Tulare County Board of Supervisors March 5 meeting

Documented by Dani Huerta

Summary —  What you need to know

• Supervisor Pete Vander Poel presented a proclamation recognizing March 2024 as Social Work Appreciation Month in Tulare County. John Morrow, deputy Health and Human Services director of adult service, accepted the proclamation. Tulare County Adult Protective Services responded to about 18,000 referrals last year.
• The consent calendar was approved unanimously. One of the approved items was the purchase of an intercept whole-body contraband detection scanner for the juvenile detention facility.
• The next Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting will be March 12, 2024.

Follow up Questions

• What was the cause for a verbal correction to item 14 regarding the No Place Like Home Program?

Board of Supervisors

• Larry Micari – chair, District One
• Pete Vander Poel III – vice chair, District Two
• Amy Shuklian, District Three
• Eddie Valero, District Four
• Dennis Townsend, District Five
• Jason Britt, County Administrative Officer
• Jennifer Flores, county counsel
• Melinda Benton, chief clerk

The Scene

The Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting was held simultaneously both in person and live streamed via YouTube at 9 a.m. on March 5, 2024. The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance and an invocation led by Ian Baki.

Actions

• Board of Supervisors matters
  • Shuklian
    • Last week was the Salt+Light community forum and the Sequoia Regional Economic Summit. 
    • Upcoming is a mental health board meeting, California State Association of Counties board meeting and a Goshen Trail meetup.
    • She recognized the founder of The Source, Brian Poth, as he was in the audience.
  • Vander Poel
    • He encouraged everyone to vote.
    • Upcoming is a Tulare County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) meeting, Guadalajara Market ribbon-cutting, Tulare Chamber of Commerce Governmental Affairs Committee meeting, Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency meeting and Tulare County Water Commission meeting.
  • Townsend
    • Last week he went to John Doyle Elementary for Read Across America, San Joaquin Valley Regional Policy council meeting, Rural Counties Representatives of California Springville Sierra Rodeo Appreciation Dinner.
    • Upcoming is the Springville Sierra Rodeo, LAFCo, Harmony Magnet Academy advisory board meeting, and he will be sworn in as the seated board member of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy state agency. There is also a Sierra Nevada Conservancy Summit and the Monache High School Hall of Fame Dinner.
  • Valero
    • Last week was a Supervisor at Your Supermarket event, Sequoia Regional Economic Summit, fentanyl awareness lunch, Goshen community meeting, Read Across America at Cutler and Palm elementary schools, Ivanhoe Seniors Resource Fair, 
    • Upcoming is Read Across America at Wilson Elementary School, judging for the Tulare County Spelling Championship, Latin Caucus of California Counties meeting, Dinuba Empowerment Luncheon and Red Cross meeting, District 4 Women of the Year awards.
  • Micari
    • Last week was a meeting with Tule Indian Tribe representatives, Sequoia Regional Economic Summit and the Knights of Columbus Awards in Exeter.
• Present a proclamation recognizing March 2024 as Social Work Appreciation Month in Tulare County.
  • Vander Poel presented the proclamation.
  • John Morrow, deputy Health and Human Services director of adult service, accepted the proclamation. He spoke about how social workers support both children and adults. In 1984, Congress recognized March as National Professional Social Workers Month. Tulare County Adult Protective Services responded to about 18,000 referrals last year.
• (Approved unanimously) Consent calendar (Items 4-22)
  • There was a verbal correction to item 14, an agreement with Lofts at Fort Visalia for the No Place Like Home Porgram. The amount of the contract should read as “$149,980.”
  • Some of the approved items included the approval of a letter of opposition to AT&T’s application to end its designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier and its obligations in certain areas of California (item 7), approval of an agreement with Simmons University to host nursing interns in Tulare County’s Health and Human Services Agency’s Public Health Branch (item 12) and approval of a capital asset purchase of an intercept whole-body contraband detection scanner for the juvenile detention facility (item 17). 
• There were no board matter requests

Public comment

There was no public comment.

The next Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting will be March 12, 2024.

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