Board Of Supervisors — Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Your Board of Supervisors approved the contract with the Lake County Resource Conservation District (RCD) on July 7th and those amendments have been made. During review of the amendments with the RCD, they also wanted to update language under 1.2 "Disposal" which currently states: * No trees showing indicators of Mediterranean Oak Borer* presence will be left on site, nor will any materials be left on County property or in the County right of way without written permission from Lake County Public Works. To be amended to state: * All trees exhibiting signs of Mediterranean Oak Borer* presence will be handled per best practices. No materials will be left on County property or in the County right of way without written permission from Lake County Public Works. Because Mediterranean Oak Borer (MOB) is still considered a new invasive pest, methods to safely dispose of MOB-infested wood continue to be updated by forest professionals. (For instance, it was previously thought a best practice would be to leave the infested wood on site, securely cover it with a dark-colored water-proof tarp and leave the wood covered for months would mitigate the threat, it was discovered that it did not, so is no longer recommended). Changing the wording of how they will dispose of the wood will allow the RCD to follow current best practices for disposal.

Approve Amendment No. 1 between the County of Lake and Lake County Resource Conservation District (LCRCD) for Tree Mortality Services and authorize the Chair to sign.

On December 2, 2025, your Board entered into a contract with Zara Construction Inc. for the Kelseyville Sidewalks Project on Konocti Rd in Kelseyville, CA. Attached for the Board's consideration is Contract Change Order No. 3 (CCO 3) for the Kelseyville Sidewalks Project. CCO 3 addresses the balancing of all contract bid items to reflect actual in-place quantities. Funding for this project is through the Federal Highways Infrastructure Program using Congressional Directed Spending secured from Congressman Mike Thompson, as well as County SB1 funds. Sufficient appropriations are available to cover the additional construction costs associated with this change order.

Approve Contract Change Order No. 3 for the Kelseyville Sidewalks Project, County Project No. 251335, Federal Project No. HIPL-5914(133), increasing the contract amount by $2,121.88 for a revised total contract amount of $813,734.88, and authorize the Chair to sign the change order.

The Public Works Department publicly opened six (6) bids on April 22, 2026 for construction of the South Shore Behavioral Health Expansion Project. The lowest responsible bidder was Cupples and Sons Construction, Inc.; the bid tabulation is included for your reference. A local workforce participation discount was included in the project specifications; however, the discount did not affect the calculation of the low bidder. The project is funded by a California Department of Health Care Services Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program grant. The FY 2026-27 budget includes sufficient capital appropriations in Budget Unit 4014.

Award the Agreement for the South Shore Behavioral Health Expansion Project to Cupples and Sons Construction, Inc. in the amount of $4,465,409.00, and authorize the Chair to sign the Agreement

The Resolution of the City Council of the City of Clearlake is being submitted for your Board's approval pursuant to Section 10400 et seq. of the Elections Code, State of California. The City of Clearlake requests the Board of Supervisors to permit the Registrar of Voters to render all services necessary to conduct the election and the City agrees to reimburse the County of Lake in full upon presentation of the bill.

Approve Resolution of the City Council of the City of Clearlake Calling for and Providing for and Giving Notice of the General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Clearlake, County of Lake, State of California, on the 3rd day of November, 2026 for the Purpose of Electing Two City Council Members, each to hold a term of Four Years, and One City Treasurer, to Hold a Term of Four Years (subject to Section 1.C of this Resolution), or Until Their Successors are Elected and Qualified, and Submitting to the Electors Measure ___ to be Vote on at Said Election, Establishing Deadlines for Direct and Rebuttal Arguments, Providing for the Preparation of an Impartial Analysis, and Requesting Approval of the Lake County Board of Supervisors for Election Services to be Provided by the County Elections Department

