Calaveras County Board of Supervisors

We're gonna call to order the Calvertz County Board of Supervisors regular meeting, 05/12/2026. Miss Amendahl, supervisor Amendahl, are you gonna lead us in the pledge, please?

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. We'll move on to staff announcements. Miss Lisa Medina.

Lisa Medina Environmental Management Agency.

Who is this?

We have have Guinness today. Oh. And everybody knows Shauna. Guinness is one of our shelter dogs that is up for adoption. He is a little under a year, and as you can say, he's a still has his energetic puppy puppy mode.

And he is named after Guinness because of his black coat. Isn't that a a really yummy bear too? So Guinness still has that puppy energy and is very playful, and he gets along with other dogs. He was kind of anxious when he first arrived, but due to the patience of staff or volunteers, he has become a very well adjusted pup and is eager to please. He loves humans.

He's given some lovies to some of our, visitors today in the back, but he kinda likes to jump a little bit. So, we probably would recommend a home with older children at this time or older adults. He'll do really well. He will also need to be potty trained because and we are unsure of his response to cats at this time, so that is something. And and we certainly don't test our dogs with a cat just to test them.

Unless a cat happens to be walking by, then we kinda get kinda get a feeling. So if you're interested in Guinness, please give us a call. (209) 754-6509. And as always, if you have other pups or other animals, at home, a meet and greet will be required. So this is Guinness and Shauna.

You wouldn't wanna test the cats at my house.

Probably not. I mean, there's that good old adage dogs in cats sometimes, but they have they can be very sweet if they're raised together. Yes. So Calaveras recently experienced the first positive dog rabies case in almost ten years. This event affected several adults and children who had to undergo a series of rabies vaccines as communicated in the public health press release on May 1.

The domestic household animals that were exposed also had to receive vaccines, and rabies is not a curable disease in either humans or animals. It cannot be expressed enough, by our public health and our officers and CCS staff and our community how important it is to vaccinate your animals. If you have any doubt of when your pup or cat or other domestic animals, even ferrets, had its last routine vaccine, including rabies, do not wait, and please check with your veterinarian and schedule an appointment as soon as possible. So with that, our next free rabies and microchip clinic will be held here at the government center on June 13 from nine to 11:30. Doctor Kathy Gatlin will be the attending DVM.

And then after that, the next clinic won't be held until September due to the hot weather, and we look forward to doing that clinic with along with Focus in October. And that is all I have. Do have any questions?

Awesome. You say thank you.

Thank you.

Anything you supervisors have any questions?

Come on, Guinness. One of those breaks to it.

Other further staff comments? Or

Chair.

Test on the way out,

Chair? If

I may, on behalf of the elections department, just wanted to provide a reminder to the public that ballots were mailed. If you did not receive them, please contact the elections office at 754-6376. You can vote in person here at the Government Center and elections office, Building D As In David, and we also have drop off locations, and those can be found at elections.calaverasgov.us.

Excellent. Thank you, Stacy. No further, staff announcements. I'll bring it back to recognitions and acknowledgments number one.

Item one, proclamation administrative office, Adopt a proclamation honoring integrated waste management director Jennifer Kashy for her exemplary service to Calaveras County.

Generally, we, pass the gavel to one, but the I'll be handing the gavel down as we go, and, I will start this. Whereas the Calvary's County Board of Supervisors wishes to recognize and honor the county's director of integrated waste, Jennifer Kashy, for her outstanding service, leadership, and dedication to the residents of Calvaris County. And whereas during her tenure, Jennifer oversaw significant advance advancements in the county's integrated waste system, including increasing landfill capacity at Rock Creek through the successful completion of the new landfill cell, ensuring long term operational stability and environmental stewardship. I'm gonna say, on the side of that, Jennifer exceeded all expectations when it came to getting that done. Anybody leading Integrated Waste before that time didn't think they could get it done, and, she she the runway was so short.

It was impressive, the work she got done. I it was beyond any of our expectations. And whereas Jennifer led the development of a comprehensive fee study that incorporated long term planning for capital improvements, strengthening the financial sustainability and future readiness of the county's waste management infrastructure. And

Whereas she guided multiple improvement projects at the Red Hill and Wesleyville Transfer Station, enhancing safety, functionality, and service delivery for the public. And whereas Jennifer also implemented efficiency improvement at the Copperopolis Transfer Station, demonstrating her commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and responsible resource management.

And whereas beyond her professional achievements, Jennifer has been an active and valued community member dedicating her time and passion to serving as a board chair of the San Andreas Recreation and Parks District, participating in the local women's softball league for over twenty years and serving as an EMT for American Legion Ambulance and founding multiple small businesses. And whereas she played a pivotal role in spearheading improvements at many park facilities in San Andreas, including the addition of new amenities such as pickleball courts and Jeppe's Playground dedicated under her childhood nickname at Alice Canoni's Park, enriching recreational opportunities for residents of all ages and

Whereas having grown up participating in four h and enjoying the rural nature of Calaveras County, alongside her husband, she built her dream, blended ag farms, where in addition to other livestock, they started a swine breeding program to support local youth, ensuring access to county bred pigs for the fair, even donating pigs to those who otherwise would not have been able to participate. And whereas Jennifer's positive attitude, collaborative spirit, and boundless energy have less have left a lasting impact on county staff, community partners, and the public she served. And

Whereas Jennifer's greatest accomplishments and the enduring leggings legacy she leaves behind are her children, Maya, Molly, Russell, and her stepdaughter, Ella, each of whom carried forward her kindness, strength, and positive spirit into the next generation. And whereas her leadership, professionalism, and unwavering dedication will be deeply missed by all who had the privilege of working alongside her. In honor of Jennifer, may we all carry forward her message to get up and show up and to live each day with heart. Jennifer was a good one. She was such a blessing to Caleres County.

If you were lucky enough to know Jennifer professionally or personally, there's not many like her. If you have another opportunity to have a friendship such as that, I would say treasure every minute of it. And with that, I will open up the podium to public comment. I would like to first invite Jennifer's husband, Nick Kashy, up if you would like to.

Well, good morning, chairman Stopper, members of the board, county staff, Nick Kashy. I just wanna tell you thank you for the acknowledgment of Jen with this proclamation. With me, we have two of our four kids. We have Russell and Molly, Jen's mother, Linda, and her sister, Rochelle. Unfortunately, our other two children are one's in college and one's in school today, so they will definitely be watching this.

Very kind words and acknowledgment and really a reminder, of all the good people we have working for the county that don't just contribute in their duties for the community through their work, but also outside of work. Jen's favorite day was Friday, not just because it was Friday, because she got to put her boots on and go down to the rock at Milton in time with what she referred to as her people and got to see all the good work they were doing. And so with that, we're very humbled and appreciative that you would take the time to formally acknowledge her, and thank you.

Ellen? No.

Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. I wanna thank each of you because you've worked with her. And, you know, every two weeks when I take my turn to take her to chemo, we would have wonderful discussions of what's going on in her life. And she always had positive positive things to say about her interactions with you and the support and the respect that you have given her in her attempts to do the best. And so the Calaveras County has been very kind to Jennifer too, and we appreciate the support and the love that you've all given.

