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Lake County supervisors approve contracts, proclamations and schedule change; multiple routine votes pass 5-0
Summary
At its May 20 meeting the Lake County Board of Supervisors approved a set of routine and programmatic items including a behavioral health medical-director agreement, an unsecured-tax collections contract, an ambulance-permit variance and two proclamations. All recorded votes on those items were unanimous.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors on May 20 approved a series of routine and programmatic actions, including a $350,000 contract for behavioral-health medical-director services, a contract for outside collection of unsecured property-tax debt and a temporary variance to extend ambulance permits to Dec. 31, 2024.
The board also adopted two proclamations — designating the week as National Safe Boating Week and May 31 as Foster Parent Appreciation Day — added a special meeting to the calendar for July 29, 2025, approved a consent agenda and voted to add a last-minute closed-session item to evaluate the animal care and control director. All recorded votes for these items were 5–0.
Why it matters: Several items have programmatic or fiscal effects for county operations. The behavioral-health contract fulfills a requirement of the county’s Drug Medi-Cal organized delivery system. The collections contract is intended to help the county pursue a backlog of unsecured tax accounts. The ambulance-permit variance allows county staff to proceed on a calendar-year permitting schedule.
Most important actions and details
Votes at a glance - Consent agenda — approved (motion recorded; vote 5–0). - Proclamation: National Safe Boating Week — adopted (vote 5–0). - Proclamation: Foster Parent Appreciation Day (May 31, 2025) — adopted (vote 5–0). - Addition of special meeting (07/29/2025) to annual calendar — approved (vote 5–0). - Agreement: County of Lake and S.Y. Psychiatry, LLC — medical director services for substance use disorder treatment, $350,000 for FY2025–26 — approved (vote 5–0). - Temporary variance: Ambulance ordinance No. 2687 — extend permits to 12/31/2024 — approved (vote 5–0). - Agreement: County of Lake and American Financial Credit Services, Inc. — outside collection of unsecured delinquent property tax (waiver of formal bidding under Lake County Code §38.2 also approved) — approved (vote 5–0). - Motion to add extra agenda item (closed session: public employee evaluation — Animal Care and Control director) — approved for placement on the closed-session agenda (vote 5–0).
Most motions were made from the board floor without extended debate. County staff described the purpose and statutory or programmatic need for several items before the board voted.
What members and staff said - The board chair, EJ Crandall, and other supervisors thanked county staff and outside partners when proclamations were read and when the medical-director contract was introduced. - Director Jones (Behavioral Health) described the $350,000 agreement as a required element of the Drug Medi-Cal organized delivery system plan and said the county expects most services to be reimbursed through the county’s fee-for-service pass-through rate.
Background and next steps - Staff will finalize and execute the approved agreements and transmit the collections agreement and related waiver paperwork for processing. The county will proceed with issuance of ambulance permits consistent with the temporary variance. The added closed-session item was scheduled for the board’s closed session later in the meeting.
Ending - The board handled the package of mostly administrative and programmatic actions quickly and unanimously, highlighting a preference to keep a working calendar and contracts current while staff pursue implementation steps.
