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Meeting Body: Board of Supervisors Agenda status: Final-Revised
Meeting date/time: 12/3/2024 9:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Hall of Records
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24-1329 1.Approve AgendaApprove Agendaapproved agendaPass Action details Video Video
24-1330 2.Approve Consent AgendaApprove Consent Agenda - Item Numbers 24-70Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-1257 3.Presentation of Retirement Plaque to Phillip Ferdolage - Department of Public Works and Planning - 32 Years of ServicePresentation of Retirement Plaque to Phillip Ferdolage - Department of Public Works and Planning - 32 Years of Service   Action details Video Video
24-1258 4.Presentation of Retirement Plaque to Cynthia L Hager - Department of Behavioral Health - 40 Years of ServicePresentation of Retirement Plaque to Cynthia L Hager - Department of Behavioral Health - 40 Years of Service   Action details Video Video
24-1348 5.Proposed Amendment to Ordinance Code of Fresno County, Title 8, Chapter 8.40, “Noise Control”Conduct first hearing to amend the Ordinance Code of Fresno County, Title 8, Chapter 8.40, “Noise Control”, waive reading of the Ordinance in its entirety and set the second hearing for December 17, 2024; designate County Counsel to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed Ordinance; and direct the Clerk of the Board to post and publish the required summary in accordance with Government Code, Section 25124(b)(1)Approved as RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
24-1269 6.Receive Recommendation regarding Dunlap Cemetery DistrictDirect staff to continue to work with the Dunlap Cemetery District to find two volunteers for the district’s Board of Trustees until June 30, 2025, and if no qualified volunteers are found, Direct staff to bring back to the Board of Supervisors a different recommendation by August 5, 2025Approved as RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
24-1115 7.Retroactive Agreement with Dominion Voting Systems Inc.Under Administrative Policy No. 34 for competitive bids or requests for proposals (AP 34), determine that an exception to the competitive bidding requirements under AP 34 is satisfied and a suspension of competition is warranted due to unusual or extraordinary circumstances, and that the best interests of the County would be served by entering into an Agreement with Dominion Voting Systems, Inc., for continued software licenses, maintenance, software and hardware warranties, and support of the County’s existing voting system equipment, as the existing systems and equipment are proprietary and can only be supported by the vendor, and changing to a new system would be extremely costly and disruptive to departmental operations; and approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Agreement with Dominion Voting Systems, Inc., for the software licenses, maintenance, software and hardware warranties, and support of existing voting system equipment, effective May 14, 2024, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year exApproved as RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
24-1255 8.Amendment XII to Agreement with California Forensic Medical Group, IncorporatedApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment XII to Agreement with California Forensic Medical Group, Incorporated (CFMG) for Jail medical and behavioral health care services for the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator’s Office detention facilities, extending the term by two years, seven months and two optional one year terms, commencing on December 4, 2024, to June 30, 2029, and increasing the maximum by $204,178,155, to a total of $394,375,054Approved as RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
24-1337 9.2024 State Legislative UpdateReceive report from State Legislative Advocates on the State of California's 2024 legislative session   Action details Video Video
24-1179 10.Fresno County Fire Protection District - Supplemental Fire Services AgreementApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute a Supplemental Fire Services Agreement with the Fresno County Fire Protection District, to maintain emergency response level of services, by providing supplemental funding, effective retroactive to July 1, 2024, not to exceed three consecutive years, total not to exceed $9,000,000Approved as RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
24-1202 11.County’s use of Melo-Roos Financing for Residential ProjectsConsider and take action on changing the County of Fresno Policy for Use of Public Financing for Private Development Projects for the Board of Supervisors to resume consideration of and action on, on a per-project basis, requests from private developers for the County to use land-secured public bond financing for public improvements (also referred to as infrastructure or facilities) relating to proposed residential development projects in the unincorporated area, under the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (“Mello-Roos Act;” Government Code, section 53311 et seq.), on the condition that Community Services Districts shall be formed, in lieu of using existing or new County Service Areas, to own and operate those public improvements once they are completedApprovedPass Action details Video Video