SEIU and County negotiators have reached a bargaining agreement, subject to your board's approval, as represented in the attached MOU. The following is a summary of the negotiated terms: * Term - One year agreement commencing on ratification. * Salary -$ 1.10 hourly add pay above minimum wage, inclusive of $0.65 current add pay plus an additional negotiated $0.45 add pay. * Provider Safety -IHSS PA will work with providers on safety training, provide safety equipment, and encourage consumers to be honest with providers regarding medical conditions, to promote safety of everyone. * Exclusion from Registry Appeals Process - IHSS PA will follow telephone call to excluded providers with written notice by certified, copied to SEIU. * Removal from Registry Appeals Process - IHSS PA will follow telephone call to excluded providers with written notice by certified, copied to SEIU. * Training - IHSS PA will provide training directly to providers, including in-person CPR and online options. SEIU will have the option to participate in provider selection. * Safety Equipment - Budget for safety equipment will be reduced from $5,000/year to $2,500/year. * Compensation for Negotiation Time - Up to five (5) providers will be paid for participation in negotiations, effective upon execution of the new MOU. In all other respects, the terms remain unchanged from the previously executed edition.

Approve and Authorize Chair to Sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between County of Lake In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Public Authority (PA) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2015.

The Lake County Water Resources Department requests that the Board of Supervisors, acting as the Directors of the Lake County Watershed Protection District (District), approve the award of contract to Balance Hydrologics, Inc. for the Bell Hill Road at Adobe Creek Culvert Replacement Planning and Design project in the amount of $774,499.80. Funding for this project is provided by the Wildlife Conservation Board and will support planning and design efforts to improve habitat conditions for the Clear Lake hitch, including fish passage improvements and water management planning within key watershed areas. Project Description: Bell Hill Road at Adobe Creek Culvert Replacement Planning and Design The purpose of this project is to generate plans for replacement of the current Bell Hill Road crossing over Adobe Creek to improve water flow, remove barriers to fish migration, reduce sedimentation buildup, and minimize shoreline erosion and localized flooding risk. The need for this project has been demonstrated through previously completed technical studies and consultation between State, tribal, and local agencies. The current Bell Hill Road crossing over Adobe Creek is an earthen embankment containing nine circular culverts. The roadway exhibits a reverse vertical curve along this crossing that enables high water flows in Adobe Creek to crest and submerge the roadway. These existing conditions lead to the buildup of sediment upstream of the crossing, increasing shoreline erosion and presenting a physical barrier to upstream and downstream fish migration, particularly for the Clear Lake hitch, an endemic and State-listed endangered minnow species. The aforementioned technical studies and consultations determined that the removal of the existing culverts was an important part of the solution for improving water flow and aiding fish migration at the crossing. In accordance with the County's procurement policies, District staff issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to qualified engineering and environmental consulting firms with demonstrated expertise in fisheries habitat restoration, hydrology, and water resources planning. Following evaluation of the submitted proposals, Balance Hydrologics, Inc. was determined to be the most qualified firm to perform the requested services.

(Sitting as the Board of Directors of the Lake County Watershed Protection District) Approve the agreement for Bell Hill Road at Adobe Creek Culvert Replacement Planning and Design in the amount of $774,499.80 and authorize the Chair to sign.

Attached for your approval is an agreement between the Lake County Water Resource Department ("LCWRD") and the Hidden Valley Lake Community Service District ("HVLCSD"). FEMA has released Fiscal Year 2024 funding Opportunities in the amount of six hundred million ($600,000,000) dollars. Eligible projects are Capability and Capacity Building (up to $6M), Localized Flood Risk Reduction (up to $420M), and Individual Flood Mitigation Projects (up to $120M). LCWRD and HVLCSD both submitted Notices of Intent (NOI) for projects in the same area of Hidden Valley Lake. LCWRD and HVLCSD were contacted by FEMA and both agencies would like to submit a joint FMA sub application. Both LCWRD and HVLCSD have agreed to utilize HVLCSD's NOI for the sub application. The project is for capability and capacity building. The "Stormwater Mitigation scoping Project" will increase resilience to flooding by developing a prioritized mitigation plan. The first step includes the formation of partnerships to incorporate a community-wide mitigation strategy. Second, a feasibility study will consolidate all available data and modeling results and form the basis for a stormwater a Master Plan update. Consolidation of findings will prioritize mitigation actions including design specifications and a beneficial cost analysis This item is not expected to be controversial and is proposed for consent agenda at the July 28, 2026 BOS meeting.