So thank you.

Thank you for giving us to giving her to us.

Thank you.

She wasn't always easy to raise. She

wasn't always easy to work in.

Is there any other further public comment in the room?

K. Bring it back to

the board for any comments and emotion.

I just wanna say Autumn had the words. Jennifer was one of a kind. She set her sights on goals and get out of her way because she was gonna get it done. And I think these the extra time we had with her says that, how strong she was, and I think we can all carry that on with us.

Do I have a motion?

Oh,

have. Do you mind if I I just Yeah. I just wanted to say thank you for that beautiful memorial, and thank you for allowing us to be there, Linda, for reading her letter. I thought somebody who had just gotten out of high school who knew herself so well was unbelievable, and I think that's the the energy that she always carried. None of us are here for a very long time, and I just think it just reminds me just to tell the people in my life how much they mean to me every single day.

Mhmm.

If there are no other supervisors, will I make a motion?

I'll second.

I'll second.

All those in favor?

Aye. Aye.

Now, therefore, be it proclaimed that the Calvary's County Board of Supervisors hereby honors Jennifer Kashy for her exceptional service and contributions to the county's integrated waste management system and the community at large and extends its heartfelt appreciation to her family for supporting her efforts to make Caleres County a better place for everyone who lives here.

Awesome.

Thank you. Thank you. One side. Okay. Alright.

We'll move on to the next number two. Stacy, please, and thank you.

Item two, proclamation, behavioral health proclaim May 2026 as National Mental Health Awareness Month in Calaveras County.

I'll go ahead and take this one because we know how much I love mental health. Whereas May is recognized nationally as Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about mental health, promote self care, and reduce its stigma. And whereas mental health is essential to overall health and well-being, and all individuals deserve the opportunity to seek support and services without fear of judgment or discrimination. Whereas prioritizing self care and fostering a stigma free environment helps individuals maintain their mental health and encourages people to seek help when needed. And whereas Calvary's County behavioral health is committed to strengthening support systems by offering tools, education, and resources that raise awareness and help eliminate the stigma surrounding mental illness.

We have just a large amount of people here for mental health today. I'm very happy to see you all here representing all the good work you do. We have any comments?

Wendy. Good morning, chair, members of the board, community partners, and staff. An it's an honor to stand before you today in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month. In Calaveras County and across California currently, the young people are reporting increasingly levels of stress, sadness, and anxiety, and more importantly, in our current school situation, even more so. There's a high report of our youth actively thinking about suicide or having actually tried.

In a rural in a rural county like ours, Calaveras faces challenges that can be even harder due to transportation barriers, workforce shortages, geographic isolation, and limited access to specialty services. Yet despite those barriers, this community continues to show up for its youth. I wanna recognize the partnership between behavioral health, schools, families, health care providers, and all the workers you see in the audience today. Mental health awareness month is also about reducing stigma and reminding people that asking for help is not weakness, recovery is possible, and healing is possible as well. I want our young people in our community to hear this clearly.

You matter. Your struggles don't define you. There are people here who care deeply about you, and your future is bigger than the hardest days.

Thank you. Really common.

Good morning. My name is Denise Marler, and I'm sorry I'm not signing Amanda. I my sign line's a little rusty. So, I'm here to tell you a personal story. I live in Caliberse County in Dorrington, and, it's about my niece, Lina.

Boy, I'm getting emotional already. And, she's 48 years old. And, when I retired from full time work in 2022, I had the time and emotional energy at that time to try to reach out to my niece, Lina, to bring her back to California. She's diagnosed schizophrenic. She's, happy for me to share her story, by the way.

And she lived in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and was basically by herself with no family members there. And I would get calls saying things like, aunt Nissi, I'm in the homeless shelter again. I let so and so come in my apartment, and they took my keys, and they kicked me out. Aunt Nissi, I'm in the homeless shelter again because so and so was smoking in my apartment, and they kicked me out or whatever. It was again and again and again chronic homelessness.

And she had a case manager who would help her find a new apartment. It was just chronic. So, anyway, when I retired, I started calling around. Are there any group facilities? Are there any group homes?

You know, where would she fit the best? Couldn't find anything that would accept anybody from out of state even though she was born in California and actually lived in Calaveras County for a short while when she was a teenager with us. Anyway, I so talked with her case manager, and the only thing I could come up with was I could afford a travel trailer and put it in the Safari mobile home park in Avery, which is a little bit down the hill for me. And her case manager said, great. Get her out of here.

Get her out of this environment. The other thing about Lina is that she was a chronic meth user, and I knew I was taking a big risk getting her out here. And the first thing I did when she got here was try to get her connected to my sober friends who are very active in NA and AA. And then, of course, we had to get all her, you know, New County, SSI stuff changed over before she could really start to, you know, have things work. But she turned to me after about a month.

We were in the car here getting services, and she said, Nisi, what I really need is not NA. What I really need is people who understand me. And I knew about the wellness program, which is through behavioral health. And so I just drove there, and, Katie met us at the door and said, welcome. You're at the right place.

And Lina felt immediately at home. She started going on Mondays and Thursdays. They provide transportation from Avery to San Andreas, and she loves going there. It's she feels wanted, needed, supported, understood. And then she also uses Calaveras Connect to get there one day a week, and so she takes the little blue buses all over.

And I'm just so proud of our county and so proud of the services that we have. She's come so far. She hasn't used drugs since she landed here in Calaveras County, and she's made incredible progress to be independent and have friends in her own support system. So she really feels at home here in Calaveras County. And I just I can't thank the people at the wellness center enough for what they do.

They have a lot of people with lived experience working there and with peer support. That's what it's all about. I'm honored and fortunate enough to, provide a group once a month called Trauma Talk from Survival to Thrive from Surviving to Thriving, and it's just an incredible program. So I wanna thank you guys for your support, for the opportunity to give you one small story of success, and appreciate what we do in this little county of ours.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for that. Mister Stoutman.

I got to be here today because I had to turn in some ballots and after eating two breakfasts, doing some hill sprints and working out. Our director of behavioral health is here, and this is her item. She just has no idea what I'm gonna say. Are you worried? Should you be?

She does a fantastic job, and people see that I go through a lot, my health, neighbors, people in the community that are are problematic. They they ask me, well, how do you handle this? Well, for me, it's easy. I can I know that there are people out there that are working hard to help these people, and they will make contact with them and see what they could do? You know, that's why I'm so healthy because I know that there are other people to take care of it.

Everything. It's not it's not just me in this have teams. Work very, very hard. I have friends, and I am associated with accounting, but we're good, hardworking people that care. So with that, let's get down to honoring Wendy and her employees and the and the ones she's associated.

Thank you, mister Stalin.

Any further public comment staff comments? Sir? Good morning. My name

is Patrick Murray. I'm the active president of NAMI, which is National Alliance on Mental Illness for Calaveras County. I just wanna thank you guys for for helping as much as you guys have. This is not an easy topic for a lot

of people

to accept, especially the older community. However, it's not just youth and middle age that are are finding themselves with these problems. It's it's also our our elderly. It's going straight across the board. It's hitting first responders really hard, which it's close home to me.

