COUNTY OF NEVADA  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
STATE OF CALIFORNIA  
Supervisor Heidi Hall, District I  
Supervisor Robb Tucker, District II  
Chair Lisa Swarthout, District III  
Vice Chair Susan Hoek, District IV  
Supervisor Hardy Bullock, District V  
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950 Maidu Avenue, Suite 200  
Nevada City, CA 95959-8617  
(530) 265-1480  
Fax: (530) 265-9836  
bdofsupervisors@nevadacountyca.gov  
Tine Mathiasen, Chief Deputy Clerk of the Board  
Alison Lehman, County Executive Officer  
Trevor Koski, County Counsel  
AGENDA  
Time  
Date  
Location  
Tuesday, April 7, 2026  
9:00 AM  
Board Chamber, First Floor  
Eric Rood Administrative Center  
950 Maidu Avenue  
Nevada City, California  
The Board of Supervisors welcomes you to their regular meeting.  
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The County of Nevada will hold its regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Supervisors from inside the Board  
Chamber, located at the Eric Rood Administrative Center, 950 Maidu Avenue, First Floor, Nevada City, CA 95959.  
This meeting is open to in-person attendance.  
Members of the public who are unable to attend in person may watch this meeting live online at  
www.nevadacountyca.gov/boardmeetings and www.YouTube.com/c/CountyofNevadaCA. Please refer to page 7 for  
information on how to participate in the meeting, as well as the various options being made available for members of the  
public to provide comment in both western and eastern Nevada County.  
The Board Chamber is accessible to people with disabilities. Anyone requiring reasonable accommodation to  
participate in the meeting should contact the Clerk of the Board’s office by calling (530) 265-1480 at least four days  
prior to the meeting. TTY/Speech-to-Speech users may dial 7-1-1 for the California Relay Service. Closed Captioning  
is available for hearing impaired viewers.  
The agenda and all supporting documents are available for review during regular business hours at the Clerk of the  
Board office, 950 Maidu Avenue, 2nd Floor, Suite 200, Nevada City, California. This agenda and certain supporting  
documents may be obtained on the Clerk of the Board’s website at www.nevadacountyca.gov/boardmeetings. To view  
the supporting documents on this agenda for a particular item, click on the SR number to the left of the item. Please  
note that the on-line agenda may not include all related or updated documents. Proposed actions and supporting  
documents are considered draft until acted upon by the Board. All items listed on the agenda may be acted upon by the  
Board of Supervisors.  
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REGULAR MEETING: 9:00 AM  
STANDING ORDERS:  
Call the meeting to order.  
Pledge of Allegiance.  
Corrections and/or deletions to agenda.  
CONSENT CALENDAR:  
These items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial. The Board of Supervisors will act upon them at  
one time without discussion. Any Board member may request that an item be removed from the consent  
calendar for discussion. Members of the public wishing to ask questions or hear discussion on items listed under  
the consent agenda, may raise their concerns to the Board members prior to the consent agenda being  
introduced. The Supervisors will take the concerns under consideration and decide if there is adequate reason  
to remove the item from consent.  
Acting Behavioral Health Director: Cari Yardley  
Resolution approving execution of a renewal contract with St. Helena Hospital d/b/a  
Adventist Health Vallejo for the provision of acute psychiatric inpatient hospitalization  
services in the maximum amount of $400,000 for the contract term of July 1, 2025  
through June 30, 2027, and authorizing the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute  
the agreement.  
1.  
SR 26-0153  
Resolution approving execution of Amendment No. 1 to the Participation Agreement  
authorizing Nevada County to participate in the California Mental Health Services  
Authority Credentialing and Recredentialing for California County Behavioral Health  
Plans Program for the provision of credentialing, re-credentialing, and monthly  
monitoring, increasing the contract price from $65,800 to $90,308 (an increase of  
$24,508), extending the contract termination date from July 31, 2026 to June 30, 2028,  
amending Exhibit “A” Schedule of Services to include updated language and amending  
Exhibit “B” Schedule of Charges and Payments to reflect the increase in the maximum  
contract price.  
