Humboldt County Grand Jury
• 2009-2010
• Agency Response
Linda A. Hill, Assessor County of Humboldt*
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Findings and Recommendations 2 findings
F1
A review of items on the agendas and minutes verified the disparity between state law requirements and the RHNA process at HCAOG. This process dictates a two-year timeframe to allow for ample public participation. Récommendation 1: That HCAOG adhere to the two-year requirement for the development of RHNA, as required by state law. This will allow for adequate public participation. Proposed HCAOG Board Responses to F.1. and R.1: The HCAOG Board partially disagrees with the finding and will implement the
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
That HCAOG post meeting notices and agendas beyond the current location at the offices of the Humboldt Transit Authority. Post announcements and publicize minutes in multiple ways so that the affected public is likely to be informed. Proposed HCAOG Board Responses to F.2. and R.2: The HCAOG Board agrees with the finding and will implement the recommendation. HCAOG staff currently sends meeting notices and agendas to every clerk of every local government in addition to any member of the public requesting to be added to the postal mailing list and/or email list. Staff currently only makes one follow-up call to the Humboldt Transit Authority to ensure that the notice or agenda has been posted. Staff will implement a second follow-up call to the City of Eureka where all Board meetings are held. The recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented for all meeting commencing in July 2010. Meeting minutes are referred to as Meeting Records on every agenda. Both agendas and meeting records are available on the HCAOG website and are available to any member of the public requesting a copy. HCAOG will not post or otherwise publicize the minutes in any additional manner. If I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact our office. Sincerely, Marcella Clem, Interim Executive Director Humboldt County Board of Supervisors cc: Grandjury@co.humboldt.ca.us COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT JOHN BARTHOLOMEW PHONE: 707-476-2450 TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR FAX: 707-445-7608 TOLL FREE: 877-448-6829 825 FIFTH STREET ROOM 125 EUREKA, CALIFORNIA 95501 EMAIL: taxinfo@co.humboldt.ca.us ome of the Red JUL - 7 2010 The Honorable Christopher Wilson SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA Uly 7, 2010 COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT Humboldt County Superior Court 825 Fifth Street Eureka, CA 95501 Dear Judge Wilson, Per the Grand Jury request dated June 24, 2010, the following is my response to
F2
It appears from a review of the Brown Act, that one posting available to the public for 72 hours satisfies the minimum requirement; however, the location is not one the public is likely to visit.
No recommendations for this finding
Additional Recommendations 1
These recommendations are not explicitly linked to specific findings.
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R5As County Treasurer I look forward to a policy addressing aging of 'Accounts Receivable' in keeping with generally accepted accounting practices, and will abide by that policy as directed and as adopted by the County. The failure to recover grant claims reduces the amount of interest generated by the County portfolio. As mentioned in the report, this "negative interest" currently results in a very real 'time value of money' loss to the General Fund. Current procedure is to charge negative interest to the General Fund with this office keeping track of which funds generated that negative interest and in what amount. An alternative is to post negative interest against the perpetrating fund, thereby increasing its negative balance. This would place the negative interest repayment burden onto the offending fund and those responsible. My belief is that current procedure exacerbates the problem by passing on the financial pain to the General Fund, and not the responsible party to which it belongs. In addition, current procedure makes for convoluted accounting, compared to the straight forward alternative suggested above. Sincerely, John Bartholomew Ta cc: Board of Supervisors Grand Jury HUMBOLDT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE GARY PHILP, SHERIFF MAIN STATION CIVIL/COURTS 826 FOURTH STREET • EUREKA CA 95501-0516 CUSTODY SERVICES (707) 445-7335 (707) 441-5159 PHONE (707) 445-7251 • FAX (707) 445-7298 DATE: JULY 2, 2010 TO: THE HONORABLE CHRISTOPHER WILSON PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FROM: GARY PHILP, SHERIFF RE: ADDITIONAL RESPONSE TO THE 2009-2010 GRAND JURY REPORT GRAND JURY REPORT 2010-HESS-04 COUNTY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS RECOMMENDATION NO. 5: That both elected County officers and appointed department heads abide by any resulting new standards for accounting that may be implemented or adopted by the County. Among these, that the Board of Supervisors adopt a policy regarding aging of Accounts receivable (collectable funds) that is in keeping with generally accepted accounting practices. SHERIFF'S RESPONSE TO RECOMMENDATION NO. 5: Recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented in the future whenever the County decides to implement or adopt any new generally accepted accounting practices and/or standards. κespectrum supmitted, /GARY PHILR,\She Humboldt County GP:crm Cc: Board of Supervisors Linda Modell, HCSO RECEIVEL SEP 0 1 2010 CORONER - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR SUPERIOR COURT OF CAUSEOUNTY OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT 3012 "I" STREET EUREKA, CALIFORNIA 95501 PHONE (707) 445-7242 August 30, 2010 The Honorable Christopher G. Wilson Humboldt County Superior Court 825 Fifth Street Eureka, CA 95501 Re: Response to Grand Jury report 2010-HESS-04
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