It's hitting our schools. It's hitting everywhere. The the changes that have been happening to this world is just really hard for people to swallow. It's no longer just a part of, well, you must be a drug addict or you must be homeless or you must be just crazy. Everyone has a breaking point.

And, thankfully, some people never see it. God bless it. But for the ones that have, we we can't make them feel guilty or ashamed. We've all gotta work together to try to

get this done. Thank you. Thank you.

I just didn't realize I forgot to mention Nami when I was talking about my new. Okay.

She

But

Oh, is am I breaking a law?

I feel like I'm breaking the law saying something. Go ahead and say something very quick.

Okay. Kelsey, it's very quick. She go she also attends NAMI every Tuesday, almost every Tuesday. And what's cool about our county, I just wanna highlight our county. In so many other counties, Miami is for family members like me to help them understand mental illness.

They had meetings. They had information, blah blah blah blah blah. In our county, our residents with mental health issues get to go do fun things, supportive things, build peer, build community. They go to Mike's Pizza. They have picnics.

They go to Walmart. They go to thrift stores. She loves man, I just can't even

Thank thank you. Thank you for sending that.

Alright. I'll with that, I'll bring it back to the board, and I would like to say one thing. It is all ages. And with social media these days, know, the perpetuation at a young age is one thing. But, you know, even as politicians, we live with with what's said on social media.

Personally, I've had to turn it off recently because it's too good that makes me smile too hard. So so with that, I'll bring any board comments, or I'll entertain.

I'll just say thank you to Wendy and your team, everybody in behavioral health for all you do. Testimony says it all, and I know she's one of many that shares the same testimony. So thank you all very much.

Thank you, Autumn. I'll move. We have a motion by supervisor Hubbardy. I'll second. We have a second by supervisor Tophnol.

All those in favor? Aye. Passes on five o. Vote of the board. Glasses back on.

Now therefore be it proclaimed that the Calvaris County Board of Supervisors hereby proclaims the month of May 2026 as Mental Health Awareness Month in the county of Calaveras and encourages all residents, community partners, and organizations to increase awareness and understanding of mental health, work to reduce stigma and discrimination, and promote appropriate, accessible, and culturally responsive services for all individuals. Thank you so much. Oh, yes. Thank you. Including including you two that help you know?

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Wego is important. Yes.

Ready?

Number three. K.

Item three, proclamation public works. Adopt a proclamation proclaiming the week of May 17 through the twenty third twenty twenty six, National Public Works Week in Calaveras County.

Miss Follandorf?

Yes, chairman.

There you go.

Are you sure you wanted to give me that? Whereas public work professionals focus on infrastructure, facilities, and services that are of vital importance to sustainable and reliant communities and to the quality of life and well-being of the people of Calaveras County. And whereas these infrastructure facilities and services could not be provided without the dedicated efforts of public work professionals, including road maintenance workers, mechanics, inspectors, project delivery staff, administrative staff, and employees at all levels of government. These dedicated employees are responsible for maintaining, rebuilding, improving, and protecting our county transportation infrastructure, essential for our citizens. And whereas in the past year, the county department of public works had delivered many projects, including safety improvements, roadway resurfacing, preservation, striping, signage, new bridges, disaster recovery from winter storm, snow removal, and lightning and lightning, lighting district maintenance.

And whereas, stewards of the public interest, the Department of Public Works drive on strive to build and maintain safe and efficient public infrastructure while protecting natural resources in partnership with our community. Whereas, it's just the public interest for citizens, civic leaders, and children in Calaveras County to gain knowledge of and to maintain an ongoing interest and understanding of the importance of public works and the public work program in their respective community. Whereas 2026 marked the sixty sixth annual national public works week sponsored by the American Public Works Association. And with that, I will open it up for any public comment. Micah?

Thank you, board chair, board members, and staff, and everyone in the community. Honored to receive this, proclamation on behalf of our public works department. I just feel a little undressed, but, I'm wearing our logo shirt today so we could all be in uniform and show our unity as a department. So I'm proud to do that and proud to be a part of this team. I just wanna mention that this year's theme is rooted in public service powered by community.

It acknowledges that the roots of service run deep in public works. It's what has propelled public works innovations and have helped our communities evolve into places where people can lead lives of purpose and possibility. Some work, like building roads and bridges, is highly visible, while other public works contributions, maintaining drainage culverts or county fleet and equipment, are sometimes hidden from view. Together, these efforts form the foundation of thriving communities, reminding us that every project, seen or unseen, powers the connection between service and the people it supports. Along here with our department today, I invited a couple members of the integrated waste team to join us as they're, they're an integral part of public service as well, and they're they're a a critical function of public works with their, landfill operations and waste and recycling collections.

So I'm proud to have them part of us here today. And then I just wanna recognize each and every one of the individuals here in the audience that serves a part in this team, whether it's, the administrative folks or our fleet management or, our public works inspectors or project delivery team. They all play a critical role, and they're Really proud of what they do. We're asked all the time to do more with less, and every time this team steps up and does that. And we have staff turnover issues and budgeting issues and everything else, and they still find a way to deliver that service.

So I'm very proud of them for what they do. And with that, I I thank you guys for this opportunity. Thank you.

I can't tell you how privileged it feels to be able to say a few kind words regarding public works. And Robert here who was a public works director for a long time and our new public works director, Micah Martin. And they're great at ways. Fantastic job you folks are doing too. We have to remember that these are the Micah said, dude, you're always asked to do more or less.

Well, these are our least paid employees. The lowest pay goes to these goes to these individuals that do the hardest work. And we must remember this, and we must always find the find the opportunity and take that opportunity and say thank you. So with that, thank you very much, everybody. You.

You. Are there any other public comment? No? Okay. I will bring it back to the board.

Are there any board comment? Gabe?

I wanna thank Micah and and staff in there, but I really would like to thank Scott and his crew. You guys do a fantastic job. Thank you very much for everything you do out there.

Martin?

I'd like to echo supervisor Tapanelli and just say thank you, and thank you, obviously, to the road crews and to Micah being so great to work with. Thank you.

Autumn? I'd also like to thank all of you. I get approached probably the most about roads. You know, as supervisors, it's it's all about the roads. So thank you for your responsiveness.

I'm constantly calling Micah, emailing Laurie, calling Scott, you know, and thank you for always being responsive and trying to, you know, do more with less. Ben?

As a person who's worked out in the field in many jobs in the past, of course, my heart goes out to the guys out in the field doing getting their elbows dirty, but it takes every person from top to bottom in public works. It takes the people taking the phone calls. It takes the people making the planning, and to and then it takes all the all the materials to hit the ground when you guys get out there and actually get the job done. So I appreciate every one of you top to bottom. Thank you.

And I'd echo what all the other supervisors have said. Thank you for all the work that you do. You're one of the most literally public facing departments in the county where we get the most consistent calls. And you navigate not just the board, but you navigate the community as well and get the job done. So we really do appreciate it.

Oh. Yes. You want a motion?

Yeah. I was just gonna ask

for that.

Okay. So just just saying thank you, and I'll make a motion with that.

K. Is there a second?

I'll second.

