOME AREAS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOUR ATTORNEYS LOOK AT IT, HAVE RISK MANAGEMENT, LOOK AT IT, FOLLOW YOUR PROCESS.

AND A LOT OF US WOULD BE OKAY WITH IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JENNIFER COLTER, DAVID HALLIGAN, CHRISTINA ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY LOU HECKER.

GOOD MORNING. SO PRIOR TO 2013, I OFTEN WALKED ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER TRAIL. AND TO BE HONEST, THERE WAS A STRETCH THAT I DREADED PASSING.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS BARKING DOGS AND CLUTTER, AND I FELT IT WAS UNSAFE.

SO IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN LATER THAT YEAR I'M INVITED TO THE ROBINSON'S HOUSE FOR DINNER. THEIR HOME WAS ALSO ON THAT LAND NEAR MIDDLE CREEK ROAD, AND IT WAS SURROUNDED BY GARDENS AND FLOWERS.

AND IT'S STEEPED IN THE HISTORY OF SHASTA COUNTY.

THEY LOVED TO LOVE TO SHARE STORIES ABOUT THE TOWN OF WAUGH, WHERE THEIR PROPERTY IS, AND THEY TALK TO THEIR GRANDCHILDREN, THEIR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS.

HOLIDAYS AT THE ROBINSONS HOUSE WERE MAGICAL AND EVERY GUEST IS TREATED LIKE ROYALTY.

THEN CAME THE CAR FIRE AND IT WAS DEVASTATING.

THEY LOST EVERYTHING. EVEN THEIR BELOVED PETS DIED IN THAT FIRE.

IT'S SO HARD TO WATCH YOUR FRIENDS.

THEY'RE READY TO REBUILD ON THE SAME PIECE OF LAND THAT THEIR HOUSE WAS ON AND THEIR GRANDMOTHER'S PRIOR TO THAT FOR 60 YEARS, AND THE COUNTY DENIED THE BUILDING PERMIT DUE TO AN EASEMENT. SINCE THEN, I'VE WATCHED THEM DO EVERYTHING ASKED PAYING FOR SURVEYS, REWORKING SITE PLANS, SEEKING ALTERNATIVE BUILDING SITES, AND IN RETURN THEY FACE MONTHS OF SILENCE AND AT SOMETIMES NECESSARY HARDSHIP, LIKE CUTTING THEIR POWER IN THE SUMMER AND FORCING THEM TO REMOVE THEIR POOL.

FOR MANY YEARS THEY'VE LIVED IN THIS TRAILER, MISSING THE HOLIDAYS. ANYWAY, I WANT TO SAY, I URGE YOU TO REALLY LOOK AT ALL THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT THE ROBINSONS HAVE PROVIDED WITH YOU, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS MISSING, I THINK, IN THE COURT DOCUMENTS THAT YOU'RE BASING SOME DECISIONS ON.

SO I JUST URGE YOU TO REALLY LOOK AT THE STUFF AND LET THEM HAVE CLOSURE.

GET A PERMIT AND REBUILD ON THEIR PROPERTY ALONG WITH THE EASEMENT OF PUBLIX PUBLIC ROAD. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DAVID HALLIGAN. CHRISTINA ROBINSON.

LOU HECKER BOARD. I'M SPEAKING ON THE RANCHERIA AGREEMENT.

JULY 25TH OF 2023. THE FIRST ITEM, R1 WAIVE THE COUNTY'S POLICY REGARDING ENTERING INTO THIS CONTRACT.

I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THIS REALLY THE RANCHERIA HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG OTHER THAN NEGOTIATE VERY WELL AGAINST THE SUPERVISORS THAT MADE THAT DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. THEY HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T WANT ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT THE RANCHERIA.

IT'S ABOUT THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MADE.

JUDGE BAKER FOLLOWED UP THAT THE BOARD MAJORITY FAILED TO NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENTS IMPACTED BY THE DECISION, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, THE SHERIFF AND THE FIRE CHIEF. SECONDLY, THE COUNTY COUNSEL'S OFFICE AND RISK MANAGEMENT DIDN'T REVIEW THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT AS REQUIRED BY COUNTY CONTRACTS MANUAL.