2.  
SR 26-0141  
Resolution approving execution of Amendment No. 2 to the Participation Agreement to  
authorize Nevada County to participate in the California Mental Health Services  
Authority (CalMHSA) State Hospitals Program to modify the Program Term end date  
from June 30, 2026 to June 30, 2027, add an additional LPS bed, and to increase the  
contract maximum from $4,206 to $5,608 (an increase of $1,402).  
3.  
4.  
SR 26-0139  
SR 26-0148  
Resolution approving execution of Amendment No. 4 to the Master Workforce  
Participation Agreement 3612-WORK-2023-NC with the California Mental Health  
Services Authority (CalMHSA) to update rates listed under the Remote Supervision  
Program for the term July 1, 2023, through December 31, 2027.  
Social Services Director: Rachel Peña  
Resolution approving execution of Amendment No. 1 to the contract with Sierra Nevada  
Children’s Services (SNCS) for the administration of Stage 1 Child Care payments to  
fund the provision of childcare services for CalWORKs participant families as referred  
by the County’s Department of Social Services to increase the maximum contract price  
from $1,486,970 to $1,555,220 (an increase of $68,250) and revise Exhibit “B”,  
Schedule of Charges and Payments to reflect the increase in the maximum contract  
price for the current term of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027, and authorizing the  
Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute the amendment, and directing the  
Auditor-Controller to amend the Social Services Department’s Budget for fiscal year  
2025/26. (4/5 Affirmative Vote Required)  
5.  
SR 26-0140  
Resolution approving execution of Amendment No. 2 to the contract with Sierra Nevada  
Children’s Services for services related to administration of the Emergency Child Care  
Bridge Program for Foster Children, increasing the maximum contract price from  
$70,909 to $130,310, an increase of $59,401 for the term of July 1, 2025 through June  
30, 2026, authorizing the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute the amendment.  
6.  
7.  
SR 26-0138  
SR 26-0143  
Resolution approving execution of Amendment No. 2 to the contract with Shona  
Torgrimson D/B/A Helping Hands Nurturing Center for Nurturing Parenting Program  
and Supervised Visitation Services for Child Welfare Services, to increase the contract  
price from $280,000 to $315,000 (an increase of $35,000) and amend Exhibit B,  
Schedule of Charges and Payments, for the term of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025,  
not to exceed $152,500, and for the term of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, not to  
exceed $162,500, authorizing the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute the  
contract, and directing the Auditor-Controller to amend the Social Services  
Department’s Budget for fiscal year 2025/26. (4/5 Affirmative Vote Required).  
Housing and Community Services Director: Tyler Barrington  
Resolution proclaiming April 2026 as "Fair Housing Month" in Nevada County.  
8.  
SR 26-0155  
Sheriff-Coroner/Public Administrator: Shannan Moon  
Resolution approving execution of an agreement with the California Department of  
Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways, for reimbursement of  
boating safety enforcement costs for fiscal year 2026/27.  
9.  
SR 26-0147  
SR 26-0176  
Resolution approving the replacement and installation of dispatch 9-1-1 Call Processing  
Equipment (CPE), including five years of maintenance, and to be funded by Cal OES,  
9-1-1 Emergency Communications Branch, to replace existing equipment in the amount  
of $463,898.23, accepting as a capital asset, and authorizing the Sheriff to execute any  
necessary documents.  
10.  
Resolution approving a software and service agreement between Sun Ridge Systems,  
Inc. and County of Nevada for a Records Management System, Jail Management System  
and Computer Aided Dispatch software and support agreement for a five-year term in  
the amount of $1,972,957 and authorizing Sheriff to the execute the agreement, and  
amending fiscal year 2025/26 budget. (4/5 affirmative vote required)  
11.  
SR 26-0169  
Resolution approving a first amendment to the multi-year site license agreement with  
the County of Placer for public safety radio communication equipment vault space at  
APN 015-110-037-000 in Cisco Grove, California, to allow for temporary abatement  
of license fees.  