Second. All those in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed? Seeing none. Therefore, be it resolved that the Calibees County Boarding Supervisor does hereby designate the week of May 17 to the twenty third twenty twenty six as the National Public Works Week in Calaveras County and pays tribute to our public works employees and recognizes the substantial contribution that they make to protecting our safety and quality of life. Thank you.

They should just space the camera this way.

Ready? One two three two and one. Thank you.

Thank you. Take us back. Yes. Can you

set an agenda?

No. We have one more.

Oh, woah. Woah. We can't forget the frogs.

This is the fun one.

Martin, that's why I gave it to you. Thank you.

K. Item four.

There. Hey. Wait. Wait. Oh.

Hang that down to us. Hand

that down

to us. I'll throw it. No. No. No.

Alright. You have it in semblance.

Item four, proclamation. Clerk of the Board of Supervisors adopt a proclamation recognizing the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee, May 2026.

Mister Huberty. Thank you. Thank you, chair.

In case you all didn't realize there is a fair this weekend this week, Thursday starting. Whereas the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee will be held on May fourteenth through seventeenth, and whereas 2026 marks a hundred and thirty third anniversary of the Calaveras County Fair, and whereas the fair the first fair of record was held in 1893 in Copperopolis, and whereas the first modern day frog jump was held in 1928 and is celebrating its ninety eighth year. 2028 is just around the corner. 100. Unbelievable.

And whereas the annual fair is a community event, which highlights agriculture, the arts, floriculture, and the best of Calaveras. Whereas the Calaveras County Fair generates hundreds of thousands of dollars for the youth of Calaveras County through the junior livestock auction, industrial arts auction, and scholarship programs. And whereas the annual economic impact of Calaveras County exceeds $5,000,000. And whereas the theme for the twenty twenty six frog jump is let frogs sing and freedom ring, celebrating our hometown pride. And whereas the community celebrates together as one and strangers become neighbors and children make memories.

So any public comment? Laurie? Laurie, how many years have you done the fair?

Wow.

She was

away. Yeah. Well, when she started.

Yeah.

Thirty five years. I've been in some position at the fair, but I was five when I started. Yeah. Thirty five years.

Wow.

Thirty five. So, yeah, since 1991.

And can I ask you one last question? The the it says HundredsOfThousands, but my understanding is that the auctions raise over 1,000,000.

It has raised it's raised over 1,000,000 the last three years. Three. Yeah. The last three years, it's been right right around 1,000,000 too. And then our ag mechanics auction has really grown last year.

It grossed over 60,000, and it's outgrown its space. So we're having to do something completely different with it this year. And then, also, our board is really committed on encouraging our students in the industrial arts. And so we have our first ever junior weld competition, and we have 30 students who will be actually in a welding competition Saturday affair taking place at Distinctive Metals. But we're really, really proud of those accomplishments.

So the fair, like you said, is the fourteenth through the seventeenth. We have some great entertainment. We also are doing a lot of things to help our community save money because we realize things are hard for a lot of our families. And so Thursday, kids are free. Friday, eight to two.

Seniors are only $5 if you're over 65. We also have our reading program that if our children do their reading program, that they can get in Saturday or Sunday free. Tickets in advance are less expensive. One of the only bears still left in California that lets you bring in an ice chest, which we think is really important. Of course, no glass or alcohol, but, we think that's super important for the general vibe of our fair.

You know, it's really a community event. Jen Herndon serves on our friends of the fair board, and they have done so many improvements there at the fairgrounds. A lot 99.9% of everything you see that's better is because of their efforts. So we have so many new new facilities. We have a new deck.

We have New air conditioners and Air conditioners. Roofs, bathrooms.

Yeah. And things you don't see, like lawnmowers.

Or Underground. Yeah. Underground. Underground. We're really excited about the improvements we've been able to do with our arena this year.

We were able to get a grant, and we've put about $25,000 into our arena, which is really probably a $50,000 project, but with our community partners and just to have a community comes together whenever we're trying to do anything. So so many fun things at the fair, though. More family entertainment. We added a stage. We have a lot more family entertainment.

And

Romeo princess this year, which is new, isn't it?

Mhmm. The little princess.

Yeah. We have a little princess.

She's so cute.

We have our miss agricultural pageant, which is we have a lot of queens, but we like to celebrate kids. We like to celebrate kids. So whatever we can do to celebrate kids. So there is lots of free things to do at the fair this year. We're increasing that because we want families just to have a good time.

So when you when you come in, everything you know, your entertainment, all the stages are free. Now we have a huge craft area in one of our buildings with another with another stage with lots of family entertainment. So our our goal always is to celebrate our heritage, which we're really super proud of. And you're not wearing the right gloves.

I am.

But he's got prom.

But I I I they didn't I have it, and I have my proms and tires.

There you

especially for this day.

What what whatever. Likes to stand out. We'll talk about that sign on our entrance in a little while. Okay.

It was off that.

Yeah. Okay. So, anyway anyway, we are so excited about the fair. It's it's gonna be a great, great it's gonna be a great four days. And Jen has a way that if you've never driven a derby car, and it's, like, in your dream, you could.

Yeah. You could.

It was a dream of mine, and I lived that dream.

There you go.

And then I tried to hand it off to her afterwards, and they won't let me. I I broke it good. I broke it broken.

My dream.

And you know what? One of the best.

We do. We are very proud of our fundraising in the ways that we do give back. So Friends of Fare gives a thousand dollars every night, as you all know, and then $10,000 grand prize on Sunday. We're selling the queens had been very active in selling raffle tickets, for the last several months. That goes on throughout fair.

Those tickets stay in the hopper until Sunday. So if you won Thursday night, the thousand dollar, you go back in for 10,000 on Sunday. It's never happened, but it'd be really cool if that did happen. It's a fun way to get back. And then the derby car.

We built in. The derby car will be in the parade Thursday morning, and you could buy a raffle ticket, and you could get drawn, like, buy your stopper to wreck a car in your in your bucket list of life.

The hopper needs to produce a stopper again. They're a little stop.

Anyways, you can find a friends affair. Any any director could sell tickets, and the word is out. But the queens are doing a phenomenal job promoting that already.

And what we're super excited about is, we have 600 more entries this year than we've ever had program wide. And so we've had to rent tents, generators. We have a 106 mini goats. I didn't know there was a 106 mini goats in the count, but we have a 106 mini goats. We have 240 pigs, 71 stairs, and the list just goes on, and we're so excited about that.

Our community booths are full. So much so many classrooms entered art. So it's really going going to be just the weather is good. We're gonna have a great, great four days. And Sunday, Jen said this to me earlier in the week, I think we might break that record because I think it's frog jumping weather.

Yeah. And so if one of our competitors breaks the world record on Sunday, they win $20,000.

Oh, wow. That's awesome.

Yes. Yes.

Sunday, I'm all I'm just thinking about bacon. Bacon. Bacon. And crashing cars.

Okay. Crashing cars, bacon. And there is a frog jump challenge on the table for you from your City.

Chirado. Oh. Yeah.

Yeah. You're gonna need to jump

a frog.

Yeah. Is it true? 03:00 on Sunday.

Yeah. Right?

Yeah. As well as today. We have our frog dump today. We do. Mhmm.