Sitting as the Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors - Approve Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Lake County Water Resources Department (LCWRD) and the Hidden Valley Lake Community Service District (HVLCSD) for the Submittal as Co-applicants for a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Grant and authorize the Water Resources Director to sign

The Board has approved Redwood Community Services to provide shelter services to our unsheltered population in Lake County at the Old Juvenile Hall since October 1, 2023. The shelter has been maintaining a good financial status, more often than not spending less than anticipated in their monthly budget that was approved. This allowed for some savings. Due to the savings, we are requesting the Board of Supervisors approve a one-month extension for this contract now terminate as of July 31, 2026. This 2nd Amendment was approved by the Lake County Continuum of Care Executive Committee on July 24, 2026. A new contract is forthcoming to ensure the continuity of sheltering those that are unsheltered, while also providing services that can guide them towards permanent housing.

ADDENDUM - Approve 2nd Amendment to the Agreement Between County of Lake - Lake County Behavioral Health Services as Lead Agency for the Lake County Continuum of Care and Redwood Community Services for Fiscal Years 2023/24, 24/25 and 25/26 with no change to Contract Maximum and authorize the Chair to sign.

Lake County Behavioral Health Services is returning to the Board with a comprehensive update regarding Opioid Settlement Funds (OSF), including funds received to date, projected future receipts, prior and current commitments, payments made, current reconciliation findings, restoration planning, corrective controls, and recommended governance structure. The purpose of this item is to provide a transparent status update and establish a stronger governance framework for the remainder of the opioid settlement period. The presentation is intended to distinguish between received funds, projected future funds, awarded or committed funds, paid or applied funds, current restricted cash held, and amounts identified for restoration. The County has received opioid settlement funds over multiple fiscal years. These funds were received into Fund 141 / Substance Use Disorder Services and were not structurally separated from other SUD operating cash during early implementation. During this same period, the Department was implementing and expanding significant SUD services, including DMC-ODS, MAT/NTP access, treatment capacity, and opioid-remediation activities. Reconciliation indicates that restricted OSF cash may have temporarily supported broader SUD operating activity during periods when certain costs were not reimbursed, not yet reimbursable, or delayed in reimbursement. Behavioral Health is now distinguishing final OSF uses from temporary cash-flow support. Amounts that cannot be confirmed as allowable, authorized, documented, and reportable OSF expenditures will be restored to the OSF balance. The Department is also requesting Board direction regarding future governance, Board approval pathways, quarterly reporting, and ongoing public accountability. BACKGROUND: The national opioid settlements provide long-term funding to participating jurisdictions for opioid remediation activities. These funds are intended to support prevention, treatment, recovery, harm reduction, service linkage, treatment infrastructure, and other allowable opioid-remediation strategies. Lake County engaged Health Management Associates to support development of a local opioid abatement settlement fund expenditure plan. From January through July 2024, HMA, Behavioral Health, the local Steering Committee, and community stakeholders completed a structured planning process that included four Community Conversations, stakeholder input, survey responses, and prioritization of local needs. The process resulted in community-endorsed recommendations and an expenditure planning framework focused on local opioid-remediation priorities. Following completion of the planning process, Behavioral Health moved into implementation through an OSF-related request for proposals, contract development, and identification of additional prospective remediation activities. Current and planned uses are organized around priorities including treatment capacity, MAT/NTP access, youth prevention, naloxone and harm reduction, recovery and re-entry supports, and system infrastructure. CURRENT OSF STATUS: The current reconciliation identifies the following: * Total OSF received to date: $8,226,098.61 * Total paid to providers / OSF uses: $3,573,547.55 * Expected restricted OSF balance: $4,652,511.06 * Current restricted OSF funds held: $2,287,133.00 * Estimated amount currently identified for restoration: $2,365,418.06 The County also anticipates future settlement payments through approximately 