FINALLY, THE BOARD MAJORITY IGNORED THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY STAFF, THE SHERIFF, THE FIRE CHIEF, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND ACTING COUNSEL ALL OPPOSED THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT.

THEY WANTED MORE TIME.

I REMEMBER THE SHERIFF.

I'VE ONLY SEEN THIS LIKE SIX DAYS AGO.

DA BRIDGETT. I JUST SAW THIS YESTERDAY.

OKAY, SO. SO WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW? I WENT TO THE HEARING THAT JUDGE BAKER HAD LAST WEEK.

MR. L'AMOUR WAS THERE, AND I KNOW THAT AUGUST 18TH, THE LAND TRUST HAS TO SUBMIT THEIR FINAL ITEMS, AND THEN OUR COUNTY COUNCIL HAS 15 DAYS TO MAKE THEIR THING.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE US EVEN LOOK AT AN APPEAL UNTIL WE SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TRANSPARENCY, MR. CRYE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WE WERE AT.

WE WERE AT LIKE 260 000 IN FEBRUARY.

I REMEMBER MR. LONG SAYING, HEY, I CAN'T SPEND ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS INTO THIS UNTIL I UNDERSTAND THE WIND PROJECT AS WELL AS THE THE RANCHERIA AGREEMENT.

AND THERE WAS SOME BUILDING ITEMS THERE.

HE VOTED FOR THE BUILDING ITEMS. THAT WAS IT. COULD WE PLEASE GET AN UPDATE? THANK YOU. CHRISTINA ROBINSON COME ON UP AND FOLLOWED BY LOU HECKER.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD. AND KEVIN, FOR YOUR INVITATION AND YOUR PATIENCE WITH OUR IMPASSIONED PLEAS. OUR FAMILY HAS CONTINUOUSLY OWNED AND RESIDED ON

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THE PROPERTY AT MIDDLE CREEK ROAD SINCE 1957.

WE'VE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE COUNTY THAT WE ARE ENCROACHING ON ANY EASEMENT IN THE PRECEDING 61 YEARS TO THE FIRE.

NOT UNTIL AFTER THE FIRE, WHEN THE COUNTY SHOWS UP TO SAY THAT OUR 16 FOOT ROAD IS REALLY AN 80 FOOT WIDE ROAD AND WOULD NOT LET US REBUILD.

THE COUNTY HAS NEVER USED, WANTED OR NEEDED THIS ROAD FOR OVER 150 YEARS, SO THEY ABANDONED IT.

THEY HAD NEVER SURVEYED THIS EASEMENT, NOR COULD THEY PROVIDE ANY OWNERSHIP DOCUMENTATION WHATSOEVER ON THIS EASEMENT.

IN FACT, YOUR MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE TITLE RESEARCHER WHO HAD 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, VICKI GIBSON, DISSEMINATED TO ALL THE COUNTY HEADS THAT THERE WAS NO EASEMENT, NO DEDICATION OR ACCEPTANCE OF AN EASEMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE JUDGE RULED TO.

SO WHAT'S DRIVING THIS LITIGATION? WE FOUND A PARK PLANS FROM THE CITY OF REDDING AND A FOIA REQUEST.

AND THAT THEN IT MADE SENSE.

THEY NEEDED A 80 FOOT WIDE ROAD TO PUT IN A 15 CAR PARKING LOT IN A LEGAL TURNAROUND FOR A NEW TRAILHEAD WITHIN OUR PROPERTY. HOW MUCH DID THE COUNTY SPEND ON THIS LITIGATION? WERE YOUR ATTORNEYS LOST THEIR PRIMARY CLAIM? LOOK INTO THAT. I BET YOU SPENT 3 TO $500,000, ONLY TO LOSE THIS 80 FOOT CLAIM THAT WE BEGGED THEM TO SETTLE.

WHAT DID YOU GET FOR THAT MONEY? I KNOW WHAT I GOT. YOU WERE THE SUPERVISORS, AND YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT YOU GOT FOR THAT.

