On the agenda: Del Norte County Board of Supervisors Chambers — Flock Camera (Aug 25)

MINUTES

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
DEL NORTE COUNTY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Tuesday, August 25, 2026
REGULAR MEETING
PRESENT:

10:00 AM

Supervisor, District 2 Valerie Starkey
Supervisor, District 3 Chris Howard
Supervisor, District 1 Darrin Short
Supervisor, District 5 Dean Wilson
Supervisor, District 4 Joey Borges

ABSENT:

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CLOSED SESSION 8:30 A.M.
Public Comment on Closed Session items only.
Hold a closed session to consider and discuss litigation and personnel matters:
Conference with Labor Negotiators pursuant to Government Code 54957.6 between
County Negotiator: Neal Lopez, CAO and Represented Employee Bargaining Groups.
Public Employee Evaluation: Director of Community Development.
Conference with Legal Counsel and staff pursuant to Government Code §
54956.9(d)(2)&(3): Anticipated Litigation—Significant Exposure to Litigation-Two

REGULAR SESSION 10:00 A.M.
10:00 A.M. Call the meeting to order and take roll.
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Moment of Reflection

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The Pledge of Allegiance to be led by Darrin Short, District 1 Supervisor.

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Introduction of new employees to the Board of Supervisors

Kathryn Mueller - Behavioral Health Specialist II (DHHS)
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Report of any actions from closed session by County Counsel

None.
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The Chair requests any deletions, corrections or additions from Board members
to the agenda at this time. In order to add an item to the agenda, the matter
must have come to the attention of the County subsequent to the posting of the
agenda and the matter requires action before the next regular meeting of the
Board of Supervisors.

None.
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Receive other brief reports or announcements relative to the County of Del Norte
programs and projects, progress of the two by two committees, technical
advisory committees and/or Board and staff travel/training reports.

Supervisor Short: Attended the RCRC meeting.
Supervisor Starkey: Attended the DNSWMA meeting, attended the California
Transportation Commission meeting, attended numerous meetings to coordinate the
upcoming local Senior Summit and received numerous constituent calls and emails

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regarding Flock Cameras. Supervisor Starkey received consensus from the Board to
place Flock Cameras and Mobile Home Rental Park Stabilization as a discussion item
on a future Board of Supervisors Agenda.
Supervisor Howard: Attended the California Transportation Commission meeting,
attended the CSAC meeting and has been working with County staff on getting the
Boat Docks installed for the upcoming Salmon Season.
Supervisor Borges: Nothing to report.
Supervisor Wilson: Attended LAFCO and the DNSWMA meeting.

CONSENT AGENDA
Comments from members of the public may be heard at this time regarding matters on
the Consent Agenda only.
1. Approve and adopt the minutes from the August 11, 2026 Board of Supervisors
meeting.**
Approved.
2. Approve and authorize the County Administrative Officer to sign the Proposition
64 Grant Agreement between the County of Del Norte and Del Norte Unified
School District for the operation of youth recreation programs, and authorize the
County Administrative Officer to execute any subsequent amendments,
certifications, and any programmatic documents, as requested by the Recreation
Coordinator and the Administrative Programs Manager.**
Approved. DNCO AGREE #2026-161
3. Approve and adopt a Resolution appointing the County Administrative
Officer/Director of OES, Assistant County Administrative Officer/Assistant Director
of OES and the Emergency Services Manager to act as authorized officials to
execute applications and documents for the purpose of obtaining financial
assistance through the Next Generation Warning System Grant Program as
requested by the OES Fiscal Manager.**
Approved. RESO #2026-020
4. Approve and adopt a Resolution appointing the County Administrative
Officer/Director of OES, Assistant County Administrative Officer/Assistant Director
of OES and the Emergency Services Manager to act as authorized officials to
execute applications and documents for the purpose of obtaining financial
assistance for the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) and
Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) as requested by the OES Fiscal