12.  
SR 26-0171  
Community Development Agency Director: Trisha Tillotson  
(Waive further reading/Adopt) An Ordinance amending Title 6, Chapter 7 of the Nevada  
County Code pertaining to Film Permits. (Economic Development)  
13.  
SR 26-0097  
Public Works Director: David Garcia  
Resolution approving an exchange program agreement No X26-5917(126) for the  
Federal Apportionment Exchange Program and State Match Program. (All Districts)  
14.  
SR 26-0159  
County Executive Officer: Alison Lehman  
Capital Project Financing Timeline.  
15.  
SR 26-0133  
PUBLIC COMMENT:  
Members of the public shall be allowed to address the Board of Supervisors on items  
SR 26-0180  
not appearing on the agenda that are of interest to the public and are within the subject  
matter jurisdiction of the Board. (Please refer to page 7 for information on the various  
options available for members of the public to provide comment in both western and  
eastern county.)  
Regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1.  
Call the meeting to order:  
Sanitation District Consent:  
These items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial. The Board of Directors will act upon them at one  
time without discussion. Any Board member may request that an item be removed from the consent calendar  
for discussion. Members of the public wishing to ask questions or hear discussion on items listed under the  
consent agenda, may raise their concerns to the Board members prior to the consent agenda being introduced.  
The Directors will take the concerns under consideration and decide if there is adequate reason to remove the  
item from consent.  
Resolution authorizing the Sanitation District No. 1 to purchase a Wells Cargo enclosed  
trailer for transporting a sewer mainline camera for Lake Wildwood Zone 1 and Lake of  
The Pines Zone 2 amending the Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1 budgets for the  
2025/26 Fiscal Year and release fund balance. (4/5 Affirmative Vote Required)  
(Districts II, IV)  
16.  
SR 26-0158  
Sanitation District Public Comment:  
Members of the public shall be allowed to address the Board of Directors on items not  
SR 26-0217  
appearing on the agenda that are of interest to the public and are within the subject  
matter jurisdiction of the Board. (Please refer to page 7 for information on the various  
options available for members of the public to provide comment in both western and  
eastern county.)  
Sanitation District Adjournment:  
Adjourn the meeting of the Nevada County Sanitation District No. 1 Board of Directors and reconvene as the  
Nevada County Board of Supervisors.  
*DEPARTMENT HEAD MATTERS:  
Public Health Director: Kathy Cahill  
Resolution proclaiming April 6-12, 2026, as "Public Health Week" in Nevada County.  
17.  
SR 26-0168  
Social Services Director: Rachel Peña  
Resolution proclaiming April 2026 as "Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month" in  
Nevada County.  
18.  
SR 26-0101  
SCHEDULED ITEM: 10:00 AM  
Sheriff-Coroner/Public Administrator: Shannan Moon  
Public Community Forum regarding the TRUTH Act, pursuant to Government Code  
sections 7283 to 7283.2, to provide information to the public about Immigration and  
Customs Enforcement access to individuals, and to receive and consider public  
comment.  
19.  
SR 26-0207  
*INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER ITEM:  
District 3 Supervisor: Lisa Swarthout  
Resolution proclaiming April 9, 2026, as "Local News Day" in Nevada County.  
20.  
SR 26-0144  
*DEPARTMENT HEAD MATTERS:  
Community Development Agency Director: Trisha Tillotson  
Resolution proclaiming and supporting April 22, 2026, as "Earth Day" in Nevada County.  
21.  
SR 26-0178  
*ANNOUNCEMENTS:  
Pursuant to Government Code section 54954.2, Board members and County Executive Officer may make a  
brief announcement or brief report on their activities. Board members and County Executive Officer may also  
provide a reference to staff or other resources for factual information, request staff to report back to the Board  
at a subsequent meeting concerning any matter, or direct staff to place a matter of business on a future  
agenda.  