2038. Projected future payments are currently estimated at $14,852,138.35. These projected future funds are included for long-range planning only and are not current cash, appropriated funds, or guaranteed receipts. AWARDS AND COMMITMENTS: Current awards, authorizations, and commitments include the following: * Kno'Qoti Native Wellness / ElevateED: $1,000,000 authorized; $220,793.54 paid; $779,206.46 remaining. * Redwood Quality Management Co.: $1,212,019.80 authorized and paid. * Sierra Pathways: $960,281.57 authorized and paid. * Lake County Behavioral Health Services - BHCIP: $600,000 authorized and paid. * Lake County Behavioral Health Services - MAT: $709,665.53 identified; $530,901.64 paid/applied; $178,763.89 remaining; under review for final approval pathway and allowability. * HMA Plan Facilitation: $49,551 authorized and paid. * Redwood Community Services: $228,537 authorized/identified; pending contract execution. * Pride Fair / Department of Health Services: $867 identified; Health Services has since identified alternative funding and does not anticipate invoicing OSF for this amount. * SafeRx / Department of Health Services: $160,000 pending Board consideration. Total current maximum authorization / identified commitments are $4,920,921.90. Total paid or applied to date is $3,573,547.55. Total remaining identified commitments are $1,347,374.35. RECONCILIATION FINDINGS: The central reconciliation finding is that OSF receipts were held within Fund 141 / SUDS and were not structurally segregated from other SUD operating cash during early implementation. During this same period, SUD experienced costs that were not reimbursed or not yet reimbursable through other sources. Because OSF receipts were maintained within the same operating cash structure, reconciliation indicates restricted cash may have temporarily supported broader SUD operating activity. Some historical costs may be opioid-remediation-aligned. However, programmatic alignment alone does not establish final fiscal allowability. Prior-period costs will be applied to OSF only after review confirms that the expenditure is an allowable opioid-remediation use and meets applicable fund-source, timing, authorization, documentation, non-duplication, and reporting requirements. Amounts that cannot be confirmed as allowable, authorized, documented, and reportable OSF expenditures will be restored to the OSF balance. RESTORATION FRAMEWORK: The current amount identified for restoration is $2,365,418.06. Behavioral Health and Fiscal have identified the following restoration sources: * FY 2024/25 DMC-ODS QA/UR reimbursement: $88,048.04 * In-house SUD charges billed, not yet paid: $434,376.50 * In-house SUD charges not yet billed: $92,159.18 * Reimbursement revenue for eligible expenditures previously supported by OSF: $95,000.00 Total identified restoration sources are $709,583.72. After application of identified sources, the remaining balance for monthly restoration is estimated at $1,655,834.34. The Department estimates restoration capacity of approximately $180,000 per month after State payments resume, with an estimated completion period of approximately 10 months. Timing will depend on claim adjudication, actual payments received, and availability of appropriate revenue sources. The Department will protect the current OSF holdback, suspend further discretionary OSF use until the Board provides governance direction, and return quarterly until the OSF cash balance is fully reconciled and restored. CORRECTIVE CONTROLS: Behavioral Health is implementing the following corrective control framework: 1. Dedicated OSF tracker A single source for receipts, uses, commitments, and restoration; updated monthly by Fiscal. 2. Cash holdback Protection of available OSF cash while reconciliation is completed; reviewed weekly during restoration. 3. Historical use review Review of historical costs to confirm allowable uses versus amounts to restore; completed by Fiscal, Program, and County Counsel as needed. 4. Quarterly Board reporting Public updates regarding receipts, uses, balances, restoration status, commitments, project status, and outcomes. 5. Project outcome reporting Documentation of how OSF-funded activities advance opioid remediation outcomes. 6. Governance decision log Documentation of approval path, authority, fund source, and decision record for each OSF use. PROPOSED FUTURE INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK: Behavioral Health recommends organizing current and future OSF planning within three broad categories: 1. Infrastructure Expansion - 40% Examples include treatment infrastructure, BHCIP match or eligible operating costs, youth residential treatment, recovery residence/housing, multi-SUD clinic infrastructure, withdrawal management, medically integrated services, co-occurring capacity, sobering center concepts, and access-to-treatment infrastructure. 