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  2. Title 11, Chapter 4, Department Head Responsibility
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  Glenn County Counsel review and provide input into the update of the Glenn County Administrative Manual.
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  Title 8, Conflict of Interest
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  Chapter 10, Personnel V.
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  The records room has no fire sprinkler system. This room is overcrowded with records. The records were stacked from floor to ceiling with additional boxes of records sitting on the floor. This situation poses an extreme fire hazard. IV. CONCLUSIONS: Several of these same issues were addressed by the 2004-2005 Grand Jury as well. At one time there was funding allotted for the sally port to be reconstructed to accommodate the transport van that is used. The walkway from the jail to the courthouse is supposed to be included in the courthouse's Phase II renovation project. However, it is not known when this renovation project will take place. With the County's growth and higher crime rates the County needs to address these issues now. A drive-by shooting or escape attempt by inmates being transported from the jail to the courthouse under current conditions is a viable concern. V.
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  Ensuring, to the extent possible, that the food served is fresh
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  Encouraging eligible students to participate in the school lunch program (cf. 3533 - Free and Reduced Price Meals)
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  Integrating nutrition and physical activity into the overall curriculum
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  Ensuring regular professional development for food service staff
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  Ensuring students a minimum of 30 minutes to eat lunch and 20 minutes to eat breakfast, when provided
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  Ensuring students engage in healthful levels of vigorous physical activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . AR 3550(c) FOOD-SERVICE/CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM (continued) Improving the quality of physical education curricula and increasing training of
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  physical education teachers Enforcing existing physical education requirements 14.
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  15. Altering the economic structures in place to encourage healthy eating by students and reduce dependency on generating profits for the school from the sale of unhealthy foods
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  Altering the economic structures in place to encourage healthy eating by students and reduce dependency on generating profits for the school from the sale of unhealthy foods
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  Developing a financing plan to implement the policies
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  Increasing the availability of organic fruits and vegetables and school gardens
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  Collaborating with local farmers' markets In developing the policy(ies), the committee shall hold at least one public hearing. (Education Code 49433) . Exhibit C page 5 2005-2006 2005-2006 Glenn County Grand Jury Evaluation of Responses To 2004-2005 Glenn County Grand Jury Report DEPARTMENT NAME: Agricultural Commissioner REPORT PAGE NUMBER: 1-2 RECOMENDATIONS: The structure of all fines or citations imposed by the Agricultural Department be reviewed to include all costs of legal services. Build an Agricultural Extension Center on county property located near the existing county office. This would be a one stop building for all agricultural related needs. The building could lease office space to Farm Credit, USDA, Farm Advisors and other agricultural related agencies. RESPONSES: Agricultural Commissioner: First, staffing levels are adequate but not optimum. The agricultural department has added several new programs to its responsibilities over the last five years. These are Certified Unified Program Agency, Ground Water, Irrigated Agricultural Discharge, Surface Water Stewardship and the Olive Pest Management District programs. These programs started small and most have grown to full-fledged programs. We have only added a one half time position to manage these additional programs. During times when severe budget cuts are being implemented by the State and County (the last five years), it is difficult to request additional staff and it is more difficult to get the request approved. The Ag department has managed their existing resources carefully. We have strived to keep all programs running well. As budgets become healthier, the Ag department will review their current staffing needs, in light of the various new programs, and forward appropriate requests to the Board of Supervisors for consideration. Preliminarily, one additional environmental biologist position would help address the additional workload created from the new programs. Second, vacancies are filled at an entry-level position, which is an Environmental Biologist I. It is not actually a lower grade. Third, the statement is made that "the agricultural revenue for the county is 318 million dollars annually". An appropriate clarification of the statement would read; "the gross receipts for agricultural products grown in the county in 2003 had a value of 318 million dollars." The actual revenue brought in by the agricultural department to the county is considerably smaller. State law or local ordinances often set the structure of fines and citations imposed by the Agricultural Department. Those fines or citations set in law, limit the dollar amount that can be imposed. Thus, including the costs of legal services is not always an option to the department. Currently, the department considers the following circumstances when setting a fine or citation (administrative civil penalty or mutual settlement) - economic benefit derived, extent of harm caused, nature and