24-1341 12.Salary Resolution AmendmentApprove Amendment to the Salary Resolution adding one Director of General Services to the Internal Services Department, Facility Services Org 8935 and set the salary range as reflected in Appendix “F” effective December 9, 2024; approve Amendment to the Salary Resolution adding one Executive Assistant to the Internal Services Department, Facility Services Org 8935, as reflected in Appendix “F” effective December 9, 2024; approve Amendment to the Salary Resolution retitling the existing classification of Director of Internal Services / Chief Information Officer to Director of Information Technology / Chief Information Officer in the Information Technology Services Org 8905, as reflected in Appendix "F" effective December 9, 2024; and approve Amendment to the Salary Resolution, Section 532.12 “Occupational Expense Remuneration”, adding Director of General Services and Director of Information Technology / Chief Information Officer to the list of eligible Department Heads, as reflected in Appendix "F" effective December 9, 2024Approved as RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
24-1099 13.Amendment to Master Schedule of Fees & Environmental Health OrdinanceConduct first hearing to amend the Master Schedule of Fees, Charges and Recovered Costs Ordinance by amending Section 900 - Environmental Health, Subsections 904 through 958, and waive reading of the Ordinance in its entirety and set a second hearing for December 17, 2024; conduct first hearing to amend the Fresno County Ordinance Code, Title 8 Health and Safety, Chapters 8.19 Solid Waste Management - Prohibitions, 8.50 Environmental Health Permits and Inspection Fees, and Title 14 Water and Sewage, Chapter 14.04 Well Regulations - General Provisions, and delete Title 8 Health and Safety, Chapter 8.60 Storage of Hazardous Substances in Underground Tanks, and waive reading of the Ordinance entirely and set the second hearing for December 17, 2024; designate County Counsel to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed Ordinances; and direct the Clerk of the Board to post and publish the required summaries in accordance with Government Code, Section 25124(b)(1)Approved as RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
24-1195 13.1Award Contract 24-DB-02 Clovis Regional and Reedley LibrariesAward Contract 24-DB-02 Clovis Regional and Reedley Libraries to Harris Construction Co., Inc., 5286 E. Home Ave, Fresno, CA 93727, in total amount of $37,450,000Approved as RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
24-1331 14.Board of Supervisors' Committee Reports and CommentsBoard of Supervisors' Committee Reports and Comments - Receive and provide direction (this item is reserved for committee reports by members of the Board of Supervisors)Received  Action details Video Video
24-1332 15.Board AppointmentsReceive Boards, Commissions and Committees Vacancy Report; and Appoint Applicants as necessaryApproved as RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
24-1333 16.Public PresentationsPublic Presentations - This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons desiring to address the Board on any matter not on this agenda - Pursuant to Administrative Policy No. 29, presentations are limited to 3 minutes per person and no more than 15 minutes total per topic   Action details Video Video
24-1216 17.Conference with legal counsel - Initiation of Litigation; Government Code, section 54956.9(d)(4) (2 Cases)Conference with legal counsel - Initiation of Litigation; Government Code, section 54956.9(d)(4) (2 Cases)   Action details None
24-1217 18.Conference with legal counsel - Significant Exposure to Litigation; Government Code, section 54956.9(d)(2) (2 Cases)Conference with legal counsel - Significant Exposure to Litigation; Government Code, section 54956.9(d)(2) (2 Cases)   Action details None
24-1285 19.Conference with Real Property Negotiators - Cantua CreekConference with Real Property Negotiators - Government Code, Section 54956.8; Cantua Creek Building located at 29595 W. Latta Ave, Cantua Creek, CA; County Negotiator: Paul Nerland or designee. Negotiating Parties: Golden Plains Unified School District. Instructions to County's negotiator may concern sale and escrow terms and conditions, including price   Action details None
24-1298 20.Closed SessionConference with Labor Negotiator (Government Code, section 54957.6): Agency Negotiator: Hollis Magill; Employee Organization: All Bargaining Units and Management and Unrepresented Employees - Hours, Wages and Terms and Conditions of Employment   Action details None