Here at the county. Awesome.

What I hey. You got a challenge for me?

I'll be there. Okay.

Thank you, Lori.

We set

That's the first challenge you've given me.

No. No. The other challenge was to roll the shirt.

One of the statistics that's not actually in the proclamation is that you do bring in over 40,000 people for this.

We do. We do. Yeah. Yes. So unbelievable.

40,000 people. And what I what's really unique too about Calaveras County is the frog, of course. And it's more than just any event, this quirky little thing we do. It really is an economic engine. Yeah.

And so it's super important, and we're we're very proud of it.

We're proud of you

for being

proud of it.

Oh, thank you. Alright. Thank you.

Is there any other public comment?

Just on.

The main reason I'm saying something here is I said something about everything else. I don't wanna offend anybody. When I used to work for John Deere, I did government sales. And at that time, there was a California parish service. They do all the central centralized buying for the parish, the county parish.

So I'd I didn't want them as a client. It just wasn't big enough. You know, this stuff is a little bit smaller and 9,000,000. And, you know, I like money. But because my uncle and his friends gave them my card, I felt compelled to do it.

And it turned into an adventure in which I applied them with almost everything they needed and visited every fair in the state of California. I can tell you that Calaveras County, one of the best fairs in the count in the state of California. It has the reason for that is the community that surrounds it and the people that that visit it every year. Whether they live in the county or not now, it has some tie to it, and they feel common thread. So with that, thank you for the great job you did.

Take care.

Is there any other public comment? None online.

We have no online pub.

Bring it back to the board?

I would I would like to

I'll I'll hop I'll hop

this proclamation. Do I have a second hop?

I'll second.

All in favor?

Aye. Hop. Hop.

Hop.

Hop.

Therefore, be it proclaimed that the Calaveras County the board of supervisors proclaims the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee to be the signature event in Calaveras County, passed and adopted by the board of supervisors of Calaveras of the County Of Calaveras, State of California, this May 2026.

Was more. You had. Yeah. What? My thoughts.

No. I

just Good. How are you?

Ready? 1231. Thank you. Thank you so much.

She said, I don't know about the vape part.

Stacy?

Yes.

Are we good? Yep.

Yes. General public comment?

General public comment. Thank you.

Any item of interest to the public that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board and is not posted on the consent or regular agendas may be addressed during the public comment period. California law prohibits the board from taking action on any matter which is not posted on the agenda unless it's determined to be an emergency by the board of supervisors. If public public comment is completed before the thirty minute allotted time period, the board may immediately move to the next order of business. If public comment is not completed during the allotted time period, it will be continued as the last item of business in order to provide an opportunity for the remainder of comments to be heard.

Thank you. Mister Scott?

Feel that we're missing something today.

Oh, well. I have no idea. What you're talking about.

I have no idea. I really don't. I'm nobody's keeper. You know, I'm nice to everybody whether I like them or not. So it's a it's a rule.

And the reason there's a reason I held out for general public comment today. And Wendy doesn't know what I'm gonna say. But she'd be worried? It has nothing to do with Wendy. You know, when I speak sometimes, I speak for I speak well advised.

And when I send an email, it's it's well advised. And I think it's important that I remind people that regardless of the regardless of the theming friendships I have, Staff, specifically the sheriff department, the district attorney, they are professionals. They're not gonna show me any any leeway. They have a job to do, and I respect that. Respect that they they're gonna handle things in a even handed manner with no favoritism towards Okay.

Yeah. It's it's important it's important that people know that that I am not I am not given special privilege. Any privilege I have, I make. And no matter how much ever you know, no matter no matter how much people care for me and I care for them, there's always that fine line that we have to have to hold, and we're gonna do it. Everybody knows that I have cancer.

And make sure people know because there's certain privileges, certain protections, I should say, am I entitled to. Somebody does something, I can get a I can get a criminal protective order. I don't have to go through I don't have to go through the civil process. Just the way things are, the way things are gonna be. So with that, thank you to the staff.

Further public comment? Anything online?

We have no online public comment.

Alright. We'll bring it on to the consent agenda.

Consent agenda items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial. They'll be acted upon by the board at one time without discussion. Any board member, staff member, or interest party may request the removal of an item from the consent agenda for later discussion.

Would any board member like to pull an item? Anybody in the audience or staff? With that, I'll bring it back to the board. Or anybody online for that matter?

No online request. Move.

So moved by miss

I'm sorry.

Miss Voldor. Second. Second by mister Taffinelli. All those in favor? Aye.

Passes on five o for the board. I'm gonna go ahead and give us a 10:00 recess real quick for break time. K. And just to let's just do ten at the most. That way, any bathroom breaks or anything needed, we have plenty of time.

Stacy.

Ready.

Onto the regular agenda, number 10.

Item 10, informational item, human resources. One, conduct a public hearing, and two, receive a presentation on the status of vacancies and recruitment and retention efforts as required by a b two five six one.

I'm gonna open the public hearing now.

Good morning, chair stopper, members of the board. Judy Hawkins, human resources and risk management director, and I also have with me Nick Marvin, who is the HR manager for the county. And so today, we're here to present you with our annual, report out of our vacancy rates as required by bill twenty five sixty one. And so the purpose of this presentation today is to give you an overview of the county's vacancy rates. And so kind of a quick summary of the requirements.

That's correct. Right?

Yes. There we go. Thank you so much. You're welcome. So just a quick summary of the requirements of bill twenty five sixty one is we do have to, in a public hearing, present to your board what our vacancy rates are for all of the different bargaining units, and then also present with, to you what we're doing, in the human resources department and all of our different county departments to recruit these recruit and retain these positions.

If our vacancy rates are above 2020% or above, then we do have to provide additional information, the total vacancies per bargaining unit, total number of applicants for each vacant position, the date number of days to complete the recruitments, and then also opportunities to improve compensation or other working conditions. I am happy to announce that our vacancy rates are below 20%. We do in the management unit, our vacancy rate is very close to the 20%. But right now, we have seen you know, we are in a hiring freeze at the moment. And then we also have seen over the last several months, departments not move as quick to fill positions because of the unknown nature of state and federal funding as well as we're getting ready to go into our budget hearings.

So we have seen departments slow down filling these positions because the last thing we wanna do is hire someone and then lay them off. So just going to the next.

I I have a question if I can. It it says that we're at total 12.43%. So is that the percentage rates you're talking about? Can we be, like, over 20% in one of these items, one of these units?

No. So each unit, you

can't be over 20%. Correct.

Correct.

It's not the total. It's each one of those.

So we're

management unit, we're, like, real close.

Yes. Yeah. And so we are recruiting for positions right now. So we have received permission from the administrative office for certain purse purse positions to be able to recruit. So we are actively recruiting for several several of the management positions.

And just to clarify, we it's not that we can't be over 20% in any of the units. It's just that we then have additional obligations.

No. I I understand that.

Right. And we do track a lot of that information. So, for example, we have seen our percentages as as account countywide percentages as low as nine percent, especially not long after the class and comp and implementing all of that. And then right now, we're at the 12.43. So it it ebbs and flows through the year.