ADJOURNMENT:  
*(The Board of Supervisors can discuss these items at any time during the meeting.)  
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This agenda was posted on bulletin boards 72 hours in advance of the meeting at the following locations:  
1. Eric Rood Administrative Center: outside Board office, outside Board Chambers, and outside main entrance.  
2. Truckee Town Hall Administrative Center, 10183 Truckee Airport Road, Truckee, CA 96161.  
3. Outside the District V Board of Supervisors office, Truckee Town Hall Administrative Center.  
4. Online at www.nevadacountyca.gov/boardmeetings and nevco.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.  
Posted: April 2, 2026.  
WAYS TO WATCH AND LISTEN DURING THE MEETING:  
This Board of Supervisors meeting is open to the public. Staff and members of the public may observe the meeting  
using the options listed below. Online streaming of Board of Supervisors meetings is provided to members of the public  
as a courtesy. If an internet connection falters for any reason and there are no Board members attending the meeting  
remotely, the Board of Supervisors will continue the public meeting in Chambers without online access.  
1) Watch from inside the Board Chambers.  
2) View at www.nevadacountyca.gov/boardmeetings and www.YouTube.com/c/CountyofNevadaCA.  
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE THE MEETING:  
1) Leaving an eComment at www.nevadacountyca.gov/boardmeetings.  
2) Writing a letter to the Board of Supervisors at 950 Maidu Ave, Suite 200, Nevada City, CA 95959.  
3) Emailing BOS.PublicComment@nevadacountyca.gov.  
Written or emailed public comments received by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the meeting will be provided to the Board  
members electronically or in written format and will become part of the public record.  
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE MEETING:  
1) In-Person:  
Eric Rood Administrative Center: Members of the public can provide comment in-person inside the Board of  
Supervisors’ Board Chambers at the Eric Rood Administrative Center.  
2) Over the Phone:  
Members of the public can call (530) 270-3474 and will be placed in a call-in queue until they are permitted into the  
meeting for comment.  
Please provide your name, City or District of residence, and the agenda item you wish to comment on.  
PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD  
CONTROL OF MEETING:  
The Board Chair shall first caution any individual at the meeting that their behavior is disrupting the meeting and that  
failure to cease the disruptive behavior could result in removal. After warning, the Chair will request the individual to  
leave if the individual does not stop their disruptive behavior. Additionally, the Chair reserves the right to recess the  
meeting until the person leaves or is escorted out and order is restored.  
PUBLIC COMMENT:  
Matters on the Agenda: The Board shall allow public comment on items appearing on the agenda when the agenda item  
is considered by the Board. Comments by the public must be relevant to the item on the agenda being considered by  
the Board. This includes: a. Consent Agenda; b. Community Presentations; c. Department Head Matters; d. Individual  
Board Member Items; and e. Scheduled Items. At special meetings of the Board, public comment will only be allowed  
on matters appearing on the agenda.  
Matters not on the Agenda: At regular meetings of the Board, members of the public shall be allowed to address the  
Board of Supervisors on matters not appearing on the agenda which are of interest to the public, and which are within  
the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board. Pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act, the Board shall not take any action  
or discuss any matter not appearing on the agenda although staff may be asked to briefly respond to or follow up on  
such items. At special meetings of the Board, public comment will only be allowed on matters appearing on the agenda.  
ORDER AND DECORUM:  
Individuals or organizations desiring to address the Board shall:  
1) Address the Board from the designated podium, virtual kiosk, or other designated location, including  
teleconferencing system(s). Speakers are encouraged but not required to give their name and location of residence  
before addressing the Board. This is to identify the speaker's supervisorial district.  
2) Speakers shall direct their comments to the Board, through the Chair, and not to the audience or staff.  
3) Speakers may comment on specific matters before the Board with reasons for the position taken.  
4) The Chair may, at their discretion, increase the allotted time for any given speaker, but shall not be required to do so.  
5) A speaker may not yield time to another speaker.  
6) No individual may speak more than once during general public comment or on an item on the agenda unless  
recognized by the Chair as having new information.  
