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Stacy Berberia, deputy director of Human Resources and Development, presented the request and said the action complies with Government Code procedures requiring a public announcement of compensation for a local agency executive prior to final board action. The county noted that the Workforce Investment Board — an independent board that oversees workforce services — recommended the interim appointment.

Supervisor Shuckley moved approval; Supervisor MacCarrie seconded. The motion passed unanimously.

Speakers: Stacy Berberia (Deputy Director, Human Resources & Development) presented the item; members of the Workforce Investment Board recommended the interim appointment, and the board voted to adopt the salary and benefits package.

Clarifying details: The approved compensation is $155,000 annually with the same standard benefits provided to Bargaining Unit 10 employees; effective date listed in the board item is Aug. 31, 2025.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Board of Supervisors Meeting - 08/26/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The board approved the recommended annual salary of $155,000 for the interim executive director of the Workforce Investment Board, effective Aug. 31, 2025; the appointment followed a recommendation by the independent board.","taxTitle","Tulare County, California","taxId",7749,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6501957,"Resource Management Agency outlines online permitting, customer-service upgrades to speed county services",2816,4065000,6881000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5680563-5579146874742872a993df534aa2c593&start=4065&end=6881","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5680563-5579146874742872a993df534aa2c593/thumbnail_4065000.jpg","/articles/6501957/Tulare-County/California/Resource-Management-Agency-outlines-online-permitting-customer-service-upgrades-to-speed-county-services","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6501957-def5df6ed3340767b488d2df2a442ed1/orig.mp4?Expires=1771123956&Signature=JbIdnq8~6IfEjwmx0KaeBNNCubvjYqmsnjy8lne5o6xYj0sZEzd4LSkhqH6PyxeThX5BbjQsm8gHO2nr--8UEgSGaT~jpd8~IMmX~RbuRSPY3Yc9qXT3TDv8xAVyS85wHlJdMlkjKygU1Jbv7ynRS4PD8uzMquVC8q~gowlYW0qmenrm0zuU8OpIoYBsgadVzG3QYh3yvbcZfJ95CmgQYOmnXbqz7cOFi8FYLjcx4jLeDGFrT0fXqVGFqwEH6aw5Q4PQRQKDXoFwJpTSl~TugW88MHQjs29EONJoMaMtsk38a9r5eIg~R9yvFrlVVaO9rrREJyhDuv89bVwpELV0tg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Resource Management Agency staff on Aug. 26 presented a multi-pronged plan to modernize public access to county planning, permitting and public-works services, highlighting online permitting, a citizen request portal, on‑line payments and a goal to answer most permit-line calls promptly.

Reid Schenke (Resource Management Agency) told the board the county has focused on expanding remote service options after COVID and improving in-person customer flow at the permit center. \"In today's world, you have to have an online presence or provide online service,\" Schenke said. He said the county now accepts many building and land-use applications online and has a permit-portal workflow that has decreased in-person paperwork and increased throughput for frequent permit types such as residential solar.

Schenke said the county receives roughly 3,000 building permits a year and noted adoption of online submittals is growing. He singled out residential-solar permitting as a rapid-turnaround example, saying some solar permits can be issued within 24 hours when applicants use the dedicated online workflow.

Other changes discussed: a citizen-request form on the county website that accepts location pins, photos and written details for potholes or code issues, live road-condition postings, online payment for fees, and a phone‑queuing system for permit-center calls with a stated target of answering 80% of calls within two minutes.

Board responses: Supervisors praised the work. \"My business partner... says it's the best thing ever,\" Supervisor Townsend said after describing a positive experience with online permitting. Supervisor Macari added that the absence of recent permit complaints was itself a sign of progress: \"I don't think I've had a permit complaint in well over a year.\"

Physical improvements to the Government Plaza lobby and closer proximity to the assessor’s office were cited as additional measures to make in‑office visits simpler. Schenke asked for continued board support as RMA builds out online tutorials, clarifies frequently asked questions and expands training for staff and community providers.

What residents can expect: Residents and contractors should be able to file more permit types online, pay fees with credit cards and track standard project statuses on the county website. The county said it will continue in-person services for applicants who need them and plans to publish how-to materials and video tutorials for online portals.

