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Findings 11 findings
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F The City Council created a conflict of interest by appointing the Finance Director (consultant) to be the interim City Manager, between April 2018 and April 2019. F2. The City oflive Oak is overspending on professional service contracts without City Council approval. F3. Ethics training for City Council has not been completed in the legally mandated periods and content. F4. City Council members have not disclosed potential conflicts of interest or maintained a current Form 700, as required by law. F5. For several City Council meetings no minutes or video recording are available online. Other video recordings are incomplete or inaudible. --{6. The City Council meetings are not consistent with Brown Act regulations and City Municipal Codes conceming transparency and how meetings are conducted. F7. Live Oak is not requesting competitive bids for service contmcts per standard best practices. F8. City Council has repeatedly neglected to require term limitations, caps on fees, and a detailed scope of work in professional service (consultant) contracts. F9. The Water Enterprise Fund is urderfunded. F I 0. The Water Enterprise Fund does not comply with State regulations regarding the water loan covenant. RECOMMEilDATIONS . Rl City Council adopt an ordinance to ensure the separation of duties at upper management level within the next 90 days. R2. City Council create a new Ad Hoc committee to oversee consultant contracts and spending by the end of December 2020. ,^$3. City Council members immediately take the free online mandatory ethics training and submit documentation to the City Clerk for records retention and to the Fair Political Practices Commission. R4. Those City Courcil members with incomplete or missing Form 700 statements immediately resubmit the form to the City Clerk for records retention. ns. City Council shall direct City management to consult with specialists to immediately remedy the technical difficulties with audio and video recordings and upload any missing recordings or minutes online for full transparency. R6. The City Council maintain proper decorum during meetings and conduct parliamentary procedure training (such as Rosenburg's Rule of Order) for themselves and committees under the jurisdiction of the City Council within 90 days. R7. City Council re-evaluate all services and consultants under contract with Live Oak, on performance and value, by July 1,2021. R8. City Council direct the City Manager to examine contracts for scope of work, missing cap fees, term limitations, liability insurance coverage and make recommendations to City Council by the end of December 2020. R9. City Council remedy the missing revenue in the Water Enterprise Fund and come into compliance with State regulations regarding water covenant by the end ofJune 30, 2021. ,-.R10. City Council direct City administration to create and implement a water rate increase that utilizes the 2017 Water and Wastewater Rate Study's recommendations.
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The Sutter County Grand Jury found that there are drugs and other contraband present within thejail.
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Lack of overhead netting in the medium security exercise yards.
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The current search method for contraband has proven to be inadequate.
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The laundry room has no surveillance cameras present. RECOTTENDATIONS Rl: The Sutter County Sheriffs Department should expand jail employment to provide more manpower within the jail by December 1,2021.
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Staffpersonnel did not addrcss unsafe driver behavior. .
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Live Oak is not requesting competitive bids for service contmcts per standard best practices.
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City Council has repeatedly neglected to require term limitations, caps on fees, and a detailed scope of work in professional service (consultant) contracts.
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The Water Enterprise Fund is urderfunded. F I 0. The Water Enterprise Fund does not comply with State regulations regarding the water loan covenant. RECOMMEilDATIONS . Rl City Council adopt an ordinance to ensure the separation of duties at upper management level within the next 90 days.
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Riverbend Elementary School had overgrown vegetation obscured driver and pedestrian vision that created safety issues. RECOTTENDATIOT{S Rl. YCUSD and the City of Yuba City work together to improve and expand pickup and drop offcapability at Riverbend by December 2021. R2. School staff use multiple methods to educate Riverbend & Park Avenue parents and students in safe pick up and drop off areas/zones by the start of th e 2020/2021 school year. R3. The educational staff design student programs to increase and promote traffic and pedestrian safety by the start ofthe 2020/2021 school year. R4. A survey be conducted to add a mid-block crosswalk on Stewart Road in front of Riverbend by December
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School staffto ensure all crossing guards, including school personnel, have adequate training and wear highly visible attire while monitoring pick up and drop offby start of 2O2Ol2O2l school year. R8. City of Yuba City to maintain curb painting and have clearly distinguished 'No Parking" areas on the public streets adjacent to the schools by start of the 2020/2021 school year. R9. YCUSD to establish maintenance schedules for signage, curb and pavement markings, and overgrown vegetation on school premises by the start of 202012021 school year.
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R2The Sutter County Sheriff s Department should invest in a full body scanner placed within the Suner County Main jail by lanuary 1,2O22.
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R3The Sutter County SherifPs Department should purchase and install overhead netting over the open- aired spaces/areas near the Medium Security facility and/or create a fenced off area preventing civilians from having access to this area by December 1,2021. 11
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R4The Sutter County Sherifls Department should place surveillance cameras in the laundry room by Jantary 1,2021. REOUIRED RESPOilSES Pursuant to Penal Code sections 933 and 933.05, the grand jury requests responses as follows: The following elected county official : . Sutter County Sheriff: F I - F4 and Rl - R4 The following response is required : . Sutter Cormty Board of Supervisors: Fl - F4 and Rl - R4 DISCI.AIMER Reports issued by the Grand Jury do not identify indfuiduals interviewed. California Penal Code section 929 requires that reports of the Grand Jury will nol contain the name of any person or facts leading to the identity of any person who provides information to the Grand Jury. Tri-County Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility and the Maxine Singer Youth Guidance Center
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R5Yuba City Police Department to increase periodic presence ofa School Resource or Peace Officer as resources permit to deter unsafe behavior by drivers by start of 2020/2021school year. 77
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R6The City Council maintain proper decorum during meetings and conduct parliamentary procedure training (such as Rosenburg's Rule of Order) for themselves and committees under the jurisdiction of the City Council
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R7City Council re-evaluate all services and consultants under contract with Live Oak, on performance and value, by July 1,2021.
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R8City Council direct the City Manager to examine contracts for scope of work, missing cap fees, term limitations, liability insurance coverage and make recommendations to City Council by the end of December 2020.
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R9City Council remedy the missing revenue in the Water Enterprise Fund and come into compliance with State regulations regarding water covenant by the end ofJune 30, 2021. ,-.R10. City Council direct City administration to create and implement a water rate increase that utilizes the 2017 Water and Wastewater Rate Study's recommendations.
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