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Sierra County board elects 2026 leadership, approves routine contracts and fills advisory board vacancies
Summary
At its first 2026 meeting the Sierra County Board of Supervisors elected Supervisor Paul Rowan as chair and a vice chair, approved a contract extension, ratified a county Medi‑Cal administrative agreement, authorized recruitment for a Downeyville health assistant, and appointed two members to the Behavioral Health Advisory Board.
At its first regular meeting of 2026 the Sierra County Board of Supervisors completed routine organizational business and several personnel and contract actions.
Leadership and procedural votes: Supervisors opened nominations and elected Supervisor Paul Rowan as board chair for 2026 and appointed a vice chair by roll call. The board approved the consent agenda and routine correspondence by unanimous roll calls.
Contracts and administrative approvals: The board approved an amendment to extend an existing agreement with Rodney Craig Goodman through June 30, 2026; staff reported approximately $50,000 used to date on the contract but said the full authorized amount was unlikely to be exhausted this fiscal year. The board also approved an agreement with the California Department of Health Care Services to participate in county-based Medi‑Cal Administrative Activities (MAA); Public Health Director Rhonda Grandy said required documentation had already been approved by the state and the county’s MAA program began January 1.
Personnel and hiring: Chair noted a ‘‘soft hiring freeze’’ requiring department managers to request board authorization to fill positions; to address mission-critical gaps the chair directed the personnel director to advertise some positions to keep eligibility lists active. The board authorized advertising to refill a vacant health assistant/front‑desk position at the Downeyville HHS building (behavioral health, social services and public health functions); the department said the authorization is cost neutral.
Appointments and committees: The board reviewed standing and ad-hoc committee assignments and memorialized several committee and commission appointments. The board appointed Dylan Davis and Linda Dilts to fill consumer-member vacancies on the Behavioral Health Advisory Board after hearing from applicants. A fee-waiver resolution and permit-fee adjustment for a local special district were also approved to reflect actual staff-time costs (the board set a fee of $1,314.61 in that item).
Personnel recognition and closed sessions: The board adopted a resolution of appreciation honoring Brian Davey for 21 years of service as director of transportation and public works; Davey and colleagues offered farewell remarks. The board convened closed sessions on litigation, personnel discipline and performance evaluations; the report-outs were: no reportable action on litigation, direction provided to staff on a performance evaluation, and a continued scheduling decision for an employee-discipline item.
The board directed several items for follow-up at future meetings, including the solid waste committee report on green-waste policy and the finance committee's recommendation on Trindel’s return‑of‑funds offer.
