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Votes at a glance: Shasta County Board actions, March 11, 2025
Summary
The board recorded several formal actions on March 11, including adoption of an employee-recognition resolution and approval of an Elections Commission ordinance; the board also voted to initiate litigation on an item it identified as R5 and approved routine consent items.
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors recorded the following formal actions and recorded votes on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. This roundup lists each distinct motion that received a recorded outcome during the meeting.
Employee of the month (R1) Motion: Adopt a resolution recognizing Brooke Lowther, County Executive Office Assistant Confidential, as Shasta County Employee of the Month for March 2025. Mover/Second: Motion to adopt the resolution (mover: not specified in the reading); later roll-call recording shows a motion by Supervisor Kaelstrom and second by Supervisor Harmon for the resolution vote. Vote: Passed 5-0. Notes: The resolution praised Lowther's customer service and teamwork; one public commenter criticized the recognition based on a personal interaction, and County Executive Officer Dave Rickert publicly supported the appointment. The board presented Lowther with recognitions and donated gift certificates totaling several hundred dollars from county groups and unions. (Donor gift amounts cited in the meeting: $30, $20, $75, $35, $25 from various donor groups; total not specified.)
Elections Commission ordinance (R4) Motion: Introduce and waive reading of an ordinance amending Shasta County Code chapter 2.07 (Elections Commission) and adopt the language as drafted. Mover/Second: Motion by Supervisor Plummer; second by Supervisor Long. A substitute motion to add explicit constitutional language was proposed and failed on roll call. Vote: Adopt ordinance language as drafted, 5-0. Notes: The vote followed extended public comment both supporting and opposing the commission's recent activities and asking the board to restore commission meetings that had been paused in closed session.
Consent calendar Motion: Approve items on the consent calendar as presented. Mover/Second: Motion by Supervisor Plummer; second by Supervisor Kallstrom. Vote: Passed 5-0.
Move IHSS agenda forward (procedural) Motion: Recess as the Board of Supervisors and reconvene as the IHSS Public Authority Governing Board to hear IHSS business immediately (move IHSS meeting up) prior to closed session. Mover/Second: Motion made by Chair Scribe; second by Supervisor Kallstrom. Vote: Passed 5-0.
Initiate litigation (R5) Motion: Board voted to initiate litigation on the matter appearing on the agenda as R5 (details of the litigation were not specified in the open transcript). Mover/Second: Not specified in public record. Vote: Board voted 5-0 to initiate litigation (counsel reported two votes of 5-0 stating "board voted 5 0 in both instances to initiate litigation"). Notes: County counsel announced at the end of the closed-session period that the board had voted 5-0 in both instances to initiate litigation; no further details were given in open session.
Other closed-session items The board reported no reportable action on several closed-session items (including R6, R7, R8 and R9) per county counsel at the meeting's conclusion.
Ending: The board took the votes listed above during its March 11 meeting. Where motion texts, mover/second or ordinance numbers were not specified in the public record, this summary notes that information as "not specified."