2. Community-Based Grants - 30% Examples include youth prevention, safe spaces, culturally responsive outreach, peer response, local recovery support, harm reduction, naloxone distribution, recovery support services, community education, and access-to-treatment supports. 3. County-Operated Remediation - 30% Examples include MAT access, mobile care services, justice-involved population supports, MAT re-entry and linkage, access-to-treatment activities, program compliance, and OSF administration where allowable. This framework is proposed for long-term planning and Board discussion. Future commitments, allocations, or internal uses would return to the Board through the governance process approved by the Board. GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE: Behavioral Health recommends a governance structure that clearly separates program administration from final fiscal and legislative authority. Under this framework: The Board of Supervisors retains final legislative, fiscal, fiduciary, and policy authority. The Board approves, denies, or amends budgets, expenditure plans, contracts, MOUs, and funding actions. The Board also provides final review, oversight, and accountability. Behavioral Health serves as the subject-matter expert and operational arm. Behavioral Health identifies SUD service gaps and opioid-remediation priorities, gathers public and stakeholder input, uses the OSF expenditure plan and SafeRx Steering Committee input, develops RFPs and recommendations, and administers approved contracts, monitoring, invoicing, and reporting. The proposed decision flow is: Community input and clinical expertise ? Behavioral Health recommendation ? Board authorization ? Behavioral Health implementation ? Board oversight ? Quarterly reporting. INTERNAL FUNDING REQUEST PROCESS: For future LCBHS-operated activities proposed for OSF support, Behavioral Health recommends the following process: 1. Identify the internal remediation need, including activity, service gap, target population, opioid nexus, and expected outcome. 2. Prepare program narrative, budget, and spending plan, including scope, timeline, staffing or operating costs, direct costs, administrative or indirect costs, fund source, fiscal year, and any budget adjustment needed. 3. Complete allowable-use alignment, including Exhibit E Schedule A/B, HIAA status, future-remediation purpose, community priority, and documentation requirements. 4. Route for internal review with Behavioral Health leadership, Fiscal, Administration, and County Counsel as needed. 5. Bring forward Board action approving program scope, fund source, not-to-exceed amount, budget action, and tracking expectations. 6. Implement, monitor, and report separately by fund, activity, Exhibit E category, and outcome measure. QUARTERLY REPORTING: Behavioral Health recommends quarterly OSF updates to the Board. Proposed reporting dates include: * October 2026: Reconciliation/restoration status and initial spending-plan update. * December 2026: Contracting/RFP status, budget category updates, and early outcomes. * March 2027: Implementation progress, fund balance, and priority-area updates. * June 2027: Annual closeout preview, outcomes, and next-year recommendations. Each quarterly report will include receipts, expenditures, commitments, restoration progress, cash held, fund balance, project status, allowable-use review, outcome data where available, and recommended next steps. FISCAL IMPACT: There is no requested General Fund allocation associated with this item. The current OSF reconciliation identifies $2,365,418.06 for restoration, subject to final Fiscal verification and allowable-use review. Identified restoration sources total $709,583.72. The remaining amount to be restored after identified sources are applied is estimated at $1,655,834.34. Behavioral Health anticipates applying identified reimbursements, DMC/DMC-ODS revenue, in-house SUD revenue, and other appropriate sources toward restoration as funds are received. Future OSF commitments, allocations, contracts, MOUs, internal uses, or budget actions will return to the Board as directed. CONCLUSION: The OSF presentation and proposed governance framework are intended to provide the Board and public with a transparent status update, corrective action plan, and long-term oversight structure. The Department has identified that OSF receipts were not structurally segregated from SUD operating cash during early implementation. The Department is now protecting current OSF cash, completing historical use review, restoring amounts that cannot be confirmed as allowable and reportable OSF expenditures, strengthening fiscal controls, and requesting formal Board direction regarding future governance. Today's requested action will establish the framework needed to protect remaining funds, restore unsupported amounts, ensure allowable use, strengthen transparency, and support opioid-remediation outcomes throughout the remainder of the settlement period.