OUR PROPERTY IS ONLY WORTH AROUND $100,000.

YOU COULD HAVE BOUGHT IT AND SAVED SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE SPENT SEVEN YEARS LIVING IN A TRAILER PROVING THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN 80 FOOT EASEMENT.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT THE JUDGE RULED.

YOU DON'T HAVE AN 80 FOOT EASEMENT.

SOMEHOW, YOUR ATTORNEYS HAVE CONVINCED THE JUDGE THAT WE TRIED TO CLOSE THE ROAD WHEN THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT BEYOND US TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU ABANDONED MIDDLE CREEK ROAD IN 1987, BECAUSE YOUR FILED DOCUMENTS SAY THAT THEY ABANDONED IT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PROPERTY AND NOT AT THE END.

BUT EVEN THAT, WE DECLINED TO PURSUE, AS IT DIDN'T GO TOWARDS OUR PRIMARY GOAL OF GAINING THE ABILITY TO REBUILD.

YOU CAN SEE BY THE SURVEY THAT WE FILED AND THE PLOT PLANS THAT WE FILED, THAT WE ACCEPTED THAT IT WAS A PUBLIC ROAD SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE THE TRIAL.

I KNOW YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO.

THANK YOU. LOU HECKER AND CHAIR.

THIS WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER FOR OUR TEN HOUR TEN.

YES. GREETINGS. MY NAME IS LOU HECKER, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MR. AND MRS. ROBINSON. I'VE BEEN A LICENSED CONTRACTOR IN CALIFORNIA SINCE 1989, LIVING IN COTTONWOOD, AND IN MAY OF 19 2019, AS PER FEMA'S REGS, I WAS RECRUITED BY THE CALFIRE COMMUNITY RECOVERY TEAM AND THE LOCAL NONPROFIT AGENCY THAT WORKED WITH FEMA, NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE TO FILL THE POSITION OF CONSTRUCTION COST ANALYST.

AND MY JOB WAS TO BE THE GATEKEEPER OR STOPGAP BETWEEN THOSE WHO LOST HOMES IN THE FIRE AND UNSCRUPULOUS VENDORS, CONTRACTORS OR ANY AGENCY WHO SOUGHT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CAR FIRE VICTIMS. I WAS THE SOLE INDIVIDUAL IN THIS CAPACITY AND WORKED ALONGSIDE NEARLY A DOZEN CASE MANAGERS WHO WERE ASSIGNED FIRE VICTIMS WHO, BY FEMA'S GUIDELINES, HAD BEEN THOSE HARDEST HIT.

THE ROBINSONS WERE AMONG THOSE HARDEST HIT.

THEY HAD NO HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE AND HAD BEEN LAID OFF FROM EMPLOYMENT JUST A MONTH BEFORE THE FIRE AND OUT OF THE AREA WHEN THE FIRE BURNED THEIR HOME DOWN, LOSING EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THEIR PETS, FEMA AND THEREFORE OUR COUNTY HAD FUNDED A LIMITED NUMBER OF REPLACEMENT HOMES FOR THE PEOPLE MOST ADVERSELY AFFECTED, AND THE ROBINSONS QUALIFIED FOR SUCH A NEW HOME.

IT WAS A FEMA GRANT AND DID NOT NEED TO BE PAID BACK.

UNFORTUNATELY, DURING MY TENURE IN THIS POSITION, SHASTA COUNTY WAS NOT A FRIEND TO ANY OF THE CAR SURVIVORS.

THOSE OF US WHO FOCUSED ON GETTING VICTIMS BACK INTO NEW HOMES CONTINUALLY FACE MULTIPLE ROADBLOCKS AND RED TAPE, RATHER THAN THE HELPING HAND WE EXPECTED FROM THE COUNTY. THE ROBINSONS ARE TRAUMATIZED FIRE VICTIMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO REBUILD ON THE VERY SPOT THEIR HOME HAS STOOD FOR THREE GENERATIONS.