persistence, length of time, record of maintenance, corrective action taken by defendant, improved or innovative nature of control equipment used and annual gross income of business. Many fines and citations are imposed by department staff and legal counsel is not used. Of those fines or citations that are referred to County Counsel or the District Attorney, legal costs are recovered either by A87 charges back to the Ag office (County Counsel) or recovered by monetary penalties imposed by the District Attorney. Those fine levels that are set at the local level are reviewed on an annual basis and addressed as needed. We will address legal service costs where appropriate. To build an Agricultural Extension Center on county property located near the existing county office was a dream of the previous commissioner and I support the idea. The ideal of the agricultural industry being able to do their government related business in one centralized area has merit. I believe the idea was to extend, northwardly, the current building of the agricultural commissioners office. A significant hurdle to the idea is funding of the one stop building. The county is just now coming out of a time of significant financial hardship. Even though revenue could possibly be generated from rent, the initial capital outlay for the center would still come from county funding. I will discuss this idea with the Board of Supervisors with the goal of being able to add it to the list of capitol improvement projects being considered by the county. Glenn County Board of Supervisors: The Board concurs with the Agricultural Commissioner's comments and the Board of Supervisors will ensure that the facilities committee explores the possibility of co-locating Cooperative Extension and the Agricultural Commission at some future date. 2005-2006 GRAND JURY REVIEW OF RESPONSES: Responses accepted 2005-2006 Glenn County Grand Jury Evaluation of Responses To 2004-2005 Glenn County Grand Jury Report DEPARTMENT NAME: City of Orland REPORT PAGE NUMBER: 3-4 RECOMENDATIONS: Explore the possibilities of relocating the Orland Police Department, either permanently or temporarily, to the now, unoccupied, Sheriff's substation at 821 South Street in Orland. City hall could then expand to occupy the Police Department. RESPONSES: City of Orland: The issue of providing additional space through relocation of the Orland Police Department is under consideration by the Orland City Council, as part of the overall prioritization of Capital Improvement Projects. However, the recent decision by the Glenn County Sheriff to re-occupy the Orland substation has foreclosed any consideration by the City to utilize that facility for the Orland Police Department. City Manager: Additional decisions have been made by the City Manager to reallocate existing facility space to better serve the needs of city staff, and constitute an ongoing effort to meet these needs until such a time as additional permanent facilities may be developed. Glenn County Board of Supervisors: The Board of Supervisors is always interested in the most effective use of public facilities and when a final decision on use of the Sheriff's substation is made, the County will announce that decision so that the City would have the opportunity to purchase that property if abandoned by the County. 2005-2006 GRAND JURY REVIEW OF RESPONSES: Responses accepted 2005-2006 Glenn County Grand Jury Evaluation of Responses To 2004-2005 Glenn County Grand Jury Report DEPARTMENT NAME: Glenn County Public Libraries REPORT PAGE NUMBER: 7-9 RECOMENDATIONS: The librarians of the county should be allowed to offer input to the county regarding their fate before being given a no-questions-asked budget to accept. While it goes without saying that services such as public protection, safety and public assistance are necessary for the community, it should not be discounted that library services and education are entities that influence the General Fund across the board. A literate, educated society will reduce crime and the need for increased incarceration facilities. Education was the only budgeted area to be cut more that 30 % by the county (the only other areas to experience decreased funding - Public Protection/Safety - endured a 1.5 % decrease) from the previous year. Library services decreased 37%. Considering the relatively small operating budget of the libraries in the past, County funding of education and the libraries should be expanded. Therefore, we recommending the following: 1) Basically, county residents are 50% of the Library patrons. The County should, therefore, pay 1/2 of the cost of providing library services. The library should have a voice in the budget process. RESPONSES: Director of Finance: I disagree.
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  If anyone shows interest in the animal while it is in the holding period.
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  If the Animal Control Officer and the veterinarian deem the animal fit for adoption. Pit bulls are the only breed of dog that are not permitted to be adopted regardless of their temperament. This is NOT a County regulation. This is based on the DEPARTMENTS' opinion of the breed. Grand Jurors inspected the kennels where the dogs that have been impounded are kept. There were 9 impounded dogs at the time of the inspection. The kennels were clean and there is a portion of each kennel that has wood slats and is slightly lifted for the dogs to lay so they are not directly on the cement floor. It was reported the dogs are given food and water two times per day. However, at the time of our visit, none of the dogs had food or water available. Jurors asked to see a copy of the last inspection of the impound facility. According to the veterinarian's office, there is no inspection process for the impound facility. IV. CONCLUSIONS: The transport trucks the department uses can hold 2 dogs. However, if a dog is aggressive they only transport 1 at a time. If one of the officers has an impound from Orland or Hamilton City they have to transport the animal back to Willows. This is time consuming for the 3 officers who patrol all of Glenn County and transport a maximum of 2 dogs per trip and also respond to citizen's complaints. V.