This is, data for, pay period ending April 17 year. And, currently, our non general fund department actually has the highest percentage rate. We're at 13, little over 13% in non general fund and just under 12% in general fund. When I first started in 2015, we had a very high vacancy rate, and a majority of that vacancy was in general fund departments, lot of our service central service departments where with the class and comp, with a lot of the changes that we've made, we've made great improvements of recruiting and keeping staff. For example, our custodians, when I first started, we could not keep custodians.

We had to contract out for the HHSA Building. Now our custodians clean most of our buildings that are in close proximity. So and in fact, I think they're even cleaning IWM now. And so we've made great strides, especially in positions that in the past historically had high turnover. So we have had over this past year, we have had a 115 active recruitments.

And of those recruitments, we received 5,918 applications, which that means the HR staff goes through each one of those applications and determines if they meet MQs. And, we sent forward 2,458 applicants, for to interview. We sent forward a lot more than that for the departments to go through. And then of the amount we sent forward, they chose to interview almost 2,500 applicants. And then we had a total of 670 that passed the interviews and were either hired or placed on an eligibility list.

I will say we see a lot of applicants back out the very last minute. Often, don't call us. We have panels sitting there. And I do think what happens is before they apply, they don't truly look into the county, how far away the commute is going to be, things like that. And then once it gets to the point of they've been interviewed or they're going to be interviewed, then they start doing their homework because we have seen a large percentage back out, especially in the HHS department.

So we are oops. Let me go. Sorry there. So we are constantly trying to update our routines for attracting our applicants. We are attracting applicants.

And so now we're looking more into how do we truly get them to come to the county? How do we get them to interview, come to the county? Over the past year, we have had several candidates back out of, moving. They've accepted the offer. They went through the process, went through the background, accepted the offer, and, unfortunately, was not able to move here.

We've had several out of state. And, of course, Sarah is actually experienced this very painful process, and one of our candidates finally came back and said, I cannot find housing that meets my needs. And we've had others the same thing. And even Nick can speak to that.

Yes. So that's frequently what we see. And so to kinda combat that, we have, our new HR program assistant, Daisy Cruz. We do have her reach out sometimes if we see that the candidate is applying from out of state or sometimes even out of the country, we will reach out to them just to make sure they are aware that this is not a remote opening. They can't be doing this from home.

They would have to move here for that position. And some of the times, they'll get back to us and saying, oh, thank you for letting us know. We can't move there, and so we'll remove them from that list. So that way, it's not, kinda taking away time from, like, the hiring managers with those recruitments.

Trying to think about that. Yeah.

So that has helped out a lot with those recruitments specifically. Other times, we have looked into that a little bit more seeing, like, is there anything else we can do? Is there certain associations more within the area, websites, companies, especially with, like, public works with the APWA, posting our recruitments there to try and get people more locally or people that at least know this area within kind of the Foothill area so that we can get them here. Typically, they are a lot more likely to move out here for that.

So we've tried to really adjust up. Now we do have a couple of extremely hard to fill positions. We've been working with department heads, even looking at maybe working with it's not really a headhunter, but somebody that will do more of they reach out to those that are just passively looking. You know, all of us get emails all the time going, we have these positions open in different areas. So kind of doing those type of outreaches and stuff.

We've had especially, like, the engineering manager has been almost impossible to fill. So we are also looking and working with department heads on on very specific alternative methods to be able to fill those positions. And we are always trying to look at our benefits. This year, we will be bringing before the board. Our benefit committee has been working on some alternatives to try and make our benefits more appealing for those recruits and then also better for our existing employees.

And then we consistently try to make sure we are training our managers. Those are the ones that the employees those are, you know, the direct contact with the employees has the relationships. And so Nick does an HR one zero one training for all new supervisors and those that need retraining. He has trained every manager and supervisor in this county. And then as we get new ones or ones that just need a little bit of refresher, he does that on a quarterly basis now.

We were doing them monthly while we were getting everybody through the process. So now we are doing them quarterly, and the purpose of that training is just to make sure managers and supervisors know their responsibilities on the HR side of things. And and then we're also always looking for and developing new leadership type trainings to, we have developed a training to help, managers understand progressive discipline, that our goal with our employees is to coach them through whatever difficulties they're having and retain the employee. But sometimes, you know, they're just there's not a good fit. And so then also trying to help coach through those processes as well.

We've seen a lot of success stories where somebody was not successful in one department but thrived in another. And so we do try to identify those opportunities and then also train management on how to identify them. And then, also, we're constantly working on making sure we have a positive workplace. And so that's where we want you know, the how we manage people changes, and so we do wanna make sure that, you know, staff or management understands. Nick also has trained on managing the different generations.

So it is that is definitely one of the challenges that management staff has. So those that is our presentation to you on what we're doing to recruit and retain our our most valuable assets, our employees. Can I answer any questions?

Got a

question, Gary? I'll have a question. So

you you mentioned that the technical training managers and supervisors Mhmm. Is is that that ongoing? Is that, like, do you have a a class once a month for them? How how is that

Yeah. So we do do that quarterly, as you were saying. We did do it monthly in the beginning just because we had so many managers to get into it. But since we've gotten through all the current managers and supervisors, we're kind of just doing it quarterly right now as new supervisors and managers come in so that they are trained up once they get situated because we don't wanna do it as soon as they start because they're still trying to learn their duties here performing their job. And so once they get settled in, we'll schedule, that one on one course with them.

And and do you have any training or anything for just employees? Is there anything?

Not at this time. Not this time. Something we have looked into, but we haven't done one yet.

So a lot of times, the idea right now is that we're focusing on the leadership, so on managers, supervisors, because often, relationships or issues with managers and supervisors is why staff leave. And it's not the county overall. It's usually they they associate this one person to be the county. And so we've been focusing on trying to improve our retention through training of management. And a lot of times, the individual departments have trainings for for their employees depending on what type.

I know that HHSA has a lot of training for the employees. They have consultants that come in and work with employees. So but we are working toward having something kind of maybe even a lunch and learn, something like that, to work with employees who have questions, who are trying to navigate, and especially who are trying to move up in the workplace.

Yes. And we did open up that, the management training to, employees who may be line staff right now but are looking to promote up. So we have started inviting some of them, especially if supervisor managers identified anybody that they looked at as moving forward soon, then we'll add them to that course as well.

To to work off of that, you know, you you brought up that some sometimes we lose walk line staff due to them focused on certain management and supervisorial people and positions. But that's not always the case in my experience working elsewhere. Sometimes it's the staff building something up because they just don't agree with it, so they focus it on the person that's delegating said thing. So sometimes having team building classes with staff and management actually brings into focus these type of things and gives the opportunity for everyone to have an open dialogue that can maybe possibly squash type these type of things. I'm gonna use our strategic plan as an example.

When when supervisor role and management came in with with, electeds, there's a dialogue there that's very team building. And we were able to work together and find out that we're on beautiful terms in a lot of lot of senses, and I thought that was very healthy for us. So I think, you know, just a thought for the future, maybe having those types of classes for line staff and supervisor positions may be a good way to team build.

And we have we have brought in team building classes in the past into departments that were having difficulties. And so this is something I know that some individual departments have done team building with their staff because a lot of times, it's very department heads know what will work for their staff instead of us saying, here, we're gonna do this team building, but they may have a different idea. But we definitely will be working with departments in the future.