I'M SHOCKED AND STUNNED THAT AFTER SEVEN YEARS, THE COUNTY COULD NOT JUST SOLVE ANY ISSUE THAT THEY CLAIM HAS PREVENTED THEM FROM GETTING A PERMIT. THIS IS SHAMEFUL, AND I IMPLORE YOU TO REMOVE ANY ROADBLOCKS THAT THE COUNTY HAS PLACED IN THE PATH OF THE ROBINSONS THAT HAVE PREVENTED THEM FROM REBUILDING A NEW HOME AND THEIR LIVES.

THANK YOU. CHAIR. THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER FOR R TEN GOING TO R 11.

WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS, JENNY AND BENJAMIN, FOR OUR 11.

YES. YES. I PASSED OVER FOR YOU. COME ON UP. 11. OH, SORRY.

YEAH. JUST JUST NOW THEY WERE SPEAKING TO.

JUST GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD.

JENNY. I DON'T WORK FOR THE COUNTY, SO I'M NOT, LIKE, NEGOTIATING FOR THE UNION OR ANYTHING.

THIS IS JUST MY OWN OPINION.

SO I HOPE THAT YOU PLEASE RESPECT YOUR EMPLOYEES AND LISTEN TO THEM.

THERE'S ALWAYS AN EXCUSE OF WHERE THE MONEY NEEDS TO GO OF WHY YOU CAN'T GIVE IT TO THEM, OF WHY YOU CAN'T LISTEN TO THEIR NEEDS.

MAYBE IT'S TIME TO CUT THE FAT OFF OTHER PROJECTS AND SEND THE MESSAGE TO YOUR EMPLOYEES THAT YOU RESPECT AND SUPPORT THEM AND PAY THEM WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

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KEVIN. YOU TOLD ME AT COFFEE.

I JUST HAD TO WAIT AND SEE.

SO WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING.

CAN WE PLEASE SEE? LOOKS LIKE NOT.

HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN OUT OF CONTRACT NOW? IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT RIGHT.

BENJAMIN. NO. OKAY. AND THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE R9R TEN AND R11R11.

SO I HAVE IS COUNSEL LARMER.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP ME NAVIGATE THIS.

ON R TEN AS IT RELATES TO ROBINSON VERSUS COUNTY OF SHASTA.

AND THIS IS WHERE THE ONE PERSON WAS SCREAMING OUT AND MAKING COMMENTS WHETHER THEY KNEW IT WAS BECAUSE IT INVOLVED THEM OR NOT, BUT THE PROCESS WAS NOT STALLED.

HERE'S THE BIGGEST QUESTION FOR ME ON THIS. AND I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS. WE'VE HAD IT IN CLOSED SESSION. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THIS YEAR THIS MIGHT BE THE SECOND TIME WE'VE HAD IT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN'T BRING THIS OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THIS IN PUBLIC.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE CLOSED SESSION CONVERSATION WOULD BE WE'D GO IN THERE TO CLOSED SESSION, DELIBERATE DISCUSS AND THEN BRING IT OUT. BECAUSE HERE'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE I HAVE WITH THIS.

AND THIS IS JUST TRYING TO HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THIS.

THERE IS SO MUCH MEAT TO THIS.

AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY LIKE COUNTY COUNCIL'S GONE.

THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE LEFT ARE ESSENTIALLY THE HOMEOWNER.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF HE SAID, SHE SAID, AND YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE COURT DOCUMENTS AND HERE'S WHAT'S TOUGH. AND I'LL TELL YOU, THIS IS WHY IT MATTERS. WHEN YOU COME UP IN PUBLIC, COMMENT AND SPEAK, REALLY ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT THE COUNTY HAS SOME RECORD OF ON SOME OF THIS STUFF IS A FREQUENT PUBLIC SPEAKER THAT QUITE HONESTLY I'M NOT TAKING THEIR WORD FOR ANYTHING, QUITE HONESTLY BECAUSE THEY ARE SO OUTRAGEOUSLY OFF IN THEIR STATEMENTS.

SO I HAVE SOME AND I ALWAYS HAVE HAD CONCERNS WITH THIS.