24-1326 21.Conference with legal counsel - Existing Litigation pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1) - Ernest O'Neil Rahkin Brock v. County of Fresno et al., Fresno County Superior Court Case No. 18CECG03794Conference with legal counsel - Existing Litigation pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1) - Ernest O'Neil Rahkin Brock v. County of Fresno et al., Fresno County Superior Court Case No. 18CECG03794   Action details None
24-1353 22.Conference with legal counsel - Existing Litigation - Government Code, section 54956.9(d)(1) - In re California Gasoline Spot Market Antitrust Litigation, Northern District of California, Case No. 3:20-cv-03131-JSCConference with legal counsel - Existing Litigation - Government Code, section 54956.9(d)(1) - In re California Gasoline Spot Market Antitrust Litigation, Northern District of California, Case No. 3:20-cv-03131-JSC   Action details None
24-1354 23.Conference with Real Property Negotiators - APN 466-160-01TConference with Real Property Negotiators - Government Code 54956.8. Property: Courthouse Park (APN 466-160-01T) which is bordered by Tulare St., Van Ness Ave., Fresno St., and M St.; County Negotiator: Paul Nerland, County Administrative Officer or Designee. Negotiating Parties: Judicial Council of California, Under Negotiations: Instructions to County's negotiator may concern exchange, purchase, or lease of properties, price, terms and conditions    Action details None
24-1334 24.Action Summary MinutesApprove minutes for November 5, 2024Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1275 25.Appointment to the Silver Creek Drainage District Board in accordance with Government Code Section 1780Approve the appointment of Mark Coit to the Silver Creek Drainage District Board, for a short term expiring November 28, 2025, to fill a vacancyConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1291 26.Rescind Previous Appointment and Consider New Appointment to the Fresno Slough Water District Board in Accordance with California Elections Code Section 10515Rescind Appointment of Michael Nordstrom to a new term of office on the Fresno Slough Water District Board; and Consider and appoint candidate Craig Andrew to the Fresno Slough Water District Board to a full-term expiring December 1, 2028Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1292 27.Biennial Review Report & COI Code AmendmentsApprove amendments to sixteen (16) agencies’ Conflict of Interest (COI) Codes (Attachment A to the Biennial Review Report) to become effective December 3, 2024, and direct the Clerk of the Board to notify the Enforcement Division of the California Fair Political Practices Commission of the nine (9) agencies who did not respond to the 2024 Local Agency Biennial Notice or submit Conflict of Interest Code amendments by October 1, 2024 (Attachment B to the Biennial Review Report)Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1356 28.Approve Community Outreach ExpenditureApprove community outreach expenditure of $880 to sponsor a table at the Clovis Rotary Crab Feed Fundraiser, per Administrative Policy No. 75Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1168 29.Delegation of Investment Authority and approval of the County of Fresno Treasury Investment Pool Investment PolicyDelegate investment authority to the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector for the 2025 calendar year; and approve the “County of Fresno Treasury Investment Pool Investment Policy”Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-0784 30.Board Appointments of Resource Conservation Districts’ Board of Directors in Lieu of Holding an ElectionConsider and appoint Robert Barcellos and Robert Motte to the James Resource Conservation District Board of Directors to a full term set to expire November 24, 2028, in lieu of holding an election; Consider and appoint Anthony Borges, Stephen J. Shehadey, and Patrick Abercrombie to the Tranquillity Resource Conservation District Board of Directors to a full term set to expire November 24, 2028, in lieu of holding an election; and Consider and appoint Matthew Hurley and Joseph David Denham to the Sierra Resource Conservation District Board of Directors to a full term set to expire November 24, 2028, in lieu of holding an electionConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1286 31.Appointment of Directors to Special District Boards in Accordance with California Elections Code Section 10515(b)Consider and appoint candidates to the Fig Garden Fire Protection District Board of Directors: Richard Caglia to a full-term expiring December 1, 2028, and Erik S. Peterson and Heather Walker Janz to a short-term expiring December 4, 2026; and Consider and appoint candidate Ralph Scott Moore to the Sierra Cedars Community Services District Board of Directors to a short-term expiring December 4, 2026Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-0304 32.Service Agreement with The Act-1 Group Inc, dba ATIMSApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with The Act 1 Group, Inc., dba ATIMS for the implementation of and software support and maintenance of the ATIMS Jail Management