LAKEPORT — Amended contracts, travel compensation and new fees were among the financial topics addressed by the Lake County Board of Supervisors (BOS) on Tuesday.
The BOS approved three changes to the contract for the Middletown Senior Center and Library construction project.
The first contract change order (CCO) represented a $7,402.93 increase because of modifications associated with the single-fuel heating, ventilation and air conditioning system.
The second was a no-cost CCO, adding 26 days to the previously contracted 300 workdays. The third CCO credited the county with $775 for unnecessary weed control treatment.
The CCOs represented a net cost of just more than $6,600.
The county hopes the new senior center and library will be open by late 2012, according to County Administrator Kelly Cox.
The BOS also approved a CCO for a storm damage repair project on Elk Mountain Road.
The $727.26 increase balanced the contract to represent payment for materials actually used compared to estimates. The total project amount became $91,150.71.
The project is now closed out and all Elk Mountain Road storm damage repair work is complete, according to Public Works Director Scott De Leon.
– The BOS unanimously approved paying $4,110 to Pestmaster Services for late invoices for algae-treatment work completed earlier this year.
De Leon said the invoices were inadvertently omitted and assured the supervisors the county had not already paid the company for that work.
The county has now paid Pestmaster Services $174,030 for algae eradication efforts on Clear Lake during the summer.
– The BOS unanimously approved out-of-state travel for county administrative analyst Alan Flora to attend three wine industry trade shows next year. Lake County wines will be showcased in the events.
The Lake County Winegrape Commission will cover Flora”s travel, lodging and meal expenses with grant funding. The county will only pay for his work time associated with the trips.
Staff thinks Flora”s presence will help achieve the county”s economic development goals by promoting Lake County agriculture and investment opportunities, which could lead to local job creation and retention.
“We”re trying some things that aren”t standard as far as government goes,” District 5 Supervisor Rob Brown said in support of the request.
The shows will take place in Houston in February, and Lancaster, Pa. and Richmond, Va. in March. Flora will be required to submit full reports to the BOS after the events.
– Property owners in assessment districts 9-1 and 9-3 will see their sewer rates increase starting Jan. 15 after the BOS, sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District (LACOSAN) Board of Directors, passed an ordinance implementing the changes.
The two districts serve South Lakeport, Lands End, Reeves Point, Holiday Cove and Big Valley Rancheria.
The current rate structures aren”t generating enough revenue to cover the districts” expenses and all reserves are depleted, according to Special Districts Administrator Mark Dellinger.
The LACOSAN board received no written protests from landowners about the proposed changes. The ordinance establishes gradual rate increases for the next three years.
Monthly sewer charges for single-family dwellings in those areas will increase from $35.95 to $41.95 effective Jan. 15. A $1.50 capital improvement program (CIP) fee will also be instituted.
Monthly sewer service and CIP fee rates will increase by a combined 15 percent in each of the following two years.
The rate structures for commercial accounts in the two districts will also change effective Jan. 15.
– There will be no BOS meetings the next two weeks. The Nov. 22 session was canceled because of Thanksgiving, and no Nov. 29 meeting is scheduled because the BOS typically doesn”t meet on the fifth Tuesday of a month.
Contact Jeremy Walsh at jwalsh@record-bee.com or call him at 263-5636, ext. 37.