AND THERE'S TIMES IT'S BEEN A FIVE ZERO VOTE, OTHER TIMES IT'S BEEN A I'VE BEEN THE ONLY VOTE. BUT I WANT TO BRING THIS OUT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC DECIDES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS CASE, BECAUSE SUPERVISOR GARMAN DIDN'T WANT TO TOUCH IT. IT IS SUPERVISOR LONG'S DISTRICT, AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT I CAN DO TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE BECAUSE I THINK THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS REALLY TROUBLING TO ME.

AND IF SOME OF THE ROBINSON'S ACCUSATIONS ARE TRUE, IT'S JUST THE UTMOST EGREGIOUS CORRUPTION ON SO MANY LEVELS.

AND, AND MAYBE, MAYBE THEY'RE LIARS AND EVERYTHING TO IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS. I JUST, I JUST FEEL IT'S SUCH A BAD PRECEDENT.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THAT'S THE FIRST THING IN TERMS OF OUR TENT.

WELL, I'M SURE YOU'LL EXPECT THE FIRST PART, WHICH IS THAT WE WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND HAVING DISCUSSION OF A LITIGATION MATTER IN OPEN.

I THINK IN A CASE LIKE THIS YOU KNOW, AS I PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH INFORMATION, IT'S PROBABLY JUST GOING TO LEAD TO AN ARGUMENT.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT AND YOU KNOW, I'VE TRIED TO PREPARE YOU AND SHOW YOU ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU WERE INTERESTED IN SEEING. YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE IT IN OPEN.

I WOULD ADVISE AGAINST THAT.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION AND I DON'T EXPECT IT PROBABLY TO GET A SECOND.

AND IT'S NOT SYMBOLIC BECAUSE TO ME IT'S JUST PERPLEXING.

BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE BRING IT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. WELL I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THAT. I DIDN'T THINK I'D GET A SECOND. SO. OKAY. SO THE SO WE'LL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AMONG MY BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT THAT? AND I DIDN'T EVEN, I DIDN'T TALK TO ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT IT. IT'S JUST LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RISK. OKAY.

ASK COUNCIL. I MEAN, HERE'S HERE'S MY THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RISK.

I, I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE ABOUT THE RISK, BUT THE RISK FOR ME OF, OF GOING TO BED AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT I GOT IT WRONG OR I HAD TO RELY BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING, WE HAVE TO RELY ON SO MUCH HEARSAY OF OTHER PEOPLE.

AND IT'S TROUBLING BECAUSE OUR PAST COUNTY COUNCIL DIDN'T KEEP A DATABASE OF RECORDS OF STUFF. SO WE CAN'T GET WE CAN'T LOOK AT NOTES, WE ONLY HAVE OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL AND WE HAVE JUDGES DECISIONS.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE CONSTITUENTS.

AND AND I KNOW COUNSEL LARMER IT'S, WE'RE NOT RETRYING IT.

I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO RETRY IT BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF FAR DOWN THAT ROAD.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS SINCE I'VE TAKEN OFFICE IN 23, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT MY DISTRICT.

I DON'T KNOW. YOU GET FACTS.

YOU COULD ASK COUNSEL LARMER.

WELL, SOME OF THE THINGS I HEARD, SOME OF THE THINGS I HEARD IN HER STATEMENT THERE. I MEAN, IT REMINDED ME OF, YES, PAST COUNTY COUNCILS AND THE ISSUES WE

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HAD THERE, AS WELL AS PAST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND A LOT OF THE ISSUES WE HAD THERE. AND I MEAN, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES HAVE BEEN TURNED AROUND. BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED BACK THEN, I, I HOLD A LOT OF WATER THERE THAT WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS TRUE BECAUSE I KNOW THE HISTORY.

I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I RAN ON IS SOME OF THESE THINGS JUST LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE. SO THAT'S WHY. AND AGAIN, AND AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, WE HAVE JENNIFER COLTER, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF A NONPROFIT THAT I HAVE BEEN AFFILIATED WITH.

AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HER CHARACTER AND, AND WHO SHE IS AND AND THEN WE HAVE CHRISTIAN GARDNER WHO COMES UP AND SPEAKS.

AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT CHARACTER WITNESSES OR PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE, I PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. AND THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU COME UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT, IT MATTERS.

SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER. YEAH, I GUESS WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE WE HOPING TO BRING OUT INTO PUBLIC DISCUSSION THROUGH YOUR MOTION? SO WHAT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IS, WELL, SO AND THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT POINT BECAUSE I KNOW WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT.

SO HERE'S, HERE'S MY QUESTION FOR SUPERVISOR LARMOUR BECAUSE I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE AND I CAN'T DISCLOSE SOME OF THAT.

AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW NECESSARILY.

SO MY REQUEST WOULD BE THAT WE EITHER.

IS THIS TIME SENSITIVE? NO. OH WELL. YES. BUT MY REQUEST WOULD BE WE'VE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND.

YOU EITHER BRING IT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION OR YOU TAKE IT INTO CLOSED SESSION. SO. SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS. WHEN YOU SAY IT'S TIME SENSITIVE. SO IF WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, THEN CAN WE BRING THIS BACK POSSIBLY TO THE NEXT MEETING WHERE IT'D BE AN OPEN SESSION ITEM? SO IS THE TIME OKAY FOR THAT? THE REALITY IS TO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR ALL THE FACTS THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING TODAY.

WE'RE ONLY DISCUSSING ABOUT A SETTLEMENT AS IT RELATES TO ATTORNEYS OR COSTS.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING.

WE CAN'T BRING IT RIGHT BACK OUT OF CLOSED SESSION HERE IN JUST A BIT.

SO AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU VOTE ON YOUR MOTION.

AND WE TAKE IT IN A CLOSED SESSION. YOU CAN HAVE MORE OF THESE CONVERSATIONS IN THERE.

BUT THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

SO SO MY QUESTION THOUGH IS WHAT WHY WE'RE IN THERE.

WE CAN HAVE THE MICROPHONE.

WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WHEN WE'RE IN THERE. AND I CAN EXPLAIN ALL THE PROS AND CONS. I THINK WE CAN DETERMINE THEN WHETHER TO WHAT WE WANT TO REPORT OUT, BUT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY BRING IT BACK OUT FOR OPEN DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, SO SO I'LL PULL MY MOTION IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

WE'LL DO THAT. AND THEN WE CAN WE CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO AND THEN I HAVE A COMMENT ALSO ON THE SHASTA ON THE CALIFORNIA LAND STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL. I WANT TO MAKE, AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT THIS RIGHT.

AND ACTUALLY, I'VE ALREADY SAID THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN AND I WANT TO SAY IT THE EXACT SAME WAY.

JUDGE BAKER RULED THAT THE CONTRACT SHASTA COUNTY ENTERED INTO WITH THE REDDING RANCHERIA WAS AN ILLEGAL CONTRACT. HIS RULING SAYS THAT WE DIDN'T NOTIFY OR PROPERLY WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS OR ELECTEDS THAT WERE AFFECTED.

THAT'S CRAZY ON TWO FRONTS.

ONE WE DID. AND TWO, WE DON'T HAVE TO.

AND I COULD GO INTO A LOT OF HISTORY IN TERMS OF WHEN THESE NEGOTIATIONS STARTED 2019.

NONE OF US WERE ACTUALLY ON THAT BOARD IN 2019 WHEN THESE BEGAN TO TAKE PLACE.

THAT BOARD ACTUALLY AT THAT TIME THAT THESE NEGOTIATIONS TOOK PLACE WAS US DISTRICT ONE WAS JOE CLEMENTE, DISTRICT TWO WAS LEONARD MODY, DISTRICT THREE WAS MARY RICKERT, DISTRICT FOUR WAS STEVE MORGAN IN DISTRICT FIVE WAS LES BOS. SO THESE NEGOTIATIONS ACTUALLY STARTED IN 2019.

AND THEY WERE ALSO LED BY OUTSIDE COUNSEL PERKINS COIE, WHO WAS HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S LAW FIRM.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HAVING OUTSIDE COUNSEL BEING HIRED TO BE BROUGHT IN, WE ACTUALLY WERE HIRING THAT MAJOR LAW FIRM TO NEGOTIATE WITH CHAIRMAN POTTER AND TRACY EDWARDS, WHO'S THE CEO.