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  The sally port door is not wide enough for the transport van. The purpose of the sally port is for loading and unloading inmates in an enclosed, secured, environment.
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  As inmates are transported to court they are handcuffed with legs being shackled to other inmates also being transported. They must then walk across an open parking lot and into the court house. They are usually accompanied by 1 jailer due to understaffing. Often they are 8 - 15 inmates being transported in this manner at a time.
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  There are 3 electrical transformers that are mounted on a wooden platform located in the main parking lot between the court house and the jail. This platform is held in the air by 2 telephone poles. If a car were to hit one of these poles these transformers would fall to the ground creating a huge liability. There is currently nothing to prevent this from occurring.
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  The kitchen is cooled by swamp coolers that do not operate at an acceptable temperature and have passed their life expectancy.
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  The location of the transformers should be evaluated. They need to be moved to ground level and out of the center of the parking lot. If this is not possible, then, at the very least, there should be metal guards posted around the telephone poles to prevent any kind of direct impact.
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  The kitchen cooling system must be updated. The jail should request bids for replacement of the cooling system before summer arrives. This would not be as costly as waiting until the current unit breaks and then having to put a new unit in during the heat of the Summer months.
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  Nutritional standards set by the State V.
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  A secured walkway for inmates being transported from the jail to the courthouse should be installed. We understand this is currently included in the plan for the refurbishing of the courthouse. However, the safety of the inmates and jailers is compromised every day the current situation exists. A more cost effective option would be holding court via satellite. If a monitor was set up at the jail with one at the court house the inmates wouldn't have to leave the jail. This would allow jail staff to remain on-site.
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  Develop an emergency evacuation plan for the front office staff. Install fire sprinklers in the front half of the building. Clean the records room which is over-flowing and prepare an avenue for emergency evacuation clear of clutter for all personnel. Place fire extinguishers within reach of all staff. VI. RESPONSE REQUIRED: Glenn County Sheriff Glenn County Board of Supervisors 2005-2006 Glenn County Grand Jury Final Report JANE HAHN JUVENILE HALL I. PURPOSE: To assess current conditions of Jane Hahn Juvenile Hall and to follow up on the issues written in the 2004-2005 Grand Jury report. П. BACKGROUND: The Juvenile Hall can hold 23 youth. At the time of our inspection there were 22 youth detained at this facility. The ages limits for this facility are 9 years old to 19 years old. The facility has a school within the building that the youth attend Monday through Friday. There is an outdoor recreation area where they have sports equipment and other outdoor activities. III. FINDINGS: During the tour of the facility the Grand Jury found the youth at the facility were well mannered and respectful to staff and each other. The budget has allowed the facility to add one more staff member. They are currently interviewing prospects for the position. The Juvenile Hall uses "statuses" and "levels" for each person. The juveniles have an opportunity to earn point vouchers for good behavior. These vouchers can be used as a form of money that can be used to purchase items. The acoustics in the main day room is at a very high level. We were told by staff members that when all the children are out of their rooms, the noise level is a problem. There are sound boards on 2 of the 4 walls which have helped somewhat. The facility has installed surveillance equipment this year. This is a 16 camera monitoring system that allows the staff to view the parameter of the building, along with the kitchen and common areas inside the facility. The monitor that is used is able to view several areas at the same time. IV. CONCLUSIONS: The Juvenile Hall has some very positive programs in place. The Grand Jury was impressed by the respectful way the minors acted while jurors were present. Some children that are on a "high level" are given the opportunity to work in the kitchen. This is partly due to the fact that on the weekend there is no cook on the premises. These children work unsupervised. This is also a way of rewarding those children who exhibit good behavior and that follow rules. The Juvenile Hall appears to be a very well ran facility with caring staff. V.
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  School building maintenance
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  Prepared in ways which will appeal to students, retain nutritive quality and foster lifelong healthful eating habits
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  requirements of item #2 above shall remain locked or be rendered inoperable until after the end of the last lunch period Exhibit C page 3 AR 3550(b) FOOD SERVICE/CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM (continued) Child Nutrition and Physical Activity Advisory Committee The membership of the Child Nutrition and Physical Activity Advisory Committee shall include, but need not be limited to, Board of Education members, school administrators, food service directors, food service staff, other staff, parents/guardians, students, physical and health education teachers, dietitians, health care professionals and interested community members. (Education Code 49433) The policies on nutrition and physical activity shall address issues and goals, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (Education Code 49433) (cf. 1220 - Citizen Advisory Committees)
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  Increasing the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables, including provisions that encourage schools to make fruits and vegetables available at all locations where food is sold