System Software, effective December 3, 2024, through December 2, 2034, total not to exceed $5,471,547Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1074 33.Second Amendment to Master Agreement for Coroner ServicesApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute a Second Amendment to Master Agreement No. 24-014 adding Dr. Cho Lwin, M.D. to the Agreement and increasing the Agreement maximum by $125,000 to a total of $2,625,000, with no change to the term of January 9, 2024 through January 8, 2029Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1135 34.Amendment to Master Schedule of Fees – Sheriff, Second HearingConduct second hearing and adopt Fresno County Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs Ordinance by amending Subsection 2609 of Section 2600 - Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator to update the MSF and ensure full cost recovery for services provided by the Sheriff’s Office; waive reading of the Ordinance in its entiretyConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1177 35.Application for Financial Aid for the Boating Safety Program for FY 2025-26Approve and authorize the submission of an Application for Financial Aid in the amount of $1,824,377 to the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation Division of Boating and Waterways for the FY 2025-26 Boating Safety and Enforcement Aid Program in Fresno County; and approve and authorize the Sheriff, or his designee to execute the Proposed Program Costs form 801.1 and the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector, or his designee to execute the Certification of estimated prior year boat tax revenuesConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1166 36.Amendments to Local Rules for Assessment Appeals BoardApprove and adopt amendments to Local Rules for Assessment Appeals BoardConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1137 37.Board of Supervisors’ Travel ExpensesAuthorize approved travel expenses incurred by County Supervisors designated by the Board as a Member or Alternate Member to the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) Board of Directors and/or the Board’s voting delegate to the National Association of Counties (NACo) for County business related to CSAC and NACo, including County business related to CSAC and NACo subcommittees and State and Federal lobbying efforts, be paid through the general Board budget (Org 01100100; Account 7415); Authorize approved travel expenses incurred by all other County Supervisors for County business related to CSAC, NACo, and lobbying efforts be paid through each Supervisor’s respective District budget (Orgs 01100101, 01100102, 01100103, 01100104, and 01100105; Account 7415); and Authorize approved travel expenses incurred by County Supervisors for all other committee assignments be paid through each Supervisor’s respective District budget (Orgs 01100101, 01100102, 01100103, 01100104, and 01100105; Account 7415)Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1254 38.Termination of the existence of a Local Emergency - Beet Leafhopper Insect in Fresno CountyAdopt Resolution (a) terminating the local emergency as of August 17, 2024, which was proclaimed by the Emergency Services Director on April 17, 2024, and ratified by the Board of Supervisors (Board) on April 23, 2024, and further continued by the Board on June 18, 2024, which actions authorized the Agricultural Commissioner to allow commercial growers to use neonicotinoid pesticides on an emergency basis on tomato crops to combat the Beet Leafhopper insect in Fresno County, and (b) ordering that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the County Administrative Office to the State Director of the Office of Emergency ServicesConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1301 39.Amendment to SLFRF Agreement with Boys and Girls Clubs of Fresno CountyApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute a First Amendment to Subrecipient Agreement No. 23-012 with Boys & Girls Clubs of Fresno County (BGC Fresno) for provision of American Rescue Plan Act - State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (ARPA-SLFRF), which will revise the expenditure plan and the modification clause, with no increase to the maximum compensation ($600,000); and Authorize the County Administrative Officer or designee to approve and execute written changes to the items in the project budget, which, when added together during the term of the Agreement, do not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total maximum compensation payable to Subrecipient, and which do not result in any change to the maximum compensation amount payable to BGC FresnoConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1305 40.SLFRF Amendment to Agreement with Fresno Historical SocietyApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute a First Amendment to Subrecipient Agreement No. 23-590 with Fresno City & County Historical Society (Subrecipient) for provision of American Rescue Plan Act - State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (ARPA-SLFRF), which will revise the expenditure plan, with no increase to the maximum compensation ($514,725)Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-0959 41.Retroactive Amendment I for Name Change to Contractor Maxim Healthcare Staffing Solutions, Inc.Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Amendment I to Master Agreement No. 23-301 to change the contractor name from Maxim Healthcare Staffing, Inc. to Amergis Healthcare Staffing, Inc. formerly known as Maxim Healthcare Services Holdings, Inc. as identified on their legal documents, with no change to the term of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025, or compensation maximum of $12,500,000Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1005 42.Amendment I to Agreement A-22-204 Psychiatric Inpatient Concurrent Review ProgramApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment I to Participation Agreement with California Mental Health Services Authority for Psychiatric Inpatient Concurrent Review extending the term by six months from January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025; and increasing the maximum by $446,777 to a total of $1,365,000Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1144 43.Amendment IV to Master Agreement for Locum TenensApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment IV to Master Agreement for Locum Tenens to revise service reimbursement rates for contractor Jackson & Coker LocumTenens, LLC, with no change to the term of May 7, 2019 through June 30, 2025, or compensation maximum of $51,500,000Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1205 44.Retroactive Participation Agreement with CalMHSA for the Central Valley Suicide Prevention HotlineApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Participation Agreement with the California Mental Health Services Authority for Central Valley Suicide Prevention Hotline services, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, total not to exceed $243,877; and approve and authorize the Department of Behavioral Health Director, or designee, to be the signatory and act as the Fresno County representative on behalf of the Board of Supervisors on associated California Mental Health Services Authority Central Valley Suicide Prevention Hotline related reports and forms, without modifying the maximum compensationConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1259 45.Amendment VI to Master Agreement No. 23-277 with Short-Term Residential Therapeutic ProgramsApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment VI to Master Agreement to remove Fresh Start Youth Center, Inc. as a contracted provider and to update the service locations for Brighter Horizon Group Homes, Inc., with no change to the term of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025, or maximum compensation of $30,000,000Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1280 46.Amendment with Central StarApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment 1 to Agreement with Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc. to modify the location where adolescent acute inpatient psychiatric health facility services are provided from 4411 E. Kings Canyon Road, Fresno, CA 93702 to the new location at 3115 N. Millbrook Avenue, Fresno, CA 93703, modify the budget for Senate Bill (SB) 525 minimum wage increases, and revise the insurance requirements and relocation costs, effective upon execution with no change to the term of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2025, and increasing the maximum by $870,180 to a total of $28,932,212; and approve and authorize the Director of Internal Services/Chief Information Officer to execute a Facility Use Agreement with Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc. effective upon execution through June 30, 2025, for County leased space at 3115 N. Millbrook Avenue, Fresno, CA 93703, (15,053 square feet) to be used by Central Star Behavioral Health, Inc. to provide inpatient psychiatric health facility services to adolescent youth who may be admitted on a voluntary or involuntarConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-0666 47.Salary Resolution AmendmentApprove Amendment to the Salary Resolution establishing the Surveyor classification series and Deputy County Surveyor classification; reclassifying one (1) Chief of Field Surveys and one (1) Senior Engineer upwards to Supervising Surveyor; reclassifying one (1) Senior Engineer upwards to Supervising Surveyor and transferring the position from Org 4360 to Org 4510; reclassifying one (1) Engineer I upwards to Senior Surveyor and transferring the position from Org 4360 to Org 4510; reclassifying one (1) Field Survey Supervisor upwards to Senior Surveyor, and reclassifying two (2) Field Survey Supervisors and five (5) Senior Engineering Technicians upwards to Surveyor I/II, within the Department of Public Works and Planning; deleting Field Survey Supervisor from Salary Resolution Section 100, Footnote T; adding