SO THAT'S JUST OUTRAGEOUS TO ME THAT WE EVER SPENT THAT MONEY TO BRING THAT IN THE THE NEXT COMPONENT I REALLY I'M GOING TO AND I'M GOING TO REALLY FAST FORWARD SOME OF THIS.

BUT IF YOU REMEMBER THE EX SHERIFF AND EX CEO ERIC MAGRINI, WHO WAS HIRED RIGHT AFTER TWO VOTES OF NO CONFIDENCE HERE NOR THERE, BUT HE WAS HIRED TO BE THE ASSISTANT CEO TO HELP, IN PART, LEAD NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TRIBE.

AND AGAIN, THAT WAS BEFORE ANY OF US WERE THERE.

SO WHAT I'M MAKING SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IS NEGOTIATIONS WERE TAKING PLACE FOR A VERY LONG TIME, A VERY LONG TIME WITH THE TRIBE AND WITH THE COUNTY.

AND WE WEREN'T HERE. WE WEREN'T PRIVY TO ANY OF THAT STUFF MUCH LIKE YOU, BUT THIS WAS TAKING PLACE.

SO BY THE TIME 23 ROLLS AROUND AND AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL RECALL OF LEONARD MODY AND TIM GARMAN TOOK OFFICE, OBVIOUSLY THE THE SUPPORT FOR THE TRIBE BEGAN TO INCREASE AGAIN BEFORE SUPERVISOR KELSTROM AND I WERE THERE IN OFFICE.

NOW I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IF WE GOT ONE PENNY, THAT WOULD BE A JOKE, BUT IT'S ONE PENNY MORE THAN WE'VE RECEIVED SINCE THE MID 90S, WHEN REDDING RANCHERIA AND THE WIND RIVER CASINO STARTED.

SO NOW FAST FORWARD. ALL THIS TIME WE'VE RECEIVED ZERO.

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YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY? IS BECAUSE FEDERALLY WE HAVE TO SUPPLY EMERGENCY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. SO THIS IS WHERE I BEGIN TO SAY PEOPLE WANT TO SAY, OH, I'M VERY, VERY PRO TRIBE.

BUT BUT BUT I'M VERY PRO TRIBE.

BUT BUT, BUT IT BEGINS TO ME TO FEEL ALMOST LIKE RACISM THAT PEOPLE ARE SO AGAINST THIS TRIBE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

BECAUSE HERE'S THE REALITY.

FEDERAL LAW SAYS WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

AND GUESS WHAT? WE HAVE.

SO BY THE TIME I CAUGHT WIND OF THIS DEAL ALMOST BEING PULLED OFF THE TABLE WHERE WE WOULD GET ANYTHING. I APPROACHED CEO RICKERT AND SAID, HEY, WE PROBABLY SHOULD GET THIS ON THE AGENDA. HE HAD BEEN HERE MAYBE ALL OF 15 MINUTES, MAYBE A MONTH OR TWO.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU HAD YOUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE TRIBE AT THAT POINT. I KNOW SUPERVISOR GARMAN NOW HAS TALKED TO AT THE TIME, CHAIR JONES, ABOUT GETTING THIS ON.

SO FOR ME, DO I THINK IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT DEAL? COULD A BETTER DEAL HAVE BEEN MADE? I THINK SO, BECAUSE WHAT IS THE REDDING RANCHERIA IS TAGLINE.

PROUD TO DO OUR PART. WELL, GUESS WHAT? THEIR PART MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE IF THIS COMMUNITY, THIS COMMUNITY, SHASTA COUNTY REDDING AND THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAD TREATED THEM LIKE THE SOVEREIGN NATION THEY ARE AND TREATED THEM WITH MORE RESPECT, BUT THEY CONTINUE TO SPIT ON THEM AND PUSH THEM OVER.

KEEP IN MIND THE BETHEL CAMPUS OFF OF COLLIER IN THAT AREA AND THE RANCHERIA PROJECT CAME ABOUT ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

SO THE POWER BROKERS AND THE POWERS THAT BE.