Receive a presentation from Lake County Behavioral Health Services regarding Opioid Settlement Funds; accept the current reconciliation and restoration framework; approve the proposed Opioid Settlement Fund planning categories for future budgeting and reporting; direct Behavioral Health to return with future spending plans prior to new discretionary OSF commitments, allocations, or internal uses; affirm the proposed governance structure; and direct Behavioral Health to provide quarterly updates to the Board regarding receipts, expenditures, restoration progress, commitments, project status, and outcomes.

The California Child and Family Services Review (C-CFSR) was established through the Child Welfare System Improvement and Accountability Act (AB 636) in 2001 and is modeled after the federal Child and Family Services Review process. The C-CFSR is designed to improve outcomes for children and families involved in the child welfare system while holding counties and the State accountable for achieving positive outcomes in child safety, permanency, and well-being. As part of the C-CFSR process, the County develops a five-year System Improvement Plan (SIP), which serves as a roadmap for Child Welfare Services and the Probation Department to implement measurable strategies that improve outcomes for children and families. The SIP includes an analysis of county performance data, identified areas for improvement, specific goals and strategies, and a five-year implementation timeline. The final SIP was developed collaboratively with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) through a negotiated review process. While the County submitted its draft within the required timeframe, final approval was delayed due to statewide CDSS capacity constraints. The negotiated SIP has now been finalized and is being presented for Board approval.

Approve the Lake County's System Improvement Plan (SIP) for the Term of November 2025 to November 2030 and authorize the Chair to sign.

The Board has discussed and given direction on Article 27 amendments on March 10, April 7, June 2, June 23, and July 14, 2026. On July 14, 2026, the Board approved the first reading of the draft ordinance, and advanced it to the next agenda. On July 21, 2026, the Board requested amendments to synchronize the tiered surety bond regarding hemp cultivation with cannabis-related businesses; and add a definition for Permanent Employee (cannabis). Additionally, the Board requested the item be timed to allow for discussion on reinstating the 10-year term limit and renewal process into the draft ordinance. Topics included in the draft ordinance are listed below, with an additional list of topics discussed by the Board but assigned for future consideration in the draft Article 73. Article 27 - Proposed Amendments * Setback from hemp * Removal of commercial cannabis cultivation from "SR" Suburban Reserve zoning district * Cannabis Retail - permitting requirements * Maximum canopy * Applicant and Property Owner Identification and Background Check * Background check review - responsible department * Operating hours * Opt Out and Reduced Canopy guidelines * Setbacks from off-site residences * Incomplete, Inactive and Abandoned applications * Surety Bond - tiered according to canopy, with County as obligee * Additional restrictions for greenhouses * Commercial cannabis exclusion areas * Buffer from "FPZ" Farmland Protection Zone * Anchor point foundations in "FPZ" * Riparian setbacks * Annual Performance Reports - review * Public access to Annual Performance Reports and Inspection Reports * Adding Type 5 cultivation use permit * Reduction in frequency of compliance site monitoring visits * Staff measurement of cannabis canopy * Removal of 10-year permit expiration and renewal requirements * Addition of definition of Permanent Employee (cannabis)

Adopt the Ordinance to amend Chapter 21, Articles 8, 18, 19, 27 and 68 regarding Commercial Cannabis Regulation. 2