Surveyor, Deputy County Surveyor, and Supervising/Senior Surveyor to Salary Resolution Section 100, Footnote e; and adding Senior Surveyor to Section 520 “Professional License Incentives” of the Salary Resolution, effective December 9, 2024, as reflected in Appendix “D”Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1208 49.Extension of Military Supplemental Pay ProgramAdopt Resolution authorizing the County to invoke indefinitely the provisions of the California Military & Veterans Code (MVC), Section 395.03, for all permanent County employees who (1) are a member of the California National Guard or a United States Military reserve unit, (2) are eligible for pay provisions under MVC sections 395.01 and 395.02, and (3) are ordered into active duty for thirty one (31) days or more, thereby entitling them to receive, for a period not to exceed twelve (12) months, his/her regular County base pay, minus all military pay and entitlements received for such dutyConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1224 50.Salary Resolution AmendmentApprove Amendment to the Salary Resolution, allocating twelve (12) Deputy Sheriff positions in Position Group 3, with no net increase to positions, within Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator’s Org 3111, effective December 9, 2024, as reflected on Appendix “A”Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1276 51.Salary Resolution AmendmentApprove Amendment to the Salary Resolution, establishing the Code Enforcement Officer classification series, reclassifying one (1) Senior Planner upwards to Code Enforcement Manager, reclassifying two (2) Planner III downwards to Senior Code Enforcement Officer, reclassifying three (3) Planner I downwards to Code Enforcement Officer I within the Department of Public Works and Planning, and adding the Code Enforcement Officer classification series to Section 100 Footnote e. of the Salary Resolution effective December 9, 2024 as reflected in Appendix “E”Approved as RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
24-1283 52.Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding for Representation Unit 2Approve the Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Representation Unit 2, Sheriff’s and Probation Personnel, represented by the Fresno County Public Safety Association, to reflect the range adjustment for a classification impacted by minimum wage, effective December 23, 2024, as reflected in Appendix “B”; and Approve the related Salary Resolution amendment, as reflected on Appendix “B”Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1284 53.Addenda to Memorandum of Understanding for Representation Units 19 and 36Approve Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding for Representation Unit 19 - Professional Employees, represented by the Professional Association of Employees, effective December 9, 2024; approve Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding for Representation Unit 36 - Supervisory Employees, represented by Service Employees International Union, Local 521, effective December 9, 2024; and approve the related Salary Resolution Amendments, as reflected on Appendix “C”Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1212 54.First Amendment to Agreement with Pre-Sort Center of Stockton, Inc.Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a First Amendment to Agreement No. 22-064 with Pre-Sort Center of Stockton, Inc. dba PacWest Direct, for presorting and mailing services, to allow the use of a subcontractor, effective upon execution, with no change to the potential term of March 1, 2022, through February 28, 2027, and no change to the maximum compensation of $2,150,000Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1300 55.Lease and Maintenance Agreement for Digital Copiers with Jones-Walbaum Corporation, dba American Business MachinesApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute a Lease and Maintenance Agreement with Jones-Walbaum Corporation, dba American Business Machines, to lease three black-and-white high-speed digital copiers and one color high-speed digital copier, effective December 9, 2024, for a sixty-month term, total not to exceed $506,952Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1024 56.Retroactive Agreement with the City of Kerman to participate in the Public Safety Realignment Adult Compliance TeamApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Agreement with the City of Kerman to assign a sworn Police Officer to the Public Safety Realignment Adult Compliance Team, effective July 1, 2024 not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions, with the first year not to exceed $177,380Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1159 57.Dissolution of Probation Cash Difference Funds and Change FundsApprove and adopt a resolution that discontinues and dissolves Probation Department revolving funds as follows: (1) Change Funds for the Adult Offender Work Program (AOWP) ($400), and Drug Suppression Unit (DSU) ($600) and (2) Cash Difference Funds for AOWP ($25), DSU ($25), and Juvenile Justice Campus (JJC) Canteen ($50), for a total of $1,100 in Org 3430 and 3440 (4/5 vote)Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1105 58.Retroactive Agreement for Temporary Reciprocal Health Officer CoverageApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Agreement with the County of Kings, for temporary reciprocal Health Officer coverage, effective December 1, 2024, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions ($0)Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-0367 59.Affiliation Agreement with The Regents of the University of CaliforniaApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with The Regents of the University of California, on behalf of San Francisco campus, to allow the placement of Preventive Medicine Residents at the Department of Public Health to advance the Residents’ knowledge of the field of preventive medicine and public health, effective upon execution for a period of five years ($0); and approve and authorize the Director of Public Health, or designee, as signatory on behalf of the Board of Supervisors on associated Program Letters of Agreement and any Addendum to the Program Letters of AgreementConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-0875 60.Retroactive Agreement Funding Application with California Department of Public HealthApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive revenue Agreement with California Department of Public Health for the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, Black Infant Health, and Perinatal Equity Initiative programs, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 ($5,659,804)Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-0881 61.Retroactive California Home Visiting Program Agreement Funding Application with California Department of Public HealthApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Agreement Funding Application with California Department of Public Health, for the California Home Visiting Program - Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting and the California Home Visiting Program - State General Fund - Evidence-Based Home Visiting programs, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 ($2,531,711)Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1231 62.Acceptance of Funding and Execution of Agreement with the California Department of Water ResourcesApprove and authorize the Director of the Department of Public Health to execute a funding agreement with the State of California Department of Water Resources, subject to review and approval by County Counsel and the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector, for the County of Fresno Emergency Operation Center Project and additional projects for Tulare, Kings, and Kern Counties, effective upon execution by the State of California Department of Water Resources through final payment plus three years, in the amount of $500,000; and adopt and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution authorizing the Director of Department of Public Health or designee to execute the funding agreement and to submit all necessary documents, and execute any agreements or amendments thereto, subject to review and approval by County Counsel and the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector, required to obtain funds for the County of Fresno Emergency Operation Center Project and related projects in Tulare, Kings, and Kern CountiesConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1233 63.Agreement with Manifest MedEx for implementation of a CIE SystemUnder Administrative Policy No. 34 for competitive bids or requests for proposals (AP 34), determine that an exception to the competitive bidding requirement under AP 34 is satisfied and a sole source is warranted due to unusual or extraordinary circumstances, and that the best interests of the County would be served by entering into an agreement with Manifest MedEx as this contractor is the current sole technical host of a Health Information Exchange platform used for Fresno County patient data transmission; approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with Manifest MedEx to implement a Community Information Exchange platform for the utilization of data exchange among varied partner data systems, effective January 1, 2025, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a five-year base contract total of $8,600,000 and optional expansion services of $6,100,000, total not to exceed $14,700,000; and authorize the County Administrative Officer or his designee(s), to execute Amendment to Agreement to comply with the fulfillment of the Scope of Work, technical specificConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1268 64.Master Agreement with Qualified Providers for Temporary Staffing ServicesUnder Administrative Policy No. 34, for competitive bids or requests for proposals (AP 34), determine that an exception to the competitive bidding requirement under AP 34 is satisfied and a suspension of competition is warranted due to unusual