[00:00:03] GOOD MORNING. TODAY IS A REGULAR MEETING OF THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. [CALL TO ORDER] IT IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, AND THE TIME IS 9 A.M.. WE HAVE FOUR BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT WITH SUPERVISOR HARMON ABSENT, CEO DAVE RICHERT, COUNTY COUNSEL JOE LARMER, AND FROM THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, STEPHANIE BLANKENSHIP, MARCY WINSTEAD. AND IN THE FOYER, MIRANDA ANGEL. WE ENCOURAGE THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, FILL OUT A SPEAKER REQUEST CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE CLERK IN THE FOYER. SPEAKER REQUEST CARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR EACH REGULAR ITEM BEGINS. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO MISS BLANKENSHIP. THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY OF THE BOARDROOM RULES OF ORDER AS OUTLINED IN ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY ONE DASH 101. THOSE RULES CAN BE FOUND ON THE CLERK OF THE BOARD'S WEBSITE. THIS POLICY INCLUDES SIGNAGE RESTRICTIONS, ATTENDEE SEATING, AND OVERALL CONDUCT TO ENSURE BUSINESS IS DONE IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND THAT ALL HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH OBSERVE AND PARTICIPATE. UNLESS ADDRESSING THE BOARD, ALL THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE SHALL REMAIN SEATED IN THE CHAIRS PROVIDED. STANDING ALONG THE BACK WALL OF THE BOARDROOM IS ACCEPTABLE, SO LONG AS NO PERSON BLOCKS THE INGRESS OR EGRESS. MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA WHO WANT TO OBSERVE, RECORD, OR OTHERWISE DOCUMENT A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING ARE REQUESTED TO SET UP EQUIPMENT FROM THE DESIGNATED AREA ALONG THE SOUTH WINDOWS. SHASTA COUNTY REMAINS COMMITTED TO CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN A PROFESSIONAL AND ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ANYONE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE, ATTEND, OR OTHERWISE ENGAGE WITH THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. WE KINDLY ASK THAT ALL ATTENDEES ADHERE TO THESE RULES. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS BACK OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BLANKENSHIP. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP PASTOR GLENN GIBSON FROM PALISADE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH FOR OUR INVOCATION. AND THEN I'D ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE LED BY SUPERVISOR LONG. SHALL WE PRAY? GOD OF WISDOM AND GUIDANCE, WE GATHER THIS DAY ENTRUSTED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. WE ASK YOUR BLESSING UPON THIS MEETING AND UPON EACH PERSON HERE? GRANT THESE SUPERVISORS CLARITY OF MIND, INTEGRITY OF HEART, AND COMPASSION IN SPIRIT. MAY THEIR DECISIONS BE GUIDED NOT BY PERSONAL INTEREST, BUT BY THE COMMON GOOD. WE OFFER THIS PRAYER AND GRATITUDE FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVICE AND THE GIFT OF COMMUNITY. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE INVOCATION. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, PASTOR GIBSON. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG. MOVING ON TO R ONE, ADOPT A RESOLUTION WHICH RECOGNIZES CARRIE TAYLOR, SENIOR STAFF SERVICES ANALYST, [R1 Adopt a resolution which recognizes Carrie Taylor, Senior Staff Services Analyst – Confidential with the Department of Support Services as Shasta County’s Employee of the Month for September 2025.] CONFIDENTIAL WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF SUPPORT SERVICES, AS SHASTA COUNTY'S EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH SEPTEMBER 2025. SUPERVISOR KIHLSTROM. ALL RIGHT. KERRY. AS SOON AS I SAW YOUR NAME, I REQUESTED THAT I GET TO DO THIS ONE. SO SORRY. SUPERVISOR LONG. I TOOK IT FROM YOU. ALL RIGHT. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH PRESENTATION. KERRY TAYLOR, SENIOR STAFF SERVICE ANALYST. CONFIDENTIAL OF THE SHASTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SUPPORT SERVICES. 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 THE COUNTY. 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 NOMINATIONS FOR THE SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, WHEREAS KERRY TAYLOR STARTED HER CAREER WITH SHASTA COUNTY AS AN OFFICE ASSISTANT 3 IN 2008. SINCE THEN, SHE HAS PROMOTED THROUGH THE VARIOUS ROLES TO HER CURRENT ASSIGNMENT AS A SENIOR STAFF. SERVICES ANALYSIS CONFIDENTIAL WITHIN THE SUPPORT SERVICE DEPARTMENT, KERRY HAS PROVEN HERSELF TO BE THE EPITOME OF PUBLIC SERVANT BASED ON HER PROVEN QUALITY, CUSTOMER SERVICE, ETHICAL STANDARDS, PROFESSIONALISM AND TEAMWORK. KERRY LEADS HER TEAM BY EXAMPLE, ALWAYS STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE WITH A SUPPORTIVE ATTITUDE. SHE IS AN INSPIRING SUPERVISOR, MANAGING AN EXTREMELY HIGH WORKLOAD WITH EXCELLENCE AND PATIENCE. SHE ANALYZES TASKS TO FIND THE MOST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION AND CHANGES COURSE WHEN RESPONSIBILITIES SHIFT WITH DETERMINATION AND POISE. EVEN ON THE TOUGHEST DAYS, SHE DISPLAYS HUMILITY, HUMOR AND DIGNITY, MODELING RESILIENCE AND DEDICATION TO THOSE SHE SUPERVISE AND SUPPORT SERVICE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE. KERRY IS NOT ONLY COMMITTED TO HER OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT ACTIVELY ENCOURAGES GROWTH WITHIN HER UNIT. SHE CREATES AND FOSTERS AN ENVIRONMENT OF RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING BY PRIORITIZING BI WEEKLY ONE ON ONES, MAKING THE TIME TO CHECK IN WITH HER STAFF AND ACTIVELY LISTEN SO SHE CAN PROVIDE THE NECESSARY TOOLS FOR HER TEAM TO ATTAIN THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. SHE ALSO ENSURES EVERY PERSON THAT INTERACTS WITH HER TEAM IS SERVED WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM THAT SHE HERSELF PROVIDES. WHETHER SHE IS GREETING OR SERVING CLIENTS AT THE FRONT COUNTER, STREAMLINING PROCESSES WITHIN THE UNIT, [00:05:01] OR INTERACTING WITH DEPARTMENT CONTACTS, KERRI HAS PROVEN HERSELF TO BE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY THAT CAN BE TRUSTED WITH ACCURATE, SENSITIVE, AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. FOR THE REASONS STATED ABOVE, THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS KERRI TAYLOR, SENIOR STAFF SERVICE ANALYST, CONFIDENTIAL IN THE SHASTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SUPPORT SERVICES. BE SELECTED AS THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER 2025. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT KERRI TAYLOR, SENIOR STAFF SERVICE ANALYSIS CONFIDENTIAL AND THE SHASTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SUPPORT SERVICES IS HEREBY NAMED SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER OF 2025. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION. WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR KALLSTROM, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. MISS FUGETT, COME ON UP. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MONICA PUGET, DIRECTOR OF SUPPORT SERVICES. IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO RECOGNIZE CARRIE TAYLOR, SENIOR STAFF SERVICES ANALYST, CONFIDENTIAL. AS THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, CARRIE IS WELL DESERVING OF THIS HONOR. AS A HARD WORKING COUNTY EMPLOYEE WITH MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE COUNTY. SHE BEGAN HER CAREER IN COUNTY SERVICE IN 2008 AS AN OFFICE ASSISTANT IN SOCIAL SERVICES, BECAME AN ELIGIBILITY WORKER IN 2009, AND ADVANCED THROUGH ELIGIBILITY, BECOMING A SUPERVISOR AROUND 2014. SHE SERVED AS AN ANALYST AND SENIOR ANALYST AND HHC. BUSINESS AND SUPPORT, BEFORE COMING TO SUPPORT SERVICES IN 2023, WHERE SHE HAS SINCE ADVANCED FROM AN AGENCY STAFF SERVICES ANALYST TO A SENIOR STAFF SERVICES ANALYST CONFIDENTIAL IN 2023. THE BRANCH, FORMERLY KNOWN AS BUSINESS AND SUPPORT, TRANSITIONED MULTIPLE POSITIONS TO SUPPORT SERVICES. ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS WAS THE POSITION THAT KERRY TRANSITIONED TO AS AN AGENCY STAFF SERVICES ANALYST IN THE TRANSITION. THERE WERE MANY BUMPS ALONG THE WAY AS WE NAVIGATED CHANGES NOT ONLY TO OUR OWN DEPARTMENTS PROCESSES, BUT ALSO IN HHS. KERRY WAS INSTRUMENTAL AND ASSISTING IN THIS TRANSITION. SHE WAS ADAPTABLE, FLEXIBLE, AND HELPED US TO SUPPORT NOT ONLY THE NEEDS WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO OVER IN HHS. AS HER POSITION AND SUPPORT SERVICES EVOLVED, SHE BECAME RESPONSIBLE TO LEARN NEW RECRUITMENT PROCESSES, RECRUITMENT SOFTWARE, SOFTWARE AND MORE. SHE DID SO QUICKLY AND WITH EASE IN HER POSITION AS SENIOR STAFF SERVICES ANALYST CONFIDENTIAL. SHE SUPERVISES A TEAM OF EIGHT PERSONNEL ASSISTANTS. TOGETHER, SHE AND HER TEAM MANAGE THE COUNTY'S RECRUITMENT PROCESSES, SUPPORTING OUR VARIOUS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS IN THEIR HIRING NEEDS AND ENSURING FAIR AND EQUITABLE HIRING PROCESSES IN SUPPORT SERVICES. WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH RECOGNITION AWARD THAT WE DO INTERNALLY. KERRY HAS BEEN NOMINATED NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT THREE TIMES IN HER TIME WITH SUPPORT SERVICES, WHICH RESULTED IN HER SELECTION AS EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH TWICE IN EARLY 2024 AND AGAIN IN JUNE 2025. THE REPEATED NOMINATIONS ARE TRULY A TESTAMENT TO HER EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT HER TIME WITH US, WITH STAFF COMMENDING HER POSITIVE ATTITUDE, HER ADAPTABILITY, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND COLLABORATION SKILLS. TWO OF THE NOMINATIONS WERE PROVIDED BY STAFF WHO SHE DIRECTLY SUPERVISES OR SUPPORTS, AND THAT'S RARE TO SEE, WITH THOSE NOMINATIONS REFERRING TO HER AS THE IDEAL, IDEAL SUPERVISOR AND ROLE MODEL, AND SOMEONE WHO PERFORMS HER DUTIES NOT ONLY WITH PROFESSIONALISM BUT WITH A DESIRE TO IMPROVE PROCESSES AND EFFICIENCY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. SIMILARLY, THE NOMINATION RESULTING IN HER SELECTION TODAY WAS MADE BY AN EMPLOYEE WHOM SHE WORKS WITH CLOSELY, WHO REFERRED TO HER AS ONE WHO IS SUPPORTIVE, MAKES EMPLOYEES FEEL SEEN AND HEARD, A LEADER WHO LEADS BY EXAMPLE AND FOSTERS A POSITIVE WORKPLACE. REPLACE. IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WORKING WITH HER, I'VE SIMILARLY FOUND HER TO BE A PROFESSIONAL, CLEAR, A CLEAR, KIND, AND DIRECT COMMUNICATOR. SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T JUST WANT TO GET THE WORK DONE, BUT ALSO WANTS TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS EFFICIENT AND SERVES THE COUNTY IN ITS BEST INTERESTS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. I'VE RECEIVED PRAISE FROM DEPARTMENTS WHOM SHE SERVED IN HER ROLE, SUCH AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE, FOR HER ATTENTIVENESS TO THEIR NEEDS AND HIGH LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD, I FEEL EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE GREAT LEADERS SUCH AS CARRIE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO STAFF TO SERVE AS A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL AND ENSURE OUR COUNTY DEPARTMENTS ARE SERVED WITH EXCELLENCE. IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING AS FURTHER TESTAMENT TO HER EXCELLENCE IN COUNTY EMPLOYMENT. SHE WAS NOMINATED PREVIOUSLY IN 2020, IN FEBRUARY AS THE COUNTY'S EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, BASED UPON HER EXCELLENCE AS ELIGIBILITY SUPERVISOR AND ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. OUTSIDE OF WORK, SHE ENJOYS THE OUTDOORS AS A PROUD PARENT, MILITARY MOM, AND GRANDMOTHER. SHE IS ALSO SERVED OUR COMMUNITY AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER FOR MANY YEARS. IN CLOSING, I JUST WANT TO READ A BRIEF EXCERPT FROM THE PERSONNEL RULES. OUR PUBLIC SERVICE ETHIC, WHICH STATES OUR CUSTOMERS ARE THE RESIDENTS, AGENCIES AND BUSINESSES OF SHASTA COUNTY. EACH OF THEM IS ENTITLED TO COURTEOUS, EFFICIENT AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE. WE DEMONSTRATE THIS SERVICE BY OUR GENUINE CONCERN FOR OUR CUSTOMERS WELL-BEING, THE RESOLUTION OF THEIR PROBLEMS, [00:10:03] AND BY HELPING THEM ACQUIRE THE SERVICES THEY NEED. AS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, WE TAKE PRIDE IN OUR WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR ACTION. WE RECOGNIZE THAT HOW WE TREAT OUR CUSTOMERS CONTRIBUTES TO THE FAITH, FAITH, AND TRUST THEY HAVE IN GOVERNMENT. SHE TRULY EMBODIES THIS STATEMENT AND IT'S WITH PRIDE. I RECOMMEND YOU SELECT HER AS SEPTEMBER 2025 EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. SO WE HAVE A WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? STEPHANIE. NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. YEP. THANK YOU. KERRY, YOU WANT TO COME ON UP? MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU COULD TAKE YOUR VOTE. OH, CHRIS, WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM HERE. YOU CAN VOTE FROM THERE. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? HI. FOUR. OH, IS THIS ON? OKAY. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS, KERRY. VERY DESERVED. YOU'RE AWESOME. SO HERE'S YOUR CERTIFICATE HERE. AND THEN HERE'S THE GOOD STUFF. AND IN THAT WE HAVE THE SHASTA COUNTY ROSEWOOD PIN, A $30 AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE DEPARTMENT HEAD FORUM, A $20 GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE SHERIFF'S ADMINISTRATION ASSOCIATION, $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY TEAMSTERS LOCAL 137 A $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY TEAMSTERS. 137 A $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY TEAMSTERS LOCAL ONE. 3725 AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE DONATED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. ANY 25 ONE. FOR ALL GIFT CERTIFICATES DONATED BY THE UNITED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES OF CALIFORNIA. GENERAL BARGAINING UNIT. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR DONORS. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS, KERRY? AWESOME. YOU WANT TO DO THE LECTERN OR YOU WANT THE MICROPHONE? PERFECT. THIS IS VERY HUMBLING. IN MY 17 YEARS AND CORNUCOPIA OF ROLES WITH THE COUNTY, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING LITERALLY WITH HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE JUST WORKED DILIGENTLY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, THE WELL-BEING AND THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND CURRENTLY, I GET TO WORK WITH THE TALENT ACQUISITION TEAM THAT WORKS TIRELESSLY TO RECRUIT AND ONBOARD AND CARE ABOUT WHAT WE DO AS MUCH AS I DO, AND WORKING FOR A MANAGER THAT'S JUST AS PASSIONATE. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MONICA. LET'S GRAB A PICTURE. DO YOU WANT JOHN OR YOUR MOM? GARY? NO. COME ON. MARY. STAND RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR KALLSTROM. THANK YOU. SUPPORT SERVICES. JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THIS THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED. IT WILL BE POSTED BASED ON OUR COUNTY POLICY. AND AS IT STATES IN OUR AGENDA IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIVE STREAMED. SO THE STREAM IS DOWN. SO IF YOU'RE TEXTING PEOPLE OR PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT IT'S DOWN, IT IS DOWN. BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. BUT AGAIN, THIS WILL STILL BE POSTED IN ITS ENTIRETY ON THE WEBSITE. SO TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER ON COUNTY ISSUES AND CONSIDER ACTION ON SPECIFIC LEGISLATION RELATED TO SHASTA COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM, [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.] AND RECEIVE SUPERVISORS REPORTS ON COUNTYWIDE ISSUES. WE'LL START WITH CEO RICHERT. GOOD MORNING. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DAVE RICHERT, COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER, REPORTING ON MARCH 5TH, 2020 FOR 2024, SHASTA COUNTY VOTERS PASSED AN INITIATIVE TO MAKE SHASTA COUNTY A CHARTER COUNTY. WHILE IN A NORMAL COURSE OF OPERATION, CERTIFIED COPIES OF THE FINAL CHARTER DOCUMENTS RATIFIED BY VOTERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE FOLLOWING THE ELECTION. THEY WERE NOT. WHILE CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON FUTURE CHARTER AMENDMENTS, COUNTY COUNSEL JOE LAMAR NOTICED THIS ERROR AND ACTION WAS TAKEN TO CORRECT THIS OMISSION. SAID DOCUMENTS WERE DELIVERED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE ON AUGUST 29TH, 2025. [00:15:02] THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, CEO RICHERT. WE'LL START TO MY RIGHT WITH SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. A FEW UPDATES. SO I AM ON KIND OF I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT LIKE THE PRE BOARD FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY. IT FEELS A LITTLE LOUD. AND WHICH MEANS WE HAVE AN ADVISORY GROUP BEFORE THAT BOARD MEETS. AND THEN SHASTA COUNTY'S REPRESENTATIVE ROTATES THROUGH EVERY 3 OR 4 YEARS. BUT THE ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO CALL OUT ABOUT THAT MEETING IS THAT THEY ARE DISTRIBUTING FUNDS FOR WILDFIRE MITIGATION, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT PROTECT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FOCUSED AROUND WHERE RESIDENTS ARE. AND ACTUALLY AND SO IS TRINITY COUNTY. AND I BELIEVE SISKIYOU COUNTY WAS THE OTHER ONE THERE. AND NO ONE FROM EITHER OF THOSE THREE COUNTIES HAD APPLIED AT THE TIME. SO I REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS TO SEE IF WE COULD PUT TOGETHER AN APPLICATION FOR THOSE FUNDS TO JUST CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE THINNING OUT FUEL, CREATING FUEL BREAKS, THAT TYPE OF THING. AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE WESTERN SHASTA RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT WILL PUT IN AN APPLICATION FOR THAT. AND THERE THE THERE MAY BE OTHERS THAT DO. SO GLAD THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. ANOTHER UPDATE AND MET WITH A PHYSICIAN WHO IS ALSO CONNECTED WITH SOME OF THE HEALTH PLANS REGIONALLY. AND HE HAD SOME THOUGHTS ON THE MEDICAL SCHOOL THAT I THOUGHT WERE INTERESTING, AND THAT HE'S BEEN CONNECTED TO BOTH THE EFFORT IN READING AND IN CHICO, AND SEES AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN THAT EFFORT BY COLLABORATING MORE CLOSELY. AND SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING KIND OF PROPOSAL THAT HE BROUGHT FORTH OF HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER TO BENEFIT FROM THE STRENGTHS THAT ARE IN BOTH OF THOSE? AND I THINK ONE OF THE KEY LIMITATIONS OR CHALLENGES AS IT RELATES TO STARTING A MEDICAL SCHOOL, WHICH I'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, IS THAT YOU NEED A LARGE NUMBER OF CLINICAL ROTATIONS, WHICH MEANS THIRD AND FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS GO AND WORK UNDER PRACTICING PHYSICIANS. AND IT'S HARD FOR ANY SMALL COMMUNITY TO SATISFY THAT NUMBER, WHICH COULD BE UP TO 500 PER YEAR. AND SO THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET TO THAT NUMBER, TO GET TO THE DIVERSITY OF DIFFERENT ROTATIONS THAT'S NECESSARY. SO THAT WAS A HELPFUL CONVERSATION LAST THURSDAY. THE FIRST FIVE COMMISSION, WHICH FOCUSED ON CHILDREN 0 TO 5, DID A FILMING AT THE CASCADE OF THE MOVIE CALLED SENTENCE. AND THIS WAS ABOUT LITERACY. AND IT WAS IT WAS REALLY FASCINATING AND IN MANY WAYS HEARTBREAKING TO WATCH THESE STORIES OF ADULTS AND KIDS WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ AND THE IMPACT OF THAT. ONE EXAMPLE THAT REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WAS A WOMAN RECEIVED, I THINK IT WAS FROM THE IRS OR SOME GOVERNMENT AGENCY, ESSENTIALLY A BILL, AND SHE COULDN'T READ ANY OF THE WORDS ON IT. YOU KNOW, SHE WAS TRYING TO SOUND OUT LIKE ONE SYLLABLE WORDS AND SO DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO REACT TO THAT, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND SO I SEE LITERACY AS KIND OF A KEY LEVERAGE POINT FOR US IN PREVENTING FUTURE BEHAVIOR. THAT OR INCIDENTS THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, COST US MONEY DOWN THE ROAD AND CAUSE GREATER PROBLEMS. AND SO I THINK ANY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO INVEST IN LITERACY AS A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE WILL REALLY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND THEN TWO, TWO LAST THINGS. ONE, WE HAD OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING KICKOFF WITH OUR CONSULTANT, HOPE SETH, WHO'S GOING TO BE DOING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS SO YOU CAN LOOK OUT FOR THAT. OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, SHE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO BOTH INDIVIDUALS SENDING OUT A SURVEY AND HAVING COMMUNITY VISIONING WORKSHOPS IN A VARIETY OF PLACES AROUND THE COUNTY. SO IF YOU CAN ATTEND THOSE AND PARTICIPATE IN THOSE, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT. AND THEN THE LAST THING I'M ON THE AND I'LL PROBABLY GET THE ACTUAL NAME WRONG, BUT IT'S THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AGENCY, WHICH IS A REGIONAL BASICALLY BOARD THAT OVERSEES EMS SERVICES. AND WE WERE TALKING WITH THE DIRECTOR THERE ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH URGENT CARE OR A CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT AND HOW THAT COULD PLAY INTO AND WORK IN HAND IN HAND WITH EMS AND AMBULANCE SERVICES. AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WITH THE PROP ONE APPLICATIONS FOR THE SECOND ROUND BEING DUE AT THE END OF OCTOBER, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT IN A STRONG APPLICATION THAT WILL MEET SOME OF THE NEEDS AND WORK REALLY COLLABORATIVELY WITH A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND THE REGION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. AND ALSO I WANT TO MENTION, IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, THE FEED IS BACK UP, BUT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT YOU MISSED IF YOU WATCH WHEN IT'S POSTED. IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO. SUPERVISOR. COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. ON THE 27TH, I WENT UP TO SHINGLETOWN AND CALLED OUT BINGO NUMBERS AGAIN. [00:20:03] SO SHOUT OUT TO RICHARD AND RUBY AND MARY AND ALL THE GREAT VOLUNTEERS UP THERE. THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AND IT'S A FUN TIME, AND I'M HAPPY TO HELP IN ANY LITTLE WAY THAT I CAN. ON THE 28TH, I WENT TO THE HAPPY VALLEY FIREWISE COUNCIL MEETING AND I TALKED WITH SANDY, AND I FELT REALLY BAD BECAUSE SANDY ORIGINALLY THE FIRE ORDINANCE, WHO SHE'S BEEN REQUESTING FOR A FULL THREE YEARS NOW FROM ME. SHE REALLY WANTED TO SPEAK ON THAT AND DROVE ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE ON AN ORIGINAL ON THE ORIGINAL AGENDA IT WAS R THREE, SO SHE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON R THREE, BUT IT GOT CHANGED SO SHE DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK, WHICH WAS UNFORTUNATE, BUT WE TALKED IT OVER AT THE MEETING. AND THEN THE FIFTH, WE HAD THE COTTONWOOD CRUISE DOWN IN COTTONWOOD KIND OF AN ORGANIC EVENT THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR BEFORE THE CAR SHOW. THERE'S THIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. IT'S JUST KIND OF AN ORGANIC THING. THERE'S NO REAL PERSON THAT PUTS IT ON. SO I WATCHED THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT, MOSTLY TO INTERACT WITH THE CROWD AND TALK TO PEOPLE DOWN THERE. AND THEN THE NEXT DAY WAS THE COTTONWOOD CAR SHOW THAT IS PUT ON BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. THAT SAME DAY I WENT TO THE CATTLEMEN'S PICNIC WITH CHAIR. CRY WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE THERE. AND THEN ON THE SEVENTH I WENT TO THE ANDERSON SENIOR CENTER FOR THE BREAKFAST AND A SHOUT OUT TO TRICIA CLARK. SHE'S SHE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THAT PLACE. AND THEN I STOPPED BY THE ASPHALT COWBOYS BARBECUE IN CALDWELL PARK LATER THAT AFTERNOON, AND THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB TOO. THERE WAS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BEING SERVED THERE, SO BIG SHOUT OUT TO THEM. I HOPE THEY MADE A GOOD, GOOD PROFIT. AND THEN YESTERDAY I TALKED TO QUITE A FEW CONSTITUENTS WITH DIFFERENT ISSUES. SO YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO THANK SEAN EWING AND JOSH FUGETT, BOTH FOR HELPING ME WITH SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY WERE HAVING AND GIVING ME SOME GUIDANCE THERE. SO BIG SHOUT OUT TO BOTH THOSE GUYS. AND THEN TONIGHT AT IN MANTON, THERE'S GOING TO BE A MEETING AT SWEET SHOOTS CAFE. THERE'S A PROJECT GOING ON IN THE BATTLE CREEK CANYON. THEY'VE TORN OUT ALL THOSE POWERHOUSES BECAUSE OF THE PGE NOT RENEWING THEIR FERC LICENSE. SO NOW THERE'S SOME SOLAR COMPANIES THAT WANT TO PUT SOLAR FARMS UNDERNEATH THE TRANSMISSION LINES, AND IT'S A LITTLE CONTROVERSIAL. THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO ME FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW, ABOUT A YEAR. AND I KIND OF TOLD THEM, I SAID, WELL, I'LL TALK TO THE PEOPLE IN, IN SHINGLETOWN. BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE TOO POPULAR, BUT WE WILL LET YOU KNOW. SO, SO FAR, I HAVEN'T MET ANYBODY THAT THINKS IT'S A GOOD IDEA YET, BUT THEY WILL BE DOWN THERE TO DISCUSS THAT. AND YOU KNOW, I'LL HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THE CROWD THAT BECAUSE OF AB 205, IT MAY NOT MATTER WHETHER THEY HAVE INPUT OR NOT. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR KALLSTROM. SUPERVISOR LONG. THANK YOU. CHAIR. SO SUPERVISOR PLUMMER ALREADY SPOKE. FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME, EVERYONE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC VISION PLANNING. THAT WAS A WONDERFUL MEETING. WE MADE A GOOD SELECTION IN HOPE, SETH. AND WE KIND OF GOT A TIMELINE FOR ALL THE COMING FALL MONTHS ON DEVELOPING THIS STRATEGIC PLAN. AND SO THAT WAS IT WAS SHE HAD SOME GOOD IDEAS, THOUGHTS, WAS VERY RECEPTIVE TO OUR INPUT AS TO HOW TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY GROUPS AND COME UP WITH THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AND HOW TO NARROW DOWN THE SCOPE OF THIS SO THAT IT'S A USABLE DOCUMENT THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US SO THAT WE DON'T JUST GET A 200 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT SITS UP ON A SHELF AND NOBODY USES IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. SO WE WE KEPT IT OR WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP IT FAIRLY SIMPLE WITH IDENTIFIED GOALS. AND IT'S GOING TO GIVE US A KIND OF A BLUEPRINT FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS. SO THAT WAS GREAT. TOMORROW I WILL BE ATTENDING A FIRE SAFE COUNCIL MEETING, GRANTS AND PROJECTS SUBCOMMITTEE. AND SO I'M GOING TO BRING UP THE SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY GRANT THAT SUPERVISOR PLUMMER JUST REFERENCED, AND SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THIS. BECAUSE WE WERE LACKING FOR APPLICANTS FROM SHASTA COUNTY. SO I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TRY TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH OF THIS GRANT MONEY AS WE CAN FOR FUELS REDUCTION. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR LONG. SO I'LL GET THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICK. AS SOME OF YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED, SOME OF THEM I HAD THE SHASTA YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION COUNCIL MEETING THERE IN THE. AND IF YOU REMEMBER THERE ALSO YOUTH OPTIONS THERE. PART OF THAT GROUP ALONG WITH RAISING SHASTA THAT'S GETTING SOME OF THAT HAS RECEIVED SOME OF THAT OPIOID FUNDING. SO THEY WE HAD OUR FIRST BOARD MEETING SINCE THEY PRESENTED HERE. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SAY I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF METRICS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT I THINK THIS BOARD IS GOING TO BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THOSE OUTCOMES ARE TRACKED AND CHARTED, AND THEN WE CAN DUPLICATE THAT. BUT ONE THING I BROUGHT UP THE NECESSARY ITEM IS THIS IS NOT ONGOING FUNDING. SO AS A BOARD, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE FIGURE OUT WAYS TO BACKFILL THAT WHEN THAT GOES AWAY. HAD A GREAT CALL WITH TEEN PACT. TEEN PACT IS A GROUP TRYING TO GET YOUNGER PEOPLE INVOLVED IN JUST GOVERNMENT. [00:25:03] NOT NECESSARILY POLITICS, BUT GOVERNMENT AND THE WORKINGS THEREOF. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS GREAT. HAD A I ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING OUT AT SHASTA COLLEGE FOR THEIR LIBRARY AND TUTORING CENTER. THAT WAS A BOND MEASURE THAT WAS PASSED, I BELIEVE, IN 2016. SO BECAUSE OF COVID AND DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, THE THAT WAS DELAYED. BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO OUT THERE, TAKE A LOOK AT IT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ATTENDED SHASTA COLLEGE IN THE PAST, WHICH I DID, AND I THINK IT WAS 95 OR 96, BUT IT IS GREAT. A LOT OF STUDENTS AREN'T RETURNING TO CAMPUSES BECAUSE SINCE COVID, PEOPLE CHOOSE TO DO A LOT OF ONLINE LEARNING. SO SHASTA COLLEGE IS REALLY, REALLY BUILT A GREAT FACILITY. IT'S GOT A FULL BLOWN STARBUCKS INSIDE. AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING NOT JUST FOR OUR YOUTH, BUT ANYTHING, ANYBODY EVEN GOING BACK TO COLLEGE. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO CHECK THAT OUT. HAD A MEETING WITH DOCTOR DHANUKA SINCE THEY HAD THEIR FIRST I GUESS YOU'D CALL IT UNOFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF VARIOUS PEOPLE WORKING IN THAT GROUP. I'LL LET DOCTOR DHANUKA PUBLICLY TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S GOING TO BE IF HE MAYBE HE DIDN'T ALREADY, POSSIBLY LAST WEEK. BUT THERE IS A GENTLEMAN OUT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT IS NOW GETTING INVOLVED. HE IS RESPONSIBLE OR PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LAST MEDICAL SCHOOL BUILT IN CALIFORNIA. SO HE'S JUMPING ON THE TEAM OR HE HAS JUMPED ON THE TEAM. SO IT'S IT'S MOVING FORWARD. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR PLUMMER'S WORK AS WELL IN THAT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. I ATTENDED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE PROMOTIONS YESTERDAY, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE PROMOTED INTO THEIR NEW RANKS. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY WELL DONE. I'VE HAD SOME MEETINGS WITH HHS, HHS STAFF, AS WELL AS AUDITOR CONTROL AND ALL TOO SHORT ABOUT CONTRACTS AND SAFEGUARDS, MAKING SURE THAT THERE AREN'T THAT ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE WE'VE FOUND THIS, SOME ORGANIZATIONS WILL DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DIP IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE TYING TO A CONTRACT. SO I HAD SOME QUESTIONS JUST ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE IAC I'VE PROGRAM AND MAKING SURE WE'RE CONTINUING TO AUDIT AND MAKING SURE THE MONEY THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING, BUT INVESTING IN VARIOUS WAYS, HAVE SAFEGUARDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING WHAT WE ARE BEING TOLD WE'RE PAYING FOR. I DID, LIKE SUPERVISOR KALLSTROM ATTEND THE CATTLEMEN AND WOMEN'S EVENT ON SATURDAY. THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE TO SUPERVISOR CORKY HARMON AND THE VOICE THAT HE'S BEEN FOR THEM. SO THAT WAS ENCOURAGING TO HEAR. SO I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I EXPRESSED THAT. AND THEN HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GENTLEMAN NAMED DOUG BOND, WHO'S IN THE BACK, WHO'S GOING TO BE SPEAKING TODAY ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM. AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE THIS IS THE THE, THE, THE, THE BEST CHANCE OUR COUNTY'S HAD OR WILL HAVE IN ANY TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND IN A VERY SUSTAINABLE WAY. SO I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING HIM HERE WITH US. THE LAST THING IS, I'VE PREPARED A BRIEF STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO MATTERS CONCERNING THE COUNTY CHARTER, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHEN THE BOARD VOTES TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE, THE ROLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS IS FINISHED ONCE THAT LEGISLATIVE ACTION IS TAKEN, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT CARRY OUT ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO IMPLEMENTING OR PROCESSING ORDINANCES AFTER THEIR ADOPTION. INSTEAD, THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES REST WITH THE COUNTY STAFF AND DESIGNATED DEPARTMENTS, ELECTEDS, ETC., WHO ENSURE THAT ORDINANCES ARE PROPERLY FILED, CODIFIED AND CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW. THIS PROCESS HELPS MAINTAIN THE CLEAR SEPARATION BETWEEN THE BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE ROLE AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES OF COUNTY STAFF. WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR THREE ADOPT A PROCLAMATION. [R3 Adopt a proclamation which designates September 17-23, 2025, as “Constitution Week” in Shasta County (Sponsored by Supervisor Kelstrom).] OH, THAT WAS LIKE I HAD 30S TO GO. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, DO YOU WANT MY 30S? I'LL TAKE IT FOR NEXT TIME. TAKE IT FOR NEXT TIME. DULY NOTED. ADOPT A PROCLAMATION WHICH DESIGNATED DESIGNATES SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD, 2025 AS CONSTITUTION WEEK IN SHASTA COUNTY. THIS IS SPONSORED BY SUPERVISOR KALLSTROM. SUPERVISOR KALLSTROM, YOU'RE JUST HOGGING ALL THIS STUFF. I KNOW WELL, YEAH, I'M HOPING THIS MICROPHONE IS WORKING. I GUESS IT IS OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION BY THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. WHEREAS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE GUARDIAN OF OUR LIBERTIES, EMBODIES THE PRINCIPLES OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT AND A REPUBLIC DEDICATED TO RULE BY LAW. AND WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2020, MARKS THE 238TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, PROVIDING A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AMERICANS TO REMEMBER THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS AND TO REFLECT ON THE ACTIONS OF AMERICANS WHO, FOR THE PAST 238 YEARS, HAVE DEFINED THE WORDS OF THE CONSTITUTION BY EXERCISING THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS THE CONSTITUTION IS FUNDAMENTALLY PREDICATED ON GOVERNANCE BY WE THE PEOPLE, MAKING CITIZENS UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONSTITUTION AND ITS FRAMEWORK AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTY, OF OUR COUNTRY, AND THE CIVIC HEALTH OF ITS POPULACE. AND WHEREAS IT IS FITTING AND PROPER TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE THIS REMARKABLE DOCUMENT, THE ANNIVERSARY OF ITS CREATION AND THE ADDITIONS TO IT IN THE FORM OF 27 AMENDMENTS AS [00:30:04] WELL AS THE PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS WHICH WILL COMMEMORATE IT. AND WHEREAS, IN RECOGNITION OF THE SIGNING OF THE CONSTITUTION AND OF AMERICANS WHO STRIVE TO FULFILL THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENSHIP, PUBLIC LAW 91 FIVE GUARANTEES THE ISSUING OF PROCLAMATION EACH YEAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD OF 2025 AS CONSTITUTION WEEK IN SHASTA COUNTY AND ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ENDURING DOCUMENT AND TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENSHIP IN THIS GREAT NATION. AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE PROCLAMATION. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MISS BLANKENSHIP, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO. CHAIR. WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS. FIRST UP, KEVIN KNAPP, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO. WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR MR. KNAPP TO COME UP, CHRISTIAN, I JUST DO WANT TO WARN YOU THAT WE HAD TWO SPEAKER REQUEST CARDS FOR YOU FOR THIS ITEM. SO IF YOU MEANT TO SUBMIT A SPEAKER REQUEST FOR ANOTHER ITEM, PLEASE SEE THE CLERK IN THE FOYER. GO AHEAD. KEVIN. SPEAKER CRY. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS KEVIN KNAPP. I'M THE DETACHMENT COMMANDER OF THE SACRAMENTO CHAPTER OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. WORKING AS HARD AS I CAN TO REESTABLISH THE SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION CHAPTER HERE IN THE REDDING AREA, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE FOR MANY YEARS IN THE PAST. WE CELEBRATE CONSTITUTION DAY TO REMIND US ALL OF THE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMED CITIZENSHIP AND THE ENDURING IMPACT OF OUR NATION'S FOUNDING PRINCIPLES ON OUR LIVES AND OUR COMMUNITIES. ON BEHALF OF THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE REMINDER THAT THIS PROCLAMATION BRINGS. CHRISTIAN GARNIER, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO. THANK YOU, MR. KALLSTROM. THIS IS TIMELY, AS I HAVE WITNESSED THE DAILY EROSION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION BY BASICALLY A CRIMINAL, MR. TRUMP, WHOSE AVATAR IS MR. PUTIN, WHO HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED AS A RAPIST, WHO AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK IT'S FUNNY, BUT I DON'T THINK RAPE IS FUNNY. WHO IS A CONVICTED 34 COUNT FELON HAS DEVELOPED A DAILY CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS. TRUMP UNCONSTITUTIONALLY CLAIMS HE'S ABOVE THE LAW WITH ABSOLUTE IMPUNITY. AND THIS IS IN THE SUPREME COURT TODAY. TRUMP UNCONSTITUTIONALLY TRIES TO REWRITE THE ELECTION LAWS WITH EXECUTIVE ORDERS BLOCKED IN THE COURTS. TODAY, TRUMP UNCONSTITUTIONALLY TRIES TO END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP WITH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ONCE AGAIN BLOCKED IN THE COURTS. ALSO BEFORE THE COURTS, AS TRUMP'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL TARGET OF CITIZENS DISSENT AND THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS ONCE AGAIN IN THE COURT, TRUMP UNCONSTITUTIONALLY ISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDERS TARGETING LAW FIRMS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT HE CALLS HIS ENEMIES. ONCE AGAIN, IN THE COURTS, THE FEDERAL COURTS, TRUMP REPEATEDLY ATTACKS THE JUDICIARY, CALLING FOR JUDGES PROSECUTORS TO BE ARRESTED, JAILED AND, YES, EXECUTED. TRUMP UNCONSTITUTIONALLY IGNORES THE CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING POWER GIVEN TO IT BY THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ALSO BLOCKED IN THE FEDERAL COURTS. TRUMP UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VIOLATES THE RIGHT OF WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, A RIGHT NUMEROUS COURTS, INCLUDING THE SUPREME COURT, TWICE HAVE RATIFIED, AS CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS RULED TRUMP'S WILLFUL VIOLATION OF THE POSSE COMITATUS ACT, WHICH SHOULD BE OF INTEREST TO OUR LOCAL MILITIA, IS USING TRUMP TROOPS AGAINST AMERICAN CITIZENS FOR ACTIVITIES LIKE ARREST, APPREHENSION, SEARCH, SEIZURE, SECURITY PATROLS AND CROWD CONTROL. ACCORDING TO THE INSTITUTE OF POLICY, TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION HAS FAILED CURRENTLY 93% OF THE TIMES IN THE COURTS. ALSO, HE CURRENTLY HAS 342 COURT CASES CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. WE MUST DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. THANK YOU. DOLORES LUCERO AND THAT'S OUR LAST SPEAKER. [00:35:02] OH, GO AHEAD AND TAKE A SEAT. WHAT'S THE USE OF PASSING THIS CONSTITUTION WEEK? WHAT'S THE USE OF IT? IT'S WORTHLESS. YOU KNOW WHY IT'S WORTHLESS? BECAUSE ALL YOU DO IS THROW IT AROUND LIKE IT'S SOME KIND OF WEAPON. BUT YET WHEN PEOPLE GET UP HERE ON THE PODIUM TO SPEAK AND THEY WANT TO EXPRESS WHAT THEY FEEL OR WHAT THEY THINK, YOU VIOLATE THEIR RIGHTS. SO WHAT'S THE USE? ALL OF YOU. IT APPLIES TO ALL OF YOU. YOU ALL HAVE TO HAVE TO APPLY IT TO EVERYBODY EQUAL. YOU'VE GOT TO TREAT PEOPLE EQUAL IN THE CONSTITUTION MEANS THAT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT APPLIES TO. IT APPLIES TO EVERYBODY EQUALLY. THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. A FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. ALL THAT. BUT YET MR. KEVIN CRAIG IS ALWAYS TRYING TO MANIPULATE IT AND DICTATE EVERYBODY'S FREEDOM OF SPEECH. WHAT'S THE USE OF HAVING THE CONSTITUTION IF THE CHAIR DOESN'T EVEN FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION? SO HE ACTUALLY VIOLATES HIS OATH OF OFFICE? WHAT THE HELL? WHAT IS THERE TO CELEBRATE? YOU'RE A DICTATOR. YOU MANIPULATE EVERYBODY, AND YET EVERYBODY STANDS HERE AND WATCHES EVERYTHING, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE A CERTIFICATE TO SAY, OH, I'M A LAWYER. WHAT GOOD DOES THAT DO WHEN YOU. THEY ALL TALK ABOUT YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. WELL, I'M SAYING SOMETHING. THIS IS BULLSHIT. YOU KEEP ON DESTROYING OUR OUR COUNTY. YOU KEEP ON DOING THINGS THAT AFFECT US. OUR FREEDOM. WHERE WE LIVE. WE CAN'T LIVE FOR FREE. WE'RE NOT FREE BECAUSE YOU ARE RUNNING OUR COUNTY. YOU'RE. YOU'RE RUNNING IT DOWN TO THE GROUND. AND YET YOU THINK YOU KNOW BETTER. LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID WITH THE DAM. WHAT THE. WHAT IS IT? YOU SCREWED UP REGARDING MEASURE D. AND YOU BLAME EVERYBODY REGARDING THAT INSTEAD OF YOU TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY. FOR ONCE, HAVE A BACKBONE. IT IS A CONSTITUTION. SEE? THERE YOU GO. LET ME SPEAK. TRYING TO HELP YOU. YOU KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP ME WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT. I AM SICK OF THIS. WE HAVE TAKEN OVER AND OVER THE THE CRAP FROM YOU. YOU MINIMIZE EVERYBODY FROM SPEAKING. TWO MINUTES. NO MORE. THREE MORE MINUTES. KEVIN CRAIG WANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU SILENCE, SILENCE. OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH. OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS PART OF THE CONSTITUTION. YOU BETTER GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND LEARN THE CONSTITUTION. AND MR. LONG AND MR. PLUMMER, YOU NEED TO REMOVE THREE FROM THE CONSENT ITEM. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I KNOW THAT, BUT I NEED TO SAY THAT AS MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH. YOU SUCK. THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, LET'S GET A PICTURE. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE KATHERINE DEYOUNG HERE THAT WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. SHE'S GOING TO BE ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION, SO I JUST ASK THAT SHE COME ON UP. WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. KATHERINE DEYOUNG WITH THE MAJOR PIERSON BE READING CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. EACH YEAR WE'VE COME TO YOU WITH THE PROCLAMATION. IT IS A SYMBOLIC ACT, BUT IT CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT. ALTHOUGH IT DID COST A LOT IN THE PAST WITH A BLOODY REVOLUTIONARY WAR THAT GOT US TO WHERE WE CAN CELEBRATE THIS TODAY. THE PROCLAMATION ITSELF THAT YOU VOTE ON COST NOTHING TODAY, BUT IT CARRIES A VERY POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT THIS COUNTY VALUES THE PRINCIPLES AND THE FREEDOM THAT OUR NATION WAS BUILT ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR KALLSTROM, SECONDED BY MYSELF. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PASSES FOUR ZERO. [00:40:16] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN, CATHERINE AND KEVIN. MOVING ON TO R4, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM DOUG BOND, AMITY FOUNDATION PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, [R4 Receive a presentation from Doug Bond, Amity Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer regarding Amity's Male Community Reentry Program and consider providing direction to staff (Sponsored by Supervisor Crye).] REGARDING AMITY'S MALE COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAM AND CONSIDER PROVIDING DIRECTION TO STAFF. THIS IS SPONSORED BY MYSELF, ALTHOUGH I WANT TO AGAIN GIVE CREDIT TO SUPERVISOR PLUMMER FOR ORIGINALLY MAKING THIS CONNECTION AND GETTING THIS BALL ROLLING ALONG WITH THE SHERIFF. MR. BOND. WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, SUPERVISORS, FOR INVITING ME HERE TODAY. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS DOUG BOND. I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF AMITY FOUNDATION. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAM. I WANT TO FIRST START OFF BY THANKING THE COUNTY'S LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR EXPLORATION INTO MODELS THAT WORK. I'VE NOT SEEN A LOT OF COUNTIES BE SO ENGAGED IN LOOKING AT OTHER PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND REALLY SOLUTIONS TO MAKING SURE THAT COMMUNITIES ARE SAFE AND HEALTHY. THE MALE COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAM PROVIDES PARTICIPANTS WITH 32 MONTHS OF SERVICES THAT THEY LEAD UP TO THE RELEASE FROM INCARCERATION. IT'S A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM THAT WAS CREATED IN 2015. THERE ARE CURRENTLY SIX LOCATIONS IN CALIFORNIA, TOTALING A LITTLE OVER 600 BEDS. WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING. THE STATE IS ACTIVELY WORKING ON FIVE NEW LOCATIONS RIGHT NOW ABOUT 500 BEDS. THESE ARE SEMI SECURE FACILITIES. FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH. THESE ARE LICENSED RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES THAT ALLOW PEOPLE UP TO TWO YEARS, THE TIME IN THE COMMUNITY, SO THEY CAN GET SERVICES THAT THEY NEED IN A VERY SAFE ENVIRONMENT. THERE'S 24 HOUR COMMUNITY BASED CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, CORRECTIONAL COUNSELORS, PAROLE AGENTS. AND THEN THE PRIMARY STAFFING IS DRIVEN BY COMMUNITY BASED ORGS LIKE AMITY FOUNDATION. MUCH OF THE BALANCE AND POLICY IS CREATING COMMUNITY BASED ENVIRONMENTS STILL FOCUSED ON PUBLIC SAFETY. AND SO WE REALLY WANT THESE TO BE PLACES WHERE FOLKS CAN GET THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE. AND WE LOOK AT PUBLIC SAFETY BY PROVIDING TREATMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND THEN ACCESS TO SAFE HOUSING. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT. ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM ARE ON AN ANKLE MONITOR AND ARE GPS TRACKED. THAT'S DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CUSTODY. AND WORKS IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND MAKING SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TO, TO THEIR APPOINTMENTS PROGRAM PLACEMENT. THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT GOES INTO SITING FOR THESE PROGRAMS, AND IT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. WHEN IT'S DONE WELL AND YOU CREATE THESE REALLY HEALING ENVIRONMENTS, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY ARE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAMS THEN GO ON AND WORK IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SETTINGS OR MANY OTHER GROSS SECTOR INDUSTRY SETTINGS. I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE SEMI SECURE FACILITY. AGAIN, WE DO PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON MAKING SURE THERE'S BOTH PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECTS TO IT AND PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECTS TO IT AS WELL. AND WHEN SOMEBODY LEAVES, THERE'S A 99% CATCH RATE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, MEANING THAT THAT PERSON'S APPREHENDED VERY QUICKLY. SO THAT'S WHEN PAROLE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD GO INTO EFFECT. THESE ARE VERY RARE OCCASIONS. THERE'S NOT A PERSON THAT WOULD RATHER BE IN PRISON OR IN JAIL THAN IN ONE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAMS. GETTING THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED. I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME PICTURES OF, YOU KNOW, HOW WE LOOK AT OUR ENVIRONMENT. WE DON'T WE DO NOT CREATE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE IN A IN A REHABILITATIVE ENVIRONMENT, REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS PART OF THE THERAPEUTIC PROCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS. SO YOU'LL SEE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE CONVERTED. THESE ARE WAREHOUSES AND OTHER SPACES THAT WERE REALLY CREATED TO TO BE SAFE. THE PARTNERSHIP POTENTIAL ON THIS IS THERE'S REALLY QUITE A BIT OF PARTNERSHIP. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, FRANKLY, HAVING YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO THE SHERIFF AND TO THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS FOR LOOKING AT THESE MODELS HAVING A COUNTY JAIL SYSTEM THAT HAS SIMILAR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SENTENCED SERVING THEIR TIME INSIDE OF A COUNTY JAIL, [00:45:07] PLACED INTO A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT SETTING. THERE'S A TON OF POTENTIAL FOR THIS. THIS WOULD, FRANKLY, BE AN INNOVATIVE PROJECT. CDCR HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS FOR FOLKS, AND IT HAS SUCH A SUCCESS RATE. SO THIS WOULD BE INCORPORATING PLACEMENTS FROM THE COUNTY JAIL AND THEN PEOPLE THAT ARE RETURNING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE PROGRAMS ARE FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING TO RETURN HOME. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THESE ARE NOT FOLKS THAT WERE SHIPPING FROM ANOTHER COUNTY OR ANOTHER COMMUNITY BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY HERE. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO COME HOME AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GIVEN THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED IN THAT COMMUNITY. AND RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF THE WAYS THAT FOLKS COME HOME FROM EITHER JAIL OR PRISON IS, YOU KNOW, A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS GATE MONEY, A BUS TICKET, AND THEN THEY OFTEN CYCLE BACK THROUGH. SO THIS IS THE ALTERNATIVE TO THAT, TO MAKING SURE THAT THAT THE COMMUNITIES ARE TRULY SAFE AND THEY ESSENTIALLY GET AN ON RAMP BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER PRETTY QUICKLY. THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS IN TERMS OF WHO CAN AND CANNOT PARTICIPATE PEOPLE THAT ARE SEX OFFENDERS ARE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. IF THEY'RE A VALIDATED GANG THREAT, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IF THEY'VE HAD ANY KIND OF FELONY HOLDS OR WARRANTS, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. AND THEN IF THEY'VE HAD ANY KIND OF ISSUES WITH CUSTODY STAFF AND MISCONDUCT IN THE LAST 24 MONTHS. THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. SO PRETTY RIGOROUS CRITERIA TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. BUT THERE'S QUITE A WAIT LIST. BASED UPON THE 2023 AND 24 STATE BUDGET ESTIMATES, IT'S ABOUT A 128,000 PER YEAR COST FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S INCARCERATED. THE PROGRAM COSTS FOR THIS IS ABOUT 60,000 63,000 PER YEAR. SO ABOUT A 50% REDUCTION IN COSTS. AND THAT'S AN ACTUAL COST THAT THE COUNTY OR THE STATE WOULD REALIZE IN EACH FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN HERE'S JUST SOME OF THE CORE SERVICES. THIS IS HOW WE REALLY LOOK AT THE SAFETY ASPECT OF IT. WHEN YOU PROVIDE SUBS, ABUSE TREATMENT, MENTAL HEALTH, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, FAMILY REUNIFICATION, JOB PLACEMENT TRAINING, AND THEN ACCESS TO GOOD MEDICAL CARE, THE LIKELIHOOD OF RE-ARREST GOES WAY DOWN AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE KIND OF REDUCTIONS. THIS IS SOME OF THE PHASES OF THE PROGRAM. I WON'T GET INTO EVERY DETAIL PHASE, BUT WE BREAK IT UP INTO FOUR PHASES. IF SOMEBODY IS THERE FOR TWO YEARS, IT WOULD BE 25% OF THEIR TIME IN EACH PHASE. AND EACH PHASE IS REALLY BASED ON THE ASSESSED NEEDS OF THAT INDIVIDUAL, MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE OPTIMAL OUTCOMES. AND THEN I JUST JUST IN TERMS OF THE RESEARCH ON THIS, AND THERE'S ANOTHER STUDY THAT JUST RECENTLY CAME OUT, I THINK LAST WEEK THAT SHOWED SOME OF THE THREE YEAR OUTCOMES, BUT IT'S ABOUT A 92% REDUCTION IN RECIDIVISM. IT'S ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS I'VE EVER SEEN. AND I'VE TRAVELED ALL OVER LOOKING AT PROGRAMS THAT KEEP COMMUNITIES SAFE AND HEALTHY. AND CONVICTIONS WENT FROM 12% TO 1% IN THAT STUDY, WHICH IS REMARKABLE IN YEAR ONE. THESE PROGRAMS ARE WHAT WE NEED TO BRING PEOPLE HOME SAFELY, AND PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED TO GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. THEY LEAVE WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THEY'RE ABLE TO GET INTO THEIR OWN HOUSES AND JOBS, AND THEY'RE REALLY ABLE TO GET ALL THE SUCCESSFUL THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO REALLY COME HOME AND NOT END UP ON THE STREETS OR HOMELESS OR ANOTHER CHALLENGE, OR BACK IN THE COUNTY JAILS. AND I, YOU KNOW AMITY'S PERSPECTIVE ON CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES. I THINK SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SUPPORT IN COMMUNITIES WHERE FOLKS ARE COMING BACK HOME TO PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK HOME REGARDLESS. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EMBRACING THOSE INDIVIDUALS. I'LL JUST SPEAK PERSONALLY AS AN INDIVIDUAL. I SPENT TIME IN ABOUT A DOZEN FOSTER HOMES AS A CHILD, BOTH MY PARENTS WERE INCARCERATED. AMITY FOUNDATION GOT ME OUT OF FOSTER CARE, AND I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF IT WAS NOT FOR THOSE KIND OF LONG TERM INVESTMENTS AND MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE COMING HOME. THANK YOU. WOW. SO AND JUST TO CLARIFY, SO YOU'RE THE THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN AROUND A LITTLE OVER 40 YEARS. THAT'S CORRECT. AND YOU'RE THE FIRST CEO SINCE THE FOUNDERS HUSBAND. CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. YES. YES. THEY BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE 35 ISH YEARS. THEY'RE ABOUT 35 YEARS. THEY WERE THE FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY GOT ME OUT OF FOSTER CARE AND HELPED BOTH MY PARENTS. YEAH. AND YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST INDIVIDUALS REUNITED WITH THEIR PARENTS IN THE AMITY FOUNDATION. AND NOW YOU'RE THE CEO. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. PHENOMENAL. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND TAKING A SEAT, MAYBE RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT ROW, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL BRING YOU BACK UP. THANK YOU, MISS BLANKENSHIP. YES, CHAIR. WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS. FIRST UP IS TERESA ROBERTS, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. [00:50:03] WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. THIS IS ALL POSITIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE DAMAGES FROM ALL THE CRIMES, THE DRUG ADDICTIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I PERSONALLY KNOW OF THREE BOYS WHO WERE NOTIFIED THAT SHASTA COUNTY WAS THE PLACE TO COME FOR DRUGS AND MONEY. TWO OF THEM ARE DEAD NOW. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS AN AMAZING SETUP. I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE FULL SUPPORT FROM THIS COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO GET THIS THING GOING HERE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, DOLORES LUCERO AND CHAIR. THAT'S OUR FINAL SPEAKER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. PLUMMER. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND INCLUDING MR. JOHNSON. BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS. WE HAVE. SHUT UP, YOU GUYS. HEY, PLEASE DON'T SPEAK FROM THE AUDIENCE. I UNDERSTAND. I JUST FOUND OUT MY FRIEND WAS MURDERED. KILLED BY HER SON? OKAY. THE TWO BODIES THAT WERE FOUND. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THESE DAMN CRIMINALS. YES, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ARE SICK. THEY HAVE MENTAL ISSUES? BUT WHAT ARE THE. WHAT ABOUT THE DAMN CRIMINALS? WHAT ABOUT THEM? WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO COMMIT A CRIME? HOW MANY YEARS ARE WE GOING TO? WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE JAIL. YES, WE'RE GOING TO HELP THE PEOPLE WITH ILLNESS. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE? WHAT ABOUT THE JAIL? WHY IS THAT BEING PUSHED AWAY? WHY ARE WE NOT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE JAIL? WE'RE HELPING THE MENTAL ILLNESS. PEOPLE WHO HAVE DRUG ADDICTION. WHAT GOOD IS THAT GOING TO DO IF YOU CAN'T PUT THE CRIMINALS AWAY EITHER, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR THEM? WE GOT TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING. BUT THE MAIN THING I ALWAYS BELIEVE IS MAKING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE MURDERS, FOR THE CRIMES, FOR THE DRUGS. WE CAN'T KEEP ON RUNNING THE COUNTY WITHOUT A JAIL. IT'S LIKE RUNNING A COUNTY WITHOUT MONEY. HOW CAN YOU DO THAT? YOU THINK IT'S. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW MY FRIEND WAS MURDERED UNTIL I WAS LOOKING ON FACEBOOK. HOW CAN WE. WE GO THROUGH THIS. CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE KIND OF CRIMES. YET WE SPEND SO MUCH FREAKING MONEY ON HELPING THE MENTAL ILLNESS. AND I'M SORRY, BUT WHEN I SEE A NICE BUILDING LIKE THAT. YEAH, MAYBE THERE'S SOME THAT YOU CAN HELP. BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO ACTUALLY CONTINUE COMMITTING CRIMES? AND THEN YOU DON'T MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE OR EVEN ENFORCE THE LAWS WHEN THEY HAVE A RESTRAINING ORDER. AND THEY HAD A RESTRAINING ORDER AND THAT PERSON DECIDED, DON'T EVEN CHECK IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY GUNS TO GO KILL SOMEBODY. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. NOBODY CHECKED OR WENT MAKE SURE THAT THOSE GUNS WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM THE PERSON WHO HAD A RESTRAINING ORDER. THAT PERSON DIDN'T DIDN'T HAD NO RIGHT TO HAVE A GUN. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? JUST FOCUS ON MEDICAL SCHOOLS AND TAKING CARE OF THE MENTAL ILLNESS. ARE WE BYPASSING WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOCUSING A LONG TIME AGO? HOW MANY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BEEN HERE AND TALKING ABOUT THE JAIL? ALL OF A SUDDEN? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THE ILLNESS. UNBELIEVABLE. WHERE OUR COUNTY IS GOING. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE GOING TO KEEP ON LOSING AND GETTING KILLED? WE GOT THE WRONG PEOPLE RUNNING OUR COUNTY. KEVIN. CRY. THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER CHAIR. ALL RIGHT. MR. BOND, COME ON UP. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, GO AHEAD AND KICK US OFF. THANKS, DOUG, FOR BEING HERE. IT'S BEEN GREAT TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION AND WORK OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. I MAINLY HAD A FEW QUESTIONS JUST TO UNPACK THINGS I'VE LEARNED, YOU KNOW, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS AND SITE VISITS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT I THINK MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR THE PUBLIC. THE ONE WAS COULD YOU GO INTO A BIT MORE DETAIL IN TERMS OF THE MONITORING OF, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE ANKLE MONITORING? I KNOW MYSELF AND SUPERVISOR CRAIG GOT TO GO IN THAT ROOM AND SEE HOW IT WORKED IN TERMS OF THE TRACKING AND HOW YOU CAN ALLOW THEM TO GO CERTAIN PATHS, AND IT SETS OFF ALARMS IF THEY GO NEAR, YOU KNOW, THINGS OR TOO LONG IN A CERTAIN LOCATION. JUST I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE PUBLIC TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON HOW THAT WORKS. YEAH. I'LL SAY YOU KNOW, WE WORK THAT PART OF IT'S ACTUALLY RAN BY CORRECTIONS. AND SO THE SHERIFF HERE AND HIS TEAM WOULD KNOW THAT SYSTEM. WELL, I CAN SPEAK TO THE SYSTEMS IN TERMS OF ANKLE MONITORS ARE VERY THE TECHNOLOGY ON THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING TO SEE [00:55:03] THAT YOU CAN HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THEIR LOCATION OR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FEET, AND THEY KNOW WHERE THAT PERSON IS AT AT ALL TIMES. THEY KNOW WHAT BUILDING THEY'RE IN THEY KNOW THE LOCATION THAT THEY'RE MOVING AT. AND SO WE PROGRAM WHEN I SAY WE CORRECTIONS WILL PROGRAM THE LOCATION THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL IS GOING TO, AND THEN THEY MONITOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL IS ON THE RIGHT PATH THERE. AT OUR PROGRAM, THEY ALSO SET UP A GEO PERIMETER SO THEY'RE ABLE TO LET FOLKS GO INTO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND AREAS, BUT THEN THEY RESTRICT OTHER AREAS. AND SO THAT ANKLE MONITOR WILL NOTIFY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS RIGHT AWAY IF THEY GO WITHOUT OUTSIDE OF THAT BOUNDARY. AND THERE'S STEPS TAKEN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CALLED BACK. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT'S DONE WITH TECHNOLOGY NOW THAT YOU CAN DO WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THAT YOU CAN DO WITH MONITORING INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY ON THE RIGHT PATH. THEY DON'T DIVERT OFF INTO OTHER LOCATIONS. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT IS THE CONNECTION TO LOCAL JOBS AND THE EMPHASIS ON THAT. I KNOW IN SACRAMENTO, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS THAT YOU WERE PLUGGING MANY OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS IN, COULD YOU GIVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON HOW THAT WORKS, AND THE EMPHASIS ON GETTING THEM INTO EMPLOYMENT WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN THE PROGRAM? YEAH, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS FOR THEM IS TO GET GAINFULLY EMPLOYED. AND SO WE'LL DO AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT JOBS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO BRING IN OUTSIDE RESOURCES FROM, SAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR OTHER WORKFORCE DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL IS TRAINED IN A GROWTH SECTOR INDUSTRY. WE DON'T WANT TO TRAIN PEOPLE IN AREAS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET EMPLOYMENT IN, BUT GETTING PEOPLE INTO JOBS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THAT TREATMENT PROCESS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL. AND TO DO THAT WHILE YOU'RE IN TREATMENT SO THEY'RE ABLE TO GET INCOME, THEY ACTUALLY SAVE 75% OF THEIR INCOME WHILE THEY'RE IN THE PROGRAM. I RECOMMEND THEY SAVE 100% BECAUSE WE PAY FOR EVERYTHING WHILE THEY'RE THERE. AND THEN THAT SAVINGS SHOULD BE USED AS STARTING UP IN THE COMMUNITY AND BEING ABLE TO GET THEIR HOUSING. BUT WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRAINING PEOPLE. AS YOU TALK ABOUT HEALTH CARE AND OTHER AREAS. THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH SECTOR INDUSTRIES WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF JOBS THAT NEEDS THAT, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY THOUGHTFUL IN GETTING THEM INTO EMPLOYMENT. AND SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PHASE OF THE PROGRAM. AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TALKED TO US ABOUT HOW ONCE THEY LEAVE THE PROGRAM TO YOUR POINT OF HOUSING, THAT YOU ALSO WORK WITH THEM AFTER THAT TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE STABLE HOUSING FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. WE DO. WE TRY TO SUPPORT FOLKS FOR SIX MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE IF WE CAN. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE IN LONG TERM SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. FRANKLY, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO BE IN LONG TERM SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. YOU WANT TO USE THAT KIND OF DEEPLY SUBSIDIZED HOUSING FOR PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED IT. IF YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING AND IN THE COMMUNITY, SOMETIMES, OFTEN SIX MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE, BUT IT'S JUST HAVING PEOPLE THAT NAVIGATE AND KNOW HOW TO GET PEOPLE INTO A UNIT. YOU'RE NINE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET REARRESTED IF YOU'RE HOMELESS. AND THAT DATA ALONE SHOWS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT ALONG THE WAY IN THIS PROGRAM, AND WE CAN'T LET PEOPLE GO INTO HOMELESSNESS OR SHELTERS AND EXPECT A GOOD OUTCOME. AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION. I KNOW WHEN WE VISITED THE SACRAMENTO MODEL WHERE YOU'RE WORKING WITH, WELL, SPACE, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT DIRECT LINKAGE TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. I KNOW IT LOOKS DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE FACILITY, BUT COULD YOU JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU DO VERSUS WHAT YOU REFER OUT AND HOW YOU WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENSURE? BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF THAT POPULATION HAS, YOU KNOW, MODERATE TO SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS AS WELL. YEAH, IT'S ONE OF THE THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS A COMMUNITY BASED ORG IS WE'VE DONE WE DO WHAT WE DO WELL, AND THEN WE BRING IN PARTNERS LIKE FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS OR CHARTER SCHOOLS OR OTHER GROUPS TO DO WHAT THEY DO. WELL. HEALTH CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH IS A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF THAT, AND WE DON'T WANT TO RECREATE THE WHEEL. THERE ARE ALREADY GOOD COMMUNITY BASED GROUPS THAT ARE DOING HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THAT LOCAL COMMUNITY, SO WE LEVERAGE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. WE'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE MEDI-CAL SERVICES FOR THEIR HEALTH CARE, GET THEM INTO THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED. AND A LOT OF TIMES, IT'S HARD TO FOCUS ON GETTING A JOB IF YOUR CORE HEALTH CARE NEEDS ARE NOT BEING MET. SO ALL OF THOSE ARE STEPS ALONG THE WAY THAT HAVE TO LEAD TO THE OUTCOMES AT THE END, WHICH IS GOOD JOBS AND EMPLOYMENT AND SAFE HOUSING. AND WITHOUT TAKING CARE OF YOUR HEALTH CARE ALONG THE WAY, IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO THOSE THINGS. SO WE REALLY TRY TO TAP INTO WHATEVER LOCAL RESOURCES OR BRING IN RESOURCES THAT ARE NOT IN THE COMMUNITY. GREAT. AND THEN I ACTUALLY HAD ONE QUESTION FOR THE SHERIFF. I DON'T KNOW IF IF YOU'D BE ABLE TO POP UP FOR A MINUTE AND I'LL ASK IT AS AND MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT TOO A LITTLE BIT, DOUG. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SHERIFF CAME AND PRESENTED AND THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE IN JANUARY HE MENTIONED ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM. [01:00:04] THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, DOUG, IS THIS MEN'S COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAM, WHICH IS DIFFERENT. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THAT AND SHERIFF, I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT I BELIEVE YOUR INTENT IS TO EXPAND OUR ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM ON THIS NEW CAMPUS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF BRINGING THIS MEN'S COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAM. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S CLEAR THAT ON THE THESE ARE TWO DISTINCT THINGS. YEAH. THANK YOU. CHAIR. SUPERVISORS. THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT. THE 90 ACRE CAMPUS IS BROKEN UP INTO THREE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. ONE PROJECT BEING MR. BONDS HERE REENTRY PROJECT. THAT'S THE ONLY PIECE OF THIS CAMPUS THAT INCLUDES A HOUSING, IF YOU WILL, COMPONENT ON THE CAMPUS. THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROJECT IS SEPARATE FROM THIS PROJECT. IT IS A PROJECT THAT IS FOR COUNTY OFFENDERS ONLY AND LOCALLY SERVING OUR POPULATION ONLY. THIS PROJECT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE AND A LITTLE BIT OF REGIONAL WITH OUR OTHER COUNTY PARTNERS TO SERVE. HALF OF THE POPULATION WILL BE COUNTY INMATES AND THE OTHER HALF WILL BE STATE INMATES. BUT AGAIN, ALL FOCUSED ON THE NORTH STATE, NOT, AS DOUG MENTIONED, NOT BRINGING IN OFFENDERS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OR FROM THE BAY AREA UP HERE AND RELEASING THEM. THEY'RE THEY'RE OFFENDERS THAT ARE SENTENCED AND ARE GOING TO BE RELEASED IN OUR COMMUNITY ANYWAYS. AND WE'RE TRYING TO TREAT THEM AND GET THEM. AND JUST SO PEOPLE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE REASON THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADD THIS COMPONENT TO THE TO THE PROJECT OUT THERE IS THAT IT ADDS ANOTHER LAYER OF US BEING ABLE TO TAKE QUALIFIED PEOPLE OUT OF OUR JAIL AND PUT INTO THIS PROGRAM AND MAKE SPACE IN OUR JAIL SO WE CAN HOUSE THE VIOLENT OFFENDERS AND OFFENDERS WHO NEED TO BE HOUSED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR SAID HOUSED I MEAN INCARCERATED ROOTED BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE IN THAT. STILL 100%. SHERIFF, DON'T GO TOO FAR. DOUG, I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. AND SUPERVISOR. PLUMMER AND THE SHERIFF, WE ALL MET WITH YOU DOWN IN SACRAMENTO TO TO TOUR THE PROSPECTIVE SITE, AND I APPRECIATED THAT. AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING. SO I WON'T ASK A LOT OF THOSE SAME QUESTIONS THAT WE ALREADY COVERED. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT I SAW FROM YOUR SLIDE WAS THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY, AND I HADN'T UNDERSTOOD THIS, A POSSIBILITY TO GO FROM THE COUNTY JAIL INTO THE AMITY PROGRAM DIRECTLY IS I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS THE STATE COMMITS THAT WERE COMING BACK FOR REENTRY PURPOSES. IS THERE AN AVENUE FROM OUR JAIL HERE LOCALLY GOING STRAIGHT INTO AMITY? YEAH, I'LL START OUT AND THEN I'LL LET THE SHERIFF. YES, THERE IS. IF THERE'S INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN THE JAIL FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME. AND THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH SHERIFFS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE IN HAVING THEM IN THIS COMMUNITY. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY A PROCESS OR A DIRECTION FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM COUNTY JAILS. SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE SENTENCED TO A YEAR, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS IN THE COUNTY JAIL. AND RATHER THAN HAVING THEM SIT IN THE COUNTY JAIL WHERE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET SOME OF THESE SERVICES, WE CAN HAVE THEM IN THE COMMUNITY RECEIVING SERVICES, AND THE SHERIFF CAN PROBABLY. YEAH. AND IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SUPERVISOR THE THEIR MODEL IS SET UP AND IT HAS BEEN RUN BY THE STATE AND ALL STATE INMATES GOING INTO THAT PROGRAM THUS FAR. THIS IS JUST TO BE CLEAR, A NEW PILOT TYPE OF MODEL FOR THE STATE. AND WE'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE AND HAVING MEETINGS WITH CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, THE STATE THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS NEW TYPE OF MODEL, HOPEFULLY CHANGING AND SHAPING COUNTY CORRECTIONS WITH STATE CORRECTIONS AND FINDING A NEW WAY TO SERVE THOSE POPULATIONS. SO IDEALLY, THE PEOPLE THAT GO INTO HIS PROGRAMS HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS LEFT TO SERVE AND THEY CAN REPROGRAM THEM. THAT WON'T BE THE CASE WITH ALL OF OUR COUNTY OFFENDERS, BECAUSE PROBABLY THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE A YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO YEAR SENTENCE OR LESS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A MINIMUM OF TRYING TO SEND SOMEBODY ON THEIR LAST SIX MONTHS OF THEIR TERM IN THE COUNTY JAIL OR ABOVE. YOU KNOW, AB 109 LEFT US WITH A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF OF INMATES THAT ARE HOUSED IN A COUNTY JAIL THAT SHOULD BE HOUSED IN A STATE PRISON. THOSE WILL BE THE FIRST ONES WE LOOK TO MOVE, AND THEN WE'LL WORK ON THE OTHER ONES. AND YOU HAD TOLD ME ONCE BEFORE, SHERIFF, THAT UP TO A THIRD OF OUR CURRENT INMATE POPULATION IN THE COUNTY FACILITY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR YOUR ALTERNATIVE [01:05:01] CUSTODY PROGRAM. DO YOU HAVE IT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, SUPERVISOR, THAT WAS A ROUGH ESTIMATE, RIGHT? SURE, SURE. WE HAVEN'T SET. WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE FORGING HERE IS WE WILL MAINTAIN 100% AUTHORITY ON DETERMINING WHAT PARAMETERS WE SET FOR SENDING PEOPLE TO THIS PROGRAM. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THE STATE OR DOUG'S FOUNDATION OR ANYBODY ARE GOING TO DICTATE WHO WE THINK SHOULD GO TO THE PROGRAM. THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT OUR STAFF COMES UP WITH AND CREATES A MATRIX TO SEND AND MAKE THAT DETERMINATION, AND IT WILL BE A CASE BY CASE BASIS. OKAY. AND IS THERE ANY ESTIMATE IF AND I WASN'T AWARE OF THIS COMPONENT, THAT THEY COULD GO FROM COUNTY JAIL INTO AMITY, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN. IS THERE ANY ESTIMATE HOW MUCH EXTRA JAIL SPACE THAT COULD FREE UP FOR THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION THAT WOULD BE SERVING THOSE MULTIYEAR SENTENCES AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR GOING INTO AMITY. DO YOU HAVE ANY BALLPARK ON THAT? I'M JUST TRYING TO. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I THINK I'LL STICK TO WITH JUST TELLING YOU ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR POPULATION WOULD PROBABLY QUALIFY FOR EITHER ONE. FREE UP THAT, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE HOUSING ROUGHLY A 400 DAILY AVERAGE POPULATION RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOU DO THE MATH ON THAT, THAT FREES UP THAT SPACE INITIALLY. BUT ALSO THAT'S JUST THE INITIAL SPACE THAT'S FREED UP. YOU'RE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE ALSO GOING THROUGH THE COURT PROCESS. SO THE COURT WILL BE VERY MUCH A PARTNER IN THIS WITH US AS WELL. SO THEY CAN SENTENCE, IF YOU WILL, OR GIVE THE PERSON THE OPTION TO GO TO THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM OR DO THEIR TIME IN JAIL. AND IF THEIR TIME IS IN JAIL, THEY MAY QUALIFY FOR AMITY. SO I HAVE TWO AVENUES NOW TO ALTERNATIVE PLACE PEOPLE INSTEAD OF IN THE JAIL. NOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW I AM NOT FOR SENDING SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T NEED. I'M NOT. I'M NOT FOR JUST EMPTYING OUT THE JAIL ON PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE IN JAIL. THE THERE ARE A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF CRIMINALS WHO DO NOT CARE, AND ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS VICTIMIZE PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO CREATE AS A ROOM TO KEEP THOSE PEOPLE HOUSED. ABSOLUTELY. AND MAYBE MY LAST QUESTION, BOTH OF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THIS. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 128,000 IT COST TO HOUSE AN INMATE AT THE STATE VERSUS ABOUT 60. WHAT DID YOU SAY, 63? 68? ABOUT 68, 68 TO HOUSE THEM LOCALLY? THAT WOULD THAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE A HUGE INCENTIVE FOR THE STATE TO BE MOTIVATED TO WOULD THERE BE FUNDING AVAILABLE? ARE YOU AWARE FROM THE STATE TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE COSTS OF SETTING UP AMITY AT THE AT OUR LOCAL CAMPUS, GIVEN THE COST SAVINGS FOR THE STATE, SO THE STATE WOULD PAY FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING BACK FROM THE STATE THAT WOULD RETURN BACK TO SHASTA COUNTY. AND SO HALF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PROGRAM END UP ON COUNTY PROBATION. SO THAT'S A COST SAVING FOR ANYBODY THAT WOULD END UP ON COUNTY PROBATION. AND FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON PAROLE, THEY WOULD GET THE ADDED BENEFIT. THE OTHER COST SAVINGS THAT I DIDN'T MENTION IN HERE IS THE COST OF RECONVICTION. ANYTIME SOMEBODY IS RECONVICTED, THERE'S A COST TO THAT COMMUNITY. AND SO THE REAL IMMEDIATE AND HARD COST THAT WE ALSO LOOK AT IS ABOUT 110,000 PER RECONVICTION. THAT'S THE OTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THE COST SAVINGS FOR THIS. AND I'M SURE THE SHERIFF CAN DESCRIBE HOW HIS COST SAVINGS WOULD BE ANALYZED. AND WE ARE EXPLORING WHAT OTHER AVENUES OF FUNDING, WHAT OTHER RESOURCES CAN WE BRING TO HELP SUPPORT THIS? SO SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THEN IS THE STATE WILL OWN THE PAROLEES COMING BACK FOR THE ENTIRE TIME THAT THEY'RE COMING BACK FOR THE NINE MONTHS, TWO YEARS OR WHATEVER. THAT IS CORRECT. THEY WILL FUND THE PROGRAM FOR BEFORE BOTH FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE PROGRAM, WHETHER THEY'RE ON COUNTY PROBATION OR ON PAROLE. WHEN THEY LEAVE, THEY GO ON COUNTY PROBATION SUPERVISION, POST-RELEASE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, OR PAROLE REGARDLESS, BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL UNDER STATE SUPERVISION. THE STATE WILL HELP PAY FOR THAT PROGRAM. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST ONE. IF I COULD ADD ONE MORE THING TO THAT. THE. SO THE CCP COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PARTNERSHIP WITH PROBATION CHIEF NEIL IS GOING TO BE KEY ON THIS TOO, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM WHERE SHE WILL BE HELPING WITH. AND IT'S NOT A STAFFING BURDEN ON EITHER OF US, BECAUSE AMITY IS THE ONE WHO DOES THE STAFFING AND RUNS ALL THE PROGRAMS HERE, NOT US. WE WILL HELP RUN THE SECURITY, AND THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR KALLSTROM. YEAH. SO I HAVE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS FROM, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS OVER THERE, WHICH THEY'RE A LITTLE WORRIED. SO I'VE BEEN TELLING THEM AND I WANT TO VERIFY THIS WITH YOU, BUT THESE ARE NOT GOING TO BE VIOLENT OFFENDERS THAT ARE IN THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SEXUAL PREDATORS. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ARSONISTS. I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE MOSTLY PROPERTY CRIMES, DRUG CRIMES AND DUIS. FOR INSTANCE, I MAY SERVE SOME TIME OUT THERE. [01:10:01] SO IF YOU WOULD VERIFY THAT FOR ME. I CAN ABSOLUTELY VERIFY THAT FOR YOU. SUPERVISOR. IT'S THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM, WHICH IS JUST NOT NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH DOUG HERE IS GOING TO REMAIN PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS CLASSIFICATION OF PERSON OUT THERE. YES. WE ARE NOT PUTTING VIOLENT OFFENDERS OUT THERE. WE'RE NOT PUTTING SEX OFFENDERS. NO PREDATORS, NOTHING LIKE THAT. IT WILL BE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, LOW LEVEL MISDEMEANOR OR NONVIOLENT FELONY TYPE PEOPLE. AND THEY'RE ALL ANKLE MONITORED WHILE THEY'RE THERE. AND THEN THEY GO BACK HOME AT NIGHT OR WHEREVER THEY'RE STAYING. NOT NECESSARILY ALL ANKLE MONITORED. WHY THEY'RE THERE. THEY'RE THERE WILL BE A PERCENTAGE OF THEM THAT ARE ANKLE MONITORED. PROBABLY THE HIGHER RISK OF THAT GROUP, YOU MIGHT SAY. BUT THEY THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF DEPUTIES ON SITE. THERE WILL BE SECURITY. IT IS A THAT WILL BE A SECURED FACILITY. SO THEY CAN'T GO ROAMING AROUND OUTSIDE OF THAT FACILITY. AND THEY WILL BE KEEPING TRACK OF BY CASE MANAGEMENT. I MEAN, MORE THAN LIKELY THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO BE SAFER WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS. AND THE TRUTH IS PROBABLY YES, BUT I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE THE APPREHENSION INITIALLY, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME OUTREACH AND WORK WITH THOSE NEIGHBORS AROUND THERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE PROJECTS, BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO BE COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE AND IN THE KNOW OF WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO GO ON THERE. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION CONCERNS THE AMITYVILLE HOUSE THERE. BECAUSE WHAT WAS WHAT? YEAH. ANYWAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. YEAH. SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, SHERIFF. QUITE A WHILE AGO. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HALF THE POPULATION WILL BE STATE PRISONERS, AND HALF THE POPULATION WILL BE JAIL PRISONERS FOR THE MOST PART. AND YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTIES THAT WE MAY BE HELPING TAKE SOMEBODY FROM TRINITY COUNTY OR, FOR INSTANCE, OR WHATEVER. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE BEING WHEN THEY'RE RELEASED, THEY GO BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL COUNTIES. CORRECT? YEAH. AND WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION IN DEPTH LAST NIGHT. DOUG AND I AND SUPERVISOR CRY OR CHAIR CRY. THE. THAT IS TRUE. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. BUT THE KEY TO THAT IS JUST LIKE WHEN WE HAVE OFFENDERS THERE THAT ARE BEING GOING THROUGH THE PHASES OF THIS PROGRAM AND LEARNING AN OCCUPATION. WE HAVE TO HAVE PARTNERS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, BUSINESS PARTNERS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN GO GET A JOB. SO IF WE'RE TAKING SOMEBODY FROM TRINITY, WE'RE GOING TO NEED BUSINESS PARTNERS IN TRINITY AS WELL. SO WHEN WE TRAIN THAT PERSON AND THEY GET THAT SKILL, WE CAN SEND THEM. THERE'S A PLACE FOR THEM TO GO BACK TO. AND I WANT TO BE UPFRONT, WILL EVERY SINGLE PERSON WILL THAT WORK WITH? PROBABLY NOT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETIMES THERE'S GOING TO BE A ONE OFF WHERE WE GET ONE FROM ANOTHER COUNTY WHO HAS A SUPPORT NETWORK HERE AND WANTS TO STAY HERE AND ENDS UP HERE, BUT THE SAME FOR OUR OWN. WE'LL HAVE THERE'S GOING TO BE A ONE OFF WHERE THERE'LL BE SOMEBODY FROM SHASTA THAT WE TRAIN THAT WANTS TO GO TO ANOTHER COUNTY, MAYBE TRINITY OR SISKIYOU OR ONE OF OUR OTHER NORTH COUNTIES. THAT'S WHY WE NEED THE BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS THERE AS WELL. THANK YOU SHERIFF. ALL RIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO JUST THANK THE CITY OF REDDING BECAUSE A BIG CHUNK OF THIS IS THE 90 ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM ON SECURING. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I'VE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME WITH MR. BOND ON THE PHONE AND THEN JUST IN VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS, AND I REALLY FEEL AND AGAIN, THIS IS MORE FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT. BUT AS MANY PEOPLE KNOW, MY BROTHER STRUGGLED WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS HE HAD A HARD, HARD TIME DOING WAS GAINING EMPLOYMENT, COMING OUT OF PRISON. AND I CAN'T TELL YOU, MR. BOND. AFTER MEETING MANY OF YOUR STAFF PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE LITERALLY ESSENTIALLY GROWN UP WITH YOU'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. CAN YOU SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC REALLY QUICK ABOUT WHO? WHAT OFFICE? BETTER GET THAT. WHO CONTACTED YOU AFTER THE SHERIFF, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER AND I WERE DOWN THERE. THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. OKAY. SO WITHIN A COUPLE. YOU SHARED THIS LAST NIGHT AT DINNER. BUT. AND WHY? WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? DO YOU THINK THAT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE KNEW WE WERE THERE? FIRST OF ALL. AND. AND WHERE YOU FEEL THAT? WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH YOU IN THIS CAPACITY? I THINK THE STATE WANTS TO SEE THESE KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS. FRANKLY, AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND THAT TAKES PLACE WITH A COUNTY STATE PARTNERSHIP. FRANKLY, AND I THINK THIS IS THE FUTURE OF HOW WE LOOK AT SAFER COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE WHEN FOLKS COME BACK HOME, THEY COME BACK HOME LOCALLY, WHETHER THEY'RE UNDER STATE SUPERVISION OR LOCAL SUPERVISION OR THEY'RE IN A COUNTY JAIL VERSUS A STATE PRISON. AND SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS LOCALLY. AND I THINK THE STATE UNDERSTANDS THAT THESE KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS ARE REALLY THE KEY. RATHER THAN BIFURCATING OUT RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN PEOPLE GO BACK TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE STATE HAS EXPRESSED AT LEAST IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, THAT AND OBVIOUSLY, I THINK YOU'VE ALL HAD CONVERSATIONS AS WELL, WHERE THE SHERIFF HAS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS THAT THESE ARE REALLY THE WAY [01:15:03] THAT FUTURE COLLABORATIONS SHOULD BE STRUCTURED. YEAH. AND JUST FOR AGAIN, THIS IS MORE OF THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. SOME OF LIKE WHAT SUPERVISOR PLUMMER WAS SAYING. I KNOW SUPERVISOR PLUMMER YOU'VE I MEAN, I'M WORKING A LITTLE BIT WITH SENATOR PADILLA'S OFFICE. YOU'VE REACHED OUT IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES. ONE OF THE THINGS WITH FUNDING THAT'S COMING UP CAN YOU ARTICULATE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TWO DIFFERENT PATHS, ABOUT THE BUILDING ITSELF VERSUS THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP VERSUS. YES. SO WE'RE EXPLORING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE IS THE COUNTY BUILDING, FRANKLY, AND WE WOULD WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEM ON WHAT PROGRAM SPACE AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. THE OTHER IS BRINGING IN OUTSIDE FOLKS. PHILANTHROPIC PRIVATE SECTOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD HELP BUILD AND LEASE THE BUILDING. TO US AS WELL. SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PATHWAYS I THINK THAT YOU CAN EXPLORE TO GO ABOUT THIS. ONE OF THE THINGS I FEEL AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK I THINK YOU ACTUALLY. HAD SAID THAT IT'S ROUGHLY 30% CHEAPER FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO DO IT THAN GOVERNMENT. IS THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? IT CAN BE, YES. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW THAT I REALLY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE PART OF MY MOTION, I'LL SAY HERE IN A SECOND, IS TO REALLY VET NOT JUST THE FUNDING PART, BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE PART OF IT, BUT ALSO THE TIMING. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS COULD TAKE IF GOVERNMENT FULLY GETS IN THE WAY 4 OR 5 YEARS, AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO FAST TRACK THIS, ESPECIALLY IF THE GOVERNOR, BECAUSE I KNOW INCARCERATION ISN'T SOMETHING THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE LEGISLATIVELY USUALLY IS REALLY IN FOR. THAT'S WHY THERE HAVE DECRIMINALIZED CRIME IN A LOT OF WAYS, AND THEY'VE SHUT PRISONS DOWN. BUT I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT THERE'S GOT TO BE A CHANGE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND IF THIS IS THE PATH FORWARD, LET'S LEAD THE WAY AND BE THE FIRST ONE. SO LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS THERE'S TWO PEOPLE I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU MEET BEFORE YOU LEAVE. ONE PERSON. WE'LL JUST SAY HER INITIALS ARE CB. SHE LIVES ON THAT PROPERTY THAT WE DROVE THROUGH LAST NIGHT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO SHE'D LIKE TO MEET YOU. SO WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY APPROACH YOU OUTSIDE, THAT'S WHO THAT IS. AND THEN SUPERVISOR KALLSTROM MENTIONED THIS, BUT I KNOW THROUGH MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SHERIFF AS THE ARCHITECTS AND EVERYBODY THAT PLANS THE CAMPUS IS GOING TO TRY AND DISTURB OR NOT DISTURB THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND ALSO BE VERY SENSITIVE, SENSITIVE TO THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THOSE AREAS. SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING. THE OTHER THING IS A GENTLEMAN TO MY RIGHT, YOUR LEFT. AND IT'S ROBERT OVER THERE. HE'S GOING TO APPROACH YOU, TOO. HE'S A TALL GUY. YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO MISS HIM. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE YOU CONNECT WITH BOTH OF THEM. ALL RIGHT, SO MY MOTION IS I'M GOING TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN RFP AND LOOK AT VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES AVAILABLE WITH WHAT WE WANT TO DO ON THAT CAMPUS. SO I'D LIKE THE CEO'S OFFICE TO WORK WITH THE SHERIFF ON, ON PREPARING THOSE RFPS AND BRINGING SOMETHING BACK TO THE BOARD TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND IS WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY BOARD DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. YES. YES, SIR. SUPERVISOR. WE HAVE NOT HAD THE DESIGNATION YET OF SURPLUS LAND FROM THE CITY. COULD WOULD THE RFP BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND AND START THAT PROCESS BEFORE WE HAVE THAT CERTIFICATION? YEAH, THIS THIS IS THE CEO'S OFFICE. JUST DOING THE WORK, MR. CHAIRMAN. I'LL ANSWER THAT. OKAY. SO? SO ULTIMATELY, WE WE CAN SEND OUT AN RFP. AND THERE'S THERE'S A COST TO THAT. IF THIS PROJECT WERE TO FALL THROUGH, WE DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT ANY OF THE APPLICANTS. WE CAN DENY ALL. SO THAT COULD GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS EARLIER. OR YOU COULD TAKE THE SAFE ROUTE AND WAIT UNTIL THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT. IF WE WAIT JUST A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WE WON'T INCUR THE COSTS FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT HAPPEN, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD GIVE US A GUESSTIMATE AS TO THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THIS WILL BE DESIGNATED BY THE STATE AS SURPLUS. SO, SO I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT THIS EXCHANGE OF LAND IS TEXTBOOK FOR WHAT THE STATUTE REQUIRES FOR AN EXCHANGE OF LAND TO BE EXEMPT. AND WHAT WOULD WE BE TALKING ABOUT FOR RFP? THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING MORE FOR THE ADMIN OFFICE IF YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT PRICE. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT'S MY MOTION. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT FORWARD IF THERE IS THREE VOTES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE AYE. PASSES FOUR ZERO. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO YES. LET'S GIVE THAT GUY A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. I'LL TELL YOU JUST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THAT ARE HERE OR WATCHING ONLINE, I MEAN, YOU COULD YOU COULD CIRCLE THIS DAY ON YOUR CALENDAR BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS OUR COUNTY'S BEST SHOT TO HELP A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, LONG AND KALLSTROM AND STAFF. [01:20:04] ALL RIGHT. BEST PART OF THE MEETING. PUBLIC COMMENT. [PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD - OPEN TIME] MISS BLANKENSHIP, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? THANK YOU. CHAIR. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE 18 SPEAKERS. SO FIRST UP DIANA RAMIREZ, FOLLOWED BY LORI BRIDGFORD, FOLLOWED BY THOMAS H. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. ALL RIGHT. TWO MINUTES OF SPEAKER DIANA. COME ON UP. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS DIANA RAMIREZ, AND I AM YOUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM W.M. THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT IS TO PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE, AS WELL AS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, WITH REGARDS TO THE ORGANIC SERVICES. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS EVERYTHING IS MOVING FORWARD ACCORDING TO PLAN AND ON SCHEDULE. PEOPLE IN SHASTA COUNTY, UNINCORPORATED SERVICE AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SOME NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT THE ORGANIC SERVICES STARTING ON OCTOBER THE 6TH. ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, WE WILL BEGIN DISTRIBUTING CARTS TO CUSTOMERS IN THE ORGANIC SERVICE AREA, AND THOSE CARTS ARE INTENDED TO COLLECT THE ORGANIC MATERIAL. IT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS TO DISTRIBUTE ALL OF THE CONTAINERS, AVERAGING 5000 CARTS DISTRIBUTED PER WEEK. ORGANIC SERVICES WILL START ON OCTOBER THE 6TH. SO YOU MAY HAVE YOUR CART FOR UP TO THREE WEEKS BEFORE WE START COLLECTING. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HAVE MATERIAL SITTING IN YOUR CART FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, I RECOMMEND STARTING TO USE YOUR CART AROUND THE OCTOBER 1ST TIME FRAME. THIS WEEK, PEOPLE RECEIVE ANOTHER NOTIFICATION, INCLUDING COLLECTION CALENDAR FOR THE REMAINING OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE A PRESS RELEASE GOING OUT TODAY ABOUT THE ORGANIC SERVICES, AND WE ALSO WILL HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING EVENT FOR THE COMPOST PROCESSING FACILITY AT THE ANDERSON LANDFILL ON OCTOBER 22ND AT 7:30 A.M.. SERVICE WITH W.M. IS OPTIONAL. YOU DO NOT NEED TO SUBSCRIBE TO W.M. SERVICE. IF YOU CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE SERVICE. NEXT UP, LORI BRIDGFORD, FOLLOWED BY MR.. IF I MAY ASK A QUICK QUESTION HERE. SO THIS IS ALL PREDICATED BY THE STATE MANDATE THAT WE HAVE TO DO THE COMPOST. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT CAME UP WITH. SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY. THIS IS A STATE THING THAT THEY HAVE TO DO. WE HAVE TO COMPLY. ACTUALLY THE COUNTY HAS TO COMPLY. AND FORTUNATELY, WASTE MANAGEMENT WAS KIND ENOUGH TO STEP FORWARD AND START THIS PROGRAM. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP LORI BRIDGFORD, FOLLOWED BY THOMAS H. TERESA ROBERTS, THEN DOLORES LUCERO. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND BOARD, LORI BRIDGFORD, DISTRICT FOUR. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK DOUG BOND FOR THAT PRESENTATION. POWERPOINT AND HANDOUT. LOTS OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO MATT AND CHAIR FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER. AND YEAH, IT MIGHT TAKE TIME, BUT WE'VE GOT TO START SOMEWHERE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR THE INTERVIEW YOU DID RECENTLY WITH RONALD OWENS, WHO WAS A FORMER PUBLIC HEALTH IN CALIFORNIA. MUZZLED TRUTH. REALLY GOOD TEN MINUTE INTERVIEW. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GO LOOK THAT UP. I'M KIND OF CONCERNED BECAUSE WE WERE STARTING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING WITH THE COVID COMING BACK AND SOME OF THESE SENIOR CARE FACILITIES, ELDER CARE FACILITIES ARE ALREADY BOOKING PEOPLE FOR OCTOBER JABS, NOVEMBER JABS. AND I'M JUST STUNNED THAT THIS IS STILL BEING GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY IMPAIRED. THEY MIGHT HAVE IMMUNE SYSTEM PROBLEMS ALREADY, AND IF ANYONE'S BEEN PAYING ATTENTION THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A DISASTER. AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH IS, BUT IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD MEETS TOMORROW AGAIN DAY MEETING FROM 12 TO 2 P.M.. IT'S OVER THERE ON BRESLAUER, THE BOG BUILDING. AND THEY'RE STILL DOING THESE PCR TESTS, WHICH ARE COMPLETELY A MESS. THEY DO NOT TELL IF THERE'S A COVID. THEY HAVE FALSE POSITIVES. SO I'M TESTING FOR FREEDOM. I'M NOT TOUCHING THOSE THINGS. CHARTER FILING. I'M SURE THIS WILL COME OUT A LITTLE BIT LATER. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, HOW DID JOE L'AMOUR DISCOVER THIS AND WHEN? EXACTLY. IF THAT'S POSSIBLE TO FIND OUT. THAT WAS A VERY STRESSFUL THING TO COME ACROSS. AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT THE NO WINS. IF THEY COULD PLEASE GO ON RECORD AND SAY THAT THEY HAVE NO PART OF WHAT DOLORES SAYS ABOUT ME OR OTHER PEOPLE. OTHERWISE, I'M KEEPING TRACK THAT YOU ARE WILLFULLY SLANDERING AND DEFAMING PEOPLE. AND THIS IS NOT THE PLACE EVER TO BULLY. I DELIBERATELY WALK A DIFFERENT PATH SO I DO NOT HAVE TO HEAR FROM DOLORES. NEXT UP, THOMAS H. FOLLOWED BY TERESA ROBERTS, DOLORES LUCERO, THEN SUSAN WEISS. [01:25:03] IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS MORE OF A PRIVATE MATTER. LIVING CONDITIONS. I'VE BEEN PUTTING UP WITH STUFF FOR 15 YEARS. BASICALLY, THERE WAS A DRUG BUST, AND THE GUY SELLING DRUGS BY THE POUND WAS TAKEN OFF THE UNIT. ONE GUY IN CHARGE OF ANOTHER UNIT WAS BEATING PEOPLE UP. BEAT TWO OF THEM UP PRETTY BAD. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE DIED. SO THE OWNER FINALLY GETS INVOLVED AND CLEARING EVERYBODY OUT. THE FIRST THING, HE CAME DOWN AND TURNED OFF ELECTRICITY AND WATER. THESE PEOPLE ARE ARE HUMAN. AND SO I ALLOWED THEM TO HOOK UP TO THE HOSE. HOSE, BID FOR WATER. AND I WENT DOWN TO PAY MY WATER BILL AND TOLD BELLA VISTA, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE LIVING THERE. THERE'S HUMANS LIVING THERE. HOMELESS, WELL, HANDICAPPED. REAL BAD. AND THEY SAID, WHAT I'M DOING IS ILLEGAL. I COULD CONTAMINATE EVERYBODY. AND AND SO ANYWAY, I SAID, WELL, THEY'RE HUMAN. AND ANYWAY, THAT THAT NIGHT, THE HOSES WERE REMOVED. AND I CAME BACK YESTERDAY AND THE HOSES WERE PUT BACK. BUT ANYWAY, THERE'S TWO HUMANS LIVING THERE. THESE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON. I WENT AND MADE A COMPLAINT WITH CODE COMPLIANCE. BUT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY HAS A CONNECTION TO THE COUNTY, SO IT'S BEEN A NON-ISSUE FOR ME FOR 15 YEARS. ABOUT GETTING COOPERATION. BUT ANYWAY, THERE'S TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PRETTY BAD OFF, AND THE WATER'S CUT OFF, AND I GUESS ELECTRICITY WAS PUT BACK ON. ONE GUY HAD TO GO OUT AND BUY BUY A COMPRESSOR, BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY. BUT ANYWAY, IN OUR COUNTY, THERE'S TWO HUMANS, THERE'S NO WATER, AND THEY'RE PLANNING ON CUTTING MY WATER OFF. THANKS. THERESA ROBERTS, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO, SUSAN WEISS, THEN STEVE KAHN. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING AGAIN. HEY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF NAMES I'D LIKE YOU GUYS TO LOOK UP. AND ONE OF THEM IS DOCTOR KIRK HERC MOORE OF UTAH. HE'S A GOOD ONE TO START DOING SOME INVESTIGATIONS ON. QUITE AN QUITE INTELLIGENT. ANOTHER ONE IS DOCTOR JOSEPH J. WITH WIT DOREEN D O E R R I N G WHO IS A HIGHLY EXPERIENCED PSYCHIATRIST IN DEALING WITH THE SSRI AND BENZO WITHDRAWALS. AND I KNOW THAT FROM MY PAST EXPERIENCES WITH PEOPLE THAT I KNOW WHO ARE ON SSRIS AND BENZOS, WHEN YOU SEE A LOT OF THE THE PSYCHOTIC ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON, 1 IN 5 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ARE ON AN SSRI AND A BENZO OR A BENZO. SO WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT WHAT THESE DO TO YOUR HUMAN BRAIN, YOU'LL START UNDERSTANDING WHY THEY'RE DOING THIS. SO, I MEAN, I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL THIS TO DOCTOR MU, BUT I'M SURE HE KNOWS A LOT OF THIS. BUT THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO THIS PRISM THAT IT'S SO HARD TO SEE. SO PLEASE CHECK INTO THOSE AND SEE IF THAT IS SOMETHING OF USE THAT WE CAN USE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY SUSAN WEISS, STEVE KAHN, THEN DAN. WELL, WELL, WELL, HERE WE ARE AGAIN. AREN'T THIS BEAUTIFUL? YOU SCREWED UP THE CHARTER. WE'RE A NON CHARTER. YOU NEED TO REMOVE C-3 FROM CONSENT ITEM BECAUSE YOU CANNOT DO A SURVEY WHEN WE'RE NOT A CHARTER. IF YOU PASS THAT, YOU'LL BE IN VIOLATION BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO NO RIGHT TO PUT THAT ON CONSENT ITEM. YOU KNOW, IT'S RIDICULOUS HOW WE CONTINUE COMING HERE. AND YOU VIOLATE THE LAWS AND YOU BREAK THE LAWS BACK IN DECEMBER 21ST, I ACTUALLY FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR PASSING CHARTER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DO IT CORRECTLY. HERE IS MY COMPLAINT. DECEMBER 21ST. BECAUSE YOU GUYS VIOLATED THE LAWS AND HERE WE ARE. MAKES ME FEEL LIKE GREAT. BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO RUN THIS DAMN COUNTY. KEVIN, CRY. YOU THINK YOU'RE ABOVE THE LAW. YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT YOU DON'T. THEN YOU TURN AROUND AND TRY TO SUGARCOAT IT AND BLAME JOANNA. EVERYTHING IS JOANNA. JOANNA. WHAT? WHY DON'T YOU JUST SAY WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS A STRATEGY. TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT KEVIN MR. CLINT CURTIS GETS ELECTED IN THE ELECTION. THE DEMOCRAT. THAT'S RIGHT. THE DEMOCRAT THAT YOU PUT IN THAT SEAT. AND CHRIS, YOU DID TOO. AND YOU TALK ABOUT BEING A REPUBLICAN. [01:30:04] YOU DAMN LIARS. YOU'RE NOT A REPUBLICAN. YOU'RE USING HIM BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE HE'S GUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE VOTES. WHAT OTHER REASON DO YOU WANT HIM THERE TO CHEAT, TO MAKE SURE HE FLIPS THAT VOTE? YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S. IT'S RIDICULOUS. WE'RE NOT A CHARTER. I KNEW THAT A LONG TIME AGO. I TOLD A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEANT. BUT NOW. NOW THEY DO. AND I SAID IT, AND I FILED A COMPLAINT. JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT THAT CODE, THE GOVERNMENT CALIFORNIA CODE 223713, THAT SAYS THE CHAIR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THOSE DOCUMENTS GO TO THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT. YOUR FAULT. YOU WERE THE CHAIR. YOU CAN'T EVEN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. YOU DON'T HAVE THE BACKBONE. YOU'RE NOT A MAN. YOU'RE A COWARD. THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE. A COWARD WHO JUST LIKES TO BULLY PEOPLE. WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO TRY TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS. SUSAN WEISS, FOLLOWED BY STEVE KAHN. DAN, THEN. ANTONIO, IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. YES. HOW EXCITING IT WAS TO HEAR THAT OUR COUNTY MIGHT BE THE LEAD IN THIS EXCITING BLENDING BETWEEN AMITY AND AND THE SHERIFF'S PROGRAM. THIS COULD BRING OUR WHOLE COUNTY ALL THE DIVERSE ELEMENTS TOGETHER. IF WE PLAY IT PROPERLY, PEOPLE CAN GET BEHIND THIS, THEY CAN JOIN YOU AND IT COULD BE A VERY POSITIVE THING. SO CONGRATULATIONS, MR. KRAY, MR. PLUMMER, THE SHERIFF AND ALL OF YOU WHO VOTED FOR MOVING AHEAD ON THIS. IT'S GREAT. I DO HAVE A COUPLE SUGGESTIONS. ONE IS I WOULD LIKE TO STOP THE BULLYING THAT HAPPENS AT THIS PODIUM. I'D LIKE IT TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AS PART OF YOUR PRACTICES AND DECORUM AND YOUR RULES. YOU HAVE RULES ABOUT WHERE WE STAND, WHERE WE SIT WITH SIGNS WE WE BRING. WE CAN'T USE BAD WORDS. BUT PEOPLE, THERE'S A CERTAIN PERSON IN THIS AUDIENCE THAT GETS UP EVERY WEEK AND USES NAMES OF PEOPLE IN THIS AUDIENCE TO MAKE NEGATIVE STATEMENTS, AND IT NEEDS TO COME TO AN END. THAT'S PART OF OF US BEING SETTING THE DECORUM FOR OUR COUNTY. SO PLEASE BRING THAT BACK FOR FURTHER ACTION, SAYING THAT PEOPLE AREN'T ALLOWED TO DO THIS OR CUT OFF THEIR MICROPHONES, PLEASE. THE NEXT THING IS, KEVIN, I WAS REALLY. SHOCKED THAT ON YOUR RADIO PROGRAM, YOU SUGGESTED THAT THE LACK OF OUR CHARTER BEING HAPPENING WAS EITHER FROM OUR COUNCIL OR FROM JOANNA. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY BAD CHOICE ON YOUR PART, BECAUSE IT IT MAKES YOU FEEL AS IF YOU'RE BEING PARTIZAN. AND IT WAS NOT A VERY GOOD DECISION. SO I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT THAT TODAY TO ALSO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING A LISTENER. STEVE KHAN, DAN ANTONIA, THEN LESLIE SAWYER. BOARD STAFF. COMMUNITY MEMBERS. COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I'M NOT NORMALLY A LISTENER, BUT I DID LISTEN TO THE LAST RADIO PROGRAM BECAUSE OF CONCERNS PEOPLE EXPRESSED TO ME. AND I THINK IT WAS A GOOD THING BECAUSE ON HIS RADIO PROGRAM, HE ANNOUNCED THAT WE WEREN'T A CHARTER COUNTY AND THIS WAS BECAUSE PAPERWORK HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED. HE SAID THIS NEGLIGENT NEGLIGENCE WAS A FIRABLE OFFENSE. I AGREE WITH YOU. ARE YOU GOING TO QUIT? ARE YOU GOING TO FIRE YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU, AS CHAIR OF THE GOVERNING ENTITY, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIRING THAT PAPERWORK AND FOR. HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD. BUT IF YOU PEOPLE WILL LOOK UP GOVERNMENT CODE NUMBER 23713, IT DEFINES CLEARLY THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY IS HIS TO HAVE HIS HIS BOARD CLERK, CEO RICHARD, CONTINUE THE PROCESS BY FILING IT WITH THE RECORDER, THE COUNTY RECORDER, THEN AT THAT POINT FILING IT WITH THE ELECTIONS OFFICE, WHO THEN CAN NOTIFY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. SHE CAN DO NOTHING UNTIL THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WHICH HAS STARTED AND REQUIRED TO BE DONE BY THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. HE IS THE ONE THAT DROPPED THE BALL AND HE'S TRYING TO SHIFT. THAT'S A FACT. PEOPLE CAN READ IT, SO GO AHEAD AND LAUGH. HE'S LAUGHING RIGHT NOW FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T SEE. BUT YOU LOOK UP GOVERNMENT CODE NUMBER. I KNOW DOLORES SOMETIMES GETS OFF THE WALL, BUT SHE WAS RIGHT IN THIS GOVERNMENT CODE NUMBER 23713 CLEARLY DEFINES THE PROCESS AND IT FALLS ON HIS SHOULDERS. HE IS THE ONE THAT DROPPED THE BALL. HE'S THE ONE THAT CLAIMS THAT THE PERSON SHOULD BE FIRED. AND I AGREE HE SHOULD FIRE HIMSELF. HE DROPPED THE BALL. THANK YOU. DAN FOLLOWED BY ANTONIA, THEN LESLIE SAWYER AND JEFF GORDER. THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR A CHANCE TO SPEAK. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ELECTIONS AGAIN. ELECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT. THEY PUT YOU ON THE POSITIONS YOU HAVE. [01:35:03] SO I WOULD THINK YOU'D BE VERY, VERY CONCERNED WITH THEM. I'M ASKING THAT YOU WOULD PULL C3 FROM THE CONSENT IDOL. THE CONSENT PROGRAM IS GREAT. IT'S EFFICIENT. IT GETS PROCESS MOVING. I LIKE IT, BUT DON'T BURY THINGS IN THERE. C3 IS YOUR SURVEY. YOUR SURVEY HAS NOTHING IN THERE. YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE VOTERS AND THE CITIZENS OF SHASTA COUNTY. IT HAS NOTHING IN THERE ABOUT ELECTION. AND YET WE HAVE ALL THE SIGNATURES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE CHARTER AMENDMENT, WHICH YOU'RE ASKING THE SURVEY FOR. WHAT'S IMPORTANT ON A CHARTER AMENDMENT, ELECTIONS. THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. IT'S NOT ON YOUR SURVEY. SO YOU'RE TAKING A SURVEY THAT'S NOT GIVING YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED. PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN FAIR ELECTIONS. I WOULD THINK AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU GUYS WOULD WANT FAIR ELECTIONS, BUT MAYBE NOT. THE QUESTION IS FOR THE CITIZENS. DECIDE HOW YOU GOT IN YOUR POSITIONS. OKAY, C-18, YOU'RE BURYING MONEY AGAIN. ELECTIONS. YOU'RE HERE TWO MONTHS INTO A NEW BUDGET, NOT SIX MONTHS, TWO MONTHS INTO A NEW BUDGET. AND YOU'RE PROVEN ALL THESE OFFICES FOR MORE MONEY, SOME MORE, SOME A LITTLE LESS THAN YOUR ROV, YOUR POINTED ROV ASKED FOR. YOU CAME IN HERE AND DRILLED HIM AND DENIED HIS REQUEST FOR MONEY. AND YET YOU'RE SLIPPING IN TO C-18 ALL THESE APPROVALS FOR MORE MONEY. WHY DID YOU DO THAT TO THE ELECTIONS OFFICE AND NOT GIVE THEM WHAT THEY ASKED FOR? THEY ASKED FOR AN ELECTIONS COMMISSION. YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN HIM WHAT HE ASKED. YOU APPOINTED HIM AND YOU HAVEN'T DONE WHAT HE'S ASKED. HE ASKED FOR THE MONEY. WHY ARE YOU APPROVING THESE FUNDS IN C-18? AND YOU'RE NOT APPROVING WHAT THE ELECTION ASKED FOR? AND, CHRIS, THE AMITYVILLE COMMENT, I'LL JUST NEVER BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF MY HEAD. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT CHANGED HOW I VIEWED THINGS. THANK YOU. ANTONIO FOLLOWED BY LESLIE SAWYER, THEN JEFF GORDON, BENJAMIN WAYNE, THEN MICHELLE. MICHEL. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH DAN. WE ALREADY HAVE A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT WE HAVE SURVEYED THE PUBLIC ON. WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SEE THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT. WHY NOT SAVE THE COUNTY TIME AND MONEY AND PUT THIS FORWARD INSTEAD OF SENDING OUT A BIASED QUESTIONNAIRE? THANK YOU. LESLIE SAWYER, FOLLOWED BY JEFF GORDON. BENJAMIN NGUYEN, THEN MICHELLE. HI. WOW. TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME IS RUNNING RAMPANT TODAY. AND SO IS KEVIN DERANGEMENT SYNDROME. I THINK IT'S FUNNY. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. BEFORE THIS BOARD, BEFORE THIS STAFF, THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPENED ALL THE TIME, AND IT GOT SWEPT UNDER THE RUG. AND THEN THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO SAT UP HERE ON THIS DAIS FOR YEARS. ONCE YOU GUYS ALL CAME ON AND TRIED TO POINT THE BLAME IN THE FINGER AT YOU GUYS AND SAID, OH, LOOK AT, LOOK AT HOW BAD THEY ARE. LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID. NO, THEY'VE JUST BROUGHT IT TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF WHAT A POOP SHOW THIS COUNTY HAS BEEN FOR YEARS, 20 PLUS YEARS PROBABLY. AND YOU GUYS JUST BROUGHT IT TO THE SURFACE AND EXPOSED IT. SO THANK YOU. BECAUSE BEFORE THAT, WE ALL JUST LIVED IN THIS FAKE UTOPIA THAT OUR LIVES WERE GREAT UNTIL ALL OF A SUDDEN COVID HAPPENED AND OUR WHOLE WORLD GOT SHUT DOWN. AS FAR AS C3 GOES AND WHAT I PERSONALLY, AS A CONSTITUENT WOULD LIKE TO SEE US LOOK AT, GOING AS FAR AS AMENDMENTS A YEAR AGO, AND I EMAILED IT TO YOU WHEN IT HAPPENED. HUNTINGTON BEACH ADDED AB 1955, A RESPONSE TO THAT TO SUPPORT PARENTAL RIGHTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY. I KNOW ALSO IN RESPONSE TO THAT, ANDERSON CITY COUNCIL HAS MADE THEMSELVES A PARENTAL RIGHT TO KNOW CITY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THINGS LIKE THAT BE ADDED TO OUR CHARTER. IF AB 405, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS BILLS TO EVER COME THROUGH LEGISLATION, COMES UP AND ACTUALLY PASSES THIS WEEK BECAUSE IT CAN BE HEARD ANY TIME BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY. I HOPE THAT WE PUT THAT IN OUR CHARTER 727. SAME THING IF AB 84. LET'S MAKE THIS A SAFE HAVEN FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY OR OUR COUNTY THAT I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO TO ADD TO OUR CHARTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JEFF PORTER, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN WAYNE. MICHELLE, THEN DAVID HALLIGAN. GOOD MORNING. I HADN'T PLANNED TO SPEAK THIS MORNING, BUT WHEN I HEARD CHAIR CRY WITH HIS INTRODUCTORY SOLILOQUY ABOUT THE FAILURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TO CARRY THROUGH ON THE CHARTER, I FELT COMPELLED TO RESPOND. BUT FIRST LET ME SAY GOOD JOB ON THE AMITY FOUNDATION. I'M REALLY IMPRESSED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT ORGANIZATION. LOOK FORWARD. NOW BACK TO THE MAIN ISSUE. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED BUT NOT SURPRISED TO HEAR CHAIR CRY. [01:40:03] BLAME EVERYBODY ELSE FOR THE CHARTER FAILURE, BUT TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY HIMSELF. I'M REMINDED OF HARRY TRUMAN, A GREAT LEADER WHO SUPPOSEDLY SAID, THE BUCK STOPS HERE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAVE. AND I WISH CORKY WERE HERE BECAUSE, AGAIN, I THINK HE COULD SEE WHAT A DISASTROUS DECISION IT WAS TO REAPPOINT CRY AS CHAIR. HIS TOXIC LEADERSHIP IS UNBELIEVABLE. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S POINTED OUT 23, SEVEN, 13, WHICH IS CLEAR CRY TOOK THE LEAD ON THIS CHARTER ISSUE, PROMOTED IT LAUDED IT WAS WAS ALL ABOUT IT. AND NOW AFTER IT PASSED, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS THAT THESE DOCUMENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CERTIFIED AND AUTHENTICATED BY THE CHAIRPERSON, MR. CRY AND THE CLERK OF THE GOVERNING BODY, MR. RICKERT. IT'S ALL STAFF'S FAULT. THERE WAS NO EFFORT AFTER THIS PASSED BY MR. KREI TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND SEE WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. INSTEAD, NOW HE WANTS TO BLAME STAFF. NOW TALK ABOUT A TOXIC LEADERSHIP QUALITY. BLAME SHIFT. DON'T ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY. I MEAN, HE IS SO NARCISSISTIC WHEN HE TALKS, WHEN HE BRAGS ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DONE AND HIS COMPANIES HAVE DONE AND HOW GREAT HE IS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACCEPTING A LITTLE BIT OF RESPONSIBILITY OVER AN ISSUE THAT WAS CLEARLY HIS. CRICKETS. THANK YOU SIR. I'M GLAD YOU FOUND THAT FUNNY, BUT IT ISN'T. HAVE A GREAT DAY! BENJAMIN NCWANE FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE DAVID HALLIGAN AND CHRISTIAN GARDNER. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. WELCOME. CHEER. CRY. YOU OFTEN TALK ABOUT BEING VINDICATED, AND YOU REPEAT THAT CLAIM AGAIN AND AGAIN AND ON THE RADIO. BUT LET'S TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT YOUR VINDICATION TRACK RECORD. YOU LED THE CHARGE TO REMOVE DOMINION VOTING MACHINES, FRAMING IT AS A WIN FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY. BUT WHAT WE GOT WAS A RUSHED, INCOMPATIBLE SYSTEM. BALLOTS PRINTED WITH RUNBACK RESULTED IN OVERSPRAY ERRORS IN ANOTHER SYSTEM BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT WAS NEVER TESTED TOGETHER. SO FOR VOTERS, IT WAS CONFUSION, DELAY, AND AN UNAVOIDABLE OR UNAVOIDABLE BREAKDOWN IN TRUST. YOU ACCUSE DISTRICT ATTORNEY STEPHANIE BRIDGETT OF MISUSING ZOGG FIRE SETTLEMENT FUNDS AND SAID YOU'D BE VINDICATED ONCE INTERNAL DOCUMENTS WERE REVIEWED. BUT WHEN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEWED IT, THE RESULT FOUND NO MISCONDUCT, NO DIVERSION OF FUNDS, NO CASE, NO VINDICATION. AND YOU NEVER CORRECTED THE PUBLIC RECORD. AND ON SUNDAY, YOU BLAMED FORMER REGISTRAR, ASSISTANT REGISTRAR JOHANNA FRANCISCA AND ALAN COX FOR THE CHARTER PAPERWORK NEVER BEING FILED. GOVERNMENT CODE 23 713 MADE IT CLEAR. TRANSMITTING THE CHARTER IS THE BOARD'S LEGAL DUTY. YOU HELPED WRITE IT, YOU CAMPAIGNED ON IT, YOU CELEBRATED ITS PASSAGE AND THEN FAILED TO FOLLOW THROUGH. IT'S NOT YOUR MISTAKE. YEAH, OKAY. YOU ALSO SAID THAT A STACK OF EMAILS FROM THE 2019 PROVES THE DEPARTMENTS WERE IN THE LOOP ON THE READINGS RANCHERIA DEAL, BUT THE COURT DIDN'T SAY PEOPLE WEREN'T AWARE YEARS AGO. THEY SAID THE 2023 CONTRACT WAS ILLEGAL BECAUSE THE BOARD EXCLUDED THE SHERIFF, FIRE CHIEF, D.A. AND RISK MANAGEMENT. YOUR EMAILS DON'T FIX THAT. THEY DISTRACT FROM IT. NOW, YOU KEEP SAYING YOU'VE BEEN VINDICATED, BUT EVERY TIME WE LOOK CLOSER, IT'S JUST ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO SHIFT BLAME WHEN THINGS GO WRONG. THE ELECTION CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. MICHELLE FOLLOWED BY DAVID HALLIGAN. CHRISTIAN GARDNER. LAURA HOBBS, THEN CHRIS BEGLEY. WELCOME. THANK YOU. I'VE SAID IT MORE THAN ONCE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE VOTING ISSUE IS A PARTIZAN BI PARTIZAN ISSUE. THERE'S PLENTY OF EVIDENCE I CAN RECOMMEND FOR BOOKS BY MANY QUALIFIED PEOPLE, EXPLAINING THE MULTITUDE MYRIAD OF WAYS THAT TECHNICAL OUR OUR TECHNOLOGY CAN BE USED IN CHEATING FAR MORE THAN THE OLD, YOU KNOW, BALLOTS. ONE OF THEM IS DOCTOR SHIVA. HE'S THE ONE THAT INVENTED THE EMAIL. ANOTHER ONE SOME OF THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT HE DID, HE ANALYZED FOR MANY COUNTRIES THE VOTING, THE FRAUD. HE HAS A DEGREES IN AUDIT, FINANCE AND OPERATIONAL IT. AND THAT'S WHAT I COME HERE TO SAY. AND THAT'S WHY THE MEASURE TO TO BRING UP THE VOTING AGAIN IS A NECESSITY. IT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. KEVIN, YOU HAD OKAYED $150,000 SO THAT WE COULD. YOU COULD SEND OUR JOANNA, COULD SEND OUT SOME KIND OF QUESTIONNAIRE OF WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS. [01:45:05] THERE WERE LINES. I SAW THEM AT THE STORES. LINES OF PEOPLE WAITING TO SIGN THAT PETITION. THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A BIPARTISAN PARTIZAN ISSUE. THIS IS OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. ARE WE GOING TO BE UNDER LAWS OR THE CONSTITUTION? I BELIEVE WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR OATH, IT WAS THE CONSTITUTION. SO PLEASE REVISIT THAT AGAIN. WE CANNOT HAVE A HANDFUL OF MULTI-BILLIONAIRES HAVING MORE POWER THAN OUR RIGHTS. THANK YOU. DAVID. FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN GARDNER. THEN LAURA HOBBS, CHRIS BAGLEY, AND NICK GARDNER. GOOD MORNING. BOARD. I WANT TO GO OVER THE BOARD, THE CHARTER PAPERWORK PROCESS. LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK AS CHAIR CRAIG PLAYS THE BLAME GAME ON HIS RADIO SHOW AND TV INTERVIEW THIS WEEK. MOST PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT THE CSAC ATTENDING A BOS MEETING, PRESENTING WHAT IS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE A CHARTER START TO FINISH. THIS PRESENTATION WAS SPONSORED BY MR. CRY AT THE NINE 2623 BOS MEETING. DID MR. CRY INVITE THE ROV OR ASSIST AN ROV TO THE MEETING? DID HE FORWARD THE PROCESSES TO THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT? NO AND NO. TRANSPARENCY COMMUNICATION? I DON'T THINK SO. IF CHAIR CRY CEO RICKARD AND MR. KALLSTROM WOULD HAVE REFERRED BACK TO THE PRESENTATION DOCUMENTS AFTER THE THREE FIVE ELECTION, THEY WOULD HAVE SEEN THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE GOVERNMENT CODES TO COMPLETE THE CHARTER PAPERWORK. LISTEN, THERE IS PLENTY OF BLAME TO GO AROUND TO ALL AND TO ALL BUT CHAIR CRY THROWS OUT NAMES LIKE FRANCESCA AND COX. BUT OF COURSE HE FAILS TO BLAME HIMSELF AND CEO RICKERT, WHOM BOTH WERE THE TWO OFFICIALS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO START THE PROCESS AS OUTLINED IN GOVERNMENT CODE 23713, CHAIR CRY ABSOLVES MR. LARMORE FROM THE BLAME. NOT SO FAST, MY FRIENDS. MR. L'AMOUR'S FIRST DAY IN OFFICE WAS MONDAY, APRIL 8TH, SIX DAYS AFTER THE SUPERVISORS CERTIFIED THE THREE FIVE ELECTION. FINISHING UP, MR. CRIES STATED ON HIS RADIO SHOW THAT DROPPING THE BALL HERE WITH THE FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE CHARTER PAPERWORK PROCESS WOULD BE A FIRABLE OFFENSE IN HIS BUSINESSES. WELL, LET'S SEE, MR. COX AND MISS FRANCESCA HAVE ALREADY BEEN FIRED. FOR WHAT, I DON'T KNOW. THAT LEAVES THE TWO LEADERS. YES. LEADERS IN THE CHARTER PROCESS. CHAIR, CRY AND CEO RICKERT. SO CHAIR CRY. DO YOU FIRE CEO RICKERT AND YOURSELF? DO YOU CHAIR CRY? FIRE YOURSELF FOR DROPPING THE BALL ON THE FAILURES TO START THE CHARTER PROCESS TO COMPLETION. THANK YOU. CHRISTIAN GARNIER FOLLOWED BY LAURA HOBBS, CHRIS BAGLEY, FOLLOWED BY NICK GARDNER. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. YES, MA'AM. WELCOME. SO YEAH, I GOT TO AGREE WITH LESLIE. MR. TRUMP IS DEFINITELY A DERANGED AND SICK PUPPY. YEAH, WE'VE GOT SOME COMMON GROUND. ALSO, WE HAVE SOME COMMON GROUND. YOU KNOW, MR. BOND PRESENTED THE FUTURE OF OF JUSTICE IN AMERICA. AND I DO APPLAUD THIS BOARD FOR WORKING WITH THAT. IT IS THE ANSWER. AND EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE SHOWS THAT LET'S TALK ABOUT MONEY, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO. MONEY, MONEY, MONEY MONEY, MONEY. I'VE GOT A STACK OF BILLING RECEIPTS FROM BEST BEST IN KRUGER THAT ADD UP TO OVER $100,000 SPENT BY TAXPAYERS ON JUNK THAT GOT THROWN OUT OF COURT NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT THREE TIMES. PROBABLY WON'T COME BACK AGAIN BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT AT THAT POINT. LET'S TALK ABOUT $100,000 DEDICATED TO THE ELECTION COMMISSION. A JOKE, A FAILED, PATHETIC JOKE. LET'S TALK ABOUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DEDICATED TO TAKING OUT ONE VOTING SYSTEM AND INSTALLING ANOTHER. THAT WORKS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WAY. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC. MILLIONS PISSED AWAY BY EXTREME FAR RIGHT NONSENSE. GOBBLEDYGOOK. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT MONEY. I MEAN, IT'S TOO LATE TO GO AHEAD AND PULL C3. YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO ROLL WITH THAT. BUT UNTIL THE CITIZENS OF SHASTA COUNTY UNDERSTAND HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN FRITTERED AWAY ON GARBAGE THAT CONTINUED CLOWN CAR CIRCUS ROLLS ON. LAURA HOBBS, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS BEGLEY, FOLLOWED BY NICK GARDNER. GOOD MORNING. BOARD. IN REGARDS TO THE CHARTER AMENDMENT FIASCO, AS FAR AS FILING, I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE CODES THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REFERENCING. 23 713 23 714. GUESS WHAT? THOSE ARE ELECTION CODES. WHO'S IN CHARGE OF EXECUTING ELECTION CODES? IT'S THE ROV. IT'S NOT KEVIN. CRY. DO YOU REALLY THINK IT WAS KEVIN'S JOB TO TAKE JOANNA FRANCESCA BY THE HAND AND TELL HER HOW TO EXECUTE ELECTION LAW? [01:50:07] NO. THAT'S A JOKE. OKAY. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE DEEP STATE. IT'S UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS THROWING WRENCHES INTO THE WORKS. WE SAW SIMILAR INSUBORDINATION OVER THE CTCL FUNDING. AND THAT, AGAIN, WAS JOANNA FRANCESCA. IMPLEMENTING THE ELECTION COMMISSION ALSO WAS. IT WAS THE CLERK OF THE BOARD WHO CONVENIENTLY FORGOT TO PUBLISH THE NOTICE TO DELAY THE PROCESS. THIS THIS IS THEIR PLAYBOOK. OKAY. WE WE DO NOT SUPPORT COUNTY WORKERS WHO CONTINUALLY, KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY BREAK ELECTION LAW. THAT'S WHAT'S HARMFUL AND DAMAGING TO OUR COUNTY. WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE JOANNA FRANCESCA'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY RECORD THE COUNTY CHARTER DURING HER BRIEF TENURE AS INTERIM ROV, TO IMPACT THE SUCCESS OF OUR CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHT TO PETITION OUR GOVERNMENT AND ENACT ELECTION REFORM FOR THE CITIZENS OF SHASTA COUNTY. AND I WANT TO MENTION THAT 100,000 WAS GIVEN TO JOANNA FRANCESCA TO SEND OUT A MAILER FOR CLEANING THE VOTER ROLLS. WHY NOT GIVE A SIMILAR AMOUNT TO CLINT CURTIS TO DO WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO TO MAKE TRANSPARENCY HAPPEN FOR THE ELECTIONS? AND FURTHERMORE, THE C THREE. THE PROPOSED SURVEY, IT LEAVES OUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. THE ELECTION REFORM. YOU GUYS ARE OUT OF TOUCH ON THAT. YOU NEED TO DON'T WASTE ANY MORE COUNTY MONEY ON BIASED SURVEYS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, CHRIS BEGLEY, FOLLOWED BY NICK GARDNER. WELCOME, COACH. WELCOME, COACH. KEVIN AND I GO WAY BACK. HE I HIRED HIM TO COACH A LOT OF OUR ATHLETIC TEAMS AT PARSONS. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN REDDING, AS WAS MY HUSBAND. MY HAT IS OFF TO YOU GUYS. I MEAN, YOU'RE ABUSED. I JUST CAN'T FATHOM THE LANGUAGE AND THE ABUSE THAT YOU PUT UP WITH. THAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE. I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M THE NIMBY THAT DOESN'T WANT THAT. YOU KNOW, IN MY BACKYARD. PULL YOUR MICROPHONE DOWN, PLEASE. IN MY BACKYARD. I LIVE IN THE SUBDIVISION WHERE THIS WHAT'S IT CALLED? AMITY FOUNDATION. YEAH. AMITY. I AM ALL FOR IT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. THERE IS A REALLY. THERE'S A NICE RURAL SUBDIVISION THERE WHICH I LIVE. I LIVED THERE FOR 35 YEARS. I LIVE ON THE RIVER. THE OTHERS. A LOT OF RIVER FRONTAGE THERE. AND THIS PROPERTY THAT THEY WANT TO PUT THIS IS RIVER FRONTAGE PROPERTY WHICH TO ME, YOU KNOW, I WOULD RATHER SEE. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS LIVE ON THE RIVER THAN EXCUSE THE TERMINATION, BUT A BUNCH OF CRIMINALS THAT ARE BEING REHABBED AND I SUGGESTED THAT IT BE PUT UP THERE BY THE JUVENILE HALL. THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE. ALL THEY'D HAVE TO DO IS BUILD IT AND NOT PUT IT NEXT TO A COMMUNITY. I MEAN, WE HAVE COWS THERE, WE HAVE COYOTES, WE HAVE RACCOONS, WE HAVE A MOUNTAIN LION THERE JUST THE OTHER DAY THAT KILLED A HORSE. YOU KNOW, JUST I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY A DONE DEAL, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW HOW OUR SUBDIVISION FEELS ABOUT THAT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. AND I JUST HOPE THAT PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE MORE CARING ABOUT HOW THEY SPEAK TO YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BEGLEY. YOU AND I ALSO GO WAY BACK BECAUSE GRADUATED PARSONS IN 1982. SO I REMEMBER THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW OLD I AM. I WAS THERE LONG BEFORE THAT, TOO. SO I'M STILL WALKING. I'M STILL ALIVE. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, NICK GARDNER AND CHAIR. THAT'S OUR LAST SPEAKER. AND BEFORE NICK COMES UP COACH, I WOULD TELL YOU AGAIN, IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MEET DOUG, I WILL MAKE SURE HE AND THE SHERIFF GET AHOLD OF YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU KNOW, I FINALLY FOUND SOME COMMON GROUND WITH SUSAN WEISS. SHE'S RIGHT. YOU GUYS NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT CHRISTIAN GARDNER. THE WAY HE GETS UP HERE AND BLOVIATES AGAINST OUR PRESIDENT CALLS HIM A PEDOPHILE, A RAPIST, A THIEF, A DERANGED, SICK PUPPY. YOU KNOW I READ WHERE THEY'RE TAKING DONATIONS FOR BIDEN'S LIBRARY. IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO DONATE, I'LL MAKE SURE IT GETS THERE. THEN WE'VE GOT ONE THING OUR PRESIDENT DID. HE'S ENDED PRIDE MONTH AND HE'S SUBSTITUTING CELEBRATION OF FAMILY MONTH. I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. AND THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS. IF WE GO TO WAR, WE'RE GOING TO GO WIN THE DAMN THING AND COME HOME. SO KUDOS TO OUR PRESIDENT. I'M GETTING QUITE A KICK OUT OF ALL THESE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PAPERWORK NOT GETTING FILED FOR THE CHARTER COUNTY. I'LL WAGER NOT A ONE OF THEM VOTED FOR IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WHINING ABOUT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MATT PLUMMER SENT THIS IN HIS [01:55:09] BOARD REPORT. THE SHASTA COUNTY WOMEN AND INFANTS AND CHILDREN PROGRAM HAS BEEN AWARDED THE NATIONAL PREMIER BREASTFEEDING AWARD. THIS APPROACH HAS INCREASED SHASTA COUNTY'S BREASTFEEDING RATE TO MORE THAN 39% OF INFANTS EXCLUSIVELY BREASTFEEDING TO AGE ONE PRIOR TO THE PROGRAM. THE NUMBER WAS LESS THAN 4%. MATT PLUMMER AND I HAVE FOUND SOME COMMON GROUND. WE BOTH LIKE TITTIES. WITH THAT, WE WE WILL. WE'LL MOVE ON. ALL RIGHT. HEY, LISTEN. HEY, HEY, LET'S LET'S LET'S BRING IT BACK, AND LET'S JUST KEEP THE MEETING ROLLING. THIS IS YOUR TIME. IT'S TWO MINUTES. HERE WE GO. OUR FIVE CHAIR. YES. WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. [CONSENT CALENDAR] OH MY BAD. IS THERE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR LONG. WE'VE HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. PASSES FOUR ZERO WITH SUPERVISOR HARMON. NOT HERE. OUR FIVE RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER. [R5 Receive a presentation from the Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures regarding the 2024 Shasta County Crop and Livestock Report.] SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES REGARDING THE 2024 SHASTA COUNTY CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORT. MR. INGRAM IS HERE. THIS IS A NO VOTE ITEM. WELCOME, SIR. GOOD MORNING. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, JOHN INGRAM AND COMMISSIONER. OH, THERE IT IS. THANK YOU. YES. I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS QUICK. I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE 2024 SHASTA COUNTY CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORT. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT SHASTA COUNTY AGRICULTURE TO YOU AND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. I'M REQUIRED BY LAW TO SPECIFICALLY, SPECIFICALLY FOODNET CODE 2279 TO COMPILE AN AG CROP REPORT LIVESTOCK REPORT, WHICH DETAILS THE GROSS PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF SHASTA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES THE ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, AND GROSS VALUE OF ALL AGRICULTURAL CROPS AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCED HERE IN SHASTA COUNTY. ALL FIGURES IN THE REPORT REPRESENT GROSS RETURNS ONLY AND DO NOT REFLECT NET INCOME OF ANY COUNTY PRODUCERS. THIS REPORT IS USED AS A RESOURCE FOR VARIOUS RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, SCHOOLS, BANKS, AGENCIES, AND BUSINESSES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FARM SERVICE AGENCY RELIES ON THIS DATA WHEN ESTIMATING THE VALUE OF LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES DURING A DISASTER DECLARATION. DECLARATION. OKAY. I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THE 2024 GROSS VALUE OF SHASTA COUNTY AG. CROPS AND LIVESTOCK TOTALED 89,378,000, WHICH DOES REPRESENT A $3.3 MILLION DECREASE, OR NEARLY 3.6% UNDER THE 2023 SEASON. MAJOR COMMODITIES THAT INCREASE IN VALUE IN 2024 INCLUDE CATTLE, WHICH INCREASED 10.3% INCREASE DUE TO STRONG PRICES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND WALNUTS, 51% INCREASE DUE TO HIGHER PRICE PER TON RECEIVED. UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THE CROPS THAT DECREASED IN 2020 FOR HAY, WHICH WAS DOWN ROUGHLY 6.3% DUE TO PRICE DECREASES RECEIVED, AND NURSERY STOCK ROUGHLY 58.6% DECREASE, PRIMARILY DUE TO A DECREASE IN REPORTED PLANT PRODUCTION FOR STRAWBERRIES IN 2024. THE TOP THREE HIGHEST VALUE CROPS FOR THE COUNTY WERE CATTLE, AT 26,436,000, HAY AT 23,606,000, AND APIARY PRODUCTS AT 9,850,000. THIS REPORT ALSO INCLUDES THE TOTAL VALUE OF TIMBER, VALUED AT $32,398,460. TIMBER AND FOREST PRODUCTS REMAIN AS A SEPARATE ITEM AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL, WHICH IS WHY THE NATIONAL AG STATISTICS SERVICES RECOMMENDS THAT TIMBER BE EXCLUDED FROM THE GRAND TOTAL OF THE CROP REPORTS SUBMITTED TO CDFA. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IS CONTINUES TO BE A VITAL COMPONENT OF SHASTA COUNTY'S AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY. GEEZ, I CAN'T TALK TODAY. ECONOMY WITH STRAWBERRY NURSERY PLANTS, QUEEN BEES AND TIMBER CONTINUE TO BE THE LEAD COMMODITIES EXPORTED IN 2024. THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED 398 CERTIFICATES FOR AG COMMODITIES BEING EXPORTED TO 25 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. A FEDERAL PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE IS AN ACCOUNTABLE INSPECTION CERTIFICATE USED TO CERTIFY DOMESTIC PLANTS AND UNPROCESSED AND UNMANUFACTURED PLANT PRODUCTS FOR EXPORT. THE PURPOSE OF THE PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE IS TO CERTIFY THAT PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS CONFORM WITH THE CURRENT PHYTOSANITARY [02:00:02] REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RESPECTIVE IMPORTING COUNTRY. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO WORKS WITH THE ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICES TO ISSUE HEALTH CERTIFICATES TO APIARIES FOR THEIR OUTGOING QUEEN BEE SHIPMENTS TO CANADA. A. SLIDE FOR THIS JUST DETAILS THE REPORT SHOWING OUR ERADICATION EFFORTS TO CONTROL AND MANAGE PESTS IN OUR ACTIONS RELATED TO EXCLUSION EFFORTS TO EXCLUDE PESTS AND QUARANTINE AGAINST PESTS AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES. PEST EXCLUSION ACTIVITIES REPRESENT A TOTAL OF 629 PREMISES VISITED TO FACILITIES INCLUDING UPS AIR, UPS GROUND, FEDEX, FEDEX GROUND, AS WELL AS SHIPMENTS ENTERING THE STATE THROUGH THE BORDER INSPECTIONS. LAST YEAR, WE TOTALED 5127 INDIVIDUAL SHIPMENTS INSPECTED RESULTING IN 133 REJECTIONS, 172 PEST INTERCEPTIONS, AND A TOTAL OF 26 OF THOSE PEST INTERCEPTIONS INCLUDED A RATED PESTS. WHICH, YOU MAY BE AWARE, INTEGRATED PEST IS A PEST NOT KNOWN TO OCCUR IN CALIFORNIA. OR A LIMITED DISTRIBUTION. SO THOSE ARE HIGHLY IMPORTANT PESTS THAT WE WANT TO KEEP OUT OF OUR COUNTY. OUR PEST DETECTION PROGRAM INCLUDES 166 TRAPS PLACED AND MONITORED FROM APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER. YOU MIGHT SEE THEM HANGING IN THE THE TREES IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND RETAIL NURSERY ESTABLISHMENTS. WE'RE TARGETING MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY, MELON FRUIT FLY. ALL ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY, SPONGY MOTH, JAPANESE BEETLE, GLASSY WINGED SHARPSHOOTER, EUROPEAN GRAPEVINE MOTH AND EMERALD ASH BORER. ALONG WITH THE KHAPRA BEETLE PEST ERADICATION EFFORTS FOR NOXIOUS WEEDS CONTINUED AT OUR 528 DIFFERENT SITES, TOTALING OVER 40,934 ACRES, TARGETING A VARIETY OF A-RATED WEEDS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. LAST YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT CERTIFIED 23 LOCAL CERTIFIED PRODUCERS AND EIGHT CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKETS. WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR 20 ORGANIC FARMS TOTALING 7600 ORGANIC ACRES, USED TO GROW ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. TODAY'S REPORT IS A BRIEF SNAPSHOT IN TIME, REPRESENTING THE 2024 CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORT FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURAL CROPS PRODUCED IN SHASTA COUNTY. THIS REPORT WILL BE ACCESSED ELECTRONICALLY ONLINE ON OUR WEBSITE SHORTLY AFTER THIS PRESENTATION. LASTLY I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CANNABIS PRODUCE WITHIN SHASTA COUNTY. WHILE THE CULTIVATION OF COMMERCIAL CANNABIS IS NOT LEGAL IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF SHASTA COUNTY, THE CITY OF REDDING AND SHASTA LAKE ALLOW INDOOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF CANNABIS. ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS CONTROL, SHASTA COUNTY CANNABIS PRODUCERS GREW APPROXIMATELY 267,075 PLANTS, WHICH TOTALED A PACKAGED WEIGHT OF 143,909 POUNDS. THE VALUE OF CANNABIS PRODUCTION IS SUBJECT TO SUBSTANTIAL MARKET VOLATILITY, AND THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF LEGAL CANNABIS PRODUCTION IN SHASTA COUNTY FOR 2024 GROWING SEASON. FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN MORE INFORMATION, THEY CAN LOOK UP CANNABIS GOV AND ACCESS THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS CONTROL'S WEBSITE DIRECTLY. IN CLOSING, I WISH TO THANK THE PRODUCERS, AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES AND PUBLIC AGENCIES THAT COOPERATED IN SUPPLYING THE DATA NECESSARY TO COMPILE THIS REPORT. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY ENTIRE STAFF. THEY'RE ALL OUT DOING THE WORK DAY TO DAY, AND THEY ALSO ASSISTED GREATLY. PRIMARILY KEVIN MOUNTS IN OUR OFFICE, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR COMPILING THE DATA FOR THIS CROP REPORT FOR 2024. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE A HARD COPY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STOP BY OUR NEW FACILITY, 1265 REDWOOD BOULEVARD. HAPPY TO GET YOU ONE. SO ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. THANKS, JOHN. YEAH. JUST A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS, MOSTLY ON THE COMPARISON SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION. I WAS CURIOUS, WITH THE NURSERY STOCK, IT SEEMED LIKE IT REALLY JUMPED UP LAST YEAR AND THEN CAME BACK TO NORMAL LEVELS. WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR THAT PROMPTED THAT SIGNIFICANT INCREASE? SO IT PRIMARILY JUST THE RATE, THE PRICE AT WHICH THE NURSERY PRODUCTS WERE RECEIVED. AND IT ALL FLUCTUATES. WE DON'T HAVE ANY INCREASED ACREAGE IN NURSERY STOCK NECESSARILY. THAT WAS A PRICE COMPONENT FOR THE INCREASE LAST YEAR. HOWEVER, THE DECREASING ACREAGE THIS YEAR IS WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THAT MASSIVE DECREASE. AND IT'S I MEAN, ALTITUDE, GROWING SEASONS, YOU KNOW, WHATNOT. THE PRIMARY STRAWBERRY PRODUCING GROWING GROUNDS IS IN THE FALL RIVER VALLEY, AND THERE ARE HIGHLY SUITABLE ACREAGE IN OTHER SURROUNDING COUNTIES. [02:05:06] AND I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY PRIMARILY WHY WE'RE SEEING THAT DECREASE. OKAY. AND THEN THIS IS GOING BACK A FEW YEARS. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE TIMBER HAS BEEN AROUND THE 30 MILLION MARK. BUT THEN IN 2022 IT WAS IT DROPPED TO 14. WHAT WHAT HAPPENED THERE. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS PARTLY DUE TO THE FIRES THAT WERE BURNING THROUGH AT THAT TIME IN THE LUMBER. THE TIMBER TAX BOARD, THEY DID NOT PURCHASE LUMBER. THEY HAD IT ALLOCATED TO OTHER LUMBER MILLS AND SOME I'M NOT TOTALLY FAMILIAR WITH THAT. BUT THEN THAT'S WHY WE'RE BACK TO THE 30 MILLION. BECAUSE THEY PROCESSED THAT LUMBER. OKAY. AND THEN LAST QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF THE WAY I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT IS LIKE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF OUR AGRICULTURE IN THE SENSE OF LIKE HOW MUCH WE'RE PRODUCING PER ACRE AND HOW THAT COMPARES TO OTHER COUNTIES. IF WE'RE ON PAR OR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A HARD THAT WOULD BE A HARD NUMBER TO FIGURE IN MY OPINION. FOR OUR AG IN, IN SHASTA COUNTY, BEING THAT IT'S A HOT COMMODITY AND CATTLE PRODUCING. IT'S HARD TO COMPARE THAT TO OTHER COUNTIES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, BECAUSE JUST SOUTH OF US WE'RE GETTING INTO, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE ORCHARDS AND ROW CROPS AND THOSE PRICE PER ACRES AND VINEYARDS, IF YOU GO TO NAPA COUNTY, I MEAN, THE PRICE PER ACRE IN THOSE COUNTIES ARE EXPONENTIALLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WOULD RECEIVE HERE. BUT IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING GOOD WORK, BUT IT'S ALSO REFLECTIVE IN OUR TOTAL, YOU KNOW, 89 MILLION, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CROPS THAT LOST 89 MILLION IN SOME OF THOSE OTHER COUNTIES, YOU KNOW, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO IT'S I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HARD, HARD FIGURE TO GATHER. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THIS IS A NO VOTE ITEM. THANK YOU, MR. INGRAM. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR. ALL RIGHT. OR BUDGET HEARINGS, I GUESS. YES. YEAH. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT, MISS BLANKENSHIP CAN I JUST PROCEDURALLY, CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE R9 UP TO AND HEAR THAT AFTER R6 BEFORE CLOSED SESSION. YES, CHAIR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE R9 THE ADDENDUM UP TO FOLLOW R6 SINCE WE'LL HAVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ALL HERE AT ONE TIME BEFORE CLOSED SESSION. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PASSES FOUR ZERO. SO MISS COLEMAN, IF YOUR STAFF, WHOEVER'S GOING TO BE HERE FOR R9, COULD BE NOTIFIED THAT WE'LL TAKE THAT AFTER R6. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO R6. JOHN TAYLOR, ARE YOU HERE? [R6 Approve a retroactive renewal agreement with Shasta County Office of Education (SCOE) for the administration of state mandated child care and education services for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Program (CalWORKs) in an amount not to exceed $4,860,060.] COME ON UP. OKAY. THIS IS APPROVE OF RETROACTIVE RENEWAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY WITH SHASTA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, ALSO KNOWN AS SCO, FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF STATE MANDATED CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION SERVICES FOR THE CALIFORNIA WORK OPPORTUNITY RESPONSIBILITY. THE KIDS PROGRAM. CAL WORKS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,860,060. WELCOME, SIR. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS JOHN TAYLOR, DEPUTY BRANCH DIRECTOR FOR THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY BRANCH OF HHS. BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING IS A REQUEST TO APPROVE A RENEWAL AGREEMENT WITH SKOKIE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A LITTLE OVER $4.86 MILLION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF STATE MANDATED CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION SERVICES FOR THE CALWORKS PROGRAM. THIS AGREEMENT IS FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2027. AS PART OF THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PORTION OF CALWORKS WELFARE TO WORK PROGRAM, FAMILIES ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING ARE OFFER NO COST CHILD CARE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE REQUIRED PARTICIPATION AND JOB AND OR EDUCATION ACTIVITIES. CHILD CARE SERVICES ARE CRUCIAL TO MAINTAINING STABLE EMPLOYMENT, AND THE COST WOULD BE OTHERWISE OUT OF REACH FOR MANY WORKING PARENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE CALWORKS PROGRAM. FOR MANY YEARS, SHASTA COUNTY HAS COLLABORATED WITH SKOKIE TO PROVIDE THESE MANDATED SERVICES ON BEHALF OF CALWORKS RECIPIENTS AND WHAT IS TERMED STAGE ONE CHILD CARE. SKOKIE CONTRACTS WITH NUMEROUS CHILD CARE PROVIDERS, WHICH SPREADS THE FINANCIAL BENEFIT OF THESE RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY OF 2024 THROUGH MAY 2025, AN AVERAGE OF 70 FAMILIES OR 114 CHILDREN WERE PARTICIPATING IN STAGE ONE CHILDCARE EACH MONTH. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING CHILDCARE SERVICES, THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDES RELATED EDUCATIONAL SERVICES THAT FOCUS FOCUS ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT, PARENT EDUCATION AND NUTRITION, HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR THE CHILD CARE PROVIDERS AND PARENTS RECEIVING CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES. HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THESE EFFORTS FROM JULY 2024 THROUGH MAY 2025. FROM TOP 25 FREE CPR AND FIRST AID CLASSES TO PARENTS AND PROVIDERS, WITH 61 INDIVIDUALS OBTAINING CERTIFICATION IN CPR AND 69 INDIVIDUALS OBTAINING CERTIFICATION IN FIRST AID PROVIDED OUTREACH TO NEARLY 12,000 PEOPLE AT 54 COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS. PROVIDED TRAINING FOR 42 FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS, PROVIDED BEHAVIOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO 17 FAMILIES, AND SUPPORTED 73 CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. [02:10:01] SKOKIE HAS BEEN PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICE TO SHASTA COUNTY FAMILIES FOR MANY YEARS. WHILE MEETING EXPECTED OUTCOMES, INCLUDING ENSURING 90% OF STAGE ONE CHILD CARE PROVIDERS WERE LICENSED, ENSURING NO GOOD CAUSE, EXEMPTIONS OCCUR DUE TO PROVIDERS NOT BEING ABLE TO OR PROVIDERS NOT BEING AVAILABLE, AND ENSURING 100% OF CLIENTS REFERRED TO STAGE ONE CHILD CARE SERVICES HAD IMPROVED PLAN AND WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF THEIR APPROVED PLAN WITHIN FIVE DAYS. PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS AGREEMENT ARE DIRECTED BY THE STATE AT THE STATE LEVEL. BUY CDS CDS, MANUAL OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OR MPP 23 621.11 NORMALLY REQUIRES FORMAL ADVERTISING FOR CONTRACTS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OR PUBLIC EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS EVERY THREE YEARS. HOWEVER, MPP 23 ONE FIVE ALLOWS THE COUNTY TO RELEASE A PUBLICLY ADVERTISED PRE-BID SURVEY TO DETERMINE THAT THE ONLY ONE SOURCE EXISTS AND IS WILLING AND ABLE AVAILABLE TO FULFILL THE CONTRACT. IN PREVIOUS YEARS, REQUESTS FOR QUOTES WERE COMPLETED, WITH SCOPE BEING THE ONLY RESPONDENT TO FOLLOW THROUGH. IN MAY 2020, HHS RELEASED A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. RFP AND SCOPE WAS THE ONLY PARTY TO RESPOND AND SUBMITTED A MANDATORY LETTER OF INTENT IN OCTOBER 2023. A PUBLIC NOTICE WAS ISSUED BY HHS AND AGAIN ONLY SCOPE RESPONDED. HISTORICALLY, ONLY SCOPE HAS RESPONDED AND FOLLOWED THROUGH ON REQUESTS TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THESE COSTS WILL BE FULLY REIMBURSED REIMBURSED BY CPS WITHOUT ANY COUNTY SHARE OR OVERMATCH. I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE. MISS BLANKENSHIP, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. LET'S BRING THEM UP. OKAY. FIRST UP, DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY FOLLOWED BY STEVEN KOHN, THEN SUSAN WEISS, LESLIE SAWYER, THEN BENJAMIN DUANE. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. I USUALLY DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS REGARDING SCHOOLS AND KIDS AND EDUCATION, BUT OUR SIX HERE WHERE I HAVE A PROBLEM IS THE FUNDING, THE MONEY. THE REASON WHY I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS IS BECAUSE SCOEY, THE GUY WHO ACTUALLY IS THE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR SCOEY IS HAS MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WHO'S ACTUALLY DOUBLE DIPPING IN THE SCOEY UNTIL YOU GET RID OF SOMEBODY WHO'S ACTUALLY COMMITTING A CRIME AND COMMITTING CONFLICT OF INTEREST. AS WE KNOW THE CONTRACTS, HE HAS ALL THE CONTRACTS WITH ALL THE SCHOOLS. HE'S SUPPOSED TO OVERSEE SCHOOL, HE GETS PAID, THEY GET MONEY, THEY GET FUNDING. AND YET HE HAS CONTRACTS WITH ALL THE SCHOOLS. AND HE ACTUALLY SUBS OUT SUBSTITUTION WITH AN ATTORNEY IF THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A LAWSUIT. I HAVE THE CONTRACTS HERE. I DON'T AGREE THAT THAT SCHOOL SHOULD BE FUNDED BECAUSE OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT IS GOING ON. AND THIS IS HUGE. THIS IS BIG BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES MULTIPLE IN CALIFORNIA. SO UNTIL THAT GUY GETS OUT OF THERE, YOU GET RID OF THE LEGAL COUNSEL. I'M ALL FOR SUPPORTING CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL. BUT WHEN SOMEBODY IS BEHIND STEALING AND ROBBING THE CHILDREN AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SCHOOL. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE FUNDING SHOULD GO TO THEM. SO I THINK THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS I'M NOT GOING TO SAY SOMEBODY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO IT, BUT I ACTUALLY ALREADY GATHER A LOT OF INFORMATION REGARDING AND I THINK AS LORENZO SMITH LAW FIRM, WHO ACTUALLY IS COMMITTING THE CRIME AND IT'S BIGGER THAN ANYTHING YOU EVER SEEN. AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE HE IS THE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE OAK RUN. AND THAT'S HOW I DISCOVER, BECAUSE I'M GONE UP AGAINST HIM. AND HE'S ALSO THE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR GATEWAY OAK RUN, SCOEY ANDERSON. YOU NAME IT, TOO MUCH CORRUPTION. STEVE KHAN, FOLLOWED BY STEVE. SUSAN WEISS, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE SAWYER, THEN BENJAMIN WAYNE. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. [02:15:07] GOOD MORNING AGAIN. WELCOME BACK. SO I THINK I'M FOR THIS FUNDING. I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH THIS, BUT WHAT I DO HOPE IS THAT CRISES AND ACTIVITY AGAINST THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND MIKE FREEMAN DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH THIS FUNDING OR FUTURE FUNDING, BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THEIR ARM TWISTED AND SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THIS COMPANY. SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THAT IS BEING WATCHED. WE WILL WATCH THAT CLOSELY. AND IF KEEP SMILING, IT'S CUTE. SEE THE CAMERA CAN'T SEE THAT. BUT OTHER PEOPLE RECORDING IT WE'LL GET IT ON THERE. SO ANYWAY WE DON'T WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE CORRUPTION GOING ON HERE. AND THE WAY HE SCHEDULED, YOU KNOW, WITHHELD FUNDING FROM AND THEN HAD A MEETING SCHEDULED TO SELL HIS COMPANIES, HAVE A CONTRACT SIGNED BY HIS COMPANY, TRY AND STICK ON THESE. TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE. TRY AND STAY ON TOPIC R6. YEAH, R6. YOU'RE JUST RAMBLING. R6. OH, I'M NOT RAMBLING. I'M MAKING A STATEMENT THAT YOU'RE CORRUPT AND THAT YOU TRY TO TWIST THESE PEOPLE'S ARMS, AND YOU WILL TRY TO GET RID OF MIKE FREEMAN AND INSTALL YOUR OWN PERSON SO YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CONTRACTS SIGNED R6 WELL KNOWN R6. NEXT UP, SUSAN WEISS, FOLLOWED BY LESLEY SAWYER, THEN BENJAMIN SWAIN. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO SPEAK TO YOU BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR DISCUSSION AND YOUR VOTES. I TOO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE DISAGREEMENT MR. KEVIN YOU'VE HAD WITH MIKE FREEMAN? WELL, IT IS OUR SIXTH WHETHER YOU SAY IT ISN'T OR NOT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS FUNDING GOES THROUGH RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, LESLIE SAWYER, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN WAYNE. ALL RIGHT, SO I DID NOT GET TO LISTEN ON SUNDAY TO YOUR RADIO SHOW. I SHARED IT, I DIDN'T GET TO LISTEN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS DISCUSSED OR WHAT WAS DISCUSSED ON IT. BUT LOOKING AT THE MATH ON WHAT IT IS PER KID THAT THEY SAY THAT THEY HELP IN THIS, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 25,000 PER PERSON, AND THAT'S IF WE INCLUDE THE 17 FAMILIES. THEY SAID THEY HELPED THE 73 SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS IN THE 114 CHILDREN. SO THAT'S ABOUT 25 K PER PERSON OVER TWO YEARS. SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT, 12, 12,500 PER KID. THE SCHOOLS GET 20,000 PER KID FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF SERVICES. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HELPING LESS THAN 200 PEOPLE FOR ALMOST THAT MUCH. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME. THE OTHER THING THAT I DO KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS AT COFFEY THAT YOU BROUGHT IT UP OR IF IT WAS ON YOUR FACEBOOK LIVE, BUT WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES OF WHAT WE'RE GETTING? I REALLY WISHED THAT MIKE FREEMAN WAS HERE FOR PART OF THIS PRESENTATION SO THAT WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES FOR THE 875 REFERRALS THAT WERE DONE THROUGH THIS FUNDING? BECAUSE IS OUR COMMUNITY BETTER, OR DO WE JUST HAVE MORE PEOPLE DEPENDENT ON GOVERNMENT SERVICES BECOMING WORSE OFF, NOT FURTHERING AND GROWING ANY BETTER? BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THAT SLIPPERY SLOPE IS. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER. I'M OFFERED ALL KINDS OF JUNK AND SERVICES TO MAKE ME DEPENDENT ON THE GOVERNMENT. I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THEN I WILL NEVER GET OUT OF THAT CYCLE. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO SO MANY COMMUNITIES IN OUR COUNTRY. WHY? WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WON'T GET OFF THE SYSTEM AND GET A JOB BECAUSE WE MAKE THEM SO DEPENDENT. SO WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES OF THESE 875 REFERRALS? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AND KNOW, KEVIN, WHETHER YOU LIKE THE GUY OR DON'T LIKE THE GUY. IT'S NOT IN YOUR POWER TO GET RID OF HIM. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S IN THE POWER OF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE HE'S UP FOR ELECTION NEXT YEAR. AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE HIM TO START ANSWERING SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. OR WE NEED SOMEBODY OF VALUE TO RUN AGAINST HIM. BENJAMIN WAYNE, THANK YOU. AND THAT WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER CHAIR. THIS IS OUR LAST SPEAKER. YES. WELCOME BACK. I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THIS ALL ABOUT YOU TODAY, MR. CRAY? BUT YOU'RE MAKING IT DIFFICULT. LIKE REALLY DIFFICULT. SO. YEAH, ON THE SUNDAY RADIO SHOW. I'LL BRING IT UP. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CALWORKS CHILD CARE CONTRACT, AND YOU CAST DOUBT ON WHETHER HE DESERVED IT. YOU SINGLED OUT A STAFF REPORT FOR SAYING THE PROGRAM HAD BEEN PHENOMENAL SINCE 1998, AND BASICALLY SARCASTICALLY ASKED HOW ANYONE COULD VERIFY THAT. [02:20:02] AND YOU SAID, AND I QUOTE, THAT'S A LOT OF CHEESE. SO THIS THIS ISN'T DISCRETIONARY SPENDING. YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS STATE MANDATED PASS THROUGH DOLLARS. THE COUNTY DOESN'T GET TO DECIDE WHETHER THE FUNDING IS DESERVED. IT'S LEGALLY REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THESE PAYMENTS SO SERVICES CAN CONTINUE FOR WORKING FAMILIES WHO QUALIFY. CASTING DOUBT ON THE CONTRACT AS CHAIR OF THE BOARD WITHOUT EVIDENCE OR CONTEXT UNDERMINES TRUST IN THIS ENTIRE PROCESS. AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE DONE THIS IN 2024, WITH YOUR CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH THE ASCEND PROGRAM AND SUPERINTENDENT MIKE FREEMAN, YOU SAID ON YOUR SHOW THAT YOU CARE ABOUT OUTCOMES, BUT UNDERMINING GOING ON THE AIR AND SUGGESTING A CONTRACT MIGHT BE UNJUSTIFIED, DEMANDING NEW METRICS WITHOUT CITING WHAT IS ACTUALLY MISSING. THAT'S NOT OVERSIGHT, IT'S JUST MESSAGING AND PERFORMANCE. IT IT IT'S A CONTINUATION OF A NARRATIVE WHERE YOU GET TO CAST INSTITUTIONS AS BROKEN WHEN THEY DON'T ALIGN WITH YOUR PERSONAL GOALS. SO THE FAMILIES SERVED BY THESE PROGRAMS, THEY DON'T CARE. IF SOMEONE SAID PHENOMENAL IN A STAFF REPORT, THEY CARE IF A CHILD REMAINS FUNDED, THAT THE SYSTEM WORKS, AND THAT THE LEADERS ARE ACTING IN GOOD FAITH. FROM THE COMMUNITY'S PERSPECTIVE, ALL WE SEE IS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WITH A HISTORY OF PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT IN THIS SPACE, USING HIS INFLUENCE TO CAST DOUBT ON AN INSTITUTION THAT PREVIOUSLY PUSHED BACK. IT'S A PATTERN. IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE LEADERSHIP. IT JUST LOOKS LIKE SELF-INTEREST DRESSED UP AS OVERSIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THERE'S SO MANY THINGS TO RESPOND TO. BUT HERE'S WHAT I'LL SAY IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE STAFF REPORT AND THE BUDGET BREAKDOWNS AND YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE TITLES OF ENROLLMENT DIRECTOR. SUPERVISOR OF ENROLLMENT, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND THE DIFFERENT LAYERS. MY QUESTION TO COUNTY STAFF WAS AND I BROUGHT ACTUALLY MISS SHORT AUDITOR CONTROLLER IN. AND WE ASKED MISS COLEMAN IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP AND JOHN, IF YOU WANT TO HANG OUT, I GUESS THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO DIRECTOR COLEMAN. BUT I'M GOING TO BRING JOHN UP TO BRING UP BUT THE YOU KNOW, MY MY QUESTION ABOUT ALL OF THIS AS OF MANY PEOPLE OR A FEW PEOPLE ERRONEOUSLY MISSTATED, WAS JUST ABOUT LOOKING FOR OUTCOMES. AND THAT'S WHAT'S SCARY IS WHEN PEOPLE START SCREAMING AND YELLING ABOUT JUST TAKE THE GOVERNMENT MONEY AND DOLE IT OUT AND QUIT ASKING FOR OUTCOMES. IT JUST BAFFLES ME. BUT THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF CORRELATION INTO PERSONAL LIVES WITH THAT, TOO. I WOULD TAKE IT. I I'M REALLY CURIOUS MR. TAYLOR, MISS COLEMAN, ABOUT THE JUST THE OVERHEAD. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT DOLLAR PER STUDENT, AND ONE OF THE SPEAKERS DID MENTION THAT. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MANY SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS LOOK AT IS DOLLAR PER STUDENT. I MEAN, IT JUST STRUCK ME AS HIGH AND I KNOW THAT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IN THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, MANY YEARS THAT'S BEEN THE ONLY APPLICANT FOR THE RFP. CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS CATEGORICAL. AND I KNOW YOU'VE PROVIDED ME SOME INFORMATION. YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT MORE. DO YOU WANT TO SHARE JUST WITH THIS BOARD. SO THE REST OF THIS BOARD CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVING TO ME, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'LL SHARE WITH THE BOARD IN TERMS OF THE OUTCOMES AND WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO COLLECT. BECAUSE I KNOW THIS JUST CAME UP ON THURSDAY AND WE JUST MET, SO. YEAH. NO, I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I JUST WANT I WANT THE REST OF THE BOARD BECAUSE I CAN ONLY TALK TO ONE PERSON. I DIDN'T TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT THIS. I JUST WANT THEM TO BE PROVIDED THE INFORMATION AS WELL. BECAUSE JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, I'M GOING TO I MEAN, I'LL MAKE I'LL MAKE THE MOTION NOW TO ACCEPT. SO THERE'S MY MOTION AND I'LL SECOND. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A WE HAVE A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. BUT THIS IS REALLY MORE ABOUT WE HAVE TO LOOK DEEPER BECAUSE WHEN THE STAFF REPORT SAYS SOMETHING THAT SINCE 1998, IN A STATEMENT, MY THING WAS, WELL, WHO WAS WORKING IN HHS IN THAT DEPARTMENT IN 1998 THAT CAN ATTEST TO THESE GREAT OUTCOMES. AND I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S NOT GREAT OUTCOMES, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AS SUPERVISORS. WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT. WE READ THAT. WELL, IT MATTERS LIKE THAT. LANGUAGE MATTERS TO US. IT MATTERS TO ME ANYWAY. AND YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GETTING GREAT OUTCOMES IN ANY PROGRAM ACROSS THE COUNTY, GREAT. AND IF WE'RE NOT, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE AMISS IF WE'RE NOT ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING THOSE. SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE PROVIDING FOR US HERE IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS? NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES OR TWO HOURS. YEAH. BUT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS ACROSS THE AGENCY TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE A TITLE THAT THEY'RE SPECIFYING IN ONE CONTRACT. WE'RE NOT PAYING OVER ONE FTE FOR THAT TITLE THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR CONTRACT AND EXPLAIN THAT JUST THE PUBLIC THE FTE PART SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE BUDGET THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE CONTRACT, THERE ARE LISTED OUT POSITIONS AND APPOINT FTE FOR THOSE POSITIONS BASED ON THE PROGRAM FOR THE CONTRACT. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS WITH SCO, YOU'LL SEE THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION WHEN WE PAY FOR THE INVOICE OF HOW MUCH WE'RE PAYING FOR THE EACH INDIVIDUAL POSITION BASED ON THE POINT FTE, SO WE CAN TAKE ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING OVER AN FTE FOR [02:25:02] WHATEVER THE POSITION IS LIKE ON THIS CONTRACT. IT'S DIRECTOR OF ENROLLMENT, DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION, AND IT LISTS OUT THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT ARE WITHIN THIS CONTRACT THAT WE'RE PAYING A PERCENTAGE OF A PERSON. YEAH. SO JUST TO HELP. SO IN THE IN THE REPORT, IT'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, THEIR TOTAL ANNUAL SALARY IS 159,000 AND IT'S 0.4 FTE OR FULL TIME EQUIVALENT. AND THAT SALARY ADJUSTED IS $63,000. SO THAT'S WHAT'S ALLOCATED FROM THIS CONTRACT. WELL WHAT WE FOUND OR NOT. WE WHAT? THE INTERNAL AUDIT COMPLIANCE PROGRAM HAS FOUND THAT SOME ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ACTUALLY BILLED THE COUNTY ABOVE THE 1.0 FTE. THAT'S FRAUD. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT $5 MILLION, SOME PEOPLE GET UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT, WELL, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. BUT YOU KNOW, BUT THEN THEY WANT TO EVISCERATE THIS BOARD FOR CHECKING INTO IT. BUT IT'S REAL. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE PROGRAMS OR THESE STEPS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING FOR IT. AND I WANT TO SEE THIS NUMBER GO DOWN BECAUSE THAT MEANS MORE FAMILIES ARE OFF THE SYSTEM, AS ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SAID. AND MY HAT'S OFF TO THAT INDIVIDUAL FOR NOT GOING DOWN THAT ROAD AND JUST TAKING THE GOVERNMENT MONEY AND GETTING OFF THE SYSTEM. SO I DON'T WANT TO BEAT THIS UP. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU'RE IN QUEUE. SO SORRY. YEAH. WELL, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR IN THIS PROCESS, BECAUSE YOU COULD IMAGINE THAT SOME ENTITIES WILL HAVE MULTIPLE FTES FOR THE SAME POSITION. AND SO WE'D WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THAT'S TRUE, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE THREE DIRECTORS OF PROGRAMING, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THAT'S SPREAD ACROSS MULTIPLE PROGRAMS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE WE'RE DOING THIS TYPE OF AUDIT THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR THAT FACT. YEAH. SO WE'LL BE GETTING THE ORG CHART TO MAKE SURE IF THEY HAVE LIKE THREE DIRECTORS OF OPERATIONS, WE UNDERSTAND WHICH DIRECTOR OF OPERATION IS OVER WHICH CONTRACT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SPECIFY. YOU KNOW, JOHN SMITH'S OVER THIS ONE, MARY SMITH'S OVER THIS ONE. WHOEVER'S OVER THE OTHER ONE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REALLY MAKING SURE WE'RE ONLY PAYING FOR THE ONE FTE FOR JOHN AND FOR MARY. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, WE'RE GIVING THE MONEY TO SCULLY, WHO THEN IS ACTUALLY PAYING FOR THE CHILD CARE SERVICES INDIRECTLY, THROUGH THE ACTUAL CHILD CARE PROVIDERS. YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT. SO WITH THIS CONTRACT WITH OUR COW WORKS PARTICIPANTS, IF THEY DON'T HAVE CHILD CARE, THEY CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAM. AND SO THIS ACTUALLY ALLOWS THE PARTICIPANT TO GO TO WORK OR GO TO SCHOOL TO BETTER THEMSELVES, TO BETTER THEIR FAMILY. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS CONTRACT IS FOR. IT ACTUALLY HAS PROVIDER PAYMENTS IN IT, WHICH IS ABOUT HALF THE CONTRACT. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE BUDGET LINE ITEM. I THINK IT'S CALLED IT'S CALLED PROVIDER PAYMENTS ON HERE. AND SO IN THERE THAT IS THE DIRECT PAYMENTS TO DAYCARE CENTERS, CHILD CARE CENTERS, FAMILY DAYCARES FOR THE CARE OF THE CHILD WHILE THE PARENT IS OUT WORKING OR GOING TO SCHOOL. OKAY. AND THAT, I MEAN, AS SOMEONE WHO'S PAID CHILD CARE PAYMENTS YOU KNOW, I THINK IF IT'S 20 SOME THOUSAND TOTAL AND HALF OF THAT IS FOR CHILDCARE. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 10 TO 12 PER PERSON PER YEAR, 1000 A MONTH. THAT SEEMS ACTUALLY PRETTY REASONABLE IN TERMS OF WHAT I WOULD HAVING PAID FOR CHILDCARE, THAT IT OFTEN IS A LOT MORE THAN THAT. SO YEAH, YOU KNOW, THIS WITH THIS ONE, TWO CDS ACTUALLY HAS MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT RATES THAT THEY SET OF HOW MUCH WE CAN ACTUALLY PAY FOR A CHILD CARE CENTER OR A FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME SETTING. AND IT GOES IN PER COUNTY. SO THERE IS A MAXIMUM FOR HOW MUCH WE CAN PAY. AND IT GOES BY AGE TOO. AND SO BIRTH TO 24 MONTHS IS ALWAYS THE MOST EXPENSIVE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE MOST CARE, THE MOST TIME THAT THE CHILD NEEDS. SO THAT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE RATE. BUT IT DOES BREAK IT DOWN BY AGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IT DOES. IT DOES MATTER. ALSO THE CENTER IF IT'S I THINK IT'S BELOW. IS IT 13 KIDS AND BELOW. YEAH. SO THE BIG CHILD CARE CENTERS ARE LIKE 14 KIDS AND THEN THE SMALLER ARE 13 OR BELOW. AND SO IT KIND OF MATTERS WHICH ONE THE CHILD IS PLACED INTO. YOU KNOW, AND THAT JUST GOES OFF PERSONAL PREFERENCE OPENINGS, YOU KNOW, AVAILABILITY HOURS FOR WHAT THE FAMILY NEEDS. IT'S ALL DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR CHILD CARE. JUST, YOU KNOW, THINK OF IT AS AN INDIVIDUAL THING WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR CARE FOR YOUR CHILD. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THE HOURS ARE RIGHT FOR WHAT YOU NEED. YOU NEED TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE CENTER. THEY NEED TO HAVE WHAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR CHILD, AND BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE CHILD IN AT THE TIME YOU NEED. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. SEEING NONE. WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES FOUR ZERO. THANK YOU, MR. TAYLOR. THANK YOU. OKAY. R9. THIS IS THE ADDENDUM. WE VOTED TO MOVE IT UP. IF YOU'RE JOINING US LATE. WELCOME. AARON MCCRAY. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AARON WATTS, BRANCH DIRECTOR FOR ADMINISTRATION. SO I'M HERE TODAY TO REQUEST AN INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND LOAN FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICES FUND. ON JUNE 24TH, 2025, THE BOARD APPROVED THE FUND TO BE A NEGATIVE CASH UP TO $5 MILLION, AND WE ARE REQUESTING TO INCREASE THIS TO 7 MILLION WHILE [02:30:03] WE AWAIT INCOMING REVENUE THAT WILL REIMBURSE US FOR ACTUAL COSTS. AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW FACTORS THAT HAVE LED US TO THIS SITUATION PRIMARILY STEADILY INCREASING CASELOADS, STATUS QUO REALIGNMENT REVENUE, AND AN ERROR AT THE STATE THAT IMPACTED 1991 REALIGNMENT REVENUES. SINCE MY LAST PRESENTATION, WE LEARNED THAT LOCAL CORRECTIONS WERE REQUIRED TO APPROPRIATELY ALLOCATE FUNDING THAT HAD BEEN GIVEN TO SOCIAL SERVICES, BUT ACTUALLY BELONGED TO MENTAL HEALTH. AS A RESULT, EARLIER THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE REQUIRED TO SHIFT $2.1 MILLION IN REALIGNMENT FUNDS FROM SOCIAL SERVICES TO MENTAL HEALTH. WE CONTINUE TO ANALYZE FUNDING AND SOCIAL SERVICES, INCOMING REVENUE, AS WELL AS CHANGES IN COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY DUE TO HR ONE, WHICH WILL INCREASE CASEWORK RESPONSIBILITY AND STATE COST SHARE AND IS LIKELY TO BE PASSED ON TO COUNTIES. WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH DEPUTY CEO ERIN BURTON AND AUDITOR CONTROLLER NOEL SHORT AS WE HAVE CONTINUED TO EVALUATE THIS ISSUE. ADDITIONALLY, AGENCY DIRECTOR CHRISTY COLEMAN HAS ENGAGED WITH OTHER DIRECTORS ACROSS THE STATE, AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR CHALLENGES. SOME AREAS WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPLORING TO REDUCE COSTS INCLUDE CONSOLIDATING LEASE SPACES, EVALUATING LEASE COSTS, AND COMPARING TO LONG TERM PROPERTY INVESTMENTS. WE ARE HOLDING BACK ON HIRING SOME HIGH LEVEL MANAGEMENT POSITIONS, INCLUDING A DEPUTY BRANCH DIRECTOR AND THE ASSISTANT AGENCY DIRECTOR, WHICH EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY $45,000 PER MONTH IN SALARY SAVINGS. AS WE GET INTO BUDGET PLANNING, WE WILL BE REQUIRING A NET ZERO BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF FUND BALANCE WE ARE PLANNING TO USE IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. ULTIMATELY WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING OUR RESERVES. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE WORKING WITH PROGRAM STAFF TO REVIEW NON-MANDATED PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY PRIORITIZING REVIEW OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT FULLY FUNDED BY STATE OR FEDERAL REVENUE AND PROGRAMS THAT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT COST TO OUR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, AS WELL AS PROGRAM METRICS AND PERFORMANCE. I REALIZE THIS MAY RAISE CONCERNS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT PART OF THE CONSIDERATION WILL BE IMPACT THAT PROGRAM CHANGES MAY HAVE ON OTHER AREAS. SO, AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY COSTS IN THIS FUND THAT HAVE WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER. AND SO WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE AREAS WHERE WE DO HAVE SOME CONTROL, BUT RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN OUR APPROACH, LOOKING AT LONG TERM SOLUTIONS AS WELL AS SMALL, IMMEDIATE ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE AS AN AGENCY. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT CURRENTLY THIS ALLOWANCE IS APPROVED THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST. AT THIS TIME, I'M NOT REQUESTING AN EXTENSION TO THIS, SO I WANT TO EXPRESS THE POSSIBILITY THAT I WILL NEED TO RETURN NEXT MONTH TO REQUEST THAT EXTENSION. AND WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL UPDATE AT THAT TIME. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC UPDATED ON THIS ISSUE. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS WATTS. SUPERVISOR KIHLSTROM. YEAH. THESE ARE INCOMING REVENUES. ARE THESE MOSTLY FROM THE STATE, LIKE THE REALIGNMENT DOLLARS OR REIMBURSEMENTS FROM THE STATE? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON? IT'S GOING TO BE OUR COUNTY EXPENSE CLAIM. WE HAVE A MEDI-CAL ADMINISTRATION ALLOCATION THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING IN THIS MONTH. PAYMENTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF DIRECT SERVICES LIKE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND THEN REALIGNMENT. SO THESE ARE KIND OF UNFUNDED MANDATES AND THEY'RE JUST SLOW ON REFUNDING, GIVING US THE FUNDS. YEAH. SO A LOT OF IT IS REIMBURSEMENT. SO WE PROVIDE THE SERVICE AND THEN WE SUBMIT THE CLAIM. AND SO AS WE SEE THESE CASELOADS GROW THEY'RE GROWING PROSPECTIVELY. AND THEN WE SEE THAT REVENUE COME BACK IN. I WOULD SAY REALIGNMENT IS IMPACTED BY THE ECONOMY. SO AS WE, YOU KNOW, SEE PEOPLE TIGHTEN THEIR BELTS, SALES TAX, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SEEING AS MUCH OF THAT COME IN VEHICLE LICENSE FEES, PEOPLE MAYBE NOT PURCHASING AS MANY VEHICLES. SO THE ECONOMY DOES HAVE AN EFFECT ON REALIGNMENT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAD. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KALLSTROM. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. THANKS, AARON. A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS HERE. THE AND I MIGHT USE SOME WRONG TERMINOLOGY, BUT HOW I THINK ABOUT IT FROM LIKE A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, YOU THINK OF LIKE YOUR ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, LIKE YOUR HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE ALREADY ESSENTIALLY BILLED FOR. AND WE EXPECT TO COME IN, BUT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT YET. WHAT DOES IS THAT? DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF, LIKE, WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS RIGHT NOW? LIKE, HOW MUCH ARE WE ACTUALLY WAITING ON THAT WE EXPECT TO COME IN? I DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW. WE ACTUALLY ARE WAITING FOR THAT INFORMATION FROM THE STATE AND THAT SHOULD COME IN LATER THIS WEEK. I CAN TELL YOU THAT HISTORICALLY, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER ARE PRETTY HEALTHY MONTHS FOR US IN TERMS OF THOSE THOSE CLAIMING REVENUES BECAUSE IT'S LOOKING AT THE LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR. AND SO JUST IN HOW THE CLAIM IS PROCESSED. OKAY. AND THEN WHEN I THINK YOU ALL FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO US IN APRIL OR SO, THERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS AS A CASH FLOW PROBLEM, WHICH WAS BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE HAVE ENOUGH. WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT AT THE RIGHT TIME. AND SO WE NEED TO FRONT IT AND THEN WE'LL GET IT BACK IN THE STAFF REPORT. [02:35:01] WHAT I'M WHAT I WAS READING IS BASICALLY THAT THERE'S OUR EXPENSES EXCEED OUR REVENUE ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS BY ABOUT $1 MILLION OR 7.9 MILLION. AND SO IS THIS. SO IF THAT'S TRUE, THAT WOULD SUGGEST TO ME THAT BASICALLY EVERY MONTH WE WERE RUNNING THIS PROGRAM, WE'RE LOSING MONEY, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THEN SUPPLEMENT THAT FROM OTHER PLACES. IS THAT MORE OF WHERE WE ARE, OR WOULD YOU SAY, OH, WE'RE ACTUALLY BREAK EVEN OR POSITIVE, BUT IT'S JUST A TIMING THING. YEAH. SO I WOULD SAY IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. SO I'VE KIND OF GONE BACK AND LOOKED MONTH OVER MONTH, AND THERE ARE DEFINITELY MONTHS WHERE WE HAVE MORE REVENUE THAT'S COMING IN THAN OUR EXPENDITURES WERE. BUT IT'S MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THAT IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY GET INTO THE TIMING ISSUE OF EVERY MONTH. WE'RE SEEING OUR CASELOADS INCREASE IN CALWORKS AND CAL FRESH. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO EQUATE TO A HIGHER COST THAT WE HAVE OUT THE DOOR. AND THEN BECAUSE THE REVENUE IS REIMBURSED TO US, LIKE THAT'S CATCHING UP LATER. AND SO. I WOULD SAY MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, YES, WE'RE IN THAT SITUATION WHERE OUR EXPENSES ARE EXCEEDING OUR REVENUE. AND TO BE ABLE TO PAY THIS LOAN BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND BY OCTOBER 31ST, WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AND A HALF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE -4.7 MILLION OR SOMETHING IN THE IN THAT TREASURY ACCOUNT. AS OF TODAY, IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE OVER FIVE, A LITTLE OVER. SO NEGATIVE FIVE POINT SOMETHING MILLION. SO THAT MEANS IN THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF WE WOULD HAVE TO GET RECEIPTS THAT WOULD COVER OUR MONTHLY EXPENSE, OUR MONTHLY EXPENSES FOR THAT PAYBACK UP TO 7 MILLION. DO WE. SO BASICALLY WE WOULD WE WOULD EXPECT THAT OUR REVENUE WOULD EXCEED THAT OUR EXPENSES BY AT LEAST 7 MILLION IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, WHEN IT SOUNDS LIKE ON AVERAGE, WE'RE OUR REVENUE IS LESS, ALMOST A MILLION LESS THAN OUR EXPENSES. SO THAT FEELS UNLIKELY TO ME BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED TO ME AS WELL. I CAN TELL YOU, LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER, WE HAD ABOUT $16 MILLION IN REVENUE. AND SO WHEN I SAY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT APPEARS TO BE HISTORICALLY A VERY HEALTHY DEPOSIT. I MEAN, THERE IS THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THERE. DOES IT GET US TOTALLY OUT OF THE HOLE? I'M I'M NOT AS CONFIDENT. OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE AVERAGE MONTHLY EXPENSE IS A LITTLE OVER 12. SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE'D GET FOUR, WHICH MIGHT GET US HALF OF THE WAY THERE. AND THEN THE, THE MOVE OF FUNDS FROM FROM SOCIAL SERVICES BACK TO MENTAL HEALTH. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, OR WAS THAT SOMETHING STATEWIDE THAT A BUNCH OF COUNTIES WERE HAVING TO DO? IT IMPACTED ALL COUNTIES. SOME COUNTIES RECEIVED MORE REVENUE THAN THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. SOME RECEIVED LESS. AND SO THE STATE DID A RECONCILIATION, AVIATION, WHICH WAS VERY COMPLEX. BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO CORRECT SOME OF THAT ISSUE BETWEEN THE COUNTIES. AND THEN THERE WERE ALSO SOME CORRECTIONS THAT WE WERE TOLD WE HAD TO MAKE LOCALLY AS WELL. SO AS A COUNTY, THEY ALLOCATED MORE REALIGNMENT REVENUE TO OUR SOCIAL SERVICES FUND INACCURATELY IN FISCAL YEAR 2324. THAT SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE MENTAL HEALTH FUND. AND SO WE HAD TO MAKE THE MENTAL HEALTH FUND WHOLE. AND WAS THAT DO WE EXPECT THAT WAS LIKE A ONE TIME THING THAT HAPPENED? OR DO WE ASSUME THAT OUR BUDGETED AMOUNTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR COULD ALSO END UP SEEING THOSE SAME CORRECTIONS ONCE THE STATE GETS AROUND TO REVIEWING IT, OR HOWEVER THEY'VE DONE THAT? I WOULD SAY THAT THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON RESOLVING THAT. PERSONALLY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT AS TO WHETHER THIS WILL BE AN ISSUE THAT WE SEE FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR AND FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND WHAT THE STATE'S LONG TERM PLAN IS ON RESOLVING THAT. OKAY. YEAH, THAT SEEMS LIKELY BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, THAT WE ACTUALLY MIGHT SEE REDUCTIONS FROM OUR BUDGET. BECAUSE I KNOW AND I KNOW WHEN WE HAD OUR BUDGET HEARINGS AND IN THE FUND BALANCE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, WE HAD, AS OF, I BELIEVE, AS A STARTING POINT, AND I MIGHT BE MISSTATING THIS, BUT WE EXPECTED TO HAVE 16 MILLION IN THAT FUND BALANCE AT THE 16 MILLION AND CHANGE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND THE FACT THAT NOW A MONTH INTO IT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE NEGATIVE FIVE IS CONCERNING BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO, I THINK, USE HALF OF THAT. WE HAD PROJECTED WE WERE GOING TO USE HALF OF THAT. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME THAT THE IF ON AVERAGE, WE'RE BASICALLY IN THE HOLE $1 MILLION A MONTH ON THIS, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CUT $1 MILLION PER MONTH OUT OF THE BUDGET. IS THAT FAIR IN TERMS OF TRYING TO GET TO BREAK EVEN? THAT IS A FAIR ASSESSMENT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON AS WE GET INTO OUR MIDYEAR REVIEW. OUR TEAM IS WORKING ON OUR MANUAL ACCRUALS, [02:40:08] AND SO IF I COME BACK BEFORE THE BOARD NEXT MONTH, I'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SENSE OF HOW WE ENDED FISCAL YEAR 2425. OKAY. AND THEN THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR AARON OR OR JOE, BUT I'M CURIOUS IN TERMS OF THE LOAN LENGTH OF TIME, IS THERE A POINT AT WHICH, LIKE, ARE WE ABLE TO GRANT THAT FOR SIX MONTHS, 12 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, OR IS IT JUST AND THAT CAN BE ANYTHING? OR DO I KNOW WITH THE RESERVES, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A CERTAIN POLICY IN WHICH YOU HAVE TO PAY IT BACK. AND SO IS THERE ANYTHING CONSTRAINING THAT. SO THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING CONSTRAINING THAT MINUS CASH FLOW FOR THE GENERAL FUND. AND RIGHT NOW THE GENERAL FUND IS HEALTHY AS FAR AS CASH GOES. AND SO THERE'S NOT A CONCERN AT THIS POINT ABOUT EXTENDING THE LOAN. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LOANS FOR SOME OTHER LIKE FOR SOME PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ONGOING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THEY JUST RENEW THEM AT THE END OF EVERY YEAR. SO WE BOOK THE LOAN UNTIL WE GET THE GRANT FUNDS BACK. SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT A CONCERN. ARE YOU GOING TO SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR PLUMMER? YEAH. I THINK WHERE IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS WILL END UP COMING BACK TO US IN ANOTHER MONTH. MY GUESS WOULD BE BECAUSE I'M DOUBTING THAT WE'LL BE IN A POSITION TO PAY THAT BACK. AND I THINK THAT IF AT THAT TIME WE HAD A PLAN AT LEAST STARTING OF HOW DO WE EXPECT TO CUT $1 MILLION PER MONTH OUT OF THIS OR DO WE HAVE A SHORT TERM YOU KNOW, OKAY, FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS GAP FUNDING, AND THEN WE EXPECT TO GET THERE IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES SO THAT WE CAN SEE A PATH TO BREAK EVEN FOR THIS ACCOUNT. WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY IT. WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE IN THIS R9. WE HAVE TO FIND LONG TERM SOLUTIONS. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. SUPERVISOR LONG BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM PLUMMER'S COMMENTS, THERE WAS ONE THING THAT HE SAID THAT I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THERE'S CLARIFICATION ON. SHANNON. SO WHEN OUR EXPENSES GO UP, THERE IS THE THE STATE PORTION, AND THEN THERE'S THE COUNTY PORTION OF SHARE. AND SO AS EVEN THOUGH THE STATE PORTION MAY GO UP, THE COUNTY PORTION IS SUPPOSED TO GO UP AS WELL, INCREMENTALLY WHEN THOSE EXPENSES GO UP. AND WHEN REALIGNMENT DOESN'T GO UP AND WE DON'T HAVE GENERAL FUND GO UP, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE BIG, YOU KNOW, OUR EXPENSES GOING UP, BUT OUR REVENUE IS NOT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING THE BIG GAP CONTINUE TO INCREASE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT IS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN KIND OF CLOSE THAT GAP. RIGHT. THE STATE SHARE IS NOT THE STATE SHARE OF REVENUE IS NOT GROWING AT THE SAME PACE AS OUR TOTAL EXPENSES. CORRECT. OKAY. SUPERVISOR LONG. THANK YOU. CHAIR. YOU GUYS JUST ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS THROUGH SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE THE MITIGATION EFFORTS THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR DISCRETIONARY SPENDING AND HOW TO REDUCE THAT. MY CONCERN, AND YOU'VE ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND IT'S LONG TERM, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION. AND I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS JUST, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE STATE IS SLOWING REPAYMENT. AND AS YOU HAD SAID THE FIRST TIME, THIS CAME BEFORE OUR BOARD THIS SPRING AS THE ECONOMY SLOWS AND RECESSION SETS IN, THE NEED FOR SERVICES GO UP AND THE FUNDING MAY BE PROBLEMATIC. SO WE'RE FACING KIND OF AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS IN THIS ARENA, MY OPINION. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT WE LOOK FOR ANY KIND OF A LONG TERM SOLUTION. I GUESS THE QUESTION I WOULD POSE WOULD BE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS JUST KIND OF BREAKS? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO FUND THIS THROUGH GENERAL FUND AND WHAT WE ALREADY CAN'T AFFORD IT. WE CAN'T WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS. AND SO I'M JUST LOOKING I MEAN, WE'VE GOT MANDATES. YOU'RE LOOKING INTO THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING AS WE SPEAK. BUT WHAT IF THE MANDATES WHAT WHAT WOULD THAT POSITION LOOK LIKE WITH WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD? IF WE EVER GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE MANDATED TO SPEND AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. SO WE, YOU KNOW, AS MANDATES, WE HAVE TO DO OUR MANDATED PROGRAMS. AND SO AS A COUNTY, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE A BIGGER DISCUSSION AS TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS A ON A COUNTY LEVEL. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR BIGGEST COST IS OUR STAFFING. AND SO WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OUR BIGGEST COSTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT THE TIME OF WHEN WE EVALUATE WHEN THAT POTENTIAL THING HAPPENS, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AS A COUNTY TO CONTINUE OUR MANDATES AND TO DO OUR MANDATES? YOU KNOW, CAN WE DO MORE WITH LESS? YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WE DON'T WE HAVEN'T VENTURED INTO THE BIG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE BIG WHAT IFS, YOU KNOW, DOWN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, IF THE STATE DOESN'T YOU KNOW, FIND MORE REVENUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO COUNTIES. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT OUR FUNDING GAP RIGHT NOW. AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO. BUT I DO THINK A BIGGER CONVERSATION DOWN THE ROAD WOULD BE GOOD. [02:45:03] YEAH. BECAUSE MY MY CONCERN IS THIS IS THE THIRD EXTENSION WE'VE HAD BROUGHT BEFORE OUR BOARD. AND IT JUST LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT A PATTERN THAT'S GOING TO REVERSE ITSELF ANYTIME SOON. AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE THINKING ALONG THE LINES OF THAT KIND OF HIGHER LEVEL DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO NOT JUST BRIDGE THIS ALL THE TIME WITH STOPGAP MEASURES, BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO SOLUTION WISE, TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE HOW WE PUSH BACK AGAINST THE STATE MANDATE A LITTLE BIT IF WE CAN'T AFFORD IT? AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO PAY THIS BACK BY THE END OF OCTOBER, I DON'T THINK THAT'S EVEN REMOTELY POSSIBLE. SO IT'S GOING TO GET KICKED AND IT'LL IT'LL KEEP COMING BACK TO US. SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY KIND OF OVERARCHING CONCERN FOR THIS. WE JUST DON'T WANT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY CENTER SITUATION. IT'S DEFINITELY A CONCERN. THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. KEEP BRINGING IT TO YOU GUYS OF LIKE, THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. BUT, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THE THE REALIGNMENT HAS NOT INCREASED TO KEEP UP WITH OUR EXPENSES. AND WE PROBABLY WON'T SEE AN INCREASE TO GIVE UP THE EXPENSES UNTIL THE ECONOMY TURNS AROUND. SO IS THIS. I'M SORRY. SUPERVISOR LONG. NO, NO. I WOULD JUST SAY I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE HERE. I WOULD JUST I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO BE LOOKING AT THE WHAT IF AND THAT. THAT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE AS A BOARD. IF YOU'RE ADDRESSING THE WHAT IF VERSUS JUST THE CONTINUATION OF THE STOPGAP MEASURES. YEAH. THANK YOU. JARED BIDDLE IS WORKING WITH YOU. LOOK HOW FAST HE LOOKED UP WHEN I SAID HIS NAME. IT'LL BE JARED. AARON. BURTON AND NOLA. OKAY. OH, NOLA. WITH THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE GOOD. MISS SHORT. HOPEFULLY YOU'LL HAVE A SOLUTION BY FRIDAY. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. ALL RIGHT. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION YOU WANT TO MAKE? YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST AND TO AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS NEEDS TO BE TWO MOTIONS OR ONE, BUT I'LL MAKE IT AS ONE AND THEN CAN BE CORRECTED. BUT. AND TO BRING BACK BY THE OCTOBER 31ST, A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR HOW TO CUT $1 MILLION PER MONTH FROM THIS SOCIAL SERVICES FUND BUDGET. SECOND, IT IS THAT IS THAT MOTION. COUNCIL GOOD. OKAY. IT'S PERFECT. LOOK AT LOOK AT YOU, MAN. THAT WAS SUCCINCT. KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A MOTION WE'VE TAKEN. PUBLIC COMMENT. CORRECT. DO WE TAKE IT FOR THIS ONE YET? WE HAVEN'T TAKEN FOR THIS ONE YET. GIVE ME JUST ONE MOMENT. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, CHRISTIAN GARDNER. OH, I DON'T SEE HIM. CHRISTIAN. HERE. OKAY, SO IN THAT CASE, CHAIR, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES FOUR ZERO. THANK YOU, MISS WATTS. THANK YOU, MISS COLEMAN. THANK YOU. SUPERVISORS KALLSTROM, LONG AND PLUMMER. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEMS R7 AND R8. [CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT] CHAIR, WE HAVE NO REQUEST TO SPEAK FOR EITHER ITEM. ARE YOU SERIOUS? YES. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POOL SOME MONEY TOGETHER AND BUY LOTTERY TICKETS. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A JOKE. ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO BE AT RECESS FOR AN. I DIDN'T GET A SECOND ANYWAY, SO. THAT'S RIGHT. AN ESTIMATED ONE HOUR. SO WE WILL NOT BE BACK, I'LL SAY BEFORE WHAT TIME IS IT? WE'LL SAY WE'LL NOT BE BACK BEFORE 1230. WITH THAT, WE ARE AT RECESS. THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. RETURNING FROM CLOSED SESSION. [REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION ACTIONS] COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY REPORTABLE ACTION, MR. CHAIRMAN? ITEMS R7 AND R8 WERE HEARD IN CLOSED SESSION. NO REPORTABLE ACTION. THANK YOU, MISS BLANKENSHIP. SEE YOU RECORDS OR ANYTHING ELSE. THAT'S IT FOR ME, CHAIR. NOTHING HERE. CHAIRMAN. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.