Speakers quoted in this article are Reid Schenke (Resource Management Agency), Supervisor Townsend and Supervisor Macari; the presentation took place during the Aug. 26 Tulare County Board meeting.","RMA staff described steps to expand online permit applications, a citizen request portal, phone-queuing response goals, and other process improvements aimed at faster, more accessible services for residents and businesses.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6501962,"No bids at Harmon Field bid openings; county directs staff to return with sale recommendations",169,5921000,6090000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5680563-5579146874742872a993df534aa2c593&start=5921&end=6090","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5680563-5579146874742872a993df534aa2c593/thumbnail_5921000.jpg","/articles/6501962/Tulare-County/California/No-bids-at-Harmon-Field-bid-openings-county-directs-staff-to-return-with-sale-recommendations","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6501962-fa9700ebd6a9732420c709fb22d9b49f/orig.mp4?Expires=1771123956&Signature=heGn-SGrzO9vWlY4XXP3BsKqQ8wO0bpE~7mo41NYuEv0fK7W6of1kZ1JDy9WECqWA0y7xyHIcDFQgapCSf74FNDyzTdi6MpyB6D2qNayiM6zdd0WZSemafOCgoYGH2JNXDu7K-AJxO35vaL6Eo1YRDki90NBrXNXefHp2GiM~JxEy37O6OpK4KoRpoq1rKS8HMuz8AM57w7CLWqDVBv581BLoEQEZdGjc9qK7er~fiDpAW0MQly1VmAk1hKMuFENAK4gJp-eE7AX1nwrb16QodDO7M1izyjIrTez3-McZZBdaZO6zyC6C-c3xK6f5tOSeD~JNMD~7UOVxOTndbeEew__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Tulare County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 26 opened sealed bids for five parcels at Harmon Field in Pixley and received no sealed or oral bids for any parcel. County staff will return to the board with recommendations on the sale process.

Jacqueline Wells, property manager with the General Services Agency, told the board the parcels were subdivided to improve marketability and listed assessor parcel numbers and county appraisals. Values announced in the meeting were: Parcel 314-270-003 (4.48 acres, valued at $275,000), and four additional parcels each roughly 3.3 acres with valuations between $215,000 and $220,000.

Wells summarized the public-sale process and cited the statutory notice steps the county followed. As required by state law, sealed bids were to be opened and declared by the board and oral bids accepted only if an initial oral bid exceeded the highest sealed bid by at least 5 percent; no sealed bids were received for any parcel and no oral bids were offered.

Board action: The board directed staff to return with recommendations to the board — including whether to reissue the sale and under what terms — and requested staff aim to return with options by Sept. 30. The motions to direct staff were made and approved unanimously.

What to expect next: Staff said they will evaluate proposals received outside the initial bid window (if any), consider marketing or process adjustments, and return with a recommendation to either approve a successful bidder or reject all bids and reissue notice. The board did not authorize a sale at the Aug. 26 meeting.

Speakers and sources for this article include Jacqueline Wells (General Services Agency), county clerk staff who opened the envelopes, and multiple board members who voted to direct staff to return with recommendations.","General Services opened sealed bids for five Harmon Field parcels in Pixley and received none. The board directed staff to return with recommendations and a proposed timeline for next steps.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6501967,"Tulare County marks Suicide Prevention Month as officials warn behavioral-health prevention funding will shift under state law",300,3918000,4218000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5680563-5579146874742872a993df534aa2c593&start=3918&end=4218","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5680563-5579146874742872a993df534aa2c593/thumbnail_3918000.jpg","/articles/6501967/Tulare-County/California/Tulare-County-marks-Suicide-Prevention-Month-as-officials-warn-behavioral-health-prevention-funding-will-shift-under-state-law","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6501967-7d545723de71c05dd639f5acf8ed74ca/orig.mp4?Expires=1771123956&Signature=bYQYCwlqiyg3~0wnpbLbaVEQ9kpP0MnRpDMHt6Boxx5EoYxdbJ68yV1wXPL98J2DZxfZvOlfUDiE84mtUYjbGkZ3cnePBvS8zBOkg09J9ZWCR6yl70KyarSw~rRXIzMDMvF4tgYHIdFRnP0mfIEr2ORe~Bw9vZF7jUk7fXP2xbkJmp4e65lRobWnIGDZ0xSxmZ0KQa7Ngs34cxumJ-n8Mps60uVqyFsaxX4H3rQGRhHp3Go7j0pmaHQDMgLuXcAczdpHsrKj0fmCbcmQryebe9k9M-JsWVil88nYXwmt4QBYwuW3HqNCStrThJgccjha2y6fkko4vVNprX4TumYRZw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Tulare County officials on Aug. 26 presented local suicide-prevention work, recognized September 2025 as Suicide Prevention Month, and warned that changes in state funding rules will alter how prevention services are paid for in the future.