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Manager.**
Approved. RESO #2026-021
5. Approve and authorize the Chair to appoint Carol Hiner as the Local Behavioral
Health Board’s Healthcare Agency Representative for the term of August 25,
2026 through August 24, 2029, as requested by the Director of Health and
Human Services.
Approved.
6. Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the attached Task Order to the On-Call
Agreement with Lenders Construction Services to provide BHCIP Construction
Management Services for the term beginning August 25, 2026 through June 30,
2028, as requested by the Director of Health and Human Services.**
Approved. DNCO AGREE #2026-162

SCHEDULED ITEMS
7. 10:25 A.M. COMMENT PERIOD: Members of the public may address the Board
on matters which are within the jurisdiction of the Board. If you are addressing
the Board regarding a matter listed on the agenda, you may be asked to hold
your comments until the Board takes up that matter. Please limit your comments
to three minutes or less.
8. 10:30 AM - Wetherell. Recommend the Board of Supervisors approve a modified
road improvement standard resulting in the application of the Modified Road
Improvement Standard (Applicant’s Proposal) as recommended by the Planning
Commission and presented by the Assistant County Engineer.**
Action:

Approved. Supervisor Howard and Supervisor Borges recused
themselves due to a conflict of interest.

Motion: Move to approve
Move:
Valerie Starkey
Second: Dean Wilson
Vote Yea:
Vote Nay:
Vote Abstain:

3
0
2

Valerie Starkey, Darrin Short, Dean Wilson
None
Chris Howard, Joey Borges

9. 10:35 AM - MacMaster. Recommend the Board of Supervisors approve a modified
road improvement standard resulting in the application of the Modified
Subdivision Road Improvement Standard 1 (Applicant’s Proposal) as
recommended by the Planning Commission and presented by the Assistant
County Engineer.**
Action:

Approved.

Motion: Move to approve
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Move:
Darrin Short
Second: Valerie Starkey
Vote Yea:

5

Vote Nay:
Vote Abstain:

0
0

Valerie Starkey, Chris Howard, Darrin Short, Dean
Wilson, Joey Borges
None
None

REGULAR ITEMS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
10. Review applications received by the Clerk of the Board and appoint one (1)
candidate to fill the third County member seat on the Border Coast Regional
Airport Authority (BCRAA) Board of Commissioners in accordance with Section
1.3 of the BCRAA Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Agreement, to serve a four (4)
year term effective upon appointment by the Board of Supervisors or until
replaced by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to Section 1.4 of the BCRAA JPA,
as requested by the Board of Supervisors.**
Action:

Approved. The Board approved the appointment of Gerry
Hemmingsen to the Third County Member Seat. The motion also
directed staff to explore potential updates to the BCRAA JPA.
Supervisor Starkey made a motion to appoint applicant Mark
Weaver; however, the motion failed for lack of a second.

Motion: Move to approve
Move:
Chris Howard
Second: Dean Wilson
Vote Yea:

4

Vote Nay:
Vote Abstain:

1
0

Chris Howard, Darrin Short, Dean Wilson, Joey
Borges
Valerie Starkey
None

11. Approve and authorize the Chair to sign an agreement between the County of
Del Norte and DDR Cleaning and Hauling for on-call nuisance abatement services
in the amount of $50,000 as requested by the Community Development
Director.**
Action:

Approved. DNCO AGREE #2026-163

Motion: Move to approve
Move:
Valerie Starkey
Second: Chris Howard
Vote Yea:

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Valerie Starkey, Chris Howard, Darrin Short, Dean
Wilson, Joey Borges

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Vote Nay:
Vote Abstain:

0
0

None
None

LEGISLATIVE AND BUDGET ISSUES:
Consider miscellaneous legislative and budget matters pertinent to the County of Del
Norte. Authorize the Chair to sign and send appropriate letters with respect to matters
pending before the state or federal governments.
12. Receive a copy of a letter provided to State legislatures from the Director of
Health and Human Services per Section 1.60 of the Administrative Manual, as
requested by the Director of Health and Human Services.**
No action was needed on this item.

ADJOURNMENT
(Next meeting is September 08, 2026)

Kylie Goughnour, Clerk of the Board
County of Del Norte, State of California

Date Posted: August 20, 2026

THE AGENDA AND ACTION SUMMARY ARE AVAILABLE ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE:
www.co.del-norte.ca.us

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