And and and I appreciate that, and that's very good. But I'm gonna use it, like, with law enforcement. You know? It's great that they catch the criminals and act, but any law prevention that stops the act before it's made is the best type of law prevention we can do. So HR building team building with people before it becomes the fire department may be proactive.

It does cost us, but maybe it'll cost us. The cost will be saved in having to recruit more people and the exceeding cost of having turnover rates in the county. I don't know. Right.

I have a question. I'm just wondering what is your relationship like with motherhood job training? Is there a regular communication there to

Yes. I talk to them frequently. I just spoke to them late last week as well. I work with Tammy all the time. We've constantly exchanging emails, phone calls.

We have a couple people in the works right now to come over and start with us. They gotta onboard through them. Some of them have already gone through our background process. We're just waiting for the onboarding through mother love right now. Yeah.

What about the community colleges? Do we ever reach out to them to try to kinda, like, plant seeds in community colleges of, like, career pathways within the county?

Yes. We do. We actually, Daisy, our assistant, actually just did their job fair last month or end of March now. It's time's kinda flown by. But the she did the job fair there as well as Len from IT.

He our director, he was there. He was working with them on a program to bring in interns through that. We worked very closely with, Calaveras High as well. We've had a really good program last year with them through Public Access TV where John over there was working with them. He would teach them how to film, and then they would do once a week where they would go over to the school and actually do the program layer on the computers with editing and getting that published out there.

And we also, right now, are doing a pro Lynn has filed for a grant that will allow us to have a apprenticeship program for IT. And so we are working through that process right now. And then we're also using that as kind of a pilot program, and then we can look at where we can spread out. Also, HHSA has we have several interns in HHSA as well, and then, behavioral health.

Yes. Especially over in behavioral health with the clinician training and substance use counselor training, that has helped a lot getting those positions filled where we used to struggle in the past finding people that were certified. Now we can bring them on before they're certified or help them get certified, through that. So that's helped a ton with getting those positions filled over there.

That's great. I think in former generations, a lot of graduates, like, in my generation couldn't wait to leave the county and go to college and go away. And I think it seems a little different in the youth I talked to that they maybe want to stick around economically. They just love living here. So it it would be neat to kinda have those pathways for them.

Like, you can actually stay and work within the county and make a good living.

Yes. For sure.

Thank you

for those efforts.

Thank you. I was gonna ask just based on, supervisor Gandalf's questions. Do you attend the on the right track? Do you have us?

Yes. Yes.

Mhmm. That's awesome.

We have for quite a while now.

Okay. Just on a on a side note, we brought custodians. I just wanted to give them a shout out. Oh, yeah. Our our buildings are beautifully maintained.

And even though the infrastructure's old, it it always looks good. So thank you.

Yes.

Any other questions?

Comment? Mister Sessions. With session with sessions.

Yes. Good morning, board. My comments today kind of bridge between this and the next board item, so I hope you'll indulge me. But it's, the opinion I wanna give is that the most important asset that we have as a county government is our people, our staff. This item, the efforts that they've been making to fill vacancies and and, and get training and and all of that is so commendable.

What I felt like I needed to get up and point out is for the last few years, we had, as Judy mentioned, a lot of vacancies several years ago. We've done a good job filling those. To do that, we did the the class and comp study. They've been looking at the benefits packages. So where we sit right now is our cost of employees keeps increasing year over year at a higher degree than our revenues are increasing.

And so it's leaving us in a position where you're going to have difficult decisions to make coming up fiscally. And I just felt it was my point to not put it down or on this discussion, but point out that while I do value most our staff and our employees, we also are looking at upcoming budget. We're looking at negotiations with the union starting. And just to point out that right now with the with the costs increasing faster than our revenues are increasing, it's gonna leave the county in a in a precarious position. Thank you.

Further comments? Anything online?

We have no online public comment.

Thank you, Mr. Sessions. Appreciate your word. Bring let's see. Close the public hearing.

Anything else from the board members?

Does it? There's no

there's no well, I'm just double checking it. It's public hearing for no vote. Yeah. There we go.

Thank you,

both of you.

Appreciate it. You follow the law, and so did we.

We're working hard to fill our positions.

Hard recruitment. Yes. HR.

Yes. Alright.

We'll bring it on to item 11. Don't go anywhere yet, Judy. Yep. We need you.

Item 11, resolution, human resource resources adopt a resolution appointing the county's collective bargaining representatives and establishing negotiation guidelines for twenty twenty six labor negotiations.

Good morning, members of the board. I'm Judy Hawkins, human resources director. I am bringing before you today a resolution that that establishes the county's negotiation team and then also sets guidelines for bargaining. The purpose of this resolution is just to be able to set clear expectations. We know who will be bargaining for the county, and then also helps the unions know who they need to be talking to.

And it just keeps from side conversations happening that the negotiators don't know about. And so it just keeps negotiations on a a good transparent track.

I think I think we also also we have responsibility as supervisors to make sure there's no direct negotiations to happen, and and this is in the interest of everyone so that we can move forward in the most fair equal way.

Correct.

Can I answer any questions?

Just stop knowing.

Yes. I I do. I just wanna be clear. It it says that we're appointing county executive officer, which we know who that is. And the human resource director, we know who that is.

But it says chief negotiator. There I don't know who's the chief negotiator.

And so our chief negotiator, we are recommending Jay Johnson with Liebert Cassidy since he has been our negotiator in the past. He is familiar with county processes, and so that's

You're you're recommending so we don't have is that coming back to us, or are you just gonna see, I don't I wanna make this clear on what's going on because it just says chief negotiator. Now you're telling me that this guy, we we may have to hire him. He's gonna wanna pay for it. He's gonna wanna hour. But, yeah, I know I'm I'm I I just wanna make clear.

So supervisor Tophanelli, the board has already met with mister Johnson in closed session and sort of given some preliminary direction for negotiations. This by this item, the board would be sort of whatever you wanna call it, designating him as the county's chief negotiator to along with those other individuals who are county staff engaging in negotiations for the board.

But, yes, that is the board's decision.

Thank thank you.

Is that all mister talking away for now?

This? Go ahead.

I know. Can can I follow-up? Sure. Can you follow-up?

Yeah. No. It's I think he has a point there. It's not written down. I I guess that would be part of our is it farther down, Sarah?

No. I mean I mean, if we're gonna vote him in as our chief new negotiator

No. You're right. None of Yeah.

I think that should state as so.

We can certainly we can certainly add that.

We amend that?

Absolutely. You're right. I mean, all of these other we didn't name any person's names. Right? We just need sort of positions for everyone, but you're right that that would add clarity that that is who Was that because we know to your point, we know who all the

other people are. So Right. Yes.

Thank you. Very

good. Thank thank you thank you, mister Topanelli, because that's I didn't even think about it until you said it.

So if that's the board's if that's the will of the board, we could whomever makes the motion could add that amendment. We could say chief negotiator, Jay Johnson, and

then we've made that clear.

Thank you. Any other questions? I'll I'll go ahead and push it to a public comment Online?

We have no online public comment.