or extraordinary circumstances, and that the best interests of the County would be served by entering into a Master Agreement with qualified providers given the non-competitive nature of the Master Agreement; and approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Master Agreement with qualified providers for temporary staffing services, effective upon execution through June 30, 2026, which includes a base contract and one optional one-year extension, total not to exceed $390,000 (4/5 vote)Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-0663 65.Second Reading of Proposed Ordinance Granting a Franchise to Toro Energy of California, LLCConduct second reading of a proposed ordinance granting a franchise, up to 25 years, on a non-exclusive basis (the “non-exclusive franchise”), to Toro Energy of California AA, LLC (also referred to as “Toro Energy”) upon annual payment of a franchise fee to County, to construct, maintain and use pipes and appurtenances for transmitting derived gas from Toro Energy’s landfill-gas-to-energy project (“LFGTE Project”) at County’s American Avenue Disposal Site (“AADS”) for any and all purposes, as allowed by a County-approved conditional use permit and/or road permit condition, from LFGTE Project at AADS at 18950 W. American Avenue, Kerman, in, along, across, upon, and under following public streets and highways within unincorporated area of Fresno County: from County’s AADS, eastward on W. American Avenue for approximately 4 miles, and then southward on S. Madera Avenue for approximately 4 miles, to a PG&E connection location approximately a half of a mile north of W. Manning Avenue, just east of S. Madera Avenue/SR 145, Kerman; and waive reading of ordinance in its entirety and adopt prConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-0943 66.Reclamation Agreement with Luna Valley Solar 1, LLC, and related Escrow Agreement and EasementsApprove and authorize Chairman to execute a 35-year Solar Project Reclamation Agreement (Reclamation Agreement), including Reclamation Plan, Exhibit A thereto, with Luna Valley Solar 1, LLC project applicant (Applicant), to implement project mitigation measures and specific conditions of approval placed on Unclassified Conditional Use Permit (CUP) No. 3671 for a solar photovoltaic electricity generating and battery storage facility (the Project), encompassing approximately 1,287.23 acres, generally located on the west side of State Route 33 (S. Derrick Avenue), between the W. South Avenue and W. Dinuba Avenue; bisected by W. Manning Avenue, and approximately nine miles south of the City of Mendota; if your Board approves Recommended Action 1 above, approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Escrow Agreement with the Applicant and Citibank, N.A., located in New York, as the Escrow Agent to accept a cash deposit of $8,506,305.40 as the Applicant’s initial security to the County for the Reclamation Agreement, which initial security may be phased in two installments, and to identiConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1028 67.Annexation 11A to CFD 2006-01 Police Protection ServicesApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with Family Farms, LLC and Bryant A. Dunkle and Carolyn G. Dunkle, for the reimbursement of costs associated with annexation of territory identified by Assessor’s parcel numbers 118-340-69 and 118-340-75, and which are located on the west side of Auberry Road approximately 600 feet southwest of its intersection with Thunderbird Road, within the unincorporated community of Prather, into Community Facilities District No. 2006-01 (Police Protection Services), effective December 3, 2024 to February 11, 2025 ($15,000), and which includes petition to undertake annexation proceedings as related to the territoryConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1068 68.Waiver of Extra-Help Weekly Maximum Hours Limitation for DD Catherin Huerta for Calendar Year 2025Authorize a waiver of the 28 hours per week maximum limitation for one Extra-Help Deputy Director position in the Department of Social Services as listed on Attachment A for calendar year 2025, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the Salary Resolution, section 1100 and Personnel Rules 2040 and 4240Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1127 69.CalSAWS Kiosks County Purchase RevisionApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute Revision 1 to the County Purchase Agreement with the CalSAWS Consortium for the purchase of 26 CalSAWS Kiosks to adjust service schedule and decrease the maximum compensation by $215,488 to a total of $541,468 through State Fiscal Year 2024-25Consent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None
24-1260 70.Second Amendment to the Regulatory Agreement and Declaration of Restrictive Covenants with HCDApprove and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Homekey Regulatory Agreement and Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for Crossroads VillageConsent Agenda be approvedPass Action details None