- Report from Closed Session – Bill Dillon, Senior Deputy County Counsel, reported that in Closed Session the Board members present unanimously authorized County Counsel to sign onto an amicus curiae brief to be filed in support of Imperial County APCD’s appeal regarding People of the State of California ex rel. Imperial County Air Pollution Control District v. United States of America, Ken Salazar, Secretary of the United States Department of Interior; United States Bureau of Reclamation, Michael L. Connor, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Case No. 12-55856 and 12-55956.
- Approved minutes of the June 21, 2012 (opens in a new tab)meeting
- Received and filed the minutes from the April 11, 2012 (opens in a new tab) meeting of the Community Advisory Council.
- Received and filed (opens in a new tab) the summary of notices of violation issued and penalty revenue received during the months of June (opens in a new tab) and July (opens in a new tab) 2012.
- Received and filed (opens in a new tab) the minutes from the February 22, 2012 (opens in a new tab) meeting of the South Central Coast Basinwide Control Council.
- Approved $500,000 in additional funding authority for the Off-Road Equipment Replacement Program (opens in a new tab).
- Reappointed Louis David Van Mullem as Air Pollution Control Officer and approved a 3-year employment contract with Mr. Van Mullem (opens in a new tab) for same. (see memo (opens in a new tab))
- Adopted Resolution No. 12-11 revising the APCD Board meeting (opens in a new tab) Order of Business and making other minor administrative changes to Board procedures. (see memo (opens in a new tab))
- Executed a License Agreement (opens in a new tab)between the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District and the Santa Ynez Valley Airport Authority, Inc. for locating and operating an air quality monitoring station on the Santa Ynez Airport property. (see memo (opens in a new tab))
- Adopted Resolution No. 12-12 delegating authority (opens in a new tab) to the Air Pollution Control Officer to amend, enter into, and renew contracts for multiple employee benefit insurance plans to become effective January 1, 2013. (see memo (opens in a new tab))
- Adopted Resolution No. 12-13 amending the Management Personnel Benefits Policy (opens in a new tab) for Management and Confidential-Unrepresented Employees. (see memo (opens in a new tab))
- Authorized the Air Pollution Control Officer to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding between the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District and the Engineers and Technicians Association (opens in a new tab). (see memo (opens in a new tab), side letter 1 (opens in a new tab), and side letter 2 (opens in a new tab))
- Authorized the Air Pollution Control Officer to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding between the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District and the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District Employees Association (opens in a new tab). (see memo (opens in a new tab), side letter 1 (opens in a new tab), and side letter 2 (opens in a new tab))
- Authorized the Air Pollution Control Officer to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding between the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District and the Service Employees International Union, Local 620 (opens in a new tab). (see memo (opens in a new tab) and side letter (opens in a new tab))
- Adopted Resolution No. 12-14 establishing a new retirement plan, (opens in a new tab) Santa Barbara County Retirement System’s Plan 7, for all employees hired on or after August 16, 2012. (see memo (opens in a new tab) and presentation (opens in a new tab))
- Received report and gave policy direction (opens in a new tab) regarding a recent initiative to incentivize reduction of ship speeds off the California Coast. (see comment letters (opens in a new tab) and presentation (opens in a new tab))
- Received and filed a presentation on current APCD Grant Programs (opens in a new tab). (see presentation (opens in a new tab))