Dr. Jennifer Newell, clinical services administrator for Behavioral Health, told the Board the county’s suicide-prevention task force supports a loss team, campus interventions and community trainings. \"This morning, we would like to provide you with an overview of SPTF activities, share data for Tulare County... and introduce you to miss Marybeth Tippett, who will share her personal story,\" Newell said.

Local data and services: Darcy Massey, family advocate manager, presented county numbers and program activity. She said Tulare County recorded 55 suicide deaths in 2024 and 58 in 2023, the county’s highest year. By mid-2025 the county had seen a lower total early in the year but reported a rise over a seven-week span; Massey gave the tally to date and noted the majority of local deaths are men and that adults aged roughly 19–44 are a leading demographic.

The task force runs a Local Outreach to Survivors of Suicide (LOSS) team that proactively contacts next of kin after a suicide, offers in-person follow-up and maintains a survivors support group. \"Our loss team over the last 10 years has met with over 400 loved ones in our community,\" Massey said. County presenters highlighted partnerships with the Tulare County Office of Education, local colleges and community providers.

State funding change: Presenters told the board that Proposition 1 (passed by California voters in March 2024) transitions the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) into the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA), effective July 2026. Under BHSA, counties will no longer receive the same prevention funds; instead, 4% of total BHSA funds will be allocated to the California Department of Public Health for statewide population-based prevention services, including suicide prevention. \"Under MHSA, counties receive funding for prevention services... Under BHSA, the prevention funds will no longer be provided to county behavioral health,\" Newell said, adding that the county is preparing new funding strategies and train-the-trainer programs to sustain local training capacity.

Survivor testimony: Marybeth Tippett, who lost her son Jace in 2015, described the personal and community impacts of suicide and the role of the LOSS team in her grief and advocacy. \"I attended my first survivors of suicide support group just 3 weeks after Jace's death... I began to learn that I was not alone,\" Tippett said. She described working with schools to change policies and organizing fundraising events; she told the board her efforts raised more than $21,000 for the county task force.

Board recognition and remarks: Supervisor Shuckling presented a proclamation recognizing September as Suicide Prevention Month and urged residents to use local resources. Several board members expressed condolences to Tippett and praised staff for prevention and postvention efforts. \"These are hard stories to hear, but I think more people need to hear them so we can do what we can do to help in the future to prevent anything,\" Supervisor McCarty said.

What the county will do next: Presenters said the LOSS team will continue outreach regardless of funding changes and that the county is exploring alternative funding streams and expanding local training capacity. Staff asked the board to recognize the proclamation and continue support for prevention and postvention services.