Amazing. Bring it back to the board. Is there a motion with an amendment possibly someone would like to consider? Ready, set, go. Alright.

I'll

I'll move with supervisor Tapanelli's amendment.

I will second it. Thank you

very much. All those in favor? Aye. Passes on five o over the board. Very good.

Thank you, Judy.

Thank you.

Thank you, Judy.

Number 12, miss Simpson.

Item 12, action item, behavioral health. One, approve the behavioral health services act integrated plan for fiscal years 2026 through 2028, '29, and two, approve the Mental Health Services Act annual updates for fiscal years 2024 through '25 and 2025 through '26.

Miss Windiol?

We're here to have the board review and approve the Behavioral Services Act, which was the former Mental Health Services Act, one of the biggest transformations that we've had. It's kind of ironic that, Calaveras actually did not vote for prop one to be approved, but we still have to implement anyways because the rest of California did. So we have, put before you what is a draft that is going to be submitted to DHCS for their approval, but it still has to be reviewed by the board.

Any questions from the board members? Pretty straightforward, I would assume. Public comment.

We have no online public comment.

I'll bring it back to the board.

We

have a motion by supervisor Follandorff. I'll second. A second by supervisor Tafanelli. All those in favor? Aye.

Very well done, miss.

Thank you, Wendy.

We all know what the supervisor announcements is, Stacy. Go ahead and let us go.

Okay. In compliance with government code section five three two three two point three d, board members shall provide brief reports on any meetings attended at the expense of the local agency and may make other announcements or report out.

Mister mister Hubbardy. On the

twenty ninth, I attended the multiagency coordinating group on the Saturday, the second, Firewise up in Arnold for the whole community, and later on that afternoon, the meeting regarding the radios, which was very successful. On the fifth, I attended the board meeting for the behavioral health. On the sixth, it was attended an all day strategic planning session with supervisor Andal at the CMCAA. Did the kickoff dinner for the fair that evening. On the eighth, I met with PG and E regarding transformers on Main Street.

And on the ninth, I attended the MUT March in Murphys.

Excellent. Miss Andall.

On April 29, I also attended the multi agency coordinator group meeting via Zoom. On May 4, I attended a West Point community meeting. On May 6, we had a long day of strategic planning with Calaveras Mariposa Community Action Agency. And on May 6, the county fair kickoff dinner, and I look forward to seeing everybody at the fair.

Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Matt madam Vollendorf, if you're ready.

Yes. I can't remember. Did I did we report has it have the schedule did did we report to the board that Gary and I went to the two by two with c CCWD yet? Okay. Okay.

So I am drawing a blank on what day, but since then we have joined we met with CCWD, Gaye and I with two by two along with Teresa, that will be forthcoming to the board at some point in the future. The I too attended the fair kickoff the other evening, and then next Thursday, I'll be attending the opening. And next week, camera had been moved. We have adjusted the dates. We had a camera meeting on the April 29.

We did not meet Quorum. So what we ended up doing with staff has taken on some stuff, and they will be reaching out to the respective board. So, Teresa, you may get an email from camera staff on some feedback on the DPA so we can get that routed and back to the respective boarders to amend. The other and then our our meeting for the twentieth is canceled due to the twenty ninth, and we will meet again in August. I think it's the nineteenth, Wednesday, the nineteenth.

And that's all I have to report.

Thank thank you, miss Foldart. Supervisor Topnoe.

Yes. I've been attending Mountain County's EMS agency recruitment for a new CEO. It was very, we did very well, as far as the number of applicants for that position. I think we had a total of 16. We knocked it down to eight.

We, did individual interviews of those and knocked that down to six. We'll be continuing going, with Zoom interviews with them, those six, and try and get it down to two final ones for the board to make a decision on. So I've been very well involved in that. And then tomorrow, I have a a executive management meeting with Cog, and I will be attending the fair on Thursday, opening day, and the Calumet's dinner. So that's it.

Other than my granddaughter's getting married

You're very busy.

On the sixteenth.

Are you officiating? Year.

Are you officiating? Did you get the I

am officiating. Yes. I am. I am marrying the two.

Congratulations, sir. Thank you. I think. Thank you. I don't know.

I hope. Okay. So I have a request to the board. There's California Assembly Bill three ten requires youth sports organizations serving kids 17 and under to improve emergency preparedness. The the ensuring coaches are trained in CPR and ADUs by January 2027, starting in 2028, having an AED available at both practices and games.

The law is designed to make sure someone on-site can respond immediately to cardiac emergencies with clear procedures and working equipment ready wherever sports activities take. The biggest challenge is number three, having an AED available at both practices and games. So this if you think about practices, let's just say with Calvert and this includes Calvert's youth soccer league, which is even all the soccer students in in the county or soccer players in the county, that's separate from the schools. The amount of practices going on on different fields at the same time and the cost of an AED. And these organizations are there to help the kids.

They are they're they're they're purely funded within themselves and the peep the parents and the children there. This is gonna be burdensome. So I would like to have Marcos Muniz come back with an item because he has some ideas on how how we can support the community, through possible funds and possibly have an item to support our youth and everything and the emergency preparedness, it is burdensome, but it is a good idea. You know? A lot of these ideas by the state start with the right intentions.

It's just the thought of the total cost going forward that that's not always understood. So would the board be willing to consider having that on agenda items? That's a thumbs up,

Martin. Yes.

Yes. Yes. Yes. I'm a yes. So if if you're willing to get together with Marcus Muniz, he's got he's got some ideas.

Absolutely. I've already talked to Marcus about this, issue, and he does have some very good ideas about how we can support these community organizations.

Awesome. And that's my good work for the day. So on to closed session.

Closed session item 13, pursuant to government code five four nine five seven point six, Conference with county designated labor negotiators, Therese hitch Hitchcock and Judy Hawkins regarding the employee organizations. Calaveras County Public Safety Employees Association, Calaveras Management Union, Calaveras Supervisors Union, Deputy Sheriff's Association, the Service Employees International Union, local one zero two one, Sheriff's Management Unit, unrepresented employees.

Chair, could I ask I just wanna make sure that Stacy introduced her mom to everybody.

She she doesn't know how

many guys do yes. I see

Yeah.

Before I let let me do public comment on this one item. Sorry. Just meant jumping. Nothing there? Great.

Did you wanna say anything on the on the closed session item? I said I said what I Okay. Say. Ditto. Okay.

And I we'll report back at our we'll report out, excuse me, out of closed session at our next meeting.

And and I'm gonna take the step so that Stacy may introduce her mother to us all.

We just to confirm, we do not have online public comment. Yes. Okay. Yeah. Okay.

I Yes. I'll have my mom come up to the. We

we should have had another proclamation ready this year.

It's fine. And she's just up visiting Hi. From the Bay Area, and she's come to see you know,

it's bringing mom to work day. So Thanks.

Stacy and I actually wanna say thank you for Stacy. Thank you. Awesome. Thank you so much. It's

been an honor.

Excellent. Thank you all very much for all your kind words about my daughter. She loves she loves her job. I guess I think it shows. Yeah.

She puts up the facade, definitely.

Thank you.

Thank you. With that, we'll go into closed session.