GUESS WHAT? ONE BUILDING IS PUTTING SIDEWALKS IN THE OTHER BUILDINGS A DIRT LOT.

AND GUESS WHAT? THE ONE ORGANIZATION IS A SOVEREIGN NATION.

SO AT THIS POINT, IF THEY THUMB THEIR NOSE AT US AND SAY, FORGET IT, YOU DON'T GET ANOTHER DIME FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS.

FEDERALLY, WE'RE STUCK WITH THAT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SCREAMED.

WE COULD HAVE GOT MORE BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN A FAT ZERO SO FAR.

SO NICE NEGOTIATING ON THAT.

I BELIEVE THE CITY, I BELIEVE THE TRIBAL COUNCIL, JACK POTTER AND TRACY EDWARDS WILL ABSOLUTELY STEP UP BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING AND THEY CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. BUT I PERSONALLY, AS ONE SUPERVISOR WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE WAY REDDING RANCHERIA.

THE TRIBAL MEMBERS AND ALL THE ENTIRE TRIBE HAS BEEN TREATED BY THIS COUNTY.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT BECAUSE WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. BUT I WILL JUST SAY RIGHT NOW, I HOPE I'M ONE SUPERVISOR, BUT I HOPE WE APPEAL IT BECAUSE PERSONALLY, PERSONALLY, THERE IS NO NO JURISDICTION UNDER WHATSO WHATSOEVER THAT WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER PEOPLE. WE HAVE THE JURISDICTION AND THE ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO WE'LL BE RECESSED FOR A MINIMUM OF AN HOUR.

WE WILL NOT BE BACK UNTIL TWO.

AND THEN WE WILL TAKE AFTER THAT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. RETURNING FROM CLOSED SESSION COUNSEL LARMER,

[REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION ACTIONS]

IS THERE ANY REPORTABLE ACTION? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. ON ITEM R9, THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION ON ITEM R TEN, THE REPORTABLE ACTION UNDER CALIFORNIA LAND STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL, LLC VERSUS COUNTY OF SHASTA.

THE BOARD VOTED FIVE ZERO TO HIRE GREEN, MARTIN STEIN AND RICHARD LLP.

APPELLATE COUNSEL ITEM.

PAR 11. NO REPORTABLE ACTION.

NOTHING FURTHER. ARE WE ARE WE REPORTING OUT? YOU REPORTED OUT ON. THERE WAS NO.

WASN'T THERE ONE ON THE FIRST CASE LISTED? NO. REPORTABLE. NO. OKAY. NO REPORT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

[R8 Receive a presentation from the County Clerk/Registrar of Voters, and approve budget amendments which increase appropriations and net county cost by $2,580,283 in the Elections Admin & Registration Budget (BU 140) and transfer funds from the Accumulated Capital Outlay Budget (BU 161) to General Revenue and Transfers (BU 100) offset by use of Committed Funds-General Fund Infrastructure.]

MOVING ON TO R8R8, MR. CURTIS MR. CURTIS.

DO I NEED TO DO HERE? THAT'S FORWARD.

THAT'S BACKWARDS. GOTCHA.

HELLO THERE EVERYBODY.

WELCOME. BASICALLY, I'M HERE TO BEG FOR A LOT OF MONEY.

IF YOU CAN'T GO TO THE. PULL THE MICROPHONE. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. BETTER? YEP.

PERFECT. I'M HERE TO BEG FOR A LOT OF MONEY SO WE CAN HAVE A NEW BUILDING WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY SUCCEED IN HAVING ELECTIONS THAT EVERYONE CAN TRUST.

THE BUILDING THAT WE HAVE IS SMALL, CRAMPY, AND IT'S BASICALLY KIND OF AN OFFICE SPACE. SO EVERYTHING IS KIND OF PUSHED AROUND.

NO ONE CAN REALLY SEE IT.

THE OBSERVERS BASICALLY GET ABUSED TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY.

AND IT'S JUST IT'S JUST HORRIBLE SETUP.

THERE'S NO PARKING. IT'S NOT ADA COMPLIANT.