Speakers quoted in this article appeared in the Aug. 26 Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting: Casey Ennis (Deputy Director, HHSA), Dr. Jennifer Newell (Clinical Services Administrator), Darcy Massey (Family Advocate Manager), and Marybeth Tippett (survivor and volunteer facilitator).","County behavioral health staff presented local suicide data and described programs that support survivors; they said a state law change (MHSA → BHSA) will shift prevention funds to the California Department of Public Health, requiring new local funding strategies.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6501972,"Tulare County delays one Goshen subdivision phase pending easement talks with Kaweah Delta",496,3067000,3563000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5680563-5579146874742872a993df534aa2c593&start=3067&end=3563","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5680563-5579146874742872a993df534aa2c593/thumbnail_3067000.jpg","/articles/6501972/Tulare-County/California/Tulare-County-delays-one-Goshen-subdivision-phase-pending-easement-talks-with-Kaweah-Delta","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6501972-af29463ad54347f830cdb352a474bd62/orig.mp4?Expires=1771123956&Signature=do5HChi1ojfX99x~wQIs9NHn33AKo1IJc0cxHYQEQDCV6vqOBql18v44ajADJwIqYV7UhPu~qPHgZyiYtLiFZSnu4SqUruUbE5KMkiVw56a1sDXnI4ZPkFNxziopiAkLAPwpXXKUw1-Gn7MW3Wk2RbsWhY08eVKIxtaVBy7I6rvUWaOiBf-CUr9yPK9VraAJEH4g6-Wd0rgdpVHY~MpRJow4rHRo5gyvwbrqDwRGz0H-JA1~sleuaBk4kw1G4Q1i~e7uXXxQc7n4KK4Zvs2HfBpDQ4bE3Fe4xWiAjD0P4XISypT2PmNhMbyXId2RrKsvTq~yazxIFnVkU~rka0bxMw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Tulare County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 26 approved most items on the consent calendar but set aside final approvals for one phase of a planned Goshen subdivision after county staff and the developer raised access concerns for a nearby irrigation channel.

The actions came after Reid Henke, with the Resource Management Agency, described two final maps and associated assessment-district actions for a Goshen development. \"Phase 2 establishes 66 residential lots in Goshen, and... phase 3... establish[es] 122 residential lots in Goshen,\" Henke said. Henke told the board he and staff had been contacted by the Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District about access to Mill Creek Ditch near the Phase 3 boundary.

Why it matters: County staff said the ditch’s current maintenance access aligns with adjacent parcels; the Phase 3 map, as drawn, could put new lots and fences along the property line where Kaweah Delta needs to operate, which the district’s engineers warned could limit access during flood or maintenance events.

Henke described the issue in detail: \"At the extreme southern end, the ditch kind of jogs a little bit to the east, and that is a place where if the fence line goes right along the current property line, that would limit access for them.\" Henke said the developer appeared receptive to creating an easement along the corner lots that border the ditch.

Developer Steve Macias of San Joaquin Valley Homes asked the board to allow the Phase 2 map to move forward while the Phase 3 easement is finalized. \"We would like... that we could get the the second phase map to move forward... The phase 3 map, we... have a little bit of additional time to figure out the process there,\" Macias said. He proposed either a conditional approval or a condition that the map not be recorded until an easement is established.

County surveyor Rob Abraham and Assistant RMA Director Aaron Bach joined staff in explaining technical details of the assessment districts that accompany the maps. Abraham said typical district setups include street maintenance and storm-sewer maintenance, and Bach noted this map also dedicates a park that the Goshen Community Services District will maintain.

Board action and next steps: The board approved the bulk of the consent calendar items (items 5–33) by a 5–0 vote, then formally separated items tied to Phase 3 (item nos. 25, 28 and 29) for future consideration. A motion to separate those Phase 3 items was made by Supervisor Townsend and seconded by Supervisor Valero; it passed unanimously. Henke told the board that staff and the developer can condition recordation of the Phase 3 map on the establishment of an easement in favor of the Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District.

What remains open: Staff will return with a recommendation on Phase 3 after the developer and the Kaweah Delta district negotiate the easement. The board indicated it would accept a conditional approval approach that ties map recordation to securing access rights for Mill Creek Ditch.

Clarifying details: Phase 2 = 66 residential lots; Phase 3 = 122 residential lots. Assessment districts attached to the maps are intended for street maintenance and storm-sewer maintenance; a park site within the map is planned to be maintained by the Goshen CSD. County staff said the likely technical fix is an easement along the oversized corner lots adjacent to the ditch.

Speakers quoted in this article spoke during the Aug. 26 Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting and include Reid Henke (Resource Management Agency), Steve Macias (San Joaquin Valley Homes), Rob Abraham (County Surveyor), and Aaron Bach (Assistant Director, Resource Management Agency). The board’s motion to separate the Phase 3 items was made by Supervisor Townsend and seconded by Supervisor Valero.","The Board approved most consent items but pulled final map approvals tied to Goshen Phase 3 after county staff and a developer flagged potential access issues for Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District; staff and the developer said an easement could resolve the problem and the board asked for a return report.","actionData","errors"]

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