7) In the interest of civil discourse, the rules as specified in this Order and Decorum of Board Business and Robert’s  
Rules of Order, to the extent such rules are not in conflict with the Brown Act, shall apply at all Board meetings. It shall  
be the responsibility of the Chair to ensure that public comment is conducted in such a manner in order to avoid  
disruptive activity, promote mutual respect, keep comments focused on the subject being discussed, avoid personal  
attacks, prohibit hate speech and the threat of violence.  
8) At the start of each meeting, the Chair shall remind the public of the rules and expectations of the public including  
distinguishing the process for: a) public comment for items on the consent agenda; b) general public comment for items  
not listed on the agenda; and c) public comment for items on the agenda.  
9) Applicants, applicant representatives, and appellants desiring to speak shall be permitted to speak first during the  
public comment portion of a public hearing for no more than ten (10) minutes (or fifteen (15) minutes at Appeal  
Hearings) unless different rules for conducting the hearing are provided by County Code or other applicable law. Time  
limits may be modified at the Chair of the Board’s discretion.  
DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (Gov. Code section 84308)  
Members of the Board of Supervisors are disqualified and not able to participate in any agenda item involving contracts  
over $50,000 (other than competitively bid, labor, or personal employment contracts), franchises, discretionary land  
use permits and other entitlements, if the Board member received more than $500.00 in campaign contributions from  
the applicant or contractor, an agent of the applicant or contractor, or any financially interested participant who actively  
supports or opposes the County’s decision on the agenda item. The disqualification applies to contributions received  
within 12 months before the final decision and continues for 12 months after the final decision. Members of the Board  
of Supervisors who have received, and applicants, contractors or their agents who have made campaign contributions  
totaling more than $500.00 to a Board member are required to disclose that fact for the official record of the subject  
proceeding. Disclosures must include the amount of the campaign contribution and identify the recipient Board member  
and may be made either in writing to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors prior to the subject hearing or verbally at  
the time of the hearing.  
PUBLIC HEARINGS:  
All members of the public shall be allowed to address the Board on any item which is noticed on the Board’s agenda as  
a public hearing. The Chair of the Board may limit the total amount of time allocated for the public hearing and may limit  
any individual desiring to address the Board to no more than three (3) minutes. Any person may provide the Board with  
a written statement in lieu of or in supplement to any oral statement made during a public hearing. Written statements  
shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Board.  
Whenever a public hearing is conducted, the public hearing is closed and the matter is continued to a subsequent  
meeting for Board deliberation and/or action, the Board shall not allow public comment and/or testimony on that item at  
the subsequent hearing. However, at the initial public hearing, prior to taking action, the Board may, at its sole  
discretion, elect to continue the matter and reopen the public hearing. At the subsequent hearing, all information will be  
considered. The Board may also, at the initial public hearing, prior to taking action, announce that the public hearing is  
being continued for specific information and the public testimony will only be heard on new information specific to the  
Board’s direction. If, after the public hearing is closed and the Board later decides to reopen the public hearing for  
public testimony, appropriate notices must be published.  
ORDINANCES:  
1) By statute, an ordinance may be passed immediately upon introduction only after notice and a public hearing.  
2) An urgency ordinance may be passed immediately upon introduction with a 4/5 affirmative vote.  
3) All other ordinances shall not be passed within five days of their introduction, nor at other than a regular meeting or  
at an adjourned regular meeting unless authorized by statute as indicated above. The Board of Supervisors will address  
ordinances at first readings and will make any amendments. The public is urged to address ordinances at first readings;  
as passage of ordinances will be held at second readings, after waiving further reading of the ordinance.  
INFORMATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE:  
The Board may direct any item of informational correspondence to a department head for appropriate action.  
REFERENCES:  
Board of Supervisors Order and Decorum 2025  
Ralph M. Brown Act, California Government Code Sec. 54950, et. seq. (Open meetings law)  
Nevada County Code Section 12.05.120 (Appeals)