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Board approves routine and administrative items including HR code updates, sick‑leave policy, hive fee waiver and budget transfers

Del Norte County Board of Supervisors · January 13, 2026
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Summary

At the meeting the board approved updates to county personnel code and administrative manual, adopted a sick‑leave policy to comply with state law, waived any local hive registration fee for hobbyist beekeepers, accepted a donated search‑and‑rescue vehicle, and approved several budget transfers to fund sheriff radio repairs and an OES vehicle.

The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors approved a slate of administrative and budget items during its regular meeting.

Key approvals included: an ordinance updating Title 2 (Human Resources and Risk Management) and related subsections of the county code; updates to the Del Norte County Administrative Manual; a new county sick‑leave policy for unrepresented employees to align with California’s Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act and its expanded provisions; and a waiver of any local hive registration fee for hobbyist beekeepers (the required $10 state registration fee goes to the state and not to the county).

The board also accepted a vehicle donation from Donna Zorn for the sheriff’s search‑and‑rescue fleet (vehicle reported in good condition) and approved four budget transfers including Measure R funds for sheriff radio and antenna repair and an Office of Emergency Services vehicle purchase ($80,150) plus a contingency match ($18,795). Motions passed by unanimous vote.