On January 8, 2002, the Lake County Board of Supervisors created the Lake County Animal Control Advisory (LCACAB) Board consisting of a member from each supervisorial district and two members at large. There was never a County Supervisor assigned as a liaison to this board. Over the past two years it has been requested by LCACAB members that a County Supervisor attend their meetings to assist and guide them with their duties as outlined in the by-laws. In 2025 and this year, Supervisors Rasmussen and Owen attended LCACAB meetings on a regular basis and found it beneficial to both us and the advisory board members. During this time, we assisted them in completing their annual report which they brought to the Board of Supervisors in June of this year. Currently, we are requesting that the Board of Supervisors add LCACAB to their list of committees and assign two supervisors to it. We are not requesting that supervisors become voting members of this board but rather have them assigned as advisors. Both Supervisors Owen and Rasmussen are willing to serve in this role. For the past year the Lake County Animal Control Directors have also attended these meetings on a regular basis, which are not mandated under the by-laws. However, their presence has been found beneficial, and it is also desired by the board members. These actions do not require a by-law change.

(a) Approve to add the Lake County Animal Control Advisory Board to the official list of Board of Supervisors committee assignments, (b) Appoint two supervisors to serve as advisors to the board and (c) Direct the Animal Control Director or their designee to attend board meetings.

Staff requests that the Board of Supervisors approve a waiver of the County hiring freeze to allow recruitment for the Public Works Deputy Director - Operations position. This position is part of merger and reorganization of the Public Works Department, and your Board approved the position allocation in the FY 2026/27 County budget. Subsequent to the Board's adoption of the budget and the hiring freeze, Public Works submitted a request for an administrative waiver to recruit for this position, which was denied because the position is assigned to Budget Unit 1903, which is a General Fund budget unit. Therefore, staff is requesting your Board waive the hiring freeze to allow for recruitment. The Public Works Deputy Director - Operations position is budgeted in Budget Unit 1903 (Public Works Administration). While this budget unit is in the General Fund, Public Works Administration allocates its administrative costs across all the operating divisions it supports. Consequently, approximately 94% percent of the position's costs will be recovered from non-General Fund Public Works budget units - primarily Roads and Integrated Waste Management - with less than 6% of the position's costs remaining as a General Fund obligation. Therefore, the General Fund financial impact of filling this position is nominal. Additionally, approval of this request will allow staff to complete implementation of the Public Works Department organizational structure previously approved by the Board. This request is therefore not an expansion of staffing beyond what the Board has authorized, but rather completion of the staffing structure that was determined to be appropriate to manage the consolidated Public Works Department.

Waive the County hiring freeze for one (1) Deputy Public Works Director - Operations position in Budget Unit 1903 and authorize Human Resources to recruit

Redwood Community Services has been providing low barrier shelter services for our unsheltered population since October 1, 2023. Due to their contract expiring, the Lake County Continuum of Care did a Request for Proposals to receive proposals on how best to spend our Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) funds that we received from the State of California. We received only one proposal, from Redwood Community Services, and the Lake County Continuum of Care Grant Review committee submitted their recommendation to the Executive Team to approve the proposal received. The agreement before the Board of Supervisors is for three years from August 1, 2026 to June 30, 2029 for a total not to exceed $612,041. This total amount will be adjusted as more HHAP funding is made available. California State Budget for this fiscal year has approved more HHAP funds and we anticipate to collect a higher amount than last year due to negotiations between the Governor and our Legislature. The first fiscal year will be covered by the amount not to exceed. RCS will be utilizing Cal-AIM reimbursements to offset some of the cost of running and operating their program within the facility, which greatly reduces the cost to the Continuum of Care and the County. This agreement was approved by the Lake County Continuum of Care Executive Committee on July 24, 2026.

Approve the Agreement Between County of Lake - Lake County Behavioral Health Services as Lead Agency for the Lake County Continuum of Care and Redwood Community Services for Fiscal Years 2026/27, 2027/28 and 2028/2029